Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

September 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants September 2015
	Sep 2015	Aug 2015	Monthly Change	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,921,380	2,143,407	-222,027	2,105,075	-183,695	-8.7
Alaska	6,102	6,361	-259	7,557	-1,455	-19.3
Alabama	21,335	23,302	-1,967	24,620	-3,285	-13.3
Arkansas	18,931	20,705	-1,774	20,100	-1,169	-5.8
Arizona	34,517	38,119	-3,602	37,469	-2,952	-7.9
California	337,712	361,595	-23,883	384,932	-47,220	-12.3
Colorado	25,136	25,940	-804	24,886	250	1.0
Connecticut	33,057	43,943	-10,886	38,851	-5,794	-14.9
District of Columbia	8,477	9,389	-912	9,877	-1,400	-14.2
Delaware	5,381	6,943	-1,562	5,544	-163	-2.9
Florida	66,374	71,163	-4,789	88,130	-21,756	-24.7
Georgia	36,163	37,352	-1,189	41,965	-5,802	-13.8
Hawaii	7,176	7,053	123	8,778	-1,602	-18.3
Iowa	16,767	18,782	-2,015	16,381	386	2.4
Idaho	5,645	6,389	-744	7,164	-1,519	-21.2
Illinois	107,367	116,739	-9,372	112,085	-4,718	-4.2
Indiana	20,865	21,028	-163	23,750	-2,885	-12.1
Kansas	11,364	14,194	-2,830	14,227	-2,863	-20.1
Kentucky	20,011	21,498	-1,487	22,274	-2,263	-10.2
Louisiana	20,920	22,616	-1,696	17,921	2,999	16.7
Massachusetts	48,873	60,792	-11,919	61,895	-13,022	-21.0
Maryland	35,468	41,560	-6,092	44,700	-9,232	-20.7
Maine	4,174	5,070	-896	5,705	-1,531	-26.8
Michigan	48,982	53,010	-4,028	59,626	-10,644	-17.9
Minnesota	29,227	30,797	-1,570	29,359	-132	-0.4
Missouri	26,412	32,696	-6,284	31,975	-5,563	-17.4
Mississippi	13,099	16,256	-3,157	16,695	-3,596	-21.5
Montana	3,794	4,700	-906	3,790	4	0.1
North Carolina	28,107	31,740	-3,633	43,038	-14,931	-34.7
North Dakota	2,694	3,209	-515	1,196	1,498	125.3
Nebraska	4,724	6,079	-1,355	5,757	-1,033	-17.9
New Hampshire	3,956	5,082	-1,126	5,108	-1,152	-22.6
New Jersey	93,191	113,259	-20,068	105,641	-12,450	-11.8
New Mexico	11,492	11,509	-17	12,340	-848	-6.9
Nevada	25,623	25,871	-248	26,397	-774	-2.9
New York	144,376	166,002	-21,626	155,555	-11,179	-7.2
Ohio	49,352	54,415	-5,063	51,455	-2,103	-4.1
Oklahoma	21,245	22,160	-915	15,982	5,263	32.9
Oregon	26,829	29,688	-2,859	30,679	-3,850	-12.5
Pennsylvania	121,043	144,290	-23,247	123,032	-1,989	-1.6
Puerto Rico	26,543	28,291	-1,748	29,213	-2,670	-9.1
Rhode Island	7,209	10,335	-3,126	8,401	-1,192	-14.2
South Carolina	20,112	22,368	-2,256	23,070	-2,958	-12.8
South Dakota	1,038	1,284	-246	1,053	-15	-1.4
Tennessee	23,318	26,101	-2,783	28,780	-5,462	-19.0
Texas	162,158	174,178	-12,020	130,084	32,074	24.7
Utah	9,025	9,778	-753	9,888	-863	-8.7
Virginia	31,467	34,073	-2,606	38,770	-7,303	-18.8
Virgin Islands	477	442	35	489	-12	-2.5
Vermont	2,738	3,830	-1,092	3,059	-321	-10.5
Washington	42,948	44,337	-1,389	44,060	-1,112	-2.5
Wisconsin	32,591	39,885	-7,294	38,704	-6,113	-15.8
West Virginia	12,689	13,605	-916	11,259	1,430	12.7
Wyoming	3,106	3,604	-498	1,809	1,297	71.7

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,921,380		2,143,407	2,105,075	-183,695	-8.7
Male	1,031,254	53.7%	1,088,228	1,079,327	-48,073	-4.5%
Female	875,246	45.6%	1,039,307	1,009,681	-134,435	-13.3%
Information Not Available	14,880	0.8%	15,872	16,067	-1,187	-7.4%

Ethnicity	1,921,380		2,143,407	2,105,075
Hispanic or Latino	357,807	18.6%	392,271	366,855	-9,048	-2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,313,614	84.0%	1,475,772	1,446,656	-133,042	-9.2%
Information Not Available	249,959	11.5%	275,364	291,564	-41,605	-14.3%

Race	1,921,380		2,143,407	2,105,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24,093	1.3%	25,682	26,522	-2,429	-9.2%
Asian	67,043	3.5%	70,870	73,058	-6,015	-8.2%
Black or African American	369,657	19.2%	416,553	415,554	-45,897	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10,065	0.5%	10,703	10,754	-689	-6.4%
White	983,865	51.1%	1,109,182	1,084,960	-101,095	-9.3%
Information Not Available	470,487	24.4%	514,855	494,561	-24,074	-4.9%

Years of Age	1,921,380		2,143,407	2,105,075
Younger than 22	36,765	1.9%	37,954	44,436	-7,671	-17.3%
22-24	90,594	4.7%	97,662	107,438	-16,844	-15.7%
25-34	453,843	23.6%	491,882	504,572	-50,729	-10.1%
35-44	418,486	21.8%	460,920	460,831	-42,345	-9.2%
45-54	449,347	23.4%	501,926	493,216	-43,869	-8.9%
55-59	209,304	10.9%	236,403	222,098	-12,794	-5.8%
60-64	144,350	7.5%	165,954	150,604	-6,254	-4.2%
65 and older	100,853	5.2%	132,003	102,741	-1,888	-1.8%
Information Not Available	17,838	0.9%	18,703	19,139	-1,301	-6.8%

Industry	1,921,380		2,143,407	2,105,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48,896	2.5%	55,308	49,413	-517	-1.0%
Mining	36,363	1.9%	38,271	10,206	26,157	256.3%
Utilities	4,365	0.2%	4,520	3,905	460	11.8%
Construction	168,699	8.8%	164,146	174,150	-5,451	-3.1%
Manufacturing	207,004	10.8%	206,099	195,913	11,091	5.7%
Wholesale Trade	69,794	3.6%	71,512	71,928	-2,134	-3.0%
Retail Trade	153,903	8.0%	163,484	181,141	-27,238	-15.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	69,023	3.6%	131,123	64,616	4,407	6.8%
Information	60,742	3.2%	61,648	71,430	-10,688	-15.0%
Finance and Insurance	56,019	2.9%	56,737	70,634	-14,615	-20.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27,922	1.5%	28,534	29,258	-1,336	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	113,026	5.9%	119,076	121,827	-8,801	-7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,928	0.6%	12,263	11,364	564	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	251,050	13.1%	268,855	278,932	-27,882	-10.0%
Educational Services	72,590	3.8%	94,230	81,580	-8,990	-11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	174,157	9.1%	198,849	210,324	-36,167	-17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	27,683	1.4%	31,628	32,740	-5,057	-15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	99,924	5.2%	147,193	122,988	-23,064	-18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	50,841	2.6%	57,260	55,838	-4,997	-8.9%
Public Administration	35,231	1.8%	42,655	38,644	-3,413	-8.8%
Information Not Available	182,220	9.5%	190,016	228,244	-46,024	-20.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,102		6,361	7,557	-1,455	-19.3
Male	3,354	55.0%	3,122	3,819	-465	-12.2%
Female	2,740	44.9%	3,231	3,738	-998	-26.7%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	8	0	8	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,102		6,361	7,557
Hispanic or Latino	18	0.3%	27	345	-327	-94.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,809	95.2%	6,075	7,148	-1,339	-18.7%
Information Not Available	275	4.5%	259	64	211	329.7%

Race	6,102		6,361	7,557
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,947	31.9%	2,179	2,501	-554	-22.2%
Asian	252	4.1%	222	353	-101	-28.6%
Black or African American	362	5.9%	319	410	-48	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	120	2.0%	134	187	-67	-35.8%
White	3,130	51.3%	3,225	3,830	-700	-18.3%
Information Not Available	291	4.8%	282	276	15	5.4%

Years of Age	6,102		6,361	7,557
Younger than 22	134	1.5%	137	179	-45	-25.1%
22-24	333	3.8%	363	471	-138	-29.3%
25-34	1,848	20.8%	1,787	2,317	-469	-20.2%
35-44	1,326	15.0%	1,445	1,631	-305	-18.7%
45-54	1,304	14.7%	1,345	1,552	-248	-16.0%
55-59	597	6.7%	621	716	-119	-16.6%
60-64	364	4.1%	410	421	-57	-13.5%
65 and older	196	2.2%	253	270	-74	-27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,102		6,361	7,557
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.3%	11	42	-22	-52.4%
Mining	334	5.5%	277	207	127	61.4%
Utilities	29	0.5%	28	46	-17	-37.0%
Construction	925	15.1%	710	805	120	14.9%
Manufacturing	326	5.3%	205	454	-128	-28.2%
Wholesale Trade	114	1.9%	115	107	7	6.5%
Retail Trade	593	9.7%	610	913	-320	-35.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	233	3.8%	456	282	-49	-17.4%
Information	70	1.1%	86	69	1	1.4%
Finance and Insurance	146	2.4%	153	183	-37	-20.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	128	2.1%	135	177	-49	-27.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	237	3.9%	235	246	-9	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.3%	19	20	-2	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	373	6.1%	367	489	-116	-23.7%
Educational Services	230	3.8%	330	319	-89	-27.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	646	10.6%	750	1,014	-368	-36.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	64	1.0%	67	95	-31	-32.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	520	8.5%	473	641	-121	-18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	257	4.2%	401	342	-85	-24.9%
Public Administration	606	9.9%	694	824	-218	-26.5%
Information Not Available	233	3.8%	239	282	-49	-17.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,335		23,302	24,620
Male	11,123	52.1%	11,665	12,020	-897	-7.5%
Female	10,196	47.8%	11,612	12,583	-2,387	-19.0%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	25	17	-1	-5.9%

Ethnicity	21,335		23,302	24,620
Hispanic or Latino	222	1.0%	242	272	-50	-18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,187	71.2%	16,692	17,968	-2,781	-15.5%
Information Not Available	5,926	27.8%	6,368	6,380	-454	-7.1%

Race	21,335		23,302	24,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,186	5.6%	1,349	1,223	-37	-3.0%
Asian	516	2.4%	552	527	-11	-2.1%
Black or African American	8,683	40.7%	9,956	10,129	-1,446	-14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	27	34	-13	-38.2%
White	9,970	46.7%	10,376	11,490	-1,520	-13.2%
Information Not Available	959	4.5%	1,042	1,217	-258	-21.2%

Years of Age	21,335		23,302	24,620
Younger than 22	580	1.9%	613	727	-147	-20.2%
22-24	1,234	4.1%	1,325	1,459	-225	-15.4%
25-34	5,616	18.7%	6,141	6,636	-1,020	-15.4%
35-44	5,079	16.9%	5,519	5,706	-627	-11.0%
45-54	4,631	15.4%	5,083	5,518	-887	-16.1%
55-59	1,907	6.4%	2,172	2,136	-229	-10.7%
60-64	1,278	4.3%	1,371	1,409	-131	-9.3%
65 and older	996	3.3%	1,067	1,018	-22	-2.2%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	11	11	3	27.3%

Industry	21,335		23,302	24,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	0.9%	218	236	-35	-14.8%
Mining	311	1.4%	305	89	222	249.4%
Utilities	18	0.1%	25	41	-23	-56.1%
Construction	1,809	8.4%	2,072	1,964	-155	-7.9%
Manufacturing	3,692	17.1%	3,556	4,142	-450	-10.9%
Wholesale Trade	855	4.0%	885	864	-9	-1.0%
Retail Trade	2,410	11.2%	2,481	2,824	-414	-14.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	581	2.7%	618	701	-120	-17.1%
Information	272	1.3%	292	382	-110	-28.8%
Finance and Insurance	618	2.9%	633	766	-148	-19.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	273	1.3%	292	333	-60	-18.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,160	5.4%	1,231	1,351	-191	-14.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.3%	71	76	-19	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,969	13.8%	3,194	3,313	-344	-10.4%
Educational Services	586	2.7%	528	707	-121	-17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,762	8.2%	2,239	2,357	-595	-25.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	122	0.6%	149	166	-44	-26.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,415	6.6%	1,830	1,861	-446	-24.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	557	2.6%	835	626	-69	-11.0%
Public Administration	310	1.4%	313	371	-61	-16.4%
Information Not Available	1,357	6.3%	1,535	1,450	-93	-6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,931		20,705	20,100
Male	9,545	50.4%	10,042	9,483	62	0.7%
Female	8,303	43.9%	9,580	9,820	-1,517	-15.4%
Information Not Available	1,083	5.7%	1,083	797	286	35.9%

Ethnicity	18,931		20,705	20,100
Hispanic or Latino	263	1.4%	312	894	-631	-70.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,585	92.9%	19,310	18,409	-824	-4.5%
Information Not Available	1,083	5.7%	1,083	797	286	35.9%

Race	18,931		20,705	20,100
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	1.0%	200	242	-58	-24.0%
Asian	20	0.1%	35	189	-169	-89.4%
Black or African American	5,464	28.9%	6,207	5,749	-285	-5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	620	3.3%	704	171	449	262.6%
White	11,297	59.7%	12,164	12,058	-761	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,346	7.1%	1,395	1,691	-345	-20.4%

Years of Age	18,931		20,705	20,100
Younger than 22	484	1.7%	554	572	-88	-15.4%
22-24	957	3.3%	1,077	1,130	-173	-15.3%
25-34	4,467	15.4%	4,790	4,665	-198	-4.2%
35-44	4,188	14.4%	4,656	4,608	-420	-9.1%
45-54	4,153	14.3%	4,455	4,467	-314	-7.0%
55-59	1,719	5.9%	1,908	1,867	-148	-7.9%
60-64	1,148	3.9%	1,331	1,188	-40	-3.4%
65 and older	732	2.5%	851	806	-74	-9.2%
Information Not Available	1,083	3.7%	1,083	797	286	35.9%

Industry	18,931		20,705	20,100
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	166	0.9%	196	182	-16	-8.8%
Mining	408	2.1%	413	175	233	133.1%
Utilities	45	0.2%	48	47	-2	-4.3%
Construction	1,402	7.3%	1,396	1,369	33	2.4%
Manufacturing	3,232	16.9%	3,120	2,933	299	10.2%
Wholesale Trade	951	5.0%	953	859	92	10.7%
Retail Trade	1,636	8.6%	1,744	1,988	-352	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	642	3.4%	777	618	24	3.9%
Information	262	1.4%	246	241	21	8.7%
Finance and Insurance	290	1.5%	336	408	-118	-28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	1.5%	267	281	-2	-0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	739	3.9%	833	814	-75	-9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.3%	58	67	-17	-25.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,915	10.0%	2,326	2,297	-382	-16.6%
Educational Services	451	2.4%	528	477	-26	-5.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,193	11.5%	2,460	2,926	-733	-25.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	0.6%	119	124	-1	-0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	957	5.0%	1,514	1,135	-178	-15.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	428	2.2%	408	467	-39	-8.4%
Public Administration	351	1.8%	404	377	-26	-6.9%
Information Not Available	2,411	12.6%	2,559	2,315	96	4.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,517		38,119	37,469
Male	19,028	55.1%	21,001	20,988	-1,960	-9.3%
Female	15,475	44.8%	17,106	16,453	-978	-5.9%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	12	28	-14	-50.0%

Ethnicity	34,517		38,119	37,469
Hispanic or Latino	13,695	39.7%	16,619	14,344	-649	-4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,422	41.8%	14,770	16,106	-1,684	-10.5%
Information Not Available	6,400	18.5%	6,730	7,019	-619	-8.8%

Race	34,517		38,119	37,469
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,978	5.7%	2,173	2,178	-200	-9.2%
Asian	2,061	6.0%	2,223	1,994	67	3.4%
Black or African American	2,447	7.1%	2,528	2,568	-121	-4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	348	1.0%	338	450	-102	-22.7%
White	20,285	58.8%	22,588	19,502	783	4.0%
Information Not Available	7,398	21.4%	8,269	10,777	-3,379	-31.4%

Years of Age	34,517		38,119	37,469
Younger than 22	752	1.4%	880	943	-191	-20.3%
22-24	1,807	3.5%	2,007	2,048	-241	-11.8%
25-34	7,615	14.6%	8,302	8,430	-815	-9.7%
35-44	7,153	13.8%	7,779	7,946	-793	-10.0%
45-54	8,455	16.3%	9,530	9,358	-903	-9.6%
55-59	4,067	7.8%	4,503	4,119	-52	-1.3%
60-64	2,798	5.4%	3,045	2,891	-93	-3.2%
65 and older	1,870	3.6%	2,073	1,734	136	7.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,517		38,119	37,469
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,784	12.2%	7,275	4,315	469	10.9%
Mining	233	0.6%	176	97	136	140.2%
Utilities	72	0.2%	60	64	8	12.5%
Construction	2,316	5.9%	2,339	3,771	-1,455	-38.6%
Manufacturing	1,739	4.4%	1,732	1,912	-173	-9.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,376	3.5%	1,336	1,498	-122	-8.1%
Retail Trade	2,435	6.2%	2,437	2,656	-221	-8.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	801	2.0%	837	841	-40	-4.8%
Information	464	1.2%	459	441	23	5.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,127	2.9%	1,149	1,438	-311	-21.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	604	1.5%	600	631	-27	-4.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,542	3.9%	1,661	1,864	-322	-17.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.3%	116	121	-2	-1.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,096	10.4%	4,339	4,578	-482	-10.5%
Educational Services	1,003	2.6%	1,134	1,084	-81	-7.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,574	6.5%	2,629	2,814	-240	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	381	1.0%	416	460	-79	-17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,619	4.1%	1,822	1,878	-259	-13.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	684	1.7%	705	754	-70	-9.3%
Public Administration	726	1.8%	762	758	-32	-4.2%
Information Not Available	5,822	14.8%	6,135	5,494	328	6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	337,712		361,595	384,932
Male	181,941	53.9%	186,264	203,311	-21,370	-10.5%
Female	155,388	46.0%	175,139	181,240	-25,852	-14.3%
Information Not Available	383	0.1%	192	381	2	0.5%

Ethnicity	337,712		361,595	384,932
Hispanic or Latino	126,630	37.5%	134,183	131,672	-5,042	-3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	180,407	53.4%	194,801	211,209	-30,802	-14.6%
Information Not Available	30,675	9.1%	32,611	42,051	-11,376	-27.1%

Race	337,712		361,595	384,932
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,876	0.9%	2,206	3,044	-168	-5.5%
Asian	32,880	9.7%	34,913	36,819	-3,939	-10.7%
Black or African American	29,908	8.9%	34,049	34,345	-4,437	-12.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	114,743	34.0%	123,633	137,000	-22,257	-16.2%
Information Not Available	157,305	46.6%	166,794	173,724	-16,419	-9.5%

Years of Age	337,712		361,595	384,932
Younger than 22	7,860	1.8%	6,810	8,943	-1,083	-12.1%
22-24	16,967	4.0%	17,936	19,789	-2,822	-14.3%
25-34	84,835	19.9%	89,679	93,996	-9,161	-9.7%
35-44	69,594	16.3%	74,333	80,678	-11,084	-13.7%
45-54	77,454	18.2%	82,965	89,526	-12,072	-13.5%
55-59	36,235	8.5%	39,325	41,481	-5,246	-12.6%
60-64	26,074	6.1%	27,815	29,208	-3,134	-10.7%
65 and older	18,597	4.4%	22,636	21,311	-2,714	-12.7%
Information Not Available	96	0.0%	96	0	96	0.0%

Industry	337,712		361,595	384,932
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32,400	8.8%	35,296	32,347	53	0.2%
Mining	2,684	0.7%	2,494	856	1,828	213.6%
Utilities	1,821	0.5%	1,918	1,142	679	59.5%
Construction	26,936	7.3%	24,362	32,823	-5,887	-17.9%
Manufacturing	32,209	8.7%	31,747	31,681	528	1.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,150	0.3%	1,726	2,283	-1,133	-49.6%
Retail Trade	27,703	7.5%	29,446	29,017	-1,314	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,490	2.6%	12,181	8,467	1,023	12.1%
Information	29,716	8.0%	29,446	37,675	-7,959	-21.1%
Finance and Insurance	5,943	1.6%	6,330	10,180	-4,237	-41.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,205	0.6%	2,398	2,854	-649	-22.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,189	1.9%	7,577	9,799	-2,610	-26.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	67,296	18.2%	70,689	78,205	-10,909	-13.9%
Educational Services	18,597	5.0%	28,678	18,742	-145	-0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24,636	6.7%	26,664	30,254	-5,618	-18.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,614	1.8%	8,057	7,992	-1,378	-17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,433	4.2%	15,634	20,265	-4,832	-23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,586	2.6%	10,263	10,846	-1,260	-11.6%
Public Administration	4,122	1.1%	4,796	4,567	-445	-9.7%
Information Not Available	11,982	3.2%	11,893	14,937	-2,955	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,136		25,940	24,886
Male	13,711	54.5%	13,966	12,148	1,563	12.9%
Female	11,425	45.5%	11,973	12,737	-1,312	-10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	25,136		25,940	24,886
Hispanic or Latino	4,885	19.4%	5,102	4,612	273	5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,902	71.2%	18,446	2,330	15,572	668.3%
Information Not Available	2,349	9.3%	2,392	17,944	-15,595	-86.9%

Race	25,136		25,940	24,886
American Indian or Alaskan Native	503	2.0%	450	447	56	12.5%
Asian	488	1.9%	505	592	-104	-17.6%
Black or African American	1,735	6.9%	1,828	1,797	-62	-3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	121	0.5%	112	95	26	27.4%
White	17,633	70.2%	18,333	17,824	-191	-1.1%
Information Not Available	4,656	18.5%	4,712	4,131	525	12.7%

Years of Age	25,136		25,940	24,886
Younger than 22	286	0.7%	290	295	-9	-3.1%
22-24	845	2.1%	879	797	48	6.0%
25-34	5,615	13.8%	5,766	5,528	87	1.6%
35-44	5,695	14.0%	5,919	5,607	88	1.6%
45-54	6,257	15.4%	6,398	6,192	65	1.0%
55-59	3,157	7.8%	3,236	2,988	169	5.7%
60-64	2,109	5.2%	2,193	2,177	-68	-3.1%
65 and older	1,170	2.9%	1,257	1,300	-130	-10.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%

Industry	25,136		25,940	24,886
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	193	0.8%	180	266	-73	-27.4%
Mining	1,160	4.6%	1,205	270	890	329.6%
Utilities	37	0.1%	34	48	-11	-22.9%
Construction	2,602	10.3%	2,650	1,923	679	35.3%
Manufacturing	2,103	8.3%	2,015	1,542	561	36.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,288	5.1%	1,332	1,148	140	12.2%
Retail Trade	2,114	8.3%	2,158	2,335	-221	-9.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	896	3.5%	985	700	196	28.0%
Information	875	3.5%	839	835	40	4.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,020	4.0%	980	1,270	-250	-19.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	502	2.0%	515	554	-52	-9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,686	10.6%	2,631	2,564	122	4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	316	1.2%	329	395	-79	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,766	10.9%	2,854	3,428	-662	-19.3%
Educational Services	934	3.7%	1,045	1,156	-222	-19.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,152	8.5%	2,412	2,414	-262	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	379	1.5%	395	477	-98	-20.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,269	5.0%	1,481	1,566	-297	-19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	618	2.4%	622	629	-11	-1.7%
Public Administration	444	1.8%	466	561	-117	-20.9%
Information Not Available	782	3.1%	812	805	-23	-2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,057		43,943	38,851
Male	17,141	51.9%	20,779	19,823	-2,682	-13.5%
Female	15,916	48.1%	23,164	19,026	-3,110	-16.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	33,057		43,943	38,851
Hispanic or Latino	5,090	15.4%	6,923	5,874	-784	-13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,967	84.6%	37,020	32,977	-5,010	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	33,057		43,943	38,851
American Indian or Alaskan Native	126	0.4%	149	153	-27	-17.6%
Asian	641	1.9%	772	789	-148	-18.8%
Black or African American	5,515	16.7%	7,013	6,497	-982	-15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,023	54.5%	22,957	21,658	-3,635	-16.8%
Information Not Available	8,752	26.5%	13,052	9,754	-1,002	-10.3%

Years of Age	33,057		43,943	38,851
Younger than 22	617	1.3%	677	848	-231	-27.2%
22-24	1,607	3.3%	1,855	2,166	-559	-25.8%
25-34	7,408	15.4%	9,242	8,912	-1,504	-16.9%
35-44	6,545	13.6%	8,632	7,584	-1,039	-13.7%
45-54	7,778	16.1%	10,572	9,247	-1,469	-15.9%
55-59	3,865	8.0%	5,198	4,272	-407	-9.5%
60-64	2,883	6.0%	3,984	3,103	-220	-7.1%
65 and older	2,354	4.9%	3,783	2,719	-365	-13.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,057		43,943	38,851
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	156	0.5%	148	177	-21	-11.9%
Mining	7	0.0%	7	5	2	40.0%
Utilities	55	0.2%	63	73	-18	-24.7%
Construction	2,488	7.5%	2,461	2,802	-314	-11.2%
Manufacturing	3,942	11.9%	4,242	4,324	-382	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,398	4.2%	1,537	1,647	-249	-15.1%
Retail Trade	4,144	12.5%	4,532	5,056	-912	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,416	4.3%	7,013	1,442	-26	-1.8%
Information	665	2.0%	734	939	-274	-29.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,222	3.7%	1,274	1,673	-451	-27.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	498	1.5%	546	586	-88	-15.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,088	6.3%	2,217	2,278	-190	-8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	287	0.9%	307	319	-32	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,914	11.8%	4,333	4,732	-818	-17.3%
Educational Services	1,291	3.9%	1,784	1,461	-170	-11.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,418	13.3%	4,879	5,168	-750	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	706	2.1%	835	1,045	-339	-32.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,230	6.7%	4,584	2,633	-403	-15.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,192	3.6%	1,266	1,353	-161	-11.9%
Public Administration	445	1.3%	657	543	-98	-18.0%
Information Not Available	495	1.5%	524	595	-100	-16.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,477		9,389	9,877
Male	3,672	43.3%	3,957	4,370	-698	-16.0%
Female	4,805	56.7%	5,432	5,503	-698	-12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Ethnicity	8,477		9,389	9,877
Hispanic or Latino	614	7.2%	745	804	-190	-23.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,831	92.4%	8,608	9,029	-1,198	-13.3%
Information Not Available	32	0.4%	36	44	-12	-27.3%

Race	8,477		9,389	9,877
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.4%	40	53	-19	-35.8%
Asian	199	2.3%	219	242	-43	-17.8%
Black or African American	6,116	72.1%	6,783	7,016	-900	-12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.2%	24	24	-7	-29.2%
White	1,539	18.2%	1,722	1,801	-262	-14.5%
Information Not Available	572	6.7%	601	741	-169	-22.8%

Years of Age	8,477		9,389	9,877
Younger than 22	133	1.4%	142	183	-50	-27.3%
22-24	525	5.5%	566	583	-58	-9.9%
25-34	2,403	25.3%	2,646	2,715	-312	-11.5%
35-44	1,889	19.9%	2,037	2,244	-355	-15.8%
45-54	1,837	19.4%	2,038	2,191	-354	-16.2%
55-59	853	9.0%	976	959	-106	-11.1%
60-64	525	5.5%	597	617	-92	-14.9%
65 and older	312	3.3%	387	385	-73	-19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,477		9,389	9,877
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	19	0.2%	22	30	-11	-36.7%
Manufacturing	5	0.1%	2	3	2	66.7%
Wholesale Trade	5	0.1%	4	5	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	18	0.2%	19	34	-16	-47.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	9	0.1%	17	15	-6	-40.0%
Information	12	0.1%	22	20	-8	-40.0%
Finance and Insurance	7	0.1%	9	6	1	16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	0.1%	5	1	5	500.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	40	0.5%	46	65	-25	-38.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	36	0.4%	37	46	-10	-21.7%
Educational Services	13	0.2%	13	16	-3	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	0.1%	10	24	-14	-58.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	11	0.1%	13	26	-15	-57.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	14	0.2%	21	32	-18	-56.3%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	1	7	-7	-100.0%
Information Not Available	8,271	97.6%	9,145	9,544	-1,273	-13.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,381		6,943	5,544
Male	2,324	43.2%	2,956	2,387	-63	-2.6%
Female	2,767	51.4%	3,613	2,938	-171	-5.8%
Information Not Available	290	5.4%	374	219	71	32.4%

Ethnicity	5,381		6,943	5,544
Hispanic or Latino	376	7.0%	464	349	27	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,715	87.6%	6,105	4,976	-261	-5.2%
Information Not Available	290	5.4%	374	219	71	32.4%

Race	5,381		6,943	5,544
American Indian or Alaskan Native	13	0.2%	23	12	1	8.3%
Asian	102	1.9%	135	105	-3	-2.9%
Black or African American	2,307	42.9%	2,896	2,273	34	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	8	9	-3	-33.3%
White	2,787	51.8%	3,658	3,003	-216	-7.2%
Information Not Available	165	3.1%	224	142	23	16.2%

Years of Age	5,381		6,943	5,544
Younger than 22	101	1.3%	107	106	-5	-4.7%
22-24	246	3.2%	335	307	-61	-19.9%
25-34	1,308	16.8%	1,673	1,355	-47	-3.5%
35-44	1,084	13.9%	1,408	1,225	-141	-11.5%
45-54	1,382	17.7%	1,701	1,312	70	5.3%
55-59	566	7.3%	753	591	-25	-4.2%
60-64	364	4.7%	508	352	12	3.4%
65 and older	280	3.6%	393	256	24	9.4%
Information Not Available	50	0.6%	65	40	10	25.0%

Industry	5,381		6,943	5,544
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.1%	11	6	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	11	0.2%	9	4	7	175.0%
Construction	309	5.7%	371	269	40	14.9%
Manufacturing	303	5.6%	359	412	-109	-26.5%
Wholesale Trade	178	3.3%	235	134	44	32.8%
Retail Trade	823	15.3%	922	940	-117	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	230	4.3%	348	148	82	55.4%
Information	85	1.6%	111	106	-21	-19.8%
Finance and Insurance	446	8.3%	589	418	28	6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	99	1.8%	145	99	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	336	6.2%	459	380	-44	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.3%	26	21	-5	-23.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	988	18.3%	1,353	941	47	5.0%
Educational Services	169	3.1%	230	202	-33	-16.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	755	14.0%	939	702	53	7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	1.1%	94	109	-49	-45.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	358	6.6%	486	427	-69	-16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	150	2.8%	198	158	-8	-5.1%
Public Administration	47	0.9%	47	41	6	14.6%
Information Not Available	12	0.2%	11	27	-15	-55.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,374		71,163	88,130
Male	31,205	47.0%	32,841	41,954	-10,749	-25.6%
Female	35,093	52.9%	38,259	46,119	-11,026	-23.9%
Information Not Available	76	0.1%	63	57	19	33.3%

Ethnicity	66,374		71,163	88,130
Hispanic or Latino	17,896	27.0%	18,958	23,312	-5,416	-23.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,689	65.8%	47,273	58,852	-15,163	-25.8%
Information Not Available	4,789	7.2%	4,932	5,966	-1,177	-19.7%

Race	66,374		71,163	88,130
American Indian or Alaskan Native	391	0.6%	385	540	-149	-27.6%
Asian	869	1.3%	915	1,189	-320	-26.9%
Black or African American	17,514	26.4%	19,572	23,809	-6,295	-26.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	318	0.5%	339	436	-118	-27.1%
White	40,796	61.5%	43,159	53,316	-12,520	-23.5%
Information Not Available	6,486	9.8%	6,793	8,840	-2,354	-26.6%

Years of Age	66,374		71,163	88,130
Younger than 22	644	0.6%	682	1,154	-510	-44.2%
22-24	2,066	2.0%	2,214	3,694	-1,628	-44.1%
25-34	12,843	12.6%	14,018	18,572	-5,729	-30.8%
35-44	13,123	12.8%	14,168	17,500	-4,377	-25.0%
45-54	15,116	14.8%	16,133	19,960	-4,844	-24.3%
55-59	7,230	7.1%	7,656	9,108	-1,878	-20.6%
60-64	5,008	4.9%	5,438	6,193	-1,185	-19.1%
65 and older	4,027	3.9%	4,377	4,946	-919	-18.6%
Information Not Available	6,317	6.2%	6,477	7,003	-686	-9.8%

Industry	66,374		71,163	88,130
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,578	5.1%	3,760	3,843	-265	-6.9%
Mining	144	0.2%	148	59	85	144.1%
Utilities	52	0.1%	80	136	-84	-61.8%
Construction	3,133	4.5%	3,131	3,819	-686	-18.0%
Manufacturing	2,854	4.1%	2,884	3,770	-916	-24.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,649	3.8%	2,711	3,346	-697	-20.8%
Retail Trade	6,091	8.7%	6,283	8,873	-2,782	-31.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,806	2.6%	2,783	2,232	-426	-19.1%
Information	1,143	1.6%	1,233	1,564	-421	-26.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,385	3.4%	2,349	3,594	-1,209	-33.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,626	2.3%	1,610	1,706	-80	-4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,751	6.8%	4,813	6,033	-1,282	-21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	438	0.6%	430	522	-84	-16.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,410	16.3%	12,141	14,526	-3,116	-21.5%
Educational Services	2,429	3.5%	3,032	3,265	-836	-25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,351	9.1%	6,793	8,424	-2,073	-24.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,656	2.4%	1,866	2,140	-484	-22.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,110	7.3%	5,966	7,384	-2,274	-30.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,850	2.6%	1,997	2,396	-546	-22.8%
Public Administration	1,082	1.5%	1,147	1,409	-327	-23.2%
Information Not Available	5,836	8.3%	6,006	9,089	-3,253	-35.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,163		37,352	41,965
Male	16,931	46.8%	17,210	18,904	-1,973	-10.4%
Female	18,653	51.6%	19,518	22,413	-3,760	-16.8%
Information Not Available	579	1.6%	624	648	-69	-10.6%

Ethnicity	36,163		37,352	41,965
Hispanic or Latino	105	0.3%	26	39	66	169.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,480	98.1%	36,702	41,278	-5,798	-14.0%
Information Not Available	578	1.6%	624	648	-70	-10.8%

Race	36,163		37,352	41,965
American Indian or Alaskan Native	191	0.5%	177	201	-10	-5.0%
Asian	507	1.4%	530	587	-80	-13.6%
Black or African American	20,078	55.5%	20,903	23,622	-3,544	-15.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,809	41.0%	15,117	16,907	-2,098	-12.4%
Information Not Available	578	1.6%	625	648	-70	-10.8%

Years of Age	36,163		37,352	41,965
Younger than 22	671	1.4%	707	917	-246	-26.8%
22-24	1,675	3.4%	1,793	2,220	-545	-24.5%
25-34	8,566	17.6%	8,909	10,620	-2,054	-19.3%
35-44	8,559	17.6%	8,913	10,086	-1,527	-15.1%
45-54	8,707	17.9%	8,857	9,577	-870	-9.1%
55-59	3,580	7.3%	3,671	3,790	-210	-5.5%
60-64	2,249	4.6%	2,369	2,376	-127	-5.3%
65 and older	1,198	2.5%	1,276	1,435	-237	-16.5%
Information Not Available	958	2.0%	857	944	14	1.5%

Industry	36,163		37,352	41,965
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	450	1.2%	427	441	9	2.0%
Mining	31	0.1%	27	22	9	40.9%
Utilities	36	0.1%	32	49	-13	-26.5%
Construction	1,392	3.8%	1,471	1,586	-194	-12.2%
Manufacturing	3,128	8.5%	2,872	3,016	112	3.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,619	4.4%	1,637	1,619	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	2,743	7.5%	2,900	3,489	-746	-21.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	580	1.6%	556	852	-272	-31.9%
Information	680	1.9%	690	928	-248	-26.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,074	2.9%	1,072	1,068	6	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	432	1.2%	431	533	-101	-18.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,041	16.5%	6,209	6,959	-918	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.1%	31	43	-17	-39.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	77	0.2%	71	109	-32	-29.4%
Educational Services	1,011	2.8%	1,125	1,428	-417	-29.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,046	5.6%	2,211	2,612	-566	-21.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,387	3.8%	1,484	2,177	-790	-36.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	294	0.8%	369	328	-34	-10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	505	1.4%	540	707	-202	-28.6%
Public Administration	494	1.3%	504	628	-134	-21.3%
Information Not Available	12,117	33.1%	12,693	13,371	-1,254	-9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,176		7,053	8,778
Male	4,398	61.3%	4,347	5,421	-1,023	-18.9%
Female	2,777	38.7%	2,705	3,353	-576	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	4	-3	-75.0%

Ethnicity	7,176		7,053	8,778
Hispanic or Latino	483	6.7%	495	541	-58	-10.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,873	67.9%	4,820	6,159	-1,286	-20.9%
Information Not Available	1,820	25.4%	1,738	2,078	-258	-12.4%

Race	7,176		7,053	8,778
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.6%	53	46	0	0.0%
Asian	2,223	31.0%	2,211	2,765	-542	-19.6%
Black or African American	146	2.0%	129	146	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,075	28.9%	1,998	2,527	-452	-17.9%
White	1,701	23.7%	1,658	2,091	-390	-18.7%
Information Not Available	985	13.7%	1,004	1,203	-218	-18.1%

Years of Age	7,176		7,053	8,778
Younger than 22	86	1.0%	83	108	-22	-20.4%
22-24	211	2.6%	208	305	-94	-30.8%
25-34	1,550	18.8%	1,456	1,988	-438	-22.0%
35-44	1,661	20.2%	1,635	2,014	-353	-17.5%
45-54	1,703	20.7%	1,684	2,105	-402	-19.1%
55-59	803	9.8%	799	944	-141	-14.9%
60-64	648	7.9%	692	758	-110	-14.5%
65 and older	514	6.2%	496	556	-42	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,176		7,053	8,778
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	121	1.7%	114	141	-20	-14.2%
Mining	5	0.1%	5	1	4	400.0%
Utilities	22	0.3%	24	7	15	214.3%
Construction	1,759	24.1%	1,721	2,286	-527	-23.1%
Manufacturing	134	1.8%	154	224	-90	-40.2%
Wholesale Trade	108	1.5%	119	156	-48	-30.8%
Retail Trade	397	5.4%	415	503	-106	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	237	3.2%	210	315	-78	-24.8%
Information	132	1.8%	124	160	-28	-17.5%
Finance and Insurance	88	1.2%	73	120	-32	-26.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	92	1.3%	100	137	-45	-32.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	355	4.9%	364	383	-28	-7.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.7%	54	75	-23	-30.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	919	12.6%	923	992	-73	-7.4%
Educational Services	134	1.8%	147	101	33	32.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	357	4.9%	331	473	-116	-24.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	63	0.9%	63	98	-35	-35.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	835	11.4%	673	967	-132	-13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	158	2.2%	163	206	-48	-23.3%
Public Administration	151	2.1%	132	193	-42	-21.8%
Information Not Available	1,057	14.5%	1,144	1,240	-183	-14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,767		18,782	16,381
Male	9,530	56.8%	10,102	8,365	1,165	13.9%
Female	7,010	41.8%	8,429	7,652	-642	-8.4%
Information Not Available	227	1.4%	251	364	-137	-37.6%

Ethnicity	16,767		18,782	16,381
Hispanic or Latino	857	5.1%	955	917	-60	-6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,811	88.3%	16,642	14,343	468	3.3%
Information Not Available	1,099	6.6%	1,185	1,121	-22	-2.0%

Race	16,767		18,782	16,381
American Indian or Alaskan Native	229	1.4%	249	118	111	94.1%
Asian	243	1.4%	257	236	7	3.0%
Black or African American	1,290	7.7%	1,440	1,278	12	0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,049	77.8%	14,696	12,711	338	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,956	11.7%	2,140	2,038	-82	-4.0%

Years of Age	16,767		18,782	16,381
Younger than 22	290	1.0%	314	359	-69	-19.2%
22-24	680	2.4%	815	811	-131	-16.2%
25-34	3,802	13.4%	4,074	3,726	76	2.0%
35-44	3,710	13.0%	4,058	3,558	152	4.3%
45-54	4,068	14.3%	4,489	4,013	55	1.4%
55-59	2,035	7.1%	2,277	1,867	168	9.0%
60-64	1,349	4.7%	1,636	1,254	95	7.6%
65 and older	832	2.9%	1,115	789	43	5.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	4	4	-3	-75.0%

Industry	16,767		18,782	16,381
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	209	1.2%	304	152	57	37.5%
Mining	38	0.2%	29	39	-1	-2.6%
Utilities	32	0.2%	34	23	9	39.1%
Construction	2,032	12.0%	1,932	1,497	535	35.7%
Manufacturing	4,602	27.1%	4,680	3,840	762	19.8%
Wholesale Trade	794	4.7%	798	846	-52	-6.1%
Retail Trade	1,305	7.7%	1,364	1,541	-236	-15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	485	2.9%	1,059	497	-12	-2.4%
Information	640	3.8%	681	638	2	0.3%
Finance and Insurance	581	3.4%	561	749	-168	-22.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	163	1.0%	155	186	-23	-12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	767	4.5%	896	730	37	5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.2%	25	54	-28	-51.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,560	9.2%	1,635	1,602	-42	-2.6%
Educational Services	410	2.4%	469	409	1	0.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,503	8.9%	1,811	1,641	-138	-8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	129	0.8%	171	268	-139	-51.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	789	4.6%	1,240	881	-92	-10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	342	2.0%	512	388	-46	-11.9%
Public Administration	206	1.2%	231	233	-27	-11.6%
Information Not Available	154	0.9%	195	167	-13	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,645		6,389	7,164
Male	3,081	54.6%	3,340	3,586	-505	-14.1%
Female	2,562	45.4%	3,047	3,578	-1,016	-28.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,645		6,389	7,164
Hispanic or Latino	668	11.8%	789	918	-250	-27.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,123	73.0%	4,714	5,904	-1,781	-30.2%
Information Not Available	854	15.1%	886	342	512	149.7%

Race	5,645		6,389	7,164
American Indian or Alaskan Native	307	3.2%	365	254	53	20.9%
Asian	143	1.5%	146	112	31	27.7%
Black or African American	102	1.1%	90	86	16	18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	99	1.0%	105	64	35	54.7%
White	7,291	76.9%	8,409	5,808	1,483	25.5%
Information Not Available	1,534	16.2%	1,711	1,174	360	30.7%

Years of Age	5,645		6,389	7,164
Younger than 22	94	0.8%	83	154	-60	-39.0%
22-24	184	1.5%	192	308	-124	-40.3%
25-34	999	8.1%	1,078	1,407	-408	-29.0%
35-44	1,111	9.0%	1,281	1,446	-335	-23.2%
45-54	1,389	11.2%	1,537	1,806	-417	-23.1%
55-59	708	5.7%	890	878	-170	-19.4%
60-64	538	4.3%	618	586	-48	-8.2%
65 and older	620	5.0%	709	571	49	8.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	8	-6	-75.0%

Industry	5,645		6,389	7,164
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97	1.7%	155	151	-54	-35.8%
Mining	133	2.3%	133	58	75	129.3%
Utilities	14	0.2%	17	11	3	27.3%
Construction	526	9.2%	493	515	11	2.1%
Manufacturing	778	13.5%	838	1,062	-284	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	336	5.9%	328	321	15	4.7%
Retail Trade	518	9.0%	548	759	-241	-31.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	206	3.6%	474	236	-30	-12.7%
Information	85	1.5%	82	122	-37	-30.3%
Finance and Insurance	174	3.0%	187	231	-57	-24.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.4%	83	85	-3	-3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	307	5.3%	288	354	-47	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.3%	19	27	-7	-25.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	604	10.5%	701	907	-303	-33.4%
Educational Services	127	2.2%	186	185	-58	-31.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	509	8.9%	600	672	-163	-24.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	57	1.0%	46	83	-26	-31.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	235	4.1%	278	333	-98	-29.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	127	2.2%	222	192	-65	-33.9%
Public Administration	161	2.8%	187	170	-9	-5.3%
Information Not Available	549	9.6%	524	690	-141	-20.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	107,367		116,739	112,085
Male	56,676	52.8%	57,963	58,122	-1,446	-2.5%
Female	50,078	46.6%	58,075	53,203	-3,125	-5.9%
Information Not Available	613	0.6%	701	760	-147	-19.3%

Ethnicity	107,367		116,739	112,085
Hispanic or Latino	13,620	12.7%	14,966	14,317	-697	-4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,214	76.6%	88,817	85,917	-3,703	-4.3%
Information Not Available	11,533	10.7%	12,956	11,851	-318	-2.7%

Race	107,367		116,739	112,085
American Indian or Alaskan Native	535	0.5%	560	515	20	3.9%
Asian	2,736	2.5%	2,879	2,999	-263	-8.8%
Black or African American	31,910	29.7%	34,401	32,137	-227	-0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	235	0.2%	280	272	-37	-13.6%
White	61,483	57.3%	67,164	65,492	-4,009	-6.1%
Information Not Available	10,468	9.7%	11,455	10,670	-202	-1.9%

Years of Age	107,367		116,739	112,085
Younger than 22	1,696	1.1%	1,774	1,886	-190	-10.1%
22-24	4,666	2.9%	4,821	5,243	-577	-11.0%
25-34	25,006	15.5%	26,314	26,463	-1,457	-5.5%
35-44	24,849	15.4%	27,220	26,546	-1,697	-6.4%
45-54	26,774	16.6%	29,171	27,249	-475	-1.7%
55-59	12,435	7.7%	13,941	12,389	46	0.4%
60-64	7,978	5.0%	8,971	8,014	-36	-0.4%
65 and older	3,963	2.5%	4,527	4,295	-332	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	107,367		116,739	112,085
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	222	0.2%	314	265	-43	-16.2%
Mining	724	0.7%	612	194	530	273.2%
Utilities	134	0.1%	118	164	-30	-18.3%
Construction	9,487	8.8%	9,171	9,407	80	0.9%
Manufacturing	13,392	12.4%	12,775	13,360	32	0.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,192	4.8%	5,130	5,184	8	0.2%
Retail Trade	8,941	8.3%	9,714	10,664	-1,723	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,974	4.6%	8,874	5,210	-236	-4.5%
Information	2,254	2.1%	2,379	2,372	-118	-5.0%
Finance and Insurance	4,009	3.7%	3,941	4,262	-253	-5.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,383	1.3%	1,424	1,470	-87	-5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,765	7.2%	8,105	7,542	223	3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	624	0.6%	727	607	17	2.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,378	14.3%	16,139	15,221	157	1.0%
Educational Services	4,385	4.1%	4,597	4,381	4	0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,267	8.6%	9,823	10,767	-1,500	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,311	1.2%	1,438	1,322	-11	-0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,514	5.1%	8,092	6,090	-576	-9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,353	3.1%	3,633	3,417	-64	-1.9%
Public Administration	2,890	2.7%	3,246	2,815	75	2.7%
Information Not Available	6,168	5.7%	6,487	7,371	-1,203	-16.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,865		21,028	23,750
Male	11,385	54.6%	11,410	12,938	-1,553	-12.0%
Female	9,442	45.3%	9,575	10,759	-1,317	-12.2%
Information Not Available	38	0.2%	43	53	-15	-28.3%

Ethnicity	20,865		21,028	23,750
Hispanic or Latino	1,037	5.0%	1,027	1,097	-60	-5.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,531	74.4%	15,672	17,651	-2,120	-12.0%
Information Not Available	4,297	20.6%	4,329	5,002	-705	-14.1%

Race	20,865		21,028	23,750
American Indian or Alaskan Native	92	0.4%	106	102	-10	-9.8%
Asian	156	0.7%	151	144	12	8.3%
Black or African American	3,831	18.4%	3,999	4,297	-466	-10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	20	29	-8	-27.6%
White	15,420	73.9%	15,485	17,806	-2,386	-13.4%
Information Not Available	1,345	6.4%	1,267	1,372	-27	-2.0%

Years of Age	20,865		21,028	23,750
Younger than 22	263	0.8%	247	295	-32	-10.8%
22-24	721	2.1%	678	855	-134	-15.7%
25-34	4,661	13.4%	4,677	5,323	-662	-12.4%
35-44	4,960	14.3%	5,179	5,708	-748	-13.1%
45-54	5,357	15.4%	5,376	6,162	-805	-13.1%
55-59	2,518	7.3%	2,512	2,770	-252	-9.1%
60-64	1,567	4.5%	1,544	1,688	-121	-7.2%
65 and older	818	2.4%	815	949	-131	-13.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,865		21,028	23,750
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.3%	61	56	-2	-3.6%
Mining	124	0.6%	100	109	15	13.8%
Utilities	30	0.1%	27	28	2	7.1%
Construction	2,703	12.9%	2,736	3,512	-809	-23.0%
Manufacturing	4,136	19.8%	3,914	4,001	135	3.4%
Wholesale Trade	857	4.1%	878	858	-1	-0.1%
Retail Trade	1,540	7.4%	1,670	1,768	-228	-12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	619	3.0%	652	736	-117	-15.9%
Information	319	1.5%	326	308	11	3.6%
Finance and Insurance	503	2.4%	493	596	-93	-15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	275	1.3%	269	316	-41	-13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,040	5.0%	1,061	1,150	-110	-9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	131	0.6%	118	180	-49	-27.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,414	11.5%	2,422	2,784	-370	-13.3%
Educational Services	630	3.0%	670	687	-57	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,926	9.2%	1,912	2,457	-531	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	207	1.0%	246	247	-40	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	697	3.3%	762	929	-232	-25.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	532	2.5%	535	584	-52	-8.9%
Public Administration	165	0.8%	169	224	-59	-26.3%
Information Not Available	1,963	9.4%	2,007	2,220	-257	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,364		14,194	14,227
Male	6,379	56.1%	7,954	7,484	-1,105	-14.8%
Female	4,985	43.9%	6,240	6,743	-1,758	-26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,364		14,194	14,227
Hispanic or Latino	949	8.4%	1,107	1,102	-153	-13.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,276	46.4%	6,949	6,165	-889	-14.4%
Information Not Available	5,139	45.2%	6,138	6,960	-1,821	-26.2%

Race	11,364		14,194	14,227
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	1.5%	207	226	-58	-25.7%
Asian	151	1.3%	161	206	-55	-26.7%
Black or African American	2,195	19.3%	2,977	2,633	-438	-16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.3%	29	26	4	15.4%
White	8,085	71.1%	10,035	10,251	-2,166	-21.1%
Information Not Available	735	6.5%	785	885	-150	-16.9%

Years of Age	11,364		14,194	14,227
Younger than 22	195	1.0%	250	257	-62	-24.1%
22-24	532	2.9%	685	669	-137	-20.5%
25-34	2,797	15.1%	3,358	3,396	-599	-17.6%
35-44	2,589	13.9%	3,268	3,112	-523	-16.8%
45-54	2,604	14.0%	3,303	3,417	-813	-23.8%
55-59	1,229	6.6%	1,605	1,595	-366	-22.9%
60-64	872	4.7%	1,067	1,074	-202	-18.8%
65 and older	546	2.9%	658	707	-161	-22.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,364		14,194	14,227
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.4%	49	59	-14	-23.7%
Mining	331	2.9%	291	146	185	126.7%
Utilities	19	0.2%	26	33	-14	-42.4%
Construction	1,306	11.4%	1,227	1,522	-216	-14.2%
Manufacturing	1,537	13.5%	3,336	2,059	-522	-25.4%
Wholesale Trade	618	5.4%	653	665	-47	-7.1%
Retail Trade	918	8.0%	941	1,295	-377	-29.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	340	3.0%	509	350	-10	-2.9%
Information	324	2.8%	318	330	-6	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	340	3.0%	334	419	-79	-18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	179	1.6%	185	197	-18	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	740	6.5%	868	958	-218	-22.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.5%	42	43	11	25.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,236	10.8%	1,515	1,872	-636	-34.0%
Educational Services	348	3.1%	391	421	-73	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,218	10.7%	1,437	1,712	-494	-28.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	0.6%	77	113	-41	-36.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	479	4.2%	638	653	-174	-26.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	242	2.1%	247	359	-117	-32.6%
Public Administration	289	2.5%	313	346	-57	-16.5%
Information Not Available	729	6.4%	797	675	54	8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,011		21,498	22,274
Male	11,727	58.6%	12,550	12,191	-464	-3.8%
Female	8,284	41.4%	8,948	10,083	-1,799	-17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,011		21,498	22,274
Hispanic or Latino	23	0.1%	22	104	-81	-77.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	602	3.0%	583	596	6	1.0%
Information Not Available	19,386	96.9%	20,893	21,574	-2,188	-10.1%

Race	20,011		21,498	22,274
American Indian or Alaskan Native	167	0.8%	111	160	7	4.4%
Asian	51	0.3%	36	91	-40	-44.0%
Black or African American	2,397	12.0%	2,735	3,106	-709	-22.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	4	4	-4	-100.0%
White	17,040	85.2%	18,309	18,828	-1,788	-9.5%
Information Not Available	356	1.8%	303	85	271	318.8%

Years of Age	20,011		21,498	22,274
Younger than 22	277	0.8%	187	302	-25	-8.3%
22-24	731	2.1%	891	1,045	-314	-30.0%
25-34	4,133	11.7%	4,796	5,344	-1,211	-22.7%
35-44	4,943	14.0%	5,320	5,318	-375	-7.1%
45-54	5,003	14.1%	5,271	5,314	-311	-5.9%
55-59	2,300	6.5%	2,336	2,333	-33	-1.4%
60-64	1,675	4.7%	1,851	1,456	219	15.0%
65 and older	921	2.6%	819	1,158	-237	-20.5%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	27	4	24	600.0%

Industry	20,011		21,498	22,274
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	88	0.4%	71	39	49	125.6%
Mining	1,254	6.2%	1,340	492	762	154.9%
Utilities	37	0.2%	106	78	-41	-52.6%
Construction	1,847	9.2%	1,754	2,259	-412	-18.2%
Manufacturing	3,499	17.4%	3,878	3,581	-82	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,023	5.1%	943	955	68	7.1%
Retail Trade	1,430	7.1%	1,371	2,061	-631	-30.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	902	4.5%	850	648	254	39.2%
Information	268	1.3%	337	454	-186	-41.0%
Finance and Insurance	625	3.1%	551	683	-58	-8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	282	1.4%	217	246	36	14.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,125	5.6%	1,210	1,348	-223	-16.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.5%	115	108	-15	-13.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,018	10.0%	2,070	2,432	-414	-17.0%
Educational Services	745	3.7%	979	933	-188	-20.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,634	8.1%	1,598	2,536	-902	-35.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	245	1.2%	395	229	16	7.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	759	3.8%	1,170	1,110	-351	-31.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	389	1.9%	529	445	-56	-12.6%
Public Administration	444	2.2%	533	462	-18	-3.9%
Information Not Available	1,304	6.5%	1,481	1,175	129	11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,920		22,616	17,921
Male	11,098	53.0%	11,489	8,017	3,081	38.4%
Female	9,822	47.0%	11,127	9,904	-82	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,920		22,616	17,921
Hispanic or Latino	820	3.9%	900	680	140	20.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,100	96.1%	21,716	17,241	2,859	16.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	20,920		22,616	17,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	233	1.1%	221	163	70	42.9%
Asian	187	0.9%	196	155	32	20.6%
Black or African American	11,054	52.8%	12,596	10,265	789	7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.2%	41	31	4	12.9%
White	9,411	45.0%	9,562	7,306	2,105	28.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Years of Age	20,920		22,616	17,921
Younger than 22	360	1.2%	364	297	63	21.2%
22-24	923	3.2%	1,018	879	44	5.0%
25-34	5,391	18.7%	5,725	4,671	720	15.4%
35-44	4,912	17.0%	5,271	4,135	777	18.8%
45-54	4,624	16.0%	5,024	3,991	633	15.9%
55-59	2,246	7.8%	2,468	1,855	391	21.1%
60-64	1,495	5.2%	1,618	1,214	281	23.1%
65 and older	969	3.4%	1,128	879	90	10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,920		22,616	17,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	129	0.6%	146	115	14	12.2%
Mining	1,130	5.4%	1,146	224	906	404.5%
Utilities	56	0.3%	64	72	-16	-22.2%
Construction	2,857	13.6%	3,051	2,221	636	28.6%
Manufacturing	2,305	11.0%	2,363	1,491	814	54.6%
Wholesale Trade	808	3.8%	838	544	264	48.5%
Retail Trade	1,646	7.8%	1,778	1,932	-286	-14.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	712	3.4%	804	510	202	39.6%
Information	390	1.9%	353	424	-34	-8.0%
Finance and Insurance	484	2.3%	471	489	-5	-1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	458	2.2%	465	390	68	17.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,232	5.9%	1,291	1,105	127	11.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.2%	47	59	-12	-20.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,869	8.9%	1,933	1,686	183	10.9%
Educational Services	576	2.7%	821	641	-65	-10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,175	10.3%	2,540	2,585	-410	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	344	1.6%	373	417	-73	-17.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,506	7.2%	1,762	1,653	-147	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	653	3.1%	758	547	106	19.4%
Public Administration	294	1.4%	370	312	-18	-5.8%
Information Not Available	1,249	5.9%	1,242	504	745	147.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,873		60,792	61,895
Male	25,598	52.4%	29,400	32,861	-7,263	-22.1%
Female	23,273	47.6%	31,389	29,034	-5,761	-19.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,873		60,792	61,895
Hispanic or Latino	6,188	12.7%	8,027	7,587	-1,399	-18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,712	81.3%	49,031	50,797	-11,085	-21.8%
Information Not Available	2,973	6.1%	3,734	3,511	-538	-15.3%

Race	48,873		60,792	61,895
American Indian or Alaskan Native	210	0.4%	236	268	-58	-21.6%
Asian	1,920	3.9%	2,295	2,491	-571	-22.9%
Black or African American	5,269	10.8%	6,657	6,648	-1,379	-20.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	125	0.3%	147	146	-21	-14.4%
White	35,003	71.6%	43,359	44,755	-9,752	-21.8%
Information Not Available	6,346	13.0%	8,098	7,587	-1,241	-16.4%

Years of Age	48,873		60,792	61,895
Younger than 22	826	1.0%	941	1,002	-176	-17.6%
22-24	2,154	2.7%	2,466	2,706	-552	-20.4%
25-34	10,890	13.7%	12,563	14,315	-3,425	-23.9%
35-44	10,252	12.9%	12,455	12,905	-2,653	-20.6%
45-54	12,003	15.1%	15,248	15,121	-3,118	-20.6%
55-59	5,615	7.0%	7,249	6,914	-1,299	-18.8%
60-64	4,128	5.2%	5,351	5,142	-1,014	-19.7%
65 and older	3,005	3.8%	4,519	3,790	-785	-20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,873		60,792	61,895
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	268	0.5%	250	359	-91	-25.3%
Mining	10	0.0%	15	26	-16	-61.5%
Utilities	91	0.2%	86	122	-31	-25.4%
Construction	4,198	8.5%	4,144	5,389	-1,191	-22.1%
Manufacturing	5,138	10.5%	5,119	6,068	-930	-15.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,235	4.5%	2,311	2,931	-696	-23.7%
Retail Trade	4,120	8.4%	4,685	5,999	-1,879	-31.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,616	3.3%	5,844	1,572	44	2.8%
Information	1,330	2.7%	1,421	1,486	-156	-10.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,854	3.8%	1,942	2,637	-783	-29.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	997	2.0%	1,065	1,278	-281	-22.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,783	9.7%	5,038	5,762	-979	-17.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	267	0.5%	255	268	-1	-0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,237	10.7%	5,672	6,320	-1,083	-17.1%
Educational Services	1,458	3.0%	1,987	1,831	-373	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,821	11.8%	6,811	7,520	-1,699	-22.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	621	1.3%	718	715	-94	-13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,851	5.8%	5,797	3,978	-1,127	-28.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,058	6.2%	3,472	3,717	-659	-17.7%
Public Administration	1,421	2.9%	2,143	1,957	-536	-27.4%
Information Not Available	1,499	3.1%	2,017	1,960	-461	-23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,468		41,560	44,700
Male	13,357	37.7%	15,151	17,834	-4,477	-25.1%
Female	12,899	36.4%	16,386	16,644	-3,745	-22.5%
Information Not Available	9,212	26.0%	10,023	10,222	-1,010	-9.9%

Ethnicity	35,468		41,560	44,700
Hispanic or Latino	1,227	3.5%	1,377	1,671	-444	-26.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,381	68.7%	29,426	32,037	-7,656	-23.9%
Information Not Available	9,860	27.8%	10,757	10,992	-1,132	-10.3%

Race	35,468		41,560	44,700
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.3%	109	126	-30	-23.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12,293	34.7%	14,827	15,655	-3,362	-21.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.2%	61	56	-2	-3.6%
White	11,938	33.7%	14,429	16,200	-4,262	-26.3%
Information Not Available	11,087	31.3%	12,134	12,663	-1,576	-12.4%

Years of Age	35,468		41,560	44,700
Younger than 22	528	1.2%	607	758	-230	-30.3%
22-24	1,279	2.8%	1,474	1,905	-626	-32.9%
25-34	6,774	14.9%	7,755	8,691	-1,917	-22.1%
35-44	5,500	12.1%	6,422	7,144	-1,644	-23.0%
45-54	6,031	13.3%	7,241	8,067	-2,036	-25.2%
55-59	2,809	6.2%	3,422	3,557	-748	-21.0%
60-64	1,952	4.3%	2,530	2,455	-503	-20.5%
65 and older	1,383	3.0%	2,086	1,901	-518	-27.2%
Information Not Available	9,212	20.3%	10,023	10,222	-1,010	-9.9%

Industry	35,468		41,560	44,700
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.1%	47	51	-7	-13.7%
Mining	61	0.2%	29	26	35	134.6%
Utilities	14	0.0%	18	36	-22	-61.1%
Construction	2,794	7.9%	2,872	3,523	-729	-20.7%
Manufacturing	299	0.8%	300	344	-45	-13.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,051	3.0%	1,085	1,320	-269	-20.4%
Retail Trade	1,130	3.2%	1,237	1,609	-479	-29.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	657	1.9%	2,669	782	-125	-16.0%
Information	541	1.5%	531	700	-159	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	958	2.7%	1,002	1,188	-230	-19.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	598	1.7%	606	743	-145	-19.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,811	7.9%	3,012	3,516	-705	-20.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	96	0.3%	105	161	-65	-40.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,738	10.5%	4,358	4,711	-973	-20.7%
Educational Services	1,198	3.4%	1,507	1,458	-260	-17.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,857	8.0%	3,317	3,767	-910	-24.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	329	0.9%	351	356	-27	-7.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,550	4.4%	2,446	2,273	-723	-31.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	820	2.3%	937	1,094	-274	-25.0%
Public Administration	691	1.9%	733	552	139	25.2%
Information Not Available	13,231	37.3%	14,398	16,490	-3,259	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,174		5,070	5,705
Male	2,177	52.2%	2,501	3,014	-837	-27.8%
Female	1,997	47.8%	2,569	2,691	-694	-25.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,174		5,070	5,705
Hispanic or Latino	53	1.3%	54	49	4	8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,709	88.9%	4,553	4,162	-453	-10.9%
Information Not Available	412	9.9%	463	1,494	-1,082	-72.4%

Race	4,174		5,070	5,705
American Indian or Alaskan Native	52	1.2%	53	62	-10	-16.1%
Asian	31	0.7%	45	28	3	10.7%
Black or African American	47	1.1%	73	82	-35	-42.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,822	91.6%	4,619	4,296	-474	-11.0%
Information Not Available	222	5.3%	280	1,237	-1,015	-82.1%

Years of Age	4,174		5,070	5,705
Younger than 22	106	1.4%	114	161	-55	-34.2%
22-24	177	2.3%	177	272	-95	-34.9%
25-34	862	11.3%	970	1,214	-352	-29.0%
35-44	881	11.6%	1,069	1,112	-231	-20.8%
45-54	976	12.8%	1,218	1,391	-415	-29.8%
55-59	566	7.4%	669	735	-169	-23.0%
60-64	387	5.1%	513	503	-116	-23.1%
65 and older	219	2.9%	340	317	-98	-30.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,174		5,070	5,705
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	1.6%	98	86	-17	-19.8%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	7	14	-9	-64.3%
Construction	293	6.9%	296	366	-73	-19.9%
Manufacturing	413	9.7%	573	625	-212	-33.9%
Wholesale Trade	126	3.0%	135	159	-33	-20.8%
Retail Trade	361	8.5%	410	535	-174	-32.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	76	1.8%	240	142	-66	-46.5%
Information	67	1.6%	70	64	3	4.7%
Finance and Insurance	117	2.8%	122	98	19	19.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39	0.9%	51	60	-21	-35.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	173	4.1%	201	208	-35	-16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.2%	9	8	1	12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	331	7.8%	336	351	-20	-5.7%
Educational Services	130	3.1%	159	155	-25	-16.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	472	11.1%	635	620	-148	-23.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	55	1.3%	58	70	-15	-21.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	175	4.1%	275	244	-69	-28.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	2.3%	119	110	-14	-12.7%
Public Administration	62	1.5%	66	104	-42	-40.4%
Information Not Available	1,104	26.0%	1,210	1,684	-580	-34.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,982		53,010	59,626
Male	24,783	50.6%	25,243	29,591	-4,808	-16.2%
Female	22,760	46.5%	26,287	28,391	-5,631	-19.8%
Information Not Available	1,439	2.9%	1,480	1,644	-205	-12.5%

Ethnicity	48,982		53,010	59,626
Hispanic or Latino	1,643	3.4%	1,811	1,961	-318	-16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,566	76.7%	40,711	45,452	-7,886	-17.4%
Information Not Available	9,773	20.0%	10,488	12,213	-2,440	-20.0%

Race	48,982		53,010	59,626
American Indian or Alaskan Native	389	0.8%	443	546	-157	-28.8%
Asian	544	1.1%	520	652	-108	-16.6%
Black or African American	9,701	19.8%	10,612	12,167	-2,466	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.1%	69	52	12	23.1%
White	27,585	56.3%	29,762	32,854	-5,269	-16.0%
Information Not Available	10,699	21.8%	11,604	13,355	-2,656	-19.9%

Years of Age	48,982		53,010	59,626
Younger than 22	970	1.3%	1,085	1,384	-414	-29.9%
22-24	2,400	3.3%	2,653	3,546	-1,146	-32.3%
25-34	11,477	15.7%	12,486	14,215	-2,738	-19.3%
35-44	11,157	15.3%	12,162	13,542	-2,385	-17.6%
45-54	12,194	16.7%	12,980	14,724	-2,530	-17.2%
55-59	5,582	7.6%	6,076	6,551	-969	-14.8%
60-64	3,486	4.8%	3,671	3,895	-409	-10.5%
65 and older	1,716	2.3%	1,897	1,769	-53	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,982		53,010	59,626
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	323	0.7%	339	324	-1	-0.3%
Mining	241	0.5%	272	109	132	121.1%
Utilities	34	0.1%	39	40	-6	-15.0%
Construction	3,465	7.0%	3,393	3,488	-23	-0.7%
Manufacturing	7,839	15.9%	7,552	8,964	-1,125	-12.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,327	4.7%	2,176	3,984	-1,657	-41.6%
Retail Trade	3,357	6.8%	3,542	3,916	-559	-14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,447	2.9%	1,479	1,881	-434	-23.1%
Information	815	1.7%	856	828	-13	-1.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,255	2.5%	1,308	1,757	-502	-28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	636	1.3%	632	832	-196	-23.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,873	7.9%	4,630	4,747	-874	-18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,498	3.0%	1,275	1,572	-74	-4.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,053	12.3%	6,324	7,217	-1,164	-16.1%
Educational Services	1,912	3.9%	2,109	2,337	-425	-18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,229	10.6%	6,810	6,961	-1,732	-24.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	677	1.4%	787	823	-146	-17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,911	3.9%	2,509	2,607	-696	-26.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,396	2.8%	1,668	1,724	-328	-19.0%
Public Administration	816	1.7%	1,035	790	26	3.3%
Information Not Available	3,878	7.9%	4,275	4,725	-847	-17.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,227		30,797	29,359
Male	16,528	56.6%	16,135	15,453	1,075	7.0%
Female	12,694	43.4%	14,659	13,895	-1,201	-8.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	11	-6	-54.5%

Ethnicity	29,227		30,797	29,359
Hispanic or Latino	1,036	3.5%	1,126	1,074	-38	-3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,908	85.2%	26,242	25,044	-136	-0.5%
Information Not Available	3,283	11.2%	3,429	3,241	42	1.3%

Race	29,227		30,797	29,359
American Indian or Alaskan Native	428	1.5%	477	452	-24	-5.3%
Asian	986	3.4%	1,033	885	101	11.4%
Black or African American	2,743	9.4%	2,999	2,926	-183	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.3%	66	78	7	9.0%
White	22,368	76.5%	23,495	22,367	1	0.0%
Information Not Available	2,617	9.0%	2,727	2,651	-34	-1.3%

Years of Age	29,227		30,797	29,359
Younger than 22	367	0.8%	378	388	-21	-5.4%
22-24	1,070	2.2%	1,067	1,159	-89	-7.7%
25-34	6,615	13.5%	7,029	6,712	-97	-1.4%
35-44	6,467	13.2%	6,713	6,296	171	2.7%
45-54	6,977	14.3%	7,481	7,364	-387	-5.3%
55-59	3,754	7.7%	3,845	3,586	168	4.7%
60-64	2,664	5.4%	2,799	2,520	144	5.7%
65 and older	1,307	2.7%	1,480	1,316	-9	-0.7%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	5	18	-12	-66.7%

Industry	29,227		30,797	29,359
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	0.6%	209	195	-7	-3.6%
Mining	788	2.7%	584	66	722	1093.9%
Utilities	150	0.5%	152	92	58	63.0%
Construction	2,872	9.8%	2,530	2,806	66	2.4%
Manufacturing	4,753	16.2%	4,269	3,674	1,079	29.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,530	5.2%	1,521	1,546	-16	-1.0%
Retail Trade	2,033	6.9%	2,202	2,584	-551	-21.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	698	2.4%	842	757	-59	-7.8%
Information	699	2.4%	654	766	-67	-8.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,039	3.5%	991	1,250	-211	-16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	482	1.6%	484	554	-72	-13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,150	7.3%	2,315	2,376	-226	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	810	2.8%	805	667	143	21.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,674	9.1%	2,838	2,923	-249	-8.5%
Educational Services	1,214	4.1%	1,490	1,243	-29	-2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,778	9.4%	3,043	3,294	-516	-15.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	395	1.3%	432	451	-56	-12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,378	4.7%	2,097	1,510	-132	-8.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,007	3.4%	1,681	958	49	5.1%
Public Administration	540	1.8%	557	558	-18	-3.2%
Information Not Available	1,049	3.6%	1,101	1,089	-40	-3.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,412		32,696	31,975
Male	13,291	50.3%	15,183	16,047	-2,756	-17.2%
Female	13,083	49.5%	17,464	15,902	-2,819	-17.7%
Information Not Available	38	0.1%	49	26	12	46.2%

Ethnicity	26,412		32,696	31,975
Hispanic or Latino	967	3.7%	1,154	1,071	-104	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,967	75.6%	24,568	24,057	-4,090	-17.0%
Information Not Available	5,478	20.7%	6,974	6,847	-1,369	-20.0%

Race	26,412		32,696	31,975
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	0.7%	230	217	-33	-15.2%
Asian	206	0.8%	189	193	13	6.7%
Black or African American	6,176	23.4%	7,752	6,764	-588	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	963	3.6%	1,182	884	79	8.9%
White	17,034	64.5%	20,762	19,087	-2,053	-10.8%
Information Not Available	1,849	7.0%	2,581	4,830	-2,981	-61.7%

Years of Age	26,412		32,696	31,975
Younger than 22	551	1.3%	580	683	-132	-19.3%
22-24	1,177	2.8%	1,337	1,644	-467	-28.4%
25-34	6,209	14.9%	7,461	7,647	-1,438	-18.8%
35-44	6,089	14.7%	7,439	7,303	-1,214	-16.6%
45-54	6,374	15.3%	7,940	7,911	-1,537	-19.4%
55-59	2,980	7.2%	3,651	3,500	-520	-14.9%
60-64	1,898	4.6%	2,444	1,989	-91	-4.6%
65 and older	1,134	2.7%	1,844	1,297	-163	-12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	26,412		32,696	31,975
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	160	0.6%	161	137	23	16.8%
Mining	108	0.4%	117	73	35	47.9%
Utilities	57	0.2%	38	69	-12	-17.4%
Construction	2,608	9.8%	2,657	3,265	-657	-20.1%
Manufacturing	3,312	12.5%	3,692	4,092	-780	-19.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,285	4.8%	1,366	1,428	-143	-10.0%
Retail Trade	2,654	10.0%	2,977	3,082	-428	-13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	772	2.9%	2,495	1,021	-249	-24.4%
Information	654	2.5%	759	782	-128	-16.4%
Finance and Insurance	904	3.4%	950	1,294	-390	-30.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	477	1.8%	609	481	-4	-0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,512	5.7%	1,644	1,918	-406	-21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.6%	175	135	24	17.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,460	13.0%	4,009	3,884	-424	-10.9%
Educational Services	818	3.1%	1,038	1,100	-282	-25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,319	12.5%	3,997	4,150	-831	-20.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	315	1.2%	383	352	-37	-10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,659	6.2%	3,131	2,198	-539	-24.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	702	2.6%	934	872	-170	-19.5%
Public Administration	291	1.1%	293	374	-83	-22.2%
Information Not Available	1,186	4.5%	1,271	1,268	-82	-6.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,099		16,256	16,695
Male	6,388	48.8%	7,294	7,448	-1,060	-14.2%
Female	6,694	51.1%	8,949	9,234	-2,540	-27.5%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	13	13	4	30.8%

Ethnicity	13,099		16,256	16,695
Hispanic or Latino	216	1.6%	233	255	-39	-15.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,870	90.6%	14,976	15,581	-3,711	-23.8%
Information Not Available	1,013	7.7%	1,047	859	154	17.9%

Race	13,099		16,256	16,695
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	0.3%	41	53	-11	-20.8%
Asian	51	0.4%	64	50	1	2.0%
Black or African American	7,686	58.7%	10,121	9,922	-2,236	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.2%	23	60	-34	-56.7%
White	4,999	38.2%	5,688	6,376	-1,377	-21.6%
Information Not Available	295	2.3%	319	234	61	26.1%

Years of Age	13,099		16,256	16,695
Younger than 22	228	1.3%	270	366	-138	-37.7%
22-24	657	3.8%	761	969	-312	-32.2%
25-34	3,523	20.4%	4,196	4,302	-779	-18.1%
35-44	3,157	18.3%	3,909	3,966	-809	-20.4%
45-54	2,872	16.6%	3,623	3,630	-758	-20.9%
55-59	1,324	7.7%	1,662	1,639	-315	-19.2%
60-64	827	4.8%	1,094	1,067	-240	-22.5%
65 and older	511	3.0%	741	756	-245	-32.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,099		16,256	16,695
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	64	0.5%	89	94	-30	-31.9%
Mining	167	1.3%	205	28	139	496.4%
Utilities	18	0.1%	18	18	0	0.0%
Construction	659	5.0%	732	955	-296	-31.0%
Manufacturing	1,600	12.2%	1,707	2,511	-911	-36.3%
Wholesale Trade	306	2.3%	296	374	-68	-18.2%
Retail Trade	1,179	9.0%	1,230	1,555	-376	-24.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	253	1.9%	337	366	-113	-30.9%
Information	83	0.6%	86	127	-44	-34.6%
Finance and Insurance	218	1.7%	211	286	-68	-23.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	125	0.9%	121	169	-44	-26.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	439	3.3%	510	517	-78	-15.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	107	0.8%	105	288	-181	-62.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,337	10.2%	1,399	1,705	-368	-21.6%
Educational Services	366	2.8%	463	558	-192	-34.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,681	12.8%	3,430	1,989	-308	-15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69	0.5%	79	145	-76	-52.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	843	6.4%	1,211	1,661	-818	-49.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	183	1.4%	200	251	-68	-27.1%
Public Administration	174	1.3%	193	296	-122	-41.2%
Information Not Available	3,228	24.5%	3,634	2,802	426	15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,794		4,700	3,790
Male	2,240	59.0%	2,447	2,020	220	10.9%
Female	1,546	40.7%	2,241	1,765	-219	-12.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.2%	12	5	3	60.0%

Ethnicity	3,794		4,700	3,790
Hispanic or Latino	152	4.0%	213	156	-4	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,469	91.4%	4,293	3,472	-3	-0.1%
Information Not Available	173	4.6%	194	162	11	6.8%

Race	3,794		4,700	3,790
American Indian or Alaskan Native	401	10.6%	596	592	-191	-32.3%
Asian	19	0.5%	29	25	-6	-24.0%
Black or African American	48	1.3%	59	49	-1	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.3%	17	7	5	71.4%
White	3,274	86.3%	3,951	3,078	196	6.4%
Information Not Available	40	1.1%	48	39	1	2.6%

Years of Age	3,794		4,700	3,790
Younger than 22	62	0.9%	78	66	-4	-6.1%
22-24	159	2.4%	168	172	-13	-7.6%
25-34	909	13.5%	1,053	877	32	3.6%
35-44	816	12.1%	1,010	787	29	3.7%
45-54	865	12.8%	1,092	947	-82	-8.7%
55-59	495	7.3%	625	450	45	10.0%
60-64	312	4.6%	398	298	14	4.7%
65 and older	176	2.6%	276	193	-17	-8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,794		4,700	3,790
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	1.5%	82	42	16	38.1%
Mining	181	4.7%	164	102	79	77.5%
Utilities	10	0.3%	15	38	-28	-73.7%
Construction	556	14.4%	510	489	67	13.7%
Manufacturing	308	8.0%	324	241	67	27.8%
Wholesale Trade	119	3.1%	116	83	36	43.4%
Retail Trade	355	9.2%	412	393	-38	-9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	143	3.7%	254	117	26	22.2%
Information	49	1.3%	62	63	-14	-22.2%
Finance and Insurance	80	2.1%	87	79	1	1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.2%	55	40	8	20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	207	5.4%	256	177	30	16.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	7	5	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	348	9.0%	449	265	83	31.3%
Educational Services	121	3.1%	203	150	-29	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	350	9.1%	640	431	-81	-18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	2.3%	99	89	1	1.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	415	10.8%	491	443	-28	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	109	2.8%	116	130	-21	-16.2%
Public Administration	166	4.3%	269	303	-137	-45.2%
Information Not Available	76	2.0%	89	110	-34	-30.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,107		31,740	43,038
Male	13,480	48.0%	14,705	20,908	-7,428	-35.5%
Female	14,616	52.0%	17,024	22,103	-7,487	-33.9%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	11	27	-16	-59.3%

Ethnicity	28,107		31,740	43,038
Hispanic or Latino	1,242	4.4%	1,366	1,889	-647	-34.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,146	93.0%	29,601	40,344	-14,198	-35.2%
Information Not Available	719	2.6%	773	805	-86	-10.7%

Race	28,107		31,740	43,038
American Indian or Alaskan Native	491	1.7%	567	644	-153	-23.8%
Asian	345	1.2%	391	420	-75	-17.9%
Black or African American	11,933	42.5%	14,250	18,353	-6,420	-35.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.2%	58	78	-27	-34.6%
White	13,451	47.9%	14,396	20,891	-7,440	-35.6%
Information Not Available	1,836	6.5%	2,078	2,652	-816	-30.8%

Years of Age	28,107		31,740	43,038
Younger than 22	448	1.1%	560	945	-497	-52.6%
22-24	1,363	3.4%	1,543	2,490	-1,127	-45.3%
25-34	6,948	17.4%	8,014	11,099	-4,151	-37.4%
35-44	7,005	17.6%	7,772	10,570	-3,565	-33.7%
45-54	6,955	17.5%	7,662	10,131	-3,176	-31.3%
55-59	2,791	7.0%	3,153	3,994	-1,203	-30.1%
60-64	1,705	4.3%	1,898	2,428	-723	-29.8%
65 and older	892	2.2%	1,138	1,381	-489	-35.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,107		31,740	43,038
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.4%	138	123	4	3.3%
Mining	9	0.0%	13	6	3	50.0%
Utilities	39	0.1%	33	45	-6	-13.3%
Construction	1,696	6.0%	1,795	1,893	-197	-10.4%
Manufacturing	3,471	12.3%	3,872	4,052	-581	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,222	4.3%	1,286	1,395	-173	-12.4%
Retail Trade	2,566	9.1%	2,692	3,529	-963	-27.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	622	2.2%	782	629	-7	-1.1%
Information	574	2.0%	606	376	198	52.7%
Finance and Insurance	881	3.1%	898	1,045	-164	-15.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	405	1.4%	436	418	-13	-3.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,847	6.5%	2,011	1,738	109	6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	0.3%	120	180	-82	-45.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,066	17.9%	6,278	5,143	-77	-1.5%
Educational Services	1,148	4.1%	1,395	982	166	16.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,847	10.1%	3,173	3,547	-700	-19.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	288	1.0%	332	194	94	48.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,554	5.5%	2,077	2,174	-620	-28.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	640	2.3%	682	598	42	7.0%
Public Administration	473	1.7%	527	408	65	15.9%
Information Not Available	2,534	9.0%	2,594	14,563	-12,029	-82.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,694		3,209	1,196
Male	1,931	71.7%	2,099	676	1,255	185.7%
Female	762	28.3%	1,109	520	242	46.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,694		3,209	1,196
Hispanic or Latino	150	5.6%	167	45	105	233.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,445	90.8%	2,949	1,115	1,330	119.3%
Information Not Available	99	3.7%	93	36	63	175.0%

Race	2,694		3,209	1,196
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	4.6%	259	79	44	55.7%
Asian	36	1.3%	36	8	28	350.0%
Black or African American	161	6.0%	193	57	104	182.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.3%	13	2	5	250.0%
White	2,118	78.6%	2,448	969	1,149	118.6%
Information Not Available	249	9.2%	260	81	168	207.4%

Years of Age	2,694		3,209	1,196
Younger than 22	27	0.6%	39	15	12	80.0%
22-24	96	2.1%	132	31	65	209.7%
25-34	703	15.3%	757	253	450	177.9%
35-44	568	12.4%	652	243	325	133.7%
45-54	689	15.0%	797	321	368	114.6%
55-59	298	6.5%	398	154	144	93.5%
60-64	225	4.9%	271	109	116	106.4%
65 and older	87	1.9%	162	68	19	27.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	2,694		3,209	1,196
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	1.3%	85	31	5	16.1%
Mining	485	17.8%	499	39	446	1143.6%
Utilities	9	0.3%	7	5	4	80.0%
Construction	361	13.2%	421	145	216	149.0%
Manufacturing	538	19.7%	508	144	394	273.6%
Wholesale Trade	153	5.6%	181	85	68	80.0%
Retail Trade	149	5.5%	171	101	48	47.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	224	8.2%	292	57	167	293.0%
Information	21	0.8%	18	20	1	5.0%
Finance and Insurance	42	1.5%	43	43	-1	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	41	1.5%	50	14	27	192.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	116	4.2%	120	77	39	50.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	4	3	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	69	2.5%	83	49	20	40.8%
Educational Services	2	0.1%	1	1	1	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	99	3.6%	143	115	-16	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.2%	4	8	-2	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	76	2.8%	103	52	24	46.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	39	1.4%	66	27	12	44.4%
Public Administration	97	3.6%	182	85	12	14.1%
Information Not Available	128	4.7%	228	95	33	34.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,724		6,079	5,757
Male	2,147	45.4%	2,854	2,579	-432	-16.8%
Female	2,222	47.0%	2,861	2,905	-683	-23.5%
Information Not Available	355	7.5%	364	273	82	30.0%

Ethnicity	4,724		6,079	5,757
Hispanic or Latino	316	6.7%	392	353	-37	-10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,532	74.8%	4,669	4,626	-1,094	-23.6%
Information Not Available	876	18.5%	1,018	778	98	12.6%

Race	4,724		6,079	5,757
American Indian or Alaskan Native	74	1.6%	104	100	-26	-26.0%
Asian	60	1.3%	64	72	-12	-16.7%
Black or African American	493	10.4%	612	636	-143	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.2%	20	18	-7	-38.9%
White	3,185	67.4%	4,162	3,933	-748	-19.0%
Information Not Available	901	19.1%	1,117	998	-97	-9.7%

Years of Age	4,724		6,079	5,757
Younger than 22	48	0.6%	60	82	-34	-41.5%
22-24	144	1.9%	177	203	-59	-29.1%
25-34	1,111	14.8%	1,324	1,396	-285	-20.4%
35-44	1,055	14.1%	1,365	1,263	-208	-16.5%
45-54	1,141	15.2%	1,502	1,393	-252	-18.1%
55-59	587	7.8%	778	663	-76	-11.5%
60-64	413	5.5%	545	480	-67	-14.0%
65 and older	225	3.0%	328	277	-52	-18.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,724		6,079	5,757
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37	0.8%	45	45	-8	-17.8%
Mining	23	0.5%	23	6	17	283.3%
Utilities	6	0.1%	5	9	-3	-33.3%
Construction	404	8.5%	362	366	38	10.4%
Manufacturing	718	15.1%	1,389	896	-178	-19.9%
Wholesale Trade	234	4.9%	244	243	-9	-3.7%
Retail Trade	506	10.6%	552	579	-73	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	142	3.0%	330	169	-27	-16.0%
Information	92	1.9%	89	121	-29	-24.0%
Finance and Insurance	248	5.2%	251	310	-62	-20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	62	1.3%	65	67	-5	-7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	242	5.1%	259	297	-55	-18.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.8%	42	44	-6	-13.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	425	8.9%	463	645	-220	-34.1%
Educational Services	116	2.4%	155	156	-40	-25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	524	11.0%	641	715	-191	-26.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	1.3%	65	83	-23	-27.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	241	5.1%	440	348	-107	-30.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	116	2.4%	119	121	-5	-4.1%
Public Administration	144	3.0%	150	158	-14	-8.9%
Information Not Available	346	7.3%	390	379	-33	-8.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,956		5,082	5,108
Male	1,925	48.7%	2,173	2,642	-717	-27.1%
Female	1,995	50.4%	2,859	2,425	-430	-17.7%
Information Not Available	36	0.9%	50	41	-5	-12.2%

Ethnicity	3,956		5,082	5,108
Hispanic or Latino	136	3.4%	161	192	-56	-29.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,310	83.7%	4,254	4,225	-915	-21.7%
Information Not Available	510	12.9%	667	691	-181	-26.2%

Race	3,956		5,082	5,108
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.6%	38	39	-15	-38.5%
Asian	67	1.7%	78	87	-20	-23.0%
Black or African American	74	1.9%	86	92	-18	-19.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	1	12	-10	-83.3%
White	3,470	87.7%	4,472	4,516	-1,046	-23.2%
Information Not Available	319	8.1%	407	362	-43	-11.9%

Years of Age	3,956		5,082	5,108
Younger than 22	17	0.2%	22	45	-28	-62.2%
22-24	80	1.2%	100	119	-39	-32.8%
25-34	624	9.0%	743	921	-297	-32.2%
35-44	747	10.7%	985	983	-236	-24.0%
45-54	1,159	16.7%	1,421	1,400	-241	-17.2%
55-59	562	8.1%	794	751	-189	-25.2%
60-64	473	6.8%	596	543	-70	-12.9%
65 and older	294	4.2%	421	346	-52	-15.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,956		5,082	5,108
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.5%	28	19	2	10.5%
Mining	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.3%	13	9	1	11.1%
Construction	50	1.3%	53	108	-58	-53.7%
Manufacturing	449	11.3%	526	718	-269	-37.5%
Wholesale Trade	217	5.5%	213	244	-27	-11.1%
Retail Trade	264	6.6%	270	353	-89	-25.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	72	1.8%	691	66	6	9.1%
Information	86	2.2%	96	72	14	19.4%
Finance and Insurance	131	3.3%	130	204	-73	-35.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	53	1.3%	55	83	-30	-36.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	312	7.8%	307	311	1	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.7%	22	30	-2	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	518	13.0%	528	699	-181	-25.9%
Educational Services	213	5.4%	265	274	-61	-22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	479	12.0%	602	541	-62	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	39	1.0%	46	69	-30	-43.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	64	1.6%	181	88	-24	-27.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	155	3.9%	170	172	-17	-9.9%
Public Administration	58	1.5%	65	76	-18	-23.7%
Information Not Available	736	18.5%	819	972	-236	-24.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	93,191		113,259	105,641
Male	46,944	50.4%	50,735	53,049	-6,105	-11.5%
Female	46,247	49.6%	62,524	52,592	-6,345	-12.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	93,191		113,259	105,641
Hispanic or Latino	19,175	20.6%	23,533	20,969	-1,794	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,192	68.9%	77,618	73,345	-9,153	-12.5%
Information Not Available	9,824	10.5%	12,108	11,327	-1,503	-13.3%

Race	93,191		113,259	105,641
American Indian or Alaskan Native	415	0.4%	481	464	-49	-10.6%
Asian	3,599	3.9%	4,137	4,542	-943	-20.8%
Black or African American	21,994	23.6%	25,855	24,784	-2,790	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	558	0.6%	651	640	-82	-12.8%
White	52,849	56.7%	66,213	59,880	-7,031	-11.7%
Information Not Available	13,776	14.8%	15,922	15,331	-1,555	-10.1%

Years of Age	93,191		113,259	105,641
Younger than 22	1,984	1.4%	1,984	2,567	-583	-22.7%
22-24	5,126	3.7%	5,345	6,234	-1,108	-17.8%
25-34	22,004	15.9%	24,009	25,406	-3,402	-13.4%
35-44	18,577	13.4%	21,663	21,728	-3,151	-14.5%
45-54	21,205	15.3%	26,452	24,123	-2,918	-12.1%
55-59	10,137	7.3%	12,813	10,910	-773	-7.1%
60-64	7,364	5.3%	9,661	7,766	-402	-5.2%
65 and older	6,794	4.9%	11,332	6,907	-113	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	93,191		113,259	105,641
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	129	0.1%	131	149	-20	-13.4%
Mining	31	0.0%	36	53	-22	-41.5%
Utilities	118	0.1%	114	137	-19	-13.9%
Construction	6,694	7.2%	6,046	6,454	240	3.7%
Manufacturing	5,828	6.2%	6,091	6,585	-757	-11.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,822	5.2%	4,937	5,260	-438	-8.3%
Retail Trade	10,291	11.0%	10,619	11,649	-1,358	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,316	5.7%	10,203	4,801	515	10.7%
Information	1,753	1.9%	1,821	2,101	-348	-16.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,932	3.1%	2,856	3,843	-911	-23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,455	1.6%	1,546	1,522	-67	-4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,246	6.7%	6,558	6,616	-370	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,247	1.3%	1,347	579	668	115.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,167	13.0%	12,958	12,261	-94	-0.8%
Educational Services	4,602	4.9%	6,638	5,349	-747	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,455	11.2%	11,784	11,715	-1,260	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,147	1.2%	1,192	1,165	-18	-1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,458	6.9%	13,170	9,275	-2,817	-30.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,432	2.6%	2,522	2,582	-150	-5.8%
Public Administration	1,463	1.6%	4,115	1,143	320	28.0%
Information Not Available	7,605	8.1%	8,575	12,402	-4,797	-38.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,492		11,509	12,340
Male	6,827	59.4%	6,435	6,650	177	2.7%
Female	4,665	40.6%	5,074	5,690	-1,025	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,492		11,509	12,340
Hispanic or Latino	5,549	48.3%	5,682	6,014	-465	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,873	42.4%	4,789	5,190	-317	-6.1%
Information Not Available	1,070	9.3%	1,038	1,136	-66	-5.8%

Race	11,492		11,509	12,340
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,531	13.3%	1,573	1,464	67	4.6%
Asian	82	0.7%	77	90	-8	-8.9%
Black or African American	348	3.0%	349	377	-29	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.3%	35	36	-2	-5.6%
White	5,927	51.6%	5,951	6,412	-485	-7.6%
Information Not Available	3,570	31.1%	3,524	3,961	-391	-9.9%

Years of Age	11,492		11,509	12,340
Younger than 22	305	1.8%	273	331	-26	-7.9%
22-24	603	3.6%	557	656	-53	-8.1%
25-34	2,897	17.4%	2,686	3,087	-190	-6.2%
35-44	2,553	15.4%	2,593	2,749	-196	-7.1%
45-54	2,584	15.5%	2,699	2,813	-229	-8.1%
55-59	1,263	7.6%	1,276	1,247	16	1.3%
60-64	801	4.8%	888	897	-96	-10.7%
65 and older	486	2.9%	537	560	-74	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,492		11,509	12,340
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	196	1.7%	144	219	-23	-10.5%
Mining	748	6.4%	726	341	407	119.4%
Utilities	31	0.3%	23	22	9	40.9%
Construction	2,092	17.9%	1,961	2,244	-152	-6.8%
Manufacturing	529	4.5%	495	693	-164	-23.7%
Wholesale Trade	313	2.7%	298	310	3	1.0%
Retail Trade	1,157	9.9%	1,067	1,436	-279	-19.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	311	2.7%	478	273	38	13.9%
Information	468	4.0%	441	423	45	10.6%
Finance and Insurance	259	2.2%	228	321	-62	-19.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	207	1.8%	193	203	4	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	675	5.8%	644	747	-72	-9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	28	93	-65	-69.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	926	7.9%	931	919	7	0.8%
Educational Services	402	3.4%	484	543	-141	-26.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,260	10.8%	1,422	1,517	-257	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	262	2.2%	277	291	-29	-10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	760	6.5%	868	912	-152	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	294	2.5%	282	313	-19	-6.1%
Public Administration	503	4.3%	455	519	-16	-3.1%
Information Not Available	71	0.6%	64	1	70	7000.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,623		25,871	26,397
Male	14,288	55.8%	14,245	14,408	-120	-0.8%
Female	11,229	43.8%	11,506	11,865	-636	-5.4%
Information Not Available	106	0.4%	120	124	-18	-14.5%

Ethnicity	25,623		25,871	26,397
Hispanic or Latino	5,386	21.0%	5,364	5,148	238	4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,275	63.5%	16,595	17,218	-943	-5.5%
Information Not Available	3,962	15.5%	3,912	4,031	-69	-1.7%

Race	25,623		25,871	26,397
American Indian or Alaskan Native	636	2.5%	643	602	34	5.6%
Asian	1,543	6.0%	1,533	1,592	-49	-3.1%
Black or African American	3,865	15.1%	3,997	3,706	159	4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	597	2.3%	575	624	-27	-4.3%
White	14,561	56.8%	14,717	15,670	-1,109	-7.1%
Information Not Available	4,421	17.3%	4,406	4,203	218	5.2%

Years of Age	25,623		25,871	26,397
Younger than 22	553	1.4%	596	626	-73	-11.7%
22-24	1,220	3.2%	1,291	1,362	-142	-10.4%
25-34	5,857	15.3%	5,921	6,144	-287	-4.7%
35-44	5,650	14.7%	5,581	5,937	-287	-4.8%
45-54	6,149	16.1%	6,150	6,156	-7	-0.1%
55-59	2,781	7.3%	2,763	2,718	63	2.3%
60-64	1,878	4.9%	1,809	1,906	-28	-1.5%
65 and older	1,535	4.0%	1,760	1,548	-13	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,623		25,871	26,397
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.1%	33	35	-15	-42.9%
Mining	255	1.0%	207	200	55	27.5%
Utilities	20	0.1%	28	32	-12	-37.5%
Construction	2,495	9.7%	2,562	2,686	-191	-7.1%
Manufacturing	932	3.6%	901	1,021	-89	-8.7%
Wholesale Trade	639	2.5%	592	615	24	3.9%
Retail Trade	1,929	7.5%	2,198	2,236	-307	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,247	4.9%	848	763	484	63.4%
Information	334	1.3%	310	386	-52	-13.5%
Finance and Insurance	560	2.2%	565	812	-252	-31.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	645	2.5%	615	598	47	7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,092	4.3%	1,114	1,160	-68	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	204	0.8%	255	254	-50	-19.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,560	13.9%	3,809	3,658	-98	-2.7%
Educational Services	326	1.3%	431	414	-88	-21.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,280	5.0%	1,340	1,583	-303	-19.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	447	1.7%	460	605	-158	-26.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,587	17.9%	4,543	4,064	523	12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	520	2.0%	507	499	21	4.2%
Public Administration	402	1.6%	477	389	13	3.3%
Information Not Available	4,129	16.1%	4,076	4,387	-258	-5.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	144,376		166,002	155,555
Male	75,000	51.9%	81,777	80,585	-5,585	-6.9%
Female	69,358	48.0%	84,206	74,953	-5,595	-7.5%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	19	17	1	5.9%

Ethnicity	144,376		166,002	155,555
Hispanic or Latino	26,619	18.4%	30,706	27,679	-1,060	-3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,137	64.5%	107,418	102,110	-8,973	-8.8%
Information Not Available	24,620	17.1%	27,878	25,766	-1,146	-4.4%

Race	144,376		166,002	155,555
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,214	0.8%	1,310	1,360	-146	-10.7%
Asian	4,976	3.4%	5,340	5,473	-497	-9.1%
Black or African American	27,090	18.8%	30,237	28,361	-1,271	-4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	908	0.6%	996	977	-69	-7.1%
White	70,750	49.0%	83,050	76,966	-6,216	-8.1%
Information Not Available	39,438	27.3%	45,069	42,418	-2,980	-7.0%

Years of Age	144,376		166,002	155,555
Younger than 22	3,461	1.7%	3,757	4,235	-774	-18.3%
22-24	8,866	4.3%	9,592	10,366	-1,500	-14.5%
25-34	38,394	18.7%	41,947	41,648	-3,254	-7.8%
35-44	30,645	14.9%	34,054	32,700	-2,055	-6.3%
45-54	31,948	15.5%	36,964	34,413	-2,465	-7.2%
55-59	13,924	6.8%	16,801	14,692	-768	-5.2%
60-64	9,659	4.7%	12,181	9,751	-92	-0.9%
65 and older	7,479	3.6%	10,706	7,750	-271	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	144,376		166,002	155,555
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	296	0.2%	441	260	36	13.8%
Mining	108	0.1%	170	61	47	77.0%
Utilities	124	0.1%	118	111	13	11.7%
Construction	14,039	9.7%	12,801	14,483	-444	-3.1%
Manufacturing	7,688	5.3%	7,609	9,107	-1,419	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	6,100	4.2%	6,080	6,483	-383	-5.9%
Retail Trade	13,631	9.4%	14,613	15,562	-1,931	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,696	6.0%	17,588	7,139	1,557	21.8%
Information	5,239	3.6%	5,610	5,308	-69	-1.3%
Finance and Insurance	5,691	3.9%	5,778	6,013	-322	-5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,187	2.2%	3,022	3,614	-427	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,490	7.3%	10,490	11,165	-675	-6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	890	0.6%	936	807	83	10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,869	12.4%	18,392	19,440	-1,571	-8.1%
Educational Services	6,669	4.6%	7,679	7,710	-1,041	-13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,280	11.9%	20,095	19,514	-2,234	-11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,323	3.0%	4,903	4,375	-52	-1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,684	6.7%	16,283	10,856	-1,172	-10.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,309	3.0%	4,830	4,670	-361	-7.7%
Public Administration	3,717	2.6%	4,292	3,826	-109	-2.8%
Information Not Available	4,346	3.0%	4,272	5,051	-705	-14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,352		54,415	51,455
Male	28,882	58.5%	29,869	27,622	1,260	4.6%
Female	20,330	41.2%	24,378	23,638	-3,308	-14.0%
Information Not Available	140	0.3%	168	195	-55	-28.2%

Ethnicity	49,352		54,415	51,455
Hispanic or Latino	1,568	3.2%	1,743	1,543	25	1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,466	92.1%	50,164	47,435	-1,969	-4.2%
Information Not Available	2,318	4.7%	2,508	2,477	-159	-6.4%

Race	49,352		54,415	51,455
American Indian or Alaskan Native	215	0.4%	214	216	-1	-0.5%
Asian	364	0.7%	407	384	-20	-5.2%
Black or African American	8,668	17.6%	9,991	9,813	-1,145	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.1%	50	38	6	15.8%
White	37,516	76.0%	41,000	38,454	-938	-2.4%
Information Not Available	2,545	5.2%	2,753	2,550	-5	-0.2%

Years of Age	49,352		54,415	51,455
Younger than 22	818	1.0%	863	880	-62	-7.0%
22-24	2,027	2.4%	2,153	2,058	-31	-1.5%
25-34	10,204	12.3%	11,365	10,767	-563	-5.2%
35-44	11,647	14.0%	12,794	12,334	-687	-5.6%
45-54	13,116	15.8%	14,331	13,390	-274	-2.0%
55-59	5,891	7.1%	6,494	6,135	-244	-4.0%
60-64	3,821	4.6%	4,229	3,979	-158	-4.0%
65 and older	1,828	2.2%	2,186	1,912	-84	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,352		54,415	51,455
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	162	0.3%	149	135	27	20.0%
Mining	758	1.5%	831	189	569	301.1%
Utilities	93	0.2%	81	51	42	82.4%
Construction	6,424	13.0%	6,882	6,090	334	5.5%
Manufacturing	10,414	21.0%	9,458	8,567	1,847	21.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,656	5.4%	2,840	2,609	47	1.8%
Retail Trade	2,394	4.8%	2,470	2,781	-387	-13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,551	3.1%	2,684	1,601	-50	-3.1%
Information	793	1.6%	724	966	-173	-17.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,588	3.2%	1,531	2,066	-478	-23.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	863	1.7%	896	957	-94	-9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,397	6.9%	3,513	3,516	-119	-3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	874	1.8%	913	967	-93	-9.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,259	12.6%	6,720	7,106	-847	-11.9%
Educational Services	1,430	2.9%	1,742	1,707	-277	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,541	9.2%	6,306	6,020	-1,479	-24.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	470	0.9%	524	543	-73	-13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,631	3.3%	2,418	2,013	-382	-19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,135	2.3%	1,523	1,259	-124	-9.8%
Public Administration	403	0.8%	422	432	-29	-6.7%
Information Not Available	1,516	3.1%	1,788	1,880	-364	-19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,245		22,160	15,982
Male	13,112	61.7%	13,544	8,335	4,777	57.3%
Female	8,087	38.1%	8,577	7,617	470	6.2%
Information Not Available	46	0.2%	39	30	16	53.3%

Ethnicity	21,245		22,160	15,982
Hispanic or Latino	1,966	9.3%	2,075	1,198	768	64.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,279	90.7%	20,085	14,784	4,495	30.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	21,245		22,160	15,982
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,013	9.5%	2,139	1,604	409	25.5%
Asian	179	0.8%	184	135	44	32.6%
Black or African American	2,839	13.4%	2,965	2,517	322	12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.1%	26	29	-1	-3.4%
White	13,696	64.5%	14,193	9,791	3,905	39.9%
Information Not Available	2,490	11.7%	2,653	1,906	584	30.6%

Years of Age	21,245		22,160	15,982
Younger than 22	319	1.0%	360	286	33	11.5%
22-24	1,007	3.0%	1,003	742	265	35.7%
25-34	5,426	16.2%	5,557	3,892	1,534	39.4%
35-44	4,937	14.8%	5,305	3,775	1,162	30.8%
45-54	4,822	14.4%	5,022	3,801	1,021	26.9%
55-59	2,216	6.6%	2,281	1,709	507	29.7%
60-64	1,516	4.5%	1,601	1,038	478	46.1%
65 and older	1,002	3.0%	1,031	739	263	35.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,245		22,160	15,982
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.2%	44	39	3	7.7%
Mining	2,248	10.6%	2,561	580	1,668	287.6%
Utilities	88	0.4%	89	42	46	109.5%
Construction	1,634	7.7%	1,589	1,263	371	29.4%
Manufacturing	3,960	18.6%	3,892	1,439	2,521	175.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,109	5.2%	1,115	710	399	56.2%
Retail Trade	1,645	7.7%	1,691	1,734	-89	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	522	2.5%	548	445	77	17.3%
Information	337	1.6%	358	412	-75	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	475	2.2%	510	527	-52	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	464	2.2%	477	311	153	49.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,115	5.2%	1,175	893	222	24.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	101	0.5%	110	58	43	74.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,368	11.1%	2,635	2,139	229	10.7%
Educational Services	496	2.3%	491	570	-74	-13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,506	7.1%	1,552	1,714	-208	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	147	0.7%	169	196	-49	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	757	3.6%	832	751	6	0.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	653	3.1%	701	600	53	8.8%
Public Administration	687	3.2%	730	783	-96	-12.3%
Information Not Available	891	4.2%	891	776	115	14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,829		29,688	30,679
Male	14,914	55.6%	15,198	16,641	-1,727	-10.4%
Female	11,905	44.4%	14,476	14,035	-2,130	-15.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	14	3	7	233.3%

Ethnicity	26,829		29,688	30,679
Hispanic or Latino	2,433	9.1%	2,809	2,843	-410	-14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,152	78.8%	23,571	24,133	-2,981	-12.4%
Information Not Available	3,244	12.1%	3,308	3,703	-459	-12.4%

Race	26,829		29,688	30,679
American Indian or Alaskan Native	293	1.1%	305	307	-14	-4.6%
Asian	546	2.0%	573	595	-49	-8.2%
Black or African American	576	2.1%	645	609	-33	-5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	183	0.7%	235	214	-31	-14.5%
White	15,511	57.8%	17,311	17,605	-2,094	-11.9%
Information Not Available	9,720	36.2%	10,619	11,349	-1,629	-14.4%

Years of Age	26,829		29,688	30,679
Younger than 22	370	0.9%	374	470	-100	-21.3%
22-24	988	2.5%	1,061	1,365	-377	-27.6%
25-34	6,183	15.4%	6,743	7,342	-1,159	-15.8%
35-44	6,319	15.7%	6,903	7,095	-776	-10.9%
45-54	6,603	16.4%	7,154	7,315	-712	-9.7%
55-59	3,138	7.8%	3,480	3,339	-201	-6.0%
60-64	2,115	5.3%	2,492	2,541	-426	-16.8%
65 and older	1,113	2.8%	1,481	1,212	-99	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,829		29,688	30,679
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	578	2.1%	755	967	-389	-40.2%
Mining	59	0.2%	74	45	14	31.1%
Utilities	47	0.2%	42	43	4	9.3%
Construction	3,094	11.3%	2,840	3,262	-168	-5.2%
Manufacturing	3,540	12.9%	3,329	3,417	123	3.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,037	3.8%	1,053	1,142	-105	-9.2%
Retail Trade	2,605	9.5%	2,817	3,202	-597	-18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	747	2.7%	1,380	740	7	0.9%
Information	625	2.3%	645	700	-75	-10.7%
Finance and Insurance	892	3.3%	958	1,122	-230	-20.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	451	1.6%	455	483	-32	-6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,415	5.2%	1,575	1,636	-221	-13.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.6%	172	203	-51	-25.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,500	9.1%	2,634	2,995	-495	-16.5%
Educational Services	796	2.9%	887	833	-37	-4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,118	11.4%	4,320	3,692	-574	-15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	263	1.0%	329	348	-85	-24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,709	6.2%	2,188	2,407	-698	-29.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	759	2.8%	814	882	-123	-13.9%
Public Administration	684	2.5%	702	744	-60	-8.1%
Information Not Available	1,758	6.4%	1,719	1,816	-58	-3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	121,043		144,290	123,032
Male	66,859	55.2%	71,148	63,850	3,009	4.7%
Female	54,169	44.8%	73,125	59,164	-4,995	-8.4%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	17	18	-3	-16.7%

Ethnicity	121,043		144,290	123,032
Hispanic or Latino	7,175	5.9%	7,963	7,851	-676	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	109,740	90.7%	131,848	111,020	-1,280	-1.2%
Information Not Available	4,128	3.4%	4,479	4,161	-33	-0.8%

Race	121,043		144,290	123,032
American Indian or Alaskan Native	286	0.2%	344	349	-63	-18.1%
Asian	48	0.0%	57	52	-4	-7.7%
Black or African American	21,331	17.6%	24,423	22,906	-1,575	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,721	1.4%	1,726	1,851	-130	-7.0%
White	86,596	71.5%	105,495	86,298	298	0.3%
Information Not Available	11,061	9.1%	12,245	11,576	-515	-4.4%

Years of Age	121,043		144,290	123,032
Younger than 22	2,707	1.4%	3,029	2,998	-291	-9.7%
22-24	6,123	3.1%	6,699	6,846	-723	-10.6%
25-34	27,834	14.1%	30,324	28,743	-909	-3.2%
35-44	25,049	12.7%	28,165	25,652	-603	-2.4%
45-54	28,128	14.2%	33,526	28,849	-721	-2.5%
55-59	14,112	7.1%	16,884	13,623	489	3.6%
60-64	10,076	5.1%	12,693	9,425	651	6.9%
65 and older	7,014	3.6%	12,970	6,896	118	1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	121,043		144,290	123,032
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	273	0.2%	264	296	-23	-7.8%
Mining	2,983	2.5%	3,086	939	2,044	217.7%
Utilities	228	0.2%	198	283	-55	-19.4%
Construction	11,229	9.3%	10,761	11,433	-204	-1.8%
Manufacturing	19,161	15.8%	16,481	15,329	3,832	25.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,774	3.9%	4,575	4,507	267	5.9%
Retail Trade	10,763	8.9%	11,457	13,023	-2,260	-17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,550	6.2%	21,772	6,423	1,127	17.5%
Information	1,799	1.5%	1,743	1,690	109	6.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,321	2.7%	3,347	4,424	-1,103	-24.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,568	1.3%	1,557	1,482	86	5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,588	5.4%	6,698	6,813	-225	-3.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	995	0.8%	981	851	144	16.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,470	10.3%	13,597	13,674	-1,204	-8.8%
Educational Services	4,202	3.5%	5,067	4,857	-655	-13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,354	13.5%	17,777	18,102	-1,748	-9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,544	1.3%	1,688	1,745	-201	-11.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,891	6.5%	15,405	8,376	-485	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,834	2.3%	3,045	2,976	-142	-4.8%
Public Administration	1,228	1.0%	1,306	1,534	-306	-19.9%
Information Not Available	3,288	2.7%	3,485	4,275	-987	-23.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,543		28,291	29,213
Male	14,775	55.7%	14,950	15,832	-1,057	-6.7%
Female	11,768	44.3%	13,341	13,381	-1,613	-12.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,543		28,291	29,213
Hispanic or Latino	26,124	98.4%	27,837	28,443	-2,319	-8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	113	0.4%	119	208	-95	-45.7%
Information Not Available	306	1.2%	335	562	-256	-45.6%

Race	26,543		28,291	29,213
American Indian or Alaskan Native	314	1.2%	326	895	-581	-64.9%
Asian	15	0.1%	22	23	-8	-34.8%
Black or African American	1,177	4.4%	1,360	1,149	28	2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	15	26	-12	-46.2%
White	5,725	21.6%	6,105	7,342	-1,617	-22.0%
Information Not Available	19,298	72.7%	20,463	19,778	-480	-2.4%

Years of Age	26,543		28,291	29,213
Younger than 22	874	2.8%	884	1,034	-160	-15.5%
22-24	1,902	6.1%	1,941	2,307	-405	-17.6%
25-34	8,058	25.8%	8,768	9,343	-1,285	-13.8%
35-44	6,844	21.9%	7,302	7,376	-532	-7.2%
45-54	5,258	16.8%	5,618	5,404	-146	-2.7%
55-59	1,813	5.8%	1,883	1,932	-119	-6.2%
60-64	1,060	3.4%	1,137	1,047	13	1.2%
65 and older	718	2.3%	740	747	-29	-3.9%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	18	23	-7	-30.4%

Industry	26,543		28,291	29,213
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,371	4.9%	1,326	1,361	10	0.7%
Mining	36	0.1%	23	45	-9	-20.0%
Utilities	23	0.1%	25	19	4	21.1%
Construction	3,115	11.2%	3,110	2,853	262	9.2%
Manufacturing	2,324	8.3%	2,258	2,426	-102	-4.2%
Wholesale Trade	689	2.5%	685	761	-72	-9.5%
Retail Trade	2,452	8.8%	2,504	2,687	-235	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	488	1.7%	686	705	-217	-30.8%
Information	315	1.1%	342	323	-8	-2.5%
Finance and Insurance	596	2.1%	600	522	74	14.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	199	0.7%	190	259	-60	-23.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,153	4.1%	1,148	1,260	-107	-8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.1%	21	23	-5	-21.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,759	13.5%	3,916	4,766	-1,007	-21.1%
Educational Services	3,278	11.7%	4,833	3,804	-526	-13.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,727	6.2%	1,782	1,728	-1	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	0.3%	74	74	7	9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,588	5.7%	1,409	1,504	84	5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	354	1.3%	400	474	-120	-25.3%
Public Administration	1,834	6.6%	1,886	2,349	-515	-21.9%
Information Not Available	1,143	4.1%	1,073	1,270	-127	-10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,209		10,335	8,401
Male	3,352	46.5%	3,967	4,023	-671	-16.7%
Female	3,857	53.5%	6,368	4,378	-521	-11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,209		10,335	8,401
Hispanic or Latino	1,193	16.5%	1,581	1,284	-91	-7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,453	61.8%	6,402	5,349	-896	-16.8%
Information Not Available	1,563	21.7%	2,352	1,768	-205	-11.6%

Race	7,209		10,335	8,401
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.5%	57	58	-19	-32.8%
Asian	155	2.2%	150	151	4	2.6%
Black or African American	442	6.1%	562	592	-150	-25.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.4%	38	45	-16	-35.6%
White	4,780	66.3%	7,001	5,656	-876	-15.5%
Information Not Available	1,764	24.5%	2,527	1,899	-135	-7.1%

Years of Age	7,209		10,335	8,401
Younger than 22	115	1.0%	144	170	-55	-32.4%
22-24	393	3.5%	418	445	-52	-11.7%
25-34	1,604	14.2%	1,889	1,907	-303	-15.9%
35-44	1,390	12.3%	1,916	1,787	-397	-22.2%
45-54	1,715	15.2%	2,683	1,922	-207	-10.8%
55-59	815	7.2%	1,273	918	-103	-11.2%
60-64	673	5.9%	1,042	732	-59	-8.1%
65 and older	504	4.5%	970	520	-16	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,209		10,335	8,401
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.1%	6	10	-4	-40.0%
Mining	11	0.2%	4	2	9	450.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	7	4	2	50.0%
Construction	491	6.8%	498	700	-209	-29.9%
Manufacturing	1,002	13.9%	945	905	97	10.7%
Wholesale Trade	363	5.0%	388	383	-20	-5.2%
Retail Trade	749	10.4%	763	857	-108	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	150	2.1%	1,446	202	-52	-25.7%
Information	117	1.6%	119	91	26	28.6%
Finance and Insurance	365	5.1%	359	476	-111	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	136	1.9%	187	150	-14	-9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	439	6.1%	463	540	-101	-18.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	101	1.4%	97	96	5	5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	953	13.2%	982	972	-19	-2.0%
Educational Services	239	3.3%	376	271	-32	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,042	14.4%	1,336	1,381	-339	-24.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	1.3%	108	115	-22	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	442	6.1%	1,603	585	-143	-24.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	289	4.0%	354	373	-84	-22.5%
Public Administration	57	0.8%	93	63	-6	-9.5%
Information Not Available	158	2.2%	201	225	-67	-29.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,112		22,368	23,070
Male	9,935	49.4%	10,360	11,050	-1,115	-10.1%
Female	10,177	50.6%	12,008	12,020	-1,843	-15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,112		22,368	23,070
Hispanic or Latino	648	3.2%	653	701	-53	-7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,062	94.8%	21,290	21,920	-2,858	-13.0%
Information Not Available	402	2.0%	425	449	-47	-10.5%

Race	20,112		22,368	23,070
American Indian or Alaskan Native	153	0.8%	144	115	38	33.0%
Asian	130	0.6%	136	146	-16	-11.0%
Black or African American	9,956	49.5%	11,572	11,384	-1,428	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.2%	38	41	-7	-17.1%
White	9,103	45.3%	9,691	10,554	-1,451	-13.7%
Information Not Available	736	3.7%	787	830	-94	-11.3%

Years of Age	20,112		22,368	23,070
Younger than 22	42	0.2%	65	649	-607	-93.5%
22-24	28	0.1%	50	816	-788	-96.6%
25-34	712	2.7%	929	5,643	-4,931	-87.4%
35-44	3,326	12.4%	3,962	5,409	-2,083	-38.5%
45-54	4,795	17.8%	5,391	5,457	-662	-12.1%
55-59	2,306	8.6%	2,468	2,373	-67	-2.8%
60-64	2,348	8.7%	2,494	1,702	646	38.0%
65 and older	6,529	24.3%	6,982	978	5,551	567.6%
Information Not Available	26	0.1%	27	43	-17	-39.5%

Industry	20,112		22,368	23,070
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	88	0.4%	80	107	-19	-17.8%
Mining	22	0.1%	23	19	3	15.8%
Utilities	38	0.2%	32	44	-6	-13.6%
Construction	1,340	6.6%	1,393	1,414	-74	-5.2%
Manufacturing	3,565	17.6%	3,399	4,031	-466	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	769	3.8%	844	758	11	1.5%
Retail Trade	1,605	7.9%	1,710	2,190	-585	-26.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	497	2.5%	841	557	-60	-10.8%
Information	248	1.2%	273	323	-75	-23.2%
Finance and Insurance	557	2.8%	570	947	-390	-41.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	262	1.3%	244	288	-26	-9.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,147	5.7%	1,197	1,379	-232	-16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	95	0.5%	64	94	1	1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,550	17.6%	3,851	3,586	-36	-1.0%
Educational Services	501	2.5%	613	562	-61	-10.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,569	7.8%	1,832	1,789	-220	-12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	405	2.0%	208	265	140	52.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,116	5.5%	1,966	1,416	-300	-21.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	559	2.8%	814	565	-6	-1.1%
Public Administration	373	1.8%	402	388	-15	-3.9%
Information Not Available	1,806	8.9%	2,012	2,348	-542	-23.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,038		1,284	1,053
Male	549	52.9%	604	508	41	8.1%
Female	489	47.1%	680	545	-56	-10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,038		1,284	1,053
Hispanic or Latino	36	3.5%	32	20	16	80.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	848	81.7%	1,076	915	-67	-7.3%
Information Not Available	154	14.8%	176	118	36	30.5%

Race	1,038		1,284	1,053
American Indian or Alaskan Native	132	12.7%	261	187	-55	-29.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Black or African American	63	6.1%	46	38	25	65.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.4%	2	2	2	100.0%
White	724	69.7%	859	719	5	0.7%
Information Not Available	115	11.1%	116	105	10	9.5%

Years of Age	1,038		1,284	1,053
Younger than 22	8	0.5%	13	10	-2	-20.0%
22-24	24	1.5%	35	31	-7	-22.6%
25-34	224	13.6%	244	197	27	13.7%
35-44	219	13.3%	275	244	-25	-10.2%
45-54	237	14.4%	289	289	-52	-18.0%
55-59	158	9.6%	202	118	40	33.9%
60-64	111	6.7%	139	86	25	29.1%
65 and older	57	3.5%	87	78	-21	-26.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,038		1,284	1,053
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3	0.3%	7	6	-3	-50.0%
Mining	28	2.7%	38	2	26	1300.0%
Utilities	3	0.3%	4	0	3	0.0%
Construction	86	8.3%	81	95	-9	-9.5%
Manufacturing	135	13.0%	161	96	39	40.6%
Wholesale Trade	62	6.0%	53	48	14	29.2%
Retail Trade	93	8.9%	112	100	-7	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	24	2.3%	23	37	-13	-35.1%
Information	22	2.1%	26	27	-5	-18.5%
Finance and Insurance	47	4.5%	54	70	-23	-32.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	1.4%	11	13	2	15.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	45	4.3%	41	36	9	25.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.9%	7	2	7	350.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	69	6.6%	68	75	-6	-8.0%
Educational Services	54	5.2%	75	72	-18	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	115	11.0%	116	109	6	5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	20	1.9%	24	20	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	48	4.6%	124	57	-9	-15.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	16	1.5%	24	27	-11	-40.7%
Public Administration	83	8.0%	178	96	-13	-13.5%
Information Not Available	61	5.9%	57	65	-4	-6.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,318		26,101	28,780
Male	11,167	47.9%	12,190	12,968	-1,801	-13.9%
Female	12,151	52.1%	13,911	15,812	-3,661	-23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,318		26,101	28,780
Hispanic or Latino	393	1.7%	469	508	-115	-22.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,925	98.3%	25,632	28,272	-5,347	-18.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,318		26,101	28,780
American Indian or Alaskan Native	65	0.3%	78	91	-26	-28.6%
Asian	552	2.4%	0	2	550	27500.0%
Black or African American	7,863	33.7%	7,812	8,638	-775	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	174	0.7%	207	207	-33	-15.9%
White	14,199	60.9%	17,437	19,289	-5,090	-26.4%
Information Not Available	465	2.0%	567	553	-88	-15.9%

Years of Age	23,318		26,101	28,780
Younger than 22	347	1.0%	367	420	-73	-17.4%
22-24	882	2.5%	1,031	1,092	-210	-19.2%
25-34	4,741	13.4%	5,354	6,108	-1,367	-22.4%
35-44	5,239	14.8%	5,874	6,552	-1,313	-20.0%
45-54	5,666	16.0%	6,419	7,031	-1,365	-19.4%
55-59	2,823	8.0%	3,107	3,323	-500	-15.0%
60-64	2,118	6.0%	2,265	2,405	-287	-11.9%
65 and older	1,485	4.2%	1,684	1,847	-362	-19.6%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	0	2	15	750.0%

Industry	23,318		26,101	28,780
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70	0.3%	110	69	1	1.4%
Mining	67	0.3%	50	31	36	116.1%
Utilities	29	0.1%	33	19	10	52.6%
Construction	1,605	6.9%	2,082	1,970	-365	-18.5%
Manufacturing	3,448	14.7%	3,872	4,151	-703	-16.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,177	5.0%	1,408	1,306	-129	-9.9%
Retail Trade	1,905	8.1%	2,318	2,602	-697	-26.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	793	3.4%	982	1,129	-336	-29.8%
Information	493	2.1%	539	596	-103	-17.3%
Finance and Insurance	666	2.8%	765	1,028	-362	-35.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	390	1.7%	404	413	-23	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,444	6.2%	1,883	1,819	-375	-20.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	0.6%	158	189	-56	-29.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,789	16.2%	4,426	4,411	-622	-14.1%
Educational Services	957	4.1%	1,115	1,624	-667	-41.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,189	9.4%	2,532	3,296	-1,107	-33.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	188	0.8%	252	316	-128	-40.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,211	5.2%	1,510	1,885	-674	-35.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	805	3.4%	1,047	932	-127	-13.6%
Public Administration	506	2.2%	552	931	-425	-45.6%
Information Not Available	1,453	6.2%	63	63	1,390	2206.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	162,158		174,178	130,084
Male	98,681	60.9%	103,738	67,182	31,499	46.9%
Female	63,477	39.1%	70,440	62,902	575	0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	162,158		174,178	130,084
Hispanic or Latino	53,681	33.1%	57,018	39,223	14,458	36.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94,708	58.4%	99,116	80,515	14,193	17.6%
Information Not Available	13,769	8.5%	18,044	10,346	3,423	33.1%

Race	162,158		174,178	130,084
American Indian or Alaskan Native	706	0.4%	724	533	173	32.5%
Asian	4,590	2.8%	4,729	2,968	1,622	54.6%
Black or African American	34,724	21.4%	36,110	32,237	2,487	7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	54,465	33.6%	57,319	44,564	9,901	22.2%
Information Not Available	67,673	41.7%	75,296	49,782	17,891	35.9%

Years of Age	162,158		174,178	130,084
Younger than 22	3,197	1.6%	3,451	2,806	391	13.9%
22-24	8,204	4.0%	8,718	6,565	1,639	25.0%
25-34	41,240	20.0%	43,821	31,765	9,475	29.8%
35-44	38,871	18.9%	41,574	31,649	7,222	22.8%
45-54	37,302	18.1%	39,872	30,811	6,491	21.1%
55-59	16,295	7.9%	17,579	13,073	3,222	24.6%
60-64	10,708	5.2%	11,653	8,378	2,330	27.8%
65 and older	6,341	3.1%	7,510	5,037	1,304	25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	162,158		174,178	130,084
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	980	0.6%	1,077	1,008	-28	-2.8%
Mining	14,536	8.9%	15,836	2,780	11,756	422.9%
Utilities	383	0.2%	396	412	-29	-7.0%
Construction	19,853	12.2%	20,273	14,410	5,443	37.8%
Manufacturing	20,731	12.7%	21,608	11,219	9,512	84.8%
Wholesale Trade	10,021	6.1%	10,279	7,173	2,848	39.7%
Retail Trade	9,898	6.1%	10,037	10,066	-168	-1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,014	3.7%	8,629	4,467	1,547	34.6%
Information	2,907	1.8%	2,960	3,255	-348	-10.7%
Finance and Insurance	6,610	4.1%	6,511	7,336	-726	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,302	2.0%	3,358	2,470	832	33.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,188	8.1%	13,984	11,522	1,666	14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,013	0.6%	1,112	584	429	73.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,878	12.8%	22,190	18,840	2,038	10.8%
Educational Services	3,868	2.4%	3,944	4,350	-482	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,886	7.3%	12,184	14,110	-2,224	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	649	0.4%	780	778	-129	-16.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,175	3.2%	8,273	5,387	-212	-3.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,658	2.2%	3,791	3,319	339	10.2%
Public Administration	1,638	1.0%	1,843	1,533	105	6.8%
Information Not Available	4,970	3.0%	5,113	5,065	-95	-1.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,025		9,778	9,888
Male	5,523	61.2%	5,917	5,759	-236	-4.1%
Female	3,459	38.3%	3,807	4,096	-637	-15.6%
Information Not Available	43	0.5%	54	33	10	30.3%

Ethnicity	9,025		9,778	9,888
Hispanic or Latino	795	8.8%	919	949	-154	-16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,682	74.0%	7,199	7,392	-710	-9.6%
Information Not Available	1,548	17.2%	1,660	1,547	1	0.1%

Race	9,025		9,778	9,888
American Indian or Alaskan Native	304	3.4%	340	331	-27	-8.2%
Asian	179	2.0%	166	186	-7	-3.8%
Black or African American	201	2.2%	194	219	-18	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	188	2.1%	202	201	-13	-6.5%
White	6,214	68.9%	6,683	6,877	-663	-9.6%
Information Not Available	1,939	21.5%	2,193	2,074	-135	-6.5%

Years of Age	9,025		9,778	9,888
Younger than 22	154	1.1%	148	213	-59	-27.7%
22-24	416	2.8%	453	452	-36	-8.0%
25-34	2,378	16.3%	2,631	2,618	-240	-9.2%
35-44	2,271	15.5%	2,405	2,406	-135	-5.6%
45-54	1,954	13.4%	2,156	2,209	-255	-11.5%
55-59	945	6.5%	1,003	1,040	-95	-9.1%
60-64	627	4.3%	673	650	-23	-3.5%
65 and older	280	1.9%	309	300	-20	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,025		9,778	9,888
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.3%	25	28	3	10.7%
Mining	492	5.4%	566	147	345	234.7%
Utilities	21	0.2%	19	12	9	75.0%
Construction	889	9.8%	992	982	-93	-9.5%
Manufacturing	946	10.4%	999	974	-28	-2.9%
Wholesale Trade	516	5.7%	509	505	11	2.2%
Retail Trade	737	8.1%	745	943	-206	-21.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	367	4.1%	424	300	67	22.3%
Information	224	2.5%	230	361	-137	-38.0%
Finance and Insurance	355	3.9%	365	458	-103	-22.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	175	1.9%	179	157	18	11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	792	8.7%	799	807	-15	-1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.5%	51	35	12	34.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,030	11.4%	1,147	1,317	-287	-21.8%
Educational Services	310	3.4%	320	329	-19	-5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	473	5.2%	659	609	-136	-22.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	109	1.2%	131	183	-74	-40.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	305	3.4%	339	412	-107	-26.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	229	2.5%	247	223	6	2.7%
Public Administration	137	1.5%	178	169	-32	-18.9%
Information Not Available	840	9.3%	854	937	-97	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,467		34,073	38,770
Male	16,372	52.0%	17,053	20,479	-4,107	-20.1%
Female	15,087	47.9%	17,009	18,280	-3,193	-17.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	11	11	-3	-27.3%

Ethnicity	31,467		34,073	38,770
Hispanic or Latino	1,338	4.3%	1,402	1,744	-406	-23.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,355	90.1%	30,864	35,132	-6,777	-19.3%
Information Not Available	1,774	5.6%	1,807	1,894	-120	-6.3%

Race	31,467		34,073	38,770
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,489	4.7%	1,587	1,931	-442	-22.9%
Asian	889	2.8%	939	1,129	-240	-21.3%
Black or African American	12,750	40.5%	14,138	15,307	-2,557	-16.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,565	46.3%	15,602	18,509	-3,944	-21.3%
Information Not Available	1,774	5.6%	1,807	1,894	-120	-6.3%

Years of Age	31,467		34,073	38,770
Younger than 22	380	0.9%	451	580	-200	-34.5%
22-24	1,252	2.9%	1,347	1,624	-372	-22.9%
25-34	7,274	16.7%	7,787	9,204	-1,930	-21.0%
35-44	7,132	16.3%	7,597	8,704	-1,572	-18.1%
45-54	7,897	18.1%	8,497	9,645	-1,748	-18.1%
55-59	3,731	8.6%	4,106	4,393	-662	-15.1%
60-64	2,407	5.5%	2,689	2,961	-554	-18.7%
65 and older	1,394	3.2%	1,599	1,654	-260	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	31,467		34,073	38,770
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55	0.2%	63	64	-9	-14.1%
Mining	277	0.9%	276	193	84	43.5%
Utilities	39	0.1%	43	9	30	333.3%
Construction	1,757	5.6%	1,793	1,677	80	4.8%
Manufacturing	1,506	4.8%	1,587	1,188	318	26.8%
Wholesale Trade	717	2.3%	725	410	307	74.9%
Retail Trade	1,748	5.5%	1,860	1,129	619	54.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	693	2.2%	840	744	-51	-6.9%
Information	653	2.1%	660	250	403	161.2%
Finance and Insurance	970	3.1%	978	400	570	142.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	423	1.3%	415	243	180	74.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,775	8.8%	2,946	1,823	952	52.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	182	0.6%	173	78	104	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,473	7.8%	2,838	2,450	23	0.9%
Educational Services	424	1.3%	404	212	212	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,708	5.4%	2,110	1,479	229	15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	128	0.4%	167	93	35	37.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	925	2.9%	1,794	914	11	1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	693	2.2%	793	465	228	49.0%
Public Administration	2,303	7.3%	2,491	2,022	281	13.9%
Information Not Available	11,018	35.0%	11,117	22,927	-11,909	-51.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	477		442	489
Male	246	51.6%	248	236	10	4.2%
Female	231	48.4%	194	253	-22	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	477		442	489
Hispanic or Latino	90	18.9%	80	76	14	18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	367	76.9%	343	398	-31	-7.8%
Information Not Available	20	4.2%	19	15	5	33.3%

Race	477		442	489
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.4%	4	4	-2	-50.0%
Asian	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	322	67.5%	315	348	-26	-7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	2.5%	12	11	1	9.1%
White	42	8.8%	23	46	-4	-8.7%
Information Not Available	98	20.5%	87	80	18	22.5%

Years of Age	477		442	489
Younger than 22	5	1.0%	6	10	-5	-50.0%
22-24	19	4.0%	21	23	-4	-17.4%
25-34	95	19.8%	87	121	-26	-21.5%
35-44	107	22.3%	86	98	9	9.2%
45-54	115	24.0%	106	117	-2	-1.7%
55-59	47	9.8%	49	50	-3	-6.0%
60-64	40	8.4%	40	33	7	21.2%
65 and older	47	9.8%	46	35	12	34.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.4%	1	2	0	0.0%

Industry	477		442	489
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%
Construction	81	17.0%	80	87	-6	-6.9%
Manufacturing	7	1.5%	12	8	-1	-12.5%
Wholesale Trade	5	1.0%	5	2	3	150.0%
Retail Trade	42	8.8%	47	40	2	5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	9	1.9%	37	14	-5	-35.7%
Information	4	0.8%	5	0	4	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	5	1.0%	4	0	5	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	1.3%	7	10	-4	-40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16	3.4%	15	11	5	45.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	2.5%	14	6	6	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	47	9.9%	46	23	24	104.3%
Educational Services	24	5.0%	32	16	8	50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	2.1%	14	8	2	25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	1.0%	7	6	-1	-16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	140	29.4%	64	184	-44	-23.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	14	2.9%	10	22	-8	-36.4%
Public Administration	22	4.6%	27	10	12	120.0%
Information Not Available	27	5.7%	15	36	-9	-25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,738		3,830	3,059
Male	1,439	52.6%	1,777	1,599	-160	-10.0%
Female	1,299	47.4%	2,053	1,460	-161	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,738		3,830	3,059
Hispanic or Latino	6	0.2%	4	1	5	500.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	150	5.5%	442	138	12	8.7%
Information Not Available	2,582	94.3%	3,384	2,920	-338	-11.6%

Race	2,738		3,830	3,059
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	9	0.3%	9	1	8	800.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
White	146	5.3%	434	134	12	9.0%
Information Not Available	2,582	94.3%	3,384	2,920	-338	-11.6%

Years of Age	2,738		3,830	3,059
Younger than 22	33	1.3%	42	38	-5	-13.2%
22-24	97	3.7%	119	137	-40	-29.2%
25-34	578	22.1%	748	628	-50	-8.0%
35-44	506	19.4%	715	583	-77	-13.2%
45-54	680	26.0%	946	777	-97	-12.5%
55-59	354	13.6%	483	388	-34	-8.8%
60-64	272	10.4%	394	306	-34	-11.1%
65 and older	218	8.3%	383	202	16	7.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,738		3,830	3,059
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.5%	16	23	-10	-43.5%
Mining	5	0.2%	6	6	-1	-16.7%
Utilities	4	0.1%	9	4	0	0.0%
Construction	226	8.2%	216	207	19	9.2%
Manufacturing	387	14.1%	401	499	-112	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	107	3.9%	122	126	-19	-15.1%
Retail Trade	321	11.7%	358	407	-86	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	73	2.7%	379	78	-5	-6.4%
Information	60	2.2%	63	44	16	36.4%
Finance and Insurance	43	1.6%	41	44	-1	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28	1.0%	36	29	-1	-3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	150	5.5%	149	164	-14	-8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	9	6	-2	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	190	6.9%	209	212	-22	-10.4%
Educational Services	170	6.2%	248	170	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	346	12.6%	502	376	-30	-8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	42	1.5%	49	46	-4	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	373	13.6%	794	464	-91	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	106	3.9%	129	79	27	34.2%
Public Administration	90	3.3%	94	75	15	20.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,948		44,337	44,060
Male	25,520	59.4%	24,834	24,533	987	4.0%
Female	17,418	40.6%	19,497	19,522	-2,104	-10.8%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	6	5	5	100.0%

Ethnicity	42,948		44,337	44,060
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	42,948	100.0%	44,337	44,060	-1,112	-2.5%

Race	42,948		44,337	44,060
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	42,948	100.0%	44,337	44,060	-1,112	-2.5%

Years of Age	42,948		44,337	44,060
Younger than 22	531	1.3%	511	631	-100	-15.8%
22-24	1,526	3.9%	1,587	1,866	-340	-18.2%
25-34	9,677	24.5%	9,723	10,472	-795	-7.6%
35-44	9,985	25.3%	10,254	10,199	-214	-2.1%
45-54	10,696	27.1%	11,064	10,834	-138	-1.3%
55-59	5,202	13.2%	5,353	4,843	359	7.4%
60-64	3,484	8.8%	3,726	3,448	36	1.0%
65 and older	1,847	4.7%	2,119	1,767	80	4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,948		44,337	44,060
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	42,948	100.0%	44,337	44,060	-1,112	-2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,591		39,885	38,704
Male	17,381	53.3%	19,320	19,451	-2,070	-10.6%
Female	15,181	46.6%	20,533	19,222	-4,041	-21.0%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	32	31	-2	-6.5%

Ethnicity	32,591		39,885	38,704
Hispanic or Latino	1,529	4.7%	1,859	1,765	-236	-13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,407	93.3%	37,280	36,416	-6,009	-16.5%
Information Not Available	655	2.0%	746	523	132	25.2%

Race	32,591		39,885	38,704
American Indian or Alaskan Native	411	1.3%	566	530	-119	-22.5%
Asian	446	1.4%	538	526	-80	-15.2%
Black or African American	5,254	16.1%	6,762	6,510	-1,256	-19.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.2%	48	39	13	33.3%
White	25,773	79.1%	31,225	30,576	-4,803	-15.7%
Information Not Available	655	2.0%	746	523	132	25.2%

Years of Age	32,591		39,885	38,704
Younger than 22	521	0.9%	618	793	-272	-34.3%
22-24	1,336	2.4%	1,524	1,835	-499	-27.2%
25-34	7,183	12.9%	8,444	8,943	-1,760	-19.7%
35-44	6,694	12.1%	7,802	7,843	-1,149	-14.7%
45-54	8,022	14.5%	9,548	9,341	-1,319	-14.1%
55-59	4,240	7.6%	5,113	4,704	-464	-9.9%
60-64	2,861	5.2%	3,801	3,248	-387	-11.9%
65 and older	1,727	3.1%	3,031	1,989	-262	-13.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	4	8	-1	-12.5%

Industry	32,591		39,885	38,704
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	199	0.6%	279	240	-41	-17.1%
Mining	121	0.4%	128	31	90	290.3%
Utilities	36	0.1%	40	62	-26	-41.9%
Construction	2,917	8.9%	2,505	2,593	324	12.5%
Manufacturing	7,050	21.5%	6,996	7,121	-71	-1.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,216	3.7%	1,312	1,560	-344	-22.1%
Retail Trade	2,855	8.7%	3,350	4,223	-1,368	-32.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,457	4.4%	4,403	1,374	83	6.0%
Information	531	1.6%	618	639	-108	-16.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,111	3.4%	1,117	1,300	-189	-14.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	306	0.9%	339	344	-38	-11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,551	4.7%	1,639	1,746	-195	-11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	284	0.9%	295	314	-30	-9.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,680	11.2%	4,204	4,904	-1,224	-25.0%
Educational Services	834	2.5%	1,097	1,049	-215	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,610	11.0%	4,523	5,035	-1,425	-28.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	385	1.2%	519	550	-165	-30.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,662	5.1%	3,243	2,388	-726	-30.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	727	2.2%	909	855	-128	-15.0%
Public Administration	684	2.1%	909	863	-179	-20.7%
Information Not Available	1,375	4.2%	1,460	1,513	-138	-9.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,689		13,605	11,259
Male	9,181	72.4%	9,673	7,117	2,064	29.0%
Female	3,507	27.6%	3,929	4,139	-632	-15.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	3	-2	-66.7%

Ethnicity	12,689		13,605	11,259
Hispanic or Latino	160	1.3%	185	198	-38	-19.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,291	73.2%	9,909	8,103	1,188	14.7%
Information Not Available	3,238	25.5%	3,511	2,958	280	9.5%

Race	12,689		13,605	11,259
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27	0.2%	32	37	-10	-27.0%
Asian	37	0.3%	45	45	-8	-17.8%
Black or African American	433	3.4%	452	493	-60	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	6	11	-6	-54.5%
White	11,433	90.1%	12,185	10,114	1,319	13.0%
Information Not Available	754	5.9%	885	559	195	34.9%

Years of Age	12,689		13,605	11,259
Younger than 22	311	1.3%	346	254	57	22.4%
22-24	728	3.1%	799	538	190	35.3%
25-34	2,971	12.7%	3,210	2,475	496	20.0%
35-44	3,194	13.7%	3,351	2,906	288	9.9%
45-54	2,922	12.5%	3,105	2,668	254	9.5%
55-59	1,306	5.6%	1,363	1,198	108	9.0%
60-64	790	3.4%	898	760	30	3.9%
65 and older	467	2.0%	532	460	7	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,689		13,605	11,259
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	61	0.5%	40	47	14	29.8%
Mining	1,791	14.0%	2,180	882	909	103.1%
Utilities	57	0.4%	60	16	41	256.3%
Construction	2,375	18.6%	2,331	1,826	549	30.1%
Manufacturing	930	7.3%	935	942	-12	-1.3%
Wholesale Trade	414	3.2%	439	373	41	11.0%
Retail Trade	871	6.8%	884	1,268	-397	-31.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	460	3.6%	488	381	79	20.7%
Information	123	1.0%	111	95	28	29.5%
Finance and Insurance	136	1.1%	139	149	-13	-8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	212	1.7%	221	158	54	34.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	564	4.4%	596	503	61	12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.3%	59	26	18	69.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,297	10.2%	1,385	1,023	274	26.8%
Educational Services	170	1.3%	222	220	-50	-22.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	912	7.2%	1,105	1,159	-247	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105	0.8%	113	92	13	14.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	598	4.7%	683	699	-101	-14.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	407	3.2%	402	460	-53	-11.5%
Public Administration	185	1.5%	200	184	1	0.5%
Information Not Available	977	7.7%	1,012	756	221	29.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Sep 2015	Percent	Aug 2015	Sep 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,106		3,604	1,809
Male	2,213	71.2%	2,503	1,046	1,167	111.6%
Female	893	28.8%	1,101	763	130	17.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,106		3,604	1,809
Hispanic or Latino	366	11.8%	414	202	164	81.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,600	83.7%	3,024	1,493	1,107	74.1%
Information Not Available	140	4.5%	166	114	26	22.8%

Race	3,106		3,604	1,809
American Indian or Alaskan Native	128	4.1%	197	87	41	47.1%
Asian	22	0.7%	34	12	10	83.3%
Black or African American	74	2.4%	97	51	23	45.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.4%	19	7	6	85.7%
White	2,551	82.1%	2,895	1,500	1,051	70.1%
Information Not Available	318	10.2%	362	152	166	109.2%

Years of Age	3,106		3,604	1,809
Younger than 22	29	0.5%	37	15	14	93.3%
22-24	161	3.0%	205	83	78	94.0%
25-34	801	14.8%	913	413	388	93.9%
35-44	667	12.3%	755	339	328	96.8%
45-54	701	12.9%	797	494	207	41.9%
55-59	394	7.3%	460	220	174	79.1%
60-64	229	4.2%	281	137	92	67.2%
65 and older	124	2.3%	156	108	16	14.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,106		3,604	1,809
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.3%	11	11	-2	-18.2%
Mining	660	21.2%	816	134	526	392.5%
Utilities	14	0.4%	15	12	2	16.7%
Construction	459	14.7%	515	248	211	85.1%
Manufacturing	167	5.4%	167	59	108	183.1%
Wholesale Trade	164	5.3%	165	56	108	192.9%
Retail Trade	133	4.3%	151	123	10	8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	177	5.7%	186	84	93	110.7%
Information	30	1.0%	44	27	3	11.1%
Finance and Insurance	31	1.0%	41	32	-1	-3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	99	3.2%	111	33	66	200.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	139	4.5%	151	104	35	33.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	2	0	2	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	122	3.9%	138	89	33	37.1%
Educational Services	73	2.3%	73	58	15	25.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	188	6.0%	278	186	2	1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.2%	9	17	-11	-64.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	117	3.8%	139	103	14	13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	90	2.9%	97	41	49	119.5%
Public Administration	72	2.3%	118	89	-17	-19.1%
Information Not Available	354	11.4%	377	303	51	16.8%