Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

April 2016

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants April 2016
	Apr 2016	Mar 2016	Monthly Change	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,147,893	2,475,977	-328,084	2,259,095	-111,202	-4.9
Alaska	10,811	11,981	-1,170	9,612	1,199	12.5
Alabama	19,962	20,960	-998	23,045	-3,083	-13.4
Arkansas	15,964	18,371	-2,407	21,112	-5,148	-24.4
Arizona	30,814	26,381	4,433	33,539	-2,725	-8.1
California	392,733	415,102	-22,369	409,173	-16,440	-4.0
Colorado	29,539	32,579	-3,040	29,649	-110	-0.4
Connecticut	40,555	46,914	-6,359	46,354	-5,799	-12.5
District of Columbia	7,427	8,016	-589	7,999	-572	-7.2
Delaware	6,086	7,175	-1,089	6,430	-344	-5.3
Florida	47,794	48,399	-605	60,316	-12,522	-20.8
Georgia	30,467	32,887	-2,420	36,417	-5,950	-16.3
Hawaii	6,521	6,393	128	7,595	-1,074	-14.1
Iowa	19,752	30,456	-10,704	19,962	-210	-1.1
Idaho	7,541	9,306	-1,765	8,864	-1,323	-14.9
Illinois	128,228	154,651	-26,423	127,568	660	0.5
Indiana	23,167	31,863	-8,696	25,542	-2,375	-9.3
Kansas	12,893	16,182	-3,289	15,133	-2,240	-14.8
Kentucky	22,729	27,843	-5,114	25,418	-2,689	-10.6
Louisiana	22,957	23,069	-112	19,482	3,475	17.8
Massachusetts	65,169	77,851	-12,682	70,567	-5,398	-7.6
Maryland	36,868	42,892	-6,024	41,552	-4,684	-11.3
Maine	8,764	11,112	-2,348	10,470	-1,706	-16.3
Michigan	75,189	101,621	-26,432	78,253	-3,064	-3.9
Minnesota	45,809	64,980	-19,171	43,210	2,599	6.0
Missouri	22,208	31,564	-9,356	30,021	-7,813	-26.0
Mississippi	12,313	12,367	-54	12,740	-427	-3.4
Montana	6,978	9,589	-2,611	6,476	502	7.8
North Carolina	24,347	26,703	-2,356	32,453	-8,106	-25.0
North Dakota	6,138	9,665	-3,527	4,059	2,079	51.2
Nebraska	4,120	6,822	-2,702	5,726	-1,606	-28.0
New Hampshire	4,969	5,988	-1,019	5,796	-827	-14.3
New Jersey	99,552	117,879	-18,327	106,383	-6,831	-6.4
New Mexico	13,043	14,761	-1,718	13,393	-350	-2.6
Nevada	23,550	25,581	-2,031	26,125	-2,575	-9.9
New York	157,170	186,621	-29,451	172,351	-15,181	-8.8
Ohio	63,101	80,952	-17,851	65,597	-2,496	-3.8
Oklahoma	23,463	23,207	256	20,820	2,643	12.7
Oregon	28,839	32,902	-4,063	33,022	-4,183	-12.7
Pennsylvania	136,039	167,032	-30,993	137,622	-1,583	-1.2
Puerto Rico	18,071	18,770	-699	20,391	-2,320	-11.4
Rhode Island	9,596	12,576	-2,980	10,154	-558	-5.5
South Carolina	17,874	19,934	-2,060	19,974	-2,100	-10.5
South Dakota	1,630	2,996	-1,366	1,620	10	0.6
Tennessee	21,536	25,883	-4,347	25,041	-3,505	-14.0
Texas	179,776	177,200	2,576	156,899	22,877	14.6
Utah	12,076	14,531	-2,455	12,102	-26	-0.2
Virginia	33,905	37,790	-3,885	34,551	-646	-1.9
Virgin Islands	269	290	-21	336	-67	-19.9
Vermont	5,546	6,269	-723	5,841	-295	-5.1
Washington	49,927	57,830	-7,903	51,833	-1,906	-3.7
Wisconsin	39,786	55,690	-15,904	50,035	-10,249	-20.5
West Virginia	17,281	20,456	-3,175	15,727	1,554	9.9
Wyoming	7,051	7,145	-94	4,745	2,306	48.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,147,893		2,475,977	2,259,095	-111,202	-4.9
Male	1,296,295	60.4%	1,583,034	1,336,890	-40,595	-3.0%
Female	835,515	38.9%	874,660	905,826	-70,311	-7.8%
Information Not Available	16,083	0.7%	18,283	16,379	-296	-1.8%

Ethnicity	2,147,893		2,475,977	2,259,095
Hispanic or Latino	419,063	19.5%	478,710	428,634	-9,571	-2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,453,764	84.1%	1,683,362	1,535,026	-81,262	-5.3%
Information Not Available	275,066	11.3%	313,905	295,435	-20,369	-6.9%

Race	2,147,893		2,475,977	2,259,095
American Indian or Alaskan Native	84,179	3.9%	104,749	30,012	54,167	180.5%
Asian	86,615	4.0%	90,851	73,187	13,428	18.3%
Black or African American	337,398	15.7%	344,103	376,939	-39,541	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16,410	0.8%	17,697	11,058	5,352	48.4%
White	1,078,851	50.2%	1,307,787	1,210,211	-131,360	-10.9%
Information Not Available	546,597	25.4%	615,541	563,751	-17,154	-3.0%

Years of Age	2,147,893		2,475,977	2,259,095
Younger than 22	37,803	1.8%	46,759	42,362	-4,559	-10.8%
22-24	97,008	4.5%	114,998	108,898	-11,890	-10.9%
25-34	496,763	23.1%	566,998	535,418	-38,655	-7.2%
35-44	467,072	21.7%	537,376	492,291	-25,219	-5.1%
45-54	503,632	23.4%	579,522	533,792	-30,160	-5.7%
55-59	240,340	11.2%	277,441	245,824	-5,484	-2.2%
60-64	169,475	7.9%	195,891	166,495	2,980	1.8%
65 and older	119,408	5.6%	137,800	114,655	4,753	4.1%
Information Not Available	16,392	0.8%	19,192	19,360	-2,968	-15.3%

Industry	2,147,893		2,475,977	2,259,095
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92,777	4.3%	115,309	88,144	4,633	5.3%
Mining	52,392	2.4%	57,010	46,749	5,643	12.1%
Utilities	4,720	0.2%	4,972	4,366	354	8.1%
Construction	280,512	13.1%	404,519	304,111	-23,599	-7.8%
Manufacturing	233,758	10.9%	245,862	229,530	4,228	1.8%
Wholesale Trade	79,681	3.7%	88,315	73,085	6,596	9.0%
Retail Trade	152,862	7.1%	165,459	177,321	-24,459	-13.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	78,955	3.7%	86,310	77,141	1,814	2.4%
Information	67,324	3.1%	62,269	61,646	5,678	9.2%
Finance and Insurance	67,348	3.1%	68,881	58,984	8,364	14.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30,613	1.4%	32,842	30,807	-194	-0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	110,263	5.1%	116,264	107,160	3,103	2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13,162	0.6%	14,266	11,564	1,598	13.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	279,326	13.0%	335,442	298,400	-19,074	-6.4%
Educational Services	38,622	1.8%	40,687	42,636	-4,014	-9.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	151,982	7.1%	151,196	173,505	-21,523	-12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	33,731	1.6%	53,200	39,540	-5,809	-14.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	108,076	5.0%	127,280	120,708	-12,632	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	50,885	2.4%	55,499	54,641	-3,756	-6.9%
Public Administration	33,264	1.5%	40,688	37,129	-3,865	-10.4%
Information Not Available	187,640	8.7%	209,707	221,928	-34,288	-15.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,811		11,981	9,612	1,199	12.5
Male	6,998	64.7%	8,132	6,106	892	14.6%
Female	3,730	34.5%	3,799	3,498	232	6.6%
Information Not Available	83	0.8%	50	8	75	937.5%

Ethnicity	10,811		11,981	9,612
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.0%	7	276	-272	-98.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,314	95.4%	11,483	9,120	1,194	13.1%
Information Not Available	493	4.6%	491	216	277	128.2%

Race	10,811		11,981	9,612
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,468	32.1%	3,499	3,380	88	2.6%
Asian	484	4.5%	388	460	24	5.2%
Black or African American	451	4.2%	464	414	37	8.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	212	2.0%	204	184	28	15.2%
White	5,699	52.7%	6,929	4,783	916	19.2%
Information Not Available	497	4.6%	497	391	106	27.1%

Years of Age	10,811		11,981	9,612
Younger than 22	231	1.5%	243	195	36	18.5%
22-24	544	3.4%	634	492	52	10.6%
25-34	3,102	19.6%	3,387	2,901	201	6.9%
35-44	2,557	16.2%	2,648	2,067	490	23.7%
45-54	2,322	14.7%	2,589	2,032	290	14.3%
55-59	1,026	6.5%	1,284	968	58	6.0%
60-64	696	4.4%	777	625	71	11.4%
65 and older	333	2.1%	419	332	1	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,811		11,981	9,612
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.4%	82	98	-51	-52.0%
Mining	857	7.9%	805	423	434	102.6%
Utilities	68	0.6%	74	40	28	70.0%
Construction	2,289	21.1%	3,118	1,967	322	16.4%
Manufacturing	612	5.6%	566	602	10	1.7%
Wholesale Trade	159	1.5%	147	162	-3	-1.9%
Retail Trade	903	8.3%	1,013	955	-52	-5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	448	4.1%	538	395	53	13.4%
Information	108	1.0%	126	76	32	42.1%
Finance and Insurance	138	1.3%	126	140	-2	-1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	244	2.2%	271	267	-23	-8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	413	3.8%	420	280	133	47.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.2%	40	39	-12	-30.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	640	5.9%	684	610	30	4.9%
Educational Services	285	2.6%	270	268	17	6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	820	7.6%	684	741	79	10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	122	1.1%	129	108	14	13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	769	7.1%	891	692	77	11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	405	3.7%	395	367	38	10.4%
Public Administration	1,048	9.7%	1,212	1,056	-8	-0.8%
Information Not Available	409	3.8%	390	326	83	25.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,962		20,960	23,045
Male	11,144	55.8%	11,817	12,909	-1,765	-13.7%
Female	8,791	44.0%	9,125	10,115	-1,324	-13.1%
Information Not Available	27	0.1%	18	21	6	28.6%

Ethnicity	19,962		20,960	23,045
Hispanic or Latino	254	1.3%	267	261	-7	-2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,453	72.4%	15,127	16,725	-2,272	-13.6%
Information Not Available	5,255	26.3%	5,566	6,059	-804	-13.3%

Race	19,962		20,960	23,045
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,091	5.5%	1,088	989	102	10.3%
Asian	530	2.7%	628	562	-32	-5.7%
Black or African American	8,040	40.3%	8,305	9,159	-1,119	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	23	31	-13	-41.9%
White	9,320	46.7%	9,897	11,184	-1,864	-16.7%
Information Not Available	963	4.8%	1,019	1,120	-157	-14.0%

Years of Age	19,962		20,960	23,045
Younger than 22	51	0.2%	62	600	-549	-91.5%
22-24	62	0.2%	69	1,402	-1,340	-95.6%
25-34	766	2.9%	832	6,016	-5,250	-87.3%
35-44	3,308	12.3%	3,434	5,419	-2,111	-39.0%
45-54	4,416	16.5%	4,770	5,106	-690	-13.5%
55-59	2,291	8.5%	2,362	2,201	90	4.1%
60-64	2,441	9.1%	2,559	1,351	1,090	80.7%
65 and older	6,617	24.7%	6,860	942	5,675	602.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	12	8	2	25.0%

Industry	19,962		20,960	23,045
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.6%	133	240	-115	-47.9%
Mining	630	3.1%	721	188	442	235.1%
Utilities	50	0.2%	58	39	11	28.2%
Construction	1,968	9.8%	2,088	2,501	-533	-21.3%
Manufacturing	3,619	18.0%	3,682	4,512	-893	-19.8%
Wholesale Trade	713	3.5%	747	852	-139	-16.3%
Retail Trade	2,186	10.9%	2,237	2,574	-388	-15.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	624	3.1%	659	681	-57	-8.4%
Information	235	1.2%	232	354	-119	-33.6%
Finance and Insurance	622	3.1%	667	668	-46	-6.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	259	1.3%	287	328	-69	-21.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	876	4.4%	897	1,007	-131	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.3%	36	49	9	18.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,758	13.7%	2,953	3,335	-577	-17.3%
Educational Services	287	1.4%	347	328	-41	-12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,641	8.2%	1,743	1,845	-204	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	92	0.5%	118	131	-39	-29.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,261	6.3%	1,362	1,385	-124	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	407	2.0%	446	481	-74	-15.4%
Public Administration	292	1.5%	280	313	-21	-6.7%
Information Not Available	1,259	6.3%	1,267	1,234	25	2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,964		18,371	21,112
Male	8,954	56.1%	10,692	11,664	-2,710	-23.2%
Female	5,601	35.1%	6,149	8,029	-2,428	-30.2%
Information Not Available	1,409	8.8%	1,530	1,419	-10	-0.7%

Ethnicity	15,964		18,371	21,112
Hispanic or Latino	90	0.6%	124	211	-121	-57.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,465	90.6%	16,717	19,482	-5,017	-25.8%
Information Not Available	1,409	8.8%	1,530	1,419	-10	-0.7%

Race	15,964		18,371	21,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	156	1.0%	176	218	-62	-28.4%
Asian	17	0.1%	21	2	15	750.0%
Black or African American	3,837	24.0%	4,105	5,375	-1,538	-28.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	745	4.7%	868	1,092	-347	-31.8%
White	9,710	60.8%	11,547	12,795	-3,085	-24.1%
Information Not Available	1,499	9.4%	1,654	1,630	-131	-8.0%

Years of Age	15,964		18,371	21,112
Younger than 22	362	1.5%	453	607	-245	-40.4%
22-24	733	3.0%	808	1,052	-319	-30.3%
25-34	3,479	14.1%	3,873	4,790	-1,311	-27.4%
35-44	3,533	14.3%	3,908	4,751	-1,218	-25.6%
45-54	3,449	14.0%	4,150	4,603	-1,154	-25.1%
55-59	1,415	5.7%	1,710	1,903	-488	-25.6%
60-64	996	4.0%	1,200	1,206	-210	-17.4%
65 and older	588	2.4%	739	781	-193	-24.7%
Information Not Available	1,409	5.7%	1,530	1,419	-10	-0.7%

Industry	15,964		18,371	21,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	267	1.6%	604	463	-196	-42.3%
Mining	853	5.3%	632	363	490	135.0%
Utilities	27	0.2%	35	35	-8	-22.9%
Construction	1,496	9.2%	2,147	2,133	-637	-29.9%
Manufacturing	2,446	15.1%	2,721	3,922	-1,476	-37.6%
Wholesale Trade	604	3.7%	697	731	-127	-17.4%
Retail Trade	1,358	8.4%	1,496	1,759	-401	-22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	723	4.5%	834	875	-152	-17.4%
Information	178	1.1%	198	216	-38	-17.6%
Finance and Insurance	242	1.5%	240	316	-74	-23.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	198	1.2%	210	235	-37	-15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	512	3.2%	603	735	-223	-30.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.4%	64	85	-27	-31.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,681	10.4%	1,813	2,016	-335	-16.6%
Educational Services	227	1.4%	225	285	-58	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,356	8.4%	1,470	2,128	-772	-36.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	0.5%	154	121	-47	-38.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	660	4.1%	808	911	-251	-27.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	289	1.8%	372	421	-132	-31.4%
Public Administration	269	1.7%	282	441	-172	-39.0%
Information Not Available	2,446	15.1%	2,766	2,921	-475	-16.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,814		26,381	33,539
Male	17,432	56.6%	14,862	19,448	-2,016	-10.4%
Female	13,364	43.4%	11,506	14,078	-714	-5.1%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	13	13	5	38.5%

Ethnicity	30,814		26,381	33,539
Hispanic or Latino	12,261	39.8%	7,746	14,050	-1,789	-12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,597	40.9%	13,191	13,459	-862	-6.4%
Information Not Available	5,956	19.3%	5,444	6,030	-74	-1.2%

Race	30,814		26,381	33,539
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,774	5.8%	1,803	1,827	-53	-2.9%
Asian	1,821	5.9%	1,299	1,816	5	0.3%
Black or African American	2,153	7.0%	2,251	2,210	-57	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	294	1.0%	344	322	-28	-8.7%
White	17,249	56.0%	15,230	19,600	-2,351	-12.0%
Information Not Available	7,523	24.4%	5,454	7,764	-241	-3.1%

Years of Age	30,814		26,381	33,539
Younger than 22	648	1.4%	474	784	-136	-17.3%
22-24	1,494	3.3%	1,170	1,736	-242	-13.9%
25-34	6,917	15.2%	6,011	7,505	-588	-7.8%
35-44	6,287	13.8%	5,629	6,901	-614	-8.9%
45-54	7,737	17.0%	6,452	8,468	-731	-8.6%
55-59	3,648	8.0%	3,073	3,935	-287	-7.3%
60-64	2,483	5.4%	2,152	2,586	-103	-4.0%
65 and older	1,600	3.5%	1,420	1,624	-24	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,814		26,381	33,539
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,254	14.6%	1,142	6,415	-1,161	-18.1%
Mining	212	0.6%	224	282	-70	-24.8%
Utilities	63	0.2%	54	66	-3	-4.5%
Construction	2,021	5.6%	2,172	2,790	-769	-27.6%
Manufacturing	1,730	4.8%	1,570	1,933	-203	-10.5%
Wholesale Trade	933	2.6%	945	859	74	8.6%
Retail Trade	2,154	6.0%	2,164	2,309	-155	-6.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	629	1.7%	591	703	-74	-10.5%
Information	416	1.2%	376	364	52	14.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,065	3.0%	1,069	1,071	-6	-0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	531	1.5%	501	512	19	3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,319	3.7%	1,349	1,389	-70	-5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	112	0.3%	118	86	26	30.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,762	10.4%	3,788	4,058	-296	-7.3%
Educational Services	693	1.9%	756	631	62	9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,176	6.0%	2,181	2,234	-58	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	232	0.6%	285	264	-32	-12.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,127	3.1%	1,258	1,267	-140	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	535	1.5%	563	604	-69	-11.4%
Public Administration	690	1.9%	684	653	37	5.7%
Information Not Available	5,160	14.3%	4,591	5,049	111	2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	392,733		415,102	409,173
Male	222,049	56.5%	244,166	229,148	-7,099	-3.1%
Female	170,388	43.4%	170,838	179,931	-9,543	-5.3%
Information Not Available	296	0.1%	98	94	202	214.9%

Ethnicity	392,733		415,102	409,173
Hispanic or Latino	169,203	43.1%	189,022	171,179	-1,976	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	188,662	48.0%	192,070	202,892	-14,230	-7.0%
Information Not Available	34,868	8.9%	34,010	35,102	-234	-0.7%

Race	392,733		415,102	409,173
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,877	0.5%	3,244	4,235	-2,358	-55.7%
Asian	34,473	8.8%	36,074	37,078	-2,605	-7.0%
Black or African American	34,473	8.8%	30,472	32,655	1,818	5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	117,840	30.0%	122,280	128,925	-11,085	-8.6%
Information Not Available	204,070	52.0%	223,032	206,280	-2,210	-1.1%

Years of Age	392,733		415,102	409,173
Younger than 22	8,396	1.8%	8,945	7,246	1,150	15.9%
22-24	20,545	4.3%	22,706	19,480	1,065	5.5%
25-34	95,518	20.0%	100,458	101,258	-5,740	-5.7%
35-44	81,391	17.0%	88,073	86,013	-4,622	-5.4%
45-54	89,590	18.7%	92,594	95,706	-6,116	-6.4%
55-59	42,572	8.9%	44,528	45,830	-3,258	-7.1%
60-64	32,398	6.8%	35,092	31,808	590	1.9%
65 and older	22,323	4.7%	22,706	21,738	585	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	94	-94	-100.0%

Industry	392,733		415,102	409,173
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68,057	14.8%	87,680	65,498	2,559	3.9%
Mining	2,865	0.6%	2,752	3,482	-617	-17.7%
Utilities	1,679	0.4%	1,769	1,788	-109	-6.1%
Construction	32,596	7.1%	43,250	38,113	-5,517	-14.5%
Manufacturing	42,474	9.2%	42,857	42,442	32	0.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,679	0.4%	1,376	2,447	-768	-31.4%
Retail Trade	27,262	5.9%	27,818	30,584	-3,322	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,260	2.4%	11,697	11,199	61	0.5%
Information	32,102	7.0%	29,587	28,891	3,211	11.1%
Finance and Insurance	7,705	1.7%	7,667	7,811	-106	-1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,371	0.5%	1,671	1,976	395	20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,594	1.9%	7,962	6,964	1,630	23.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	70,130	15.2%	67,431	75,565	-5,435	-7.2%
Educational Services	9,581	2.1%	8,355	10,728	-1,147	-10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	25,089	5.4%	21,822	28,326	-3,237	-11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,223	1.4%	7,077	8,658	-2,435	-28.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,409	3.3%	15,727	16,469	-1,060	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,371	2.3%	9,633	11,199	-828	-7.4%
Public Administration	3,655	0.8%	4,227	4,329	-674	-15.6%
Information Not Available	13,631	3.0%	14,744	12,704	927	7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,539		32,579	29,649
Male	17,904	60.6%	20,615	17,682	222	1.3%
Female	11,635	39.4%	11,963	11,967	-332	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,539		32,579	29,649
Hispanic or Latino	6,248	21.2%	7,572	6,392	-144	-2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,552	69.6%	22,037	20,526	26	0.1%
Information Not Available	2,739	9.3%	2,970	2,731	8	0.3%

Race	29,539		32,579	29,649
American Indian or Alaskan Native	520	1.8%	635	543	-23	-4.2%
Asian	537	1.8%	540	550	-13	-2.4%
Black or African American	1,750	5.9%	1,859	1,916	-166	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	106	0.4%	132	114	-8	-7.0%
White	21,062	71.3%	22,950	21,169	-107	-0.5%
Information Not Available	5,564	18.8%	6,463	5,357	207	3.9%

Years of Age	29,539		32,579	29,649
Younger than 22	366	0.8%	515	404	-38	-9.4%
22-24	975	2.0%	1,133	1,102	-127	-11.5%
25-34	6,792	14.1%	7,085	6,914	-122	-1.8%
35-44	6,708	13.9%	7,332	6,803	-95	-1.4%
45-54	7,102	14.8%	7,888	7,238	-136	-1.9%
55-59	3,737	7.8%	4,213	3,530	207	5.9%
60-64	2,510	5.2%	2,861	2,351	159	6.8%
65 and older	1,342	2.8%	1,546	1,306	36	2.8%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	1	6	600.0%

Industry	29,539		32,579	29,649
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	189	0.6%	269	213	-24	-11.3%
Mining	1,565	5.3%	1,595	1,528	37	2.4%
Utilities	55	0.2%	65	29	26	89.7%
Construction	4,352	14.6%	5,892	4,272	80	1.9%
Manufacturing	2,193	7.4%	2,240	2,007	186	9.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,451	4.9%	1,554	1,281	170	13.3%
Retail Trade	2,266	7.6%	2,338	2,333	-67	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,027	3.5%	1,058	1,066	-39	-3.7%
Information	889	3.0%	977	918	-29	-3.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,081	3.6%	1,121	1,035	46	4.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	638	2.1%	567	647	-9	-1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,690	9.0%	2,910	2,524	166	6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	518	1.7%	597	416	102	24.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,315	11.2%	4,035	3,689	-374	-10.1%
Educational Services	660	2.2%	772	785	-125	-15.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,023	6.8%	2,132	2,187	-164	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	699	2.4%	442	661	38	5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,872	6.3%	1,516	1,958	-86	-4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	702	2.4%	730	689	13	1.9%
Public Administration	595	2.0%	880	627	-32	-5.1%
Information Not Available	759	2.6%	889	784	-25	-3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,555		46,914	46,354
Male	23,672	58.4%	30,985	26,399	-2,727	-10.3%
Female	16,883	41.6%	15,929	19,955	-3,072	-15.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,555		46,914	46,354
Hispanic or Latino	6,817	16.8%	8,203	7,505	-688	-9.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,738	83.2%	38,711	38,849	-5,111	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,555		46,914	46,354
American Indian or Alaskan Native	134	0.3%	158	164	-30	-18.3%
Asian	751	1.9%	811	730	21	2.9%
Black or African American	6,160	15.2%	6,324	6,951	-791	-11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,483	55.4%	26,990	25,826	-3,343	-12.9%
Information Not Available	11,027	27.2%	12,631	12,683	-1,656	-13.1%

Years of Age	40,555		46,914	46,354
Younger than 22	544	0.9%	716	634	-90	-14.2%
22-24	1,624	2.7%	2,029	2,015	-391	-19.4%
25-34	8,913	15.0%	10,507	10,212	-1,299	-12.7%
35-44	7,979	13.5%	9,395	9,166	-1,187	-13.0%
45-54	9,679	16.3%	11,128	11,303	-1,624	-14.4%
55-59	4,773	8.1%	5,559	5,413	-640	-11.8%
60-64	3,799	6.4%	4,153	4,061	-262	-6.5%
65 and older	3,244	5.5%	3,427	3,550	-306	-8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,555		46,914	46,354
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	253	0.6%	521	270	-17	-6.3%
Mining	39	0.1%	76	47	-8	-17.0%
Utilities	57	0.1%	86	60	-3	-5.0%
Construction	5,625	13.8%	8,808	6,171	-546	-8.8%
Manufacturing	4,301	10.5%	4,359	4,233	68	1.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,556	3.8%	1,729	1,701	-145	-8.5%
Retail Trade	4,276	10.5%	4,697	5,023	-747	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,930	9.6%	1,720	5,238	-1,308	-25.0%
Information	669	1.6%	655	746	-77	-10.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,336	3.3%	1,267	1,449	-113	-7.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	625	1.5%	683	657	-32	-4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,690	4.1%	1,773	1,816	-126	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	255	0.6%	263	287	-32	-11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,213	12.8%	7,767	5,842	-629	-10.8%
Educational Services	992	2.4%	1,102	1,185	-193	-16.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,006	9.8%	4,187	4,538	-532	-11.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	996	2.4%	1,793	1,333	-337	-25.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,501	6.1%	2,857	3,341	-840	-25.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,183	2.9%	1,356	1,283	-100	-7.8%
Public Administration	493	1.2%	542	545	-52	-9.5%
Information Not Available	559	1.4%	673	589	-30	-5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,427		8,016	7,999
Male	3,433	46.2%	3,733	3,876	-443	-11.4%
Female	3,994	53.8%	4,283	4,122	-128	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,427		8,016	7,999
Hispanic or Latino	547	7.4%	609	669	-122	-18.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,825	91.9%	7,369	7,312	-487	-6.7%
Information Not Available	55	0.7%	38	18	37	205.6%

Race	7,427		8,016	7,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	40	0.5%	47	35	5	14.3%
Asian	204	2.7%	222	184	20	10.9%
Black or African American	5,171	69.6%	5,654	5,520	-349	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	19	20	-6	-30.0%
White	1,421	19.1%	1,489	1,652	-231	-14.0%
Information Not Available	577	7.8%	585	588	-11	-1.9%

Years of Age	7,427		8,016	7,999
Younger than 22	133	1.6%	145	159	-26	-16.4%
22-24	388	4.6%	422	436	-48	-11.0%
25-34	2,025	24.2%	2,169	2,219	-194	-8.7%
35-44	1,678	20.1%	1,763	1,729	-51	-2.9%
45-54	1,652	19.8%	1,801	1,822	-170	-9.3%
55-59	782	9.4%	823	803	-21	-2.6%
60-64	493	5.9%	559	546	-53	-9.7%
65 and older	276	3.3%	334	285	-9	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,427		8,016	7,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	12	0.2%	16	32	-20	-62.5%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.1%	3	5	-1	-20.0%
Retail Trade	13	0.2%	17	38	-25	-65.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	21	0.3%	16	14	7	50.0%
Information	7	0.1%	9	13	-6	-46.2%
Finance and Insurance	5	0.1%	7	9	-4	-44.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	0.1%	3	6	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	38	0.5%	35	45	-7	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	50	0.7%	72	59	-9	-15.3%
Educational Services	8	0.1%	6	4	4	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	0.2%	24	10	8	80.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.1%	4	1	3	300.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	22	0.3%	13	21	1	4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	12	0.2%	10	16	-4	-25.0%
Public Administration	1	0.0%	3	3	-2	-66.7%
Information Not Available	7,202	97.0%	7,774	7,718	-516	-6.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,086		7,175	6,430
Male	2,864	47.1%	3,496	3,084	-220	-7.1%
Female	2,951	48.5%	3,367	3,038	-87	-2.9%
Information Not Available	271	4.5%	312	308	-37	-12.0%

Ethnicity	6,086		7,175	6,430
Hispanic or Latino	386	6.3%	520	384	2	0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,429	89.2%	6,343	5,738	-309	-5.4%
Information Not Available	271	4.5%	312	308	-37	-12.0%

Race	6,086		7,175	6,430
American Indian or Alaskan Native	18	0.3%	24	22	-4	-18.2%
Asian	97	1.6%	125	126	-29	-23.0%
Black or African American	2,523	41.5%	2,848	2,599	-76	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	6	4	0	0.0%
White	3,255	53.5%	3,937	3,457	-202	-5.8%
Information Not Available	189	3.1%	235	222	-33	-14.9%

Years of Age	6,086		7,175	6,430
Younger than 22	74	0.8%	110	108	-34	-31.5%
22-24	268	3.0%	334	319	-51	-16.0%
25-34	1,472	16.6%	1,752	1,698	-226	-13.3%
35-44	1,249	14.1%	1,444	1,211	38	3.1%
45-54	1,393	15.7%	1,629	1,529	-136	-8.9%
55-59	737	8.3%	835	681	56	8.2%
60-64	485	5.5%	567	507	-22	-4.3%
65 and older	323	3.6%	409	321	2	0.6%
Information Not Available	85	1.0%	95	56	29	51.8%

Industry	6,086		7,175	6,430
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.4%	24	20	3	15.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	2	7	350.0%
Construction	509	8.3%	694	519	-10	-1.9%
Manufacturing	345	5.6%	416	398	-53	-13.3%
Wholesale Trade	190	3.1%	248	206	-16	-7.8%
Retail Trade	884	14.5%	1,037	988	-104	-10.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	230	3.8%	268	236	-6	-2.5%
Information	81	1.3%	99	101	-20	-19.8%
Finance and Insurance	516	8.4%	528	534	-18	-3.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	113	1.8%	128	126	-13	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	376	6.2%	352	353	23	6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.5%	29	14	15	107.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,042	17.1%	1,255	1,165	-123	-10.6%
Educational Services	70	1.1%	112	96	-26	-27.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	749	12.3%	818	782	-33	-4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	99	1.6%	149	101	-2	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	559	9.2%	719	550	9	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	178	2.9%	189	182	-4	-2.2%
Public Administration	58	0.9%	84	40	18	45.0%
Information Not Available	24	0.4%	15	17	7	41.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,794		48,399	60,316
Male	23,452	49.1%	24,099	30,037	-6,585	-21.9%
Female	24,260	50.8%	24,232	30,235	-5,975	-19.8%
Information Not Available	82	0.2%	68	44	38	86.4%

Ethnicity	47,794		48,399	60,316
Hispanic or Latino	12,072	25.3%	12,200	15,276	-3,204	-21.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,311	65.5%	31,499	40,385	-9,074	-22.5%
Information Not Available	4,411	9.2%	4,700	4,655	-244	-5.2%

Race	47,794		48,399	60,316
American Indian or Alaskan Native	296	0.6%	299	345	-49	-14.2%
Asian	772	1.6%	766	892	-120	-13.5%
Black or African American	11,922	24.9%	11,726	15,105	-3,183	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	210	0.4%	223	275	-65	-23.6%
White	29,024	60.7%	29,612	37,379	-8,355	-22.4%
Information Not Available	5,570	11.7%	5,773	6,320	-750	-11.9%

Years of Age	47,794		48,399	60,316
Younger than 22	453	0.6%	411	656	-203	-30.9%
22-24	1,363	1.9%	1,397	2,197	-834	-38.0%
25-34	9,419	12.8%	9,275	12,716	-3,297	-25.9%
35-44	9,688	13.2%	9,384	12,029	-2,341	-19.5%
45-54	10,371	14.1%	10,310	13,154	-2,783	-21.2%
55-59	4,996	6.8%	4,925	6,000	-1,004	-16.7%
60-64	3,309	4.5%	3,616	4,101	-792	-19.3%
65 and older	2,222	3.0%	2,297	2,967	-745	-25.1%
Information Not Available	5,973	8.1%	6,784	6,496	-523	-8.1%

Industry	47,794		48,399	60,316
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	626	1.3%	622	796	-170	-21.4%
Mining	185	0.4%	157	176	9	5.1%
Utilities	84	0.2%	76	52	32	61.5%
Construction	3,005	6.2%	3,283	3,931	-926	-23.6%
Manufacturing	2,282	4.7%	2,504	2,991	-709	-23.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,110	4.4%	2,060	2,500	-390	-15.6%
Retail Trade	4,755	9.8%	4,723	6,509	-1,754	-26.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,435	3.0%	1,464	1,623	-188	-11.6%
Information	931	1.9%	936	1,262	-331	-26.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,370	4.9%	2,099	2,716	-346	-12.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,097	2.3%	1,101	1,431	-334	-23.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,786	7.8%	3,770	4,411	-625	-14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	490	1.0%	498	439	51	11.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,201	16.9%	8,213	10,695	-2,494	-23.3%
Educational Services	1,062	2.2%	1,090	1,213	-151	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,220	8.7%	4,247	5,493	-1,273	-23.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	742	1.5%	726	887	-145	-16.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,899	6.0%	3,070	4,217	-1,318	-31.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,397	2.9%	1,404	1,666	-269	-16.1%
Public Administration	674	1.4%	601	978	-304	-31.1%
Information Not Available	5,443	11.2%	5,755	6,330	-887	-14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,467		32,887	36,417
Male	14,054	46.1%	15,548	18,245	-4,191	-23.0%
Female	14,969	49.1%	15,980	17,597	-2,628	-14.9%
Information Not Available	1,444	4.7%	1,359	575	869	151.1%

Ethnicity	30,467		32,887	36,417
Hispanic or Latino	85	0.3%	137	78	7	9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,938	95.0%	31,391	35,764	-6,826	-19.1%
Information Not Available	1,444	4.7%	1,359	575	869	151.1%

Race	30,467		32,887	36,417
American Indian or Alaskan Native	124	0.4%	142	172	-48	-27.9%
Asian	541	1.8%	512	560	-19	-3.4%
Black or African American	16,695	54.8%	17,811	19,603	-2,908	-14.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,663	38.3%	13,063	15,507	-3,844	-24.8%
Information Not Available	1,444	4.7%	1,359	575	869	151.1%

Years of Age	30,467		32,887	36,417
Younger than 22	439	1.1%	513	530	-91	-17.2%
22-24	1,295	3.2%	1,364	1,597	-302	-18.9%
25-34	7,453	18.6%	8,082	8,667	-1,214	-14.0%
35-44	7,423	18.5%	7,973	8,659	-1,236	-14.3%
45-54	7,391	18.5%	7,924	8,760	-1,369	-15.6%
55-59	3,167	7.9%	3,395	3,584	-417	-11.6%
60-64	2,107	5.3%	2,223	2,252	-145	-6.4%
65 and older	1,181	3.0%	1,300	1,266	-85	-6.7%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	113	1,102	-1,091	-99.0%

Industry	30,467		32,887	36,417
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	368	1.2%	486	602	-234	-38.9%
Mining	10	0.0%	14	23	-13	-56.5%
Utilities	28	0.1%	24	48	-20	-41.7%
Construction	1,326	4.3%	1,368	2,584	-1,258	-48.7%
Manufacturing	2,258	7.3%	2,754	2,580	-322	-12.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,208	3.9%	1,295	1,529	-321	-21.0%
Retail Trade	2,236	7.3%	2,390	2,881	-645	-22.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	580	1.9%	629	695	-115	-16.5%
Information	543	1.8%	569	724	-181	-25.0%
Finance and Insurance	981	3.2%	1,036	1,059	-78	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	396	1.3%	402	515	-119	-23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,489	17.8%	5,614	6,176	-687	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.1%	26	37	-2	-5.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	63	0.2%	80	84	-21	-25.0%
Educational Services	547	1.8%	704	786	-239	-30.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,551	5.0%	1,719	1,808	-257	-14.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,158	3.8%	1,354	1,448	-290	-20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	199	0.6%	247	229	-30	-13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	309	1.0%	298	331	-22	-6.6%
Public Administration	333	1.1%	336	434	-101	-23.3%
Information Not Available	10,849	35.2%	11,542	11,844	-995	-8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,521		6,393	7,595
Male	4,324	66.3%	4,182	5,003	-679	-13.6%
Female	2,194	33.6%	2,210	2,590	-396	-15.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	6,521		6,393	7,595
Hispanic or Latino	493	7.6%	509	564	-71	-12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,385	67.2%	4,289	5,083	-698	-13.7%
Information Not Available	1,643	25.2%	1,595	1,948	-305	-15.7%

Race	6,521		6,393	7,595
American Indian or Alaskan Native	52	0.8%	44	50	2	4.0%
Asian	2,010	30.8%	1,940	2,502	-492	-19.7%
Black or African American	115	1.8%	108	120	-5	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,899	29.1%	1,814	2,197	-298	-13.6%
White	1,509	23.1%	1,553	1,718	-209	-12.2%
Information Not Available	936	14.4%	934	1,008	-72	-7.1%

Years of Age	6,521		6,393	7,595
Younger than 22	77	1.0%	64	87	-10	-11.5%
22-24	207	2.8%	188	224	-17	-7.6%
25-34	1,426	19.3%	1,428	1,742	-316	-18.1%
35-44	1,468	19.9%	1,436	1,740	-272	-15.6%
45-54	1,539	20.8%	1,492	1,869	-330	-17.7%
55-59	705	9.5%	709	818	-113	-13.8%
60-64	644	8.7%	619	622	22	3.5%
65 and older	455	6.2%	457	493	-38	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,521		6,393	7,595
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	180	2.7%	131	149	31	20.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	14	6	4	66.7%
Construction	1,830	27.3%	1,732	2,359	-529	-22.4%
Manufacturing	208	3.1%	176	202	6	3.0%
Wholesale Trade	117	1.7%	126	141	-24	-17.0%
Retail Trade	349	5.2%	349	437	-88	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	228	3.4%	255	233	-5	-2.1%
Information	291	4.3%	205	218	73	33.5%
Finance and Insurance	84	1.3%	90	81	3	3.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	94	1.4%	105	107	-13	-12.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	217	3.2%	223	245	-28	-11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.7%	36	49	-4	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	746	11.1%	750	1,020	-274	-26.9%
Educational Services	53	0.8%	66	60	-7	-11.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	270	4.0%	285	316	-46	-14.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	83	1.2%	93	86	-3	-3.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	624	9.3%	597	689	-65	-9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	159	2.4%	166	158	1	0.6%
Public Administration	81	1.2%	89	78	3	3.8%
Information Not Available	852	12.7%	904	959	-107	-11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,752		30,456	19,962
Male	12,826	64.9%	22,735	12,566	260	2.1%
Female	6,657	33.7%	7,376	6,961	-304	-4.4%
Information Not Available	269	1.4%	345	435	-166	-38.2%

Ethnicity	19,752		30,456	19,962
Hispanic or Latino	1,300	6.6%	2,738	1,185	115	9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,326	87.7%	26,231	17,570	-244	-1.4%
Information Not Available	1,126	5.7%	1,487	1,207	-81	-6.7%

Race	19,752		30,456	19,962
American Indian or Alaskan Native	282	1.4%	424	191	91	47.6%
Asian	280	1.4%	337	262	18	6.9%
Black or African American	1,499	7.6%	1,740	1,375	124	9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,265	77.3%	23,730	15,742	-477	-3.0%
Information Not Available	2,426	12.3%	4,225	2,392	34	1.4%

Years of Age	19,752		30,456	19,962
Younger than 22	301	0.9%	569	309	-8	-2.6%
22-24	827	2.5%	1,496	883	-56	-6.3%
25-34	4,392	13.2%	7,015	4,469	-77	-1.7%
35-44	4,340	13.0%	6,493	4,280	60	1.4%
45-54	4,544	13.6%	6,705	4,765	-221	-4.6%
55-59	2,477	7.4%	3,648	2,402	75	3.1%
60-64	1,725	5.2%	2,596	1,731	-6	-0.3%
65 and older	1,140	3.4%	1,925	1,119	21	1.9%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	9	4	2	50.0%

Industry	19,752		30,456	19,962
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	164	0.8%	274	157	7	4.5%
Mining	207	1.0%	623	204	3	1.5%
Utilities	30	0.2%	36	32	-2	-6.3%
Construction	4,827	24.2%	10,974	4,624	203	4.4%
Manufacturing	4,250	21.3%	5,073	4,497	-247	-5.5%
Wholesale Trade	857	4.3%	1,009	862	-5	-0.6%
Retail Trade	1,467	7.4%	1,763	1,545	-78	-5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	826	4.1%	1,131	760	66	8.7%
Information	524	2.6%	510	454	70	15.4%
Finance and Insurance	834	4.2%	846	535	299	55.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	199	1.0%	278	164	35	21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	546	2.7%	657	687	-141	-20.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.3%	48	36	18	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,873	9.4%	3,309	1,996	-123	-6.2%
Educational Services	286	1.4%	335	279	7	2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,134	5.7%	1,134	1,274	-140	-11.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	213	1.1%	451	262	-49	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	742	3.7%	938	856	-114	-13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	360	1.8%	446	368	-8	-2.2%
Public Administration	211	1.1%	427	223	-12	-5.4%
Information Not Available	148	0.7%	194	147	1	0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,541		9,306	8,864
Male	4,787	63.5%	6,370	5,516	-729	-13.2%
Female	2,753	36.5%	2,936	3,348	-595	-17.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,541		9,306	8,864
Hispanic or Latino	802	10.6%	1,251	1,060	-258	-24.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,972	65.9%	6,405	6,623	-1,651	-24.9%
Information Not Available	1,767	23.4%	1,650	1,181	586	49.6%

Race	7,541		9,306	8,864
American Indian or Alaskan Native	314	2.8%	349	465	-151	-32.5%
Asian	101	0.9%	79	140	-39	-27.9%
Black or African American	99	0.9%	100	134	-35	-26.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.6%	53	104	-36	-34.6%
White	9,125	81.5%	11,372	11,723	-2,598	-22.2%
Information Not Available	1,496	13.4%	2,109	2,361	-865	-36.6%

Years of Age	7,541		9,306	8,864
Younger than 22	162	1.0%	274	164	-2	-1.2%
22-24	282	1.8%	429	332	-50	-15.1%
25-34	1,448	9.1%	1,992	1,687	-239	-14.2%
35-44	1,432	9.0%	1,941	1,682	-250	-14.9%
45-54	1,779	11.1%	2,188	2,153	-374	-17.4%
55-59	910	5.7%	1,141	1,144	-234	-20.5%
60-64	701	4.4%	810	766	-65	-8.5%
65 and older	806	5.0%	500	934	-128	-13.7%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	31	2	19	950.0%

Industry	7,541		9,306	8,864
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	589	7.2%	970	603	-14	-2.3%
Mining	159	2.0%	106	257	-98	-38.1%
Utilities	15	0.2%	33	23	-8	-34.8%
Construction	968	11.9%	1,763	1,003	-35	-3.5%
Manufacturing	848	10.4%	1,010	1,121	-273	-24.4%
Wholesale Trade	401	4.9%	396	395	6	1.5%
Retail Trade	671	8.3%	814	738	-67	-9.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	450	5.5%	455	462	-12	-2.6%
Information	94	1.2%	98	90	4	4.4%
Finance and Insurance	167	2.1%	183	222	-55	-24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	106	1.3%	114	112	-6	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	309	3.8%	374	326	-17	-5.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.2%	14	41	-22	-53.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	663	8.2%	1,098	978	-315	-32.2%
Educational Services	97	1.2%	116	152	-55	-36.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	574	7.1%	628	663	-89	-13.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	1.2%	199	144	-43	-29.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	353	4.3%	418	500	-147	-29.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	154	1.9%	192	194	-40	-20.6%
Public Administration	179	2.2%	324	197	-18	-9.1%
Information Not Available	624	7.7%	1	643	-19	-3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	128,228		154,651	127,568
Male	81,481	63.5%	105,627	78,835	2,646	3.4%
Female	45,976	35.9%	48,045	48,034	-2,058	-4.3%
Information Not Available	771	0.6%	979	699	72	10.3%

Ethnicity	128,228		154,651	127,568
Hispanic or Latino	22,164	17.3%	31,979	22,363	-199	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,877	72.4%	106,794	91,710	1,167	1.3%
Information Not Available	13,187	10.3%	15,878	13,495	-308	-2.3%

Race	128,228		154,651	127,568
American Indian or Alaskan Native	731	0.6%	830	666	65	9.8%
Asian	2,776	2.2%	3,170	2,566	210	8.2%
Black or African American	29,610	23.1%	29,798	30,135	-525	-1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	251	0.2%	299	294	-43	-14.6%
White	79,666	62.1%	98,841	78,448	1,218	1.6%
Information Not Available	15,194	11.8%	21,713	15,459	-265	-1.7%

Years of Age	128,228		154,651	127,568
Younger than 22	1,509	0.8%	1,841	1,802	-293	-16.3%
22-24	4,775	2.4%	5,651	5,301	-526	-9.9%
25-34	28,506	14.4%	33,183	28,813	-307	-1.1%
35-44	29,969	15.2%	36,021	30,135	-166	-0.6%
45-54	32,408	16.4%	40,155	32,907	-499	-1.5%
55-59	15,468	7.8%	19,195	14,872	596	4.0%
60-64	10,395	5.3%	12,313	9,315	1,080	11.6%
65 and older	5,198	2.6%	6,292	4,423	775	17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	128,228		154,651	127,568
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	524	0.4%	969	536	-12	-2.2%
Mining	954	0.7%	1,242	822	132	16.1%
Utilities	158	0.1%	159	137	21	15.3%
Construction	23,443	18.2%	32,809	22,583	860	3.8%
Manufacturing	14,929	11.6%	16,440	13,053	1,876	14.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,733	4.5%	6,309	5,269	464	8.8%
Retail Trade	8,569	6.7%	9,858	10,350	-1,781	-17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,936	4.6%	6,808	5,722	214	3.7%
Information	2,130	1.7%	2,214	2,144	-14	-0.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,866	3.0%	4,038	3,844	22	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,654	1.3%	1,747	1,767	-113	-6.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,388	5.7%	8,334	6,991	397	5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	937	0.7%	1,087	766	171	22.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,153	15.7%	27,838	20,611	-458	-2.2%
Educational Services	2,815	2.2%	3,033	2,367	448	18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,799	6.1%	7,633	8,619	-820	-9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,130	1.7%	3,308	2,275	-145	-6.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,181	4.8%	6,920	6,193	-12	-0.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,003	2.3%	3,250	3,111	-108	-3.5%
Public Administration	2,600	2.0%	2,327	2,673	-73	-2.7%
Information Not Available	7,326	5.7%	8,328	7,735	-409	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,167		31,863	25,542
Male	14,801	63.9%	22,576	15,995	-1,194	-7.5%
Female	8,330	36.0%	9,226	9,508	-1,178	-12.4%
Information Not Available	36	0.2%	61	39	-3	-7.7%

Ethnicity	23,167		31,863	25,542
Hispanic or Latino	1,112	4.8%	1,855	1,340	-228	-17.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,173	78.4%	24,156	19,115	-942	-4.9%
Information Not Available	3,882	16.8%	5,852	5,087	-1,205	-23.7%

Race	23,167		31,863	25,542
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.4%	147	138	-42	-30.4%
Asian	142	0.6%	150	151	-9	-6.0%
Black or African American	3,745	16.2%	4,208	4,167	-422	-10.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.1%	40	30	4	13.3%
White	17,739	76.6%	25,253	19,458	-1,719	-8.8%
Information Not Available	1,411	6.1%	2,065	1,598	-187	-11.7%

Years of Age	23,167		31,863	25,542
Younger than 22	253	0.6%	437	321	-68	-21.2%
22-24	715	1.8%	1,154	973	-258	-26.5%
25-34	4,863	12.4%	6,462	5,530	-667	-12.1%
35-44	5,764	14.7%	7,849	6,252	-488	-7.8%
45-54	6,186	15.8%	8,639	6,752	-566	-8.4%
55-59	2,889	7.4%	3,855	3,044	-155	-5.1%
60-64	1,703	4.3%	2,355	1,741	-38	-2.2%
65 and older	794	2.0%	1,112	929	-135	-14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,167		31,863	25,542
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	0.3%	142	96	-24	-25.0%
Mining	109	0.5%	178	105	4	3.8%
Utilities	30	0.1%	39	18	12	66.7%
Construction	4,778	20.6%	9,084	5,218	-440	-8.4%
Manufacturing	4,350	18.7%	5,175	4,453	-103	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	934	4.0%	1,028	905	29	3.2%
Retail Trade	1,508	6.5%	1,725	1,768	-260	-14.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,174	5.1%	1,717	1,056	118	11.2%
Information	268	1.2%	281	372	-104	-28.0%
Finance and Insurance	522	2.2%	578	523	-1	-0.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	328	1.4%	398	364	-36	-9.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	861	3.7%	999	935	-74	-7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.5%	137	118	4	3.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,356	10.1%	3,472	2,893	-537	-18.6%
Educational Services	362	1.6%	406	416	-54	-13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,441	6.2%	1,508	1,914	-473	-24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	201	0.9%	463	299	-98	-32.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	668	2.9%	751	856	-188	-22.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	586	2.5%	656	565	21	3.7%
Public Administration	237	1.0%	330	246	-9	-3.7%
Information Not Available	2,260	9.7%	2,796	2,422	-162	-6.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,893		16,182	15,133
Male	7,706	59.8%	10,532	9,198	-1,492	-16.2%
Female	5,187	40.2%	5,650	5,935	-748	-12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,893		16,182	15,133
Hispanic or Latino	1,076	8.3%	1,670	1,266	-190	-15.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,367	49.4%	7,859	6,452	-85	-1.3%
Information Not Available	5,450	42.3%	6,653	7,415	-1,965	-26.5%

Race	12,893		16,182	15,133
American Indian or Alaskan Native	195	1.5%	205	230	-35	-15.2%
Asian	169	1.3%	210	218	-49	-22.5%
Black or African American	2,645	20.5%	2,971	2,614	31	1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.2%	55	29	-2	-6.9%
White	8,973	69.6%	11,417	11,006	-2,033	-18.5%
Information Not Available	884	6.9%	1,324	1,036	-152	-14.7%

Years of Age	12,893		16,182	15,133
Younger than 22	192	0.9%	247	254	-62	-24.4%
22-24	574	2.8%	747	694	-120	-17.3%
25-34	3,117	14.9%	3,852	3,624	-507	-14.0%
35-44	3,018	14.5%	3,711	3,347	-329	-9.8%
45-54	2,929	14.0%	3,708	3,635	-706	-19.4%
55-59	1,456	7.0%	1,838	1,735	-279	-16.1%
60-64	1,002	4.8%	1,281	1,141	-139	-12.2%
65 and older	605	2.9%	798	703	-98	-13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,893		16,182	15,133
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.3%	69	55	-11	-20.0%
Mining	370	2.9%	432	738	-368	-49.9%
Utilities	21	0.2%	14	28	-7	-25.0%
Construction	1,898	14.7%	3,291	2,116	-218	-10.3%
Manufacturing	1,891	14.6%	2,225	2,131	-240	-11.3%
Wholesale Trade	523	4.0%	630	616	-93	-15.1%
Retail Trade	933	7.2%	1,110	1,332	-399	-30.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	473	3.7%	655	689	-216	-31.3%
Information	342	2.6%	376	298	44	14.8%
Finance and Insurance	375	2.9%	407	379	-4	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	201	1.6%	219	181	20	11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	867	6.7%	862	833	34	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.3%	38	52	-19	-36.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,660	12.8%	2,136	1,859	-199	-10.7%
Educational Services	241	1.9%	287	289	-48	-16.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,199	9.3%	1,231	1,407	-208	-14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	89	0.7%	143	109	-20	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	505	3.9%	573	628	-123	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	252	1.9%	300	324	-72	-22.2%
Public Administration	218	1.7%	312	330	-112	-33.9%
Information Not Available	758	5.9%	872	739	19	2.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,729		27,843	25,418
Male	15,104	66.5%	19,878	16,005	-901	-5.6%
Female	7,625	33.5%	7,965	9,413	-1,788	-19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,729		27,843	25,418
Hispanic or Latino	9	0.0%	19	26	-17	-65.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	481	2.1%	547	577	-96	-16.6%
Information Not Available	22,239	97.8%	27,277	24,815	-2,576	-10.4%

Race	22,729		27,843	25,418
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.5%	111	143	-22	-15.4%
Asian	51	0.2%	70	65	-14	-21.5%
Black or African American	2,794	12.3%	2,899	3,526	-732	-20.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	19	4	15	375.0%
White	19,501	85.8%	24,415	21,406	-1,905	-8.9%
Information Not Available	243	1.1%	329	274	-31	-11.3%

Years of Age	22,729		27,843	25,418
Younger than 22	285	0.7%	315	347	-62	-17.9%
22-24	832	2.1%	1,081	1,063	-231	-21.7%
25-34	4,658	11.5%	5,692	5,704	-1,046	-18.3%
35-44	5,359	13.3%	6,532	6,476	-1,117	-17.2%
45-54	6,102	15.1%	7,037	6,068	34	0.6%
55-59	2,560	6.3%	3,289	2,672	-112	-4.2%
60-64	1,794	4.4%	2,398	2,000	-206	-10.3%
65 and older	1,135	2.8%	1,489	1,084	51	4.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	10	4	0	0.0%

Industry	22,729		27,843	25,418
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.2%	130	56	-5	-8.9%
Mining	1,593	7.0%	1,814	1,123	470	41.9%
Utilities	65	0.3%	28	30	35	116.7%
Construction	2,859	12.6%	6,221	3,153	-294	-9.3%
Manufacturing	4,770	20.9%	4,922	6,931	-2,161	-31.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,051	4.6%	900	907	144	15.9%
Retail Trade	1,616	7.1%	1,508	1,735	-119	-6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,233	5.4%	1,146	820	413	50.4%
Information	341	1.5%	315	468	-127	-27.1%
Finance and Insurance	631	2.8%	659	573	58	10.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	332	1.5%	357	299	33	11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,065	4.7%	1,243	967	98	10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	65	0.3%	70	39	26	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,037	8.9%	2,779	2,811	-774	-27.5%
Educational Services	276	1.2%	376	278	-2	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,640	7.2%	1,554	1,791	-151	-8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	257	1.1%	413	269	-12	-4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	892	3.9%	970	872	20	2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	477	2.1%	668	529	-52	-9.8%
Public Administration	341	1.5%	668	382	-41	-10.7%
Information Not Available	1,137	5.0%	1,102	1,385	-248	-17.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,957		23,069	19,482
Male	14,314	62.4%	14,622	11,231	3,083	27.5%
Female	8,635	37.6%	8,441	8,251	384	4.7%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	6	0	8	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,957		23,069	19,482
Hispanic or Latino	1,093	4.8%	1,154	826	267	32.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,860	95.2%	21,913	18,656	3,204	17.2%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	0	4	0.0%

Race	22,957		23,069	19,482
American Indian or Alaskan Native	176	0.8%	176	220	-44	-20.0%
Asian	235	1.0%	230	175	60	34.3%
Black or African American	10,922	47.6%	10,738	10,364	558	5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.1%	24	36	-2	-5.6%
White	11,224	48.9%	11,562	8,687	2,537	29.2%
Information Not Available	366	1.6%	339	0	366	0.0%

Years of Age	22,957		23,069	19,482
Younger than 22	343	1.1%	343	254	89	35.0%
22-24	975	3.0%	910	857	118	13.8%
25-34	5,550	17.0%	5,490	5,009	541	10.8%
35-44	5,441	16.7%	5,450	4,516	925	20.5%
45-54	5,353	16.4%	5,423	4,409	944	21.4%
55-59	2,701	8.3%	2,779	2,140	561	26.2%
60-64	1,584	4.9%	1,662	1,415	169	11.9%
65 and older	1,010	3.1%	1,012	882	128	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,957		23,069	19,482
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	255	1.1%	321	230	25	10.9%
Mining	1,428	6.2%	1,507	1,335	93	7.0%
Utilities	51	0.2%	73	41	10	24.4%
Construction	3,968	17.1%	3,939	3,237	731	22.6%
Manufacturing	2,896	12.5%	3,013	2,099	797	38.0%
Wholesale Trade	799	3.4%	786	743	56	7.5%
Retail Trade	1,617	7.0%	1,542	1,582	35	2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,086	4.7%	1,151	744	342	46.0%
Information	318	1.4%	352	259	59	22.8%
Finance and Insurance	412	1.8%	426	475	-63	-13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	565	2.4%	546	485	80	16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,199	5.2%	1,191	1,013	186	18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	99	0.4%	98	63	36	57.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,850	8.0%	1,860	1,886	-36	-1.9%
Educational Services	287	1.2%	306	277	10	3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,783	7.7%	1,767	2,001	-218	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	269	1.2%	254	321	-52	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,303	5.6%	1,230	1,280	23	1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	569	2.5%	593	491	78	15.9%
Public Administration	273	1.2%	310	316	-43	-13.6%
Information Not Available	1,930	8.3%	1,804	604	1,326	219.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,169		77,851	70,567
Male	41,300	63.4%	53,211	43,818	-2,518	-5.7%
Female	23,866	36.6%	24,634	26,747	-2,881	-10.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	6	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	65,169		77,851	70,567
Hispanic or Latino	8,010	12.3%	10,019	8,826	-816	-9.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,296	81.8%	63,388	57,356	-4,060	-7.1%
Information Not Available	3,863	5.9%	4,444	4,385	-522	-11.9%

Race	65,169		77,851	70,567
American Indian or Alaskan Native	322	0.5%	380	334	-12	-3.6%
Asian	2,165	3.3%	2,240	2,370	-205	-8.6%
Black or African American	5,806	8.9%	6,172	6,353	-547	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	148	0.2%	184	195	-47	-24.1%
White	48,283	74.1%	58,669	52,175	-3,892	-7.5%
Information Not Available	8,445	13.0%	10,206	9,140	-695	-7.6%

Years of Age	65,169		77,851	70,567
Younger than 22	1,140	1.1%	1,715	1,170	-30	-2.6%
22-24	2,811	2.6%	3,692	3,051	-240	-7.9%
25-34	14,190	13.1%	17,777	16,344	-2,154	-13.2%
35-44	14,215	13.1%	16,556	14,936	-721	-4.8%
45-54	16,571	15.3%	18,857	17,062	-491	-2.9%
55-59	7,465	6.9%	8,585	7,921	-456	-5.8%
60-64	5,071	4.7%	5,938	5,648	-577	-10.2%
65 and older	3,706	3.4%	4,731	4,435	-729	-16.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	65,169		77,851	70,567
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	508	0.8%	869	600	-92	-15.3%
Mining	118	0.2%	200	110	8	7.3%
Utilities	120	0.2%	128	132	-12	-9.1%
Construction	11,744	17.9%	16,604	11,909	-165	-1.4%
Manufacturing	5,311	8.1%	5,911	5,767	-456	-7.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,494	3.8%	2,730	2,742	-248	-9.0%
Retail Trade	4,957	7.5%	5,672	5,939	-982	-16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,860	2.8%	2,065	1,917	-57	-3.0%
Information	3,858	5.9%	1,426	1,500	2,358	157.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,155	3.3%	1,898	2,131	24	1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,130	1.7%	1,368	1,463	-333	-22.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,060	7.7%	5,543	5,601	-541	-9.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	288	0.4%	320	287	1	0.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,683	11.7%	11,877	9,314	-1,631	-17.5%
Educational Services	1,102	1.7%	1,120	1,147	-45	-3.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,154	7.8%	5,051	6,622	-1,468	-22.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,409	2.1%	2,612	1,725	-316	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,220	6.4%	5,791	5,090	-870	-17.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,455	5.3%	3,549	3,731	-276	-7.4%
Public Administration	972	1.5%	1,235	1,076	-104	-9.7%
Information Not Available	1,571	2.4%	1,882	1,764	-193	-10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,868		42,892	41,552
Male	15,578	42.3%	19,064	17,683	-2,105	-11.9%
Female	12,658	34.3%	13,474	13,791	-1,133	-8.2%
Information Not Available	8,632	23.4%	10,354	10,078	-1,446	-14.3%

Ethnicity	36,868		42,892	41,552
Hispanic or Latino	1,509	4.1%	1,938	1,845	-336	-18.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,037	70.6%	29,875	28,950	-2,913	-10.1%
Information Not Available	9,322	25.3%	11,079	10,757	-1,435	-13.3%

Race	36,868		42,892	41,552
American Indian or Alaskan Native	85	0.2%	99	121	-36	-29.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12,813	34.8%	13,675	13,818	-1,005	-7.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.1%	54	52	-4	-7.7%
White	13,091	35.5%	16,047	14,959	-1,868	-12.5%
Information Not Available	10,831	29.4%	13,017	12,602	-1,771	-14.1%

Years of Age	36,868		42,892	41,552
Younger than 22	431	0.9%	497	560	-129	-23.0%
22-24	1,252	2.6%	1,473	1,546	-294	-19.0%
25-34	7,004	14.7%	7,751	7,848	-844	-10.8%
35-44	6,154	12.9%	6,842	6,424	-270	-4.2%
45-54	6,449	13.5%	7,370	7,405	-956	-12.9%
55-59	3,047	6.4%	3,589	3,381	-334	-9.9%
60-64	2,184	4.6%	2,640	2,436	-252	-10.3%
65 and older	1,715	3.6%	2,376	1,874	-159	-8.5%
Information Not Available	8,632	18.1%	10,354	10,078	-1,446	-14.3%

Industry	36,868		42,892	41,552
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	66	0.2%	95	57	9	15.8%
Mining	44	0.1%	76	64	-20	-31.3%
Utilities	35	0.1%	34	19	16	84.2%
Construction	3,644	9.9%	5,176	4,420	-776	-17.6%
Manufacturing	353	1.0%	368	415	-62	-14.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,153	3.1%	1,178	1,246	-93	-7.5%
Retail Trade	1,254	3.4%	1,334	1,358	-104	-7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	660	1.8%	727	726	-66	-9.1%
Information	526	1.4%	455	555	-29	-5.2%
Finance and Insurance	953	2.6%	899	968	-15	-1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	624	1.7%	674	713	-89	-12.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,486	6.7%	2,642	3,073	-587	-19.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	82	0.2%	155	102	-20	-19.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,445	12.0%	4,818	4,543	-98	-2.2%
Educational Services	751	2.0%	799	835	-84	-10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,640	7.1%	2,618	2,902	-262	-9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	366	1.0%	800	430	-64	-14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,183	5.9%	3,342	2,441	-258	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	814	2.2%	881	905	-91	-10.1%
Public Administration	541	1.5%	723	743	-202	-27.2%
Information Not Available	13,248	35.9%	15,098	15,037	-1,789	-11.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,764		11,112	10,470
Male	6,016	68.6%	7,740	7,039	-1,023	-14.5%
Female	2,748	31.4%	3,372	3,431	-683	-19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,764		11,112	10,470
Hispanic or Latino	169	1.9%	240	152	17	11.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,665	87.5%	9,680	8,148	-483	-5.9%
Information Not Available	930	10.6%	1,192	2,170	-1,240	-57.1%

Race	8,764		11,112	10,470
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	1.3%	140	117	-7	-6.0%
Asian	69	0.8%	88	78	-9	-11.5%
Black or African American	146	1.7%	185	166	-20	-12.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	7,966	90.9%	10,100	8,413	-447	-5.3%
Information Not Available	473	5.4%	599	1,696	-1,223	-72.1%

Years of Age	8,764		11,112	10,470
Younger than 22	181	1.1%	268	261	-80	-30.7%
22-24	414	2.6%	553	552	-138	-25.0%
25-34	1,779	11.2%	2,462	2,325	-546	-23.5%
35-44	1,723	10.9%	2,210	2,039	-316	-15.5%
45-54	2,058	13.0%	2,464	2,461	-403	-16.4%
55-59	1,165	7.3%	1,378	1,269	-104	-8.2%
60-64	854	5.4%	1,016	881	-27	-3.1%
65 and older	590	3.7%	761	682	-92	-13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,764		11,112	10,470
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	662	7.0%	310	607	55	9.1%
Mining	3	0.0%	17	13	-10	-76.9%
Utilities	17	0.2%	9	10	7	70.0%
Construction	1,581	16.8%	2,555	1,810	-229	-12.7%
Manufacturing	934	9.9%	1,171	995	-61	-6.1%
Wholesale Trade	266	2.8%	328	284	-18	-6.3%
Retail Trade	728	7.7%	871	880	-152	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	352	3.7%	269	348	4	1.1%
Information	49	0.5%	49	44	5	11.4%
Finance and Insurance	118	1.3%	120	124	-6	-4.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	73	0.8%	79	83	-10	-12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	191	2.0%	192	237	-46	-19.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.2%	16	11	8	72.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	611	6.5%	1,068	787	-176	-22.4%
Educational Services	72	0.8%	72	85	-13	-15.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	412	4.4%	393	461	-49	-10.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	1.3%	169	215	-92	-42.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	715	7.6%	1,272	791	-76	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	123	1.3%	165	148	-25	-16.9%
Public Administration	95	1.0%	124	122	-27	-22.1%
Information Not Available	1,620	17.2%	1,863	2,415	-795	-32.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,189		101,621	78,253
Male	49,194	65.4%	71,945	50,107	-913	-1.8%
Female	24,417	32.5%	27,845	26,513	-2,096	-7.9%
Information Not Available	1,578	2.1%	1,831	1,633	-55	-3.4%

Ethnicity	75,189		101,621	78,253
Hispanic or Latino	4,425	5.9%	7,720	4,175	250	6.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,548	76.5%	78,305	59,476	-1,928	-3.2%
Information Not Available	13,216	17.6%	15,596	14,602	-1,386	-9.5%

Race	75,189		101,621	78,253
American Indian or Alaskan Native	757	1.0%	1,219	832	-75	-9.0%
Asian	653	0.9%	781	790	-137	-17.3%
Black or African American	11,974	15.9%	11,387	11,550	424	3.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	87	73	-3	-4.1%
White	44,676	59.4%	66,252	47,762	-3,086	-6.5%
Information Not Available	17,059	22.7%	21,895	17,246	-187	-1.1%

Years of Age	75,189		101,621	78,253
Younger than 22	1,668	1.5%	2,793	1,849	-181	-9.8%
22-24	3,873	3.4%	5,480	4,338	-465	-10.7%
25-34	17,632	15.4%	23,175	17,914	-282	-1.6%
35-44	16,521	14.4%	22,603	17,842	-1,321	-7.4%
45-54	19,063	16.6%	25,596	19,675	-612	-3.1%
55-59	8,607	7.5%	11,422	8,934	-327	-3.7%
60-64	5,123	4.5%	6,768	5,174	-51	-1.0%
65 and older	2,698	2.4%	3,776	2,527	171	6.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	8	0	4	0.0%

Industry	75,189		101,621	78,253
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,055	1.4%	1,844	980	75	7.7%
Mining	519	0.7%	1,020	685	-166	-24.2%
Utilities	108	0.1%	135	84	24	28.6%
Construction	14,714	19.3%	24,175	15,052	-338	-2.2%
Manufacturing	14,408	18.9%	13,121	10,372	4,036	38.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,882	3.8%	3,261	3,309	-427	-12.9%
Retail Trade	3,793	5.0%	5,573	4,477	-684	-15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,171	2.8%	3,309	2,412	-241	-10.0%
Information	675	0.9%	855	922	-247	-26.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,287	1.7%	1,203	1,294	-7	-0.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	947	1.2%	1,172	1,013	-66	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,928	5.2%	5,200	4,132	-204	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,264	1.7%	1,594	1,778	-514	-28.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,495	12.5%	15,208	10,752	-1,257	-11.7%
Educational Services	744	1.0%	882	1,019	-275	-27.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,365	5.7%	4,688	5,560	-1,195	-21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,426	1.9%	3,638	1,552	-126	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,408	4.5%	3,929	3,696	-288	-7.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,752	2.3%	2,172	1,959	-207	-10.6%
Public Administration	964	1.3%	1,600	1,126	-162	-14.4%
Information Not Available	5,284	6.9%	7,042	6,079	-795	-13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,809		64,980	43,210
Male	33,197	72.5%	50,538	29,666	3,531	11.9%
Female	12,607	27.5%	14,433	13,537	-930	-6.9%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	9	7	-2	-28.6%

Ethnicity	45,809		64,980	43,210
Hispanic or Latino	1,918	4.2%	2,766	1,736	182	10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,900	84.9%	55,526	36,678	2,222	6.1%
Information Not Available	4,991	10.9%	6,688	4,796	195	4.1%

Race	45,809		64,980	43,210
American Indian or Alaskan Native	599	1.3%	820	637	-38	-6.0%
Asian	907	2.0%	1,005	880	27	3.1%
Black or African American	2,864	6.3%	3,205	3,044	-180	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	90	0.2%	123	65	25	38.5%
White	37,690	82.3%	54,783	35,043	2,647	7.6%
Information Not Available	3,659	8.0%	5,044	3,541	118	3.3%

Years of Age	45,809		64,980	43,210
Younger than 22	628	0.8%	1,217	683	-55	-8.1%
22-24	2,040	2.6%	3,405	1,984	56	2.8%
25-34	11,004	13.8%	16,105	10,302	702	6.8%
35-44	9,737	12.2%	13,912	8,979	758	8.4%
45-54	10,496	13.2%	14,436	10,291	205	2.0%
55-59	5,828	7.3%	7,739	5,376	452	8.4%
60-64	3,924	4.9%	5,243	3,579	345	9.6%
65 and older	2,144	2.7%	2,915	1,997	147	7.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	19	-11	-57.9%

Industry	45,809		64,980	43,210
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	716	1.5%	1,047	704	12	1.7%
Mining	783	1.7%	1,339	357	426	119.3%
Utilities	132	0.3%	172	113	19	16.8%
Construction	14,705	31.6%	24,510	12,077	2,628	21.8%
Manufacturing	5,885	12.6%	7,491	5,671	214	3.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,740	3.7%	2,184	1,667	73	4.4%
Retail Trade	2,484	5.3%	3,063	2,663	-179	-6.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,485	3.2%	1,803	1,399	86	6.1%
Information	543	1.2%	593	623	-80	-12.8%
Finance and Insurance	888	1.9%	928	1,019	-131	-12.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	489	1.1%	582	596	-107	-18.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,459	5.3%	2,922	2,247	212	9.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	999	2.1%	1,132	667	332	49.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,821	8.2%	6,125	3,973	-152	-3.8%
Educational Services	668	1.4%	803	747	-79	-10.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,530	5.4%	2,694	2,837	-307	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	578	1.2%	1,016	604	-26	-4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,675	3.6%	2,194	1,848	-173	-9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,101	2.4%	1,428	1,148	-47	-4.1%
Public Administration	692	1.5%	1,221	682	10	1.5%
Information Not Available	1,436	3.1%	1,733	1,568	-132	-8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,208		31,564	30,021
Male	12,448	56.1%	19,381	16,734	-4,286	-25.6%
Female	9,721	43.8%	12,150	13,231	-3,510	-26.5%
Information Not Available	39	0.2%	33	56	-17	-30.4%

Ethnicity	22,208		31,564	30,021
Hispanic or Latino	920	4.1%	1,345	1,135	-215	-18.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,305	77.9%	24,972	22,706	-5,401	-23.8%
Information Not Available	3,983	17.9%	5,247	6,180	-2,197	-35.6%

Race	22,208		31,564	30,021
American Indian or Alaskan Native	139	0.6%	175	203	-64	-31.5%
Asian	153	0.7%	181	200	-47	-23.5%
Black or African American	4,883	22.0%	5,738	6,129	-1,246	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	932	4.2%	1,125	969	-37	-3.8%
White	14,699	66.2%	22,289	20,220	-5,521	-27.3%
Information Not Available	1,402	6.3%	2,056	2,300	-898	-39.0%

Years of Age	22,208		31,564	30,021
Younger than 22	258	0.7%	440	416	-158	-38.0%
22-24	838	2.4%	1,242	1,283	-445	-34.7%
25-34	5,151	14.6%	7,343	7,034	-1,883	-26.8%
35-44	5,193	14.8%	7,257	6,816	-1,623	-23.8%
45-54	5,378	15.3%	7,513	7,477	-2,099	-28.1%
55-59	2,655	7.6%	3,716	3,515	-860	-24.5%
60-64	1,742	5.0%	2,386	2,133	-391	-18.3%
65 and older	993	2.8%	1,667	1,347	-354	-26.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,208		31,564	30,021
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	116	0.5%	325	183	-67	-36.6%
Mining	123	0.6%	198	174	-51	-29.3%
Utilities	30	0.1%	32	49	-19	-38.8%
Construction	2,883	12.9%	5,946	4,431	-1,548	-34.9%
Manufacturing	3,141	14.1%	3,599	3,553	-412	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	981	4.4%	1,166	1,343	-362	-27.0%
Retail Trade	2,171	9.7%	2,652	2,923	-752	-25.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	701	3.1%	1,106	1,020	-319	-31.3%
Information	346	1.5%	430	681	-335	-49.2%
Finance and Insurance	637	2.9%	757	900	-263	-29.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	368	1.6%	569	544	-176	-32.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,125	5.0%	1,360	1,289	-164	-12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	108	0.5%	155	211	-103	-48.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,016	13.5%	4,175	3,862	-846	-21.9%
Educational Services	418	1.9%	432	578	-160	-27.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,344	10.5%	2,619	3,306	-962	-29.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	327	1.5%	994	452	-125	-27.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,583	7.1%	2,765	2,253	-670	-29.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	533	2.4%	694	739	-206	-27.9%
Public Administration	247	1.1%	368	350	-103	-29.4%
Information Not Available	1,010	4.5%	1,222	1,180	-170	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,313		12,367	12,740
Male	7,042	57.2%	7,221	7,400	-358	-4.8%
Female	5,255	42.7%	5,136	5,332	-77	-1.4%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	10	8	8	100.0%

Ethnicity	12,313		12,367	12,740
Hispanic or Latino	211	1.7%	264	211	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,206	91.0%	11,126	11,557	-351	-3.0%
Information Not Available	896	7.3%	977	972	-76	-7.8%

Race	12,313		12,367	12,740
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41	0.3%	52	61	-20	-32.8%
Asian	81	0.7%	88	91	-10	-11.0%
Black or African American	6,767	55.0%	6,927	6,956	-189	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.3%	50	31	6	19.4%
White	5,071	41.2%	4,924	5,298	-227	-4.3%
Information Not Available	316	2.6%	326	303	13	4.3%

Years of Age	12,313		12,367	12,740
Younger than 22	130	0.8%	111	189	-59	-31.2%
22-24	602	3.7%	513	669	-67	-10.0%
25-34	3,063	18.6%	2,877	3,381	-318	-9.4%
35-44	2,947	17.9%	2,873	3,050	-103	-3.4%
45-54	2,702	16.4%	2,800	2,789	-87	-3.1%
55-59	1,294	7.9%	1,418	1,246	48	3.9%
60-64	955	5.8%	1,023	849	106	12.5%
65 and older	620	3.8%	752	567	53	9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,313		12,367	12,740
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	261	2.1%	690	315	-54	-17.1%
Mining	207	1.6%	211	204	3	1.5%
Utilities	15	0.1%	18	17	-2	-11.8%
Construction	814	6.5%	844	936	-122	-13.0%
Manufacturing	1,616	12.9%	1,546	1,532	84	5.5%
Wholesale Trade	331	2.6%	290	360	-29	-8.1%
Retail Trade	949	7.5%	933	1,085	-136	-12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	255	2.0%	401	304	-49	-16.1%
Information	90	0.7%	102	90	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	194	1.5%	195	171	23	13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	124	1.0%	126	121	3	2.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	386	3.1%	390	346	40	11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	1.1%	120	91	44	48.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,098	8.7%	1,136	1,218	-120	-9.9%
Educational Services	207	1.6%	189	210	-3	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	945	7.5%	1,013	985	-40	-4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	1.0%	163	103	27	26.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	702	5.6%	745	845	-143	-16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	166	1.3%	184	181	-15	-8.3%
Public Administration	256	2.0%	281	173	83	48.0%
Information Not Available	3,432	27.3%	2,790	3,453	-21	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,978		9,589	6,476
Male	4,773	68.4%	7,115	4,386	387	8.8%
Female	2,199	31.5%	2,463	2,083	116	5.6%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	11	7	-1	-14.3%

Ethnicity	6,978		9,589	6,476
Hispanic or Latino	318	4.6%	370	260	58	22.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,314	90.5%	8,783	5,940	374	6.3%
Information Not Available	346	5.0%	436	276	70	25.4%

Race	6,978		9,589	6,476
American Indian or Alaskan Native	756	10.8%	988	639	117	18.3%
Asian	29	0.4%	31	25	4	16.0%
Black or African American	70	1.0%	76	63	7	11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.3%	18	14	4	28.6%
White	6,006	86.1%	8,356	5,639	367	6.5%
Information Not Available	99	1.4%	120	96	3	3.1%

Years of Age	6,978		9,589	6,476
Younger than 22	158	1.3%	216	140	18	12.9%
22-24	328	2.6%	452	308	20	6.5%
25-34	1,760	14.2%	2,460	1,637	123	7.5%
35-44	1,532	12.3%	1,990	1,288	244	18.9%
45-54	1,478	11.9%	2,019	1,482	-4	-0.3%
55-59	817	6.6%	1,156	797	20	2.5%
60-64	576	4.6%	820	521	55	10.6%
65 and older	329	2.7%	476	303	26	8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,978		9,589	6,476
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	218	3.0%	356	234	-16	-6.8%
Mining	328	4.6%	425	272	56	20.6%
Utilities	18	0.3%	31	29	-11	-37.9%
Construction	1,492	20.7%	2,600	1,327	165	12.4%
Manufacturing	382	5.3%	480	440	-58	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	168	2.3%	219	140	28	20.0%
Retail Trade	509	7.1%	715	533	-24	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	296	4.1%	330	255	41	16.1%
Information	60	0.8%	73	74	-14	-18.9%
Finance and Insurance	84	1.2%	86	88	-4	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	107	1.5%	124	86	21	24.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	270	3.8%	292	248	22	8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	13	13	-3	-23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	611	8.5%	1,020	531	80	15.1%
Educational Services	103	1.4%	155	98	5	5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	397	5.5%	409	374	23	6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	303	4.2%	313	286	17	5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	954	13.3%	885	781	173	22.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	162	2.3%	208	187	-25	-13.4%
Public Administration	290	4.0%	395	227	63	27.8%
Information Not Available	216	3.0%	460	253	-37	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,347		26,703	32,453
Male	12,363	50.8%	13,981	16,670	-4,307	-25.8%
Female	11,971	49.2%	12,711	15,773	-3,802	-24.1%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	11	10	3	30.0%

Ethnicity	24,347		26,703	32,453
Hispanic or Latino	1,176	4.8%	1,336	1,448	-272	-18.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,569	92.7%	24,720	30,330	-7,761	-25.6%
Information Not Available	602	2.5%	647	675	-73	-10.8%

Race	24,347		26,703	32,453
American Indian or Alaskan Native	319	1.3%	355	558	-239	-42.8%
Asian	324	1.3%	348	386	-62	-16.1%
Black or African American	11,259	46.2%	11,282	14,135	-2,876	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	55	59	-21	-35.6%
White	10,885	44.7%	13,006	15,195	-4,310	-28.4%
Information Not Available	1,522	6.3%	1,657	2,120	-598	-28.2%

Years of Age	24,347		26,703	32,453
Younger than 22	376	1.1%	450	674	-298	-44.2%
22-24	1,134	3.4%	1,241	1,720	-586	-34.1%
25-34	6,462	19.1%	6,635	8,149	-1,687	-20.7%
35-44	5,838	17.3%	6,495	7,813	-1,975	-25.3%
45-54	5,925	17.5%	6,587	7,868	-1,943	-24.7%
55-59	2,434	7.2%	2,816	3,148	-714	-22.7%
60-64	1,398	4.1%	1,563	2,020	-622	-30.8%
65 and older	780	2.3%	916	1,061	-281	-26.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,347		26,703	32,453
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.5%	145	105	18	17.1%
Mining	6	0.0%	10	5	1	20.0%
Utilities	25	0.1%	27	28	-3	-10.7%
Construction	1,586	6.5%	2,158	1,473	113	7.7%
Manufacturing	3,791	15.5%	3,363	3,636	155	4.3%
Wholesale Trade	987	4.0%	1,037	1,111	-124	-11.2%
Retail Trade	2,043	8.3%	2,334	2,551	-508	-19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	717	2.9%	756	498	219	44.0%
Information	357	1.5%	366	317	40	12.6%
Finance and Insurance	822	3.4%	861	574	248	43.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	400	1.6%	458	391	9	2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,347	5.5%	1,398	1,429	-82	-5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	128	0.5%	133	123	5	4.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,737	19.4%	5,211	4,355	382	8.8%
Educational Services	357	1.5%	384	337	20	5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,984	8.1%	2,063	2,144	-160	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	196	0.8%	390	220	-24	-10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,259	5.1%	1,892	1,382	-123	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	446	1.8%	483	373	73	19.6%
Public Administration	437	1.8%	475	250	187	74.8%
Information Not Available	2,599	10.6%	2,759	11,151	-8,552	-76.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,138		9,665	4,059
Male	5,005	81.5%	8,315	3,276	1,729	52.8%
Female	1,133	18.5%	1,349	781	352	45.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,138		9,665	4,059
Hispanic or Latino	382	6.2%	617	249	133	53.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,595	91.2%	8,811	3,691	1,904	51.6%
Information Not Available	161	2.6%	237	119	42	35.3%

Race	6,138		9,665	4,059
American Indian or Alaskan Native	339	5.5%	512	233	106	45.5%
Asian	34	0.6%	44	25	9	36.0%
Black or African American	352	5.7%	434	254	98	38.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.3%	19	13	4	30.8%
White	4,853	79.1%	7,802	3,166	1,687	53.3%
Information Not Available	543	8.8%	854	368	175	47.6%

Years of Age	6,138		9,665	4,059
Younger than 22	69	0.7%	119	49	20	40.8%
22-24	287	2.7%	534	196	91	46.4%
25-34	1,630	15.5%	2,538	1,025	605	59.0%
35-44	1,290	12.3%	1,910	850	440	51.8%
45-54	1,332	12.7%	2,018	945	387	41.0%
55-59	725	6.9%	1,154	450	275	61.1%
60-64	483	4.6%	824	341	142	41.6%
65 and older	322	3.1%	568	199	123	61.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	6,138		9,665	4,059
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	1.3%	260	54	26	48.1%
Mining	1,216	19.6%	1,569	785	431	54.9%
Utilities	41	0.7%	39	8	33	412.5%
Construction	1,641	26.4%	3,572	1,091	550	50.4%
Manufacturing	452	7.3%	708	373	79	21.2%
Wholesale Trade	521	8.4%	619	264	257	97.3%
Retail Trade	230	3.7%	301	169	61	36.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	572	9.2%	708	339	233	68.7%
Information	41	0.7%	37	30	11	36.7%
Finance and Insurance	56	0.9%	56	58	-2	-3.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	126	2.0%	120	57	69	121.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	236	3.8%	309	121	115	95.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.2%	19	2	10	500.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	187	3.0%	363	127	60	47.2%
Educational Services	9	0.1%	7	4	5	125.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	137	2.2%	152	94	43	45.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12	0.2%	24	12	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	141	2.3%	165	100	41	41.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	78	1.3%	120	58	20	34.5%
Public Administration	148	2.4%	212	101	47	46.5%
Information Not Available	202	3.2%	305	212	-10	-4.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,120		6,822	5,726
Male	2,173	52.7%	4,351	2,927	-754	-25.8%
Female	1,633	39.6%	2,058	2,446	-813	-33.2%
Information Not Available	314	7.6%	413	353	-39	-11.0%

Ethnicity	4,120		6,822	5,726
Hispanic or Latino	346	8.4%	663	415	-69	-16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,039	73.8%	5,090	4,268	-1,229	-28.8%
Information Not Available	735	17.8%	1,069	1,043	-308	-29.5%

Race	4,120		6,822	5,726
American Indian or Alaskan Native	65	1.6%	102	107	-42	-39.3%
Asian	74	1.8%	113	87	-13	-14.9%
Black or African American	448	10.9%	600	606	-158	-26.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.4%	17	13	4	30.8%
White	2,721	66.0%	4,642	3,736	-1,015	-27.2%
Information Not Available	795	19.3%	1,348	1,177	-382	-32.5%

Years of Age	4,120		6,822	5,726
Younger than 22	20	0.3%	49	55	-35	-63.6%
22-24	97	1.5%	194	167	-70	-41.9%
25-34	864	13.4%	1,299	1,244	-380	-30.5%
35-44	923	14.3%	1,446	1,292	-369	-28.6%
45-54	1,066	16.5%	1,782	1,445	-379	-26.2%
55-59	561	8.7%	910	698	-137	-19.6%
60-64	381	5.9%	668	522	-141	-27.0%
65 and older	208	3.2%	474	303	-95	-31.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,120		6,822	5,726
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.8%	53	49	-17	-34.7%
Mining	45	1.1%	148	31	14	45.2%
Utilities	7	0.2%	15	11	-4	-36.4%
Construction	719	17.3%	1,683	768	-49	-6.4%
Manufacturing	655	15.8%	1,232	852	-197	-23.1%
Wholesale Trade	169	4.1%	205	237	-68	-28.7%
Retail Trade	324	7.8%	385	540	-216	-40.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	156	3.8%	361	201	-45	-22.4%
Information	76	1.8%	78	117	-41	-35.0%
Finance and Insurance	194	4.7%	188	239	-45	-18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	51	1.2%	75	83	-32	-38.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	160	3.9%	161	226	-66	-29.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.8%	43	46	-12	-26.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	437	10.5%	723	571	-134	-23.5%
Educational Services	52	1.3%	54	110	-58	-52.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	293	7.1%	324	606	-313	-51.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	33	0.8%	77	61	-28	-45.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	159	3.8%	233	291	-132	-45.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	75	1.8%	92	119	-44	-37.0%
Public Administration	97	2.3%	191	174	-77	-44.3%
Information Not Available	352	8.5%	501	394	-42	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,969		5,988	5,796
Male	2,867	57.7%	3,876	3,440	-573	-16.7%
Female	2,066	41.6%	2,076	2,311	-245	-10.6%
Information Not Available	36	0.7%	36	45	-9	-20.0%

Ethnicity	4,969		5,988	5,796
Hispanic or Latino	186	3.7%	268	266	-80	-30.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,150	83.5%	4,928	4,741	-591	-12.5%
Information Not Available	633	12.7%	792	789	-156	-19.8%

Race	4,969		5,988	5,796
American Indian or Alaskan Native	29	0.6%	38	43	-14	-32.6%
Asian	78	1.6%	97	82	-4	-4.9%
Black or African American	90	1.8%	106	93	-3	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	15	7	2	28.6%
White	4,386	88.3%	5,268	5,137	-751	-14.6%
Information Not Available	377	7.6%	464	434	-57	-13.1%

Years of Age	4,969		5,988	5,796
Younger than 22	38	0.4%	43	49	-11	-22.4%
22-24	127	1.4%	152	143	-16	-11.2%
25-34	834	9.5%	1,037	1,028	-194	-18.9%
35-44	918	10.5%	1,147	1,044	-126	-12.1%
45-54	1,316	15.0%	1,575	1,555	-239	-15.4%
55-59	747	8.5%	854	841	-94	-11.2%
60-64	584	6.7%	698	708	-124	-17.5%
65 and older	405	4.6%	482	428	-23	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,969		5,988	5,796
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	59	1.2%	39	60	-1	-1.7%
Mining	9	0.2%	34	17	-8	-47.1%
Utilities	10	0.2%	10	6	4	66.7%
Construction	255	5.1%	554	285	-30	-10.5%
Manufacturing	568	11.3%	603	652	-84	-12.9%
Wholesale Trade	259	5.2%	265	262	-3	-1.1%
Retail Trade	306	6.1%	360	374	-68	-18.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	129	2.6%	128	126	3	2.4%
Information	57	1.1%	58	102	-45	-44.1%
Finance and Insurance	143	2.8%	138	156	-13	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	67	1.3%	79	78	-11	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	268	5.3%	291	288	-20	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.5%	30	23	1	4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	629	12.5%	872	795	-166	-20.9%
Educational Services	126	2.5%	156	178	-52	-29.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	378	7.5%	386	462	-84	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	2.8%	150	158	-18	-11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	212	4.2%	122	153	59	38.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	124	2.5%	150	182	-58	-31.9%
Public Administration	77	1.5%	74	92	-15	-16.3%
Information Not Available	1,129	22.5%	1,489	1,347	-218	-16.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,552		117,879	106,383
Male	57,411	57.7%	73,696	60,546	-3,135	-5.2%
Female	42,141	42.3%	44,183	45,837	-3,696	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	99,552		117,879	106,383
Hispanic or Latino	21,220	21.3%	27,244	22,849	-1,629	-7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	68,053	68.4%	78,814	72,706	-4,653	-6.4%
Information Not Available	10,279	10.3%	11,821	10,828	-549	-5.1%

Race	99,552		117,879	106,383
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59,568	59.8%	73,864	488	59,080	12106.6%
Asian	20,602	20.7%	21,503	4,175	16,427	393.5%
Black or African American	456	0.5%	588	21,819	-21,363	-97.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,825	3.8%	3,859	639	3,186	498.6%
White	585	0.6%	736	63,828	-63,243	-99.1%
Information Not Available	14,516	14.6%	17,329	15,434	-918	-5.9%

Years of Age	99,552		117,879	106,383
Younger than 22	1,744	1.9%	2,116	1,955	-211	-10.8%
22-24	4,905	5.3%	5,989	5,738	-833	-14.5%
25-34	22,869	24.9%	26,954	24,659	-1,790	-7.3%
35-44	19,883	21.7%	23,656	21,450	-1,567	-7.3%
45-54	22,775	24.8%	27,156	24,641	-1,866	-7.6%
55-59	11,209	12.2%	13,266	11,549	-340	-2.9%
60-64	8,386	9.1%	9,770	8,646	-260	-3.0%
65 and older	7,781	8.5%	8,972	7,745	36	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	99,552		117,879	106,383
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,859	5.6%	6,462	556	5,303	953.8%
Mining	657	0.6%	1,135	66	591	895.5%
Utilities	98	0.1%	135	111	-13	-11.7%
Construction	126	0.1%	163	10,193	-10,067	-98.8%
Manufacturing	1,825	1.7%	1,498	6,717	-4,892	-72.8%
Wholesale Trade	11,037	10.5%	15,758	5,170	5,867	113.5%
Retail Trade	4,971	4.7%	4,808	11,642	-6,671	-57.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,221	5.0%	5,601	4,018	1,203	29.9%
Information	3,242	3.1%	3,057	1,922	1,320	68.7%
Finance and Insurance	12,226	11.6%	13,874	3,254	8,972	275.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,728	1.6%	2,083	1,667	61	3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,788	5.5%	6,135	5,844	-56	-1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,397	1.3%	1,436	630	767	121.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,251	13.5%	19,145	13,596	655	4.8%
Educational Services	1,772	1.7%	1,965	2,274	-502	-22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,773	8.3%	8,962	9,332	-559	-6.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,104	2.0%	4,210	2,118	-14	-0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,746	8.3%	10,194	9,927	-1,181	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,448	2.3%	2,794	2,521	-73	-2.9%
Public Administration	1,455	1.4%	1,619	1,372	83	6.0%
Information Not Available	5,828	5.5%	6,845	13,453	-7,625	-56.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,043		14,761	13,393
Male	8,398	64.4%	9,559	8,374	24	0.3%
Female	4,645	35.6%	5,202	5,019	-374	-7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,043		14,761	13,393
Hispanic or Latino	6,968	53.4%	8,008	7,441	-473	-6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,926	37.8%	5,489	4,945	-19	-0.4%
Information Not Available	1,149	8.8%	1,264	1,007	142	14.1%

Race	13,043		14,761	13,393
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,552	11.9%	1,670	1,463	89	6.1%
Asian	90	0.7%	93	83	7	8.4%
Black or African American	337	2.6%	367	374	-37	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.3%	43	38	0	0.0%
White	6,768	51.9%	7,721	6,994	-226	-3.2%
Information Not Available	4,258	32.6%	4,867	4,441	-183	-4.1%

Years of Age	13,043		14,761	13,393
Younger than 22	337	1.8%	404	395	-58	-14.7%
22-24	689	3.6%	830	768	-79	-10.3%
25-34	3,307	17.5%	3,713	3,264	43	1.3%
35-44	2,874	15.2%	3,194	2,905	-31	-1.1%
45-54	2,936	15.5%	3,316	3,059	-123	-4.0%
55-59	1,447	7.7%	1,646	1,451	-4	-0.3%
60-64	921	4.9%	1,033	978	-57	-5.8%
65 and older	532	2.8%	625	573	-41	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,043		14,761	13,393
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	968	6.9%	1,185	1,141	-173	-15.2%
Mining	1,340	9.6%	1,418	980	360	36.7%
Utilities	25	0.2%	25	31	-6	-19.4%
Construction	2,289	16.3%	2,701	1,918	371	19.3%
Manufacturing	727	5.2%	833	910	-183	-20.1%
Wholesale Trade	444	3.2%	466	362	82	22.7%
Retail Trade	1,131	8.1%	1,242	1,184	-53	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	443	3.2%	547	287	156	54.4%
Information	571	4.1%	684	288	283	98.3%
Finance and Insurance	221	1.6%	229	275	-54	-19.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	224	1.6%	222	193	31	16.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	598	4.3%	679	583	15	2.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.3%	24	31	6	19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,005	7.2%	1,122	909	96	10.6%
Educational Services	240	1.7%	301	299	-59	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,015	7.2%	1,112	1,203	-188	-15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	270	1.9%	281	265	5	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	724	5.2%	812	990	-266	-26.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	292	2.1%	328	257	35	13.6%
Public Administration	402	2.9%	459	792	-390	-49.2%
Information Not Available	77	0.5%	91	495	-418	-84.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,550		25,581	26,125
Male	13,709	58.2%	15,171	15,364	-1,655	-10.8%
Female	9,744	41.4%	10,296	10,664	-920	-8.6%
Information Not Available	97	0.4%	114	97	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,550		25,581	26,125
Hispanic or Latino	5,117	21.7%	5,710	5,542	-425	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,684	62.4%	15,672	16,471	-1,787	-10.8%
Information Not Available	3,749	15.9%	4,199	4,112	-363	-8.8%

Race	23,550		25,581	26,125
American Indian or Alaskan Native	583	2.5%	688	661	-78	-11.8%
Asian	1,310	5.6%	1,423	1,529	-219	-14.3%
Black or African American	3,506	14.9%	3,615	3,575	-69	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	594	2.5%	620	560	34	6.1%
White	13,312	56.5%	14,519	15,235	-1,923	-12.6%
Information Not Available	4,245	18.0%	4,716	4,565	-320	-7.0%

Years of Age	23,550		25,581	26,125
Younger than 22	540	1.5%	648	624	-84	-13.5%
22-24	1,164	3.3%	1,337	1,347	-183	-13.6%
25-34	5,576	15.9%	6,121	6,033	-457	-7.6%
35-44	5,360	15.2%	5,685	5,842	-482	-8.3%
45-54	5,533	15.7%	5,930	6,264	-731	-11.7%
55-59	2,509	7.1%	2,677	2,768	-259	-9.4%
60-64	1,683	4.8%	1,868	1,819	-136	-7.5%
65 and older	1,185	3.4%	1,315	1,428	-243	-17.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,550		25,581	26,125
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.2%	59	33	8	24.2%
Mining	250	1.1%	327	240	10	4.2%
Utilities	22	0.1%	31	45	-23	-51.1%
Construction	3,144	13.3%	3,423	3,658	-514	-14.1%
Manufacturing	852	3.6%	883	986	-134	-13.6%
Wholesale Trade	575	2.4%	564	592	-17	-2.9%
Retail Trade	1,818	7.7%	1,849	2,360	-542	-23.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	850	3.6%	920	796	54	6.8%
Information	249	1.1%	262	322	-73	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	514	2.2%	531	650	-136	-20.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	623	2.6%	613	580	43	7.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	928	3.9%	1,038	957	-29	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	165	0.7%	177	214	-49	-22.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,948	12.5%	3,147	3,235	-287	-8.9%
Educational Services	235	1.0%	232	253	-18	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,109	4.7%	1,135	1,328	-219	-16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	385	1.6%	518	546	-161	-29.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,470	14.7%	4,043	3,909	-439	-11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	432	1.8%	463	528	-96	-18.2%
Public Administration	313	1.3%	355	343	-30	-8.7%
Information Not Available	4,627	19.6%	5,011	4,550	77	1.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	157,170		186,621	172,351
Male	94,896	60.4%	119,172	103,843	-8,947	-8.6%
Female	62,266	39.6%	67,438	68,492	-6,226	-9.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	11	16	-8	-50.0%

Ethnicity	157,170		186,621	172,351
Hispanic or Latino	27,229	17.3%	33,507	28,888	-1,659	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	107,323	68.3%	126,307	115,377	-8,054	-7.0%
Information Not Available	22,618	14.4%	26,807	28,086	-5,468	-19.5%

Race	157,170		186,621	172,351
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,347	0.9%	1,604	1,483	-136	-9.2%
Asian	5,458	3.5%	5,855	5,611	-153	-2.7%
Black or African American	26,828	17.1%	28,649	27,774	-946	-3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	904	0.6%	1,010	982	-78	-7.9%
White	86,035	54.7%	105,713	93,356	-7,321	-7.8%
Information Not Available	36,598	23.3%	43,790	43,145	-6,547	-15.2%

Years of Age	157,170		186,621	172,351
Younger than 22	4,043	1.7%	5,008	4,747	-704	-14.8%
22-24	9,195	4.0%	11,117	11,069	-1,874	-16.9%
25-34	41,555	17.9%	48,583	45,707	-4,152	-9.1%
35-44	33,060	14.2%	39,026	36,338	-3,278	-9.0%
45-54	34,714	14.9%	41,920	38,596	-3,882	-10.1%
55-59	15,694	6.7%	18,533	16,454	-760	-4.6%
60-64	10,505	4.5%	12,444	10,765	-260	-2.4%
65 and older	8,404	3.6%	9,990	8,675	-271	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	157,170		186,621	172,351
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	752	0.5%	1,076	791	-39	-4.9%
Mining	603	0.4%	1,061	592	11	1.9%
Utilities	148	0.1%	130	140	8	5.7%
Construction	24,404	15.5%	33,165	28,057	-3,653	-13.0%
Manufacturing	9,738	6.2%	10,614	10,133	-395	-3.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,193	3.9%	6,731	6,623	-430	-6.5%
Retail Trade	15,970	10.1%	17,730	16,523	-553	-3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,799	3.0%	5,594	6,118	-1,319	-21.6%
Information	5,918	3.7%	5,609	6,637	-719	-10.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,008	3.8%	5,973	6,051	-43	-0.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,390	2.1%	3,886	3,684	-294	-8.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,914	5.6%	9,368	9,203	-289	-3.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	901	0.6%	955	891	10	1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,796	13.2%	27,162	22,116	-1,320	-6.0%
Educational Services	3,303	2.1%	3,771	3,835	-532	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,081	8.9%	14,501	16,379	-2,298	-14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,359	3.4%	8,353	6,024	-665	-11.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,610	7.4%	14,569	12,946	-1,336	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,343	2.8%	4,899	4,826	-483	-10.0%
Public Administration	4,322	2.7%	5,569	5,050	-728	-14.4%
Information Not Available	5,618	3.6%	5,905	5,732	-114	-2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,101		80,952	65,597
Male	43,148	68.4%	59,245	43,569	-421	-1.0%
Female	19,763	31.3%	21,517	21,831	-2,068	-9.5%
Information Not Available	190	0.3%	190	197	-7	-3.6%

Ethnicity	63,101		80,952	65,597
Hispanic or Latino	2,080	3.3%	2,974	2,240	-160	-7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,055	92.0%	74,208	60,465	-2,410	-4.0%
Information Not Available	2,966	4.7%	3,770	2,892	74	2.6%

Race	63,101		80,952	65,597
American Indian or Alaskan Native	261	0.4%	361	338	-77	-22.8%
Asian	375	0.6%	412	398	-23	-5.8%
Black or African American	9,668	15.3%	10,749	10,105	-437	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.1%	81	55	9	16.4%
White	49,592	78.6%	65,455	51,564	-1,972	-3.8%
Information Not Available	3,141	5.0%	3,894	3,137	4	0.1%

Years of Age	63,101		80,952	65,597
Younger than 22	1,329	1.2%	1,855	1,344	-15	-1.1%
22-24	2,674	2.5%	3,577	2,829	-155	-5.5%
25-34	13,205	12.2%	17,003	13,812	-607	-4.4%
35-44	14,453	13.4%	18,729	15,403	-950	-6.2%
45-54	16,462	15.3%	21,097	17,410	-948	-5.4%
55-59	7,922	7.3%	10,001	7,821	101	1.3%
60-64	4,800	4.4%	5,964	4,728	72	1.5%
65 and older	2,256	2.1%	2,726	2,250	6	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,101		80,952	65,597
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	337	0.5%	573	294	43	14.6%
Mining	1,010	1.6%	1,309	752	258	34.3%
Utilities	104	0.2%	111	63	41	65.1%
Construction	15,536	24.5%	23,959	16,675	-1,139	-6.8%
Manufacturing	11,078	17.5%	12,271	10,718	360	3.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,924	4.6%	3,200	2,781	143	5.1%
Retail Trade	2,460	3.9%	3,071	2,803	-343	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,035	4.8%	3,801	2,470	565	22.9%
Information	726	1.1%	783	791	-65	-8.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,393	2.2%	1,413	1,682	-289	-17.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,060	1.7%	1,199	903	157	17.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,872	4.5%	3,141	3,212	-340	-10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	938	1.5%	1,087	1,044	-106	-10.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,107	12.8%	11,791	8,924	-817	-9.2%
Educational Services	866	1.4%	956	1,021	-155	-15.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,279	6.7%	4,299	4,762	-483	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	862	1.4%	1,532	817	45	5.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,928	3.0%	2,426	2,051	-123	-6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,304	2.1%	1,435	1,348	-44	-3.3%
Public Administration	559	0.9%	686	587	-28	-4.8%
Information Not Available	1,723	2.7%	1,909	1,899	-176	-9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,463		23,207	20,820
Male	15,119	64.4%	15,208	13,708	1,411	10.3%
Female	8,292	35.3%	7,935	7,061	1,231	17.4%
Information Not Available	52	0.2%	64	51	1	2.0%

Ethnicity	23,463		23,207	20,820
Hispanic or Latino	2,147	9.2%	2,006	1,886	261	13.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,316	90.8%	21,201	18,934	2,382	12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,463		23,207	20,820
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,207	9.4%	2,138	2,004	203	10.1%
Asian	231	1.0%	209	115	116	100.9%
Black or African American	3,037	12.9%	2,983	2,667	370	13.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.1%	25	37	-4	-10.8%
White	15,195	64.8%	15,204	13,481	1,714	12.7%
Information Not Available	2,760	11.8%	2,648	2,516	244	9.7%

Years of Age	23,463		23,207	20,820
Younger than 22	292	0.8%	262	294	-2	-0.7%
22-24	852	2.3%	861	1,021	-169	-16.6%
25-34	5,812	15.8%	5,672	5,584	228	4.1%
35-44	5,612	15.2%	5,510	4,913	699	14.2%
45-54	5,428	14.7%	5,348	4,628	800	17.3%
55-59	2,482	6.7%	2,512	2,098	384	18.3%
60-64	1,804	4.9%	1,840	1,439	365	25.4%
65 and older	1,181	3.2%	1,202	843	338	40.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,463		23,207	20,820
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.2%	57	40	16	40.0%
Mining	2,702	11.5%	2,655	3,572	-870	-24.4%
Utilities	119	0.5%	85	103	16	15.5%
Construction	2,402	10.2%	2,559	1,754	648	36.9%
Manufacturing	4,142	17.6%	4,018	2,972	1,170	39.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,228	5.2%	1,190	1,038	190	18.3%
Retail Trade	1,630	6.9%	1,573	1,496	134	9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	566	2.4%	598	516	50	9.7%
Information	468	2.0%	410	349	119	34.1%
Finance and Insurance	440	1.9%	418	463	-23	-5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	443	1.9%	461	462	-19	-4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,221	5.2%	1,225	972	249	25.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	248	1.1%	213	156	92	59.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,638	11.2%	2,680	2,369	269	11.4%
Educational Services	371	1.6%	327	310	61	19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,536	6.5%	1,509	1,390	146	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	0.7%	205	158	3	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	717	3.0%	756	626	91	14.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	675	2.9%	720	622	53	8.5%
Public Administration	866	3.7%	718	681	185	27.2%
Information Not Available	834	3.5%	830	771	63	8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,839		32,902	33,022
Male	17,385	60.3%	20,344	20,241	-2,856	-14.1%
Female	11,443	39.7%	12,551	12,777	-1,334	-10.4%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	7	4	7	175.0%

Ethnicity	28,839		32,902	33,022
Hispanic or Latino	3,194	11.1%	3,679	3,539	-345	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,308	77.4%	25,449	25,615	-3,307	-12.9%
Information Not Available	3,337	11.6%	3,774	3,868	-531	-13.7%

Race	28,839		32,902	33,022
American Indian or Alaskan Native	394	1.4%	497	417	-23	-5.5%
Asian	675	2.3%	780	653	22	3.4%
Black or African American	660	2.3%	646	589	71	12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	218	0.8%	247	227	-9	-4.0%
White	17,110	59.3%	19,667	18,911	-1,801	-9.5%
Information Not Available	9,782	33.9%	11,065	12,225	-2,443	-20.0%

Years of Age	28,839		32,902	33,022
Younger than 22	359	0.8%	404	401	-42	-10.5%
22-24	1,032	2.4%	1,187	1,219	-187	-15.3%
25-34	6,510	15.0%	7,422	7,645	-1,135	-14.8%
35-44	6,735	15.5%	7,491	7,624	-889	-11.7%
45-54	6,911	15.9%	7,856	7,856	-945	-12.0%
55-59	3,412	7.8%	3,953	3,866	-454	-11.7%
60-64	2,436	5.6%	2,907	2,833	-397	-14.0%
65 and older	1,444	3.3%	1,682	1,578	-134	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,839		32,902	33,022
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,104	3.7%	1,480	1,387	-283	-20.4%
Mining	91	0.3%	120	137	-46	-33.6%
Utilities	62	0.2%	70	52	10	19.2%
Construction	3,285	11.0%	4,268	5,516	-2,231	-40.4%
Manufacturing	3,979	13.3%	4,303	3,808	171	4.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,120	3.7%	1,161	1,135	-15	-1.3%
Retail Trade	2,890	9.7%	3,385	3,242	-352	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	858	2.9%	954	916	-58	-6.3%
Information	749	2.5%	729	666	83	12.5%
Finance and Insurance	773	2.6%	790	919	-146	-15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	445	1.5%	493	452	-7	-1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,322	4.4%	1,376	1,385	-63	-4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	248	0.8%	227	159	89	56.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,203	10.7%	3,605	3,317	-114	-3.4%
Educational Services	497	1.7%	530	576	-79	-13.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,702	9.0%	2,908	3,046	-344	-11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	298	1.0%	443	378	-80	-21.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,994	6.7%	2,292	2,304	-310	-13.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	719	2.4%	811	853	-134	-15.7%
Public Administration	723	2.4%	944	807	-84	-10.4%
Information Not Available	1,777	5.9%	2,013	1,967	-190	-9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	136,039		167,032	137,622
Male	87,103	64.0%	113,692	83,545	3,558	4.3%
Female	48,924	36.0%	53,322	54,066	-5,142	-9.5%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	18	11	1	9.1%

Ethnicity	136,039		167,032	137,622
Hispanic or Latino	7,920	5.8%	9,764	8,575	-655	-7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	123,935	91.1%	152,428	124,702	-767	-0.6%
Information Not Available	4,184	3.1%	4,840	4,345	-161	-3.7%

Race	136,039		167,032	137,622
American Indian or Alaskan Native	380	0.3%	431	416	-36	-8.7%
Asian	45	0.0%	52	58	-13	-22.4%
Black or African American	19,838	14.6%	19,665	21,019	-1,181	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,673	1.2%	1,864	1,726	-53	-3.1%
White	102,229	75.1%	130,695	101,798	431	0.4%
Information Not Available	11,874	8.7%	14,325	12,605	-731	-5.8%

Years of Age	136,039		167,032	137,622
Younger than 22	2,911	1.3%	4,032	3,565	-654	-18.3%
22-24	6,640	2.9%	8,327	7,403	-763	-10.3%
25-34	31,312	13.8%	37,709	32,445	-1,133	-3.5%
35-44	27,975	12.3%	34,117	28,648	-673	-2.3%
45-54	32,214	14.2%	39,600	32,680	-466	-1.4%
55-59	16,124	7.1%	19,955	15,313	811	5.3%
60-64	11,484	5.1%	13,913	10,262	1,222	11.9%
65 and older	7,379	3.3%	9,379	7,306	73	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	136,039		167,032	137,622
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	340	0.2%	848	435	-95	-21.8%
Mining	4,753	3.5%	5,714	3,613	1,140	31.6%
Utilities	312	0.2%	256	212	100	47.2%
Construction	22,806	16.7%	36,025	22,448	358	1.6%
Manufacturing	20,827	15.3%	21,602	17,473	3,354	19.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,005	3.7%	5,402	4,891	114	2.3%
Retail Trade	12,127	8.9%	12,901	13,364	-1,237	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,260	5.3%	7,935	6,718	542	8.1%
Information	1,782	1.3%	2,012	2,018	-236	-11.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,394	2.5%	3,505	3,560	-166	-4.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,810	1.3%	1,998	1,718	92	5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,610	4.8%	7,184	6,545	65	1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	929	0.7%	1,049	786	143	18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,542	10.7%	20,886	15,227	-685	-4.5%
Educational Services	2,501	1.8%	2,757	2,760	-259	-9.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,881	10.2%	13,733	16,348	-2,467	-15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,515	1.8%	5,038	2,673	-158	-5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,039	5.2%	9,041	8,335	-1,296	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,769	2.0%	3,190	3,104	-335	-10.8%
Public Administration	1,169	0.9%	1,801	1,447	-278	-19.2%
Information Not Available	3,668	2.7%	4,155	3,947	-279	-7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,071		18,770	20,391
Male	10,598	58.6%	10,842	12,312	-1,714	-13.9%
Female	7,473	41.4%	7,928	8,079	-606	-7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,071		18,770	20,391
Hispanic or Latino	17,790	98.4%	18,469	20,043	-2,253	-11.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	97	0.5%	108	104	-7	-6.7%
Information Not Available	184	1.0%	193	244	-60	-24.6%

Race	18,071		18,770	20,391
American Indian or Alaskan Native	124	0.7%	139	389	-265	-68.1%
Asian	17	0.1%	16	24	-7	-29.2%
Black or African American	994	5.5%	958	923	71	7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	19	18	-2	-11.1%
White	4,300	23.8%	4,536	4,454	-154	-3.5%
Information Not Available	12,620	69.8%	13,102	14,583	-1,963	-13.5%

Years of Age	18,071		18,770	20,391
Younger than 22	563	2.6%	584	762	-199	-26.1%
22-24	1,327	6.2%	1,384	1,640	-313	-19.1%
25-34	5,073	23.5%	5,355	6,043	-970	-16.1%
35-44	4,644	21.5%	4,737	5,134	-490	-9.5%
45-54	3,789	17.6%	3,905	4,123	-334	-8.1%
55-59	1,373	6.4%	1,404	1,391	-18	-1.3%
60-64	808	3.7%	858	800	8	1.0%
65 and older	486	2.3%	533	484	2	0.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	10	14	-6	-42.9%

Industry	18,071		18,770	20,391
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	440	2.4%	417	739	-299	-40.5%
Mining	33	0.2%	26	24	9	37.5%
Utilities	23	0.1%	23	21	2	9.5%
Construction	2,269	12.3%	2,403	2,769	-500	-18.1%
Manufacturing	2,396	12.9%	2,245	2,241	155	6.9%
Wholesale Trade	577	3.1%	592	623	-46	-7.4%
Retail Trade	2,042	11.0%	2,092	2,343	-301	-12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	261	1.4%	254	473	-212	-44.8%
Information	355	1.9%	326	236	119	50.4%
Finance and Insurance	437	2.4%	464	570	-133	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	296	1.6%	280	222	74	33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	862	4.7%	790	758	104	13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	10	21	-8	-38.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,137	16.9%	3,175	3,706	-569	-15.4%
Educational Services	486	2.6%	635	583	-97	-16.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,321	7.1%	1,399	1,213	108	8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	86	0.5%	106	88	-2	-2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,270	6.9%	1,400	1,234	36	2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	260	1.4%	295	314	-54	-17.2%
Public Administration	805	4.3%	1,052	1,246	-441	-35.4%
Information Not Available	702	3.8%	786	967	-265	-27.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,596		12,576	10,154
Male	5,778	60.2%	8,361	6,153	-375	-6.1%
Female	3,818	39.8%	4,215	4,001	-183	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,596		12,576	10,154
Hispanic or Latino	1,452	15.1%	1,894	1,364	88	6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,930	61.8%	7,704	6,410	-480	-7.5%
Information Not Available	2,214	23.1%	2,978	2,380	-166	-7.0%

Race	9,596		12,576	10,154
American Indian or Alaskan Native	98	1.0%	107	81	17	21.0%
Asian	148	1.5%	152	155	-7	-4.5%
Black or African American	634	6.6%	690	604	30	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.5%	50	30	16	53.3%
White	6,518	67.9%	8,692	7,021	-503	-7.2%
Information Not Available	2,152	22.4%	2,885	2,263	-111	-4.9%

Years of Age	9,596		12,576	10,154
Younger than 22	195	1.3%	265	229	-34	-14.8%
22-24	462	3.0%	600	579	-117	-20.2%
25-34	2,277	14.9%	2,954	2,357	-80	-3.4%
35-44	2,050	13.4%	2,673	2,093	-43	-2.1%
45-54	2,156	14.1%	2,924	2,461	-305	-12.4%
55-59	1,057	6.9%	1,408	1,082	-25	-2.3%
60-64	795	5.2%	967	802	-7	-0.9%
65 and older	604	3.9%	785	551	53	9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,596		12,576	10,154
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.7%	162	79	-8	-10.1%
Mining	11	0.1%	18	20	-9	-45.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	8	6	3	50.0%
Construction	1,576	16.3%	2,519	1,849	-273	-14.8%
Manufacturing	979	10.1%	1,019	933	46	4.9%
Wholesale Trade	394	4.1%	448	427	-33	-7.7%
Retail Trade	812	8.4%	904	899	-87	-9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	240	2.5%	293	237	3	1.3%
Information	120	1.2%	117	161	-41	-25.5%
Finance and Insurance	327	3.4%	311	372	-45	-12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	163	1.7%	208	197	-34	-17.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	413	4.3%	443	423	-10	-2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	103	1.1%	84	68	35	51.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,466	15.2%	2,520	1,411	55	3.9%
Educational Services	151	1.6%	153	160	-9	-5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	948	9.8%	901	1,097	-149	-13.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	260	2.7%	542	264	-4	-1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	918	9.5%	1,180	845	73	8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	331	3.4%	357	365	-34	-9.3%
Public Administration	67	0.7%	93	80	-13	-16.3%
Information Not Available	237	2.5%	296	261	-24	-9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,874		19,934	19,974
Male	9,089	50.9%	10,348	10,311	-1,222	-11.9%
Female	8,785	49.1%	9,586	9,663	-878	-9.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,874		19,934	19,974
Hispanic or Latino	565	3.2%	676	724	-159	-22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,916	94.6%	18,833	18,886	-1,970	-10.4%
Information Not Available	393	2.2%	425	364	29	8.0%

Race	17,874		19,934	19,974
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.6%	129	195	-93	-47.7%
Asian	128	0.7%	160	134	-6	-4.5%
Black or African American	8,346	46.7%	9,112	9,399	-1,053	-11.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.2%	28	38	-5	-13.2%
White	8,528	47.7%	9,737	9,469	-941	-9.9%
Information Not Available	737	4.1%	768	739	-2	-0.3%

Years of Age	17,874		19,934	19,974
Younger than 22	73	0.3%	85	62	11	17.7%
22-24	56	0.2%	55	52	4	7.7%
25-34	788	3.3%	899	800	-12	-1.5%
35-44	3,346	13.8%	3,822	3,443	-97	-2.8%
45-54	4,325	17.9%	4,765	4,720	-395	-8.4%
55-59	1,954	8.1%	2,135	2,258	-304	-13.5%
60-64	2,178	9.0%	2,467	2,373	-195	-8.2%
65 and older	5,112	21.1%	5,657	6,234	-1,122	-18.0%
Information Not Available	42	0.2%	49	32	10	31.3%

Industry	17,874		19,934	19,974
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.7%	154	127	-8	-6.3%
Mining	21	0.1%	23	20	1	5.0%
Utilities	36	0.2%	31	33	3	9.1%
Construction	1,278	7.1%	1,386	1,821	-543	-29.8%
Manufacturing	2,494	13.9%	3,017	2,562	-68	-2.7%
Wholesale Trade	722	4.0%	758	843	-121	-14.4%
Retail Trade	1,581	8.8%	1,683	1,812	-231	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	652	3.6%	594	617	35	5.7%
Information	278	1.5%	273	294	-16	-5.4%
Finance and Insurance	451	2.5%	512	618	-167	-27.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	323	1.8%	386	361	-38	-10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,232	6.8%	1,109	1,088	144	13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	121	0.7%	137	122	-1	-0.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,217	17.9%	3,494	3,676	-459	-12.5%
Educational Services	265	1.5%	262	324	-59	-18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,287	7.2%	1,356	1,327	-40	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	154	0.9%	268	203	-49	-24.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,223	6.8%	1,793	1,337	-114	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	494	2.7%	526	537	-43	-8.0%
Public Administration	263	1.5%	290	292	-29	-9.9%
Information Not Available	1,663	9.2%	1,882	1,960	-297	-15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,630		2,996	1,620
Male	1,101	67.5%	2,317	1,025	76	7.4%
Female	529	32.5%	679	595	-66	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,630		2,996	1,620
Hispanic or Latino	66	4.0%	136	70	-4	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,301	79.8%	2,528	1,314	-13	-1.0%
Information Not Available	263	16.1%	332	236	27	11.4%

Race	1,630		2,996	1,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	11.3%	280	237	-53	-22.4%
Asian	6	0.4%	9	0	6	0.0%
Black or African American	41	2.5%	67	69	-28	-40.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	2	1	1	100.0%
White	1,187	72.8%	2,314	1,123	64	5.7%
Information Not Available	210	12.9%	324	190	20	10.5%

Years of Age	1,630		2,996	1,620
Younger than 22	19	0.7%	50	16	3	18.8%
22-24	49	1.9%	109	39	10	25.6%
25-34	271	10.4%	544	325	-54	-16.6%
35-44	338	13.0%	604	343	-5	-1.5%
45-54	394	15.1%	628	377	17	4.5%
55-59	214	8.2%	376	234	-20	-8.5%
60-64	212	8.1%	347	161	51	31.7%
65 and older	133	5.1%	338	125	8	6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,630		2,996	1,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	1.1%	29	13	5	38.5%
Mining	78	4.7%	130	82	-4	-4.9%
Utilities	1	0.1%	6	1	0	0.0%
Construction	442	26.8%	1,157	303	139	45.9%
Manufacturing	178	10.8%	311	200	-22	-11.0%
Wholesale Trade	53	3.2%	115	43	10	23.3%
Retail Trade	135	8.2%	199	135	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	61	3.7%	103	39	22	56.4%
Information	23	1.4%	22	24	-1	-4.2%
Finance and Insurance	78	4.7%	55	82	-4	-4.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	1.0%	21	16	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	41	2.5%	52	50	-9	-18.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.1%	5	4	-3	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	85	5.2%	160	96	-11	-11.5%
Educational Services	26	1.6%	36	50	-24	-48.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	80	4.9%	90	94	-14	-14.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	21	1.3%	33	25	-4	-16.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	73	4.4%	169	127	-54	-42.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	17	1.0%	36	21	-4	-19.0%
Public Administration	115	7.0%	156	129	-14	-10.9%
Information Not Available	88	5.3%	111	86	2	2.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,536		25,883	25,041
Male	11,356	52.7%	14,537	13,930	-2,574	-18.5%
Female	10,180	47.3%	11,346	11,111	-931	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,536		25,883	25,041
Hispanic or Latino	393	1.8%	502	507	-114	-22.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,143	98.2%	25,381	24,534	-3,391	-13.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	21,536		25,883	25,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	79	0.4%	69	77	2	2.6%
Asian	1	0.0%	679	568	-567	-99.8%
Black or African American	5,597	26.0%	6,955	6,786	-1,189	-17.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	141	0.7%	150	155	-14	-9.0%
White	15,194	70.6%	17,495	17,000	-1,806	-10.6%
Information Not Available	524	2.4%	535	455	69	15.2%

Years of Age	21,536		25,883	25,041
Younger than 22	205	0.6%	262	322	-117	-36.3%
22-24	624	1.8%	786	953	-329	-34.5%
25-34	4,205	12.2%	4,873	4,981	-776	-15.6%
35-44	4,817	13.9%	5,579	5,539	-722	-13.0%
45-54	5,296	15.3%	6,419	6,274	-978	-15.6%
55-59	2,669	7.7%	3,209	2,966	-297	-10.0%
60-64	2,164	6.3%	2,668	2,194	-30	-1.4%
65 and older	1,556	4.5%	2,087	1,796	-240	-13.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	16	-16	-100.0%

Industry	21,536		25,883	25,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.3%	159	227	-159	-70.0%
Mining	127	0.6%	152	100	27	27.0%
Utilities	17	0.1%	22	31	-14	-45.2%
Construction	2,557	11.8%	3,359	3,284	-727	-22.1%
Manufacturing	2,951	13.7%	3,600	3,076	-125	-4.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,156	5.4%	1,189	1,106	50	4.5%
Retail Trade	1,881	8.7%	2,000	2,062	-181	-8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	849	3.9%	992	1,089	-240	-22.0%
Information	487	2.3%	463	406	81	20.0%
Finance and Insurance	717	3.3%	748	682	35	5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	378	1.7%	380	372	6	1.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,379	6.4%	1,328	1,142	237	20.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.7%	133	97	62	63.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,732	17.3%	3,913	3,897	-165	-4.2%
Educational Services	432	2.0%	470	491	-59	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,014	9.3%	1,913	2,112	-98	-4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	269	1.2%	539	532	-263	-49.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,201	5.6%	1,607	1,670	-469	-28.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	724	3.4%	769	794	-70	-8.8%
Public Administration	400	1.9%	519	469	-69	-14.7%
Information Not Available	38	0.2%	1,628	1,402	-1,364	-97.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	179,776		177,200	156,899
Male	115,858	64.4%	114,268	98,748	17,110	17.3%
Female	63,648	35.4%	62,690	58,149	5,499	9.5%
Information Not Available	270	0.2%	242	2	268	13400.0%

Ethnicity	179,776		177,200	156,899
Hispanic or Latino	61,248	34.1%	60,787	52,951	8,297	15.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	103,858	57.8%	101,390	91,680	12,178	13.3%
Information Not Available	14,670	8.2%	15,023	12,268	2,402	19.6%

Race	179,776		177,200	156,899
American Indian or Alaskan Native	728	0.4%	714	633	95	15.0%
Asian	5,337	3.0%	5,117	3,848	1,489	38.7%
Black or African American	35,211	19.6%	33,473	32,733	2,478	7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,174	1.8%	3,508	0	3,174	0.0%
White	61,726	34.3%	61,110	54,205	7,521	13.9%
Information Not Available	73,600	40.9%	73,278	65,480	8,120	12.4%

Years of Age	179,776		177,200	156,899
Younger than 22	3,049	1.3%	3,252	3,475	-426	-12.3%
22-24	8,413	3.7%	7,970	8,485	-72	-0.8%
25-34	44,745	19.6%	43,721	41,140	3,605	8.8%
35-44	43,312	18.9%	42,456	38,380	4,932	12.9%
45-54	41,155	18.0%	41,238	35,622	5,533	15.5%
55-59	18,863	8.2%	18,322	14,845	4,018	27.1%
60-64	12,658	5.5%	12,647	9,641	3,017	31.3%
65 and older	7,416	3.2%	7,427	5,311	2,105	39.6%
Information Not Available	165	0.1%	167	0	165	0.0%

Industry	179,776		177,200	156,899
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	884	0.5%	855	964	-80	-8.3%
Mining	19,430	10.8%	18,728	18,272	1,158	6.3%
Utilities	516	0.3%	512	409	107	26.2%
Construction	23,307	12.9%	22,945	19,507	3,800	19.5%
Manufacturing	22,697	12.6%	21,211	18,370	4,327	23.6%
Wholesale Trade	11,197	6.2%	10,648	8,861	2,336	26.4%
Retail Trade	10,107	5.6%	9,874	9,380	727	7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,422	4.1%	7,734	5,525	1,897	34.3%
Information	3,290	1.8%	2,937	2,797	493	17.6%
Finance and Insurance	6,782	3.8%	6,762	6,266	516	8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,584	2.0%	3,870	3,158	426	13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15,344	8.5%	15,423	12,793	2,551	19.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,220	0.7%	1,118	807	413	51.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,352	12.4%	21,441	21,201	1,151	5.4%
Educational Services	2,557	1.4%	3,025	2,478	79	3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,766	6.0%	10,755	11,398	-632	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	726	0.4%	787	586	140	23.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,227	2.3%	4,703	4,378	-151	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,500	1.9%	4,311	3,332	168	5.0%
Public Administration	1,300	0.7%	1,343	1,315	-15	-1.1%
Information Not Available	8,568	4.7%	8,218	5,102	3,466	67.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,076		14,531	12,102
Male	8,147	67.5%	10,246	8,091	56	0.7%
Female	3,921	32.5%	4,268	3,938	-17	-0.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	17	73	-65	-89.0%

Ethnicity	12,076		14,531	12,102
Hispanic or Latino	1,408	11.7%	1,900	1,170	238	20.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,479	78.5%	10,991	8,758	721	8.2%
Information Not Available	1,189	9.8%	1,640	2,174	-985	-45.3%

Race	12,076		14,531	12,102
American Indian or Alaskan Native	449	3.7%	545	406	43	10.6%
Asian	184	1.5%	215	162	22	13.6%
Black or African American	258	2.1%	270	252	6	2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	200	1.7%	225	235	-35	-14.9%
White	7,861	65.1%	9,014	8,129	-268	-3.3%
Information Not Available	3,119	25.8%	4,257	2,918	201	6.9%

Years of Age	12,076		14,531	12,102
Younger than 22	254	1.3%	347	285	-31	-10.9%
22-24	527	2.8%	667	600	-73	-12.2%
25-34	3,136	16.5%	3,648	3,219	-83	-2.6%
35-44	2,969	15.6%	3,578	3,024	-55	-1.8%
45-54	2,626	13.8%	3,181	2,612	14	0.5%
55-59	1,272	6.7%	1,545	1,220	52	4.3%
60-64	896	4.7%	1,018	771	125	16.2%
65 and older	396	2.1%	547	371	25	6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,076		14,531	12,102
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.5%	81	47	9	19.1%
Mining	720	5.9%	809	729	-9	-1.2%
Utilities	10	0.1%	15	15	-5	-33.3%
Construction	1,969	16.2%	3,031	1,847	122	6.6%
Manufacturing	1,229	10.1%	1,497	1,264	-35	-2.8%
Wholesale Trade	539	4.4%	579	501	38	7.6%
Retail Trade	903	7.4%	1,000	826	77	9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	497	4.1%	637	462	35	7.6%
Information	291	2.4%	288	305	-14	-4.6%
Finance and Insurance	447	3.7%	399	388	59	15.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	220	1.8%	219	201	19	9.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	838	6.9%	854	900	-62	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.3%	36	45	-8	-17.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,413	11.6%	1,865	1,465	-52	-3.5%
Educational Services	256	2.1%	275	239	17	7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	459	3.8%	494	522	-63	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	193	1.6%	192	208	-15	-7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	696	5.7%	665	684	12	1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	256	2.1%	264	269	-13	-4.8%
Public Administration	183	1.5%	306	201	-18	-9.0%
Information Not Available	864	7.1%	1,025	984	-120	-12.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,905		37,790	34,551
Male	19,327	57.0%	22,531	19,113	214	1.1%
Female	14,551	42.9%	15,248	15,430	-879	-5.7%
Information Not Available	27	0.1%	11	8	19	237.5%

Ethnicity	33,905		37,790	34,551
Hispanic or Latino	1,500	4.4%	1,906	1,620	-120	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,713	90.6%	34,098	31,213	-500	-1.6%
Information Not Available	1,692	5.0%	1,786	1,718	-26	-1.5%

Race	33,905		37,790	34,551
American Indian or Alaskan Native	149	0.5%	2,083	1,787	-1,638	-91.7%
Asian	921	2.8%	909	959	-38	-4.0%
Black or African American	14,254	44.0%	15,164	14,010	244	1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,389	47.5%	17,848	16,077	-688	-4.3%
Information Not Available	1,692	5.2%	1,786	1,718	-26	-1.5%

Years of Age	33,905		37,790	34,551
Younger than 22	364	0.8%	429	371	-7	-1.9%
22-24	1,303	2.8%	1,491	1,380	-77	-5.6%
25-34	7,812	16.8%	8,493	8,142	-330	-4.1%
35-44	7,556	16.3%	8,237	7,636	-80	-1.0%
45-54	8,311	17.9%	9,363	8,652	-341	-3.9%
55-59	4,109	8.8%	4,678	4,065	44	1.1%
60-64	2,828	6.1%	3,237	2,737	91	3.3%
65 and older	1,622	3.5%	1,862	1,568	54	3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,905		37,790	34,551
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.4%	155	83	40	48.2%
Mining	530	1.6%	551	294	236	80.3%
Utilities	35	0.1%	26	15	20	133.3%
Construction	3,197	9.4%	4,940	2,389	808	33.8%
Manufacturing	3,858	11.3%	4,037	1,675	2,183	130.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,019	3.0%	1,111	660	359	54.4%
Retail Trade	2,521	7.4%	2,463	1,775	746	42.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,151	3.4%	1,274	964	187	19.4%
Information	858	2.5%	857	500	358	71.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,273	3.7%	1,154	662	611	92.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	559	1.6%	586	358	201	56.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,644	10.7%	3,561	2,237	1,407	62.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	229	0.7%	256	125	104	83.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,664	13.7%	5,072	3,300	1,364	41.3%
Educational Services	400	1.2%	386	218	182	83.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,251	6.6%	2,317	1,911	340	17.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	221	0.6%	463	141	80	56.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,262	3.7%	1,890	1,105	157	14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	761	2.2%	866	562	199	35.4%
Public Administration	2,032	6.0%	2,255	1,840	192	10.4%
Information Not Available	3,317	9.7%	3,570	13,737	-10,420	-75.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	269		290	336
Male	157	58.4%	159	181	-24	-13.3%
Female	112	41.6%	131	155	-43	-27.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	269		290	336
Hispanic or Latino	66	24.5%	61	51	15	29.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	191	71.0%	219	268	-77	-28.7%
Information Not Available	12	4.5%	10	17	-5	-29.4%

Race	269		290	336
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Black or African American	170	63.2%	200	243	-73	-30.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	2.6%	6	14	-7	-50.0%
White	21	7.8%	18	19	2	10.5%
Information Not Available	71	26.4%	65	54	17	31.5%

Years of Age	269		290	336
Younger than 22	5	1.9%	3	6	-1	-16.7%
22-24	10	3.8%	14	13	-3	-23.1%
25-34	55	20.8%	61	71	-16	-22.5%
35-44	59	22.3%	62	72	-13	-18.1%
45-54	63	23.8%	71	81	-18	-22.2%
55-59	33	12.5%	33	37	-4	-10.8%
60-64	25	9.4%	21	32	-7	-21.9%
65 and older	19	7.2%	25	23	-4	-17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	269		290	336
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.4%	1	1	0	0.0%
Construction	50	18.6%	45	66	-16	-24.2%
Manufacturing	6	2.2%	6	12	-6	-50.0%
Wholesale Trade	9	3.3%	11	8	1	12.5%
Retail Trade	42	15.6%	37	35	7	20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	9	3.3%	13	9	0	0.0%
Information	3	1.1%	3	8	-5	-62.5%
Finance and Insurance	4	1.5%	3	6	-2	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	1.5%	2	4	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	23	8.6%	29	13	10	76.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	4.8%	15	22	-9	-40.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10	3.7%	13	20	-10	-50.0%
Educational Services	3	1.1%	5	9	-6	-66.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7	2.6%	14	18	-11	-61.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	2.2%	6	5	1	20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	38	14.1%	45	38	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7	2.6%	10	25	-18	-72.0%
Public Administration	17	6.3%	13	27	-10	-37.0%
Information Not Available	17	6.3%	19	10	7	70.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,546		6,269	5,841
Male	3,589	64.7%	4,632	3,831	-242	-6.3%
Female	1,957	35.3%	1,637	2,010	-53	-2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,546		6,269	5,841
Hispanic or Latino	7	0.1%	2	4	3	75.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	826	14.9%	897	741	85	11.5%
Information Not Available	4,713	85.0%	5,370	5,096	-383	-7.5%

Race	5,546		6,269	5,841
American Indian or Alaskan Native	7	0.1%	6	4	3	75.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	9	0.2%	6	9	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	1	4	0	0.0%
White	813	14.7%	886	728	85	11.7%
Information Not Available	4,713	85.0%	5,370	5,096	-383	-7.5%

Years of Age	5,546		6,269	5,841
Younger than 22	105	1.8%	118	97	8	8.2%
22-24	237	4.1%	268	238	-1	-0.4%
25-34	1,268	21.7%	1,438	1,296	-28	-2.2%
35-44	1,102	18.9%	1,205	1,171	-69	-5.9%
45-54	1,202	20.6%	1,438	1,316	-114	-8.7%
55-59	717	12.3%	779	735	-18	-2.4%
60-64	518	8.9%	574	535	-17	-3.2%
65 and older	397	6.8%	449	453	-56	-12.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,546		6,269	5,841
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	1.4%	88	77	-1	-1.3%
Mining	15	0.3%	49	22	-7	-31.8%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	6	-2	-33.3%
Construction	1,242	22.1%	2,079	1,502	-260	-17.3%
Manufacturing	632	11.2%	604	585	47	8.0%
Wholesale Trade	169	3.0%	221	196	-27	-13.8%
Retail Trade	425	7.6%	494	516	-91	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	165	2.9%	185	184	-19	-10.3%
Information	55	1.0%	57	52	3	5.8%
Finance and Insurance	47	0.8%	38	40	7	17.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	83	1.5%	90	72	11	15.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	126	2.2%	158	151	-25	-16.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	2	5	-2	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	369	6.6%	656	450	-81	-18.0%
Educational Services	125	2.2%	119	149	-24	-16.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	354	6.3%	375	386	-32	-8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	2.2%	145	147	-24	-16.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,273	22.6%	616	1,000	273	27.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	126	2.2%	145	138	-12	-8.7%
Public Administration	134	2.4%	143	163	-29	-17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,927		57,830	51,833
Male	30,908	61.9%	36,548	31,723	-815	-2.6%
Female	19,011	38.1%	21,271	20,101	-1,090	-5.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	11	9	-1	-11.1%

Ethnicity	49,927		57,830	51,833
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	49,927	100.0%	57,830	51,833	-1,906	-3.7%

Race	49,927		57,830	51,833
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	49,927	100.0%	57,830	51,833	-1,906	-3.7%

Years of Age	49,927		57,830	51,833
Younger than 22	554	1.2%	696	568	-14	-2.5%
22-24	1,735	3.8%	2,081	1,937	-202	-10.4%
25-34	11,199	24.5%	13,039	11,925	-726	-6.1%
35-44	11,404	25.0%	13,107	11,694	-290	-2.5%
45-54	12,361	27.1%	14,195	13,094	-733	-5.6%
55-59	5,880	12.9%	6,930	6,042	-162	-2.7%
60-64	4,305	9.4%	4,887	4,229	76	1.8%
65 and older	2,489	5.5%	2,895	2,344	145	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,927		57,830	51,833
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	49,927	100.0%	57,830	51,833	-1,906	-3.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,786		55,690	50,035
Male	25,248	63.5%	39,172	30,795	-5,547	-18.0%
Female	14,502	36.5%	16,479	19,190	-4,688	-24.4%
Information Not Available	36	0.1%	39	50	-14	-28.0%

Ethnicity	39,786		55,690	50,035
Hispanic or Latino	2,117	5.3%	3,247	2,817	-700	-24.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,849	92.6%	51,468	46,387	-9,538	-20.6%
Information Not Available	820	2.1%	975	831	-11	-1.3%

Race	39,786		55,690	50,035
American Indian or Alaskan Native	633	1.6%	802	786	-153	-19.5%
Asian	462	1.2%	579	575	-113	-19.7%
Black or African American	4,770	12.0%	5,072	6,219	-1,449	-23.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.1%	56	45	-1	-2.2%
White	33,057	83.1%	48,206	41,579	-8,522	-20.5%
Information Not Available	820	2.1%	975	831	-11	-1.3%

Years of Age	39,786		55,690	50,035
Younger than 22	533	0.8%	902	886	-353	-39.8%
22-24	1,512	2.2%	2,228	2,227	-715	-32.1%
25-34	8,589	12.4%	12,376	11,243	-2,654	-23.6%
35-44	8,247	11.9%	11,764	10,157	-1,910	-18.8%
45-54	9,722	14.1%	13,268	11,953	-2,231	-18.7%
55-59	5,191	7.5%	7,096	6,379	-1,188	-18.6%
60-64	3,704	5.4%	4,930	4,378	-674	-15.4%
65 and older	2,284	3.3%	3,120	2,802	-518	-18.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	6	10	-6	-60.0%

Industry	39,786		55,690	50,035
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	386	1.0%	757	570	-184	-32.3%
Mining	310	0.8%	529	245	65	26.5%
Utilities	72	0.2%	134	55	17	30.9%
Construction	7,690	19.1%	13,929	8,705	-1,015	-11.7%
Manufacturing	7,649	19.0%	9,275	9,344	-1,695	-18.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,369	3.4%	1,794	1,621	-252	-15.5%
Retail Trade	3,321	8.3%	3,916	4,768	-1,447	-30.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,746	4.3%	2,412	2,147	-401	-18.7%
Information	569	1.4%	590	705	-136	-19.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,134	2.8%	1,131	1,096	38	3.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	378	0.9%	479	470	-92	-19.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,134	2.8%	1,236	1,226	-92	-7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	275	0.7%	312	315	-40	-12.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,475	11.1%	7,437	5,823	-1,348	-23.1%
Educational Services	529	1.3%	557	690	-161	-23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,943	7.3%	3,125	4,108	-1,165	-28.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	676	1.7%	1,331	846	-170	-20.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,167	5.4%	2,735	3,167	-1,000	-31.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	676	1.7%	852	991	-315	-31.8%
Public Administration	740	1.8%	1,092	971	-231	-23.8%
Information Not Available	1,547	3.9%	2,067	2,172	-625	-28.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,281		20,456	15,727
Male	13,382	77.4%	16,061	11,812	1,570	13.3%
Female	3,895	22.5%	4,392	3,913	-18	-0.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	2	2	100.0%

Ethnicity	17,281		20,456	15,727
Hispanic or Latino	282	1.6%	346	259	23	8.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,460	72.1%	14,813	11,588	872	7.5%
Information Not Available	4,539	26.3%	5,297	3,880	659	17.0%

Race	17,281		20,456	15,727
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	0.2%	51	56	-14	-25.0%
Asian	39	0.2%	44	46	-7	-15.2%
Black or African American	528	3.1%	555	535	-7	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	12	12	4	33.3%
White	15,379	89.0%	18,041	14,027	1,352	9.6%
Information Not Available	1,277	7.4%	1,753	1,051	226	21.5%

Years of Age	17,281		20,456	15,727
Younger than 22	316	1.0%	362	356	-40	-11.2%
22-24	863	2.8%	999	910	-47	-5.2%
25-34	4,117	13.1%	4,618	3,658	459	12.5%
35-44	4,155	13.2%	4,983	3,963	192	4.8%
45-54	4,073	13.0%	4,788	3,634	439	12.1%
55-59	1,751	5.6%	2,192	1,539	212	13.8%
60-64	1,282	4.1%	1,598	1,079	203	18.8%
65 and older	721	2.3%	916	588	133	22.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	0	3	0.0%

Industry	17,281		20,456	15,727
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.3%	55	85	-29	-34.1%
Mining	2,691	15.5%	2,990	2,034	657	32.3%
Utilities	31	0.2%	32	32	-1	-3.1%
Construction	4,022	23.2%	5,468	4,148	-126	-3.0%
Manufacturing	1,299	7.5%	1,381	1,001	298	29.8%
Wholesale Trade	645	3.7%	659	412	233	56.6%
Retail Trade	1,077	6.2%	1,115	1,064	13	1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	776	4.5%	787	534	242	45.3%
Information	128	0.7%	119	120	8	6.7%
Finance and Insurance	157	0.9%	151	157	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	245	1.4%	234	202	43	21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	602	3.5%	636	576	26	4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.3%	57	50	10	20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,600	9.2%	1,829	1,471	129	8.8%
Educational Services	134	0.8%	145	119	15	12.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	915	5.3%	910	927	-12	-1.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	170	1.0%	252	189	-19	-10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	959	5.5%	1,498	835	124	14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	388	2.2%	498	410	-22	-5.4%
Public Administration	209	1.2%	316	238	-29	-12.2%
Information Not Available	1,117	6.4%	1,324	1,123	-6	-0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Apr 2016	Percent	Mar 2016	Apr 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,051		7,145	4,745
Male	5,333	75.6%	5,520	3,582	1,751	48.9%
Female	1,718	24.4%	1,625	1,163	555	47.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,051		7,145	4,745
Hispanic or Latino	708	10.0%	764	465	243	52.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,052	85.8%	6,028	4,049	2,003	49.5%
Information Not Available	291	4.1%	353	231	60	26.0%

Race	7,051		7,145	4,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	266	3.8%	289	169	97	57.4%
Asian	28	0.4%	56	39	-11	-28.2%
Black or African American	180	2.6%	151	126	54	42.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.3%	21	15	4	26.7%
White	5,997	85.1%	5,975	4,005	1,992	49.7%
Information Not Available	561	8.0%	653	391	170	43.5%

Years of Age	7,051		7,145	4,745
Younger than 22	97	0.8%	80	46	51	110.9%
22-24	458	3.7%	468	339	119	35.1%
25-34	1,893	15.1%	1,798	1,364	529	38.8%
35-44	1,538	12.3%	1,504	970	568	58.6%
45-54	1,410	11.3%	1,517	1,005	405	40.3%
55-59	803	6.4%	893	460	343	74.6%
60-64	543	4.3%	553	356	187	52.5%
65 and older	309	2.5%	332	205	104	50.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,051		7,145	4,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.6%	55	11	28	254.5%
Mining	1,581	22.3%	1,138	1,139	442	38.8%
Utilities	17	0.2%	18	4	13	325.0%
Construction	1,373	19.4%	1,969	817	556	68.1%
Manufacturing	322	4.5%	338	183	139	76.0%
Wholesale Trade	333	4.7%	251	116	217	187.1%
Retail Trade	247	3.5%	331	160	87	54.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	427	6.0%	327	266	161	60.5%
Information	17	0.2%	34	22	-5	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	42	0.6%	37	29	13	44.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	178	2.5%	118	108	70	64.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	221	3.1%	231	168	53	31.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	3	0	4	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	353	5.0%	400	191	162	84.8%
Educational Services	35	0.5%	63	23	12	52.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	193	2.7%	211	174	19	10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45	0.6%	55	31	14	45.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	784	11.1%	646	615	169	27.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	186	2.6%	137	115	71	61.7%
Public Administration	126	1.8%	142	99	27	27.3%
Information Not Available	528	7.4%	641	474	54	11.4%