Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

October 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants October 2015
	Oct 2015	Sep 2015	Monthly Change	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,838,846	1,921,380	-82,534	2,066,699	-227,853	-11.0
Alaska	7,329	6,102	1,227	7,939	-610	-7.7
Alabama	20,646	21,335	-689	24,034	-3,388	-14.1
Arkansas	18,173	18,931	-758	19,623	-1,450	-7.4
Arizona	30,637	34,517	-3,880	33,583	-2,946	-8.8
California	328,119	337,712	-9,593	384,158	-56,039	-14.6
Colorado	24,954	25,136	-182	24,895	59	0.2
Connecticut	32,431	33,057	-626	38,064	-5,633	-14.8
District of Columbia	8,343	8,477	-134	9,710	-1,367	-14.1
Delaware	5,365	5,381	-16	6,157	-792	-12.9
Florida	58,174	66,374	-8,200	81,595	-23,421	-28.7
Georgia	35,144	36,163	-1,019	41,166	-6,022	-14.6
Hawaii	6,415	7,176	-761	8,704	-2,289	-26.3
Iowa	16,188	16,767	-579	17,099	-911	-5.3
Idaho	5,711	5,645	66	6,965	-1,254	-18.0
Illinois	98,953	107,367	-8,414	107,831	-8,878	-8.2
Indiana	19,948	20,865	-917	23,889	-3,941	-16.5
Kansas	11,733	11,364	369	13,628	-1,895	-13.9
Kentucky	18,431	20,011	-1,580	21,143	-2,712	-12.8
Louisiana	20,220	20,920	-700	17,145	3,075	17.9
Massachusetts	47,423	48,873	-1,450	60,300	-12,877	-21.4
Maryland	35,038	35,468	-430	44,335	-9,297	-21.0
Maine	3,949	4,174	-225	5,512	-1,563	-28.4
Michigan	49,199	48,982	217	64,812	-15,613	-24.1
Minnesota	28,572	29,227	-655	29,356	-784	-2.7
Missouri	24,581	26,412	-1,831	30,605	-6,024	-19.7
Mississippi	12,072	13,099	-1,027	15,630	-3,558	-22.8
Montana	4,924	3,794	1,130	4,713	211	4.5
North Carolina	25,661	28,107	-2,446	40,998	-15,337	-37.4
North Dakota	2,347	2,694	-347	1,424	923	64.8
Nebraska	4,498	4,724	-226	5,719	-1,221	-21.3
New Hampshire	3,823	3,956	-133	5,010	-1,187	-23.7
New Jersey	87,885	93,191	-5,306	102,770	-14,885	-14.5
New Mexico	10,696	11,492	-796	11,759	-1,063	-9.0
Nevada	23,568	25,623	-2,055	25,985	-2,417	-9.3
New York	136,453	144,376	-7,923	158,195	-21,742	-13.7
Ohio	46,986	49,352	-2,366	51,039	-4,053	-7.9
Oklahoma	21,022	21,245	-223	15,488	5,534	35.7
Oregon	27,993	26,829	1,164	31,932	-3,939	-12.3
Pennsylvania	113,589	121,043	-7,454	119,896	-6,307	-5.3
Puerto Rico	25,325	26,543	-1,218	27,290	-1,965	-7.2
Rhode Island	6,954	7,209	-255	8,112	-1,158	-14.3
South Carolina	20,978	20,112	866	21,733	-755	-3.5
South Dakota	1,013	1,038	-25	1,131	-118	-10.4
Tennessee	22,538	23,318	-780	26,733	-4,195	-15.7
Texas	151,813	162,158	-10,345	120,016	31,797	26.5
Utah	9,054	9,025	29	9,744	-690	-7.1
Virginia	30,473	31,467	-994	37,186	-6,713	-18.1
Virgin Islands	475	477	-2	452	23	5.1
Vermont	2,724	2,738	-14	3,253	-529	-16.3
Washington	44,118	42,948	1,170	46,682	-2,564	-5.5
Wisconsin	30,147	32,591	-2,444	38,012	-7,865	-20.7
West Virginia	12,944	12,689	255	11,579	1,365	11.8
Wyoming	3,097	3,106	-9	1,970	1,127	57.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,838,846		1,921,380	2,066,699	-227,853	-11.0
Male	996,152	54.2%	1,031,254	1,082,946	-86,794	-8.0%
Female	829,069	45.1%	875,246	968,051	-138,982	-14.4%
Information Not Available	13,625	0.7%	14,880	15,702	-2,077	-13.2%

Ethnicity	1,838,846		1,921,380	2,066,699
Hispanic or Latino	340,517	18.5%	357,807	366,692	-26,175	-7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,259,208	84.0%	1,313,614	1,402,527	-143,319	-10.2%
Information Not Available	239,122	11.5%	249,959	297,480	-58,358	-19.6%

Race	1,838,846		1,921,380	2,066,699
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22,502	1.2%	24,093	24,752	-2,250	-9.1%
Asian	66,180	3.6%	67,043	71,753	-5,573	-7.8%
Black or African American	349,545	19.0%	369,657	396,016	-46,471	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9,457	0.5%	10,065	23,957	-14,500	-60.5%
White	940,489	51.0%	983,865	1,044,343	-103,854	-9.9%
Information Not Available	454,667	24.7%	470,487	520,487	-65,820	-12.6%

Years of Age	1,838,846		1,921,380	2,066,699
Younger than 22	37,047	2.0%	36,765	45,263	-8,216	-18.2%
22-24	90,045	4.9%	90,594	107,659	-17,614	-16.4%
25-34	435,844	23.7%	453,843	493,707	-57,863	-11.7%
35-44	402,719	21.9%	418,486	450,512	-47,793	-10.6%
45-54	424,667	23.1%	449,347	489,522	-64,855	-13.2%
55-59	199,002	10.8%	209,304	217,180	-18,178	-8.4%
60-64	136,761	7.4%	144,350	147,147	-10,386	-7.1%
65 and older	96,402	5.2%	100,853	97,300	-898	-0.9%
Information Not Available	16,359	0.9%	17,838	18,409	-2,050	-11.1%

Industry	1,838,846		1,921,380	2,066,699
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48,646	2.6%	48,896	55,750	-7,104	-12.7%
Mining	34,039	1.9%	36,363	10,692	23,347	218.4%
Utilities	3,461	0.2%	4,365	4,157	-696	-16.7%
Construction	159,287	8.7%	168,699	176,524	-17,237	-9.8%
Manufacturing	204,594	11.1%	207,004	199,797	4,797	2.4%
Wholesale Trade	69,470	3.8%	69,794	70,394	-924	-1.3%
Retail Trade	147,990	8.0%	153,903	174,516	-26,526	-15.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	57,933	3.2%	69,023	61,195	-3,262	-5.3%
Information	55,796	3.0%	60,742	65,938	-10,142	-15.4%
Finance and Insurance	55,933	3.0%	56,019	66,756	-10,823	-16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27,166	1.5%	27,922	29,949	-2,783	-9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	107,094	5.8%	113,026	113,028	-5,934	-5.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,395	0.6%	11,928	14,668	-3,273	-22.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	238,590	13.0%	251,050	272,035	-33,445	-12.3%
Educational Services	59,170	3.2%	72,590	70,666	-11,496	-16.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	167,467	9.1%	174,157	201,000	-33,533	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	28,146	1.5%	27,683	34,179	-6,033	-17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	101,058	5.5%	99,924	124,881	-23,823	-19.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	50,093	2.7%	50,841	53,718	-3,625	-6.7%
Public Administration	34,875	1.9%	35,231	39,004	-4,129	-10.6%
Information Not Available	176,643	9.6%	182,220	227,852	-51,209	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,329		6,102	7,939	-610	-7.7
Male	4,279	58.4%	3,354	4,379	-100	-2.3%
Female	3,027	41.3%	2,740	3,560	-533	-15.0%
Information Not Available	23	0.3%	8	0	23	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,329		6,102	7,939
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.1%	18	405	-395	-97.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,970	95.1%	5,809	7,457	-487	-6.5%
Information Not Available	349	4.8%	275	77	272	353.2%

Race	7,329		6,102	7,939
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,082	28.4%	1,947	2,287	-205	-9.0%
Asian	517	7.1%	252	669	-152	-22.7%
Black or African American	375	5.1%	362	397	-22	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	126	1.7%	120	160	-34	-21.3%
White	3,872	52.8%	3,130	4,073	-201	-4.9%
Information Not Available	357	4.9%	291	353	4	1.1%

Years of Age	7,329		6,102	7,939
Younger than 22	114	1.1%	134	147	-33	-22.4%
22-24	302	2.8%	333	446	-144	-32.3%
25-34	2,011	18.9%	1,848	2,191	-180	-8.2%
35-44	1,600	15.0%	1,326	1,668	-68	-4.1%
45-54	1,644	15.4%	1,304	1,823	-179	-9.8%
55-59	841	7.9%	597	846	-5	-0.6%
60-64	555	5.2%	364	528	27	5.1%
65 and older	262	2.5%	196	290	-28	-9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,329		6,102	7,939
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	0.5%	20	75	-41	-54.7%
Mining	423	5.7%	334	209	214	102.4%
Utilities	29	0.4%	29	20	9	45.0%
Construction	1,318	17.9%	925	1,189	129	10.8%
Manufacturing	697	9.5%	326	861	-164	-19.0%
Wholesale Trade	101	1.4%	114	122	-21	-17.2%
Retail Trade	580	7.9%	593	711	-131	-18.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	372	5.1%	233	434	-62	-14.3%
Information	79	1.1%	70	56	23	41.1%
Finance and Insurance	115	1.6%	146	132	-17	-12.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	126	1.7%	128	145	-19	-13.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	273	3.7%	237	208	65	31.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.2%	18	24	-10	-41.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	416	5.6%	373	513	-97	-18.9%
Educational Services	246	3.3%	230	219	27	12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	546	7.4%	646	814	-268	-32.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	98	1.3%	64	105	-7	-6.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	595	8.1%	520	712	-117	-16.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	212	2.9%	257	251	-39	-15.5%
Public Administration	808	11.0%	606	873	-65	-7.4%
Information Not Available	247	3.4%	233	266	-19	-7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,646		21,335	24,034
Male	10,733	52.0%	11,123	11,641	-908	-7.8%
Female	9,891	47.9%	10,196	12,375	-2,484	-20.1%
Information Not Available	22	0.1%	16	18	4	22.2%

Ethnicity	20,646		21,335	24,034
Hispanic or Latino	234	1.1%	222	264	-30	-11.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,716	71.3%	15,187	17,556	-2,840	-16.2%
Information Not Available	5,696	27.6%	5,926	6,214	-518	-8.3%

Race	20,646		21,335	24,034
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,025	5.0%	1,186	1,007	18	1.8%
Asian	494	2.4%	516	476	18	3.8%
Black or African American	8,482	41.1%	8,683	9,966	-1,484	-14.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.1%	21	36	-11	-30.6%
White	9,669	46.8%	9,970	11,327	-1,658	-14.6%
Information Not Available	951	4.6%	959	1,222	-271	-22.2%

Years of Age	20,646		21,335	24,034
Younger than 22	518	1.8%	580	744	-226	-30.4%
22-24	1,254	4.3%	1,234	1,459	-205	-14.1%
25-34	5,401	18.6%	5,616	6,575	-1,174	-17.9%
35-44	4,841	16.7%	5,079	5,517	-676	-12.3%
45-54	4,502	15.5%	4,631	5,300	-798	-15.1%
55-59	1,928	6.6%	1,907	2,089	-161	-7.7%
60-64	1,246	4.3%	1,278	1,371	-125	-9.1%
65 and older	946	3.3%	996	969	-23	-2.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	14	10	0	0.0%

Industry	20,646		21,335	24,034
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	193	0.9%	201	253	-60	-23.7%
Mining	243	1.2%	311	96	147	153.1%
Utilities	41	0.2%	18	38	3	7.9%
Construction	1,680	8.1%	1,809	1,902	-222	-11.7%
Manufacturing	3,514	16.9%	3,692	4,075	-561	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	797	3.8%	855	859	-62	-7.2%
Retail Trade	2,379	11.4%	2,410	2,674	-295	-11.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	603	2.9%	581	619	-16	-2.6%
Information	261	1.3%	272	377	-116	-30.8%
Finance and Insurance	614	2.9%	618	787	-173	-22.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	284	1.4%	273	347	-63	-18.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,112	5.3%	1,160	1,287	-175	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.3%	57	70	-11	-15.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,964	14.2%	2,969	3,413	-449	-13.2%
Educational Services	560	2.7%	586	682	-122	-17.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,791	8.6%	1,762	2,306	-515	-22.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	125	0.6%	122	164	-39	-23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,425	6.8%	1,415	1,840	-415	-22.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	503	2.4%	557	624	-121	-19.4%
Public Administration	291	1.4%	310	410	-119	-29.0%
Information Not Available	1,207	5.8%	1,357	1,211	-4	-0.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,173		18,931	19,623
Male	9,268	51.0%	9,545	9,446	-178	-1.9%
Female	7,775	42.8%	8,303	9,254	-1,479	-16.0%
Information Not Available	1,130	6.2%	1,083	923	207	22.4%

Ethnicity	18,173		18,931	19,623
Hispanic or Latino	223	1.2%	263	755	-532	-70.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,820	92.6%	17,585	17,945	-1,125	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,130	6.2%	1,083	923	207	22.4%

Race	18,173		18,931	19,623
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	0.9%	184	237	-69	-29.1%
Asian	22	0.1%	20	169	-147	-87.0%
Black or African American	5,169	28.4%	5,464	5,602	-433	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	596	3.3%	620	154	442	287.0%
White	10,865	59.8%	11,297	11,783	-918	-7.8%
Information Not Available	1,353	7.4%	1,346	1,678	-325	-19.4%

Years of Age	18,173		18,931	19,623
Younger than 22	471	1.7%	484	548	-77	-14.1%
22-24	901	3.2%	957	1,090	-189	-17.3%
25-34	4,226	15.2%	4,467	4,516	-290	-6.4%
35-44	3,903	14.0%	4,188	4,478	-575	-12.8%
45-54	4,011	14.4%	4,153	4,359	-348	-8.0%
55-59	1,670	6.0%	1,719	1,720	-50	-2.9%
60-64	1,148	4.1%	1,148	1,169	-21	-1.8%
65 and older	713	2.6%	732	820	-107	-13.0%
Information Not Available	1,130	4.1%	1,083	923	207	22.4%

Industry	18,173		18,931	19,623
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	1.1%	166	265	-64	-24.2%
Mining	388	2.1%	408	171	217	126.9%
Utilities	43	0.2%	45	50	-7	-14.0%
Construction	1,271	6.9%	1,402	1,395	-124	-8.9%
Manufacturing	3,268	17.8%	3,232	2,935	333	11.3%
Wholesale Trade	843	4.6%	951	857	-14	-1.6%
Retail Trade	1,578	8.6%	1,636	1,885	-307	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	635	3.5%	642	626	9	1.4%
Information	239	1.3%	262	229	10	4.4%
Finance and Insurance	306	1.7%	290	376	-70	-18.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	1.5%	279	271	8	3.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	665	3.6%	739	698	-33	-4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.3%	50	54	-7	-13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,836	10.0%	1,915	2,128	-292	-13.7%
Educational Services	387	2.1%	451	471	-84	-17.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,998	10.9%	2,193	2,740	-742	-27.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	159	0.9%	123	150	9	6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	964	5.2%	957	1,132	-168	-14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	395	2.1%	428	433	-38	-8.8%
Public Administration	350	1.9%	351	376	-26	-6.9%
Information Not Available	2,321	12.6%	2,411	2,381	-60	-2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,637		34,517	33,583
Male	16,459	53.7%	19,028	18,411	-1,952	-10.6%
Female	14,160	46.2%	15,475	15,157	-997	-6.6%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	14	15	3	20.0%

Ethnicity	30,637		34,517	33,583
Hispanic or Latino	11,072	36.1%	13,695	12,094	-1,022	-8.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,907	45.4%	14,422	15,124	-1,217	-8.0%
Information Not Available	5,658	18.5%	6,400	6,365	-707	-11.1%

Race	30,637		34,517	33,583
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,822	5.9%	1,978	1,905	-83	-4.4%
Asian	1,528	5.0%	2,061	1,692	-164	-9.7%
Black or African American	2,315	7.6%	2,447	2,401	-86	-3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	318	1.0%	348	428	-110	-25.7%
White	18,105	59.1%	20,285	18,512	-407	-2.2%
Information Not Available	6,549	21.4%	7,398	8,645	-2,096	-24.2%

Years of Age	30,637		34,517	33,583
Younger than 22	630	1.4%	752	816	-186	-22.8%
22-24	1,461	3.2%	1,807	1,781	-320	-18.0%
25-34	6,995	15.1%	7,615	7,821	-826	-10.6%
35-44	6,578	14.2%	7,153	7,185	-607	-8.4%
45-54	7,509	16.2%	8,455	8,244	-735	-8.9%
55-59	3,519	7.6%	4,067	3,813	-294	-7.7%
60-64	2,375	5.1%	2,798	2,437	-62	-2.5%
65 and older	1,570	3.4%	1,870	1,486	84	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,637		34,517	33,583
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,886	8.6%	4,784	2,794	92	3.3%
Mining	209	0.6%	233	97	112	115.5%
Utilities	70	0.2%	72	66	4	6.1%
Construction	2,146	6.4%	2,316	3,308	-1,162	-35.1%
Manufacturing	1,625	4.8%	1,739	1,879	-254	-13.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,275	3.8%	1,376	1,339	-64	-4.8%
Retail Trade	2,392	7.1%	2,435	2,465	-73	-3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	717	2.1%	801	735	-18	-2.4%
Information	461	1.4%	464	431	30	7.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,094	3.3%	1,127	1,350	-256	-19.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	571	1.7%	604	619	-48	-7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,475	4.4%	1,542	1,715	-240	-14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	124	0.4%	119	107	17	15.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,864	11.5%	4,096	4,389	-525	-12.0%
Educational Services	959	2.9%	1,003	1,006	-47	-4.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,495	7.4%	2,574	2,639	-144	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	336	1.0%	381	374	-38	-10.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,587	4.7%	1,619	1,783	-196	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	658	2.0%	684	717	-59	-8.2%
Public Administration	764	2.3%	726	768	-4	-0.5%
Information Not Available	4,929	14.7%	5,822	5,002	-73	-1.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	328,119		337,712	384,158
Male	174,293	53.1%	181,941	210,297	-36,004	-17.1%
Female	153,641	46.8%	155,388	173,383	-19,742	-11.4%
Information Not Available	185	0.1%	383	478	-293	-61.3%

Ethnicity	328,119		337,712	384,158
Hispanic or Latino	125,858	38.4%	126,630	141,633	-15,775	-11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	171,885	52.4%	180,407	204,750	-32,865	-16.1%
Information Not Available	30,376	9.3%	30,675	37,775	-7,399	-19.6%

Race	328,119		337,712	384,158
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,315	0.7%	2,876	2,965	-650	-21.9%
Asian	34,081	10.4%	32,880	36,436	-2,355	-6.5%
Black or African American	27,876	8.5%	29,908	33,376	-5,500	-16.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	107,613	32.8%	114,743	131,974	-24,361	-18.5%
Information Not Available	156,234	47.6%	157,305	179,407	-23,173	-12.9%

Years of Age	328,119		337,712	384,158
Younger than 22	7,687	1.9%	7,860	8,894	-1,207	-13.6%
22-24	18,337	4.5%	16,967	20,848	-2,511	-12.0%
25-34	78,998	19.3%	84,835	91,425	-12,427	-13.6%
35-44	70,291	17.1%	69,594	80,045	-9,754	-12.2%
45-54	72,884	17.8%	77,454	95,250	-22,366	-23.5%
55-59	35,562	8.7%	36,235	40,453	-4,891	-12.1%
60-64	25,375	6.2%	26,074	28,116	-2,741	-9.7%
65 and older	18,985	4.6%	18,597	19,031	-46	-0.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	96	96	-96	-100.0%

Industry	328,119		337,712	384,158
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35,655	9.8%	32,400	41,600	-5,945	-14.3%
Mining	1,852	0.5%	2,684	1,148	704	61.3%
Utilities	926	0.3%	1,821	1,530	-604	-39.5%
Construction	25,190	6.9%	26,936	37,010	-11,820	-31.9%
Manufacturing	33,988	9.3%	32,209	33,950	38	0.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,667	0.5%	1,150	2,678	-1,011	-37.8%
Retail Trade	26,116	7.2%	27,703	28,499	-2,383	-8.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,613	2.4%	9,490	9,372	-759	-8.1%
Information	26,301	7.2%	29,716	33,472	-7,171	-21.4%
Finance and Insurance	7,316	2.0%	5,943	9,468	-2,152	-22.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,130	0.6%	2,205	2,869	-739	-25.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,316	2.0%	7,189	8,703	-1,387	-15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	64,088	17.6%	67,296	75,165	-11,077	-14.7%
Educational Services	13,336	3.7%	18,597	15,206	-1,870	-12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	25,097	6.9%	24,636	28,977	-3,880	-13.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,668	1.8%	6,614	7,651	-983	-12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,281	4.2%	15,433	17,214	-1,933	-11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,465	2.9%	9,586	10,328	137	1.3%
Public Administration	4,167	1.1%	4,122	4,782	-615	-12.9%
Information Not Available	11,947	3.3%	11,982	14,536	-2,589	-17.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,954		25,136	24,895
Male	13,751	55.1%	13,711	12,397	1,354	10.9%
Female	11,203	44.9%	11,425	12,498	-1,295	-10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,954		25,136	24,895
Hispanic or Latino	4,824	19.3%	4,885	4,689	135	2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,791	71.3%	17,902	17,851	-60	-0.3%
Information Not Available	2,339	9.4%	2,349	2,355	-16	-0.7%

Race	24,954		25,136	24,895
American Indian or Alaskan Native	464	1.9%	503	441	23	5.2%
Asian	480	1.9%	488	557	-77	-13.8%
Black or African American	1,593	6.4%	1,735	1,755	-162	-9.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	108	0.4%	121	89	19	21.3%
White	17,737	71.1%	17,633	17,874	-137	-0.8%
Information Not Available	4,572	18.3%	4,656	4,179	393	9.4%

Years of Age	24,954		25,136	24,895
Younger than 22	299	0.7%	286	313	-14	-4.5%
22-24	879	2.2%	845	829	50	6.0%
25-34	5,601	13.8%	5,615	5,625	-24	-0.4%
35-44	5,650	13.9%	5,695	5,605	45	0.8%
45-54	6,123	15.1%	6,257	6,126	-3	0.0%
55-59	3,109	7.7%	3,157	3,005	104	3.5%
60-64	2,129	5.2%	2,109	2,152	-23	-1.1%
65 and older	1,161	2.9%	1,170	1,235	-74	-6.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	5	-2	-40.0%

Industry	24,954		25,136	24,895
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.9%	193	258	-44	-17.1%
Mining	1,165	4.6%	1,160	246	919	373.6%
Utilities	36	0.1%	37	44	-8	-18.2%
Construction	2,515	10.0%	2,602	1,983	532	26.8%
Manufacturing	1,850	7.4%	2,103	1,459	391	26.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,229	4.9%	1,288	1,158	71	6.1%
Retail Trade	2,066	8.2%	2,114	2,203	-137	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	909	3.6%	896	719	190	26.4%
Information	900	3.6%	875	838	62	7.4%
Finance and Insurance	999	4.0%	1,020	1,157	-158	-13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	508	2.0%	502	624	-116	-18.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,548	10.1%	2,686	2,465	83	3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	301	1.2%	316	390	-89	-22.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,672	10.6%	2,766	3,303	-631	-19.1%
Educational Services	824	3.3%	934	1,055	-231	-21.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,004	8.0%	2,152	2,347	-343	-14.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	592	2.4%	379	661	-69	-10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,670	6.6%	1,269	2,010	-340	-16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	651	2.6%	618	627	24	3.8%
Public Administration	540	2.1%	444	593	-53	-8.9%
Information Not Available	761	3.0%	782	755	6	0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,431		33,057	38,064
Male	17,172	52.9%	17,141	20,075	-2,903	-14.5%
Female	15,259	47.1%	15,916	17,988	-2,729	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	32,431		33,057	38,064
Hispanic or Latino	5,010	15.4%	5,090	5,944	-934	-15.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,421	84.6%	27,967	32,120	-4,699	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	32,431		33,057	38,064
American Indian or Alaskan Native	114	0.4%	126	145	-31	-21.4%
Asian	673	2.1%	641	759	-86	-11.3%
Black or African American	5,260	16.2%	5,515	6,270	-1,010	-16.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,589	54.2%	18,023	21,314	-3,725	-17.5%
Information Not Available	8,795	27.1%	8,752	9,576	-781	-8.2%

Years of Age	32,431		33,057	38,064
Younger than 22	1,042	2.2%	617	917	125	13.6%
22-24	1,828	3.9%	1,607	2,124	-296	-13.9%
25-34	7,226	15.2%	7,408	8,861	-1,635	-18.5%
35-44	6,403	13.5%	6,545	7,378	-975	-13.2%
45-54	7,683	16.2%	7,778	8,903	-1,220	-13.7%
55-59	3,714	7.8%	3,865	4,225	-511	-12.1%
60-64	2,597	5.5%	2,883	3,033	-436	-14.4%
65 and older	1,938	4.1%	2,354	2,623	-685	-26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,431		33,057	38,064
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	241	0.7%	156	273	-32	-11.7%
Mining	11	0.0%	7	8	3	37.5%
Utilities	50	0.2%	55	67	-17	-25.4%
Construction	2,407	7.4%	2,488	2,831	-424	-15.0%
Manufacturing	4,440	13.6%	3,942	4,283	157	3.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,407	4.3%	1,398	1,595	-188	-11.8%
Retail Trade	3,828	11.7%	4,144	4,735	-907	-19.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,253	3.8%	1,416	1,352	-99	-7.3%
Information	631	1.9%	665	915	-284	-31.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,160	3.6%	1,222	1,609	-449	-27.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	479	1.5%	498	560	-81	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,966	6.0%	2,088	2,217	-251	-11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	260	0.8%	287	288	-28	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,754	11.5%	3,914	4,588	-834	-18.2%
Educational Services	1,207	3.7%	1,291	1,421	-214	-15.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,379	13.4%	4,418	5,054	-675	-13.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	712	2.2%	706	1,052	-340	-32.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,051	6.3%	2,230	2,671	-620	-23.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,209	3.7%	1,192	1,355	-146	-10.8%
Public Administration	472	1.4%	445	586	-114	-19.5%
Information Not Available	514	1.6%	495	604	-90	-14.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,343		8,477	9,710
Male	3,720	44.6%	3,672	4,404	-684	-15.5%
Female	4,621	55.4%	4,805	5,301	-680	-12.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	5	-3	-60.0%

Ethnicity	8,343		8,477	9,710
Hispanic or Latino	559	6.7%	614	772	-213	-27.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,741	92.8%	7,831	8,888	-1,147	-12.9%
Information Not Available	43	0.5%	32	50	-7	-14.0%

Race	8,343		8,477	9,710
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.4%	34	52	-19	-36.5%
Asian	231	2.8%	199	225	6	2.7%
Black or African American	6,021	72.2%	6,116	6,938	-917	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.2%	17	20	-3	-15.0%
White	1,501	18.0%	1,539	1,745	-244	-14.0%
Information Not Available	540	6.5%	572	730	-190	-26.0%

Years of Age	8,343		8,477	9,710
Younger than 22	168	1.8%	133	227	-59	-26.0%
22-24	513	5.5%	525	579	-66	-11.4%
25-34	2,332	25.0%	2,403	2,665	-333	-12.5%
35-44	1,866	20.0%	1,889	2,187	-321	-14.7%
45-54	1,820	19.5%	1,837	2,135	-315	-14.8%
55-59	784	8.4%	853	923	-139	-15.1%
60-64	533	5.7%	525	617	-84	-13.6%
65 and older	327	3.5%	312	377	-50	-13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,343		8,477	9,710
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	13	0.2%	19	36	-23	-63.9%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	5	3	-2	-66.7%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.0%	5	6	-3	-50.0%
Retail Trade	16	0.2%	18	25	-9	-36.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	8	0.1%	9	17	-9	-52.9%
Information	12	0.1%	12	12	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	7	3	6	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	6	3	2	66.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	44	0.5%	40	44	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	1	0	4	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	31	0.4%	36	59	-28	-47.5%
Educational Services	13	0.2%	13	17	-4	-23.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	0.1%	10	20	-10	-50.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	13	0.2%	11	24	-11	-45.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9	0.1%	14	17	-8	-47.1%
Public Administration	3	0.0%	0	6	-3	-50.0%
Information Not Available	8,149	97.7%	8,271	9,418	-1,269	-13.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,365		5,381	6,157
Male	2,319	43.2%	2,324	2,682	-363	-13.5%
Female	2,741	51.1%	2,767	3,243	-502	-15.5%
Information Not Available	305	5.7%	290	232	73	31.5%

Ethnicity	5,365		5,381	6,157
Hispanic or Latino	410	7.6%	376	374	36	9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,651	86.7%	4,715	5,551	-900	-16.2%
Information Not Available	305	5.7%	290	232	73	31.5%

Race	5,365		5,381	6,157
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	0.2%	13	12	0	0.0%
Asian	98	1.8%	102	111	-13	-11.7%
Black or African American	2,262	42.2%	2,307	2,521	-259	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	6	16	-9	-56.3%
White	2,801	52.2%	2,787	3,360	-559	-16.6%
Information Not Available	185	3.4%	165	139	46	33.1%

Years of Age	5,365		5,381	6,157
Younger than 22	111	1.4%	101	134	-23	-17.2%
22-24	251	3.2%	246	318	-67	-21.1%
25-34	1,256	16.1%	1,308	1,530	-274	-17.9%
35-44	1,094	14.0%	1,084	1,333	-239	-17.9%
45-54	1,352	17.4%	1,382	1,432	-80	-5.6%
55-59	592	7.6%	566	658	-66	-10.0%
60-64	378	4.9%	364	392	-14	-3.6%
65 and older	280	3.6%	280	317	-37	-11.7%
Information Not Available	51	0.7%	50	43	8	18.6%

Industry	5,365		5,381	6,157
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.1%	6	9	-1	-11.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	11	2	5	250.0%
Construction	310	5.8%	309	329	-19	-5.8%
Manufacturing	307	5.7%	303	454	-147	-32.4%
Wholesale Trade	184	3.4%	178	146	38	26.0%
Retail Trade	836	15.6%	823	1,010	-174	-17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	228	4.2%	230	158	70	44.3%
Information	81	1.5%	85	116	-35	-30.2%
Finance and Insurance	465	8.7%	446	508	-43	-8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	93	1.7%	99	125	-32	-25.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	324	6.0%	336	405	-81	-20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.3%	16	25	-10	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	927	17.3%	988	989	-62	-6.3%
Educational Services	165	3.1%	169	213	-48	-22.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	718	13.4%	755	760	-42	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	1.1%	60	118	-59	-50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	399	7.4%	358	521	-122	-23.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	172	3.2%	150	197	-25	-12.7%
Public Administration	52	1.0%	47	55	-3	-5.5%
Information Not Available	15	0.3%	12	17	-2	-11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,174		66,374	81,595
Male	27,124	46.6%	31,205	38,631	-11,507	-29.8%
Female	30,972	53.2%	35,093	42,900	-11,928	-27.8%
Information Not Available	78	0.1%	76	64	14	21.9%

Ethnicity	58,174		66,374	81,595
Hispanic or Latino	15,312	26.3%	17,896	20,729	-5,417	-26.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,405	66.0%	43,689	55,446	-17,041	-30.7%
Information Not Available	4,457	7.7%	4,789	5,420	-963	-17.8%

Race	58,174		66,374	81,595
American Indian or Alaskan Native	310	0.5%	391	498	-188	-37.8%
Asian	817	1.4%	869	1,078	-261	-24.2%
Black or African American	15,437	26.5%	17,514	22,227	-6,790	-30.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	284	0.5%	318	390	-106	-27.2%
White	35,143	60.4%	40,796	49,417	-14,274	-28.9%
Information Not Available	6,183	10.6%	6,486	7,985	-1,802	-22.6%

Years of Age	58,174		66,374	81,595
Younger than 22	581	0.7%	644	1,063	-482	-45.3%
22-24	1,876	2.1%	2,066	3,444	-1,568	-45.5%
25-34	11,902	13.4%	12,843	17,346	-5,444	-31.4%
35-44	11,546	13.0%	13,123	16,588	-5,042	-30.4%
45-54	12,466	14.0%	15,116	18,418	-5,952	-32.3%
55-59	6,219	7.0%	7,230	8,196	-1,977	-24.1%
60-64	4,267	4.8%	5,008	5,804	-1,537	-26.5%
65 and older	3,171	3.6%	4,027	4,143	-972	-23.5%
Information Not Available	6,146	6.9%	6,317	6,593	-447	-6.8%

Industry	58,174		66,374	81,595
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,743	2.9%	3,578	2,073	-330	-15.9%
Mining	157	0.3%	144	72	85	118.1%
Utilities	81	0.1%	52	147	-66	-44.9%
Construction	2,902	4.8%	3,133	3,873	-971	-25.1%
Manufacturing	2,778	4.6%	2,854	3,408	-630	-18.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,493	4.2%	2,649	3,179	-686	-21.6%
Retail Trade	5,620	9.4%	6,091	8,374	-2,754	-32.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,521	2.5%	1,806	1,913	-392	-20.5%
Information	1,054	1.8%	1,143	1,404	-350	-24.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,237	3.7%	2,385	3,541	-1,304	-36.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,457	2.4%	1,626	1,772	-315	-17.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,397	7.3%	4,751	5,592	-1,195	-21.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	492	0.8%	438	511	-19	-3.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,489	15.8%	11,410	13,908	-4,419	-31.8%
Educational Services	1,822	3.0%	2,429	2,969	-1,147	-38.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,167	10.3%	6,351	8,141	-1,974	-24.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,083	1.8%	1,656	1,704	-621	-36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,467	7.5%	5,110	6,616	-2,149	-32.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,825	3.0%	1,850	2,211	-386	-17.5%
Public Administration	994	1.7%	1,082	1,492	-498	-33.4%
Information Not Available	5,395	9.0%	5,836	8,695	-3,300	-38.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,144		36,163	41,166
Male	16,678	47.5%	16,931	19,223	-2,545	-13.2%
Female	17,885	50.9%	18,653	21,318	-3,433	-16.1%
Information Not Available	581	1.7%	579	625	-44	-7.0%

Ethnicity	35,144		36,163	41,166
Hispanic or Latino	40	0.1%	105	82	-42	-51.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,523	98.2%	35,480	40,459	-5,936	-14.7%
Information Not Available	581	1.7%	578	625	-44	-7.0%

Race	35,144		36,163	41,166
American Indian or Alaskan Native	159	0.5%	191	190	-31	-16.3%
Asian	522	1.5%	507	562	-40	-7.1%
Black or African American	19,887	56.6%	20,078	22,955	-3,068	-13.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,995	39.8%	14,809	16,834	-2,839	-16.9%
Information Not Available	581	1.7%	578	625	-44	-7.0%

Years of Age	35,144		36,163	41,166
Younger than 22	706	1.5%	671	972	-266	-27.4%
22-24	1,733	3.7%	1,675	2,204	-471	-21.4%
25-34	8,590	18.3%	8,566	10,267	-1,677	-16.3%
35-44	8,477	18.0%	8,559	9,966	-1,489	-14.9%
45-54	8,259	17.6%	8,707	9,433	-1,174	-12.4%
55-59	3,348	7.1%	3,580	3,718	-370	-10.0%
60-64	2,106	4.5%	2,249	2,324	-218	-9.4%
65 and older	1,096	2.3%	1,198	1,301	-205	-15.8%
Information Not Available	829	1.8%	958	981	-152	-15.5%

Industry	35,144		36,163	41,166
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	442	1.2%	450	544	-102	-18.8%
Mining	18	0.1%	31	17	1	5.9%
Utilities	36	0.1%	36	33	3	9.1%
Construction	1,240	3.5%	1,392	1,605	-365	-22.7%
Manufacturing	3,396	9.5%	3,128	3,338	58	1.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,476	4.1%	1,619	1,713	-237	-13.8%
Retail Trade	2,655	7.5%	2,743	3,343	-688	-20.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	606	1.7%	580	767	-161	-21.0%
Information	706	2.0%	680	883	-177	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,095	3.1%	1,074	1,046	49	4.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	424	1.2%	432	512	-88	-17.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,945	16.7%	6,041	7,017	-1,072	-15.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.1%	26	47	-8	-17.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	88	0.2%	77	92	-4	-4.3%
Educational Services	944	2.7%	1,011	1,229	-285	-23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,924	5.4%	2,046	2,444	-520	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,403	3.9%	1,387	2,023	-620	-30.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	228	0.6%	294	282	-54	-19.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	418	1.2%	505	636	-218	-34.3%
Public Administration	469	1.3%	494	543	-74	-13.6%
Information Not Available	11,592	32.6%	12,117	13,052	-1,460	-11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,415		7,176	8,704
Male	3,815	59.5%	4,398	5,495	-1,680	-30.6%
Female	2,598	40.5%	2,777	3,208	-610	-19.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	6,415		7,176	8,704
Hispanic or Latino	427	6.7%	483	554	-127	-22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,362	68.0%	4,873	5,994	-1,632	-27.2%
Information Not Available	1,626	25.3%	1,820	2,156	-530	-24.6%

Race	6,415		7,176	8,704
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.9%	46	52	4	7.7%
Asian	1,955	30.5%	2,223	2,782	-827	-29.7%
Black or African American	137	2.1%	146	139	-2	-1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,791	27.9%	2,075	2,499	-708	-28.3%
White	1,558	24.3%	1,701	2,055	-497	-24.2%
Information Not Available	918	14.3%	985	1,177	-259	-22.0%

Years of Age	6,415		7,176	8,704
Younger than 22	84	1.1%	86	119	-35	-29.4%
22-24	212	2.9%	211	300	-88	-29.3%
25-34	1,417	19.2%	1,550	1,980	-563	-28.4%
35-44	1,454	19.7%	1,661	2,073	-619	-29.9%
45-54	1,473	19.9%	1,703	2,094	-621	-29.7%
55-59	730	9.9%	803	916	-186	-20.3%
60-64	588	8.0%	648	700	-112	-16.0%
65 and older	457	6.2%	514	522	-65	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,415		7,176	8,704
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	1.8%	121	123	-4	-3.3%
Mining	3	0.0%	5	1	2	200.0%
Utilities	24	0.4%	22	8	16	200.0%
Construction	1,374	21.0%	1,759	2,480	-1,106	-44.6%
Manufacturing	135	2.1%	134	196	-61	-31.1%
Wholesale Trade	91	1.4%	108	139	-48	-34.5%
Retail Trade	369	5.6%	397	463	-94	-20.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	256	3.9%	237	364	-108	-29.7%
Information	85	1.3%	132	152	-67	-44.1%
Finance and Insurance	95	1.5%	88	133	-38	-28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	96	1.5%	92	131	-35	-26.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	326	5.0%	355	373	-47	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.7%	52	57	-11	-19.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	825	12.6%	919	1,027	-202	-19.7%
Educational Services	126	1.9%	134	101	25	24.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	345	5.3%	357	439	-94	-21.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	0.9%	63	98	-36	-36.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	756	11.6%	835	786	-30	-3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	131	2.0%	158	203	-72	-35.5%
Public Administration	139	2.1%	151	180	-41	-22.8%
Information Not Available	1,012	15.5%	1,057	1,250	-238	-19.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,188		16,767	17,099
Male	9,302	57.5%	9,530	9,258	44	0.5%
Female	6,656	41.1%	7,010	7,441	-785	-10.5%
Information Not Available	230	1.4%	227	400	-170	-42.5%

Ethnicity	16,188		16,767	17,099
Hispanic or Latino	972	6.0%	857	1,010	-38	-3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,209	87.8%	14,811	14,894	-685	-4.6%
Information Not Available	1,007	6.2%	1,099	1,195	-188	-15.7%

Race	16,188		16,767	17,099
American Indian or Alaskan Native	233	1.4%	229	123	110	89.4%
Asian	273	1.7%	243	239	34	14.2%
Black or African American	1,296	8.0%	1,290	1,277	19	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,407	76.6%	13,049	13,255	-848	-6.4%
Information Not Available	1,979	12.2%	1,956	2,205	-226	-10.2%

Years of Age	16,188		16,767	17,099
Younger than 22	314	1.1%	290	386	-72	-18.7%
22-24	750	2.7%	680	885	-135	-15.3%
25-34	3,661	13.4%	3,802	3,971	-310	-7.8%
35-44	3,657	13.4%	3,710	3,784	-127	-3.4%
45-54	3,935	14.4%	4,068	4,176	-241	-5.8%
55-59	1,879	6.9%	2,035	1,868	11	0.6%
60-64	1,252	4.6%	1,349	1,281	-29	-2.3%
65 and older	737	2.7%	832	742	-5	-0.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	6	-3	-50.0%

Industry	16,188		16,767	17,099
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	170	1.0%	209	142	28	19.7%
Mining	56	0.3%	38	34	22	64.7%
Utilities	25	0.2%	32	30	-5	-16.7%
Construction	1,869	11.4%	2,032	1,411	458	32.5%
Manufacturing	4,786	29.3%	4,602	5,002	-216	-4.3%
Wholesale Trade	746	4.6%	794	819	-73	-8.9%
Retail Trade	1,173	7.2%	1,305	1,468	-295	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	470	2.9%	485	542	-72	-13.3%
Information	547	3.3%	640	506	41	8.1%
Finance and Insurance	573	3.5%	581	715	-142	-19.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	167	1.0%	163	183	-16	-8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	675	4.1%	767	654	21	3.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.1%	26	40	-16	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,459	8.9%	1,560	1,587	-128	-8.1%
Educational Services	381	2.3%	410	394	-13	-3.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,425	8.7%	1,503	1,527	-102	-6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	173	1.1%	129	343	-170	-49.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	773	4.7%	789	949	-176	-18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	352	2.2%	342	394	-42	-10.7%
Public Administration	218	1.3%	206	247	-29	-11.7%
Information Not Available	126	0.8%	154	112	14	12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,711		5,645	6,965
Male	3,152	55.2%	3,081	3,666	-514	-14.0%
Female	2,557	44.8%	2,562	3,297	-740	-22.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,711		5,645	6,965
Hispanic or Latino	617	10.8%	668	720	-103	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,260	74.6%	4,123	5,715	-1,455	-25.5%
Information Not Available	834	14.6%	854	530	304	57.4%

Race	5,711		5,645	6,965
American Indian or Alaskan Native	295	3.0%	307	277	18	6.5%
Asian	123	1.3%	143	126	-3	-2.4%
Black or African American	121	1.2%	102	102	19	18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	99	1.0%	99	59	40	67.8%
White	7,650	78.8%	7,291	6,822	828	12.1%
Information Not Available	1,417	14.6%	1,534	1,186	231	19.5%

Years of Age	5,711		5,645	6,965
Younger than 22	104	0.8%	94	128	-24	-18.8%
22-24	197	1.5%	184	294	-97	-33.0%
25-34	1,024	8.0%	999	1,414	-390	-27.6%
35-44	1,131	8.8%	1,111	1,395	-264	-18.9%
45-54	1,395	10.8%	1,389	1,690	-295	-17.5%
55-59	734	5.7%	708	867	-133	-15.3%
60-64	502	3.9%	538	579	-77	-13.3%
65 and older	621	4.8%	620	593	28	4.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	5	-2	-40.0%

Industry	5,711		5,645	6,965
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	1.8%	97	103	3	2.9%
Mining	131	2.3%	133	55	76	138.2%
Utilities	11	0.2%	14	9	2	22.2%
Construction	521	9.0%	526	410	111	27.1%
Manufacturing	733	12.6%	778	741	-8	-1.1%
Wholesale Trade	303	5.2%	336	165	138	83.6%
Retail Trade	537	9.2%	518	535	2	0.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	186	3.2%	206	148	38	25.7%
Information	97	1.7%	85	85	12	14.1%
Finance and Insurance	168	2.9%	174	163	5	3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	76	1.3%	82	59	17	28.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	306	5.3%	307	228	78	34.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.4%	20	20	1	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	556	9.6%	604	587	-31	-5.3%
Educational Services	134	2.3%	127	134	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	493	8.5%	509	446	47	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	103	1.8%	57	96	7	7.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	340	5.8%	235	262	78	29.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	131	2.3%	127	98	33	33.7%
Public Administration	205	3.5%	161	134	71	53.0%
Information Not Available	553	9.5%	549	2,487	-1,934	-77.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	98,953		107,367	107,831
Male	53,157	53.7%	56,676	55,688	-2,531	-4.5%
Female	45,207	45.7%	50,078	51,504	-6,297	-12.2%
Information Not Available	589	0.6%	613	639	-50	-7.8%

Ethnicity	98,953		107,367	107,831
Hispanic or Latino	12,468	12.6%	13,620	14,178	-1,710	-12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,195	77.0%	82,214	82,293	-6,098	-7.4%
Information Not Available	10,290	10.4%	11,533	11,360	-1,070	-9.4%

Race	98,953		107,367	107,831
American Indian or Alaskan Native	486	0.5%	535	520	-34	-6.5%
Asian	2,379	2.4%	2,736	2,559	-180	-7.0%
Black or African American	28,601	28.9%	31,910	31,160	-2,559	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	190	0.2%	235	206	-16	-7.8%
White	57,811	58.4%	61,483	63,183	-5,372	-8.5%
Information Not Available	9,486	9.6%	10,468	10,203	-717	-7.0%

Years of Age	98,953		107,367	107,831
Younger than 22	1,680	1.1%	1,696	2,005	-325	-16.2%
22-24	4,516	3.0%	4,666	5,199	-683	-13.1%
25-34	23,276	15.6%	25,006	25,482	-2,206	-8.7%
35-44	23,108	15.4%	24,849	25,067	-1,959	-7.8%
45-54	24,317	16.2%	26,774	26,162	-1,845	-7.1%
55-59	11,284	7.5%	12,435	12,025	-741	-6.2%
60-64	7,086	4.7%	7,978	7,755	-669	-8.6%
65 and older	3,686	2.5%	3,963	4,136	-450	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	98,953		107,367	107,831
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	219	0.2%	222	223	-4	-1.8%
Mining	485	0.5%	724	167	318	190.4%
Utilities	145	0.1%	134	128	17	13.3%
Construction	8,844	8.9%	9,487	8,223	621	7.6%
Manufacturing	12,373	12.5%	13,392	13,496	-1,123	-8.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,760	4.8%	5,192	5,355	-595	-11.1%
Retail Trade	8,150	8.2%	8,941	9,928	-1,778	-17.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,927	4.0%	4,974	4,579	-652	-14.2%
Information	2,103	2.1%	2,254	2,353	-250	-10.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,867	3.9%	4,009	4,409	-542	-12.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,432	1.4%	1,383	1,587	-155	-9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,077	7.1%	7,765	7,332	-255	-3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	614	0.6%	624	548	66	12.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,185	15.3%	15,378	15,070	115	0.8%
Educational Services	3,745	3.8%	4,385	4,147	-402	-9.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,726	8.8%	9,267	9,917	-1,191	-12.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,322	1.3%	1,311	1,544	-222	-14.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,148	5.2%	5,514	6,415	-1,267	-19.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,894	2.9%	3,353	3,051	-157	-5.1%
Public Administration	2,397	2.4%	2,890	2,525	-128	-5.1%
Information Not Available	5,540	5.6%	6,168	6,834	-1,294	-18.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,948		20,865	23,889
Male	10,835	54.3%	11,385	12,929	-2,094	-16.2%
Female	9,077	45.5%	9,442	10,902	-1,825	-16.7%
Information Not Available	36	0.2%	38	58	-22	-37.9%

Ethnicity	19,948		20,865	23,889
Hispanic or Latino	937	4.7%	1,037	1,069	-132	-12.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,960	75.0%	15,531	17,807	-2,847	-16.0%
Information Not Available	4,051	20.3%	4,297	5,013	-962	-19.2%

Race	19,948		20,865	23,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.5%	92	113	-13	-11.5%
Asian	170	0.9%	156	158	12	7.6%
Black or African American	3,620	18.1%	3,831	4,469	-849	-19.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.1%	21	26	-2	-7.7%
White	14,800	74.2%	15,420	17,810	-3,010	-16.9%
Information Not Available	1,234	6.2%	1,345	1,313	-79	-6.0%

Years of Age	19,948		20,865	23,889
Younger than 22	205	0.6%	263	291	-86	-29.6%
22-24	679	2.0%	721	919	-240	-26.1%
25-34	4,425	13.3%	4,661	5,369	-944	-17.6%
35-44	4,819	14.5%	4,960	5,622	-803	-14.3%
45-54	5,141	15.5%	5,357	6,213	-1,072	-17.3%
55-59	2,369	7.1%	2,518	2,840	-471	-16.6%
60-64	1,533	4.6%	1,567	1,704	-171	-10.0%
65 and older	777	2.3%	818	931	-154	-16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,948		20,865	23,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.3%	54	67	-11	-16.4%
Mining	113	0.6%	124	99	14	14.1%
Utilities	36	0.2%	30	12	24	200.0%
Construction	2,148	10.7%	2,703	2,863	-715	-25.0%
Manufacturing	4,357	21.8%	4,136	4,573	-216	-4.7%
Wholesale Trade	857	4.3%	857	904	-47	-5.2%
Retail Trade	1,515	7.6%	1,540	1,808	-293	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	612	3.1%	619	760	-148	-19.5%
Information	292	1.5%	319	332	-40	-12.0%
Finance and Insurance	498	2.5%	503	590	-92	-15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	1.4%	275	340	-61	-17.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	932	4.7%	1,040	1,165	-233	-20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.6%	131	186	-67	-36.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,173	10.9%	2,414	2,777	-604	-21.8%
Educational Services	602	3.0%	630	655	-53	-8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,779	8.9%	1,926	2,428	-649	-26.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	211	1.1%	207	267	-56	-21.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	734	3.7%	697	986	-252	-25.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	538	2.7%	532	637	-99	-15.5%
Public Administration	185	0.9%	165	201	-16	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1,912	9.6%	1,963	2,239	-327	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,733		11,364	13,628
Male	6,543	55.8%	6,379	7,289	-746	-10.2%
Female	5,190	44.2%	4,985	6,339	-1,149	-18.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,733		11,364	13,628
Hispanic or Latino	989	8.4%	949	1,058	-69	-6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,630	48.0%	5,276	6,044	-414	-6.8%
Information Not Available	5,114	43.6%	5,139	6,526	-1,412	-21.6%

Race	11,733		11,364	13,628
American Indian or Alaskan Native	167	1.4%	168	213	-46	-21.6%
Asian	128	1.1%	151	191	-63	-33.0%
Black or African American	2,409	20.5%	2,195	2,467	-58	-2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.3%	30	36	2	5.6%
White	8,226	70.1%	8,085	9,907	-1,681	-17.0%
Information Not Available	765	6.5%	735	814	-49	-6.0%

Years of Age	11,733		11,364	13,628
Younger than 22	216	1.1%	195	272	-56	-20.6%
22-24	562	2.9%	532	676	-114	-16.9%
25-34	2,830	14.8%	2,797	3,278	-448	-13.7%
35-44	2,687	14.1%	2,589	3,002	-315	-10.5%
45-54	2,758	14.4%	2,604	3,236	-478	-14.8%
55-59	1,276	6.7%	1,229	1,524	-248	-16.3%
60-64	864	4.5%	872	997	-133	-13.3%
65 and older	540	2.8%	546	643	-103	-16.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,733		11,364	13,628
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.4%	45	51	-4	-7.8%
Mining	297	2.5%	331	141	156	110.6%
Utilities	20	0.2%	19	23	-3	-13.0%
Construction	1,316	11.2%	1,306	1,470	-154	-10.5%
Manufacturing	1,526	13.0%	1,537	1,931	-405	-21.0%
Wholesale Trade	625	5.3%	618	728	-103	-14.1%
Retail Trade	904	7.7%	918	1,204	-300	-24.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	378	3.2%	340	342	36	10.5%
Information	388	3.3%	324	321	67	20.9%
Finance and Insurance	365	3.1%	340	371	-6	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	185	1.6%	179	199	-14	-7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	722	6.1%	740	871	-149	-17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.3%	54	43	-2	-4.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,391	11.8%	1,236	1,790	-399	-22.3%
Educational Services	353	3.0%	348	380	-27	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,279	10.9%	1,218	1,638	-359	-21.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	66	0.6%	72	109	-43	-39.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	531	4.5%	479	634	-103	-16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	271	2.3%	242	391	-120	-30.7%
Public Administration	329	2.8%	289	350	-21	-6.0%
Information Not Available	699	5.9%	729	641	58	9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,431		20,011	21,143
Male	10,832	58.8%	11,727	11,583	-751	-6.5%
Female	7,599	41.2%	8,284	9,560	-1,961	-20.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,431		20,011	21,143
Hispanic or Latino	31	0.2%	23	72	-41	-56.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	405	2.2%	602	452	-47	-10.4%
Information Not Available	17,995	97.6%	19,386	20,619	-2,624	-12.7%

Race	18,431		20,011	21,143
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	0.7%	167	140	-17	-12.1%
Asian	31	0.2%	51	86	-55	-64.0%
Black or African American	2,555	13.9%	2,397	2,855	-300	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
White	15,507	84.1%	17,040	17,763	-2,256	-12.7%
Information Not Available	215	1.2%	356	294	-79	-26.9%

Years of Age	18,431		20,011	21,143
Younger than 22	286	0.9%	277	276	10	3.6%
22-24	717	2.2%	731	882	-165	-18.7%
25-34	4,235	13.0%	4,133	4,556	-321	-7.0%
35-44	4,525	13.9%	4,943	5,425	-900	-16.6%
45-54	4,565	14.0%	5,003	4,941	-376	-7.6%
55-59	1,794	5.5%	2,300	2,493	-699	-28.0%
60-64	1,350	4.1%	1,675	1,724	-374	-21.7%
65 and older	941	2.9%	921	842	99	11.8%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	28	4	14	350.0%

Industry	18,431		20,011	21,143
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.3%	88	45	12	26.7%
Mining	954	5.2%	1,254	511	443	86.7%
Utilities	26	0.1%	37	109	-83	-76.1%
Construction	1,816	9.8%	1,847	1,932	-116	-6.0%
Manufacturing	3,241	17.5%	3,499	3,764	-523	-13.9%
Wholesale Trade	937	5.1%	1,023	1,027	-90	-8.8%
Retail Trade	1,187	6.4%	1,430	1,774	-587	-33.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	726	3.9%	902	652	74	11.3%
Information	409	2.2%	268	511	-102	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	624	3.4%	625	593	31	5.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	194	1.0%	282	366	-172	-47.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,113	6.0%	1,125	1,204	-91	-7.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.2%	93	122	-78	-63.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,851	10.0%	2,018	2,041	-190	-9.3%
Educational Services	519	2.8%	745	792	-273	-34.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,768	9.6%	1,634	2,253	-485	-21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	0.7%	245	231	-108	-46.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	963	5.2%	759	1,172	-209	-17.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	449	2.4%	389	566	-117	-20.7%
Public Administration	387	2.1%	444	466	-79	-17.0%
Information Not Available	1,043	5.6%	1,304	1,012	31	3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,220		20,920	17,145
Male	10,889	53.9%	11,098	7,624	3,265	42.8%
Female	9,331	46.1%	9,822	9,521	-190	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,220		20,920	17,145
Hispanic or Latino	801	4.0%	820	643	158	24.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,419	96.0%	20,100	16,502	2,917	17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	20,220		20,920	17,145
American Indian or Alaskan Native	225	1.1%	233	145	80	55.2%
Asian	176	0.9%	187	136	40	29.4%
Black or African American	10,568	52.3%	11,054	9,959	609	6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.2%	35	20	16	80.0%
White	9,215	45.6%	9,411	6,884	2,331	33.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Years of Age	20,220		20,920	17,145
Younger than 22	336	1.2%	360	336	0	0.0%
22-24	899	3.2%	923	850	49	5.8%
25-34	5,192	18.5%	5,391	4,458	734	16.5%
35-44	4,699	16.8%	4,912	3,889	810	20.8%
45-54	4,488	16.0%	4,624	3,859	629	16.3%
55-59	2,210	7.9%	2,246	1,711	499	29.2%
60-64	1,417	5.1%	1,495	1,124	293	26.1%
65 and older	979	3.5%	969	918	61	6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,220		20,920	17,145
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	0.6%	129	101	29	28.7%
Mining	1,134	5.6%	1,130	253	881	348.2%
Utilities	52	0.3%	56	65	-13	-20.0%
Construction	2,543	12.5%	2,857	2,134	409	19.2%
Manufacturing	2,331	11.5%	2,305	1,403	928	66.1%
Wholesale Trade	734	3.6%	808	532	202	38.0%
Retail Trade	1,651	8.1%	1,646	1,840	-189	-10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	764	3.8%	712	500	264	52.8%
Information	363	1.8%	390	300	63	21.0%
Finance and Insurance	466	2.3%	484	485	-19	-3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	444	2.2%	458	361	83	23.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,174	5.8%	1,232	1,119	55	4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.3%	47	51	6	11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,702	8.4%	1,869	1,679	23	1.4%
Educational Services	518	2.5%	576	587	-69	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,132	10.5%	2,175	2,467	-335	-13.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	322	1.6%	344	372	-50	-13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,408	6.9%	1,506	1,577	-169	-10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	650	3.2%	653	501	149	29.7%
Public Administration	261	1.3%	294	288	-27	-9.4%
Information Not Available	1,384	6.8%	1,249	530	854	161.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,423		48,873	60,300
Male	25,371	53.5%	25,598	32,791	-7,420	-22.6%
Female	22,050	46.5%	23,273	27,507	-5,457	-19.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,423		48,873	60,300
Hispanic or Latino	6,176	13.0%	6,188	7,358	-1,182	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,334	80.8%	39,712	49,534	-11,200	-22.6%
Information Not Available	2,913	6.1%	2,973	3,408	-495	-14.5%

Race	47,423		48,873	60,300
American Indian or Alaskan Native	210	0.4%	210	266	-56	-21.1%
Asian	1,890	4.0%	1,920	2,365	-475	-20.1%
Black or African American	5,004	10.6%	5,269	6,340	-1,336	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	120	0.3%	125	136	-16	-11.8%
White	33,918	71.5%	35,003	43,677	-9,759	-22.3%
Information Not Available	6,281	13.2%	6,346	7,516	-1,235	-16.4%

Years of Age	47,423		48,873	60,300
Younger than 22	877	1.1%	826	972	-95	-9.8%
22-24	2,064	2.7%	2,154	2,665	-601	-22.6%
25-34	10,823	14.0%	10,890	14,084	-3,261	-23.2%
35-44	9,974	12.9%	10,252	12,414	-2,440	-19.7%
45-54	11,460	14.8%	12,003	14,678	-3,218	-21.9%
55-59	5,404	7.0%	5,615	6,801	-1,397	-20.5%
60-64	3,994	5.2%	4,128	5,065	-1,071	-21.1%
65 and older	2,827	3.7%	3,005	3,621	-794	-21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,423		48,873	60,300
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	301	0.6%	268	471	-170	-36.1%
Mining	5	0.0%	10	27	-22	-81.5%
Utilities	96	0.2%	91	127	-31	-24.4%
Construction	4,266	8.9%	4,198	5,549	-1,283	-23.1%
Manufacturing	4,984	10.4%	5,138	5,781	-797	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,192	4.6%	2,235	2,789	-597	-21.4%
Retail Trade	3,983	8.3%	4,120	5,661	-1,678	-29.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,242	2.6%	1,616	1,419	-177	-12.5%
Information	1,312	2.7%	1,330	1,446	-134	-9.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,808	3.8%	1,854	2,423	-615	-25.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	960	2.0%	997	1,329	-369	-27.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,554	9.5%	4,783	5,282	-728	-13.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	272	0.6%	267	251	21	8.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,960	10.4%	5,237	6,303	-1,343	-21.3%
Educational Services	1,371	2.9%	1,458	1,680	-309	-18.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,636	11.8%	5,821	7,350	-1,714	-23.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	657	1.4%	621	854	-197	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,969	6.2%	2,851	4,282	-1,313	-30.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,995	6.3%	3,058	3,611	-616	-17.1%
Public Administration	1,306	2.7%	1,421	1,783	-477	-26.8%
Information Not Available	1,554	3.3%	1,499	1,882	-328	-17.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,038		35,468	44,335
Male	13,837	39.5%	13,357	18,155	-4,318	-23.8%
Female	13,116	37.4%	12,899	16,521	-3,405	-20.6%
Information Not Available	8,085	23.1%	9,212	9,659	-1,574	-16.3%

Ethnicity	35,038		35,468	44,335
Hispanic or Latino	1,215	3.5%	1,227	1,653	-438	-26.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,063	71.5%	24,381	32,265	-7,202	-22.3%
Information Not Available	8,760	25.0%	9,860	10,417	-1,657	-15.9%

Race	35,038		35,468	44,335
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.3%	96	120	-24	-20.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12,496	35.7%	12,293	15,553	-3,057	-19.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.2%	54	56	2	3.6%
White	12,413	35.4%	11,938	16,536	-4,123	-24.9%
Information Not Available	9,975	28.5%	11,087	12,070	-2,095	-17.4%

Years of Age	35,038		35,468	44,335
Younger than 22	562	1.2%	528	843	-281	-33.3%
22-24	1,364	3.0%	1,279	1,947	-583	-29.9%
25-34	6,945	15.3%	6,774	8,800	-1,855	-21.1%
35-44	5,582	12.3%	5,500	7,094	-1,512	-21.3%
45-54	6,113	13.5%	6,031	7,953	-1,840	-23.1%
55-59	2,798	6.2%	2,809	3,542	-744	-21.0%
60-64	2,007	4.4%	1,952	2,467	-460	-18.6%
65 and older	1,582	3.5%	1,383	2,030	-448	-22.1%
Information Not Available	8,085	17.8%	9,212	9,659	-1,574	-16.3%

Industry	35,038		35,468	44,335
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	0.2%	44	73	-6	-8.2%
Mining	38	0.1%	61	18	20	111.1%
Utilities	18	0.1%	14	34	-16	-47.1%
Construction	2,842	8.1%	2,794	3,579	-737	-20.6%
Manufacturing	297	0.8%	299	325	-28	-8.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,059	3.0%	1,051	1,316	-257	-19.5%
Retail Trade	1,078	3.1%	1,130	1,536	-458	-29.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	637	1.8%	657	808	-171	-21.2%
Information	532	1.5%	541	707	-175	-24.8%
Finance and Insurance	922	2.6%	958	1,129	-207	-18.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	624	1.8%	598	746	-122	-16.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,830	8.1%	2,811	3,469	-639	-18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	0.3%	96	148	-51	-34.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,766	10.7%	3,738	4,652	-886	-19.0%
Educational Services	1,138	3.2%	1,198	1,327	-189	-14.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,833	8.1%	2,857	3,645	-812	-22.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	455	1.3%	329	495	-40	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,144	6.1%	1,550	2,885	-741	-25.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	862	2.5%	820	1,054	-192	-18.2%
Public Administration	751	2.1%	691	644	107	16.6%
Information Not Available	12,048	34.3%	13,231	15,745	-3,697	-23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,949		4,174	5,512
Male	2,095	53.1%	2,177	2,879	-784	-27.2%
Female	1,854	46.9%	1,997	2,633	-779	-29.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,949		4,174	5,512
Hispanic or Latino	67	1.7%	53	55	12	21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,547	89.8%	3,709	4,045	-498	-12.3%
Information Not Available	335	8.5%	412	1,412	-1,077	-76.3%

Race	3,949		4,174	5,512
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	1.3%	52	53	0	0.0%
Asian	20	0.5%	31	20	0	0.0%
Black or African American	64	1.6%	47	81	-17	-21.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,627	91.8%	3,822	4,131	-504	-12.2%
Information Not Available	185	4.7%	222	1,227	-1,042	-84.9%

Years of Age	3,949		4,174	5,512
Younger than 22	105	1.5%	106	143	-38	-26.6%
22-24	163	2.3%	177	284	-121	-42.6%
25-34	841	11.6%	862	1,232	-391	-31.7%
35-44	815	11.3%	881	1,078	-263	-24.4%
45-54	933	12.9%	976	1,305	-372	-28.5%
55-59	535	7.4%	566	700	-165	-23.6%
60-64	348	4.8%	387	468	-120	-25.6%
65 and older	209	2.9%	219	302	-93	-30.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,949		4,174	5,512
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	1.7%	69	79	-12	-15.2%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	6	-5	-83.3%
Utilities	5	0.1%	5	16	-11	-68.8%
Construction	275	6.8%	293	379	-104	-27.4%
Manufacturing	406	10.1%	413	582	-176	-30.2%
Wholesale Trade	139	3.5%	126	172	-33	-19.2%
Retail Trade	334	8.3%	361	513	-179	-34.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	86	2.1%	76	138	-52	-37.7%
Information	55	1.4%	67	57	-2	-3.5%
Finance and Insurance	112	2.8%	117	103	9	8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	33	0.8%	39	68	-35	-51.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	154	3.8%	173	182	-28	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	9	10	-7	-70.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	317	7.9%	331	350	-33	-9.4%
Educational Services	103	2.6%	130	143	-40	-28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	405	10.1%	472	579	-174	-30.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	66	1.6%	55	60	6	10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	263	6.5%	175	327	-64	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	102	2.5%	96	117	-15	-12.8%
Public Administration	58	1.4%	62	116	-58	-50.0%
Information Not Available	965	24.0%	1,104	1,515	-550	-36.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,199		48,982	64,812
Male	25,837	52.5%	24,783	34,272	-8,435	-24.6%
Female	21,852	44.4%	22,760	28,838	-6,986	-24.2%
Information Not Available	1,510	3.1%	1,439	1,702	-192	-11.3%

Ethnicity	49,199		48,982	64,812
Hispanic or Latino	1,777	3.6%	1,643	2,441	-664	-27.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,703	76.6%	37,566	49,416	-11,713	-23.7%
Information Not Available	9,719	19.8%	9,773	12,955	-3,236	-25.0%

Race	49,199		48,982	64,812
American Indian or Alaskan Native	444	0.9%	389	523	-79	-15.1%
Asian	552	1.1%	544	685	-133	-19.4%
Black or African American	9,798	19.9%	9,701	13,778	-3,980	-28.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.1%	64	60	-4	-6.7%
White	27,496	55.9%	27,585	35,237	-7,741	-22.0%
Information Not Available	10,853	22.1%	10,699	14,529	-3,676	-25.3%

Years of Age	49,199		48,982	64,812
Younger than 22	1,094	1.5%	970	1,566	-472	-30.1%
22-24	2,532	3.5%	2,400	3,732	-1,200	-32.2%
25-34	11,654	15.9%	11,477	15,315	-3,661	-23.9%
35-44	11,100	15.2%	11,157	14,949	-3,849	-25.7%
45-54	12,168	16.6%	12,194	15,925	-3,757	-23.6%
55-59	5,576	7.6%	5,582	7,255	-1,679	-23.1%
60-64	3,443	4.7%	3,486	4,192	-749	-17.9%
65 and older	1,632	2.2%	1,716	1,878	-246	-13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,199		48,982	64,812
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	389	0.8%	323	478	-89	-18.6%
Mining	374	0.8%	241	98	276	281.6%
Utilities	66	0.1%	34	50	16	32.0%
Construction	3,576	7.2%	3,465	3,663	-87	-2.4%
Manufacturing	8,546	17.2%	7,839	9,907	-1,361	-13.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,537	7.1%	2,327	4,183	-646	-15.4%
Retail Trade	3,333	6.7%	3,357	4,049	-716	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,219	2.5%	1,447	1,993	-774	-38.8%
Information	747	1.5%	815	793	-46	-5.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,117	2.3%	1,255	1,623	-506	-31.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	610	1.2%	636	943	-333	-35.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,643	7.3%	3,873	4,347	-704	-16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,134	2.3%	1,498	5,159	-4,025	-78.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,777	11.6%	6,053	7,490	-1,713	-22.9%
Educational Services	1,535	3.1%	1,912	2,050	-515	-25.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,633	9.3%	5,229	6,721	-2,088	-31.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	566	1.1%	677	758	-192	-25.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,068	4.2%	1,911	2,847	-779	-27.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,428	2.9%	1,396	1,708	-280	-16.4%
Public Administration	1,062	2.1%	816	1,040	22	2.1%
Information Not Available	3,839	7.7%	3,878	4,912	-1,073	-21.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,572		29,227	29,356
Male	16,741	58.6%	16,528	15,859	882	5.6%
Female	11,831	41.4%	12,694	13,487	-1,656	-12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	5	10	-10	-100.0%

Ethnicity	28,572		29,227	29,356
Hispanic or Latino	1,116	3.9%	1,036	1,179	-63	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,250	84.9%	24,908	24,985	-735	-2.9%
Information Not Available	3,206	11.2%	3,283	3,192	14	0.4%

Race	28,572		29,227	29,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	421	1.5%	428	475	-54	-11.4%
Asian	909	3.2%	986	919	-10	-1.1%
Black or African American	2,556	8.9%	2,743	2,723	-167	-6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	0.3%	85	70	5	7.1%
White	22,062	77.2%	22,368	22,641	-579	-2.6%
Information Not Available	2,549	8.9%	2,617	2,528	21	0.8%

Years of Age	28,572		29,227	29,356
Younger than 22	403	0.8%	367	471	-68	-14.4%
22-24	1,079	2.2%	1,070	1,196	-117	-9.8%
25-34	6,569	13.7%	6,615	6,745	-176	-2.6%
35-44	6,248	13.0%	6,467	6,187	61	1.0%
45-54	6,785	14.1%	6,977	7,340	-555	-7.6%
55-59	3,618	7.5%	3,754	3,633	-15	-0.4%
60-64	2,624	5.5%	2,664	2,494	130	5.2%
65 and older	1,241	2.6%	1,307	1,278	-37	-2.9%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	6	12	-7	-58.3%

Industry	28,572		29,227	29,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.7%	188	225	-11	-4.9%
Mining	865	3.0%	788	50	815	1630.0%
Utilities	100	0.3%	150	92	8	8.7%
Construction	3,320	11.5%	2,872	2,993	327	10.9%
Manufacturing	4,243	14.7%	4,753	4,109	134	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,618	5.6%	1,530	1,469	149	10.1%
Retail Trade	2,052	7.1%	2,033	2,497	-445	-17.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	656	2.3%	698	699	-43	-6.2%
Information	656	2.3%	699	746	-90	-12.1%
Finance and Insurance	965	3.4%	1,039	1,226	-261	-21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	482	1.7%	482	563	-81	-14.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,963	6.8%	2,150	2,154	-191	-8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	839	2.9%	810	638	201	31.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,592	9.0%	2,674	2,885	-293	-10.2%
Educational Services	1,039	3.6%	1,214	1,135	-96	-8.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,584	9.0%	2,778	3,124	-540	-17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	462	1.6%	395	512	-50	-9.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,372	4.8%	1,378	1,649	-277	-16.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	865	3.0%	1,007	886	-21	-2.4%
Public Administration	654	2.3%	540	618	36	5.8%
Information Not Available	1,031	3.6%	1,049	1,086	-55	-5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,581		26,412	30,605
Male	12,608	51.3%	13,291	15,453	-2,845	-18.4%
Female	11,942	48.6%	13,083	15,102	-3,160	-20.9%
Information Not Available	31	0.1%	38	50	-19	-38.0%

Ethnicity	24,581		26,412	30,605
Hispanic or Latino	916	3.7%	967	1,010	-94	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,996	77.3%	19,967	23,276	-4,280	-18.4%
Information Not Available	4,669	19.0%	5,478	6,319	-1,650	-26.1%

Race	24,581		26,412	30,605
American Indian or Alaskan Native	176	0.7%	184	236	-60	-25.4%
Asian	178	0.7%	206	182	-4	-2.2%
Black or African American	5,595	22.8%	6,176	6,872	-1,277	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	950	3.9%	963	962	-12	-1.2%
White	15,943	64.9%	17,034	18,701	-2,758	-14.7%
Information Not Available	1,739	7.1%	1,849	3,652	-1,913	-52.4%

Years of Age	24,581		26,412	30,605
Younger than 22	507	1.3%	551	675	-168	-24.9%
22-24	1,141	2.9%	1,177	1,683	-542	-32.2%
25-34	5,643	14.6%	6,209	7,389	-1,746	-23.6%
35-44	5,701	14.7%	6,089	6,967	-1,266	-18.2%
45-54	5,958	15.4%	6,374	7,381	-1,423	-19.3%
55-59	2,768	7.1%	2,980	3,263	-495	-15.2%
60-64	1,764	4.6%	1,898	1,954	-190	-9.7%
65 and older	1,096	2.8%	1,134	1,292	-196	-15.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	1	2	200.0%

Industry	24,581		26,412	30,605
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.5%	160	121	2	1.7%
Mining	92	0.4%	108	74	18	24.3%
Utilities	67	0.3%	57	52	15	28.8%
Construction	2,308	9.3%	2,608	3,102	-794	-25.6%
Manufacturing	3,334	13.5%	3,312	3,384	-50	-1.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,123	4.5%	1,285	1,309	-186	-14.2%
Retail Trade	2,500	10.1%	2,654	3,142	-642	-20.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	755	3.1%	772	914	-159	-17.4%
Information	548	2.2%	654	736	-188	-25.5%
Finance and Insurance	889	3.6%	904	1,195	-306	-25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	406	1.6%	477	511	-105	-20.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,329	5.4%	1,512	1,777	-448	-25.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	160	0.6%	159	132	28	21.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,180	12.9%	3,460	4,015	-835	-20.8%
Educational Services	703	2.8%	818	938	-235	-25.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,068	12.4%	3,319	4,090	-1,022	-25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	321	1.3%	315	393	-72	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,655	6.7%	1,659	2,245	-590	-26.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	2.7%	702	858	-181	-21.1%
Public Administration	303	1.2%	291	384	-81	-21.1%
Information Not Available	1,040	4.2%	1,186	1,233	-193	-15.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,072		13,099	15,630
Male	6,093	50.5%	6,388	6,995	-902	-12.9%
Female	5,966	49.4%	6,694	8,623	-2,657	-30.8%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	17	12	1	8.3%

Ethnicity	12,072		13,099	15,630
Hispanic or Latino	185	1.5%	216	251	-66	-26.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,986	91.0%	11,870	14,587	-3,601	-24.7%
Information Not Available	901	7.5%	1,013	792	109	13.8%

Race	12,072		13,099	15,630
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.3%	42	53	-14	-26.4%
Asian	49	0.4%	51	60	-11	-18.3%
Black or African American	6,994	57.9%	7,686	9,214	-2,220	-24.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	26	53	-30	-56.6%
White	4,713	39.0%	4,999	6,001	-1,288	-21.5%
Information Not Available	254	2.1%	295	249	5	2.0%

Years of Age	12,072		13,099	15,630
Younger than 22	247	1.5%	228	361	-114	-31.6%
22-24	618	3.9%	657	925	-307	-33.2%
25-34	3,176	19.8%	3,523	4,077	-901	-22.1%
35-44	2,948	18.4%	3,157	3,684	-736	-20.0%
45-54	2,646	16.5%	2,872	3,437	-791	-23.0%
55-59	1,226	7.6%	1,324	1,494	-268	-17.9%
60-64	749	4.7%	827	936	-187	-20.0%
65 and older	462	2.9%	511	716	-254	-35.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,072		13,099	15,630
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	0.7%	64	99	-8	-8.1%
Mining	188	1.5%	167	35	153	437.1%
Utilities	18	0.1%	18	20	-2	-10.0%
Construction	657	5.4%	659	934	-277	-29.7%
Manufacturing	1,425	11.7%	1,600	2,335	-910	-39.0%
Wholesale Trade	296	2.4%	306	341	-45	-13.2%
Retail Trade	1,088	8.9%	1,179	1,485	-397	-26.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	245	2.0%	253	323	-78	-24.1%
Information	113	0.9%	83	178	-65	-36.5%
Finance and Insurance	191	1.6%	218	289	-98	-33.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	140	1.2%	125	171	-31	-18.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	442	3.6%	439	490	-48	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	1.1%	107	223	-90	-40.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,222	10.0%	1,337	1,575	-353	-22.4%
Educational Services	319	2.6%	366	521	-202	-38.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,295	10.6%	1,681	1,694	-399	-23.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	0.8%	69	239	-146	-61.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	847	7.0%	843	1,585	-738	-46.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	185	1.5%	183	238	-53	-22.3%
Public Administration	220	1.8%	174	322	-102	-31.7%
Information Not Available	2,864	23.5%	3,228	2,533	331	13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,924		3,794	4,713
Male	3,026	61.5%	2,240	2,539	487	19.2%
Female	1,893	38.4%	1,546	2,167	-274	-12.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	8	7	-2	-28.6%

Ethnicity	4,924		3,794	4,713
Hispanic or Latino	227	4.6%	152	172	55	32.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,480	91.0%	3,469	4,345	135	3.1%
Information Not Available	217	4.4%	173	196	21	10.7%

Race	4,924		3,794	4,713
American Indian or Alaskan Native	438	8.9%	401	596	-158	-26.5%
Asian	25	0.5%	19	32	-7	-21.9%
Black or African American	70	1.4%	48	54	16	29.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.3%	12	12	4	33.3%
White	4,308	87.5%	3,274	3,968	340	8.6%
Information Not Available	67	1.4%	40	51	16	31.4%

Years of Age	4,924		3,794	4,713
Younger than 22	111	1.3%	62	116	-5	-4.3%
22-24	277	3.1%	159	280	-3	-1.1%
25-34	1,245	14.0%	909	1,236	9	0.7%
35-44	1,070	12.1%	816	910	160	17.6%
45-54	1,073	12.1%	865	1,063	10	0.9%
55-59	563	6.4%	495	508	55	10.8%
60-64	370	4.2%	312	372	-2	-0.5%
65 and older	215	2.4%	176	228	-13	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,924		3,794	4,713
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	1.0%	58	48	4	8.3%
Mining	194	3.9%	181	101	93	92.1%
Utilities	13	0.3%	10	23	-10	-43.5%
Construction	668	13.4%	556	464	204	44.0%
Manufacturing	349	7.0%	308	284	65	22.9%
Wholesale Trade	125	2.5%	119	109	16	14.7%
Retail Trade	486	9.8%	355	423	63	14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	142	2.9%	143	136	6	4.4%
Information	55	1.1%	49	66	-11	-16.7%
Finance and Insurance	97	1.9%	80	65	32	49.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	53	1.1%	48	51	2	3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	210	4.2%	207	191	19	9.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	5	6	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	469	9.4%	348	379	90	23.7%
Educational Services	117	2.4%	121	138	-21	-15.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	338	6.8%	350	462	-124	-26.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	234	4.7%	90	269	-35	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	778	15.6%	415	878	-100	-11.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	141	2.8%	109	135	6	4.4%
Public Administration	197	4.0%	166	290	-93	-32.1%
Information Not Available	200	4.0%	76	195	5	2.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,661		28,107	40,998
Male	12,550	48.9%	13,480	20,150	-7,600	-37.7%
Female	13,100	51.1%	14,616	20,826	-7,726	-37.1%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	11	22	-11	-50.0%

Ethnicity	25,661		28,107	40,998
Hispanic or Latino	1,189	4.6%	1,242	1,762	-573	-32.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,839	92.9%	26,146	38,463	-14,624	-38.0%
Information Not Available	633	2.5%	719	773	-140	-18.1%

Race	25,661		28,107	40,998
American Indian or Alaskan Native	403	1.6%	491	613	-210	-34.3%
Asian	345	1.3%	345	432	-87	-20.1%
Black or African American	10,747	41.9%	11,933	17,317	-6,570	-37.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.2%	51	78	-33	-42.3%
White	12,514	48.8%	13,451	20,070	-7,556	-37.6%
Information Not Available	1,607	6.3%	1,836	2,488	-881	-35.4%

Years of Age	25,661		28,107	40,998
Younger than 22	425	1.2%	448	871	-446	-51.2%
22-24	1,244	3.4%	1,363	2,353	-1,109	-47.1%
25-34	6,502	17.7%	6,948	10,490	-3,988	-38.0%
35-44	6,309	17.2%	7,005	10,039	-3,730	-37.2%
45-54	6,360	17.3%	6,955	9,679	-3,319	-34.3%
55-59	2,517	6.9%	2,791	3,868	-1,351	-34.9%
60-64	1,494	4.1%	1,705	2,363	-869	-36.8%
65 and older	810	2.2%	892	1,335	-525	-39.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,661		28,107	40,998
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.5%	127	121	4	3.3%
Mining	13	0.1%	9	5	8	160.0%
Utilities	25	0.1%	39	37	-12	-32.4%
Construction	1,715	6.7%	1,696	1,768	-53	-3.0%
Manufacturing	3,136	12.2%	3,471	3,925	-789	-20.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,114	4.3%	1,222	1,385	-271	-19.6%
Retail Trade	2,376	9.2%	2,566	3,308	-932	-28.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	561	2.2%	622	649	-88	-13.6%
Information	435	1.7%	574	350	85	24.3%
Finance and Insurance	792	3.1%	881	1,056	-264	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	386	1.5%	405	471	-85	-18.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,664	6.5%	1,847	1,631	33	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.5%	98	170	-35	-20.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,444	17.2%	5,066	4,815	-371	-7.7%
Educational Services	862	3.3%	1,148	880	-18	-2.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,688	10.4%	2,847	3,269	-581	-17.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	198	0.8%	288	186	12	6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,428	5.5%	1,554	1,870	-442	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	568	2.2%	640	580	-12	-2.1%
Public Administration	495	1.9%	473	372	123	33.1%
Information Not Available	2,501	9.7%	2,534	14,150	-11,649	-82.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,347		2,694	1,424
Male	1,615	68.8%	1,931	917	698	76.1%
Female	731	31.1%	762	507	224	44.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,347		2,694	1,424
Hispanic or Latino	137	5.8%	150	60	77	128.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,112	90.0%	2,445	1,319	793	60.1%
Information Not Available	98	4.2%	99	45	53	117.8%

Race	2,347		2,694	1,424
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	4.6%	123	68	41	60.3%
Asian	25	1.1%	36	15	10	66.7%
Black or African American	189	8.1%	161	65	124	190.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.4%	7	4	6	150.0%
White	1,779	75.8%	2,118	1,167	612	52.4%
Information Not Available	235	10.0%	249	105	130	123.8%

Years of Age	2,347		2,694	1,424
Younger than 22	32	0.8%	27	14	18	128.6%
22-24	94	2.4%	96	59	35	59.3%
25-34	623	15.8%	703	352	271	77.0%
35-44	486	12.3%	568	303	183	60.4%
45-54	586	14.9%	689	353	233	66.0%
55-59	261	6.6%	298	172	89	51.7%
60-64	181	4.6%	225	117	64	54.7%
65 and older	84	2.1%	87	51	33	64.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	2,347		2,694	1,424
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.7%	36	26	-10	-38.5%
Mining	460	19.5%	485	58	402	693.1%
Utilities	9	0.4%	9	4	5	125.0%
Construction	324	13.7%	361	146	178	121.9%
Manufacturing	217	9.2%	538	373	-156	-41.8%
Wholesale Trade	201	8.5%	153	96	105	109.4%
Retail Trade	152	6.4%	149	102	50	49.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	182	7.7%	224	55	127	230.9%
Information	17	0.7%	21	16	1	6.3%
Finance and Insurance	49	2.1%	42	45	4	8.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	57	2.4%	41	19	38	200.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	100	4.2%	116	58	42	72.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.3%	3	4	3	75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	109	4.6%	69	58	51	87.9%
Educational Services	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	111	4.7%	99	105	6	5.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.3%	6	9	-3	-33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	73	3.1%	76	59	14	23.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	48	2.0%	39	20	28	140.0%
Public Administration	92	3.9%	97	78	14	17.9%
Information Not Available	116	4.9%	128	91	25	27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,498		4,724	5,719
Male	2,073	46.1%	2,147	2,619	-546	-20.8%
Female	2,126	47.3%	2,222	2,857	-731	-25.6%
Information Not Available	299	6.6%	355	243	56	23.0%

Ethnicity	4,498		4,724	5,719
Hispanic or Latino	338	7.5%	316	374	-36	-9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,394	75.5%	3,532	4,555	-1,161	-25.5%
Information Not Available	766	17.0%	876	790	-24	-3.0%

Race	4,498		4,724	5,719
American Indian or Alaskan Native	66	1.5%	74	85	-19	-22.4%
Asian	56	1.2%	60	83	-27	-32.5%
Black or African American	493	11.0%	493	618	-125	-20.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.4%	11	22	-4	-18.2%
White	3,013	67.0%	3,185	3,917	-904	-23.1%
Information Not Available	852	18.9%	901	994	-142	-14.3%

Years of Age	4,498		4,724	5,719
Younger than 22	54	0.8%	48	104	-50	-48.1%
22-24	143	2.0%	144	235	-92	-39.1%
25-34	1,019	14.3%	1,111	1,349	-330	-24.5%
35-44	1,023	14.3%	1,055	1,231	-208	-16.9%
45-54	1,102	15.4%	1,141	1,369	-267	-19.5%
55-59	544	7.6%	587	677	-133	-19.6%
60-64	374	5.2%	413	469	-95	-20.3%
65 and older	239	3.3%	225	285	-46	-16.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,498		4,724	5,719
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	0.9%	37	47	-7	-14.9%
Mining	24	0.5%	23	4	20	500.0%
Utilities	7	0.2%	6	14	-7	-50.0%
Construction	393	8.7%	404	315	78	24.8%
Manufacturing	693	15.3%	718	1,049	-356	-33.9%
Wholesale Trade	206	4.5%	234	234	-28	-12.0%
Retail Trade	452	10.0%	506	534	-82	-15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	137	3.0%	142	187	-50	-26.7%
Information	82	1.8%	92	131	-49	-37.4%
Finance and Insurance	204	4.5%	248	298	-94	-31.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	59	1.3%	62	71	-12	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	225	5.0%	242	294	-69	-23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.9%	38	53	-10	-18.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	477	10.5%	425	593	-116	-19.6%
Educational Services	103	2.3%	116	133	-30	-22.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	475	10.5%	524	680	-205	-30.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	42	0.9%	60	66	-24	-36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	245	5.4%	241	371	-126	-34.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	100	2.2%	116	127	-27	-21.3%
Public Administration	148	3.3%	144	159	-11	-6.9%
Information Not Available	343	7.6%	346	359	-16	-4.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,823		3,956	5,010
Male	1,941	50.8%	1,925	2,597	-656	-25.3%
Female	1,856	48.5%	1,995	2,375	-519	-21.9%
Information Not Available	26	0.7%	36	38	-12	-31.6%

Ethnicity	3,823		3,956	5,010
Hispanic or Latino	116	3.0%	136	171	-55	-32.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,234	84.6%	3,310	4,206	-972	-23.1%
Information Not Available	473	12.4%	510	633	-160	-25.3%

Race	3,823		3,956	5,010
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27	0.7%	24	28	-1	-3.6%
Asian	68	1.8%	67	83	-15	-18.1%
Black or African American	79	2.1%	74	88	-9	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	2	6	-4	-66.7%
White	3,360	87.9%	3,470	4,463	-1,103	-24.7%
Information Not Available	287	7.5%	319	342	-55	-16.1%

Years of Age	3,823		3,956	5,010
Younger than 22	28	0.4%	17	50	-22	-44.0%
22-24	79	1.2%	80	155	-76	-49.0%
25-34	638	9.5%	624	930	-292	-31.4%
35-44	707	10.5%	747	907	-200	-22.1%
45-54	1,094	16.2%	1,159	1,350	-256	-19.0%
55-59	570	8.4%	562	750	-180	-24.0%
60-64	437	6.5%	473	518	-81	-15.6%
65 and older	270	4.0%	294	350	-80	-22.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,823		3,956	5,010
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.5%	21	26	-6	-23.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.3%	10	7	3	42.9%
Construction	58	1.5%	50	91	-33	-36.3%
Manufacturing	417	10.9%	449	661	-244	-36.9%
Wholesale Trade	222	5.8%	217	241	-19	-7.9%
Retail Trade	269	7.0%	264	338	-69	-20.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	60	1.6%	72	70	-10	-14.3%
Information	79	2.1%	86	76	3	3.9%
Finance and Insurance	142	3.7%	131	224	-82	-36.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	56	1.5%	53	74	-18	-24.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	291	7.6%	312	288	3	1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.7%	28	22	5	22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	518	13.5%	518	687	-169	-24.6%
Educational Services	199	5.2%	213	277	-78	-28.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	445	11.6%	479	528	-83	-15.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	1.6%	39	77	-17	-22.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	75	2.0%	64	82	-7	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	125	3.3%	155	178	-53	-29.8%
Public Administration	53	1.4%	58	70	-17	-24.3%
Information Not Available	697	18.1%	736	993	-296	-29.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	87,885		93,191	102,770
Male	46,040	52.4%	46,944	53,149	-7,109	-13.4%
Female	41,845	47.6%	46,247	49,621	-7,776	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	87,885		93,191	102,770
Hispanic or Latino	17,871	20.3%	19,175	20,772	-2,901	-14.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,795	69.2%	64,192	70,803	-10,008	-14.1%
Information Not Available	9,219	10.5%	9,824	11,195	-1,976	-17.7%

Race	87,885		93,191	102,770
American Indian or Alaskan Native	382	0.4%	415	461	-79	-17.1%
Asian	3,554	4.0%	3,599	4,287	-733	-17.1%
Black or African American	20,395	23.2%	21,994	23,454	-3,059	-13.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	536	0.6%	558	637	-101	-15.9%
White	50,074	57.0%	52,849	58,923	-8,849	-15.0%
Information Not Available	12,944	14.7%	13,776	15,008	-2,064	-13.8%

Years of Age	87,885		93,191	102,770
Younger than 22	2,066	1.6%	1,984	2,786	-720	-25.8%
22-24	5,133	3.9%	5,126	6,293	-1,160	-18.4%
25-34	21,425	16.3%	22,004	24,928	-3,503	-14.1%
35-44	17,528	13.4%	18,577	20,708	-3,180	-15.4%
45-54	19,619	15.0%	21,205	23,351	-3,732	-16.0%
55-59	9,432	7.2%	10,137	10,530	-1,098	-10.4%
60-64	6,776	5.2%	7,364	7,513	-737	-9.8%
65 and older	5,906	4.5%	6,794	6,661	-755	-11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	87,885		93,191	102,770
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	203	0.2%	129	240	-37	-15.4%
Mining	40	0.0%	31	55	-15	-27.3%
Utilities	113	0.1%	118	129	-16	-12.4%
Construction	6,391	7.3%	6,694	6,336	55	0.9%
Manufacturing	5,752	6.5%	5,828	6,487	-735	-11.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,808	5.5%	4,822	5,015	-207	-4.1%
Retail Trade	10,177	11.6%	10,291	11,006	-829	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,993	4.5%	5,316	4,397	-404	-9.2%
Information	1,608	1.8%	1,753	1,948	-340	-17.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,740	3.1%	2,932	3,567	-827	-23.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,409	1.6%	1,455	1,471	-62	-4.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,846	6.6%	6,246	6,095	-249	-4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,297	1.5%	1,247	457	840	183.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,547	13.1%	12,167	11,758	-211	-1.8%
Educational Services	3,808	4.3%	4,602	4,480	-672	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,700	11.0%	10,455	10,958	-1,258	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,298	1.5%	1,147	1,404	-106	-7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,977	7.9%	6,458	10,809	-3,832	-35.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,357	2.7%	2,432	2,610	-253	-9.7%
Public Administration	1,087	1.2%	1,463	1,257	-170	-13.5%
Information Not Available	6,734	7.6%	7,605	12,291	-5,557	-45.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,696		11,492	11,759
Male	6,395	59.8%	6,827	6,366	29	0.5%
Female	4,301	40.2%	4,665	5,393	-1,092	-20.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,696		11,492	11,759
Hispanic or Latino	5,307	49.6%	5,549	5,774	-467	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,414	41.3%	4,873	4,897	-483	-9.9%
Information Not Available	975	9.1%	1,070	1,088	-113	-10.4%

Race	10,696		11,492	11,759
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,282	12.0%	1,531	1,319	-37	-2.8%
Asian	77	0.7%	82	94	-17	-18.1%
Black or African American	316	3.0%	348	378	-62	-16.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.3%	34	36	-3	-8.3%
White	5,606	52.4%	5,927	6,122	-516	-8.4%
Information Not Available	3,382	31.6%	3,570	3,810	-428	-11.2%

Years of Age	10,696		11,492	11,759
Younger than 22	262	1.7%	305	311	-49	-15.8%
22-24	563	3.6%	603	665	-102	-15.3%
25-34	2,712	17.4%	2,897	2,981	-269	-9.0%
35-44	2,332	15.0%	2,553	2,609	-277	-10.6%
45-54	2,434	15.6%	2,584	2,674	-240	-9.0%
55-59	1,166	7.5%	1,263	1,168	-2	-0.2%
60-64	742	4.8%	801	842	-100	-11.9%
65 and older	485	3.1%	486	509	-24	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,696		11,492	11,759
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	245	2.2%	196	283	-38	-13.4%
Mining	680	6.2%	748	299	381	127.4%
Utilities	29	0.3%	31	27	2	7.4%
Construction	1,883	17.2%	2,092	2,231	-348	-15.6%
Manufacturing	494	4.5%	529	614	-120	-19.5%
Wholesale Trade	294	2.7%	313	279	15	5.4%
Retail Trade	1,034	9.5%	1,157	1,291	-257	-19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	294	2.7%	311	244	50	20.5%
Information	564	5.2%	468	329	235	71.4%
Finance and Insurance	250	2.3%	259	295	-45	-15.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	219	2.0%	207	183	36	19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	604	5.5%	675	712	-108	-15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.2%	28	87	-67	-77.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	838	7.7%	926	871	-33	-3.8%
Educational Services	381	3.5%	402	499	-118	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,144	10.5%	1,260	1,488	-344	-23.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	249	2.3%	262	283	-34	-12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	641	5.9%	760	951	-310	-32.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	269	2.5%	294	290	-21	-7.2%
Public Administration	501	4.6%	503	503	-2	-0.4%
Information Not Available	63	0.6%	71	0	63	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,568		25,623	25,985
Male	13,038	55.3%	14,288	14,179	-1,141	-8.0%
Female	10,442	44.3%	11,229	11,698	-1,256	-10.7%
Information Not Available	88	0.4%	106	108	-20	-18.5%

Ethnicity	23,568		25,623	25,985
Hispanic or Latino	4,738	20.1%	5,386	5,077	-339	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,981	63.6%	16,275	16,754	-1,773	-10.6%
Information Not Available	3,849	16.3%	3,962	4,154	-305	-7.3%

Race	23,568		25,623	25,985
American Indian or Alaskan Native	564	2.4%	636	608	-44	-7.2%
Asian	1,503	6.4%	1,543	1,583	-80	-5.1%
Black or African American	3,566	15.1%	3,865	3,697	-131	-3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	596	2.5%	597	630	-34	-5.4%
White	13,485	57.2%	14,561	15,329	-1,844	-12.0%
Information Not Available	3,854	16.4%	4,421	4,138	-284	-6.9%

Years of Age	23,568		25,623	25,985
Younger than 22	501	1.4%	553	646	-145	-22.4%
22-24	1,186	3.4%	1,220	1,379	-193	-14.0%
25-34	5,603	15.8%	5,857	6,073	-470	-7.7%
35-44	5,240	14.8%	5,650	5,786	-546	-9.4%
45-54	5,511	15.6%	6,149	6,056	-545	-9.0%
55-59	2,485	7.0%	2,781	2,679	-194	-7.2%
60-64	1,671	4.7%	1,878	1,853	-182	-9.8%
65 and older	1,371	3.9%	1,535	1,513	-142	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,568		25,623	25,985
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.1%	20	31	-7	-22.6%
Mining	322	1.4%	255	180	142	78.9%
Utilities	22	0.1%	20	29	-7	-24.1%
Construction	2,242	9.5%	2,495	2,608	-366	-14.0%
Manufacturing	837	3.5%	932	936	-99	-10.6%
Wholesale Trade	619	2.6%	639	626	-7	-1.1%
Retail Trade	1,851	7.8%	1,929	2,141	-290	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	962	4.1%	1,247	746	216	29.0%
Information	317	1.3%	334	343	-26	-7.6%
Finance and Insurance	562	2.4%	560	714	-152	-21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	588	2.5%	645	592	-4	-0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	994	4.2%	1,092	1,045	-51	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	180	0.8%	204	236	-56	-23.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,774	11.8%	3,560	3,468	-694	-20.0%
Educational Services	268	1.1%	326	391	-123	-31.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,244	5.3%	1,280	1,590	-346	-21.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	412	1.7%	447	561	-149	-26.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,108	17.4%	4,587	4,159	-51	-1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	536	2.3%	520	509	27	5.3%
Public Administration	378	1.6%	402	399	-21	-5.3%
Information Not Available	4,328	18.3%	4,129	4,681	-353	-7.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	136,453		144,376	158,195
Male	73,523	53.9%	75,000	84,812	-11,289	-13.3%
Female	62,913	46.1%	69,358	73,358	-10,445	-14.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	18	25	-8	-32.0%

Ethnicity	136,453		144,376	158,195
Hispanic or Latino	24,654	18.1%	26,619	28,221	-3,567	-12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89,145	65.3%	93,137	104,110	-14,965	-14.4%
Information Not Available	22,654	16.6%	24,620	25,864	-3,210	-12.4%

Race	136,453		144,376	158,195
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,129	0.8%	1,214	1,388	-259	-18.7%
Asian	4,674	3.4%	4,976	5,555	-881	-15.9%
Black or African American	25,631	18.8%	27,090	28,101	-2,470	-8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	860	0.6%	908	986	-126	-12.8%
White	67,931	49.8%	70,750	79,696	-11,765	-14.8%
Information Not Available	36,228	26.5%	39,438	42,469	-6,241	-14.7%

Years of Age	136,453		144,376	158,195
Younger than 22	3,458	1.8%	3,461	4,475	-1,017	-22.7%
22-24	8,688	4.4%	8,866	10,483	-1,795	-17.1%
25-34	37,273	19.1%	38,394	42,027	-4,754	-11.3%
35-44	28,705	14.7%	30,645	33,242	-4,537	-13.6%
45-54	29,658	15.2%	31,948	35,103	-5,445	-15.5%
55-59	12,758	6.5%	13,924	14,881	-2,123	-14.3%
60-64	8,946	4.6%	9,659	9,874	-928	-9.4%
65 and older	6,967	3.6%	7,479	8,110	-1,143	-14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	136,453		144,376	158,195
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	291	0.2%	296	303	-12	-4.0%
Mining	135	0.1%	108	101	34	33.7%
Utilities	122	0.1%	124	119	3	2.5%
Construction	14,194	10.4%	14,039	16,781	-2,587	-15.4%
Manufacturing	7,907	5.8%	7,688	9,718	-1,811	-18.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,966	4.4%	6,100	6,380	-414	-6.5%
Retail Trade	13,252	9.7%	13,631	15,029	-1,777	-11.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,524	3.3%	8,696	6,304	-1,780	-28.2%
Information	4,886	3.6%	5,239	5,122	-236	-4.6%
Finance and Insurance	5,686	4.2%	5,691	6,104	-418	-6.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,322	2.4%	3,187	3,897	-575	-14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,961	7.3%	10,490	10,785	-824	-7.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	875	0.6%	890	827	48	5.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,817	13.0%	17,869	19,942	-2,125	-10.7%
Educational Services	4,960	3.6%	6,669	6,620	-1,660	-25.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,342	12.0%	17,280	18,757	-2,415	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,121	3.0%	4,323	4,562	-441	-9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,276	7.5%	9,684	12,187	-1,911	-15.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,269	3.1%	4,309	4,862	-593	-12.2%
Public Administration	3,711	2.7%	3,717	4,321	-610	-14.1%
Information Not Available	3,836	2.8%	4,346	5,474	-1,638	-29.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,986		49,352	51,039
Male	27,736	59.0%	28,882	27,919	-183	-0.7%
Female	19,095	40.6%	20,330	22,938	-3,843	-16.8%
Information Not Available	155	0.3%	140	182	-27	-14.8%

Ethnicity	46,986		49,352	51,039
Hispanic or Latino	1,411	3.0%	1,568	1,535	-124	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,451	92.5%	45,466	47,053	-3,602	-7.7%
Information Not Available	2,124	4.5%	2,318	2,451	-327	-13.3%

Race	46,986		49,352	51,039
American Indian or Alaskan Native	217	0.5%	215	238	-21	-8.8%
Asian	347	0.7%	364	365	-18	-4.9%
Black or African American	8,303	17.7%	8,668	9,456	-1,153	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1%	44	56	-11	-19.6%
White	35,727	76.0%	37,516	38,357	-2,630	-6.9%
Information Not Available	2,347	5.0%	2,545	2,567	-220	-8.6%

Years of Age	46,986		49,352	51,039
Younger than 22	826	1.0%	818	862	-36	-4.2%
22-24	1,989	2.5%	2,027	1,959	30	1.5%
25-34	9,803	12.4%	10,204	10,575	-772	-7.3%
35-44	10,925	13.8%	11,647	12,156	-1,231	-10.1%
45-54	12,235	15.5%	13,116	13,408	-1,173	-8.7%
55-59	5,769	7.3%	5,891	6,215	-446	-7.2%
60-64	3,625	4.6%	3,821	4,002	-377	-9.4%
65 and older	1,814	2.3%	1,828	1,862	-48	-2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,986		49,352	51,039
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	176	0.4%	162	208	-32	-15.4%
Mining	689	1.5%	758	184	505	274.5%
Utilities	110	0.2%	93	55	55	100.0%
Construction	5,795	12.3%	6,424	6,072	-277	-4.6%
Manufacturing	9,854	20.9%	10,414	9,060	794	8.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,593	5.5%	2,656	2,497	96	3.8%
Retail Trade	2,258	4.8%	2,394	2,704	-446	-16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,663	3.5%	1,551	1,567	96	6.1%
Information	753	1.6%	793	955	-202	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,529	3.2%	1,588	1,943	-414	-21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	864	1.8%	863	884	-20	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,049	6.5%	3,397	3,272	-223	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	903	1.9%	874	1,061	-158	-14.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,995	12.7%	6,259	7,120	-1,125	-15.8%
Educational Services	1,267	2.7%	1,430	1,525	-258	-16.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,321	9.2%	4,541	5,686	-1,365	-24.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	476	1.0%	470	623	-147	-23.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,774	3.8%	1,631	2,120	-346	-16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,043	2.2%	1,135	1,221	-178	-14.6%
Public Administration	433	0.9%	403	505	-72	-14.3%
Information Not Available	1,441	3.1%	1,516	1,777	-336	-18.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,022		21,245	15,488
Male	12,811	60.9%	13,112	7,916	4,895	61.8%
Female	8,165	38.8%	8,087	7,545	620	8.2%
Information Not Available	46	0.2%	46	27	19	70.4%

Ethnicity	21,022		21,245	15,488
Hispanic or Latino	1,866	8.9%	1,966	1,189	677	56.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,156	91.1%	19,279	14,299	4,857	34.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	21,022		21,245	15,488
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,992	9.5%	2,013	1,525	467	30.6%
Asian	187	0.9%	179	126	61	48.4%
Black or African American	2,830	13.5%	2,839	2,493	337	13.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.2%	28	37	-5	-13.5%
White	13,565	64.5%	13,696	9,483	4,082	43.0%
Information Not Available	2,416	11.5%	2,490	1,824	592	32.5%

Years of Age	21,022		21,245	15,488
Younger than 22	363	1.1%	319	315	48	15.2%
22-24	955	2.9%	1,007	749	206	27.5%
25-34	5,298	16.0%	5,426	3,728	1,570	42.1%
35-44	4,954	15.0%	4,937	3,564	1,390	39.0%
45-54	4,803	14.5%	4,822	3,749	1,054	28.1%
55-59	2,217	6.7%	2,216	1,645	572	34.8%
60-64	1,461	4.4%	1,516	1,036	425	41.0%
65 and older	971	2.9%	1,002	702	269	38.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,022		21,245	15,488
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	73	0.3%	42	40	33	82.5%
Mining	2,077	9.8%	2,248	564	1,513	268.3%
Utilities	91	0.4%	88	36	55	152.8%
Construction	1,595	7.6%	1,634	1,268	327	25.8%
Manufacturing	3,926	18.6%	3,960	1,502	2,424	161.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,042	4.9%	1,109	644	398	61.8%
Retail Trade	1,654	7.8%	1,645	1,635	19	1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	544	2.6%	522	434	110	25.3%
Information	347	1.6%	337	397	-50	-12.6%
Finance and Insurance	476	2.3%	475	489	-13	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	382	1.8%	464	268	114	42.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,040	4.9%	1,115	868	172	19.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	90	0.4%	101	52	38	73.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,371	11.2%	2,368	1,953	418	21.4%
Educational Services	453	2.1%	496	514	-61	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,595	7.6%	1,506	1,753	-158	-9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	148	0.7%	147	177	-29	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	802	3.8%	757	765	37	4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	639	3.0%	653	566	73	12.9%
Public Administration	776	3.7%	687	856	-80	-9.3%
Information Not Available	901	4.3%	891	707	194	27.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,993		26,829	31,932
Male	15,840	56.6%	14,914	17,711	-1,871	-10.6%
Female	12,152	43.4%	11,905	14,216	-2,064	-14.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	10	5	-4	-80.0%

Ethnicity	27,993		26,829	31,932
Hispanic or Latino	2,650	9.5%	2,433	2,998	-348	-11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,989	78.6%	21,152	25,040	-3,051	-12.2%
Information Not Available	3,354	12.0%	3,244	3,894	-540	-13.9%

Race	27,993		26,829	31,932
American Indian or Alaskan Native	367	1.3%	293	352	15	4.3%
Asian	626	2.2%	546	625	1	0.2%
Black or African American	591	2.1%	576	633	-42	-6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	225	0.8%	183	220	5	2.3%
White	16,124	57.6%	15,511	18,058	-1,934	-10.7%
Information Not Available	10,060	35.9%	9,720	12,044	-1,984	-16.5%

Years of Age	27,993		26,829	31,932
Younger than 22	412	1.0%	370	559	-147	-26.3%
22-24	1,030	2.5%	988	1,450	-420	-29.0%
25-34	6,707	16.0%	6,183	7,604	-897	-11.8%
35-44	6,541	15.6%	6,319	7,474	-933	-12.5%
45-54	6,841	16.3%	6,603	7,561	-720	-9.5%
55-59	3,167	7.5%	3,138	3,375	-208	-6.2%
60-64	2,153	5.1%	2,115	2,600	-447	-17.2%
65 and older	1,142	2.7%	1,113	1,309	-167	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,993		26,829	31,932
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	828	2.9%	578	856	-28	-3.3%
Mining	67	0.2%	59	36	31	86.1%
Utilities	62	0.2%	47	57	5	8.8%
Construction	3,004	10.4%	3,094	4,038	-1,034	-25.6%
Manufacturing	3,740	13.0%	3,540	3,360	380	11.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,029	3.6%	1,037	1,127	-98	-8.7%
Retail Trade	2,844	9.9%	2,605	3,286	-442	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	694	2.4%	747	743	-49	-6.6%
Information	720	2.5%	625	691	29	4.2%
Finance and Insurance	866	3.0%	892	1,118	-252	-22.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	488	1.7%	451	478	10	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,445	5.0%	1,415	1,598	-153	-9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.6%	152	190	-31	-16.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,700	9.4%	2,500	3,227	-527	-16.3%
Educational Services	737	2.6%	796	817	-80	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,045	10.6%	3,118	3,662	-617	-16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	358	1.2%	263	411	-53	-12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,918	6.7%	1,709	2,491	-573	-23.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	793	2.8%	759	937	-144	-15.4%
Public Administration	797	2.8%	684	846	-49	-5.8%
Information Not Available	1,699	5.9%	1,758	1,963	-264	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	113,589		121,043	119,896
Male	63,171	55.6%	66,859	63,770	-599	-0.9%
Female	50,390	44.4%	54,169	56,108	-5,718	-10.2%
Information Not Available	28	0.0%	15	18	10	55.6%

Ethnicity	113,589		121,043	119,896
Hispanic or Latino	6,977	6.1%	7,175	7,893	-916	-11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	102,671	90.4%	109,740	108,114	-5,443	-5.0%
Information Not Available	3,941	3.5%	4,128	3,889	52	1.3%

Race	113,589		121,043	119,896
American Indian or Alaskan Native	307	0.3%	286	301	6	2.0%
Asian	51	0.0%	48	50	1	2.0%
Black or African American	20,194	17.8%	21,331	22,146	-1,952	-8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,523	1.3%	1,721	14,695	-13,172	-89.6%
White	80,841	71.2%	86,596	84,277	-3,436	-4.1%
Information Not Available	10,673	9.4%	11,061	11,427	-754	-6.6%

Years of Age	113,589		121,043	119,896
Younger than 22	2,838	1.5%	2,707	3,067	-229	-7.5%
22-24	5,942	3.2%	6,123	6,860	-918	-13.4%
25-34	27,086	14.6%	27,834	27,942	-856	-3.1%
35-44	23,093	12.5%	25,049	25,078	-1,985	-7.9%
45-54	26,261	14.2%	28,128	28,017	-1,756	-6.3%
55-59	12,953	7.0%	14,112	13,222	-269	-2.0%
60-64	9,036	4.9%	10,076	9,147	-111	-1.2%
65 and older	6,380	3.4%	7,014	6,563	-183	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	113,589		121,043	119,896
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	237	0.2%	273	331	-94	-28.4%
Mining	3,255	2.9%	2,983	1,014	2,241	221.0%
Utilities	188	0.2%	228	282	-94	-33.3%
Construction	11,057	9.7%	11,229	11,794	-737	-6.2%
Manufacturing	16,723	14.7%	19,161	14,852	1,871	12.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,792	4.2%	4,774	4,314	478	11.1%
Retail Trade	10,731	9.4%	10,763	12,703	-1,972	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,879	5.2%	7,550	5,352	527	9.8%
Information	1,631	1.4%	1,799	1,820	-189	-10.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,434	3.0%	3,321	3,964	-530	-13.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,551	1.4%	1,568	1,588	-37	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,235	5.5%	6,588	6,295	-60	-1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	901	0.8%	995	829	72	8.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,766	10.3%	12,470	13,371	-1,605	-12.0%
Educational Services	3,613	3.2%	4,202	4,378	-765	-17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,424	13.6%	16,354	18,061	-2,637	-14.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,730	1.5%	1,544	2,220	-490	-22.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,862	6.0%	7,891	8,344	-1,482	-17.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,804	2.5%	2,834	3,015	-211	-7.0%
Public Administration	1,145	1.0%	1,228	1,316	-171	-13.0%
Information Not Available	3,631	3.2%	3,288	4,053	-422	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,325		26,543	27,290
Male	14,138	55.8%	14,775	14,902	-764	-5.1%
Female	11,187	44.2%	11,768	12,388	-1,201	-9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,325		26,543	27,290
Hispanic or Latino	24,913	98.4%	26,124	26,625	-1,712	-6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	118	0.5%	113	171	-53	-31.0%
Information Not Available	294	1.2%	306	494	-200	-40.5%

Race	25,325		26,543	27,290
American Indian or Alaskan Native	276	1.1%	314	771	-495	-64.2%
Asian	16	0.1%	15	25	-9	-36.0%
Black or African American	1,072	4.2%	1,177	1,116	-44	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	14	26	-12	-46.2%
White	5,521	21.8%	5,725	6,744	-1,223	-18.1%
Information Not Available	18,426	72.8%	19,298	18,608	-182	-1.0%

Years of Age	25,325		26,543	27,290
Younger than 22	800	2.7%	874	1,013	-213	-21.0%
22-24	1,804	6.1%	1,902	2,206	-402	-18.2%
25-34	7,565	25.4%	8,058	8,476	-911	-10.7%
35-44	6,460	21.7%	6,844	6,833	-373	-5.5%
45-54	5,133	17.2%	5,258	5,143	-10	-0.2%
55-59	1,771	5.9%	1,813	1,826	-55	-3.0%
60-64	1,042	3.5%	1,060	1,056	-14	-1.3%
65 and older	733	2.5%	718	716	17	2.4%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	16	21	-4	-19.0%

Industry	25,325		26,543	27,290
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,255	4.7%	1,371	1,249	6	0.5%
Mining	39	0.1%	36	41	-2	-4.9%
Utilities	22	0.1%	23	18	4	22.2%
Construction	2,983	11.2%	3,115	2,659	324	12.2%
Manufacturing	2,389	9.0%	2,324	2,560	-171	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	693	2.6%	689	794	-101	-12.7%
Retail Trade	2,348	8.8%	2,452	2,649	-301	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	413	1.6%	488	662	-249	-37.6%
Information	316	1.2%	315	284	32	11.3%
Finance and Insurance	539	2.0%	596	484	55	11.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	181	0.7%	199	248	-67	-27.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,089	4.1%	1,153	1,082	7	0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.1%	18	31	-13	-41.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,663	13.8%	3,759	4,465	-802	-18.0%
Educational Services	2,560	9.6%	3,278	2,743	-183	-6.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,853	7.0%	1,727	1,658	195	11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	70	0.3%	81	82	-12	-14.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,662	6.3%	1,588	1,679	-17	-1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	384	1.4%	354	447	-63	-14.1%
Public Administration	1,726	6.5%	1,834	2,126	-400	-18.8%
Information Not Available	1,122	4.2%	1,143	1,329	-207	-15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,954		7,209	8,112
Male	3,322	47.8%	3,352	4,035	-713	-17.7%
Female	3,632	52.2%	3,857	4,077	-445	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,954		7,209	8,112
Hispanic or Latino	1,132	16.3%	1,193	1,199	-67	-5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,400	63.3%	4,453	5,179	-779	-15.0%
Information Not Available	1,422	20.4%	1,563	1,734	-312	-18.0%

Race	6,954		7,209	8,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	44	0.6%	39	53	-9	-17.0%
Asian	146	2.1%	155	122	24	19.7%
Black or African American	493	7.1%	442	565	-72	-12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.5%	29	46	-10	-21.7%
White	4,639	66.7%	4,780	5,503	-864	-15.7%
Information Not Available	1,596	23.0%	1,764	1,823	-227	-12.5%

Years of Age	6,954		7,209	8,112
Younger than 22	126	1.1%	115	168	-42	-25.0%
22-24	376	3.4%	393	451	-75	-16.6%
25-34	1,627	14.8%	1,604	1,897	-270	-14.2%
35-44	1,348	12.3%	1,390	1,676	-328	-19.6%
45-54	1,609	14.6%	1,715	1,853	-244	-13.2%
55-59	770	7.0%	815	906	-136	-15.0%
60-64	592	5.4%	673	674	-82	-12.2%
65 and older	506	4.6%	504	487	19	3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,954		7,209	8,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7	0.1%	6	13	-6	-46.2%
Mining	9	0.1%	11	2	7	350.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	6	2	5	250.0%
Construction	504	7.2%	491	743	-239	-32.2%
Manufacturing	896	12.9%	1,002	930	-34	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	364	5.2%	363	389	-25	-6.4%
Retail Trade	690	9.9%	749	790	-100	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	140	2.0%	150	162	-22	-13.6%
Information	109	1.6%	117	94	15	16.0%
Finance and Insurance	334	4.8%	365	429	-95	-22.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	115	1.7%	136	140	-25	-17.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	416	6.0%	439	478	-62	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	1.4%	101	82	16	19.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	958	13.8%	953	920	38	4.1%
Educational Services	211	3.0%	239	223	-12	-5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,018	14.6%	1,042	1,328	-310	-23.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	1.6%	93	113	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	493	7.1%	442	644	-151	-23.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	246	3.5%	289	336	-90	-26.8%
Public Administration	48	0.7%	57	54	-6	-11.1%
Information Not Available	178	2.6%	158	240	-62	-25.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,978		20,112	21,733
Male	10,298	49.1%	9,935	10,498	-200	-1.9%
Female	10,680	50.9%	10,177	11,235	-555	-4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,978		20,112	21,733
Hispanic or Latino	732	3.5%	648	716	16	2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,814	94.5%	19,062	20,615	-801	-3.9%
Information Not Available	432	2.1%	402	402	30	7.5%

Race	20,978		20,112	21,733
American Indian or Alaskan Native	139	0.7%	153	116	23	19.8%
Asian	144	0.7%	130	139	5	3.6%
Black or African American	10,899	52.0%	9,956	10,417	482	4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.2%	34	36	6	16.7%
White	8,931	42.6%	9,103	10,225	-1,294	-12.7%
Information Not Available	823	3.9%	736	800	23	2.9%

Years of Age	20,978		20,112	21,733
Younger than 22	36	0.1%	42	672	-636	-94.6%
22-24	26	0.1%	28	818	-792	-96.8%
25-34	688	2.5%	712	5,423	-4,735	-87.3%
35-44	3,450	12.6%	3,326	5,086	-1,636	-32.2%
45-54	4,935	18.0%	4,795	5,097	-162	-3.2%
55-59	2,428	8.8%	2,306	2,165	263	12.1%
60-64	2,468	9.0%	2,348	1,555	913	58.7%
65 and older	6,906	25.2%	6,529	887	6,019	678.6%
Information Not Available	41	0.1%	26	30	11	36.7%

Industry	20,978		20,112	21,733
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	221	1.0%	88	146	75	51.4%
Mining	23	0.1%	22	14	9	64.3%
Utilities	33	0.2%	38	23	10	43.5%
Construction	1,252	5.9%	1,340	1,341	-89	-6.6%
Manufacturing	3,698	17.4%	3,565	3,245	453	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	697	3.3%	769	747	-50	-6.7%
Retail Trade	1,678	7.9%	1,605	2,033	-355	-17.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	485	2.3%	497	529	-44	-8.3%
Information	246	1.2%	248	306	-60	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	530	2.5%	557	799	-269	-33.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.4%	262	330	-38	-11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,150	5.4%	1,147	1,272	-122	-9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.4%	95	106	-28	-26.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,466	16.3%	3,550	3,555	-89	-2.5%
Educational Services	518	2.4%	501	555	-37	-6.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,543	7.3%	1,569	1,657	-114	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	484	2.3%	405	317	167	52.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,902	9.0%	1,116	1,508	394	26.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	508	2.4%	559	526	-18	-3.4%
Public Administration	332	1.6%	373	390	-58	-14.9%
Information Not Available	1,842	8.7%	1,806	2,334	-492	-21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,013		1,038	1,131
Male	511	50.4%	549	535	-24	-4.5%
Female	502	49.6%	489	596	-94	-15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,013		1,038	1,131
Hispanic or Latino	43	4.2%	36	29	14	48.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	809	79.9%	848	972	-163	-16.8%
Information Not Available	161	15.9%	154	130	31	23.8%

Race	1,013		1,038	1,131
American Indian or Alaskan Native	128	12.6%	132	181	-53	-29.3%
Asian	2	0.2%	0	2	0	0.0%
Black or African American	48	4.7%	63	42	6	14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.4%	4	2	2	100.0%
White	718	70.9%	724	779	-61	-7.8%
Information Not Available	113	11.2%	115	125	-12	-9.6%

Years of Age	1,013		1,038	1,131
Younger than 22	13	0.8%	8	21	-8	-38.1%
22-24	33	2.0%	24	36	-3	-8.3%
25-34	188	11.6%	224	225	-37	-16.4%
35-44	209	12.9%	219	236	-27	-11.4%
45-54	245	15.1%	237	321	-76	-23.7%
55-59	153	9.4%	158	137	16	11.7%
60-64	109	6.7%	111	88	21	23.9%
65 and older	63	3.9%	57	67	-4	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,013		1,038	1,131
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1	0.1%	3	9	-8	-88.9%
Mining	17	1.7%	28	6	11	183.3%
Utilities	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%
Construction	89	8.8%	86	102	-13	-12.7%
Manufacturing	119	11.7%	135	104	15	14.4%
Wholesale Trade	51	5.0%	62	50	1	2.0%
Retail Trade	98	9.7%	93	94	4	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	28	2.8%	24	22	6	27.3%
Information	23	2.3%	22	25	-2	-8.0%
Finance and Insurance	53	5.2%	47	76	-23	-30.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	1.7%	15	15	2	13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	39	3.8%	45	38	1	2.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.6%	9	2	4	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	55	5.4%	69	92	-37	-40.2%
Educational Services	34	3.4%	54	70	-36	-51.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	97	9.6%	115	113	-16	-14.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	20	2.0%	20	33	-13	-39.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	68	6.7%	48	107	-39	-36.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	19	1.9%	16	26	-7	-26.9%
Public Administration	99	9.8%	83	92	7	7.6%
Information Not Available	80	7.9%	61	55	25	45.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,538		23,318	26,733
Male	10,802	47.9%	11,167	12,221	-1,419	-11.6%
Female	11,736	52.1%	12,151	14,512	-2,776	-19.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,538		23,318	26,733
Hispanic or Latino	440	2.0%	393	525	-85	-16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,098	98.0%	22,925	26,208	-4,110	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	22,538		23,318	26,733
American Indian or Alaskan Native	63	0.3%	65	97	-34	-35.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	552	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	6,409	28.4%	7,863	7,874	-1,465	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	204	0.9%	174	191	13	6.8%
White	15,306	67.9%	14,199	18,042	-2,736	-15.2%
Information Not Available	556	2.5%	465	529	27	5.1%

Years of Age	22,538		23,318	26,733
Younger than 22	362	1.0%	347	385	-23	-6.0%
22-24	800	2.2%	882	1,015	-215	-21.2%
25-34	4,615	12.9%	4,741	5,729	-1,114	-19.4%
35-44	4,927	13.8%	5,239	6,078	-1,151	-18.9%
45-54	5,538	15.5%	5,666	6,561	-1,023	-15.6%
55-59	2,737	7.6%	2,823	3,072	-335	-10.9%
60-64	2,051	5.7%	2,118	2,264	-213	-9.4%
65 and older	1,508	4.2%	1,485	1,629	-121	-7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	17	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,538		23,318	26,733
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	62	0.3%	70	82	-20	-24.4%
Mining	40	0.2%	67	39	1	2.6%
Utilities	47	0.2%	29	28	19	67.9%
Construction	1,583	7.0%	1,605	1,843	-260	-14.1%
Manufacturing	4,053	17.9%	3,448	3,715	338	9.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,197	5.3%	1,177	1,231	-34	-2.8%
Retail Trade	1,899	8.4%	1,905	2,472	-573	-23.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	784	3.5%	793	1,020	-236	-23.1%
Information	396	1.8%	493	580	-184	-31.7%
Finance and Insurance	725	3.2%	666	941	-216	-23.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	351	1.6%	390	441	-90	-20.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,400	6.2%	1,444	1,564	-164	-10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	144	0.6%	133	160	-16	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,636	16.1%	3,789	4,287	-651	-15.2%
Educational Services	926	4.1%	957	1,424	-498	-35.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,346	10.4%	2,189	3,087	-741	-24.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	205	0.9%	188	349	-144	-41.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,326	5.9%	1,211	1,720	-394	-22.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	829	3.7%	805	906	-77	-8.5%
Public Administration	549	2.4%	506	799	-250	-31.3%
Information Not Available	40	0.2%	1,453	45	-5	-11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	151,813		162,158	120,016
Male	92,448	60.9%	98,681	61,456	30,992	50.4%
Female	59,361	39.1%	63,477	58,560	801	1.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	151,813		162,158	120,016
Hispanic or Latino	49,386	32.5%	53,681	35,550	13,836	38.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,124	59.4%	94,708	75,086	15,038	20.0%
Information Not Available	12,303	8.1%	13,769	9,380	2,923	31.2%

Race	151,813		162,158	120,016
American Indian or Alaskan Native	646	0.4%	706	523	123	23.5%
Asian	4,495	3.0%	4,590	3,004	1,491	49.6%
Black or African American	32,701	21.5%	34,724	30,120	2,581	8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	52,041	34.3%	54,465	41,252	10,789	26.2%
Information Not Available	61,930	40.8%	67,673	45,117	16,813	37.3%

Years of Age	151,813		162,158	120,016
Younger than 22	2,820	1.5%	3,197	2,420	400	16.5%
22-24	7,261	3.8%	8,204	5,846	1,415	24.2%
25-34	38,205	19.7%	41,240	29,668	8,537	28.8%
35-44	36,840	19.0%	38,871	28,969	7,871	27.2%
45-54	34,884	18.0%	37,302	28,618	6,266	21.9%
55-59	15,439	8.0%	16,295	11,896	3,543	29.8%
60-64	10,389	5.4%	10,708	7,945	2,444	30.8%
65 and older	5,975	3.1%	6,341	4,654	1,321	28.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	151,813		162,158	120,016
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	635	0.4%	980	681	-46	-6.8%
Mining	13,184	8.6%	14,536	2,750	10,434	379.4%
Utilities	367	0.2%	383	366	1	0.3%
Construction	17,083	11.2%	19,853	11,478	5,605	48.8%
Manufacturing	19,725	12.9%	20,731	11,193	8,532	76.2%
Wholesale Trade	9,910	6.5%	10,021	6,474	3,436	53.1%
Retail Trade	9,456	6.2%	9,898	10,340	-884	-8.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,015	3.9%	6,014	4,192	1,823	43.5%
Information	2,671	1.8%	2,907	3,066	-395	-12.9%
Finance and Insurance	6,394	4.2%	6,610	6,544	-150	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,148	2.1%	3,302	2,349	799	34.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,560	8.2%	13,188	9,797	2,763	28.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	874	0.6%	1,013	639	235	36.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,686	12.9%	20,878	18,400	1,286	7.0%
Educational Services	3,367	2.2%	3,868	3,731	-364	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,529	7.6%	11,886	13,311	-1,782	-13.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	730	0.5%	649	752	-22	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,620	3.0%	5,175	5,092	-472	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,262	2.1%	3,658	2,761	501	18.1%
Public Administration	1,518	1.0%	1,638	1,412	106	7.5%
Information Not Available	5,079	3.3%	4,970	4,688	391	8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,054		9,025	9,744
Male	5,618	62.0%	5,523	5,717	-99	-1.7%
Female	3,390	37.4%	3,459	3,977	-587	-14.8%
Information Not Available	46	0.5%	43	50	-4	-8.0%

Ethnicity	9,054		9,025	9,744
Hispanic or Latino	851	9.4%	795	906	-55	-6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,635	73.3%	6,682	7,274	-639	-8.8%
Information Not Available	1,568	17.3%	1,548	1,564	4	0.3%

Race	9,054		9,025	9,744
American Indian or Alaskan Native	275	3.0%	304	316	-41	-13.0%
Asian	177	2.0%	179	174	3	1.7%
Black or African American	201	2.2%	201	235	-34	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	189	2.1%	188	198	-9	-4.5%
White	6,122	67.6%	6,214	6,722	-600	-8.9%
Information Not Available	2,090	23.1%	1,939	2,099	-9	-0.4%

Years of Age	9,054		9,025	9,744
Younger than 22	152	1.0%	154	212	-60	-28.3%
22-24	421	2.9%	416	438	-17	-3.9%
25-34	2,412	16.6%	2,378	2,618	-206	-7.9%
35-44	2,219	15.2%	2,271	2,322	-103	-4.4%
45-54	1,970	13.5%	1,954	2,183	-213	-9.8%
55-59	990	6.8%	945	1,016	-26	-2.6%
60-64	622	4.3%	627	635	-13	-2.0%
65 and older	268	1.8%	280	320	-52	-16.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,054		9,025	9,744
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.3%	31	22	2	9.1%
Mining	450	5.0%	492	137	313	228.5%
Utilities	15	0.2%	21	10	5	50.0%
Construction	929	10.2%	889	916	13	1.4%
Manufacturing	939	10.3%	946	978	-39	-4.0%
Wholesale Trade	493	5.4%	516	454	39	8.6%
Retail Trade	731	8.1%	737	887	-156	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	386	4.3%	367	322	64	19.9%
Information	230	2.5%	224	384	-154	-40.1%
Finance and Insurance	313	3.4%	355	392	-79	-20.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	164	1.8%	175	169	-5	-3.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	760	8.4%	792	751	9	1.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.5%	47	31	15	48.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,059	11.7%	1,030	1,316	-257	-19.5%
Educational Services	270	3.0%	310	316	-46	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	444	4.9%	473	575	-131	-22.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	159	1.8%	109	225	-66	-29.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	400	4.4%	305	516	-116	-22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	221	2.4%	229	225	-4	-1.8%
Public Administration	163	1.8%	137	199	-36	-18.1%
Information Not Available	858	9.5%	840	919	-61	-6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,473		31,467	37,186
Male	15,915	52.2%	16,372	19,779	-3,864	-19.5%
Female	14,547	47.7%	15,087	17,398	-2,851	-16.4%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	8	9	2	22.2%

Ethnicity	30,473		31,467	37,186
Hispanic or Latino	1,292	4.2%	1,338	1,737	-445	-25.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,508	90.3%	28,355	33,618	-6,110	-18.2%
Information Not Available	1,673	5.5%	1,774	1,831	-158	-8.6%

Race	30,473		31,467	37,186
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,456	4.8%	1,489	1,904	-448	-23.5%
Asian	858	2.8%	889	1,121	-263	-23.5%
Black or African American	12,259	40.2%	12,750	14,331	-2,072	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,227	46.7%	14,565	17,999	-3,772	-21.0%
Information Not Available	1,673	5.5%	1,774	1,831	-158	-8.6%

Years of Age	30,473		31,467	37,186
Younger than 22	383	0.9%	380	592	-209	-35.3%
22-24	1,199	2.8%	1,252	1,623	-424	-26.1%
25-34	6,936	16.4%	7,274	8,967	-2,031	-22.6%
35-44	6,926	16.3%	7,132	8,340	-1,414	-17.0%
45-54	7,702	18.2%	7,897	9,244	-1,542	-16.7%
55-59	3,706	8.7%	3,731	4,126	-420	-10.2%
60-64	2,321	5.5%	2,407	2,755	-434	-15.8%
65 and older	1,299	3.1%	1,394	1,532	-233	-15.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	7	-6	-85.7%

Industry	30,473		31,467	37,186
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.2%	55	56	-9	-16.1%
Mining	273	0.9%	277	199	74	37.2%
Utilities	31	0.1%	39	10	21	210.0%
Construction	1,485	4.9%	1,757	1,559	-74	-4.7%
Manufacturing	1,689	5.5%	1,506	1,170	519	44.4%
Wholesale Trade	691	2.3%	717	405	286	70.6%
Retail Trade	1,552	5.1%	1,748	1,094	458	41.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	676	2.2%	693	725	-49	-6.8%
Information	609	2.0%	653	194	415	213.9%
Finance and Insurance	932	3.1%	970	383	549	143.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	371	1.2%	423	237	134	56.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,600	8.5%	2,775	1,524	1,076	70.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	185	0.6%	182	78	107	137.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,181	7.1%	2,473	2,334	-153	-6.6%
Educational Services	369	1.2%	424	170	199	117.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,538	5.0%	1,708	1,428	110	7.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	0.4%	128	105	30	28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	778	2.5%	925	855	-77	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	615	2.0%	693	390	225	57.7%
Public Administration	2,168	7.1%	2,303	1,946	222	11.4%
Information Not Available	11,548	37.8%	11,018	22,324	-10,776	-48.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	475		477	452
Male	206	43.4%	246	187	19	10.2%
Female	269	56.6%	231	265	4	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	475		477	452
Hispanic or Latino	81	17.1%	90	59	22	37.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	375	78.9%	367	367	8	2.2%
Information Not Available	19	4.0%	20	26	-7	-26.9%

Race	475		477	452
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.8%	2	4	0	0.0%
Asian	2	0.4%	1	1	1	100.0%
Black or African American	337	70.9%	322	340	-3	-0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	2.5%	12	23	-11	-47.8%
White	32	6.7%	42	22	10	45.5%
Information Not Available	88	18.5%	98	62	26	41.9%

Years of Age	475		477	452
Younger than 22	10	2.1%	5	8	2	25.0%
22-24	19	4.1%	19	25	-6	-24.0%
25-34	98	21.0%	95	77	21	27.3%
35-44	88	18.8%	107	100	-12	-12.0%
45-54	122	26.1%	115	125	-3	-2.4%
55-59	63	13.5%	47	62	1	1.6%
60-64	40	8.6%	40	31	9	29.0%
65 and older	32	6.9%	47	23	9	39.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.6%	2	1	2	200.0%

Industry	475		477	452
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%
Construction	68	14.3%	81	53	15	28.3%
Manufacturing	14	2.9%	7	5	9	180.0%
Wholesale Trade	6	1.3%	5	3	3	100.0%
Retail Trade	41	8.6%	42	33	8	24.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3	0.6%	9	13	-10	-76.9%
Information	5	1.1%	4	1	4	400.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.6%	5	1	2	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	2.9%	6	8	6	75.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20	4.2%	16	11	9	81.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	2.9%	12	9	5	55.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24	5.1%	47	23	1	4.3%
Educational Services	14	2.9%	24	10	4	40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16	3.4%	10	7	9	128.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	1.5%	5	6	1	16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	177	37.3%	140	216	-39	-18.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13	2.7%	14	7	6	85.7%
Public Administration	13	2.7%	22	9	4	44.4%
Information Not Available	23	4.8%	27	30	-7	-23.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,724		2,738	3,253
Male	1,483	54.4%	1,439	1,763	-280	-15.9%
Female	1,241	45.6%	1,299	1,490	-249	-16.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,724		2,738	3,253
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.1%	6	1	1	100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	237	8.7%	150	230	7	3.0%
Information Not Available	2,485	91.2%	2,582	3,022	-537	-17.8%

Race	2,724		2,738	3,253
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.1%	0	2	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4	0.1%	9	2	2	100.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	1	1	2	200.0%
White	230	8.4%	146	226	4	1.8%
Information Not Available	2,485	91.2%	2,582	3,022	-537	-17.8%

Years of Age	2,724		2,738	3,253
Younger than 22	47	1.8%	33	57	-10	-17.5%
22-24	108	4.0%	97	152	-44	-28.9%
25-34	583	21.8%	578	661	-78	-11.8%
35-44	482	18.1%	506	614	-132	-21.5%
45-54	666	25.0%	680	809	-143	-17.7%
55-59	355	13.3%	354	423	-68	-16.1%
60-64	285	10.7%	272	327	-42	-12.8%
65 and older	198	7.4%	218	210	-12	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,724		2,738	3,253
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.6%	13	26	-10	-38.5%
Mining	5	0.2%	5	5	0	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.2%	4	4	2	50.0%
Construction	257	9.4%	226	216	41	19.0%
Manufacturing	404	14.7%	387	540	-136	-25.2%
Wholesale Trade	113	4.1%	107	143	-30	-21.0%
Retail Trade	278	10.1%	321	403	-125	-31.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	55	2.0%	73	84	-29	-34.5%
Information	53	1.9%	60	45	8	17.8%
Finance and Insurance	39	1.4%	43	45	-6	-13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	35	1.3%	28	36	-1	-2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	137	5.0%	150	167	-30	-18.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	4	8	-4	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	178	6.5%	190	226	-48	-21.2%
Educational Services	163	5.9%	170	196	-33	-16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	325	11.9%	346	381	-56	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	1.7%	42	58	-12	-20.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	395	14.4%	373	492	-97	-19.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	3.5%	106	92	4	4.3%
Public Administration	119	4.3%	90	85	34	40.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,118		42,948	46,682
Male	27,118	61.5%	25,520	27,212	-94	-0.3%
Female	16,994	38.5%	17,418	19,464	-2,470	-12.7%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	10	6	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	44,118		42,948	46,682
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	44,118	100.0%	42,948	46,682	-2,564	-5.5%

Race	44,118		42,948	46,682
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	44,118	100.0%	42,948	46,682	-2,564	-5.5%

Years of Age	44,118		42,948	46,682
Younger than 22	652	1.6%	531	772	-120	-15.5%
22-24	1,741	4.3%	1,526	2,010	-269	-13.4%
25-34	10,223	25.1%	9,677	11,043	-820	-7.4%
35-44	10,007	24.6%	9,985	10,702	-695	-6.5%
45-54	11,030	27.1%	10,696	11,561	-531	-4.6%
55-59	5,171	12.7%	5,202	5,225	-54	-1.0%
60-64	3,437	8.4%	3,484	3,601	-164	-4.6%
65 and older	1,857	4.6%	1,847	1,768	89	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,118		42,948	46,682
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	44,118	100.0%	42,948	46,682	-2,564	-5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,147		32,591	38,012
Male	16,062	53.3%	17,381	19,747	-3,685	-18.7%
Female	14,052	46.6%	15,181	18,208	-4,156	-22.8%
Information Not Available	33	0.1%	29	57	-24	-42.1%

Ethnicity	30,147		32,591	38,012
Hispanic or Latino	1,459	4.8%	1,529	1,939	-480	-24.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,076	93.1%	30,407	7,834	20,242	258.4%
Information Not Available	612	2.0%	655	28,239	-27,627	-97.8%

Race	30,147		32,591	38,012
American Indian or Alaskan Native	407	1.4%	411	42	365	869.0%
Asian	449	1.5%	446	528	-79	-15.0%
Black or African American	4,697	15.6%	5,254	566	4,131	729.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.1%	52	521	-479	-91.9%
White	23,940	79.4%	25,773	8,116	15,824	195.0%
Information Not Available	612	2.0%	655	28,239	-27,627	-97.8%

Years of Age	30,147		32,591	38,012
Younger than 22	552	1.1%	521	829	-277	-33.4%
22-24	1,251	2.4%	1,336	1,847	-596	-32.3%
25-34	6,722	13.1%	7,183	8,690	-1,968	-22.6%
35-44	6,288	12.2%	6,694	7,682	-1,394	-18.1%
45-54	7,222	14.1%	8,022	9,233	-2,011	-21.8%
55-59	3,810	7.4%	4,240	4,603	-793	-17.2%
60-64	2,728	5.3%	2,861	3,185	-457	-14.3%
65 and older	1,565	3.0%	1,727	1,935	-370	-19.1%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	7	8	1	12.5%

Industry	30,147		32,591	38,012
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	196	0.6%	199	274	-78	-28.5%
Mining	127	0.4%	121	38	89	234.2%
Utilities	39	0.1%	36	72	-33	-45.8%
Construction	2,333	7.7%	2,917	2,729	-396	-14.5%
Manufacturing	6,883	22.7%	7,050	7,436	-553	-7.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,197	3.9%	1,216	1,479	-282	-19.1%
Retail Trade	2,716	9.0%	2,855	3,991	-1,275	-31.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,043	3.4%	1,457	1,216	-173	-14.2%
Information	540	1.8%	531	646	-106	-16.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,019	3.4%	1,111	1,156	-137	-11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	286	0.9%	306	369	-83	-22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,317	4.3%	1,551	1,608	-291	-18.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	280	0.9%	284	357	-77	-21.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,376	11.1%	3,680	4,679	-1,303	-27.8%
Educational Services	717	2.4%	834	901	-184	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,259	10.7%	3,610	4,588	-1,329	-29.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	455	1.5%	385	745	-290	-38.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,703	5.6%	1,662	2,535	-832	-32.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	690	2.3%	727	844	-154	-18.2%
Public Administration	669	2.2%	684	874	-205	-23.5%
Information Not Available	1,302	4.3%	1,375	1,475	-173	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,944		12,689	11,579
Male	9,470	73.2%	9,181	7,606	1,864	24.5%
Female	3,470	26.8%	3,507	3,964	-494	-12.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	9	-5	-55.6%

Ethnicity	12,944		12,689	11,579
Hispanic or Latino	198	1.5%	160	200	-2	-1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,520	73.5%	9,291	8,390	1,130	13.5%
Information Not Available	3,226	24.9%	3,238	2,989	237	7.9%

Race	12,944		12,689	11,579
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.3%	27	46	-11	-23.9%
Asian	43	0.3%	37	44	-1	-2.3%
Black or African American	436	3.4%	433	448	-12	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	5	10	0	0.0%
White	11,592	89.6%	11,433	10,412	1,180	11.3%
Information Not Available	828	6.4%	754	619	209	33.8%

Years of Age	12,944		12,689	11,579
Younger than 22	338	1.4%	311	306	32	10.5%
22-24	702	3.0%	728	617	85	13.8%
25-34	3,021	12.8%	2,971	2,540	481	18.9%
35-44	3,235	13.7%	3,194	2,907	328	11.3%
45-54	2,934	12.4%	2,922	2,767	167	6.0%
55-59	1,321	5.6%	1,306	1,214	107	8.8%
60-64	899	3.8%	790	779	120	15.4%
65 and older	492	2.1%	467	448	44	9.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	1	1	100.0%

Industry	12,944		12,689	11,579
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.5%	61	72	-1	-1.4%
Mining	2,121	16.3%	1,791	1,128	993	88.0%
Utilities	62	0.5%	57	21	41	195.2%
Construction	2,320	17.8%	2,375	2,133	187	8.8%
Manufacturing	1,029	7.9%	930	857	172	20.1%
Wholesale Trade	424	3.3%	414	322	102	31.7%
Retail Trade	867	6.7%	871	1,264	-397	-31.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	470	3.6%	460	404	66	16.3%
Information	100	0.8%	123	100	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	125	1.0%	136	148	-23	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	192	1.5%	212	132	60	45.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	525	4.0%	564	506	19	3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.3%	44	27	18	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,263	9.7%	1,297	1,018	245	24.1%
Educational Services	140	1.1%	170	162	-22	-13.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	911	7.0%	912	1,127	-216	-19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	119	0.9%	105	134	-15	-11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	604	4.6%	598	713	-109	-15.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	398	3.1%	407	349	49	14.0%
Public Administration	188	1.4%	185	186	2	1.1%
Information Not Available	970	7.5%	977	776	194	25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Oct 2015	Percent	Sep 2015	Oct 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,097		3,106	1,970
Male	2,099	67.8%	2,213	1,122	977	87.1%
Female	998	32.2%	893	848	150	17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,097		3,106	1,970
Hispanic or Latino	261	8.4%	366	216	45	20.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,684	86.7%	2,600	1,669	1,015	60.8%
Information Not Available	152	4.9%	140	85	67	78.8%

Race	3,097		3,106	1,970
American Indian or Alaskan Native	116	3.7%	128	67	49	73.1%
Asian	14	0.5%	22	21	-7	-33.3%
Black or African American	94	3.0%	74	63	31	49.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.6%	13	3	16	533.3%
White	2,627	84.8%	2,551	1,655	972	58.7%
Information Not Available	227	7.3%	318	161	66	41.0%

Years of Age	3,097		3,106	1,970
Younger than 22	33	0.6%	29	13	20	153.8%
22-24	153	2.8%	161	96	57	59.4%
25-34	778	14.3%	801	506	272	53.8%
35-44	630	11.6%	667	380	250	65.8%
45-54	712	13.1%	701	461	251	54.4%
55-59	399	7.3%	394	241	158	65.6%
60-64	282	5.2%	229	163	119	73.0%
65 and older	110	2.0%	124	110	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,097		3,106	1,970
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.3%	9	15	-7	-46.7%
Mining	593	19.1%	660	99	494	499.0%
Utilities	3	0.1%	14	5	-2	-40.0%
Construction	415	13.4%	459	257	158	61.5%
Manufacturing	130	4.2%	167	69	61	88.4%
Wholesale Trade	131	4.2%	164	56	75	133.9%
Retail Trade	180	5.8%	133	139	41	29.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	176	5.7%	177	67	109	162.7%
Information	32	1.0%	30	13	19	146.2%
Finance and Insurance	30	1.0%	31	52	-22	-42.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	2.6%	99	24	58	241.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	112	3.6%	139	100	12	12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	135	4.3%	122	103	32	31.1%
Educational Services	63	2.0%	73	39	24	61.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	186	6.0%	188	181	5	2.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34	1.1%	6	39	-5	-12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	322	10.4%	117	312	10	3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	73	2.4%	90	50	23	46.0%
Public Administration	85	2.7%	72	78	7	9.0%
Information Not Available	306	9.9%	354	272	34	12.5%