Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

May 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants May 2015
	May 2015	Apr 2015	Monthly Change	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,053,740	2,259,095	-205,355	2,426,053	-372,313	-15.3
Alaska	7,983	9,612	-1,629	11,360	-3,377	-29.7
Alabama	22,988	23,045	-57	27,084	-4,096	-15.1
Arkansas	21,000	21,112	-112	22,251	-1,251	-5.6
Arizona	34,185	33,539	646	40,741	-6,556	-16.1
California	374,140	409,173	-35,033	428,829	-54,689	-12.8
Colorado	29,718	29,649	69	32,873	-3,155	-9.6
Connecticut	36,530	46,354	-9,824	44,985	-8,455	-18.8
District of Columbia	7,794	7,999	-205	10,023	-2,229	-22.2
Delaware	5,741	6,430	-689	7,045	-1,304	-18.5
Florida	60,062	60,316	-254	93,248	-33,186	-35.6
Georgia	36,419	36,417	2	44,941	-8,522	-19.0
Hawaii	7,859	7,595	264	9,883	-2,024	-20.5
Iowa	17,590	19,962	-2,372	18,259	-669	-3.7
Idaho	7,542	8,864	-1,322	9,639	-2,097	-21.8
Illinois	111,090	127,568	-16,478	147,297	-36,207	-24.6
Indiana	22,874	25,542	-2,668	32,354	-9,480	-29.3
Kansas	14,780	15,133	-353	20,197	-5,417	-26.8
Kentucky	21,357	25,418	-4,061	26,519	-5,162	-19.5
Louisiana	20,149	19,482	667	16,704	3,445	20.6
Massachusetts	59,615	70,567	-10,952	71,822	-12,207	-17.0
Maryland	38,093	41,552	-3,459	49,040	-10,947	-22.3
Maine	7,246	10,470	-3,224	9,833	-2,587	-26.3
Michigan	55,745	78,253	-22,508	79,017	-23,272	-29.5
Minnesota	34,020	43,210	-9,190	40,374	-6,354	-15.7
Missouri	27,728	30,021	-2,293	35,211	-7,483	-21.3
Mississippi	13,947	12,740	1,207	19,801	-5,854	-29.6
Montana	5,040	6,476	-1,436	5,811	-771	-13.3
North Carolina	32,071	32,453	-382	50,387	-18,316	-36.4
North Dakota	3,407	4,059	-652	1,763	1,644	93.3
Nebraska	5,573	5,726	-153	6,782	-1,209	-17.8
New Hampshire	4,606	5,796	-1,190	6,528	-1,922	-29.4
New Jersey	93,361	106,383	-13,022	110,417	-17,056	-15.4
New Mexico	12,621	13,393	-772	15,045	-2,424	-16.1
Nevada	25,437	26,125	-688	29,400	-3,963	-13.5
New York	151,161	172,351	-21,190	175,088	-23,927	-13.7
Ohio	56,034	65,597	-9,563	64,199	-8,165	-12.7
Oklahoma	22,381	20,820	1,561	5,386	16,995	315.5
Oregon	31,285	33,022	-1,737	36,916	-5,631	-15.3
Pennsylvania	121,510	137,622	-16,112	151,121	-29,611	-19.6
Puerto Rico	21,075	20,391	684	24,023	-2,948	-12.3
Rhode Island	8,529	10,154	-1,625	9,987	-1,458	-14.6
South Carolina	19,258	19,974	-716	22,999	-3,741	-16.3
South Dakota	1,346	1,620	-274	1,413	-67	-4.7
Tennessee	24,476	25,041	-565	30,029	-5,553	-18.5
Texas	161,223	156,899	4,324	140,676	20,547	14.6
Utah	11,356	12,102	-746	12,755	-1,399	-11.0
Virginia	33,754	34,551	-797	43,607	-9,853	-22.6
Virgin Islands	475	336	139	343	132	38.5
Vermont	4,376	5,841	-1,465	4,972	-596	-12.0
Washington	48,885	51,833	-2,948	56,450	-7,565	-13.4
Wisconsin	39,967	50,035	-10,068	53,222	-13,255	-24.9
West Virginia	13,802	15,727	-1,925	14,507	-705	-4.9
Wyoming	4,536	4,745	-209	2,897	1,639	56.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,053,740		2,259,095	2,426,053	-372,313	-15.3
Male	1,158,101	56.4%	1,336,890	1,329,992	-171,891	-12.9%
Female	881,295	42.9%	905,826	1,083,093	-201,798	-18.6%
Information Not Available	14,344	0.7%	16,379	12,968	1,376	10.6%

Ethnicity	2,053,740		2,259,095	2,426,053
Hispanic or Latino	393,201	19.1%	428,634	409,365	-16,164	-3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,393,930	83.9%	1,535,026	1,645,501	-251,571	-15.3%
Information Not Available	266,607	11.5%	295,435	371,188	-104,581	-28.2%

Race	2,053,740		2,259,095	2,426,053
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27,462	1.3%	30,012	28,760	-1,298	-4.5%
Asian	67,175	3.3%	73,187	78,430	-11,255	-14.4%
Black or African American	371,712	18.1%	376,939	434,498	-62,786	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10,907	0.5%	11,058	11,654	-747	-6.4%
White	1,065,162	51.7%	1,210,211	1,256,139	-190,977	-15.2%
Information Not Available	516,281	25.1%	563,751	616,572	-100,291	-16.3%

Years of Age	2,053,740		2,259,095	2,426,053
Younger than 22	65,281	3.2%	70,500	49,566	15,715	31.7%
22-24	101,192	4.9%	110,012	121,978	-20,786	-17.0%
25-34	490,066	23.9%	532,330	570,090	-80,024	-14.0%
35-44	449,252	21.9%	495,746	529,049	-79,797	-15.1%
45-54	472,277	23.0%	526,622	583,692	-111,415	-19.1%
55-59	213,127	10.4%	237,570	260,582	-47,455	-18.2%
60-64	146,605	7.1%	159,280	178,268	-31,663	-17.8%
65 and older	98,872	4.8%	107,675	116,878	-18,006	-15.4%
Information Not Available	17,068	0.8%	19,360	15,950	1,118	7.0%

Industry	2,053,740		2,259,095	2,426,053
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69,304	3.4%	88,144	71,513	-2,209	-3.1%
Mining	45,732	2.2%	46,749	13,969	31,763	227.4%
Utilities	4,425	0.2%	4,366	4,346	79	1.8%
Construction	223,065	10.9%	304,111	259,927	-36,862	-14.2%
Manufacturing	214,654	10.5%	229,530	233,700	-19,046	-8.1%
Wholesale Trade	69,902	3.4%	73,085	83,739	-13,837	-16.5%
Retail Trade	167,749	8.2%	177,321	210,789	-43,040	-20.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	60,815	3.0%	77,141	73,975	-13,160	-17.8%
Information	63,136	3.1%	61,646	79,407	-16,271	-20.5%
Finance and Insurance	58,236	2.8%	58,984	81,296	-23,060	-28.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28,809	1.4%	30,807	35,139	-6,330	-18.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	116,694	5.7%	107,160	133,151	-16,457	-12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,238	0.5%	11,564	12,915	-1,677	-13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	275,895	13.4%	298,400	316,701	-40,806	-12.9%
Educational Services	40,719	2.0%	42,636	50,451	-9,732	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	172,803	8.4%	173,505	221,626	-48,823	-22.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	29,922	1.5%	39,540	37,380	-7,458	-20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	118,379	5.8%	120,708	147,407	-29,028	-19.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	51,938	2.5%	54,641	61,728	-9,790	-15.9%
Public Administration	33,721	1.6%	37,129	37,522	-3,801	-10.1%
Information Not Available	196,604	9.6%	221,928	259,372	-62,768	-24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,983		9,612	11,360	-3,377	-29.7
Male	4,826	60.5%	6,106	6,809	-1,983	-29.1%
Female	3,149	39.4%	3,498	4,551	-1,402	-30.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	8	0	8	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,983		9,612	11,360
Hispanic or Latino	167	2.1%	276	582	-415	-71.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,567	94.8%	9,120	10,690	-3,123	-29.2%
Information Not Available	249	3.1%	216	88	161	183.0%

Race	7,983		9,612	11,360
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,870	36.0%	3,380	3,961	-1,091	-27.5%
Asian	464	5.8%	460	666	-202	-30.3%
Black or African American	390	4.9%	414	568	-178	-31.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	158	2.0%	184	255	-97	-38.0%
White	3,749	47.0%	4,783	5,456	-1,707	-31.3%
Information Not Available	352	4.4%	391	454	-102	-22.5%

Years of Age	7,983		9,612	11,360
Younger than 22	133	1.2%	195	315	-182	-57.8%
22-24	439	3.9%	492	791	-352	-44.5%
25-34	2,392	21.3%	2,901	3,303	-911	-27.6%
35-44	1,681	15.0%	2,067	2,391	-710	-29.7%
45-54	1,742	15.5%	2,032	2,477	-735	-29.7%
55-59	794	7.1%	968	1,060	-266	-25.1%
60-64	493	4.4%	625	670	-177	-26.4%
65 and older	309	2.7%	332	353	-44	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,983		9,612	11,360
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.7%	98	52	4	7.7%
Mining	378	4.7%	423	379	-1	-0.3%
Utilities	38	0.5%	40	66	-28	-42.4%
Construction	1,420	17.7%	1,967	2,027	-607	-29.9%
Manufacturing	548	6.8%	602	825	-277	-33.6%
Wholesale Trade	138	1.7%	162	154	-16	-10.4%
Retail Trade	743	9.2%	955	1,129	-386	-34.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	273	3.4%	395	465	-192	-41.3%
Information	72	0.9%	76	138	-66	-47.8%
Finance and Insurance	139	1.7%	140	166	-27	-16.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	237	2.9%	267	310	-73	-23.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	337	4.2%	280	397	-60	-15.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.4%	39	13	17	130.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	448	5.6%	610	580	-132	-22.8%
Educational Services	245	3.0%	268	421	-176	-41.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	699	8.7%	741	1,214	-515	-42.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	1.0%	108	114	-37	-32.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	596	7.4%	692	915	-319	-34.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	329	4.1%	367	483	-154	-31.9%
Public Administration	871	10.8%	1,056	1,166	-295	-25.3%
Information Not Available	309	3.8%	326	346	-37	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,988		23,045	27,084
Male	12,003	52.2%	12,909	13,649	-1,646	-12.1%
Female	10,965	47.7%	10,115	13,409	-2,444	-18.2%
Information Not Available	20	0.1%	21	26	-6	-23.1%

Ethnicity	22,988		23,045	27,084
Hispanic or Latino	237	1.0%	261	343	-106	-30.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,680	72.6%	16,725	19,797	-3,117	-15.7%
Information Not Available	6,071	26.4%	6,059	6,944	-873	-12.6%

Race	22,988		23,045	27,084
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,083	4.7%	989	1,066	17	1.6%
Asian	576	2.5%	562	544	32	5.9%
Black or African American	9,578	41.7%	9,159	11,205	-1,627	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.2%	31	47	-11	-23.4%
White	10,744	46.7%	11,184	12,811	-2,067	-16.1%
Information Not Available	971	4.2%	1,120	1,411	-440	-31.2%

Years of Age	22,988		23,045	27,084
Younger than 22	624	1.9%	600	831	-207	-24.9%
22-24	1,435	4.4%	1,402	1,802	-367	-20.4%
25-34	6,082	18.8%	6,016	6,960	-878	-12.6%
35-44	5,278	16.3%	5,419	6,143	-865	-14.1%
45-54	4,986	15.4%	5,106	6,009	-1,023	-17.0%
55-59	2,193	6.8%	2,201	2,566	-373	-14.5%
60-64	1,363	4.2%	1,351	1,630	-267	-16.4%
65 and older	1,018	3.1%	942	1,139	-121	-10.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	8	4	5	125.0%

Industry	22,988		23,045	27,084
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	135	0.6%	240	168	-33	-19.6%
Mining	194	0.8%	188	186	8	4.3%
Utilities	29	0.1%	39	41	-12	-29.3%
Construction	2,108	9.1%	2,501	2,486	-378	-15.2%
Manufacturing	3,977	17.2%	4,512	4,466	-489	-10.9%
Wholesale Trade	877	3.8%	852	890	-13	-1.5%
Retail Trade	2,566	11.1%	2,574	3,040	-474	-15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	717	3.1%	681	928	-211	-22.7%
Information	354	1.5%	354	334	20	6.0%
Finance and Insurance	601	2.6%	668	749	-148	-19.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	323	1.4%	328	366	-43	-11.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,278	5.5%	1,007	1,504	-226	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.2%	49	58	-9	-15.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,284	14.2%	3,335	3,718	-434	-11.7%
Educational Services	304	1.3%	328	437	-133	-30.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,935	8.4%	1,845	2,409	-474	-19.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	120	0.5%	131	149	-29	-19.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,974	8.5%	1,385	2,552	-578	-22.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	544	2.4%	481	720	-176	-24.4%
Public Administration	302	1.3%	313	387	-85	-22.0%
Information Not Available	1,317	5.7%	1,234	1,496	-179	-12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,000		21,112	22,251
Male	10,974	52.3%	11,664	11,005	-31	-0.3%
Female	8,681	41.3%	8,029	10,270	-1,589	-15.5%
Information Not Available	1,345	6.4%	1,419	976	369	37.8%

Ethnicity	21,000		21,112	22,251
Hispanic or Latino	331	1.6%	211	721	-390	-54.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,324	92.0%	19,482	20,554	-1,230	-6.0%
Information Not Available	1,345	6.4%	1,419	976	369	37.8%

Race	21,000		21,112	22,251
American Indian or Alaskan Native	210	1.0%	218	225	-15	-6.7%
Asian	18	0.1%	2	168	-150	-89.3%
Black or African American	5,682	27.1%	5,375	6,405	-723	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	970	4.6%	1,092	188	782	416.0%
White	12,444	59.3%	12,795	13,568	-1,124	-8.3%
Information Not Available	1,676	8.0%	1,630	1,697	-21	-1.2%

Years of Age	21,000		21,112	22,251
Younger than 22	568	1.8%	607	670	-102	-15.2%
22-24	1,119	3.5%	1,052	1,313	-194	-14.8%
25-34	4,804	14.9%	4,790	5,319	-515	-9.7%
35-44	4,645	14.4%	4,751	4,837	-192	-4.0%
45-54	4,595	14.3%	4,603	5,038	-443	-8.8%
55-59	1,914	5.9%	1,903	1,974	-60	-3.0%
60-64	1,203	3.7%	1,206	1,234	-31	-2.5%
65 and older	807	2.5%	781	890	-83	-9.3%
Information Not Available	1,345	4.2%	1,419	976	369	37.8%

Industry	21,000		21,112	22,251
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	318	1.5%	463	280	38	13.6%
Mining	404	1.9%	363	225	179	79.6%
Utilities	29	0.1%	35	39	-10	-25.6%
Construction	1,745	8.2%	2,133	1,931	-186	-9.6%
Manufacturing	3,702	17.4%	3,922	2,814	888	31.6%
Wholesale Trade	917	4.3%	731	1,056	-139	-13.2%
Retail Trade	1,625	7.6%	1,759	2,205	-580	-26.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	723	3.4%	875	754	-31	-4.1%
Information	232	1.1%	216	266	-34	-12.8%
Finance and Insurance	328	1.5%	316	396	-68	-17.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	253	1.2%	235	281	-28	-10.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	788	3.7%	735	845	-57	-6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.4%	85	66	19	28.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,950	9.1%	2,016	2,322	-372	-16.0%
Educational Services	305	1.4%	285	415	-110	-26.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,394	11.2%	2,128	2,926	-532	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	125	0.6%	121	142	-17	-12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,300	6.1%	911	1,717	-417	-24.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	419	2.0%	421	468	-49	-10.5%
Public Administration	429	2.0%	441	417	12	2.9%
Information Not Available	2,929	13.7%	2,921	2,686	243	9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,185		33,539	40,741
Male	19,759	57.8%	19,448	23,554	-3,795	-16.1%
Female	14,413	42.2%	14,078	17,163	-2,750	-16.0%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	13	24	-11	-45.8%

Ethnicity	34,185		33,539	40,741
Hispanic or Latino	14,410	42.2%	14,050	16,124	-1,714	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,505	39.5%	13,459	16,996	-3,491	-20.5%
Information Not Available	6,270	18.3%	6,030	7,621	-1,351	-17.7%

Race	34,185		33,539	40,741
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,825	5.3%	1,827	2,251	-426	-18.9%
Asian	2,042	6.0%	1,816	2,206	-164	-7.4%
Black or African American	2,257	6.6%	2,210	2,704	-447	-16.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	322	0.9%	322	294	28	9.5%
White	20,176	59.0%	19,600	23,104	-2,928	-12.7%
Information Not Available	7,563	22.1%	7,764	10,182	-2,619	-25.7%

Years of Age	34,185		33,539	40,741
Younger than 22	875	1.7%	784	1,079	-204	-18.9%
22-24	1,749	3.4%	1,736	2,093	-344	-16.4%
25-34	7,696	14.9%	7,505	8,933	-1,237	-13.8%
35-44	6,925	13.4%	6,901	8,593	-1,668	-19.4%
45-54	8,578	16.6%	8,468	10,522	-1,944	-18.5%
55-59	4,020	7.8%	3,935	4,609	-589	-12.8%
60-64	2,644	5.1%	2,586	3,062	-418	-13.7%
65 and older	1,698	3.3%	1,624	1,850	-152	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,185		33,539	40,741
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,587	16.2%	6,415	6,394	193	3.0%
Mining	257	0.6%	282	108	149	138.0%
Utilities	71	0.2%	66	65	6	9.2%
Construction	2,614	6.4%	2,790	4,302	-1,688	-39.2%
Manufacturing	1,838	4.5%	1,933	1,933	-95	-4.9%
Wholesale Trade	859	2.1%	859	1,222	-363	-29.7%
Retail Trade	2,277	5.6%	2,309	2,795	-518	-18.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	673	1.7%	703	720	-47	-6.5%
Information	425	1.0%	364	432	-7	-1.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,088	2.7%	1,071	1,728	-640	-37.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	551	1.4%	512	697	-146	-20.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,523	3.7%	1,389	1,944	-421	-21.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.2%	86	118	-40	-33.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,051	9.9%	4,058	4,875	-824	-16.9%
Educational Services	708	1.7%	631	944	-236	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,262	5.5%	2,234	2,995	-733	-24.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	294	0.7%	264	351	-57	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,404	3.4%	1,267	1,687	-283	-16.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	604	1.5%	604	705	-101	-14.3%
Public Administration	626	1.5%	653	741	-115	-15.5%
Information Not Available	5,395	13.2%	5,049	5,985	-590	-9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	374,140		409,173	428,829
Male	206,856	55.3%	229,148	245,018	-38,162	-15.6%
Female	167,000	44.6%	179,931	183,619	-16,619	-9.1%
Information Not Available	284	0.1%	94	192	92	47.9%

Ethnicity	374,140		409,173	428,829
Hispanic or Latino	155,639	41.6%	171,179	148,974	6,665	4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	186,881	49.9%	202,892	221,632	-34,751	-15.7%
Information Not Available	31,620	8.5%	35,102	58,223	-26,603	-45.7%

Race	374,140		409,173	428,829
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,071	1.1%	4,235	2,695	1,376	51.1%
Asian	32,093	8.6%	37,078	37,532	-5,439	-14.5%
Black or African American	31,999	8.6%	32,655	29,545	2,454	8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	118,718	31.7%	128,925	151,861	-33,143	-21.8%
Information Not Available	187,259	50.1%	206,280	207,196	-19,937	-9.6%

Years of Age	374,140		409,173	428,829
Younger than 22	8,426	1.8%	7,246	9,239	-813	-8.8%
22-24	18,934	4.1%	19,480	21,461	-2,527	-11.8%
25-34	95,239	20.6%	101,258	101,818	-6,579	-6.5%
35-44	77,914	16.8%	86,013	89,115	-11,201	-12.6%
45-54	84,068	18.2%	95,706	103,454	-19,386	-18.7%
55-59	39,478	8.5%	45,830	45,808	-6,330	-13.8%
60-64	29,821	6.4%	31,808	34,934	-5,113	-14.6%
65 and older	20,165	4.4%	21,738	23,000	-2,835	-12.3%
Information Not Available	95	0.0%	94	0	95	0.0%

Industry	374,140		409,173	428,829
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50,554	11.9%	65,498	50,907	-353	-0.7%
Mining	2,651	0.6%	3,482	289	2,362	817.3%
Utilities	1,799	0.4%	1,788	1,059	740	69.9%
Construction	33,514	7.9%	38,113	44,750	-11,236	-25.1%
Manufacturing	39,762	9.4%	42,442	42,055	-2,293	-5.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,893	0.4%	2,447	1,828	65	3.6%
Retail Trade	28,780	6.8%	30,584	32,432	-3,652	-11.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,047	1.9%	11,199	12,607	-4,560	-36.2%
Information	30,295	7.1%	28,891	41,767	-11,472	-27.5%
Finance and Insurance	7,100	1.7%	7,811	8,854	-1,754	-19.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,893	0.4%	1,976	4,042	-2,149	-53.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,952	1.9%	6,964	8,758	-806	-9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	75,170	17.7%	75,565	81,320	-6,150	-7.6%
Educational Services	8,899	2.1%	10,728	8,180	719	8.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	28,023	6.6%	28,326	31,181	-3,158	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,680	1.3%	8,658	7,314	-1,634	-22.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,715	3.7%	16,469	17,900	-2,185	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,319	2.4%	11,199	12,703	-2,384	-18.8%
Public Administration	4,355	1.0%	4,329	3,368	987	29.3%
Information Not Available	11,739	2.8%	12,704	17,515	-5,776	-33.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,718		29,649	32,873
Male	17,474	58.8%	17,682	17,226	248	1.4%
Female	12,244	41.2%	11,967	15,646	-3,402	-21.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	29,718		29,649	32,873
Hispanic or Latino	6,279	21.1%	6,392	6,174	105	1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,736	69.8%	20,526	23,583	-2,847	-12.1%
Information Not Available	2,703	9.1%	2,731	3,116	-413	-13.3%

Race	29,718		29,649	32,873
American Indian or Alaskan Native	530	1.8%	543	582	-52	-8.9%
Asian	534	1.8%	550	669	-135	-20.2%
Black or African American	1,944	6.5%	1,916	2,290	-346	-15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	101	0.3%	114	101	0	0.0%
White	21,247	71.5%	21,169	23,683	-2,436	-10.3%
Information Not Available	5,362	18.0%	5,357	5,548	-186	-3.4%

Years of Age	29,718		29,649	32,873
Younger than 22	414	0.9%	404	514	-100	-19.5%
22-24	1,109	2.3%	1,102	1,215	-106	-8.7%
25-34	6,978	14.4%	6,914	7,497	-519	-6.9%
35-44	6,861	14.1%	6,803	7,321	-460	-6.3%
45-54	7,131	14.7%	7,238	8,093	-962	-11.9%
55-59	3,547	7.3%	3,530	3,940	-393	-10.0%
60-64	2,363	4.9%	2,351	2,734	-371	-13.6%
65 and older	1,314	2.7%	1,306	1,556	-242	-15.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	3	-2	-66.7%

Industry	29,718		29,649	32,873
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	202	0.7%	213	218	-16	-7.3%
Mining	1,563	5.2%	1,528	515	1,048	203.5%
Utilities	29	0.1%	29	40	-11	-27.5%
Construction	4,208	14.1%	4,272	3,221	987	30.6%
Manufacturing	1,987	6.6%	2,007	1,965	22	1.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,279	4.3%	1,281	1,296	-17	-1.3%
Retail Trade	2,317	7.7%	2,333	2,939	-622	-21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,047	3.5%	1,066	876	171	19.5%
Information	895	3.0%	918	996	-101	-10.1%
Finance and Insurance	977	3.3%	1,035	1,633	-656	-40.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	674	2.3%	647	851	-177	-20.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,657	8.9%	2,524	2,999	-342	-11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	431	1.4%	416	428	3	0.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,346	11.2%	3,689	4,470	-1,124	-25.1%
Educational Services	753	2.5%	785	970	-217	-22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,168	7.2%	2,187	2,888	-720	-24.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	868	2.9%	661	1,075	-207	-19.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,315	7.7%	1,958	3,060	-745	-24.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	684	2.3%	689	888	-204	-23.0%
Public Administration	522	1.7%	627	667	-145	-21.7%
Information Not Available	796	2.7%	784	878	-82	-9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,530		46,354	44,985
Male	20,430	55.9%	26,399	24,500	-4,070	-16.6%
Female	16,100	44.1%	19,955	20,485	-4,385	-21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,530		46,354	44,985
Hispanic or Latino	5,624	15.4%	7,505	6,705	-1,081	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,906	84.6%	38,849	38,280	-7,374	-19.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	36,530		46,354	44,985
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	164	153	-153	-100.0%
Asian	670	1.8%	730	867	-197	-22.7%
Black or African American	5,950	16.3%	6,951	7,221	-1,271	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	119	0.3%	0	0	119	0.0%
White	20,341	55.7%	25,826	25,441	-5,100	-20.0%
Information Not Available	9,450	25.9%	12,683	11,303	-1,853	-16.4%

Years of Age	36,530		46,354	44,985
Younger than 22	592	1.1%	634	845	-253	-29.9%
22-24	1,779	3.3%	2,015	2,377	-598	-25.2%
25-34	8,290	15.5%	10,212	10,494	-2,204	-21.0%
35-44	7,161	13.3%	9,166	8,812	-1,651	-18.7%
45-54	8,691	16.2%	11,303	10,729	-2,038	-19.0%
55-59	4,174	7.8%	5,413	4,979	-805	-16.2%
60-64	3,222	6.0%	4,061	3,616	-394	-10.9%
65 and older	2,621	4.9%	3,550	3,133	-512	-16.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,530		46,354	44,985
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	168	0.5%	270	217	-49	-22.6%
Mining	16	0.0%	47	22	-6	-27.3%
Utilities	55	0.1%	60	98	-43	-43.9%
Construction	3,743	10.2%	6,171	4,491	-748	-16.7%
Manufacturing	4,083	11.1%	4,233	4,933	-850	-17.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,520	4.1%	1,701	1,909	-389	-20.4%
Retail Trade	4,652	12.7%	5,023	5,811	-1,159	-19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,336	3.6%	5,238	1,579	-243	-15.4%
Information	752	2.0%	746	948	-196	-20.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,382	3.8%	1,449	1,966	-584	-29.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	517	1.4%	657	622	-105	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,030	5.5%	1,816	2,467	-437	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	292	0.8%	287	309	-17	-5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,650	12.7%	5,842	5,620	-970	-17.3%
Educational Services	951	2.6%	1,185	1,149	-198	-17.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,353	11.9%	4,538	5,619	-1,266	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	936	2.6%	1,333	1,084	-148	-13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,960	8.1%	3,341	3,568	-608	-17.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,185	3.2%	1,283	1,419	-234	-16.5%
Public Administration	417	1.1%	545	559	-142	-25.4%
Information Not Available	532	1.4%	589	595	-63	-10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,794		7,999	10,023
Male	3,674	47.1%	3,876	4,830	-1,156	-23.9%
Female	4,120	52.9%	4,122	5,191	-1,071	-20.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,794		7,999	10,023
Hispanic or Latino	637	8.2%	669	894	-257	-28.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,132	91.5%	7,312	9,101	-1,969	-21.6%
Information Not Available	25	0.3%	18	28	-3	-10.7%

Race	7,794		7,999	10,023
American Indian or Alaskan Native	37	0.5%	35	38	-1	-2.6%
Asian	167	2.1%	184	303	-136	-44.9%
Black or African American	5,428	69.6%	5,520	6,829	-1,401	-20.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.3%	20	21	1	4.8%
White	1,573	20.2%	1,652	2,050	-477	-23.3%
Information Not Available	567	7.3%	588	782	-215	-27.5%

Years of Age	7,794		7,999	10,023
Younger than 22	147	1.7%	159	171	-24	-14.0%
22-24	434	4.9%	436	500	-66	-13.2%
25-34	2,198	24.8%	2,219	2,596	-398	-15.3%
35-44	1,704	19.3%	1,729	2,257	-553	-24.5%
45-54	1,746	19.7%	1,822	2,366	-620	-26.2%
55-59	767	8.7%	803	1,032	-265	-25.7%
60-64	521	5.9%	546	709	-188	-26.5%
65 and older	277	3.1%	285	392	-115	-29.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,794		7,999	10,023
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	31	0.4%	32	47	-16	-34.0%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	2	7	-4	-57.1%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.1%	5	9	-5	-55.6%
Retail Trade	42	0.5%	38	40	2	5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	32	0.4%	14	13	19	146.2%
Information	16	0.2%	13	8	8	100.0%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	9	7	2	28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9	0.1%	6	8	1	12.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	48	0.6%	45	71	-23	-32.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	2	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	52	0.7%	59	51	1	2.0%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	4	15	-11	-73.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13	0.2%	10	40	-27	-67.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	17	0.2%	21	22	-5	-22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	22	0.3%	16	18	4	22.2%
Public Administration	4	0.1%	3	6	-2	-33.3%
Information Not Available	7,485	96.0%	7,718	9,653	-2,168	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,741		6,430	7,045
Male	2,721	47.4%	3,084	3,264	-543	-16.6%
Female	2,757	48.0%	3,038	3,413	-656	-19.2%
Information Not Available	263	4.6%	308	368	-105	-28.5%

Ethnicity	5,741		6,430	7,045
Hispanic or Latino	329	5.7%	384	463	-134	-28.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,147	89.7%	5,738	6,214	-1,067	-17.2%
Information Not Available	263	4.6%	308	369	-106	-28.7%

Race	5,741		6,430	7,045
American Indian or Alaskan Native	20	0.3%	22	21	-1	-4.8%
Asian	127	2.2%	126	121	6	5.0%
Black or African American	2,463	42.9%	2,599	2,778	-315	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	4	16	-14	-87.5%
White	2,947	51.3%	3,457	3,899	-952	-24.4%
Information Not Available	182	3.2%	222	210	-28	-13.3%

Years of Age	5,741		6,430	7,045
Younger than 22	100	1.2%	108	157	-57	-36.3%
22-24	277	3.4%	319	370	-93	-25.1%
25-34	1,507	18.3%	1,698	1,701	-194	-11.4%
35-44	1,118	13.6%	1,211	1,454	-336	-23.1%
45-54	1,329	16.1%	1,529	1,722	-393	-22.8%
55-59	625	7.6%	681	702	-77	-11.0%
60-64	457	5.6%	507	507	-50	-9.9%
65 and older	280	3.4%	321	349	-69	-19.8%
Information Not Available	48	0.6%	56	83	-35	-42.2%

Industry	5,741		6,430	7,045
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.3%	20	10	5	50.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	2	5	2	40.0%
Construction	401	7.0%	519	462	-61	-13.2%
Manufacturing	318	5.5%	398	709	-391	-55.1%
Wholesale Trade	194	3.4%	206	187	7	3.7%
Retail Trade	858	14.9%	988	1,089	-231	-21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	241	4.2%	236	172	69	40.1%
Information	107	1.9%	101	126	-19	-15.1%
Finance and Insurance	503	8.7%	534	534	-31	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	112	1.9%	126	137	-25	-18.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	359	6.2%	353	398	-39	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.2%	14	28	-18	-64.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,115	19.4%	1,165	1,290	-175	-13.6%
Educational Services	90	1.6%	96	111	-21	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	705	12.2%	782	766	-61	-8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	88	1.5%	101	119	-31	-26.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	418	7.3%	550	619	-201	-32.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	148	2.6%	182	196	-48	-24.5%
Public Administration	37	0.6%	40	70	-33	-47.1%
Information Not Available	15	0.3%	17	15	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,062		60,316	93,248
Male	29,343	48.9%	30,037	44,605	-15,262	-34.2%
Female	30,668	51.1%	30,235	48,573	-17,905	-36.9%
Information Not Available	51	0.1%	44	70	-19	-27.1%

Ethnicity	60,062		60,316	93,248
Hispanic or Latino	15,109	25.2%	15,276	23,346	-8,237	-35.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,357	67.2%	40,385	62,665	-22,308	-35.6%
Information Not Available	4,596	7.7%	4,655	7,237	-2,641	-36.5%

Race	60,062		60,316	93,248
American Indian or Alaskan Native	360	0.6%	345	672	-312	-46.4%
Asian	863	1.4%	892	1,194	-331	-27.7%
Black or African American	15,332	25.5%	15,105	24,148	-8,816	-36.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	316	0.5%	275	454	-138	-30.4%
White	37,054	61.7%	37,379	56,602	-19,548	-34.5%
Information Not Available	6,137	10.2%	6,320	10,178	-4,041	-39.7%

Years of Age	60,062		60,316	93,248
Younger than 22	735	0.8%	656	1,300	-565	-43.5%
22-24	2,077	2.2%	2,197	4,398	-2,321	-52.8%
25-34	12,814	13.8%	12,716	20,658	-7,844	-38.0%
35-44	11,821	12.7%	12,029	19,440	-7,619	-39.2%
45-54	13,009	14.0%	13,154	20,449	-7,440	-36.4%
55-59	6,008	6.5%	6,000	9,057	-3,049	-33.7%
60-64	4,209	4.5%	4,101	6,193	-1,984	-32.0%
65 and older	3,029	3.3%	2,967	4,332	-1,303	-30.1%
Information Not Available	6,360	6.8%	6,496	7,421	-1,061	-14.3%

Industry	60,062		60,316	93,248
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,058	1.7%	796	1,276	-218	-17.1%
Mining	169	0.3%	176	90	79	87.8%
Utilities	68	0.1%	52	178	-110	-61.8%
Construction	3,528	5.8%	3,931	4,754	-1,226	-25.8%
Manufacturing	2,779	4.5%	2,991	3,757	-978	-26.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,328	3.8%	2,500	3,587	-1,259	-35.1%
Retail Trade	6,420	10.5%	6,509	10,111	-3,691	-36.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,627	2.7%	1,623	2,414	-787	-32.6%
Information	1,231	2.0%	1,262	1,689	-458	-27.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,620	4.3%	2,716	4,240	-1,620	-38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,392	2.3%	1,431	1,950	-558	-28.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,491	7.3%	4,411	6,498	-2,007	-30.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	431	0.7%	439	605	-174	-28.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,141	16.6%	10,695	15,438	-5,297	-34.3%
Educational Services	1,338	2.2%	1,213	2,534	-1,196	-47.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,333	8.7%	5,493	9,028	-3,695	-40.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,044	1.7%	887	1,529	-485	-31.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,590	7.5%	4,217	7,137	-2,547	-35.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,799	2.9%	1,666	2,456	-657	-26.8%
Public Administration	981	1.6%	978	1,508	-527	-34.9%
Information Not Available	6,694	11.0%	6,330	12,469	-5,775	-46.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,419		36,417	44,941
Male	16,997	46.7%	18,245	20,927	-3,930	-18.8%
Female	18,860	51.8%	17,597	23,400	-4,540	-19.4%
Information Not Available	562	1.5%	575	614	-52	-8.5%

Ethnicity	36,419		36,417	44,941
Hispanic or Latino	46	0.1%	78	58	-12	-20.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,811	98.3%	35,764	44,269	-8,458	-19.1%
Information Not Available	562	1.5%	575	614	-52	-8.5%

Race	36,419		36,417	44,941
American Indian or Alaskan Native	170	0.5%	172	206	-36	-17.5%
Asian	537	1.5%	560	706	-169	-23.9%
Black or African American	20,134	55.3%	19,603	24,053	-3,919	-16.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,016	41.2%	15,507	19,362	-4,346	-22.4%
Information Not Available	562	1.5%	575	614	-52	-8.5%

Years of Age	36,419		36,417	44,941
Younger than 22	551	1.1%	530	783	-232	-29.6%
22-24	1,619	3.3%	1,597	2,217	-598	-27.0%
25-34	8,876	18.1%	8,667	11,009	-2,133	-19.4%
35-44	8,729	17.8%	8,659	10,665	-1,936	-18.2%
45-54	8,736	17.8%	8,760	10,602	-1,866	-17.6%
55-59	3,619	7.4%	3,584	4,281	-662	-15.5%
60-64	2,261	4.6%	2,252	2,712	-451	-16.6%
65 and older	1,247	2.5%	1,266	1,617	-370	-22.9%
Information Not Available	781	1.6%	1,102	1,055	-274	-26.0%

Industry	36,419		36,417	44,941
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	409	1.1%	602	489	-80	-16.4%
Mining	21	0.1%	23	25	-4	-16.0%
Utilities	54	0.1%	48	55	-1	-1.8%
Construction	1,733	4.7%	2,584	1,945	-212	-10.9%
Manufacturing	2,469	6.7%	2,580	3,303	-834	-25.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,541	4.2%	1,529	1,905	-364	-19.1%
Retail Trade	2,930	8.0%	2,881	3,567	-637	-17.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	629	1.7%	695	913	-284	-31.1%
Information	781	2.1%	724	851	-70	-8.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,140	3.1%	1,059	1,335	-195	-14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	499	1.4%	515	603	-104	-17.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,402	17.4%	6,176	7,343	-941	-12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.1%	37	46	-11	-23.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	90	0.2%	84	117	-27	-23.1%
Educational Services	783	2.1%	786	961	-178	-18.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,151	5.8%	1,808	2,849	-698	-24.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,776	4.8%	1,448	2,903	-1,127	-38.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	248	0.7%	229	288	-40	-13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	457	1.2%	331	652	-195	-29.9%
Public Administration	449	1.2%	434	623	-174	-27.9%
Information Not Available	11,822	32.1%	11,844	14,168	-2,346	-16.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,859		7,595	9,883
Male	5,134	65.3%	5,003	6,672	-1,538	-23.1%
Female	2,724	34.7%	2,590	3,208	-484	-15.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	3	-2	-66.7%

Ethnicity	7,859		7,595	9,883
Hispanic or Latino	589	7.5%	564	613	-24	-3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,295	67.4%	5,083	7,209	-1,914	-26.6%
Information Not Available	1,975	25.1%	1,948	2,061	-86	-4.2%

Race	7,859		7,595	9,883
American Indian or Alaskan Native	60	0.8%	50	43	17	39.5%
Asian	2,548	32.4%	2,502	3,273	-725	-22.2%
Black or African American	118	1.5%	120	163	-45	-27.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,293	29.2%	2,197	2,702	-409	-15.1%
White	1,757	22.4%	1,718	2,368	-611	-25.8%
Information Not Available	1,083	13.8%	1,008	1,334	-251	-18.8%

Years of Age	7,859		7,595	9,883
Younger than 22	91	1.0%	87	109	-18	-16.5%
22-24	255	2.8%	224	366	-111	-30.3%
25-34	1,760	19.6%	1,742	2,313	-553	-23.9%
35-44	1,805	20.1%	1,740	2,234	-429	-19.2%
45-54	1,890	21.1%	1,869	2,427	-537	-22.1%
55-59	875	9.7%	818	1,051	-176	-16.7%
60-64	641	7.1%	622	822	-181	-22.0%
65 and older	542	6.0%	493	561	-19	-3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,859		7,595	9,883
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	146	1.8%	149	219	-73	-33.3%
Mining	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	19	0.2%	6	32	-13	-40.6%
Construction	2,422	30.3%	2,359	3,214	-792	-24.6%
Manufacturing	168	2.1%	202	268	-100	-37.3%
Wholesale Trade	151	1.9%	141	191	-40	-20.9%
Retail Trade	434	5.4%	437	528	-94	-17.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	211	2.6%	233	272	-61	-22.4%
Information	290	3.6%	218	246	44	17.9%
Finance and Insurance	83	1.0%	81	165	-82	-49.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	106	1.3%	107	151	-45	-29.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	311	3.9%	245	395	-84	-21.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.7%	49	146	-90	-61.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	956	11.9%	1,020	1,138	-182	-16.0%
Educational Services	146	1.8%	60	66	80	121.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	320	4.0%	316	433	-113	-26.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	88	1.1%	86	107	-19	-17.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	695	8.7%	689	822	-127	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	152	1.9%	158	206	-54	-26.2%
Public Administration	71	0.9%	78	120	-49	-40.8%
Information Not Available	1,033	12.9%	959	1,163	-130	-11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,590		19,962	18,259
Male	10,176	57.9%	12,566	9,845	331	3.4%
Female	7,064	40.2%	6,961	8,160	-1,096	-13.4%
Information Not Available	350	2.0%	435	254	96	37.8%

Ethnicity	17,590		19,962	18,259
Hispanic or Latino	1,000	5.7%	1,185	1,072	-72	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,474	88.0%	17,570	16,353	-879	-5.4%
Information Not Available	1,116	6.3%	1,207	834	282	33.8%

Race	17,590		19,962	18,259
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	1.0%	191	146	38	26.0%
Asian	242	1.4%	262	205	37	18.0%
Black or African American	1,397	7.9%	1,375	1,559	-162	-10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,651	77.6%	15,742	14,443	-792	-5.5%
Information Not Available	2,116	12.0%	2,392	1,906	210	11.0%

Years of Age	17,590		19,962	18,259
Younger than 22	301	1.0%	309	344	-43	-12.5%
22-24	787	2.6%	883	834	-47	-5.6%
25-34	3,957	13.3%	4,469	4,220	-263	-6.2%
35-44	3,842	12.9%	4,280	4,003	-161	-4.0%
45-54	4,173	14.0%	4,765	4,399	-226	-5.1%
55-59	2,077	7.0%	2,402	2,096	-19	-0.9%
60-64	1,510	5.1%	1,731	1,483	27	1.8%
65 and older	939	3.2%	1,119	875	64	7.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	5	-1	-20.0%

Industry	17,590		19,962	18,259
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	137	0.8%	157	129	8	6.2%
Mining	57	0.3%	204	106	-49	-46.2%
Utilities	24	0.1%	32	31	-7	-22.6%
Construction	3,022	17.0%	4,624	2,831	191	6.7%
Manufacturing	4,025	22.7%	4,497	3,250	775	23.8%
Wholesale Trade	802	4.5%	862	807	-5	-0.6%
Retail Trade	1,455	8.2%	1,545	1,657	-202	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	590	3.3%	760	601	-11	-1.8%
Information	478	2.7%	454	662	-184	-27.8%
Finance and Insurance	550	3.1%	535	813	-263	-32.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	154	0.9%	164	177	-23	-13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	818	4.6%	687	795	23	2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.2%	36	44	-8	-18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,815	10.2%	1,996	2,011	-196	-9.7%
Educational Services	282	1.6%	279	338	-56	-16.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,371	7.7%	1,274	1,729	-358	-20.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	216	1.2%	262	199	17	8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,046	5.9%	856	1,214	-168	-13.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	365	2.1%	368	421	-56	-13.3%
Public Administration	209	1.2%	223	259	-50	-19.3%
Information Not Available	138	0.8%	147	185	-47	-25.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,542		8,864	9,639
Male	4,333	57.5%	5,516	5,418	-1,085	-20.0%
Female	3,209	42.5%	3,348	4,219	-1,010	-23.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,542		8,864	9,639
Hispanic or Latino	997	13.2%	1,060	1,135	-138	-12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,511	73.1%	6,623	7,929	-2,418	-30.5%
Information Not Available	1,034	13.7%	1,181	575	459	79.8%

Race	7,542		8,864	9,639
American Indian or Alaskan Native	385	3.1%	465	174	211	121.3%
Asian	157	1.3%	140	107	50	46.7%
Black or African American	114	0.9%	134	89	25	28.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	104	0.8%	104	47	57	121.3%
White	9,594	76.7%	11,723	7,796	1,798	23.1%
Information Not Available	2,147	17.2%	2,361	1,426	721	50.6%

Years of Age	7,542		8,864	9,639
Younger than 22	141	0.9%	164	187	-46	-24.6%
22-24	240	1.5%	332	444	-204	-45.9%
25-34	1,408	8.6%	1,687	2,022	-614	-30.4%
35-44	1,466	8.9%	1,682	2,035	-569	-28.0%
45-54	1,790	10.9%	2,153	2,414	-624	-25.8%
55-59	984	6.0%	1,144	1,172	-188	-16.0%
60-64	682	4.1%	766	869	-187	-21.5%
65 and older	830	5.0%	934	496	334	67.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%

Industry	7,542		8,864	9,639
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	324	4.1%	603	498	-174	-34.9%
Mining	229	2.9%	257	42	187	445.2%
Utilities	17	0.2%	23	16	1	6.3%
Construction	738	9.4%	1,003	868	-130	-15.0%
Manufacturing	939	11.9%	1,121	1,205	-266	-22.1%
Wholesale Trade	389	4.9%	395	297	92	31.0%
Retail Trade	663	8.4%	738	886	-223	-25.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	346	4.4%	462	356	-10	-2.8%
Information	89	1.1%	90	136	-47	-34.6%
Finance and Insurance	221	2.8%	222	283	-62	-21.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	86	1.1%	112	101	-15	-14.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	332	4.2%	326	412	-80	-19.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.5%	41	37	-1	-2.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	913	11.6%	978	1,288	-375	-29.1%
Educational Services	125	1.6%	152	166	-41	-24.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	611	7.8%	663	755	-144	-19.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105	1.3%	144	156	-51	-32.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	433	5.5%	500	540	-107	-19.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	170	2.2%	194	196	-26	-13.3%
Public Administration	172	2.2%	197	179	-7	-3.9%
Information Not Available	604	7.7%	643	1,222	-618	-50.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	111,090		127,568	147,297
Male	64,145	57.7%	78,835	82,420	-18,275	-22.2%
Female	46,279	41.7%	48,034	63,804	-17,525	-27.5%
Information Not Available	666	0.6%	699	1,073	-407	-37.9%

Ethnicity	111,090		127,568	147,297
Hispanic or Latino	15,900	14.3%	22,363	21,498	-5,598	-26.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,192	74.9%	91,710	109,533	-26,341	-24.0%
Information Not Available	11,998	10.8%	13,495	16,266	-4,268	-26.2%

Race	111,090		127,568	147,297
American Indian or Alaskan Native	524	0.5%	666	723	-199	-27.5%
Asian	2,482	2.2%	2,566	3,479	-997	-28.7%
Black or African American	29,407	26.5%	30,135	38,187	-8,780	-23.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	241	0.2%	294	326	-85	-26.1%
White	67,030	60.3%	78,448	89,093	-22,063	-24.8%
Information Not Available	11,406	10.3%	15,459	15,489	-4,083	-26.4%

Years of Age	111,090		127,568	147,297
Younger than 22	1,556	0.9%	1,802	1,866	-310	-16.6%
22-24	4,722	2.8%	5,301	5,887	-1,165	-19.8%
25-34	25,628	15.1%	28,813	32,700	-7,072	-21.6%
35-44	26,181	15.4%	30,135	34,308	-8,127	-23.7%
45-54	27,846	16.4%	32,907	37,863	-10,017	-26.5%
55-59	12,837	7.6%	14,872	17,410	-4,573	-26.3%
60-64	8,176	4.8%	9,315	11,380	-3,204	-28.2%
65 and older	4,144	2.4%	4,423	5,883	-1,739	-29.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	111,090		127,568	147,297
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	402	0.4%	536	497	-95	-19.1%
Mining	768	0.7%	822	349	419	120.1%
Utilities	152	0.1%	137	188	-36	-19.1%
Construction	14,579	13.1%	22,583	18,651	-4,072	-21.8%
Manufacturing	12,045	10.8%	13,053	15,119	-3,074	-20.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,174	4.6%	5,269	6,522	-1,348	-20.7%
Retail Trade	9,739	8.7%	10,350	16,225	-6,486	-40.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,403	3.9%	5,722	6,163	-1,760	-28.6%
Information	2,094	1.9%	2,144	2,605	-511	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,744	3.4%	3,844	5,856	-2,112	-36.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,621	1.5%	1,767	2,193	-572	-26.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,708	6.9%	6,991	9,747	-2,039	-20.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	664	0.6%	766	728	-64	-8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,342	15.6%	20,611	20,217	-2,875	-14.2%
Educational Services	2,203	2.0%	2,367	3,733	-1,530	-41.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,554	7.7%	8,619	11,954	-3,400	-28.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,626	1.5%	2,275	1,974	-348	-17.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,486	4.9%	6,193	7,705	-2,219	-28.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,997	2.7%	3,111	3,920	-923	-23.5%
Public Administration	2,518	2.3%	2,673	3,434	-916	-26.7%
Information Not Available	7,271	6.5%	7,735	9,517	-2,246	-23.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,874		25,542	32,354
Male	13,559	59.3%	15,995	18,888	-5,329	-28.2%
Female	9,276	40.6%	9,508	13,396	-4,120	-30.8%
Information Not Available	39	0.2%	39	70	-31	-44.3%

Ethnicity	22,874		25,542	32,354
Hispanic or Latino	1,165	5.1%	1,340	1,520	-355	-23.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,086	74.7%	19,115	24,407	-7,321	-30.0%
Information Not Available	4,623	20.2%	5,087	6,427	-1,804	-28.1%

Race	22,874		25,542	32,354
American Indian or Alaskan Native	143	0.6%	138	146	-3	-2.1%
Asian	145	0.6%	151	155	-10	-6.5%
Black or African American	4,000	17.5%	4,167	5,572	-1,572	-28.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	30	27	-5	-18.5%
White	17,167	75.1%	19,458	24,640	-7,473	-30.3%
Information Not Available	1,397	6.1%	1,598	1,814	-417	-23.0%

Years of Age	22,874		25,542	32,354
Younger than 22	267	0.7%	321	467	-200	-42.8%
22-24	843	2.2%	973	1,216	-373	-30.7%
25-34	5,043	13.1%	5,530	7,241	-2,198	-30.4%
35-44	5,599	14.5%	6,252	7,803	-2,204	-28.2%
45-54	5,985	15.5%	6,752	8,641	-2,656	-30.7%
55-59	2,721	7.1%	3,044	3,680	-959	-26.1%
60-64	1,541	4.0%	1,741	2,138	-597	-27.9%
65 and older	875	2.3%	929	1,168	-293	-25.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,874		25,542	32,354
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.4%	96	84	2	2.4%
Mining	74	0.3%	105	88	-14	-15.9%
Utilities	20	0.1%	18	42	-22	-52.4%
Construction	3,844	16.7%	5,218	6,290	-2,446	-38.9%
Manufacturing	4,217	18.4%	4,453	5,133	-916	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	829	3.6%	905	1,046	-217	-20.7%
Retail Trade	1,661	7.2%	1,768	2,381	-720	-30.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	808	3.5%	1,056	1,154	-346	-30.0%
Information	371	1.6%	372	375	-4	-1.1%
Finance and Insurance	543	2.4%	523	884	-341	-38.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	297	1.3%	364	436	-139	-31.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,068	4.7%	935	1,298	-230	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	118	0.5%	118	238	-120	-50.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,659	11.6%	2,893	3,760	-1,101	-29.3%
Educational Services	422	1.8%	416	622	-200	-32.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,856	8.1%	1,914	3,044	-1,188	-39.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	285	1.2%	299	341	-56	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	797	3.5%	856	1,257	-460	-36.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	515	2.2%	565	696	-181	-26.0%
Public Administration	197	0.9%	246	244	-47	-19.3%
Information Not Available	2,207	9.6%	2,422	2,941	-734	-25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,780		15,133	20,197
Male	8,682	58.7%	9,198	11,343	-2,661	-23.5%
Female	6,098	41.3%	5,935	8,854	-2,756	-31.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,780		15,133	20,197
Hispanic or Latino	1,188	8.0%	1,266	1,445	-257	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,471	43.8%	6,452	9,978	-3,507	-35.1%
Information Not Available	7,121	48.2%	7,415	8,774	-1,653	-18.8%

Race	14,780		15,133	20,197
American Indian or Alaskan Native	231	1.6%	230	296	-65	-22.0%
Asian	215	1.5%	218	287	-72	-25.1%
Black or African American	2,674	18.1%	2,614	4,191	-1,517	-36.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.2%	29	43	-10	-23.3%
White	10,668	72.2%	11,006	14,251	-3,583	-25.1%
Information Not Available	959	6.5%	1,036	1,129	-170	-15.1%

Years of Age	14,780		15,133	20,197
Younger than 22	247	1.0%	254	297	-50	-16.8%
22-24	711	2.9%	694	915	-204	-22.3%
25-34	3,481	14.3%	3,624	4,824	-1,343	-27.8%
35-44	3,334	13.7%	3,347	4,420	-1,086	-24.6%
45-54	3,511	14.4%	3,635	4,943	-1,432	-29.0%
55-59	1,696	7.0%	1,735	2,371	-675	-28.5%
60-64	1,085	4.5%	1,141	1,512	-427	-28.2%
65 and older	715	2.9%	703	915	-200	-21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,780		15,133	20,197
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	0.3%	55	50	-4	-8.0%
Mining	627	4.2%	738	172	455	264.5%
Utilities	25	0.2%	28	37	-12	-32.4%
Construction	1,975	13.3%	2,116	2,016	-41	-2.0%
Manufacturing	1,929	13.0%	2,131	4,288	-2,359	-55.0%
Wholesale Trade	679	4.6%	616	822	-143	-17.4%
Retail Trade	1,203	8.1%	1,332	1,666	-463	-27.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	675	4.6%	689	568	107	18.8%
Information	315	2.1%	298	317	-2	-0.6%
Finance and Insurance	397	2.7%	379	718	-321	-44.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	196	1.3%	181	241	-45	-18.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,012	6.8%	833	1,369	-357	-26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.4%	52	59	-7	-11.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,870	12.6%	1,859	2,831	-961	-33.9%
Educational Services	272	1.8%	289	343	-71	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,419	9.6%	1,407	2,092	-673	-32.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	0.7%	109	145	-41	-28.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	592	4.0%	628	814	-222	-27.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	330	2.2%	324	472	-142	-30.1%
Public Administration	305	2.1%	330	406	-101	-24.9%
Information Not Available	757	5.1%	739	771	-14	-1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,357		25,418	26,519
Male	12,593	59.0%	16,005	15,064	-2,471	-16.4%
Female	8,764	41.0%	9,413	11,455	-2,691	-23.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,357		25,418	26,519
Hispanic or Latino	35	0.2%	26	148	-113	-76.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	606	2.8%	577	724	-118	-16.3%
Information Not Available	20,716	97.0%	24,815	25,647	-4,931	-19.2%

Race	21,357		25,418	26,519
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	0.7%	143	184	-40	-21.7%
Asian	105	0.5%	65	81	24	29.6%
Black or African American	3,004	14.1%	3,526	3,704	-700	-18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	4	0	9	0.0%
White	17,847	83.6%	21,406	22,275	-4,428	-19.9%
Information Not Available	248	1.2%	274	275	-27	-9.8%

Years of Age	21,357		25,418	26,519
Younger than 22	349	0.9%	347	332	17	5.1%
22-24	955	2.5%	1,063	1,047	-92	-8.8%
25-34	4,914	13.1%	5,704	5,606	-692	-12.3%
35-44	5,328	14.2%	6,476	6,613	-1,285	-19.4%
45-54	4,892	13.1%	6,068	6,199	-1,307	-21.1%
55-59	2,198	5.9%	2,672	3,408	-1,210	-35.5%
60-64	1,731	4.6%	2,000	2,135	-404	-18.9%
65 and older	981	2.6%	1,084	1,169	-188	-16.1%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	4	10	-1	-10.0%

Industry	21,357		25,418	26,519
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	61	0.3%	56	36	25	69.4%
Mining	1,147	5.4%	1,123	989	158	16.0%
Utilities	52	0.2%	30	36	16	44.4%
Construction	2,250	10.5%	3,153	2,796	-546	-19.5%
Manufacturing	4,055	18.9%	6,931	4,801	-746	-15.5%
Wholesale Trade	850	4.0%	907	1,074	-224	-20.9%
Retail Trade	1,766	8.2%	1,735	2,302	-536	-23.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	815	3.8%	820	953	-138	-14.5%
Information	358	1.7%	468	539	-181	-33.6%
Finance and Insurance	602	2.8%	573	805	-203	-25.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	187	0.9%	299	382	-195	-51.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,243	5.8%	967	1,227	16	1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.3%	39	94	-33	-35.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,629	12.3%	2,811	3,025	-396	-13.1%
Educational Services	240	1.1%	278	499	-259	-51.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,522	7.1%	1,791	2,954	-1,432	-48.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	183	0.9%	269	355	-172	-48.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	885	4.1%	872	1,358	-473	-34.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	475	2.2%	529	548	-73	-13.3%
Public Administration	528	2.5%	382	378	150	39.7%
Information Not Available	1,448	6.8%	1,385	1,368	80	5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,149		19,482	16,704
Male	11,325	56.2%	11,231	7,751	3,574	46.1%
Female	8,824	43.8%	8,251	8,953	-129	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,149		19,482	16,704
Hispanic or Latino	842	4.2%	826	723	119	16.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,307	95.8%	18,656	15,976	3,331	20.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Race	20,149		19,482	16,704
American Indian or Alaskan Native	199	1.0%	220	168	31	18.5%
Asian	193	1.0%	175	164	29	17.7%
Black or African American	10,801	53.6%	10,364	9,395	1,406	15.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.2%	36	18	22	122.2%
White	8,916	44.3%	8,687	6,959	1,957	28.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Years of Age	20,149		19,482	16,704
Younger than 22	257	0.9%	254	216	41	19.0%
22-24	879	3.2%	857	724	155	21.4%
25-34	5,135	18.6%	5,009	4,262	873	20.5%
35-44	4,714	17.1%	4,516	3,714	1,000	26.9%
45-54	4,511	16.4%	4,409	3,823	688	18.0%
55-59	2,225	8.1%	2,140	1,844	381	20.7%
60-64	1,484	5.4%	1,415	1,240	244	19.7%
65 and older	944	3.4%	882	881	63	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,149		19,482	16,704
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	181	0.9%	230	150	31	20.7%
Mining	1,329	6.5%	1,335	253	1,076	425.3%
Utilities	52	0.3%	41	48	4	8.3%
Construction	3,189	15.7%	3,237	2,346	843	35.9%
Manufacturing	2,204	10.8%	2,099	1,402	802	57.2%
Wholesale Trade	733	3.6%	743	523	210	40.2%
Retail Trade	1,628	8.0%	1,582	1,686	-58	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	775	3.8%	744	514	261	50.8%
Information	258	1.3%	259	276	-18	-6.5%
Finance and Insurance	456	2.2%	475	511	-55	-10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	499	2.5%	485	359	140	39.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,167	5.7%	1,013	1,064	103	9.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.3%	63	49	14	28.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,975	9.7%	1,886	1,642	333	20.3%
Educational Services	330	1.6%	277	416	-86	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,979	9.7%	2,001	2,411	-432	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	324	1.6%	321	349	-25	-7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,472	7.2%	1,280	1,429	43	3.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	545	2.7%	491	541	4	0.7%
Public Administration	314	1.5%	316	297	17	5.7%
Information Not Available	676	3.3%	604	438	238	54.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,615		70,567	71,822
Male	33,600	56.4%	43,818	40,366	-6,766	-16.8%
Female	26,014	43.6%	26,747	31,456	-5,442	-17.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	59,615		70,567	71,822
Hispanic or Latino	7,812	13.1%	8,826	9,206	-1,394	-15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,040	80.6%	57,356	58,487	-10,447	-17.9%
Information Not Available	3,763	6.3%	4,385	4,129	-366	-8.9%

Race	59,615		70,567	71,822
American Indian or Alaskan Native	275	0.5%	334	362	-87	-24.0%
Asian	2,380	4.0%	2,370	2,676	-296	-11.1%
Black or African American	6,232	10.5%	6,353	7,292	-1,060	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	155	0.3%	195	172	-17	-9.9%
White	42,573	71.4%	52,175	52,638	-10,065	-19.1%
Information Not Available	8,000	13.4%	9,140	8,682	-682	-7.9%

Years of Age	59,615		70,567	71,822
Younger than 22	924	0.9%	1,170	1,222	-298	-24.4%
22-24	2,550	2.6%	3,051	3,321	-771	-23.2%
25-34	13,755	14.1%	16,344	16,469	-2,714	-16.5%
35-44	12,440	12.8%	14,936	15,053	-2,613	-17.4%
45-54	14,389	14.8%	17,062	17,750	-3,361	-18.9%
55-59	6,859	7.1%	7,921	7,983	-1,124	-14.1%
60-64	4,904	5.0%	5,648	5,685	-781	-13.7%
65 and older	3,794	3.9%	4,435	4,339	-545	-12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	59,615		70,567	71,822
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	350	0.6%	600	434	-84	-19.4%
Mining	44	0.1%	110	53	-9	-17.0%
Utilities	105	0.2%	132	119	-14	-11.8%
Construction	7,199	12.0%	11,909	8,736	-1,537	-17.6%
Manufacturing	5,396	9.0%	5,767	6,542	-1,146	-17.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,581	4.3%	2,742	3,199	-618	-19.3%
Retail Trade	5,289	8.8%	5,939	6,776	-1,487	-21.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,506	2.5%	1,917	1,762	-256	-14.5%
Information	1,557	2.6%	1,500	1,696	-139	-8.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,090	3.5%	2,131	2,783	-693	-24.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,192	2.0%	1,463	1,422	-230	-16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,420	9.0%	5,601	6,366	-946	-14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	275	0.5%	287	248	27	10.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,075	11.8%	9,314	8,080	-1,005	-12.4%
Educational Services	1,167	1.9%	1,147	1,498	-331	-22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,267	10.5%	6,622	7,841	-1,574	-20.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	915	1.5%	1,725	1,053	-138	-13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,034	8.4%	5,090	6,170	-1,136	-18.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,466	5.8%	3,731	3,854	-388	-10.1%
Public Administration	892	1.5%	1,076	1,369	-477	-34.8%
Information Not Available	1,795	3.0%	1,764	1,821	-26	-1.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,093		41,552	49,040
Male	16,115	42.3%	17,683	22,859	-6,744	-29.5%
Female	13,616	35.7%	13,791	19,868	-6,252	-31.5%
Information Not Available	8,362	22.0%	10,078	6,313	2,049	32.5%

Ethnicity	38,093		41,552	49,040
Hispanic or Latino	1,668	4.4%	1,845	2,258	-590	-26.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,397	71.9%	28,950	39,625	-12,228	-30.9%
Information Not Available	9,028	23.7%	10,757	7,157	1,871	26.1%

Race	38,093		41,552	49,040
American Indian or Alaskan Native	116	0.3%	121	154	-38	-24.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	13,383	35.1%	13,818	18,995	-5,612	-29.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.1%	52	85	-35	-41.2%
White	13,848	36.4%	14,959	20,391	-6,543	-32.1%
Information Not Available	10,696	28.1%	12,602	9,415	1,281	13.6%

Years of Age	38,093		41,552	49,040
Younger than 22	552	1.1%	560	707	-155	-21.9%
22-24	1,459	2.9%	1,546	2,136	-677	-31.7%
25-34	7,464	15.0%	7,848	10,271	-2,807	-27.3%
35-44	6,169	12.4%	6,424	8,946	-2,777	-31.0%
45-54	6,886	13.9%	7,405	10,274	-3,388	-33.0%
55-59	3,211	6.5%	3,381	4,693	-1,482	-31.6%
60-64	2,316	4.7%	2,436	3,176	-860	-27.1%
65 and older	1,674	3.4%	1,874	2,524	-850	-33.7%
Information Not Available	8,362	16.9%	10,078	6,313	2,049	32.5%

Industry	38,093		41,552	49,040
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	0.1%	57	96	-50	-52.1%
Mining	57	0.1%	64	34	23	67.6%
Utilities	18	0.0%	19	43	-25	-58.1%
Construction	3,902	10.2%	4,420	4,763	-861	-18.1%
Manufacturing	318	0.8%	415	501	-183	-36.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,189	3.1%	1,246	1,713	-524	-30.6%
Retail Trade	1,251	3.3%	1,358	1,892	-641	-33.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	623	1.6%	726	951	-328	-34.5%
Information	507	1.3%	555	790	-283	-35.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,002	2.6%	968	1,548	-546	-35.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	654	1.7%	713	900	-246	-27.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,123	8.2%	3,073	4,516	-1,393	-30.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	91	0.2%	102	217	-126	-58.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,232	11.1%	4,543	5,822	-1,590	-27.3%
Educational Services	862	2.3%	835	1,330	-468	-35.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,857	7.5%	2,902	4,249	-1,392	-32.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	352	0.9%	430	485	-133	-27.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,407	6.3%	2,441	3,388	-981	-29.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	872	2.3%	905	1,262	-390	-30.9%
Public Administration	664	1.7%	743	672	-8	-1.2%
Information Not Available	13,066	34.3%	15,037	13,868	-802	-5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,246		10,470	9,833
Male	4,498	62.1%	7,039	6,048	-1,550	-25.6%
Female	2,748	37.9%	3,431	3,785	-1,037	-27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,246		10,470	9,833
Hispanic or Latino	96	1.3%	152	95	1	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,049	83.5%	8,148	6,927	-878	-12.7%
Information Not Available	1,101	15.2%	2,170	2,811	-1,710	-60.8%

Race	7,246		10,470	9,833
American Indian or Alaskan Native	74	1.0%	117	77	-3	-3.9%
Asian	61	0.8%	78	74	-13	-17.6%
Black or African American	121	1.7%	166	142	-21	-14.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,222	85.9%	8,413	7,159	-937	-13.1%
Information Not Available	768	10.6%	1,696	2,381	-1,613	-67.7%

Years of Age	7,246		10,470	9,833
Younger than 22	184	1.4%	261	260	-76	-29.2%
22-24	334	2.6%	552	479	-145	-30.3%
25-34	1,536	12.0%	2,325	2,146	-610	-28.4%
35-44	1,412	11.0%	2,039	1,985	-573	-28.9%
45-54	1,726	13.5%	2,461	2,394	-668	-27.9%
55-59	930	7.3%	1,269	1,163	-233	-20.0%
60-64	671	5.2%	881	838	-167	-19.9%
65 and older	453	3.5%	682	568	-115	-20.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,246		10,470	9,833
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	566	7.2%	607	736	-170	-23.1%
Mining	7	0.1%	13	5	2	40.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	10	16	-8	-50.0%
Construction	633	8.1%	1,810	1,022	-389	-38.1%
Manufacturing	857	11.0%	995	1,052	-195	-18.5%
Wholesale Trade	190	2.4%	284	260	-70	-26.9%
Retail Trade	657	8.4%	880	859	-202	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	265	3.4%	348	364	-99	-27.2%
Information	44	0.6%	44	80	-36	-45.0%
Finance and Insurance	132	1.7%	124	127	5	3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	62	0.8%	83	80	-18	-22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	244	3.1%	237	258	-14	-5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	11	13	-3	-23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	447	5.7%	787	583	-136	-23.3%
Educational Services	96	1.2%	85	119	-23	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	524	6.7%	461	680	-156	-22.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	185	2.4%	215	220	-35	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	443	5.7%	791	642	-199	-31.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	113	1.4%	148	177	-64	-36.2%
Public Administration	73	0.9%	122	109	-36	-33.0%
Information Not Available	1,690	21.6%	2,415	2,431	-741	-30.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,745		78,253	79,017
Male	31,362	56.3%	50,107	45,609	-14,247	-31.2%
Female	22,977	41.2%	26,513	31,528	-8,551	-27.1%
Information Not Available	1,406	2.5%	1,633	1,880	-474	-25.2%

Ethnicity	55,745		78,253	79,017
Hispanic or Latino	2,098	3.8%	4,175	2,822	-724	-25.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,713	76.6%	59,476	60,487	-17,774	-29.4%
Information Not Available	10,934	19.6%	14,602	15,708	-4,774	-30.4%

Race	55,745		78,253	79,017
American Indian or Alaskan Native	550	1.0%	832	825	-275	-33.3%
Asian	718	1.3%	790	817	-99	-12.1%
Black or African American	10,047	18.0%	11,550	13,757	-3,710	-27.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.1%	73	56	4	7.1%
White	32,274	57.9%	47,762	45,874	-13,600	-29.6%
Information Not Available	12,096	21.7%	17,246	17,688	-5,592	-31.6%

Years of Age	55,745		78,253	79,017
Younger than 22	1,228	1.5%	1,849	2,012	-784	-39.0%
22-24	3,098	3.7%	4,338	4,489	-1,391	-31.0%
25-34	13,055	15.5%	17,914	18,316	-5,261	-28.7%
35-44	12,544	14.9%	17,842	18,675	-6,131	-32.8%
45-54	13,976	16.6%	19,675	20,097	-6,121	-30.5%
55-59	6,159	7.3%	8,934	8,367	-2,208	-26.4%
60-64	3,826	4.5%	5,174	4,763	-937	-19.7%
65 and older	1,859	2.2%	2,527	2,298	-439	-19.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	55,745		78,253	79,017
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	489	0.9%	980	615	-126	-20.5%
Mining	392	0.7%	685	204	188	92.2%
Utilities	73	0.1%	84	69	4	5.8%
Construction	6,831	12.1%	15,052	8,842	-2,011	-22.7%
Manufacturing	8,395	14.9%	10,372	11,063	-2,668	-24.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,160	3.8%	3,309	8,318	-6,158	-74.0%
Retail Trade	3,679	6.5%	4,477	5,080	-1,401	-27.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,401	2.5%	2,412	1,916	-515	-26.9%
Information	804	1.4%	922	846	-42	-5.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,322	2.4%	1,294	2,452	-1,130	-46.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	795	1.4%	1,013	950	-155	-16.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,963	7.0%	4,132	4,862	-899	-18.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,439	2.6%	1,778	1,871	-432	-23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,243	12.9%	10,752	9,814	-2,571	-26.2%
Educational Services	1,000	1.8%	1,019	1,171	-171	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,972	8.8%	5,560	7,026	-2,054	-29.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	810	1.4%	1,552	908	-98	-10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,858	5.1%	3,696	3,838	-980	-25.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,549	2.8%	1,959	1,677	-128	-7.6%
Public Administration	830	1.5%	1,126	954	-124	-13.0%
Information Not Available	4,740	8.4%	6,079	6,541	-1,801	-27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,020		43,210	40,374
Male	20,847	61.3%	29,666	24,354	-3,507	-14.4%
Female	13,171	38.7%	13,537	16,005	-2,834	-17.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	7	15	-13	-86.7%

Ethnicity	34,020		43,210	40,374
Hispanic or Latino	1,298	3.8%	1,736	1,434	-136	-9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,833	84.8%	36,678	34,625	-5,792	-16.7%
Information Not Available	3,889	11.4%	4,796	4,315	-426	-9.9%

Race	34,020		43,210	40,374
American Indian or Alaskan Native	548	1.6%	637	580	-32	-5.5%
Asian	890	2.6%	880	1,020	-130	-12.7%
Black or African American	2,990	8.8%	3,044	3,390	-400	-11.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.2%	65	69	-1	-1.4%
White	26,488	77.9%	35,043	32,100	-5,612	-17.5%
Information Not Available	3,036	8.9%	3,541	3,215	-179	-5.6%

Years of Age	34,020		43,210	40,374
Younger than 22	467	0.8%	683	532	-65	-12.2%
22-24	1,374	2.4%	1,984	1,706	-332	-19.5%
25-34	7,955	13.8%	10,302	9,526	-1,571	-16.5%
35-44	7,139	12.4%	8,979	8,570	-1,431	-16.7%
45-54	8,208	14.3%	10,291	10,038	-1,830	-18.2%
55-59	4,274	7.4%	5,376	4,924	-650	-13.2%
60-64	2,980	5.2%	3,579	3,291	-311	-9.5%
65 and older	1,609	2.8%	1,997	1,769	-160	-9.0%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	19	18	-4	-22.2%

Industry	34,020		43,210	40,374
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	482	1.4%	704	545	-63	-11.6%
Mining	283	0.8%	357	184	99	53.8%
Utilities	186	0.5%	113	196	-10	-5.1%
Construction	5,867	17.0%	12,077	7,743	-1,876	-24.2%
Manufacturing	4,952	14.4%	5,671	4,753	199	4.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,602	4.6%	1,667	1,675	-73	-4.4%
Retail Trade	2,457	7.1%	2,663	2,839	-382	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,045	3.0%	1,399	1,285	-240	-18.7%
Information	609	1.8%	623	757	-148	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,031	3.0%	1,019	1,486	-455	-30.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	550	1.6%	596	831	-281	-33.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,238	6.5%	2,247	2,736	-498	-18.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	617	1.8%	667	756	-139	-18.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,324	9.6%	3,973	4,150	-826	-19.9%
Educational Services	732	2.1%	747	907	-175	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,736	7.9%	2,837	3,650	-914	-25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	465	1.3%	604	587	-122	-20.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,816	5.3%	1,848	2,058	-242	-11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,166	3.4%	1,148	1,192	-26	-2.2%
Public Administration	507	1.5%	682	572	-65	-11.4%
Information Not Available	1,355	3.9%	1,568	1,472	-117	-7.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,728		30,021	35,211
Male	14,570	52.5%	16,734	18,055	-3,485	-19.3%
Female	13,113	47.3%	13,231	17,123	-4,010	-23.4%
Information Not Available	45	0.2%	56	33	12	36.4%

Ethnicity	27,728		30,021	35,211
Hispanic or Latino	1,030	3.7%	1,135	1,000	30	3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,333	76.9%	22,706	29,397	-8,064	-27.4%
Information Not Available	5,365	19.3%	6,180	4,814	551	11.4%

Race	27,728		30,021	35,211
American Indian or Alaskan Native	177	0.6%	203	176	1	0.6%
Asian	180	0.6%	200	201	-21	-10.4%
Black or African American	5,796	20.9%	6,129	4,441	1,355	30.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	985	3.6%	969	380	605	159.2%
White	18,521	66.8%	20,220	17,680	841	4.8%
Information Not Available	2,069	7.5%	2,300	12,333	-10,264	-83.2%

Years of Age	27,728		30,021	35,211
Younger than 22	402	0.9%	416	693	-291	-42.0%
22-24	1,144	2.6%	1,283	1,825	-681	-37.3%
25-34	6,467	14.7%	7,034	8,184	-1,717	-21.0%
35-44	6,180	14.0%	6,816	8,016	-1,836	-22.9%
45-54	6,881	15.6%	7,477	8,859	-1,978	-22.3%
55-59	3,259	7.4%	3,515	3,792	-533	-14.1%
60-64	2,128	4.8%	2,133	2,395	-267	-11.1%
65 and older	1,267	2.9%	1,347	1,446	-179	-12.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	27,728		30,021	35,211
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	0.4%	183	154	-48	-31.2%
Mining	165	0.6%	174	201	-36	-17.9%
Utilities	33	0.1%	49	43	-10	-23.3%
Construction	3,483	12.5%	4,431	4,120	-637	-15.5%
Manufacturing	3,156	11.3%	3,553	3,750	-594	-15.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,273	4.6%	1,343	1,395	-122	-8.7%
Retail Trade	2,765	9.9%	2,923	3,710	-945	-25.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	877	3.2%	1,020	1,056	-179	-17.0%
Information	603	2.2%	681	739	-136	-18.4%
Finance and Insurance	948	3.4%	900	1,715	-767	-44.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	437	1.6%	544	582	-145	-24.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,513	5.4%	1,289	1,903	-390	-20.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	229	0.8%	211	186	43	23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,607	13.0%	3,862	4,538	-931	-20.5%
Educational Services	581	2.1%	578	687	-106	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,201	11.5%	3,306	4,415	-1,214	-27.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	340	1.2%	452	440	-100	-22.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,146	7.7%	2,253	2,821	-675	-23.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	804	2.9%	739	1,027	-223	-21.7%
Public Administration	313	1.1%	350	419	-106	-25.3%
Information Not Available	1,148	4.1%	1,180	1,310	-162	-12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,947		12,740	19,801
Male	7,125	51.1%	7,400	8,756	-1,631	-18.6%
Female	6,808	48.8%	5,332	11,038	-4,230	-38.3%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	8	7	7	100.0%

Ethnicity	13,947		12,740	19,801
Hispanic or Latino	252	1.8%	211	282	-30	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,764	91.5%	11,557	18,583	-5,819	-31.3%
Information Not Available	931	6.7%	972	936	-5	-0.5%

Race	13,947		12,740	19,801
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.4%	61	47	9	19.1%
Asian	63	0.5%	91	141	-78	-55.3%
Black or African American	8,096	58.0%	6,956	12,260	-4,164	-34.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.2%	31	30	-2	-6.7%
White	5,378	38.6%	5,298	7,046	-1,668	-23.7%
Information Not Available	326	2.3%	303	277	49	17.7%

Years of Age	13,947		12,740	19,801
Younger than 22	199	1.1%	189	300	-101	-33.7%
22-24	662	3.6%	669	1,109	-447	-40.3%
25-34	3,742	20.4%	3,381	5,058	-1,316	-26.0%
35-44	3,261	17.8%	3,050	4,503	-1,242	-27.6%
45-54	3,085	16.8%	2,789	4,347	-1,262	-29.0%
55-59	1,385	7.5%	1,246	2,049	-664	-32.4%
60-64	960	5.2%	849	1,383	-423	-30.6%
65 and older	653	3.6%	567	1,052	-399	-37.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,947		12,740	19,801
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	176	1.2%	315	258	-82	-31.8%
Mining	195	1.4%	204	47	148	314.9%
Utilities	25	0.2%	17	30	-5	-16.7%
Construction	782	5.5%	936	1,291	-509	-39.4%
Manufacturing	1,473	10.4%	1,532	2,613	-1,140	-43.6%
Wholesale Trade	359	2.5%	360	476	-117	-24.6%
Retail Trade	1,073	7.6%	1,085	1,820	-747	-41.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	279	2.0%	304	445	-166	-37.3%
Information	93	0.7%	90	152	-59	-38.8%
Finance and Insurance	159	1.1%	171	375	-216	-57.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	116	0.8%	121	187	-71	-38.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	448	3.2%	346	586	-138	-23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	99	0.7%	91	235	-136	-57.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,201	8.5%	1,218	1,928	-727	-37.7%
Educational Services	230	1.6%	210	387	-157	-40.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,129	15.1%	985	3,370	-1,241	-36.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	0.6%	103	152	-71	-46.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,201	8.5%	845	1,926	-725	-37.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	181	1.3%	181	301	-120	-39.9%
Public Administration	152	1.1%	173	251	-99	-39.4%
Information Not Available	3,495	24.7%	3,453	2,971	524	17.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,040		6,476	5,811
Male	3,147	62.4%	4,386	3,454	-307	-8.9%
Female	1,886	37.4%	2,083	2,350	-464	-19.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	7	7	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,040		6,476	5,811
Hispanic or Latino	208	4.1%	260	212	-4	-1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,597	91.2%	5,940	5,369	-772	-14.4%
Information Not Available	235	4.7%	276	230	5	2.2%

Race	5,040		6,476	5,811
American Indian or Alaskan Native	481	9.5%	639	723	-242	-33.5%
Asian	28	0.6%	25	28	0	0.0%
Black or African American	64	1.3%	63	57	7	12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.4%	14	13	5	38.5%
White	4,379	86.9%	5,639	4,927	-548	-11.1%
Information Not Available	70	1.4%	96	63	7	11.1%

Years of Age	5,040		6,476	5,811
Younger than 22	98	1.1%	140	128	-30	-23.4%
22-24	268	3.0%	308	292	-24	-8.2%
25-34	1,283	14.2%	1,637	1,434	-151	-10.5%
35-44	1,043	11.5%	1,288	1,225	-182	-14.9%
45-54	1,141	12.6%	1,482	1,358	-217	-16.0%
55-59	610	6.7%	797	684	-74	-10.8%
60-64	370	4.1%	521	456	-86	-18.9%
65 and older	227	2.5%	303	234	-7	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,040		6,476	5,811
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	113	2.2%	234	146	-33	-22.6%
Mining	213	4.1%	272	157	56	35.7%
Utilities	18	0.3%	29	14	4	28.6%
Construction	796	15.4%	1,327	799	-3	-0.4%
Manufacturing	386	7.5%	440	475	-89	-18.7%
Wholesale Trade	119	2.3%	140	146	-27	-18.5%
Retail Trade	435	8.4%	533	547	-112	-20.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	178	3.5%	255	206	-28	-13.6%
Information	62	1.2%	74	63	-1	-1.6%
Finance and Insurance	87	1.7%	88	120	-33	-27.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	90	1.7%	86	76	14	18.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	240	4.7%	248	232	8	3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	13	4	3	75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	348	6.8%	531	421	-73	-17.3%
Educational Services	100	1.9%	98	112	-12	-10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	363	7.0%	374	477	-114	-23.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	269	5.2%	286	254	15	5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	748	14.5%	781	920	-172	-18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	139	2.7%	187	170	-31	-18.2%
Public Administration	191	3.7%	227	306	-115	-37.6%
Information Not Available	138	2.7%	253	166	-28	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,071		32,453	50,387
Male	15,699	49.0%	16,670	24,924	-9,225	-37.0%
Female	16,361	51.0%	15,773	25,453	-9,092	-35.7%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	10	10	1	10.0%

Ethnicity	32,071		32,453	50,387
Hispanic or Latino	1,380	4.3%	1,448	2,234	-854	-38.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,997	93.5%	30,330	47,372	-17,375	-36.7%
Information Not Available	694	2.2%	675	781	-87	-11.1%

Race	32,071		32,453	50,387
American Indian or Alaskan Native	535	1.7%	558	674	-139	-20.6%
Asian	398	1.2%	386	538	-140	-26.0%
Black or African American	14,588	45.5%	14,135	22,069	-7,481	-33.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.2%	59	59	6	10.2%
White	14,403	44.9%	15,195	24,017	-9,614	-40.0%
Information Not Available	2,082	6.5%	2,120	3,030	-948	-31.3%

Years of Age	32,071		32,453	50,387
Younger than 22	651	1.5%	674	1,228	-577	-47.0%
22-24	1,668	3.7%	1,720	3,006	-1,338	-44.5%
25-34	8,107	18.2%	8,149	12,925	-4,818	-37.3%
35-44	7,768	17.4%	7,813	12,052	-4,284	-35.5%
45-54	7,737	17.4%	7,868	11,913	-4,176	-35.1%
55-59	3,159	7.1%	3,148	4,544	-1,385	-30.5%
60-64	1,895	4.3%	2,020	2,931	-1,036	-35.3%
65 and older	1,086	2.4%	1,061	1,788	-702	-39.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,071		32,453	50,387
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.4%	105	189	-56	-29.6%
Mining	8	0.0%	5	12	-4	-33.3%
Utilities	38	0.1%	28	41	-3	-7.3%
Construction	1,752	5.4%	1,473	2,385	-633	-26.5%
Manufacturing	4,684	14.5%	3,636	5,510	-826	-15.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,258	3.9%	1,111	1,601	-343	-21.4%
Retail Trade	2,786	8.7%	2,551	4,133	-1,347	-32.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	661	2.1%	498	849	-188	-22.1%
Information	507	1.6%	317	428	79	18.5%
Finance and Insurance	871	2.7%	574	1,258	-387	-30.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	503	1.6%	391	532	-29	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,851	5.7%	1,429	2,056	-205	-10.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	156	0.5%	123	202	-46	-22.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,442	20.0%	4,355	6,611	-169	-2.6%
Educational Services	631	2.0%	337	595	36	6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,876	8.9%	2,144	3,691	-815	-22.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	225	0.7%	220	272	-47	-17.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,034	6.3%	1,382	3,326	-1,292	-38.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	611	1.9%	373	729	-118	-16.2%
Public Administration	497	1.5%	250	374	123	32.9%
Information Not Available	3,547	11.0%	11,151	15,593	-12,046	-77.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,407		4,059	1,763
Male	2,604	76.4%	3,276	1,191	1,413	118.6%
Female	802	23.5%	781	567	235	41.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	5	-4	-80.0%

Ethnicity	3,407		4,059	1,763
Hispanic or Latino	205	6.0%	249	79	126	159.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,105	91.1%	3,691	1,640	1,465	89.3%
Information Not Available	97	2.8%	119	44	53	120.5%

Race	3,407		4,059	1,763
American Indian or Alaskan Native	196	5.8%	233	148	48	32.4%
Asian	20	0.6%	25	11	9	81.8%
Black or African American	223	6.5%	254	84	139	165.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	13	2	6	300.0%
White	2,658	78.0%	3,166	1,395	1,263	90.5%
Information Not Available	302	8.9%	368	123	179	145.5%

Years of Age	3,407		4,059	1,763
Younger than 22	39	0.7%	49	27	12	44.4%
22-24	171	2.9%	196	50	121	242.0%
25-34	854	14.7%	1,025	374	480	128.3%
35-44	750	12.9%	850	364	386	106.0%
45-54	791	13.6%	945	461	330	71.6%
55-59	391	6.7%	450	220	171	77.7%
60-64	262	4.5%	341	167	95	56.9%
65 and older	148	2.6%	199	99	49	49.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	4	1	0	0.0%

Industry	3,407		4,059	1,763
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	1.2%	54	39	3	7.7%
Mining	732	21.2%	785	125	607	485.6%
Utilities	5	0.1%	8	5	0	0.0%
Construction	631	18.3%	1,091	404	227	56.2%
Manufacturing	404	11.7%	373	163	241	147.9%
Wholesale Trade	222	6.4%	264	110	112	101.8%
Retail Trade	157	4.6%	169	109	48	44.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	337	9.8%	339	124	213	171.8%
Information	27	0.8%	30	16	11	68.8%
Finance and Insurance	57	1.7%	58	40	17	42.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	54	1.6%	57	17	37	217.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	122	3.5%	121	67	55	82.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	2	6	-5	-83.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	82	2.4%	127	69	13	18.8%
Educational Services	3	0.1%	4	2	1	50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	101	2.9%	94	117	-16	-13.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.2%	12	9	-3	-33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	102	3.0%	100	80	22	27.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	46	1.3%	58	28	18	64.3%
Public Administration	98	2.8%	101	109	-11	-10.1%
Information Not Available	178	5.2%	212	124	54	43.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,573		5,726	6,782
Male	2,631	47.2%	2,927	3,093	-462	-14.9%
Female	2,594	46.5%	2,446	3,337	-743	-22.3%
Information Not Available	348	6.2%	353	352	-4	-1.1%

Ethnicity	5,573		5,726	6,782
Hispanic or Latino	379	6.8%	415	458	-79	-17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,164	74.7%	4,268	5,323	-1,159	-21.8%
Information Not Available	1,030	18.5%	1,043	1,001	29	2.9%

Race	5,573		5,726	6,782
American Indian or Alaskan Native	106	1.9%	107	98	8	8.2%
Asian	78	1.4%	87	77	1	1.3%
Black or African American	597	10.7%	606	735	-138	-18.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.3%	13	22	-6	-27.3%
White	3,655	65.6%	3,736	4,561	-906	-19.9%
Information Not Available	1,121	20.1%	1,177	1,289	-168	-13.0%

Years of Age	5,573		5,726	6,782
Younger than 22	55	0.6%	55	97	-42	-43.3%
22-24	187	2.1%	167	249	-62	-24.9%
25-34	1,258	14.4%	1,244	1,536	-278	-18.1%
35-44	1,249	14.3%	1,292	1,508	-259	-17.2%
45-54	1,397	16.0%	1,445	1,687	-290	-17.2%
55-59	646	7.4%	698	772	-126	-16.3%
60-64	494	5.7%	522	591	-97	-16.4%
65 and older	287	3.3%	303	342	-55	-16.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,573		5,726	6,782
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.8%	49	59	-15	-25.4%
Mining	28	0.5%	31	26	2	7.7%
Utilities	3	0.1%	11	15	-12	-80.0%
Construction	582	10.4%	768	635	-53	-8.3%
Manufacturing	849	15.1%	852	950	-101	-10.6%
Wholesale Trade	248	4.4%	237	259	-11	-4.2%
Retail Trade	571	10.2%	540	654	-83	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	201	3.6%	201	224	-23	-10.3%
Information	98	1.7%	117	150	-52	-34.7%
Finance and Insurance	229	4.1%	239	329	-100	-30.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	80	1.4%	83	83	-3	-3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	252	4.5%	226	340	-88	-25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.8%	46	36	7	19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	499	8.9%	571	697	-198	-28.4%
Educational Services	105	1.9%	110	159	-54	-34.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	660	11.8%	606	814	-154	-18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	48	0.9%	61	60	-12	-20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	384	6.8%	291	470	-86	-18.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	120	2.1%	119	173	-53	-30.6%
Public Administration	143	2.5%	174	168	-25	-14.9%
Information Not Available	386	6.9%	394	481	-95	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,606		5,796	6,528
Male	2,454	53.3%	3,440	3,561	-1,107	-31.1%
Female	2,104	45.7%	2,311	2,930	-826	-28.2%
Information Not Available	48	1.0%	45	37	11	29.7%

Ethnicity	4,606		5,796	6,528
Hispanic or Latino	189	4.1%	266	250	-61	-24.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,798	82.5%	4,741	5,375	-1,577	-29.3%
Information Not Available	619	13.4%	789	903	-284	-31.5%

Race	4,606		5,796	6,528
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.7%	43	52	-18	-34.6%
Asian	74	1.6%	82	103	-29	-28.2%
Black or African American	96	2.1%	93	129	-33	-25.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.2%	7	10	-3	-30.0%
White	4,037	87.6%	5,137	5,748	-1,711	-29.8%
Information Not Available	358	7.8%	434	486	-128	-26.3%

Years of Age	4,606		5,796	6,528
Younger than 22	28	0.3%	49	57	-29	-50.9%
22-24	100	1.2%	143	182	-82	-45.1%
25-34	769	9.5%	1,028	1,144	-375	-32.8%
35-44	872	10.8%	1,044	1,251	-379	-30.3%
45-54	1,244	15.4%	1,555	1,756	-512	-29.2%
55-59	692	8.6%	841	972	-280	-28.8%
60-64	565	7.0%	708	717	-152	-21.2%
65 and older	336	4.2%	428	449	-113	-25.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,606		5,796	6,528
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	38	0.8%	60	44	-6	-13.6%
Mining	5	0.1%	17	8	-3	-37.5%
Utilities	4	0.1%	6	8	-4	-50.0%
Construction	106	2.3%	285	181	-75	-41.4%
Manufacturing	577	12.4%	652	840	-263	-31.3%
Wholesale Trade	234	5.0%	262	333	-99	-29.7%
Retail Trade	303	6.5%	374	490	-187	-38.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	90	1.9%	126	125	-35	-28.0%
Information	80	1.7%	102	81	-1	-1.2%
Finance and Insurance	133	2.9%	156	264	-131	-49.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	70	1.5%	78	91	-21	-23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	277	6.0%	288	416	-139	-33.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.5%	23	35	-14	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	605	13.0%	795	913	-308	-33.7%
Educational Services	150	3.2%	178	215	-65	-30.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	430	9.3%	462	617	-187	-30.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	100	2.2%	158	122	-22	-18.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	175	3.8%	153	218	-43	-19.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	162	3.5%	182	186	-24	-12.9%
Public Administration	64	1.4%	92	84	-20	-23.8%
Information Not Available	982	21.1%	1,347	1,257	-275	-21.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	93,361		106,383	110,417
Male	50,803	54.4%	60,546	60,403	-9,600	-15.9%
Female	42,558	45.6%	45,837	50,014	-7,456	-14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	93,361		106,383	110,417
Hispanic or Latino	19,242	20.6%	22,849	22,622	-3,380	-14.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,276	68.8%	72,706	76,128	-11,852	-15.6%
Information Not Available	9,843	10.5%	10,828	11,667	-1,824	-15.6%

Race	93,361		106,383	110,417
American Indian or Alaskan Native	432	0.5%	488	478	-46	-9.6%
Asian	3,922	4.2%	4,175	4,708	-786	-16.7%
Black or African American	20,846	22.3%	21,819	23,597	-2,751	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	548	0.6%	639	707	-159	-22.5%
White	53,935	57.8%	63,828	64,877	-10,942	-16.9%
Information Not Available	13,678	14.7%	15,434	16,050	-2,372	-14.8%

Years of Age	93,361		106,383	110,417
Younger than 22	26,907	18.4%	30,093	2,239	24,668	1101.7%
22-24	6,020	4.1%	6,852	6,158	-138	-2.2%
25-34	18,932	13.0%	21,571	25,650	-6,718	-26.2%
35-44	21,681	14.8%	24,905	22,624	-943	-4.2%
45-54	15,233	10.4%	17,471	25,889	-10,656	-41.2%
55-59	2,821	1.9%	3,295	11,883	-9,062	-76.3%
60-64	1,167	0.8%	1,431	8,518	-7,351	-86.3%
65 and older	600	0.4%	765	7,456	-6,856	-92.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	93,361		106,383	110,417
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	282	0.3%	556	321	-39	-12.1%
Mining	51	0.1%	66	51	0	0.0%
Utilities	120	0.1%	111	131	-11	-8.4%
Construction	8,126	8.7%	10,193	10,095	-1,969	-19.5%
Manufacturing	5,914	6.3%	6,717	7,506	-1,592	-21.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,793	5.1%	5,170	6,029	-1,236	-20.5%
Retail Trade	10,623	11.3%	11,642	12,939	-2,316	-17.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,456	3.7%	4,018	4,107	-651	-15.9%
Information	1,833	2.0%	1,922	2,106	-273	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,103	3.3%	3,254	4,381	-1,278	-29.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,490	1.6%	1,667	1,733	-243	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,022	6.4%	5,844	6,896	-874	-12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	715	0.8%	630	681	34	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,764	12.6%	13,596	13,720	-1,956	-14.3%
Educational Services	2,145	2.3%	2,274	2,261	-116	-5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,101	9.7%	9,332	10,928	-1,827	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,303	1.4%	2,118	1,496	-193	-12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,953	8.5%	9,927	9,667	-1,714	-17.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,283	2.4%	2,521	2,615	-332	-12.7%
Public Administration	1,064	1.1%	1,372	1,114	-50	-4.5%
Information Not Available	11,220	12.0%	13,453	11,640	-420	-3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,621		13,393	15,045
Male	7,690	60.9%	8,374	8,621	-931	-10.8%
Female	4,931	39.1%	5,019	6,424	-1,493	-23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,621		13,393	15,045
Hispanic or Latino	6,913	54.8%	7,441	7,971	-1,058	-13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,745	37.6%	4,945	5,768	-1,023	-17.7%
Information Not Available	963	7.6%	1,007	1,306	-343	-26.3%

Race	12,621		13,393	15,045
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,382	11.0%	1,463	1,646	-264	-16.0%
Asian	80	0.6%	83	111	-31	-27.9%
Black or African American	375	3.0%	374	411	-36	-8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.3%	38	38	4	10.5%
White	6,696	53.1%	6,994	7,859	-1,163	-14.8%
Information Not Available	4,046	32.1%	4,441	4,980	-934	-18.8%

Years of Age	12,621		13,393	15,045
Younger than 22	351	1.9%	395	444	-93	-20.9%
22-24	723	3.9%	768	795	-72	-9.1%
25-34	3,067	16.7%	3,264	3,632	-565	-15.6%
35-44	2,693	14.6%	2,905	3,264	-571	-17.5%
45-54	2,964	16.1%	3,059	3,553	-589	-16.6%
55-59	1,362	7.4%	1,451	1,591	-229	-14.4%
60-64	909	4.9%	978	1,100	-191	-17.4%
65 and older	552	3.0%	573	666	-114	-17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,621		13,393	15,045
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	793	5.9%	1,141	900	-107	-11.9%
Mining	1,022	7.6%	980	352	670	190.3%
Utilities	25	0.2%	31	33	-8	-24.2%
Construction	1,738	13.0%	1,918	2,835	-1,097	-38.7%
Manufacturing	822	6.1%	910	1,012	-190	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	336	2.5%	362	401	-65	-16.2%
Retail Trade	1,159	8.6%	1,184	1,568	-409	-26.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	271	2.0%	287	330	-59	-17.9%
Information	310	2.3%	288	450	-140	-31.1%
Finance and Insurance	267	2.0%	275	366	-99	-27.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	197	1.5%	193	236	-39	-16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	651	4.9%	583	741	-90	-12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	31	56	-28	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	828	6.2%	909	1,159	-331	-28.6%
Educational Services	301	2.2%	299	375	-74	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,242	9.3%	1,203	1,880	-638	-33.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	290	2.2%	265	389	-99	-25.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	909	6.8%	990	1,115	-206	-18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	262	2.0%	257	473	-211	-44.6%
Public Administration	683	5.1%	792	367	316	86.1%
Information Not Available	487	3.6%	495	7	480	6857.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,437		26,125	29,400
Male	14,634	57.5%	15,364	16,418	-1,784	-10.9%
Female	10,703	42.1%	10,664	12,848	-2,145	-16.7%
Information Not Available	100	0.4%	97	134	-34	-25.4%

Ethnicity	25,437		26,125	29,400
Hispanic or Latino	5,287	20.8%	5,542	5,652	-365	-6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,181	63.6%	16,471	19,222	-3,041	-15.8%
Information Not Available	3,969	15.6%	4,112	4,526	-557	-12.3%

Race	25,437		26,125	29,400
American Indian or Alaskan Native	638	2.5%	661	718	-80	-11.1%
Asian	1,543	6.1%	1,529	1,781	-238	-13.4%
Black or African American	3,724	14.6%	3,575	4,144	-420	-10.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	559	2.2%	560	639	-80	-12.5%
White	14,668	57.7%	15,235	17,545	-2,877	-16.4%
Information Not Available	4,305	16.9%	4,565	4,573	-268	-5.9%

Years of Age	25,437		26,125	29,400
Younger than 22	560	1.5%	624	694	-134	-19.3%
22-24	1,263	3.3%	1,347	1,533	-270	-17.6%
25-34	5,852	15.3%	6,033	6,694	-842	-12.6%
35-44	5,557	14.5%	5,842	6,374	-817	-12.8%
45-54	6,236	16.3%	6,264	7,112	-876	-12.3%
55-59	2,683	7.0%	2,768	3,043	-360	-11.8%
60-64	1,832	4.8%	1,819	2,196	-364	-16.6%
65 and older	1,454	3.8%	1,428	1,754	-300	-17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,437		26,125	29,400
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.1%	33	35	-6	-17.1%
Mining	260	1.0%	240	336	-76	-22.6%
Utilities	40	0.2%	45	61	-21	-34.4%
Construction	3,102	12.2%	3,658	3,230	-128	-4.0%
Manufacturing	956	3.8%	986	1,126	-170	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	596	2.3%	592	745	-149	-20.0%
Retail Trade	2,354	9.2%	2,360	2,596	-242	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	769	3.0%	796	1,051	-282	-26.8%
Information	335	1.3%	322	389	-54	-13.9%
Finance and Insurance	628	2.5%	650	971	-343	-35.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	565	2.2%	580	749	-184	-24.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,097	4.3%	957	1,352	-255	-18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	225	0.9%	214	222	3	1.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,223	12.7%	3,235	3,917	-694	-17.7%
Educational Services	267	1.0%	253	354	-87	-24.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,302	5.1%	1,328	1,749	-447	-25.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	523	2.1%	546	623	-100	-16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,990	15.7%	3,909	4,065	-75	-1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	475	1.9%	528	580	-105	-18.1%
Public Administration	340	1.3%	343	390	-50	-12.8%
Information Not Available	4,361	17.1%	4,550	4,859	-498	-10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	151,161		172,351	175,088
Male	85,029	56.3%	103,843	97,899	-12,870	-13.1%
Female	66,115	43.7%	68,492	77,182	-11,067	-14.3%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	16	7	10	142.9%

Ethnicity	151,161		172,351	175,088
Hispanic or Latino	26,115	17.3%	28,888	29,598	-3,483	-11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,701	66.0%	115,377	117,361	-17,660	-15.0%
Information Not Available	25,345	16.8%	28,086	28,129	-2,784	-9.9%

Race	151,161		172,351	175,088
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,319	0.9%	1,483	1,537	-218	-14.2%
Asian	5,285	3.5%	5,611	6,144	-859	-14.0%
Black or African American	26,631	17.6%	27,774	30,071	-3,440	-11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	905	0.6%	982	1,008	-103	-10.2%
White	77,556	51.3%	93,356	90,481	-12,925	-14.3%
Information Not Available	39,465	26.1%	43,145	45,847	-6,382	-13.9%

Years of Age	151,161		172,351	175,088
Younger than 22	4,124	1.9%	4,747	5,252	-1,128	-21.5%
22-24	9,913	4.5%	11,069	12,057	-2,144	-17.8%
25-34	40,886	18.7%	45,707	46,083	-5,197	-11.3%
35-44	31,567	14.4%	36,338	36,672	-5,105	-13.9%
45-54	33,493	15.3%	38,596	39,283	-5,790	-14.7%
55-59	14,336	6.5%	16,454	16,561	-2,225	-13.4%
60-64	9,578	4.4%	10,765	10,724	-1,146	-10.7%
65 and older	7,264	3.3%	8,675	8,456	-1,192	-14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	151,161		172,351	175,088
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	452	0.3%	791	538	-86	-16.0%
Mining	242	0.2%	592	196	46	23.5%
Utilities	124	0.1%	140	135	-11	-8.1%
Construction	19,440	12.8%	28,057	21,893	-2,453	-11.2%
Manufacturing	9,018	5.9%	10,133	10,621	-1,603	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,282	4.1%	6,623	7,116	-834	-11.7%
Retail Trade	15,556	10.3%	16,523	17,983	-2,427	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,579	3.0%	6,118	5,950	-1,371	-23.0%
Information	6,727	4.4%	6,637	7,217	-490	-6.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,012	4.0%	6,051	6,729	-717	-10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,202	2.1%	3,684	3,791	-589	-15.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,170	6.7%	9,203	12,007	-1,837	-15.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	864	0.6%	891	937	-73	-7.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,051	12.6%	22,116	21,797	-2,746	-12.6%
Educational Services	3,717	2.5%	3,835	4,676	-959	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,005	10.6%	16,379	19,494	-3,489	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,829	3.2%	6,024	5,258	-429	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,800	7.8%	12,946	13,577	-1,777	-13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,214	2.8%	4,826	4,982	-768	-15.4%
Public Administration	4,205	2.8%	5,050	4,836	-631	-13.0%
Information Not Available	4,672	3.1%	5,732	5,355	-683	-12.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,034		65,597	64,199
Male	34,398	61.4%	43,569	37,074	-2,676	-7.2%
Female	21,443	38.3%	21,831	26,930	-5,487	-20.4%
Information Not Available	193	0.3%	197	195	-2	-1.0%

Ethnicity	56,034		65,597	64,199
Hispanic or Latino	1,845	3.3%	2,240	1,991	-146	-7.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,628	92.1%	60,465	59,338	-7,710	-13.0%
Information Not Available	2,561	4.6%	2,892	2,870	-309	-10.8%

Race	56,034		65,597	64,199
American Indian or Alaskan Native	302	0.5%	338	288	14	4.9%
Asian	411	0.7%	398	501	-90	-18.0%
Black or African American	9,568	17.1%	10,105	11,473	-1,905	-16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.1%	55	56	0	0.0%
White	42,936	76.6%	51,564	48,874	-5,938	-12.1%
Information Not Available	2,761	4.9%	3,137	3,007	-246	-8.2%

Years of Age	56,034		65,597	64,199
Younger than 22	1,060	1.1%	1,344	1,196	-136	-11.4%
22-24	2,410	2.5%	2,829	2,529	-119	-4.7%
25-34	11,825	12.5%	13,812	13,531	-1,706	-12.6%
35-44	13,131	13.9%	15,403	14,961	-1,830	-12.2%
45-54	14,698	15.5%	17,410	16,948	-2,250	-13.3%
55-59	6,684	7.1%	7,821	7,966	-1,282	-16.1%
60-64	4,216	4.4%	4,728	4,679	-463	-9.9%
65 and older	2,010	2.1%	2,250	2,389	-379	-15.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,034		65,597	64,199
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	178	0.3%	294	216	-38	-17.6%
Mining	1,128	2.0%	752	265	863	325.7%
Utilities	63	0.1%	63	51	12	23.5%
Construction	10,176	18.1%	16,675	10,970	-794	-7.2%
Manufacturing	10,346	18.4%	10,718	10,242	104	1.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,641	4.7%	2,781	2,898	-257	-8.9%
Retail Trade	2,547	4.5%	2,803	3,229	-682	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,734	3.1%	2,470	1,952	-218	-11.2%
Information	764	1.4%	791	1,005	-241	-24.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,657	2.9%	1,682	2,724	-1,067	-39.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	881	1.6%	903	1,049	-168	-16.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,507	6.2%	3,212	4,086	-579	-14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	973	1.7%	1,044	1,301	-328	-25.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,406	13.2%	8,924	8,984	-1,578	-17.6%
Educational Services	1,058	1.9%	1,021	1,382	-324	-23.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,606	8.2%	4,762	6,004	-1,398	-23.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	568	1.0%	817	830	-262	-31.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,317	4.1%	2,051	2,730	-413	-15.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,163	2.1%	1,348	1,363	-200	-14.7%
Public Administration	509	0.9%	587	521	-12	-2.3%
Information Not Available	1,812	3.2%	1,899	2,397	-585	-24.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,381		20,820	5,386
Male	14,836	66.3%	13,708	2,967	11,869	400.0%
Female	7,496	33.5%	7,061	2,406	5,090	211.6%
Information Not Available	49	0.2%	51	13	36	276.9%

Ethnicity	22,381		20,820	5,386
Hispanic or Latino	2,080	9.3%	1,886	422	1,658	392.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,301	90.7%	18,934	4,964	15,337	309.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	22,381		20,820	5,386
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,125	9.5%	2,004	513	1,612	314.2%
Asian	158	0.7%	115	66	92	139.4%
Black or African American	2,844	12.7%	2,667	625	2,219	355.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.2%	37	13	23	176.9%
White	14,483	64.7%	13,481	3,331	11,152	334.8%
Information Not Available	2,735	12.2%	2,516	838	1,897	226.4%

Years of Age	22,381		20,820	5,386
Younger than 22	335	0.9%	294	89	246	276.4%
22-24	1,073	3.0%	1,021	253	820	324.1%
25-34	5,922	16.8%	5,584	1,392	4,530	325.4%
35-44	5,290	15.0%	4,913	1,254	4,036	321.9%
45-54	5,008	14.2%	4,628	1,236	3,772	305.2%
55-59	2,248	6.4%	2,098	614	1,634	266.1%
60-64	1,536	4.3%	1,439	339	1,197	353.1%
65 and older	969	2.7%	843	209	760	363.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,381		20,820	5,386
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.2%	40	16	29	181.3%
Mining	3,833	17.1%	3,572	268	3,565	1330.2%
Utilities	108	0.5%	103	14	94	671.4%
Construction	1,858	8.3%	1,754	453	1,405	310.2%
Manufacturing	3,500	15.6%	2,972	515	2,985	579.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,103	4.9%	1,038	257	846	329.2%
Retail Trade	1,563	7.0%	1,496	583	980	168.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	503	2.2%	516	154	349	226.6%
Information	333	1.5%	349	219	114	52.1%
Finance and Insurance	482	2.1%	463	211	271	128.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	467	2.1%	462	110	357	324.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,154	5.1%	972	293	861	293.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	153	0.7%	156	40	113	282.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,597	11.6%	2,369	639	1,958	306.4%
Educational Services	296	1.3%	310	132	164	124.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,388	6.2%	1,390	571	817	143.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	137	0.6%	158	46	91	197.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	677	3.0%	626	232	445	191.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	697	3.1%	622	144	553	384.0%
Public Administration	678	3.0%	681	240	438	182.5%
Information Not Available	809	3.6%	771	249	560	224.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,285		33,022	36,916
Male	18,656	59.6%	20,241	21,106	-2,450	-11.6%
Female	12,625	40.4%	12,777	15,794	-3,169	-20.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	16	-12	-75.0%

Ethnicity	31,285		33,022	36,916
Hispanic or Latino	3,287	10.5%	3,539	3,830	-543	-14.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,459	78.2%	25,615	28,798	-4,339	-15.1%
Information Not Available	3,539	11.3%	3,868	4,288	-749	-17.5%

Race	31,285		33,022	36,916
American Indian or Alaskan Native	390	1.2%	417	400	-10	-2.5%
Asian	667	2.1%	653	792	-125	-15.8%
Black or African American	612	2.0%	589	736	-124	-16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	244	0.8%	227	242	2	0.8%
White	17,670	56.5%	18,911	21,453	-3,783	-17.6%
Information Not Available	11,702	37.4%	12,225	13,293	-1,591	-12.0%

Years of Age	31,285		33,022	36,916
Younger than 22	359	0.8%	401	518	-159	-30.7%
22-24	1,134	2.4%	1,219	1,588	-454	-28.6%
25-34	7,179	15.5%	7,645	8,569	-1,390	-16.2%
35-44	7,221	15.6%	7,624	8,296	-1,075	-13.0%
45-54	7,628	16.5%	7,856	8,897	-1,269	-14.3%
55-59	3,698	8.0%	3,866	4,229	-531	-12.6%
60-64	2,624	5.7%	2,833	3,199	-575	-18.0%
65 and older	1,442	3.1%	1,578	1,620	-178	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,285		33,022	36,916
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,007	3.1%	1,387	1,272	-265	-20.8%
Mining	121	0.4%	137	93	28	30.1%
Utilities	44	0.1%	52	63	-19	-30.2%
Construction	4,743	14.7%	5,516	4,092	651	15.9%
Manufacturing	4,023	12.5%	3,808	4,456	-433	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,151	3.6%	1,135	1,573	-422	-26.8%
Retail Trade	3,064	9.5%	3,242	3,983	-919	-23.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	831	2.6%	916	1,020	-189	-18.5%
Information	793	2.5%	666	865	-72	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	970	3.0%	919	1,385	-415	-30.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	422	1.3%	452	578	-156	-27.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,570	4.9%	1,385	1,843	-273	-14.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.5%	159	211	-56	-26.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,141	9.7%	3,317	3,892	-751	-19.3%
Educational Services	602	1.9%	576	659	-57	-8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,949	9.1%	3,046	3,815	-866	-22.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	336	1.0%	378	414	-78	-18.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,134	6.6%	2,304	2,738	-604	-22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	806	2.5%	853	980	-174	-17.8%
Public Administration	658	2.0%	807	923	-265	-28.7%
Information Not Available	1,765	5.5%	1,967	2,061	-296	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	121,510		137,622	151,121
Male	68,726	56.6%	83,545	82,111	-13,385	-16.3%
Female	52,768	43.4%	54,066	68,992	-16,224	-23.5%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	11	18	-2	-11.1%

Ethnicity	121,510		137,622	151,121
Hispanic or Latino	7,820	6.4%	8,575	9,948	-2,128	-21.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	109,707	90.3%	124,702	136,157	-26,450	-19.4%
Information Not Available	3,983	3.3%	4,345	5,016	-1,033	-20.6%

Race	121,510		137,622	151,121
American Indian or Alaskan Native	337	0.3%	416	424	-87	-20.5%
Asian	28	0.0%	58	44	-16	-36.4%
Black or African American	20,735	17.1%	21,019	26,572	-5,837	-22.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,683	1.4%	1,726	2,275	-592	-26.0%
White	87,131	71.7%	101,798	107,226	-20,095	-18.7%
Information Not Available	11,596	9.5%	12,605	14,580	-2,984	-20.5%

Years of Age	121,510		137,622	151,121
Younger than 22	3,124	1.6%	3,565	4,104	-980	-23.9%
22-24	6,752	3.4%	7,403	8,053	-1,301	-16.2%
25-34	28,532	14.3%	32,445	34,139	-5,607	-16.4%
35-44	25,059	12.6%	28,648	31,718	-6,659	-21.0%
45-54	28,710	14.4%	32,680	36,525	-7,815	-21.4%
55-59	13,688	6.9%	15,313	16,897	-3,209	-19.0%
60-64	9,047	4.5%	10,262	11,403	-2,356	-20.7%
65 and older	6,598	3.3%	7,306	8,282	-1,684	-20.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	121,510		137,622	151,121
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	285	0.2%	435	311	-26	-8.4%
Mining	3,352	2.8%	3,613	1,518	1,834	120.8%
Utilities	185	0.2%	212	376	-191	-50.8%
Construction	14,663	12.0%	22,448	17,420	-2,757	-15.8%
Manufacturing	16,255	13.3%	17,473	19,527	-3,272	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,597	3.8%	4,891	5,107	-510	-10.0%
Retail Trade	12,139	10.0%	13,364	16,106	-3,967	-24.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,890	4.8%	6,718	7,077	-1,187	-16.8%
Information	1,885	1.5%	2,018	1,995	-110	-5.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,644	3.0%	3,560	5,395	-1,751	-32.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,584	1.3%	1,718	1,879	-295	-15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,585	5.4%	6,545	8,161	-1,576	-19.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	798	0.7%	786	1,028	-230	-22.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,143	10.8%	15,227	16,414	-3,271	-19.9%
Educational Services	2,650	2.2%	2,760	4,037	-1,387	-34.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,609	12.8%	16,348	20,401	-4,792	-23.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,823	1.5%	2,673	2,305	-482	-20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,532	7.0%	8,335	11,098	-2,566	-23.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,797	2.3%	3,104	3,772	-975	-25.8%
Public Administration	1,181	1.0%	1,447	1,638	-457	-27.9%
Information Not Available	3,913	3.2%	3,947	5,556	-1,643	-29.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,075		20,391	24,023
Male	12,712	60.3%	12,312	14,162	-1,450	-10.2%
Female	8,363	39.7%	8,079	9,861	-1,498	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,075		20,391	24,023
Hispanic or Latino	20,737	98.4%	20,043	23,198	-2,461	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104	0.5%	104	292	-188	-64.4%
Information Not Available	234	1.1%	244	533	-299	-56.1%

Race	21,075		20,391	24,023
American Indian or Alaskan Native	359	1.7%	389	1,216	-857	-70.5%
Asian	22	0.1%	24	20	2	10.0%
Black or African American	928	4.4%	923	769	159	20.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	18	29	-8	-27.6%
White	4,532	21.5%	4,454	6,104	-1,572	-25.8%
Information Not Available	15,213	72.2%	14,583	15,885	-672	-4.2%

Years of Age	21,075		20,391	24,023
Younger than 22	777	3.1%	762	1,028	-251	-24.4%
22-24	1,619	6.5%	1,640	2,144	-525	-24.5%
25-34	6,261	25.3%	6,043	7,510	-1,249	-16.6%
35-44	5,297	21.4%	5,134	5,977	-680	-11.4%
45-54	4,260	17.2%	4,123	4,424	-164	-3.7%
55-59	1,479	6.0%	1,391	1,516	-37	-2.4%
60-64	812	3.3%	800	849	-37	-4.4%
65 and older	556	2.2%	484	556	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	14	19	-5	-26.3%

Industry	21,075		20,391	24,023
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	963	4.4%	739	1,156	-193	-16.7%
Mining	24	0.1%	24	55	-31	-56.4%
Utilities	22	0.1%	21	11	11	100.0%
Construction	2,878	13.1%	2,769	3,256	-378	-11.6%
Manufacturing	2,298	10.4%	2,241	3,044	-746	-24.5%
Wholesale Trade	611	2.8%	623	692	-81	-11.7%
Retail Trade	2,409	10.9%	2,343	2,471	-62	-2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	611	2.8%	473	499	112	22.4%
Information	262	1.2%	236	379	-117	-30.9%
Finance and Insurance	570	2.6%	570	623	-53	-8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	233	1.1%	222	267	-34	-12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	898	4.1%	758	925	-27	-2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.1%	21	15	4	26.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,528	16.0%	3,706	4,441	-913	-20.6%
Educational Services	750	3.4%	583	832	-82	-9.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,273	5.8%	1,213	1,440	-167	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	80	0.4%	88	78	2	2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,208	5.5%	1,234	1,229	-21	-1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	314	1.4%	314	343	-29	-8.5%
Public Administration	1,193	5.4%	1,246	1,153	40	3.5%
Information Not Available	931	4.2%	967	1,114	-183	-16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,529		10,154	9,987
Male	4,540	53.2%	6,153	5,313	-773	-14.5%
Female	3,989	46.8%	4,001	4,674	-685	-14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,529		10,154	9,987
Hispanic or Latino	1,164	13.6%	1,364	1,496	-332	-22.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,458	64.0%	6,410	6,311	-853	-13.5%
Information Not Available	1,907	22.4%	2,380	2,180	-273	-12.5%

Race	8,529		10,154	9,987
American Indian or Alaskan Native	64	0.8%	81	90	-26	-28.9%
Asian	166	1.9%	155	164	2	1.2%
Black or African American	535	6.3%	604	631	-96	-15.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.4%	30	44	-13	-29.5%
White	5,856	68.7%	7,021	6,804	-948	-13.9%
Information Not Available	1,877	22.0%	2,263	2,254	-377	-16.7%

Years of Age	8,529		10,154	9,987
Younger than 22	172	1.3%	229	242	-70	-28.9%
22-24	466	3.4%	579	543	-77	-14.2%
25-34	1,926	14.1%	2,357	2,325	-399	-17.2%
35-44	1,689	12.4%	2,093	2,136	-447	-20.9%
45-54	2,086	15.3%	2,461	2,425	-339	-14.0%
55-59	947	6.9%	1,082	1,013	-66	-6.5%
60-64	749	5.5%	802	697	52	7.5%
65 and older	494	3.6%	551	606	-112	-18.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,529		10,154	9,987
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.3%	79	20	7	35.0%
Mining	11	0.1%	20	0	11	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	6	9	-9	-100.0%
Construction	1,112	13.0%	1,849	1,230	-118	-9.6%
Manufacturing	910	10.6%	933	1,043	-133	-12.8%
Wholesale Trade	428	5.0%	427	439	-11	-2.5%
Retail Trade	861	10.1%	899	953	-92	-9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	165	1.9%	237	216	-51	-23.6%
Information	157	1.8%	161	147	10	6.8%
Finance and Insurance	379	4.4%	372	473	-94	-19.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	167	2.0%	197	184	-17	-9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	486	5.7%	423	639	-153	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	1.1%	68	148	-50	-33.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	967	11.3%	1,411	1,306	-339	-26.0%
Educational Services	170	2.0%	160	165	5	3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,135	13.3%	1,097	1,355	-220	-16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	162	1.9%	264	165	-3	-1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	700	8.2%	845	837	-137	-16.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	306	3.6%	365	368	-62	-16.8%
Public Administration	63	0.7%	80	67	-4	-6.0%
Information Not Available	225	2.6%	261	223	2	0.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,258		19,974	22,999
Male	9,451	49.1%	10,311	11,153	-1,702	-15.3%
Female	9,807	50.9%	9,663	11,846	-2,039	-17.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,258		19,974	22,999
Hispanic or Latino	612	3.2%	724	681	-69	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,282	94.9%	18,886	21,871	-3,589	-16.4%
Information Not Available	364	1.9%	364	447	-83	-18.6%

Race	19,258		19,974	22,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	99	0.5%	195	132	-33	-25.0%
Asian	140	0.7%	134	168	-28	-16.7%
Black or African American	9,286	48.2%	9,399	10,777	-1,491	-13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.2%	38	26	14	53.8%
White	8,976	46.6%	9,469	11,112	-2,136	-19.2%
Information Not Available	717	3.7%	739	784	-67	-8.5%

Years of Age	19,258		19,974	22,999
Younger than 22	60	0.2%	62	440	-380	-86.4%
22-24	50	0.2%	52	669	-619	-92.5%
25-34	762	2.9%	800	5,387	-4,625	-85.9%
35-44	3,296	12.7%	3,443	5,205	-1,909	-36.7%
45-54	4,506	17.4%	4,720	5,686	-1,180	-20.8%
55-59	2,167	8.4%	2,258	2,535	-368	-14.5%
60-64	2,317	8.9%	2,373	1,807	510	28.2%
65 and older	6,087	23.5%	6,234	1,239	4,848	391.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	32	31	-18	-58.1%

Industry	19,258		19,974	22,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.6%	127	136	-11	-8.1%
Mining	19	0.1%	20	20	-1	-5.0%
Utilities	32	0.2%	33	47	-15	-31.9%
Construction	1,510	7.8%	1,821	1,701	-191	-11.2%
Manufacturing	2,123	11.0%	2,562	2,852	-729	-25.6%
Wholesale Trade	818	4.2%	843	769	49	6.4%
Retail Trade	1,756	9.1%	1,812	2,256	-500	-22.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	544	2.8%	617	513	31	6.0%
Information	281	1.4%	294	312	-31	-9.9%
Finance and Insurance	612	3.2%	618	782	-170	-21.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	308	1.6%	361	392	-84	-21.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,174	6.1%	1,088	1,489	-315	-21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	88	0.5%	122	100	-12	-12.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,572	18.4%	3,676	3,693	-121	-3.3%
Educational Services	358	1.8%	324	393	-35	-8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,410	7.3%	1,327	1,819	-409	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	179	0.9%	203	220	-41	-18.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,625	8.4%	1,337	2,059	-434	-21.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	557	2.9%	537	545	12	2.2%
Public Administration	285	1.5%	292	361	-76	-21.1%
Information Not Available	1,882	9.7%	1,960	2,540	-658	-25.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,346		1,620	1,413
Male	807	60.0%	1,025	769	38	4.9%
Female	539	40.0%	595	644	-105	-16.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,346		1,620	1,413
Hispanic or Latino	43	3.2%	70	37	6	16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,082	80.4%	1,314	1,215	-133	-10.9%
Information Not Available	221	16.4%	236	161	60	37.3%

Race	1,346		1,620	1,413
American Indian or Alaskan Native	204	15.2%	237	238	-34	-14.3%
Asian	2	0.1%	0	1	1	100.0%
Black or African American	63	4.7%	69	37	26	70.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	1	0	2	0.0%
White	931	69.2%	1,123	989	-58	-5.9%
Information Not Available	144	10.7%	190	148	-4	-2.7%

Years of Age	1,346		1,620	1,413
Younger than 22	18	0.8%	16	21	-3	-14.3%
22-24	31	1.5%	39	47	-16	-34.0%
25-34	246	11.5%	325	251	-5	-2.0%
35-44	293	13.7%	343	299	-6	-2.0%
45-54	332	15.6%	377	367	-35	-9.5%
55-59	188	8.8%	234	196	-8	-4.1%
60-64	144	6.8%	161	134	10	7.5%
65 and older	94	4.4%	125	98	-4	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,346		1,620	1,413
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	1.0%	13	5	8	160.0%
Mining	57	4.2%	82	10	47	470.0%
Utilities	1	0.1%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	177	13.0%	303	188	-11	-5.9%
Manufacturing	176	13.0%	200	190	-14	-7.4%
Wholesale Trade	42	3.1%	43	50	-8	-16.0%
Retail Trade	122	9.0%	135	127	-5	-3.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	22	1.6%	39	41	-19	-46.3%
Information	19	1.4%	24	25	-6	-24.0%
Finance and Insurance	62	4.6%	82	94	-32	-34.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	1.0%	16	19	-5	-26.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	35	2.6%	50	54	-19	-35.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.5%	4	3	4	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	89	6.5%	96	71	18	25.4%
Educational Services	50	3.7%	50	59	-9	-15.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	83	6.1%	94	133	-50	-37.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	22	1.6%	25	21	1	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	125	9.2%	127	122	3	2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	19	1.4%	21	29	-10	-34.5%
Public Administration	128	9.4%	129	103	25	24.3%
Information Not Available	83	6.1%	86	69	14	20.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,476		25,041	30,029
Male	11,726	47.9%	13,930	14,093	-2,367	-16.8%
Female	12,750	52.1%	11,111	15,936	-3,186	-20.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,476		25,041	30,029
Hispanic or Latino	466	1.9%	507	533	-67	-12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,010	98.1%	24,534	29,496	-5,486	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	24,476		25,041	30,029
American Indian or Alaskan Native	71	0.3%	77	71	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	568	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	6,437	26.3%	6,786	7,501	-1,064	-14.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	176	0.7%	155	228	-52	-22.8%
White	17,287	70.6%	17,000	21,701	-4,414	-20.3%
Information Not Available	505	2.1%	455	528	-23	-4.4%

Years of Age	24,476		25,041	30,029
Younger than 22	281	0.7%	322	265	16	6.0%
22-24	849	2.1%	953	1,102	-253	-23.0%
25-34	4,959	12.5%	4,981	5,804	-845	-14.6%
35-44	5,610	14.2%	5,539	6,688	-1,078	-16.1%
45-54	6,019	15.2%	6,274	7,562	-1,543	-20.4%
55-59	2,914	7.4%	2,966	3,591	-677	-18.9%
60-64	2,158	5.4%	2,194	2,851	-693	-24.3%
65 and older	1,686	4.3%	1,796	2,166	-480	-22.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	16	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,476		25,041	30,029
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	107	0.4%	227	85	22	25.9%
Mining	61	0.2%	100	35	26	74.3%
Utilities	23	0.1%	31	21	2	9.5%
Construction	2,318	9.4%	3,284	2,974	-656	-22.1%
Manufacturing	3,279	13.3%	3,076	4,156	-877	-21.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,161	4.7%	1,106	1,474	-313	-21.2%
Retail Trade	2,350	9.6%	2,062	2,918	-568	-19.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	863	3.5%	1,089	1,090	-227	-20.8%
Information	487	2.0%	406	663	-176	-26.5%
Finance and Insurance	785	3.2%	682	1,066	-281	-26.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	445	1.8%	372	445	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,994	8.1%	1,142	2,214	-220	-9.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.5%	97	204	-85	-41.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,126	16.8%	3,897	4,363	-237	-5.4%
Educational Services	512	2.1%	491	611	-99	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,545	10.4%	2,112	3,247	-702	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	207	0.8%	532	315	-108	-34.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,743	7.1%	1,670	2,337	-594	-25.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	856	3.5%	794	1,342	-486	-36.2%
Public Administration	441	1.8%	469	407	34	8.4%
Information Not Available	54	0.2%	1,402	62	-8	-12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	161,223		156,899	140,676
Male	101,772	63.1%	98,748	74,352	27,420	36.9%
Female	59,449	36.9%	58,149	66,324	-6,875	-10.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	161,223		156,899	140,676
Hispanic or Latino	54,988	34.1%	52,951	41,850	13,138	31.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,551	58.0%	91,680	86,907	6,644	7.6%
Information Not Available	12,684	7.9%	12,268	11,919	765	6.4%

Race	161,223		156,899	140,676
American Indian or Alaskan Native	643	0.4%	633	535	108	20.2%
Asian	3,999	2.5%	3,848	3,300	699	21.2%
Black or African American	33,138	20.6%	32,733	33,874	-736	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	55,482	34.4%	54,205	49,010	6,472	13.2%
Information Not Available	67,961	42.2%	65,480	53,957	14,004	26.0%

Years of Age	161,223		156,899	140,676
Younger than 22	3,630	1.8%	3,475	3,089	541	17.5%
22-24	8,825	4.3%	8,485	7,041	1,784	25.3%
25-34	42,504	20.6%	41,140	34,779	7,725	22.2%
35-44	39,101	18.9%	38,380	33,883	5,218	15.4%
45-54	36,401	17.6%	35,622	33,653	2,748	8.2%
55-59	15,191	7.3%	14,845	13,985	1,206	8.6%
60-64	9,956	4.8%	9,641	9,081	875	9.6%
65 and older	5,615	2.7%	5,311	5,165	450	8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	161,223		156,899	140,676
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	902	0.6%	964	783	119	15.2%
Mining	19,410	12.0%	18,272	3,605	15,805	438.4%
Utilities	459	0.3%	409	576	-117	-20.3%
Construction	19,432	12.0%	19,507	15,641	3,791	24.2%
Manufacturing	19,879	12.3%	18,370	12,522	7,357	58.8%
Wholesale Trade	9,396	5.8%	8,861	7,923	1,473	18.6%
Retail Trade	9,321	5.7%	9,380	11,381	-2,060	-18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,665	3.5%	5,525	4,882	783	16.0%
Information	2,837	1.7%	2,797	3,484	-647	-18.6%
Finance and Insurance	6,032	3.7%	6,266	8,896	-2,864	-32.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,271	2.0%	3,158	2,863	408	14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,930	8.6%	12,793	12,664	1,266	10.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	869	0.5%	807	587	282	48.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,280	13.1%	21,201	20,084	1,196	6.0%
Educational Services	2,368	1.5%	2,478	3,314	-946	-28.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,207	6.9%	11,398	14,759	-3,552	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	576	0.4%	586	772	-196	-25.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,602	2.8%	4,378	5,993	-1,391	-23.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,431	2.1%	3,332	3,253	178	5.5%
Public Administration	1,301	0.8%	1,315	1,532	-231	-15.1%
Information Not Available	5,055	3.1%	5,102	5,162	-107	-2.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,356		12,102	12,755
Male	7,389	65.1%	8,091	7,607	-218	-2.9%
Female	3,912	34.4%	3,938	5,016	-1,104	-22.0%
Information Not Available	55	0.5%	73	132	-77	-58.3%

Ethnicity	11,356		12,102	12,755
Hispanic or Latino	1,044	9.2%	1,170	1,262	-218	-17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,334	73.4%	8,758	9,560	-1,226	-12.8%
Information Not Available	1,978	17.4%	2,174	1,933	45	2.3%

Race	11,356		12,102	12,755
American Indian or Alaskan Native	368	3.2%	406	390	-22	-5.6%
Asian	176	1.5%	162	196	-20	-10.2%
Black or African American	229	2.0%	252	282	-53	-18.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	237	2.1%	235	185	52	28.1%
White	7,745	68.2%	8,129	8,750	-1,005	-11.5%
Information Not Available	2,601	22.9%	2,918	2,952	-351	-11.9%

Years of Age	11,356		12,102	12,755
Younger than 22	264	1.4%	285	332	-68	-20.5%
22-24	560	3.0%	600	723	-163	-22.5%
25-34	3,094	16.8%	3,219	3,348	-254	-7.6%
35-44	2,774	15.1%	3,024	3,055	-281	-9.2%
45-54	2,504	13.6%	2,612	2,858	-354	-12.4%
55-59	1,139	6.2%	1,220	1,294	-155	-12.0%
60-64	715	3.9%	771	768	-53	-6.9%
65 and older	306	1.7%	371	377	-71	-18.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,356		12,102	12,755
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	38	0.3%	47	27	11	40.7%
Mining	741	6.5%	729	177	564	318.6%
Utilities	15	0.1%	15	9	6	66.7%
Construction	1,320	11.6%	1,847	1,568	-248	-15.8%
Manufacturing	1,151	10.1%	1,264	1,203	-52	-4.3%
Wholesale Trade	502	4.4%	501	541	-39	-7.2%
Retail Trade	827	7.3%	826	1,059	-232	-21.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	463	4.1%	462	399	64	16.0%
Information	265	2.3%	305	440	-175	-39.8%
Finance and Insurance	393	3.4%	388	615	-222	-36.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	205	1.8%	201	191	14	7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	920	8.1%	900	1,082	-162	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.4%	45	29	19	65.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,375	12.1%	1,465	1,909	-534	-28.0%
Educational Services	256	2.2%	239	335	-79	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	513	4.5%	522	652	-139	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	258	2.3%	208	387	-129	-33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	704	6.2%	684	783	-79	-10.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	291	2.6%	269	226	65	28.8%
Public Administration	157	1.4%	201	198	-41	-20.7%
Information Not Available	914	8.0%	984	925	-11	-1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,754		34,551	43,607
Male	17,867	52.9%	19,113	23,580	-5,713	-24.2%
Female	15,878	47.0%	15,430	19,988	-4,110	-20.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	8	39	-30	-76.9%

Ethnicity	33,754		34,551	43,607
Hispanic or Latino	1,528	4.5%	1,620	2,049	-521	-25.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,545	90.5%	31,213	39,552	-9,007	-22.8%
Information Not Available	1,681	5.0%	1,718	2,006	-325	-16.2%

Race	33,754		34,551	43,607
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,697	5.0%	1,787	2,241	-544	-24.3%
Asian	921	2.7%	959	1,247	-326	-26.1%
Black or African American	13,932	41.3%	14,010	17,488	-3,556	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,523	46.0%	16,077	20,625	-5,102	-24.7%
Information Not Available	1,681	5.0%	1,718	2,006	-325	-16.2%

Years of Age	33,754		34,551	43,607
Younger than 22	398	0.9%	371	586	-188	-32.1%
22-24	1,380	3.0%	1,380	1,749	-369	-21.1%
25-34	7,983	17.1%	8,142	9,906	-1,923	-19.4%
35-44	7,514	16.1%	7,636	9,601	-2,087	-21.7%
45-54	8,284	17.8%	8,652	11,288	-3,004	-26.6%
55-59	3,992	8.6%	4,065	5,129	-1,137	-22.2%
60-64	2,671	5.7%	2,737	3,348	-677	-20.2%
65 and older	1,532	3.3%	1,568	1,997	-465	-23.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	33,754		34,551	43,607
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	0.2%	83	58	14	24.1%
Mining	286	0.8%	294	243	43	17.7%
Utilities	17	0.1%	15	10	7	70.0%
Construction	2,210	6.5%	2,389	1,950	260	13.3%
Manufacturing	1,768	5.2%	1,675	1,736	32	1.8%
Wholesale Trade	746	2.2%	660	416	330	79.3%
Retail Trade	2,020	6.0%	1,775	1,096	924	84.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	980	2.9%	964	788	192	24.4%
Information	574	1.7%	500	288	286	99.3%
Finance and Insurance	810	2.4%	662	431	379	87.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	419	1.2%	358	223	196	87.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,779	8.2%	2,237	1,925	854	44.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.5%	125	86	77	89.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,514	10.4%	3,300	2,458	1,056	43.0%
Educational Services	256	0.8%	218	197	59	29.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,113	6.2%	1,911	1,394	719	51.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	0.4%	141	95	35	36.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,947	5.8%	1,105	1,727	220	12.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	620	1.8%	562	407	213	52.3%
Public Administration	1,885	5.6%	1,840	2,064	-179	-8.7%
Information Not Available	10,445	30.9%	13,737	26,015	-15,570	-59.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	475		336	343
Male	318	66.9%	181	212	106	50.0%
Female	157	33.1%	155	131	26	19.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	475		336	343
Hispanic or Latino	82	17.3%	51	84	-2	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	369	77.7%	268	245	124	50.6%
Information Not Available	24	5.1%	17	14	10	71.4%

Race	475		336	343
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5	1.1%	4	4	1	25.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	341	71.8%	243	221	120	54.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	3.4%	14	8	8	100.0%
White	23	4.8%	19	20	3	15.0%
Information Not Available	90	18.9%	54	90	0	0.0%

Years of Age	475		336	343
Younger than 22	8	1.7%	6	4	4	100.0%
22-24	11	2.4%	13	10	1	10.0%
25-34	81	17.5%	71	65	16	24.6%
35-44	101	21.9%	72	77	24	31.2%
45-54	139	30.1%	81	91	48	52.7%
55-59	58	12.6%	37	42	16	38.1%
60-64	36	7.8%	32	24	12	50.0%
65 and older	40	8.7%	23	30	10	33.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	475		336	343
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	1	6	-6	-100.0%
Construction	78	16.4%	66	112	-34	-30.4%
Manufacturing	12	2.5%	12	9	3	33.3%
Wholesale Trade	11	2.3%	8	3	8	266.7%
Retail Trade	43	9.1%	35	42	1	2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5	1.1%	9	6	-1	-16.7%
Information	4	0.8%	8	5	-1	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	1.3%	6	2	4	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	11	2.3%	4	6	5	83.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19	4.0%	13	16	3	18.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	3.6%	22	6	11	183.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	42	8.8%	20	23	19	82.6%
Educational Services	4	0.8%	9	6	-2	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	2.1%	18	14	-4	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	1.5%	5	5	2	40.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	28	5.9%	38	31	-3	-9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	117	24.6%	25	32	85	265.6%
Public Administration	43	9.1%	27	6	37	616.7%
Information Not Available	18	3.8%	10	12	6	50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,376		5,841	4,972
Male	2,464	56.3%	3,831	2,814	-350	-12.4%
Female	1,912	43.7%	2,010	2,158	-246	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,376		5,841	4,972
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.0%	4	2	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	448	10.2%	741	481	-33	-6.9%
Information Not Available	3,926	89.7%	5,096	4,489	-563	-12.5%

Race	4,376		5,841	4,972
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.0%	4	3	-2	-66.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5	0.1%	9	4	1	25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	4	5	-4	-80.0%
White	443	10.1%	728	471	-28	-5.9%
Information Not Available	3,926	89.7%	5,096	4,489	-563	-12.5%

Years of Age	4,376		5,841	4,972
Younger than 22	59	1.3%	97	87	-28	-32.2%
22-24	180	4.1%	238	231	-51	-22.1%
25-34	1,030	23.3%	1,296	1,136	-106	-9.3%
35-44	875	19.8%	1,171	1,014	-139	-13.7%
45-54	1,007	22.7%	1,316	1,158	-151	-13.0%
55-59	518	11.7%	735	598	-80	-13.4%
60-64	389	8.8%	535	440	-51	-11.6%
65 and older	318	7.2%	453	308	10	3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,376		5,841	4,972
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	1.0%	77	61	-17	-27.9%
Mining	10	0.2%	22	9	1	11.1%
Utilities	5	0.1%	6	6	-1	-16.7%
Construction	506	11.4%	1,502	604	-98	-16.2%
Manufacturing	465	10.5%	585	518	-53	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	159	3.6%	196	151	8	5.3%
Retail Trade	433	9.8%	516	539	-106	-19.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	96	2.2%	184	122	-26	-21.3%
Information	35	0.8%	52	42	-7	-16.7%
Finance and Insurance	51	1.2%	40	68	-17	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	49	1.1%	72	64	-15	-23.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	136	3.1%	151	181	-45	-24.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	5	1	2	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	289	6.5%	450	327	-38	-11.6%
Educational Services	116	2.6%	149	143	-27	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	402	9.1%	386	450	-48	-10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	2.1%	147	85	8	9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,242	28.1%	1,000	1,385	-143	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	138	3.1%	138	116	22	19.0%
Public Administration	104	2.4%	163	100	4	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,885		51,833	56,450
Male	29,334	60.0%	31,723	33,343	-4,009	-12.0%
Female	19,545	40.0%	20,101	23,081	-3,536	-15.3%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	9	26	-20	-76.9%

Ethnicity	48,885		51,833	56,450
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	48,885	100.0%	51,833	56,450	-7,565	-13.4%

Race	48,885		51,833	56,450
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	48,885	100.0%	51,833	56,450	-7,565	-13.4%

Years of Age	48,885		51,833	56,450
Younger than 22	515	1.1%	568	754	-239	-31.7%
22-24	1,770	3.9%	1,937	2,284	-514	-22.5%
25-34	11,141	24.9%	11,925	13,026	-1,885	-14.5%
35-44	11,056	24.7%	11,694	12,910	-1,854	-14.4%
45-54	12,360	27.6%	13,094	14,281	-1,921	-13.5%
55-59	5,750	12.8%	6,042	6,349	-599	-9.4%
60-64	4,066	9.1%	4,229	4,435	-369	-8.3%
65 and older	2,227	5.0%	2,344	2,411	-184	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,885		51,833	56,450
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	48,885	100.0%	51,833	56,450	-7,565	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,967		50,035	53,222
Male	21,958	54.9%	30,795	29,458	-7,500	-25.5%
Female	17,965	44.9%	19,190	23,716	-5,751	-24.2%
Information Not Available	44	0.1%	50	48	-4	-8.3%

Ethnicity	39,967		50,035	53,222
Hispanic or Latino	2,146	5.4%	2,817	2,752	-606	-22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,086	92.8%	46,387	9,639	27,447	284.7%
Information Not Available	735	1.8%	831	40,831	-40,096	-98.2%

Race	39,967		50,035	53,222
American Indian or Alaskan Native	607	1.5%	786	37	570	1540.5%
Asian	508	1.3%	575	708	-200	-28.2%
Black or African American	5,935	14.8%	6,219	665	5,270	792.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.1%	45	692	-652	-94.2%
White	32,142	80.4%	41,579	10,289	21,853	212.4%
Information Not Available	735	1.8%	831	40,831	-40,096	-98.2%

Years of Age	39,967		50,035	53,222
Younger than 22	731	1.1%	886	905	-174	-19.2%
22-24	1,675	2.4%	2,227	2,661	-986	-37.1%
25-34	8,920	13.0%	11,243	11,962	-3,042	-25.4%
35-44	8,056	11.8%	10,157	10,564	-2,508	-23.7%
45-54	9,627	14.1%	11,953	13,155	-3,528	-26.8%
55-59	5,135	7.5%	6,379	6,524	-1,389	-21.3%
60-64	3,629	5.3%	4,378	4,508	-879	-19.5%
65 and older	2,186	3.2%	2,802	2,938	-752	-25.6%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	10	5	3	60.0%

Industry	39,967		50,035	53,222
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	392	1.0%	570	468	-76	-16.2%
Mining	140	0.3%	245	165	-25	-15.2%
Utilities	52	0.1%	55	90	-38	-42.2%
Construction	4,335	10.7%	8,705	6,233	-1,898	-30.5%
Manufacturing	8,171	20.2%	9,344	9,652	-1,481	-15.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,403	3.5%	1,621	1,751	-348	-19.9%
Retail Trade	4,235	10.5%	4,768	6,116	-1,881	-30.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,247	3.1%	2,147	1,740	-493	-28.3%
Information	687	1.7%	705	734	-47	-6.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,055	2.6%	1,096	1,661	-606	-36.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	368	0.9%	470	511	-143	-28.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,551	3.8%	1,226	2,065	-514	-24.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	316	0.8%	315	335	-19	-5.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,835	12.0%	5,823	6,776	-1,941	-28.6%
Educational Services	631	1.6%	690	825	-194	-23.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,072	10.1%	4,108	5,776	-1,704	-29.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	512	1.3%	846	724	-212	-29.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,521	6.2%	3,167	3,465	-944	-27.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	843	2.1%	991	1,155	-312	-27.0%
Public Administration	755	1.9%	971	1,011	-256	-25.3%
Information Not Available	1,846	4.6%	2,172	1,969	-123	-6.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,802		15,727	14,507
Male	9,925	71.9%	11,812	9,641	284	2.9%
Female	3,875	28.1%	3,913	4,860	-985	-20.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	6	-4	-66.7%

Ethnicity	13,802		15,727	14,507
Hispanic or Latino	190	1.4%	259	253	-63	-24.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,056	72.9%	11,588	10,606	-550	-5.2%
Information Not Available	3,556	25.8%	3,880	3,648	-92	-2.5%

Race	13,802		15,727	14,507
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.3%	56	47	-2	-4.3%
Asian	50	0.4%	46	43	7	16.3%
Black or African American	515	3.7%	535	602	-87	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	12	20	-10	-50.0%
White	12,281	89.0%	14,027	12,923	-642	-5.0%
Information Not Available	901	6.5%	1,051	872	29	3.3%

Years of Age	13,802		15,727	14,507
Younger than 22	304	1.2%	356	266	38	14.3%
22-24	811	3.2%	910	811	0	0.0%
25-34	3,211	12.8%	3,658	3,314	-103	-3.1%
35-44	3,468	13.8%	3,963	3,592	-124	-3.5%
45-54	3,177	12.6%	3,634	3,472	-295	-8.5%
55-59	1,344	5.3%	1,539	1,501	-157	-10.5%
60-64	944	3.8%	1,079	990	-46	-4.6%
65 and older	541	2.2%	588	559	-18	-3.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0.0%

Industry	13,802		15,727	14,507
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.5%	85	94	-29	-30.9%
Mining	1,749	12.6%	2,034	1,463	286	19.5%
Utilities	29	0.2%	32	20	9	45.0%
Construction	3,002	21.6%	4,148	2,612	390	14.9%
Manufacturing	915	6.6%	1,001	1,141	-226	-19.8%
Wholesale Trade	419	3.0%	412	536	-117	-21.8%
Retail Trade	1,034	7.5%	1,064	1,252	-218	-17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	447	3.2%	534	549	-102	-18.6%
Information	117	0.8%	120	123	-6	-4.9%
Finance and Insurance	148	1.1%	157	244	-96	-39.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	157	1.1%	202	156	1	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	643	4.6%	576	562	81	14.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	0.4%	50	46	16	34.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,386	10.0%	1,471	1,276	110	8.6%
Educational Services	127	0.9%	119	166	-39	-23.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	894	6.4%	927	1,346	-452	-33.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	121	0.9%	189	156	-35	-22.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	873	6.3%	835	1,197	-324	-27.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	348	2.5%	410	457	-109	-23.9%
Public Administration	225	1.6%	238	179	46	25.7%
Information Not Available	1,041	7.5%	1,123	932	109	11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	May 2015	Percent	Apr 2015	May 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,536		4,745	2,897
Male	3,410	75.2%	3,582	1,838	1,572	85.5%
Female	1,126	24.8%	1,163	1,059	67	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,536		4,745	2,897
Hispanic or Latino	471	10.4%	465	266	205	77.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,829	84.4%	4,049	2,490	1,339	53.8%
Information Not Available	236	5.2%	231	141	95	67.4%

Race	4,536		4,745	2,897
American Indian or Alaskan Native	180	4.0%	169	86	94	109.3%
Asian	29	0.6%	39	23	6	26.1%
Black or African American	128	2.8%	126	61	67	109.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.3%	15	2	10	500.0%
White	3,791	83.6%	4,005	2,497	1,294	51.8%
Information Not Available	396	8.7%	391	228	168	73.7%

Years of Age	4,536		4,745	2,897
Younger than 22	43	0.5%	46	26	17	65.4%
22-24	299	3.7%	339	183	116	63.4%
25-34	1,306	16.3%	1,364	728	578	79.4%
35-44	990	12.4%	970	579	411	71.0%
45-54	935	11.7%	1,005	725	210	29.0%
55-59	458	5.7%	460	322	136	42.2%
60-64	332	4.2%	356	205	127	62.0%
65 and older	173	2.2%	205	129	44	34.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,536		4,745	2,897
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.3%	11	22	-7	-31.8%
Mining	1,201	26.4%	1,139	208	993	477.4%
Utilities	5	0.1%	4	2	3	150.0%
Construction	713	15.7%	817	521	192	36.9%
Manufacturing	178	3.9%	183	184	-6	-3.3%
Wholesale Trade	115	2.5%	116	58	57	98.3%
Retail Trade	151	3.3%	160	194	-43	-22.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	243	5.3%	266	160	83	51.9%
Information	27	0.6%	22	10	17	170.0%
Finance and Insurance	26	0.6%	29	39	-13	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	145	3.2%	108	35	110	314.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	158	3.5%	168	87	71	81.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	178	3.9%	191	113	65	57.5%
Educational Services	28	0.6%	23	27	1	3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	160	3.5%	174	165	-5	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	31	0.7%	31	26	5	19.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	458	10.1%	615	559	-101	-18.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	113	2.5%	115	62	51	82.3%
Public Administration	92	2.0%	99	96	-4	-4.2%
Information Not Available	499	11.0%	474	329	170	51.7%