Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

August 2016

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants August 2016
	Aug 2016	Jul 2016	Monthly Change	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,049,379	2,135,165	-85,786	2,143,407	-94,028	-4.4
Alaska	7,223	7,201	22	6,361	862	13.6
Alabama	22,244	24,874	-2,630	23,302	-1,058	-4.5
Arkansas	16,372	17,830	-1,458	20,705	-4,333	-20.9
Arizona	36,845	38,289	-1,444	38,119	-1,274	-3.3
California	347,608	349,744	-2,136	361,595	-13,987	-3.9
Colorado	25,593	26,413	-820	25,940	-347	-1.3
Connecticut	44,394	43,569	825	43,943	451	1.0
District of Columbia	8,953	8,652	301	9,389	-436	-4.6
Delaware	6,463	6,531	-68	6,943	-480	-6.9
Florida	58,258	57,794	464	71,163	-12,905	-18.1
Georgia	30,817	33,948	-3,131	37,352	-6,535	-17.5
Hawaii	6,729	7,374	-645	7,053	-324	-4.6
Iowa	17,011	18,606	-1,595	18,782	-1,771	-9.4
Idaho	5,733	6,174	-441	6,389	-656	-10.3
Illinois	111,658	118,368	-6,710	116,739	-5,081	-4.4
Indiana	20,688	22,159	-1,471	21,028	-340	-1.6
Kansas	11,865	14,388	-2,523	14,194	-2,329	-16.4
Kentucky	21,569	23,364	-1,795	21,498	71	0.3
Louisiana	26,544	27,996	-1,452	22,616	3,928	17.4
Massachusetts	58,680	58,680		60,792	-2,112	-3.5
Maryland	39,476	38,396	1,080	41,560	-2,084	-5.0
Maine	4,396	4,442	-46	5,070	-674	-13.3
Michigan	63,182	76,618	-13,436	53,010	10,172	19.2
Minnesota	30,300	32,215	-1,915	30,797	-497	-1.6
Missouri	31,544	32,154	-610	32,696	-1,152	-3.5
Mississippi	14,983	17,778	-2,795	16,256	-1,273	-7.8
Montana	4,359	4,668	-309	4,700	-341	-7.3
North Carolina	25,597	26,776	-1,179	31,740	-6,143	-19.4
North Dakota	3,503	4,174	-671	3,209	294	9.2
Nebraska	4,299	4,708	-409	6,079	-1,780	-29.3
New Hampshire	4,589	4,775	-186	5,082	-493	-9.7
New Jersey	105,796	104,984	812	113,259	-7,463	-6.6
New Mexico	12,248	13,172	-924	11,509	739	6.4
Nevada	21,753	23,111	-1,358	25,871	-4,118	-15.9
New York	157,336	159,029	-1,693	166,002	-8,666	-5.2
Ohio	53,853	57,629	-3,776	54,415	-562	-1.0
Oklahoma	23,516	24,488	-972	22,160	1,356	6.1
Oregon	26,612	28,107	-1,495	29,688	-3,076	-10.4
Pennsylvania	139,327	144,904	-5,577	144,290	-4,963	-3.4
Puerto Rico	20,685	25,911	-5,226	28,291	-7,606	-26.9
Rhode Island	9,834	10,063	-229	10,335	-501	-4.8
South Carolina	21,788	22,032	-244	22,368	-580	-2.6
South Dakota	1,383	1,566	-183	1,284	99	7.7
Tennessee	19,646	22,980	-3,334	26,101	-6,455	-24.7
Texas	183,387	190,278	-6,891	174,178	9,209	5.3
Utah	9,683	10,335	-652	9,778	-95	-1.0
Virginia	32,056	34,083	-2,027	34,073	-2,017	-5.9
Virgin Islands	341	315	26	442	-101	-22.9
Vermont	3,914	3,846	68	3,830	84	2.2
Washington	43,023	42,588	435	44,337	-1,314	-3.0
Wisconsin	33,488	35,675	-2,187	39,885	-6,397	-16.0
West Virginia	13,877	16,444	-2,567	13,605	272	2.0
Wyoming	4,358	4,967	-609	3,604	754	20.9

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,049,379		2,135,165	2,143,407	-94,028	-4.4
Male	1,055,821	51.5%	1,107,607	1,088,228	-32,407	-3.0%
Female	977,321	47.7%	1,012,675	1,039,307	-61,986	-6.0%
Information Not Available	16,237	0.8%	14,883	15,872	365	2.3%

Ethnicity	2,049,379		2,135,165	2,143,407
Hispanic or Latino	369,938	18.1%	387,036	392,271	-22,333	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,402,666	83.5%	1,459,916	1,475,772	-73,106	-5.0%
Information Not Available	276,775	11.9%	288,213	275,364	1,411	0.5%

Race	2,049,379		2,135,165	2,143,407
American Indian or Alaskan Native	26,833	1.3%	27,992	25,682	1,151	4.5%
Asian	70,084	3.4%	72,451	70,870	-786	-1.1%
Black or African American	399,977	19.5%	414,197	416,553	-16,576	-4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,112	0.6%	12,501	10,703	1,409	13.2%
White	1,045,754	50.9%	1,097,091	1,109,182	-63,428	-5.7%
Information Not Available	498,359	24.3%	517,687	514,855	-16,496	-3.2%

Years of Age	2,049,379		2,135,165	2,143,407
Younger than 22	33,627	1.6%	36,385	37,954	-4,327	-11.4%
22-24	83,708	4.1%	88,456	97,662	-13,954	-14.3%
25-34	459,838	22.4%	478,895	491,882	-32,044	-6.5%
35-44	443,285	21.6%	465,899	460,920	-17,635	-3.8%
45-54	475,402	23.2%	500,122	501,926	-26,524	-5.3%
55-59	230,038	11.2%	240,952	236,403	-6,365	-2.7%
60-64	169,374	8.3%	172,446	165,954	3,420	2.1%
65 and older	137,888	6.7%	137,323	132,003	5,885	4.5%
Information Not Available	16,219	0.8%	14,687	18,703	-2,484	-13.3%

Industry	2,049,379		2,135,165	2,143,407
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52,533	2.6%	53,060	55,308	-2,775	-5.0%
Mining	29,500	1.4%	35,569	38,271	-8,771	-22.9%
Utilities	4,720	0.2%	5,468	4,520	200	4.4%
Construction	169,857	8.3%	178,065	164,146	5,711	3.5%
Manufacturing	208,304	10.2%	239,075	206,099	2,205	1.1%
Wholesale Trade	73,899	3.6%	73,157	71,512	2,387	3.3%
Retail Trade	154,036	7.5%	150,641	163,484	-9,448	-5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	128,756	6.3%	130,960	131,123	-2,367	-1.8%
Information	61,148	3.0%	61,863	61,648	-500	-0.8%
Finance and Insurance	57,437	2.8%	56,934	56,737	700	1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26,952	1.3%	26,989	28,534	-1,582	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	119,212	5.8%	124,220	119,076	136	0.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,956	0.6%	14,466	12,263	693	5.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	251,469	12.3%	259,362	268,855	-17,386	-6.5%
Educational Services	83,080	4.1%	90,205	94,230	-11,150	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	181,330	8.8%	185,732	198,849	-17,519	-8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	27,128	1.3%	27,626	31,628	-4,500	-14.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	138,634	6.8%	143,438	147,193	-8,559	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	51,798	2.5%	55,270	57,260	-5,462	-9.5%
Public Administration	37,140	1.8%	38,353	42,655	-5,515	-12.9%
Information Not Available	179,490	8.8%	184,712	190,016	-10,526	-5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,223		7,201	6,361	862	13.6
Male	3,826	53.0%	3,745	3,122	704	22.5%
Female	3,374	46.7%	3,427	3,231	143	4.4%
Information Not Available	23	0.3%	29	8	15	187.5%

Ethnicity	7,223		7,201	6,361
Hispanic or Latino	16	0.2%	14	27	-11	-40.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,874	95.2%	6,843	6,075	799	13.2%
Information Not Available	333	4.6%	344	259	74	28.6%

Race	7,223		7,201	6,361
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,284	31.6%	2,286	2,179	105	4.8%
Asian	372	5.2%	317	222	150	67.6%
Black or African American	390	5.4%	354	319	71	22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	175	2.4%	171	134	41	30.6%
White	3,655	50.6%	3,715	3,225	430	13.3%
Information Not Available	347	4.8%	358	282	65	23.0%

Years of Age	7,223		7,201	6,361
Younger than 22	107	1.0%	96	137	-30	-21.9%
22-24	370	3.6%	404	363	7	1.9%
25-34	2,109	20.3%	2,032	1,787	322	18.0%
35-44	1,579	15.2%	1,576	1,445	134	9.3%
45-54	1,525	14.7%	1,515	1,345	180	13.4%
55-59	732	7.1%	741	621	111	17.9%
60-64	497	4.8%	519	410	87	21.2%
65 and older	304	2.9%	318	253	51	20.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,223		7,201	6,361
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.2%	18	11	6	54.5%
Mining	527	7.3%	529	277	250	90.3%
Utilities	27	0.4%	33	28	-1	-3.6%
Construction	757	10.5%	786	710	47	6.6%
Manufacturing	382	5.3%	300	205	177	86.3%
Wholesale Trade	118	1.6%	117	115	3	2.6%
Retail Trade	684	9.4%	679	610	74	12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	571	7.9%	564	456	115	25.2%
Information	79	1.1%	76	86	-7	-8.1%
Finance and Insurance	165	2.3%	140	153	12	7.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	2.3%	179	135	30	22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	304	4.2%	318	235	69	29.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	20	19	-1	-5.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	369	5.1%	353	367	2	0.5%
Educational Services	307	4.2%	335	330	-23	-7.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	752	10.4%	779	750	2	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	92	1.3%	79	67	25	37.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	582	8.0%	555	473	109	23.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	379	5.2%	397	401	-22	-5.5%
Public Administration	665	9.2%	661	694	-29	-4.2%
Information Not Available	263	3.6%	283	239	24	10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,244		24,874	23,302
Male	11,633	52.3%	12,148	11,665	-32	-0.3%
Female	10,589	47.6%	12,702	11,612	-1,023	-8.8%
Information Not Available	22	0.1%	24	25	-3	-12.0%

Ethnicity	22,244		24,874	23,302
Hispanic or Latino	270	1.2%	387	242	28	11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,234	73.0%	18,609	16,692	-458	-2.7%
Information Not Available	5,740	25.8%	5,878	6,368	-628	-9.9%

Race	22,244		24,874	23,302
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,475	6.6%	1,506	1,349	126	9.3%
Asian	650	2.9%	641	552	98	17.8%
Black or African American	9,523	42.8%	11,137	9,956	-433	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	33	27	-6	-22.2%
White	9,520	42.8%	10,282	10,376	-856	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,055	4.7%	1,275	1,042	13	1.2%

Years of Age	22,244		24,874	23,302
Younger than 22	49	0.2%	63	613	-564	-92.0%
22-24	71	0.2%	85	1,325	-1,254	-94.6%
25-34	853	2.9%	1,041	6,141	-5,288	-86.1%
35-44	3,605	12.4%	4,060	5,519	-1,914	-34.7%
45-54	4,833	16.6%	5,501	5,083	-250	-4.9%
55-59	2,508	8.6%	2,797	2,172	336	15.5%
60-64	2,693	9.3%	2,974	1,371	1,322	96.4%
65 and older	7,624	26.2%	8,346	1,067	6,557	614.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	7	11	-3	-27.3%

Industry	22,244		24,874	23,302
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	203	0.9%	158	218	-15	-6.9%
Mining	262	1.2%	317	305	-43	-14.1%
Utilities	46	0.2%	43	25	21	84.0%
Construction	2,507	11.2%	2,455	2,072	435	21.0%
Manufacturing	3,531	15.7%	4,438	3,556	-25	-0.7%
Wholesale Trade	783	3.5%	732	885	-102	-11.5%
Retail Trade	2,434	10.8%	2,363	2,481	-47	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	680	3.0%	828	618	62	10.0%
Information	243	1.1%	226	292	-49	-16.8%
Finance and Insurance	616	2.7%	614	633	-17	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	271	1.2%	256	292	-21	-7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,204	5.4%	1,228	1,231	-27	-2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.3%	78	71	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,859	12.7%	3,325	3,194	-335	-10.5%
Educational Services	451	2.0%	491	528	-77	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,864	8.3%	2,499	2,239	-375	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	126	0.6%	126	149	-23	-15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,680	7.5%	1,926	1,830	-150	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	549	2.4%	942	835	-286	-34.3%
Public Administration	271	1.2%	261	313	-42	-13.4%
Information Not Available	1,593	7.1%	1,568	1,535	58	3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,372		17,830	20,705
Male	8,113	49.6%	8,174	10,042	-1,929	-19.2%
Female	7,146	43.6%	8,322	9,580	-2,434	-25.4%
Information Not Available	1,113	6.8%	1,334	1,083	30	2.8%

Ethnicity	16,372		17,830	20,705
Hispanic or Latino	90	0.5%	105	312	-222	-71.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,169	92.7%	16,391	19,310	-4,141	-21.4%
Information Not Available	1,113	6.8%	1,334	1,083	30	2.8%

Race	16,372		17,830	20,705
American Indian or Alaskan Native	190	1.2%	154	200	-10	-5.0%
Asian	30	0.2%	38	35	-5	-14.3%
Black or African American	4,859	29.7%	5,161	6,207	-1,348	-21.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	763	4.7%	850	704	59	8.4%
White	9,327	57.0%	10,188	12,164	-2,837	-23.3%
Information Not Available	1,203	7.3%	1,439	1,395	-192	-13.8%

Years of Age	16,372		17,830	20,705
Younger than 22	387	1.6%	372	554	-167	-30.1%
22-24	751	3.1%	818	1,077	-326	-30.3%
25-34	3,592	14.6%	3,889	4,790	-1,198	-25.0%
35-44	3,657	14.9%	3,957	4,656	-999	-21.5%
45-54	3,489	14.2%	3,878	4,455	-966	-21.7%
55-59	1,591	6.5%	1,694	1,908	-317	-16.6%
60-64	1,090	4.4%	1,128	1,331	-241	-18.1%
65 and older	702	2.9%	760	851	-149	-17.5%
Information Not Available	1,113	4.5%	1,334	1,083	30	2.8%

Industry	16,372		17,830	20,705
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	153	0.9%	138	196	-43	-21.9%
Mining	433	2.6%	525	413	20	4.8%
Utilities	24	0.1%	27	48	-24	-50.0%
Construction	1,212	7.3%	1,228	1,396	-184	-13.2%
Manufacturing	2,495	15.1%	2,444	3,120	-625	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	676	4.1%	644	953	-277	-29.1%
Retail Trade	1,448	8.8%	1,459	1,744	-296	-17.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	634	3.8%	663	777	-143	-18.4%
Information	179	1.1%	173	246	-67	-27.2%
Finance and Insurance	201	1.2%	208	336	-135	-40.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	166	1.0%	187	267	-101	-37.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	595	3.6%	688	833	-238	-28.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.2%	47	58	-23	-39.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,935	11.7%	2,028	2,326	-391	-16.8%
Educational Services	501	3.0%	675	528	-27	-5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,671	10.1%	2,185	2,460	-789	-32.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	102	0.6%	85	119	-17	-14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,096	6.6%	1,338	1,514	-418	-27.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	347	2.1%	389	408	-61	-15.0%
Public Administration	340	2.1%	297	404	-64	-15.8%
Information Not Available	2,129	12.9%	2,402	2,559	-430	-16.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,845		38,289	38,119
Male	20,204	54.8%	20,305	21,001	-797	-3.8%
Female	16,625	45.1%	17,959	17,106	-481	-2.8%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	25	12	4	33.3%

Ethnicity	36,845		38,289	38,119
Hispanic or Latino	16,085	43.7%	17,258	16,619	-534	-3.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,698	37.2%	14,151	14,770	-1,072	-7.3%
Information Not Available	7,062	19.2%	6,880	6,730	332	4.9%

Race	36,845		38,289	38,119
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,186	5.9%	2,259	2,173	13	0.6%
Asian	2,451	6.7%	2,202	2,223	228	10.3%
Black or African American	2,481	6.7%	2,503	2,528	-47	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	292	0.8%	299	338	-46	-13.6%
White	17,977	48.8%	18,969	22,588	-4,611	-20.4%
Information Not Available	11,458	31.1%	12,057	8,269	3,189	38.6%

Years of Age	36,845		38,289	38,119
Younger than 22	858	1.7%	875	880	-22	-2.5%
22-24	1,920	3.7%	1,919	2,007	-87	-4.3%
25-34	8,091	15.7%	8,193	8,302	-211	-2.5%
35-44	7,407	14.3%	7,814	7,779	-372	-4.8%
45-54	8,969	17.4%	9,525	9,530	-561	-5.9%
55-59	4,420	8.6%	4,662	4,503	-83	-1.8%
60-64	3,130	6.1%	3,196	3,045	85	2.8%
65 and older	2,050	4.0%	2,105	2,073	-23	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,845		38,289	38,119
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7,460	16.8%	8,081	7,275	185	2.5%
Mining	125	0.3%	132	176	-51	-29.0%
Utilities	58	0.1%	62	60	-2	-3.3%
Construction	1,824	4.1%	1,865	2,339	-515	-22.0%
Manufacturing	1,741	3.9%	1,832	1,732	9	0.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,279	2.9%	1,244	1,336	-57	-4.3%
Retail Trade	2,513	5.7%	2,498	2,437	76	3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	798	1.8%	825	837	-39	-4.7%
Information	459	1.0%	475	459	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,127	2.5%	1,146	1,149	-22	-1.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	562	1.3%	584	600	-38	-6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,680	3.8%	1,665	1,661	19	1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	103	0.2%	110	116	-13	-11.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,926	8.9%	4,002	4,339	-413	-9.5%
Educational Services	1,064	2.4%	1,281	1,134	-70	-6.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,598	5.9%	2,797	2,629	-31	-1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	352	0.8%	364	416	-64	-15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,720	3.9%	1,941	1,822	-102	-5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	584	1.3%	633	705	-121	-17.2%
Public Administration	792	1.8%	831	762	30	3.9%
Information Not Available	6,080	13.7%	5,921	6,135	-55	-0.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	347,608		349,744	361,595
Male	184,550	53.1%	188,828	186,264	-1,714	-0.9%
Female	162,871	46.9%	160,821	175,139	-12,268	-7.0%
Information Not Available	187	0.1%	95	192	-5	-2.6%

Ethnicity	347,608		349,744	361,595
Hispanic or Latino	127,830	36.8%	130,537	134,183	-6,353	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	185,298	53.3%	184,745	194,801	-9,503	-4.9%
Information Not Available	34,480	9.9%	34,462	32,611	1,869	5.7%

Race	347,608		349,744	361,595
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,925	1.1%	3,797	2,206	1,719	77.9%
Asian	32,518	9.4%	33,323	34,913	-2,395	-6.9%
Black or African American	35,602	10.2%	33,038	34,049	1,553	4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	113,253	32.6%	114,588	123,633	-10,380	-8.4%
Information Not Available	162,310	46.7%	164,998	166,794	-4,484	-2.7%

Years of Age	347,608		349,744	361,595
Younger than 22	7,662	1.8%	7,975	6,810	852	12.5%
22-24	16,353	3.8%	16,614	17,936	-1,583	-8.8%
25-34	87,462	20.2%	85,536	89,679	-2,217	-2.5%
35-44	74,568	17.3%	76,613	74,333	235	0.3%
45-54	74,848	17.3%	78,797	82,965	-8,117	-9.8%
55-59	36,069	8.3%	37,785	39,325	-3,256	-8.3%
60-64	28,687	6.6%	26,962	27,815	872	3.1%
65 and older	21,959	5.1%	19,462	22,636	-677	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	96	-96	-100.0%

Industry	347,608		349,744	361,595
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33,826	8.9%	33,702	35,296	-1,470	-4.2%
Mining	1,495	0.4%	1,804	2,494	-999	-40.1%
Utilities	1,402	0.4%	2,278	1,918	-516	-26.9%
Construction	27,846	7.3%	27,531	24,362	3,484	14.3%
Manufacturing	30,836	8.1%	35,126	31,747	-911	-2.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,775	0.5%	1,614	1,726	49	2.8%
Retail Trade	28,407	7.4%	26,297	29,446	-1,039	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,587	3.0%	11,297	12,181	-594	-4.9%
Information	31,117	8.2%	31,519	29,446	1,671	5.7%
Finance and Insurance	6,915	1.8%	6,076	6,330	585	9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,056	0.5%	1,709	2,398	-342	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,448	1.7%	7,690	7,577	-1,129	-14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	68,027	17.8%	67,595	70,689	-2,662	-3.8%
Educational Services	24,202	6.3%	26,012	28,678	-4,476	-15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	23,921	6.3%	21,076	26,664	-2,743	-10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,821	1.8%	7,215	8,057	-1,236	-15.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,072	4.2%	15,475	15,634	438	2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,036	2.1%	8,259	10,263	-2,227	-21.7%
Public Administration	4,952	1.3%	4,937	4,796	156	3.3%
Information Not Available	11,867	3.1%	12,532	11,893	-26	-0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,593		26,413	25,940
Male	13,651	53.3%	14,043	13,966	-315	-2.3%
Female	11,941	46.7%	12,370	11,973	-32	-0.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,593		26,413	25,940
Hispanic or Latino	4,920	19.2%	5,147	5,102	-182	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,219	71.2%	18,740	18,446	-227	-1.2%
Information Not Available	2,454	9.6%	2,526	2,392	62	2.6%

Race	25,593		26,413	25,940
American Indian or Alaskan Native	480	1.9%	482	450	30	6.7%
Asian	571	2.2%	572	505	66	13.1%
Black or African American	1,600	6.3%	1,717	1,828	-228	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.3%	112	112	-23	-20.5%
White	18,023	70.4%	18,647	18,333	-310	-1.7%
Information Not Available	4,830	18.9%	4,883	4,712	118	2.5%

Years of Age	25,593		26,413	25,940
Younger than 22	256	0.6%	273	290	-34	-11.7%
22-24	697	1.7%	761	879	-182	-20.7%
25-34	5,543	13.5%	5,897	5,766	-223	-3.9%
35-44	5,890	14.3%	5,971	5,919	-29	-0.5%
45-54	6,277	15.2%	6,379	6,398	-121	-1.9%
55-59	3,201	7.8%	3,328	3,236	-35	-1.1%
60-64	2,405	5.8%	2,409	2,193	212	9.7%
65 and older	1,316	3.2%	1,385	1,257	59	4.7%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	10	2	6	300.0%

Industry	25,593		26,413	25,940
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	185	0.7%	192	180	5	2.8%
Mining	993	3.9%	1,118	1,205	-212	-17.6%
Utilities	48	0.2%	45	34	14	41.2%
Construction	2,219	8.6%	2,390	2,650	-431	-16.3%
Manufacturing	1,973	7.7%	1,994	2,015	-42	-2.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,466	5.7%	1,462	1,332	134	10.1%
Retail Trade	2,390	9.3%	2,316	2,158	232	10.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	833	3.2%	926	985	-152	-15.4%
Information	943	3.7%	910	839	104	12.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,073	4.2%	1,038	980	93	9.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	596	2.3%	574	515	81	15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,679	10.4%	2,669	2,631	48	1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	361	1.4%	368	329	32	9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,673	10.4%	2,729	2,854	-181	-6.3%
Educational Services	975	3.8%	1,012	1,045	-70	-6.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,435	9.4%	2,684	2,412	23	1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	376	1.5%	411	395	-19	-4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,552	6.0%	1,693	1,481	71	4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	663	2.6%	682	622	41	6.6%
Public Administration	509	2.0%	521	466	43	9.2%
Information Not Available	651	2.5%	679	812	-161	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,394		43,569	43,943
Male	20,732	46.7%	20,734	20,779	-47	-0.2%
Female	23,662	53.3%	22,835	23,164	498	2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	44,394		43,569	43,943
Hispanic or Latino	7,229	16.3%	7,009	6,923	306	4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,165	83.7%	36,560	37,020	145	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	44,394		43,569	43,943
American Indian or Alaskan Native	156	0.4%	151	149	7	4.7%
Asian	838	1.9%	811	772	66	8.5%
Black or African American	7,445	16.8%	7,154	7,013	432	6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	23,952	54.0%	23,658	22,957	995	4.3%
Information Not Available	12,003	27.0%	11,795	13,052	-1,049	-8.0%

Years of Age	44,394		43,569	43,943
Younger than 22	615	1.0%	546	677	-62	-9.2%
22-24	1,688	2.6%	1,629	1,855	-167	-9.0%
25-34	9,330	14.6%	9,239	9,242	88	1.0%
35-44	8,761	13.7%	8,646	8,632	129	1.5%
45-54	10,500	16.4%	10,373	10,572	-72	-0.7%
55-59	5,361	8.4%	5,231	5,198	163	3.1%
60-64	4,231	6.6%	4,157	3,984	247	6.2%
65 and older	3,908	6.1%	3,748	3,783	125	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,394		43,569	43,943
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.3%	113	148	-23	-15.5%
Mining	7	0.0%	6	7	0	0.0%
Utilities	58	0.1%	58	63	-5	-7.9%
Construction	2,775	6.2%	3,112	2,461	314	12.8%
Manufacturing	3,884	8.7%	3,749	4,242	-358	-8.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,598	3.6%	1,638	1,537	61	4.0%
Retail Trade	4,435	10.0%	4,370	4,532	-97	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,442	16.7%	6,695	7,013	429	6.1%
Information	738	1.7%	756	734	4	0.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,532	3.4%	1,494	1,274	258	20.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	556	1.2%	546	546	10	1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,187	4.9%	2,176	2,217	-30	-1.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	288	0.6%	255	307	-19	-6.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,209	9.5%	4,261	4,333	-124	-2.9%
Educational Services	1,795	4.0%	1,725	1,784	11	0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,979	11.2%	4,944	4,879	100	2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	675	1.5%	651	835	-160	-19.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,458	10.0%	4,348	4,584	-126	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,162	2.6%	1,156	1,266	-104	-8.2%
Public Administration	982	2.2%	1,022	657	325	49.5%
Information Not Available	509	1.1%	494	524	-15	-2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,953		8,652	9,389
Male	3,774	42.2%	3,669	3,957	-183	-4.6%
Female	5,177	57.8%	4,982	5,432	-255	-4.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,953		8,652	9,389
Hispanic or Latino	705	7.9%	623	745	-40	-5.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,193	91.5%	7,987	8,608	-415	-4.8%
Information Not Available	55	0.6%	42	36	19	52.8%

Race	8,953		8,652	9,389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.4%	42	40	-7	-17.5%
Asian	231	2.6%	244	219	12	5.5%
Black or African American	6,324	70.6%	6,185	6,783	-459	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.2%	16	24	-4	-16.7%
White	1,623	18.1%	1,522	1,722	-99	-5.7%
Information Not Available	722	8.1%	643	601	121	20.1%

Years of Age	8,953		8,652	9,389
Younger than 22	134	1.4%	137	142	-8	-5.6%
22-24	511	5.2%	509	566	-55	-9.7%
25-34	2,414	24.4%	2,362	2,646	-232	-8.8%
35-44	1,944	19.7%	1,838	2,037	-93	-4.6%
45-54	1,927	19.5%	1,823	2,038	-111	-5.4%
55-59	931	9.4%	914	976	-45	-4.6%
60-64	684	6.9%	656	597	87	14.6%
65 and older	408	4.1%	413	387	21	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,953		8,652	9,389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Construction	10	0.1%	15	22	-12	-54.5%
Manufacturing	4	0.0%	0	2	2	100.0%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.0%	2	4	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	28	0.3%	26	19	9	47.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	12	0.1%	16	17	-5	-29.4%
Information	8	0.1%	4	22	-14	-63.6%
Finance and Insurance	8	0.1%	6	9	-1	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	6	5	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	51	0.6%	43	46	5	10.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	5	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	50	0.6%	41	37	13	35.1%
Educational Services	11	0.1%	10	13	-2	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17	0.2%	19	10	7	70.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	34	0.4%	30	13	21	161.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13	0.1%	12	21	-8	-38.1%
Public Administration	4	0.0%	5	1	3	300.0%
Information Not Available	8,690	97.1%	8,411	9,145	-455	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,463		6,531	6,943
Male	2,638	40.8%	2,790	2,956	-318	-10.8%
Female	3,446	53.3%	3,381	3,613	-167	-4.6%
Information Not Available	379	5.9%	360	374	5	1.3%

Ethnicity	6,463		6,531	6,943
Hispanic or Latino	395	6.1%	406	464	-69	-14.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,689	88.0%	5,765	6,105	-416	-6.8%
Information Not Available	379	5.9%	360	374	5	1.3%

Race	6,463		6,531	6,943
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23	0.4%	26	23	0	0.0%
Asian	129	2.0%	125	135	-6	-4.4%
Black or African American	2,801	43.3%	2,824	2,896	-95	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	6	8	-4	-50.0%
White	3,216	49.7%	3,297	3,658	-442	-12.1%
Information Not Available	292	4.5%	253	224	68	30.4%

Years of Age	6,463		6,531	6,943
Younger than 22	106	1.2%	78	107	-1	-0.9%
22-24	332	3.6%	324	335	-3	-0.9%
25-34	1,554	16.9%	1,585	1,673	-119	-7.1%
35-44	1,310	14.3%	1,308	1,408	-98	-7.0%
45-54	1,500	16.4%	1,519	1,701	-201	-11.8%
55-59	769	8.4%	805	753	16	2.1%
60-64	510	5.6%	499	508	2	0.4%
65 and older	313	3.4%	334	393	-80	-20.4%
Information Not Available	69	0.8%	79	65	4	6.2%

Industry	6,463		6,531	6,943
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.2%	14	11	4	36.4%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	13	0.2%	12	9	4	44.4%
Construction	294	4.5%	348	371	-77	-20.8%
Manufacturing	403	6.2%	382	359	44	12.3%
Wholesale Trade	201	3.1%	201	235	-34	-14.5%
Retail Trade	965	14.9%	939	922	43	4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	313	4.8%	294	348	-35	-10.1%
Information	86	1.3%	70	111	-25	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	622	9.6%	620	589	33	5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	125	1.9%	119	145	-20	-13.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	482	7.4%	477	459	23	5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.3%	26	26	-5	-19.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,134	17.5%	1,201	1,353	-219	-16.2%
Educational Services	167	2.6%	145	230	-63	-27.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	810	12.5%	855	939	-129	-13.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	86	1.3%	70	94	-8	-8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	472	7.3%	483	486	-14	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	171	2.6%	179	198	-27	-13.6%
Public Administration	63	1.0%	72	47	16	34.0%
Information Not Available	20	0.3%	24	11	9	81.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,258		57,794	71,163
Male	26,873	46.1%	26,224	32,841	-5,968	-18.2%
Female	31,252	53.6%	31,414	38,259	-7,007	-18.3%
Information Not Available	133	0.2%	156	63	70	111.1%

Ethnicity	58,258		57,794	71,163
Hispanic or Latino	15,303	26.3%	15,206	18,958	-3,655	-19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,277	65.7%	37,866	47,273	-8,996	-19.0%
Information Not Available	4,678	8.0%	4,722	4,932	-254	-5.2%

Race	58,258		57,794	71,163
American Indian or Alaskan Native	320	0.5%	307	385	-65	-16.9%
Asian	788	1.4%	815	915	-127	-13.9%
Black or African American	15,904	27.3%	15,560	19,572	-3,668	-18.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	268	0.5%	303	339	-71	-20.9%
White	34,676	59.5%	34,531	43,159	-8,483	-19.7%
Information Not Available	6,302	10.8%	6,278	6,793	-491	-7.2%

Years of Age	58,258		57,794	71,163
Younger than 22	577	0.7%	522	682	-105	-15.4%
22-24	1,615	1.8%	1,632	2,214	-599	-27.1%
25-34	11,095	12.6%	11,249	14,018	-2,923	-20.9%
35-44	11,484	13.0%	11,563	14,168	-2,684	-18.9%
45-54	13,004	14.7%	12,940	16,133	-3,129	-19.4%
55-59	6,285	7.1%	6,016	7,656	-1,371	-17.9%
60-64	4,585	5.2%	4,421	5,438	-853	-15.7%
65 and older	3,776	4.3%	3,599	4,377	-601	-13.7%
Information Not Available	5,837	6.6%	5,852	6,477	-640	-9.9%

Industry	58,258		57,794	71,163
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,074	5.0%	2,675	3,760	-686	-18.2%
Mining	167	0.3%	192	148	19	12.8%
Utilities	68	0.1%	69	80	-12	-15.0%
Construction	2,795	4.6%	2,758	3,131	-336	-10.7%
Manufacturing	2,590	4.2%	2,565	2,884	-294	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,352	3.8%	2,397	2,711	-359	-13.2%
Retail Trade	4,985	8.1%	4,736	6,283	-1,298	-20.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,004	3.3%	1,884	2,783	-779	-28.0%
Information	1,037	1.7%	986	1,233	-196	-15.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,958	3.2%	2,100	2,349	-391	-16.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,258	2.1%	1,246	1,610	-352	-21.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,182	6.8%	4,237	4,813	-631	-13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	506	0.8%	522	430	76	17.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,587	15.6%	9,355	12,141	-2,554	-21.0%
Educational Services	2,394	3.9%	2,369	3,032	-638	-21.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,510	9.0%	5,523	6,793	-1,283	-18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,530	2.5%	1,573	1,866	-336	-18.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,609	7.5%	4,672	5,966	-1,357	-22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,565	2.6%	1,653	1,997	-432	-21.6%
Public Administration	679	1.1%	758	1,147	-468	-40.8%
Information Not Available	5,408	8.8%	5,524	6,006	-598	-10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,817		33,948	37,352
Male	13,691	44.4%	14,974	17,210	-3,519	-20.4%
Female	15,623	50.7%	17,358	19,518	-3,895	-20.0%
Information Not Available	1,503	4.9%	1,616	624	879	140.9%

Ethnicity	30,817		33,948	37,352
Hispanic or Latino	33	0.1%	190	26	7	26.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,281	95.0%	32,142	36,702	-7,421	-20.2%
Information Not Available	1,503	4.9%	1,616	624	879	140.9%

Race	30,817		33,948	37,352
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	0.4%	155	177	-65	-36.7%
Asian	475	1.5%	516	530	-55	-10.4%
Black or African American	16,897	54.8%	18,654	20,903	-4,006	-19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,830	38.4%	13,007	15,117	-3,287	-21.7%
Information Not Available	1,503	4.9%	1,616	625	878	140.5%

Years of Age	30,817		33,948	37,352
Younger than 22	510	1.3%	552	707	-197	-27.9%
22-24	1,352	3.3%	1,407	1,793	-441	-24.6%
25-34	7,565	18.7%	8,554	8,909	-1,344	-15.1%
35-44	7,619	18.8%	8,358	8,913	-1,294	-14.5%
45-54	7,338	18.1%	8,135	8,857	-1,519	-17.2%
55-59	3,081	7.6%	3,409	3,671	-590	-16.1%
60-64	2,085	5.1%	2,224	2,369	-284	-12.0%
65 and older	1,266	3.1%	1,306	1,276	-10	-0.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	857	-856	-99.9%

Industry	30,817		33,948	37,352
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	402	1.3%	375	427	-25	-5.9%
Mining	24	0.1%	15	27	-3	-11.1%
Utilities	30	0.1%	15	32	-2	-6.3%
Construction	1,145	3.7%	1,165	1,471	-326	-22.2%
Manufacturing	2,219	7.1%	3,042	2,872	-653	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,268	4.1%	1,294	1,637	-369	-22.5%
Retail Trade	2,424	7.8%	2,488	2,900	-476	-16.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	549	1.8%	581	556	-7	-1.3%
Information	656	2.1%	631	690	-34	-4.9%
Finance and Insurance	909	2.9%	915	1,072	-163	-15.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	356	1.1%	344	431	-75	-17.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,460	17.5%	6,105	6,209	-749	-12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.2%	42	31	16	51.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	86	0.3%	84	71	15	21.1%
Educational Services	858	2.7%	817	1,125	-267	-23.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,631	5.2%	2,029	2,211	-580	-26.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,244	4.0%	1,262	1,484	-240	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	241	0.8%	274	369	-128	-34.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	565	1.8%	624	540	25	4.6%
Public Administration	344	1.1%	317	504	-160	-31.7%
Information Not Available	10,359	33.2%	11,529	12,693	-2,334	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,729		7,374	7,053
Male	4,242	63.0%	4,408	4,347	-105	-2.4%
Female	2,486	36.9%	2,964	2,705	-219	-8.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,729		7,374	7,053
Hispanic or Latino	455	6.8%	522	495	-40	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,545	67.5%	4,998	4,820	-275	-5.7%
Information Not Available	1,729	25.7%	1,854	1,738	-9	-0.5%

Race	6,729		7,374	7,053
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	0.8%	58	53	0	0.0%
Asian	2,102	31.2%	2,334	2,211	-109	-4.9%
Black or African American	108	1.6%	113	129	-21	-16.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,024	30.1%	2,249	1,998	26	1.3%
White	1,546	23.0%	1,646	1,658	-112	-6.8%
Information Not Available	896	13.3%	974	1,004	-108	-10.8%

Years of Age	6,729		7,374	7,053
Younger than 22	116	1.5%	97	83	33	39.8%
22-24	257	3.4%	264	208	49	23.6%
25-34	1,473	19.3%	1,587	1,456	17	1.2%
35-44	1,480	19.4%	1,634	1,635	-155	-9.5%
45-54	1,532	20.1%	1,656	1,684	-152	-9.0%
55-59	770	10.1%	864	799	-29	-3.6%
60-64	642	8.4%	716	692	-50	-7.2%
65 and older	459	6.0%	556	496	-37	-7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,729		7,374	7,053
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	190	2.7%	298	114	76	66.7%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	5	-4	-80.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	7	24	-15	-62.5%
Construction	1,977	28.6%	1,922	1,721	256	14.9%
Manufacturing	128	1.8%	135	154	-26	-16.9%
Wholesale Trade	92	1.3%	98	119	-27	-22.7%
Retail Trade	406	5.9%	363	415	-9	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	170	2.5%	364	210	-40	-19.0%
Information	92	1.3%	114	124	-32	-25.8%
Finance and Insurance	73	1.1%	76	73	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	75	1.1%	80	100	-25	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	285	4.1%	294	364	-79	-21.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.4%	30	54	-28	-51.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	712	10.3%	762	923	-211	-22.9%
Educational Services	68	1.0%	65	147	-79	-53.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	305	4.4%	524	331	-26	-7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	78	1.1%	74	63	15	23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	775	11.2%	829	673	102	15.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	164	2.4%	163	163	1	0.6%
Public Administration	140	2.0%	153	132	8	6.1%
Information Not Available	963	13.9%	1,022	1,144	-181	-15.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,011		18,606	18,782
Male	8,950	52.6%	9,933	10,102	-1,152	-11.4%
Female	7,855	46.2%	8,452	8,429	-574	-6.8%
Information Not Available	206	1.2%	221	251	-45	-17.9%

Ethnicity	17,011		18,606	18,782
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	955	-955	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	16,642	-16,642	-100.0%
Information Not Available	17,011	100.0%	18,606	1,185	15,826	1335.5%

Race	17,011		18,606	18,782
American Indian or Alaskan Native	183	1.1%	228	249	-66	-26.5%
Asian	153	0.9%	236	257	-104	-40.5%
Black or African American	946	5.6%	1,233	1,440	-494	-34.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,699	51.1%	11,688	14,696	-5,997	-40.8%
Information Not Available	7,030	41.3%	5,221	2,140	4,890	228.5%

Years of Age	17,011		18,606	18,782
Younger than 22	262	1.1%	281	314	-52	-16.6%
22-24	655	2.7%	695	815	-160	-19.6%
25-34	3,622	15.0%	3,935	4,074	-452	-11.1%
35-44	3,760	15.6%	4,217	4,058	-298	-7.3%
45-54	3,938	16.3%	4,316	4,489	-551	-12.3%
55-59	2,100	8.7%	2,300	2,277	-177	-7.8%
60-64	1,559	6.5%	1,696	1,636	-77	-4.7%
65 and older	1,112	4.6%	1,162	1,115	-3	-0.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	4	-1	-25.0%

Industry	17,011		18,606	18,782
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	169	1.0%	155	304	-135	-44.4%
Mining	24	0.1%	33	29	-5	-17.2%
Utilities	28	0.2%	27	34	-6	-17.6%
Construction	1,743	10.1%	1,742	1,932	-189	-9.8%
Manufacturing	3,872	22.5%	4,998	4,680	-808	-17.3%
Wholesale Trade	881	5.1%	812	798	83	10.4%
Retail Trade	1,340	7.8%	1,301	1,364	-24	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,199	7.0%	1,244	1,059	140	13.2%
Information	557	3.2%	542	681	-124	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	670	3.9%	744	561	109	19.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	188	1.1%	186	155	33	21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	789	4.6%	827	896	-107	-11.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.3%	65	25	32	128.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,452	8.5%	1,555	1,635	-183	-11.2%
Educational Services	450	2.6%	503	469	-19	-4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,520	8.8%	1,667	1,811	-291	-16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	0.8%	148	171	-31	-18.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,123	6.5%	1,248	1,240	-117	-9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	479	2.8%	481	512	-33	-6.4%
Public Administration	192	1.1%	184	231	-39	-16.9%
Information Not Available	138	0.8%	144	195	-57	-29.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,733		6,174	6,389
Male	2,903	50.6%	3,075	3,340	-437	-13.1%
Female	2,829	49.3%	3,097	3,047	-218	-7.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	5,733		6,174	6,389
Hispanic or Latino	663	11.6%	693	789	-126	-16.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,928	68.5%	4,188	4,714	-786	-16.7%
Information Not Available	1,142	19.9%	1,293	886	256	28.9%

Race	5,733		6,174	6,389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	258	2.7%	273	365	-107	-29.3%
Asian	125	1.3%	121	146	-21	-14.4%
Black or African American	104	1.1%	91	90	14	15.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	0.8%	65	105	-30	-28.6%
White	7,381	77.9%	9,024	8,409	-1,028	-12.2%
Information Not Available	1,530	16.2%	2,755	1,711	-181	-10.6%

Years of Age	5,733		6,174	6,389
Younger than 22	89	0.7%	106	83	6	7.2%
22-24	179	1.4%	204	192	-13	-6.8%
25-34	987	7.9%	1,089	1,078	-91	-8.4%
35-44	1,113	8.9%	1,182	1,281	-168	-13.1%
45-54	1,388	11.1%	1,479	1,537	-149	-9.7%
55-59	762	6.1%	807	890	-128	-14.4%
60-64	575	4.6%	615	618	-43	-7.0%
65 and older	634	5.1%	683	709	-75	-10.6%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	9	1	5	500.0%

Industry	5,733		6,174	6,389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	2.5%	174	155	-7	-4.5%
Mining	73	1.2%	97	133	-60	-45.1%
Utilities	10	0.2%	11	17	-7	-41.2%
Construction	375	6.4%	393	493	-118	-23.9%
Manufacturing	765	13.0%	722	838	-73	-8.7%
Wholesale Trade	308	5.2%	278	328	-20	-6.1%
Retail Trade	521	8.9%	564	548	-27	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	544	9.3%	595	474	70	14.8%
Information	86	1.5%	99	82	4	4.9%
Finance and Insurance	173	2.9%	180	187	-14	-7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	57	1.0%	66	83	-26	-31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	344	5.8%	374	288	56	19.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.3%	14	19	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	546	9.3%	576	701	-155	-22.1%
Educational Services	136	2.3%	148	186	-50	-26.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	594	10.1%	695	600	-6	-1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	32	0.5%	37	46	-14	-30.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	232	3.9%	292	278	-46	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	127	2.2%	219	222	-95	-42.8%
Public Administration	172	2.9%	167	187	-15	-8.0%
Information Not Available	471	8.0%	473	524	-53	-10.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	111,658		118,368	116,739
Male	56,271	50.4%	61,772	57,963	-1,692	-2.9%
Female	54,637	48.9%	55,819	58,075	-3,438	-5.9%
Information Not Available	750	0.7%	777	701	49	7.0%

Ethnicity	111,658		118,368	116,739
Hispanic or Latino	13,628	12.2%	14,205	14,966	-1,338	-8.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	86,278	77.3%	91,688	88,817	-2,539	-2.9%
Information Not Available	11,752	10.5%	12,475	12,956	-1,204	-9.3%

Race	111,658		118,368	116,739
American Indian or Alaskan Native	517	0.5%	546	560	-43	-7.7%
Asian	2,891	2.6%	2,979	2,879	12	0.4%
Black or African American	31,345	28.1%	31,877	34,401	-3,056	-8.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	204	0.2%	219	280	-76	-27.1%
White	66,311	59.4%	72,053	67,164	-853	-1.3%
Information Not Available	10,390	9.3%	10,694	11,455	-1,065	-9.3%

Years of Age	111,658		118,368	116,739
Younger than 22	1,451	0.9%	1,444	1,774	-323	-18.2%
22-24	4,277	2.5%	4,274	4,821	-544	-11.3%
25-34	24,563	14.6%	26,026	26,314	-1,751	-6.7%
35-44	25,540	15.2%	26,964	27,220	-1,680	-6.2%
45-54	27,443	16.3%	29,256	29,171	-1,728	-5.9%
55-59	13,547	8.0%	14,536	13,941	-394	-2.8%
60-64	9,396	5.6%	10,055	8,971	425	4.7%
65 and older	5,441	3.2%	5,813	4,527	914	20.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	111,658		118,368	116,739
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	355	0.3%	333	314	41	13.1%
Mining	426	0.4%	552	612	-186	-30.4%
Utilities	234	0.2%	224	118	116	98.3%
Construction	9,709	8.7%	11,353	9,171	538	5.9%
Manufacturing	12,061	10.8%	14,938	12,775	-714	-5.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,087	4.5%	5,173	5,130	-43	-0.8%
Retail Trade	8,677	7.7%	8,641	9,714	-1,037	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,261	8.3%	8,641	8,874	387	4.4%
Information	2,272	2.0%	2,422	2,379	-107	-4.5%
Finance and Insurance	4,067	3.6%	4,161	3,941	126	3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,346	1.2%	1,338	1,424	-78	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,393	6.6%	7,576	8,105	-712	-8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	740	0.7%	788	727	13	1.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,214	13.6%	16,333	16,139	-925	-5.7%
Educational Services	4,801	4.3%	4,768	4,597	204	4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,886	7.9%	9,110	9,823	-937	-9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,120	1.0%	1,189	1,438	-318	-22.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,142	7.3%	8,465	8,092	50	0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,154	2.8%	3,204	3,633	-479	-13.2%
Public Administration	2,446	2.2%	2,489	3,246	-800	-24.6%
Information Not Available	6,267	5.6%	6,670	6,487	-220	-3.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,688		22,159	21,028
Male	11,604	56.1%	12,626	11,410	194	1.7%
Female	8,996	43.5%	9,457	9,575	-579	-6.0%
Information Not Available	88	0.4%	76	43	45	104.7%

Ethnicity	20,688		22,159	21,028
Hispanic or Latino	988	4.8%	1,028	1,027	-39	-3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,807	76.4%	17,116	15,672	135	0.9%
Information Not Available	3,893	18.8%	4,015	4,329	-436	-10.1%

Race	20,688		22,159	21,028
American Indian or Alaskan Native	87	0.4%	83	106	-19	-17.9%
Asian	143	0.7%	134	151	-8	-5.3%
Black or African American	3,783	18.3%	3,879	3,999	-216	-5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	21	20	3	15.0%
White	15,229	73.6%	16,635	15,485	-256	-1.7%
Information Not Available	1,423	6.9%	1,407	1,267	156	12.3%

Years of Age	20,688		22,159	21,028
Younger than 22	235	0.7%	272	247	-12	-4.9%
22-24	640	1.9%	660	678	-38	-5.6%
25-34	4,603	13.4%	4,778	4,677	-74	-1.6%
35-44	5,126	14.9%	5,554	5,179	-53	-1.0%
45-54	5,212	15.2%	5,725	5,376	-164	-3.1%
55-59	2,464	7.2%	2,743	2,512	-48	-1.9%
60-64	1,617	4.7%	1,615	1,544	73	4.7%
65 and older	791	2.3%	812	815	-24	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,688		22,159	21,028
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.2%	63	61	-14	-23.0%
Mining	54	0.3%	69	100	-46	-46.0%
Utilities	27	0.1%	31	27	0	0.0%
Construction	2,601	12.5%	2,850	2,736	-135	-4.9%
Manufacturing	4,504	21.7%	5,180	3,914	590	15.1%
Wholesale Trade	866	4.2%	910	878	-12	-1.4%
Retail Trade	1,435	6.9%	1,471	1,670	-235	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	732	3.5%	779	652	80	12.3%
Information	299	1.4%	301	326	-27	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	687	3.3%	691	493	194	39.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	300	1.4%	326	269	31	11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,000	4.8%	1,057	1,061	-61	-5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	124	0.6%	133	118	6	5.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,992	9.6%	2,146	2,422	-430	-17.8%
Educational Services	591	2.9%	593	670	-79	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,609	7.8%	1,633	1,912	-303	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	169	0.8%	175	246	-77	-31.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	710	3.4%	755	762	-52	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	564	2.7%	584	535	29	5.4%
Public Administration	185	0.9%	213	169	16	9.5%
Information Not Available	2,192	10.6%	2,199	2,007	185	9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,865		14,388	14,194
Male	6,308	53.2%	7,835	7,954	-1,646	-20.7%
Female	5,557	46.8%	6,553	6,240	-683	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,865		14,388	14,194
Hispanic or Latino	884	7.5%	1,047	1,107	-223	-20.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,021	50.7%	7,780	6,949	-928	-13.4%
Information Not Available	4,960	41.8%	5,561	6,138	-1,178	-19.2%

Race	11,865		14,388	14,194
American Indian or Alaskan Native	219	1.8%	212	207	12	5.8%
Asian	172	1.4%	204	161	11	6.8%
Black or African American	2,495	21.0%	3,157	2,977	-482	-16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.2%	24	29	-3	-10.3%
White	8,272	69.7%	9,946	10,035	-1,763	-17.6%
Information Not Available	681	5.7%	845	785	-104	-13.2%

Years of Age	11,865		14,388	14,194
Younger than 22	182	0.9%	233	250	-68	-27.2%
22-24	494	2.6%	672	685	-191	-27.9%
25-34	2,704	14.1%	3,423	3,358	-654	-19.5%
35-44	2,728	14.2%	3,266	3,268	-540	-16.5%
45-54	2,772	14.4%	3,248	3,303	-531	-16.1%
55-59	1,450	7.6%	1,687	1,605	-155	-9.7%
60-64	941	4.9%	1,141	1,067	-126	-11.8%
65 and older	594	3.1%	718	658	-64	-9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,865		14,388	14,194
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48	0.4%	66	49	-1	-2.0%
Mining	144	1.2%	187	291	-147	-50.5%
Utilities	17	0.1%	19	26	-9	-34.6%
Construction	1,026	8.6%	1,157	1,227	-201	-16.4%
Manufacturing	1,697	14.2%	2,342	3,336	-1,639	-49.1%
Wholesale Trade	713	6.0%	1,193	653	60	9.2%
Retail Trade	897	7.5%	996	941	-44	-4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	498	4.2%	634	509	-11	-2.2%
Information	336	2.8%	330	318	18	5.7%
Finance and Insurance	350	2.9%	374	334	16	4.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	178	1.5%	184	185	-7	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	922	7.7%	1,053	868	54	6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	35	42	-21	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,397	11.7%	1,705	1,515	-118	-7.8%
Educational Services	407	3.4%	527	391	16	4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,320	11.1%	1,483	1,437	-117	-8.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.7%	76	77	2	2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	591	5.0%	780	638	-47	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	248	2.1%	260	247	1	0.4%
Public Administration	256	2.1%	248	313	-57	-18.2%
Information Not Available	720	6.0%	739	797	-77	-9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,569		23,364	21,498
Male	12,465	57.8%	13,783	12,550	-85	-0.7%
Female	9,104	42.2%	9,581	8,948	156	1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,569		23,364	21,498
Hispanic or Latino	49	0.2%	34	22	27	122.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	647	3.0%	659	583	64	11.0%
Information Not Available	20,873	96.8%	22,671	20,893	-20	-0.1%

Race	21,569		23,364	21,498
American Indian or Alaskan Native	71	0.3%	69	111	-40	-36.0%
Asian	124	0.6%	99	36	88	244.4%
Black or African American	3,140	14.6%	3,600	2,735	405	14.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	9	4	5	125.0%
White	17,906	83.0%	19,290	18,309	-403	-2.2%
Information Not Available	319	1.5%	297	303	16	5.3%

Years of Age	21,569		23,364	21,498
Younger than 22	186	0.5%	271	187	-1	-0.5%
22-24	528	1.4%	633	891	-363	-40.7%
25-34	4,891	12.9%	5,034	4,796	95	2.0%
35-44	5,042	13.3%	5,499	5,320	-278	-5.2%
45-54	5,707	15.1%	6,033	5,271	436	8.3%
55-59	2,377	6.3%	2,846	2,336	41	1.8%
60-64	1,614	4.3%	1,847	1,851	-237	-12.8%
65 and older	1,224	3.2%	1,193	819	405	49.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	8	27	-27	-100.0%

Industry	21,569		23,364	21,498
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.2%	9	71	-27	-38.0%
Mining	785	3.6%	1,076	1,340	-555	-41.4%
Utilities	35	0.2%	30	106	-71	-67.0%
Construction	2,612	12.1%	2,523	1,754	858	48.9%
Manufacturing	3,565	16.5%	5,387	3,878	-313	-8.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,251	5.8%	835	943	308	32.7%
Retail Trade	1,454	6.7%	1,309	1,371	83	6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,055	4.9%	1,158	850	205	24.1%
Information	239	1.1%	271	337	-98	-29.1%
Finance and Insurance	585	2.7%	599	551	34	6.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	275	1.3%	276	217	58	26.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,215	5.6%	1,240	1,210	5	0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	111	0.5%	121	115	-4	-3.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,097	9.7%	2,174	2,070	27	1.3%
Educational Services	940	4.3%	969	979	-39	-4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,791	8.3%	1,852	1,598	193	12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	337	1.6%	267	395	-58	-14.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,113	5.1%	1,059	1,170	-57	-4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	506	2.3%	521	529	-23	-4.3%
Public Administration	372	1.7%	366	533	-161	-30.2%
Information Not Available	1,187	5.5%	1,322	1,481	-294	-19.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,544		27,996	22,616
Male	14,246	53.7%	14,640	11,489	2,757	24.0%
Female	12,277	46.3%	13,337	11,127	1,150	10.3%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	19	0	21	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,544		27,996	22,616
Hispanic or Latino	1,056	4.0%	1,076	900	156	17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,485	96.0%	26,916	21,716	3,769	17.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	0	3	0.0%

Race	26,544		27,996	22,616
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	0.6%	157	221	-69	-31.2%
Asian	210	0.8%	226	196	14	7.1%
Black or African American	14,060	53.0%	15,048	12,596	1,464	11.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.1%	27	41	-9	-22.0%
White	11,688	44.0%	12,727	9,562	2,126	22.2%
Information Not Available	402	1.5%	411	0	402	0.0%

Years of Age	26,544		27,996	22,616
Younger than 22	509	1.4%	511	364	145	39.8%
22-24	1,166	3.2%	1,197	1,018	148	14.5%
25-34	6,661	18.3%	6,909	5,725	936	16.3%
35-44	6,339	17.4%	6,668	5,271	1,068	20.3%
45-54	6,019	16.5%	6,391	5,024	995	19.8%
55-59	2,802	7.7%	3,001	2,468	334	13.5%
60-64	1,786	4.9%	1,990	1,618	168	10.4%
65 and older	1,262	3.5%	1,329	1,128	134	11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,544		27,996	22,616
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	146	0.5%	166	146	0	0.0%
Mining	1,135	4.3%	1,183	1,146	-11	-1.0%
Utilities	58	0.2%	90	64	-6	-9.4%
Construction	3,961	14.8%	4,082	3,051	910	29.8%
Manufacturing	2,656	10.0%	2,775	2,363	293	12.4%
Wholesale Trade	828	3.1%	849	838	-10	-1.2%
Retail Trade	2,084	7.8%	2,050	1,778	306	17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,223	4.6%	1,358	804	419	52.1%
Information	420	1.6%	385	353	67	19.0%
Finance and Insurance	447	1.7%	486	471	-24	-5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	595	2.2%	591	465	130	28.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,568	5.9%	1,565	1,291	277	21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.3%	93	47	38	80.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,205	8.3%	2,230	1,933	272	14.1%
Educational Services	818	3.1%	1,059	821	-3	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,510	9.4%	2,977	2,540	-30	-1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	383	1.4%	395	373	10	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,077	7.8%	2,136	1,762	315	17.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	765	2.9%	977	758	7	0.9%
Public Administration	491	1.8%	507	370	121	32.7%
Information Not Available	2,089	7.8%	2,042	1,242	847	68.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,680		58,680	60,792
Male	29,741	50.7%	29,741	29,400	341	1.2%
Female	28,935	49.3%	28,935	31,389	-2,454	-7.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	58,680		58,680	60,792
Hispanic or Latino	7,525	12.8%	7,525	8,027	-502	-6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,493	80.9%	47,493	49,031	-1,538	-3.1%
Information Not Available	3,662	6.2%	3,662	3,734	-72	-1.9%

Race	58,680		58,680	60,792
American Indian or Alaskan Native	263	0.4%	263	236	27	11.4%
Asian	2,472	4.2%	2,472	2,295	177	7.7%
Black or African American	6,397	10.9%	6,397	6,657	-260	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	141	0.2%	141	147	-6	-4.1%
White	41,351	70.5%	41,351	43,359	-2,008	-4.6%
Information Not Available	8,056	13.7%	8,056	8,098	-42	-0.5%

Years of Age	58,680		58,680	60,792
Younger than 22	785	0.8%	785	941	-156	-16.6%
22-24	2,209	2.3%	2,209	2,466	-257	-10.4%
25-34	12,092	12.8%	12,092	12,563	-471	-3.7%
35-44	12,231	12.9%	12,231	12,455	-224	-1.8%
45-54	14,642	15.5%	14,642	15,248	-606	-4.0%
55-59	7,169	7.6%	7,169	7,249	-80	-1.1%
60-64	5,261	5.6%	5,261	5,351	-90	-1.7%
65 and older	4,291	4.5%	4,291	4,519	-228	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	58,680		58,680	60,792
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	0.3%	200	250	-50	-20.0%
Mining	27	0.0%	27	15	12	80.0%
Utilities	132	0.2%	132	86	46	53.5%
Construction	4,970	8.4%	4,970	4,144	826	19.9%
Manufacturing	4,863	8.3%	4,863	5,119	-256	-5.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,461	4.2%	2,461	2,311	150	6.5%
Retail Trade	4,594	7.8%	4,594	4,685	-91	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,093	8.6%	5,093	5,844	-751	-12.9%
Information	1,471	2.5%	1,471	1,421	50	3.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,173	3.7%	2,173	1,942	231	11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	883	1.5%	883	1,065	-182	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,048	8.6%	5,048	5,038	10	0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	282	0.5%	282	255	27	10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,443	9.2%	5,443	5,672	-229	-4.0%
Educational Services	1,606	2.7%	1,606	1,987	-381	-19.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,100	10.4%	6,100	6,811	-711	-10.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	676	1.1%	676	718	-42	-5.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,550	9.4%	5,550	5,797	-247	-4.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,144	5.3%	3,144	3,472	-328	-9.4%
Public Administration	1,985	3.4%	1,985	2,143	-158	-7.4%
Information Not Available	1,979	3.4%	1,979	2,017	-38	-1.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,476		38,396	41,560
Male	14,578	36.9%	15,008	15,151	-573	-3.8%
Female	15,870	40.2%	16,206	16,386	-516	-3.1%
Information Not Available	9,028	22.9%	7,182	10,023	-995	-9.9%

Ethnicity	39,476		38,396	41,560
Hispanic or Latino	1,280	3.2%	1,347	1,377	-97	-7.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,421	72.0%	29,103	29,426	-1,005	-3.4%
Information Not Available	9,775	24.8%	7,946	10,757	-982	-9.1%

Race	39,476		38,396	41,560
American Indian or Alaskan Native	103	0.3%	106	109	-6	-5.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14,649	37.1%	14,876	14,827	-178	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	51	61	-14	-23.0%
White	13,622	34.5%	14,070	14,429	-807	-5.6%
Information Not Available	11,055	28.0%	9,293	12,134	-1,079	-8.9%

Years of Age	39,476		38,396	41,560
Younger than 22	508	1.0%	509	607	-99	-16.3%
22-24	1,298	2.6%	1,321	1,474	-176	-11.9%
25-34	7,371	14.6%	7,505	7,755	-384	-5.0%
35-44	6,280	12.4%	6,486	6,422	-142	-2.2%
45-54	6,905	13.6%	7,161	7,241	-336	-4.6%
55-59	3,385	6.7%	3,402	3,422	-37	-1.1%
60-64	2,484	4.9%	2,600	2,530	-46	-1.8%
65 and older	2,216	4.4%	2,229	2,086	130	6.2%
Information Not Available	9,029	17.8%	7,183	10,023	-994	-9.9%

Industry	39,476		38,396	41,560
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	53	0.1%	45	47	6	12.8%
Mining	42	0.1%	37	29	13	44.8%
Utilities	55	0.1%	47	18	37	205.6%
Construction	2,601	6.6%	2,755	2,872	-271	-9.4%
Manufacturing	406	1.0%	388	300	106	35.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,186	3.0%	1,214	1,085	101	9.3%
Retail Trade	1,213	3.1%	1,200	1,237	-24	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,757	7.0%	2,482	2,669	88	3.3%
Information	403	1.0%	414	531	-128	-24.1%
Finance and Insurance	865	2.2%	881	1,002	-137	-13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	566	1.4%	581	606	-40	-6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,780	7.0%	2,873	3,012	-232	-7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.2%	78	105	-20	-19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,216	10.7%	4,322	4,358	-142	-3.3%
Educational Services	1,359	3.4%	1,426	1,507	-148	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,149	8.0%	3,409	3,317	-168	-5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	340	0.9%	321	351	-11	-3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,595	6.6%	2,733	2,446	149	6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	995	2.5%	954	937	58	6.2%
Public Administration	536	1.4%	563	733	-197	-26.9%
Information Not Available	13,274	33.6%	11,673	14,398	-1,124	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,396		4,442	5,070
Male	2,231	50.8%	2,263	2,501	-270	-10.8%
Female	2,165	49.2%	2,179	2,569	-404	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,396		4,442	5,070
Hispanic or Latino	49	1.1%	46	54	-5	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,920	89.2%	3,962	4,553	-633	-13.9%
Information Not Available	427	9.7%	434	463	-36	-7.8%

Race	4,396		4,442	5,070
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	1.4%	61	53	8	15.1%
Asian	28	0.6%	31	45	-17	-37.8%
Black or African American	65	1.5%	65	73	-8	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	4,022	91.5%	4,066	4,619	-597	-12.9%
Information Not Available	220	5.0%	219	280	-60	-21.4%

Years of Age	4,396		4,442	5,070
Younger than 22	108	1.4%	94	114	-6	-5.3%
22-24	184	2.3%	156	177	7	4.0%
25-34	821	10.3%	835	970	-149	-15.4%
35-44	889	11.2%	911	1,069	-180	-16.8%
45-54	1,038	13.0%	1,070	1,218	-180	-14.8%
55-59	592	7.4%	606	669	-77	-11.5%
60-64	457	5.7%	465	513	-56	-10.9%
65 and older	307	3.9%	305	340	-33	-9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,396		4,442	5,070
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	2.5%	156	98	16	16.3%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	19	0.4%	17	7	12	171.4%
Construction	252	5.6%	287	296	-44	-14.9%
Manufacturing	471	10.4%	461	573	-102	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	104	2.3%	121	135	-31	-23.0%
Retail Trade	410	9.1%	423	410	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	227	5.0%	198	240	-13	-5.4%
Information	32	0.7%	31	70	-38	-54.3%
Finance and Insurance	89	2.0%	85	122	-33	-27.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	41	0.9%	38	51	-10	-19.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	179	4.0%	179	201	-22	-10.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.2%	10	9	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	326	7.2%	276	336	-10	-3.0%
Educational Services	119	2.6%	120	159	-40	-25.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	589	13.1%	570	635	-46	-7.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	41	0.9%	38	58	-17	-29.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	267	5.9%	250	275	-8	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	132	2.9%	112	119	13	10.9%
Public Administration	70	1.6%	74	66	4	6.1%
Information Not Available	904	20.0%	995	1,210	-306	-25.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,182		76,618	53,010
Male	32,039	50.7%	39,947	25,243	6,796	26.9%
Female	29,455	46.6%	34,834	26,287	3,168	12.1%
Information Not Available	1,688	2.7%	1,837	1,480	208	14.1%

Ethnicity	63,182		76,618	53,010
Hispanic or Latino	2,319	3.7%	2,942	1,811	508	28.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,738	78.7%	60,224	40,711	9,027	22.2%
Information Not Available	11,125	17.6%	13,452	10,488	637	6.1%

Race	63,182		76,618	53,010
American Indian or Alaskan Native	402	0.6%	563	443	-41	-9.3%
Asian	816	1.3%	1,884	520	296	56.9%
Black or African American	14,866	23.5%	16,479	10,612	4,254	40.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.1%	57	69	-20	-29.0%
White	33,164	52.5%	40,694	29,762	3,402	11.4%
Information Not Available	13,885	22.0%	16,941	11,604	2,281	19.7%

Years of Age	63,182		76,618	53,010
Younger than 22	981	1.1%	1,377	1,085	-104	-9.6%
22-24	2,881	3.1%	3,667	2,653	228	8.6%
25-34	14,572	15.9%	18,052	12,486	2,086	16.7%
35-44	14,469	15.8%	17,605	12,162	2,307	19.0%
45-54	16,358	17.8%	19,307	12,980	3,378	26.0%
55-59	7,230	7.9%	8,936	6,076	1,154	19.0%
60-64	4,491	4.9%	5,219	3,671	820	22.3%
65 and older	2,200	2.4%	2,453	1,897	303	16.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,182		76,618	53,010
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	320	0.5%	372	339	-19	-5.6%
Mining	146	0.2%	206	272	-126	-46.3%
Utilities	60	0.1%	64	39	21	53.8%
Construction	3,484	5.5%	3,933	3,393	91	2.7%
Manufacturing	14,535	22.9%	20,644	7,552	6,983	92.5%
Wholesale Trade	5,903	9.3%	4,807	2,176	3,727	171.3%
Retail Trade	2,925	4.6%	2,978	3,542	-617	-17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,758	2.8%	2,878	1,479	279	18.9%
Information	736	1.2%	744	856	-120	-14.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,332	2.1%	1,412	1,308	24	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	649	1.0%	731	632	17	2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,751	9.1%	6,728	4,630	1,121	24.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,435	2.3%	2,336	1,275	160	12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,743	9.0%	7,743	6,324	-581	-9.2%
Educational Services	1,841	2.9%	1,737	2,109	-268	-12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,835	10.8%	6,947	6,810	25	0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	733	1.2%	731	787	-54	-6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,367	3.7%	2,543	2,509	-142	-5.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,852	2.9%	3,150	1,668	184	11.0%
Public Administration	889	1.4%	878	1,035	-146	-14.1%
Information Not Available	3,888	6.1%	5,056	4,275	-387	-9.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,300		32,215	30,797
Male	16,575	54.7%	17,922	16,135	440	2.7%
Female	13,722	45.3%	14,288	14,659	-937	-6.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,300		32,215	30,797
Hispanic or Latino	1,216	4.0%	1,296	1,126	90	8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,820	85.2%	27,468	26,242	-422	-1.6%
Information Not Available	3,264	10.8%	3,451	3,429	-165	-4.8%

Race	30,300		32,215	30,797
American Indian or Alaskan Native	437	1.4%	463	477	-40	-8.4%
Asian	1,008	3.3%	1,057	1,033	-25	-2.4%
Black or African American	2,767	9.1%	2,922	2,999	-232	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.2%	61	66	4	6.1%
White	23,353	77.1%	24,909	23,495	-142	-0.6%
Information Not Available	2,665	8.8%	2,803	2,727	-62	-2.3%

Years of Age	30,300		32,215	30,797
Younger than 22	350	0.7%	360	378	-28	-7.4%
22-24	1,066	2.1%	1,140	1,067	-1	-0.1%
25-34	6,799	13.4%	7,222	7,029	-230	-3.3%
35-44	6,611	13.0%	7,033	6,713	-102	-1.5%
45-54	7,198	14.1%	7,742	7,481	-283	-3.8%
55-59	3,955	7.8%	4,123	3,845	110	2.9%
60-64	2,783	5.5%	2,954	2,799	-16	-0.6%
65 and older	1,530	3.0%	1,632	1,480	50	3.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	9	5	3	60.0%

Industry	30,300		32,215	30,797
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	263	0.9%	349	209	54	25.8%
Mining	115	0.4%	208	584	-469	-80.3%
Utilities	156	0.5%	175	152	4	2.6%
Construction	3,310	10.8%	3,745	2,530	780	30.8%
Manufacturing	4,634	15.2%	5,289	4,269	365	8.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,509	4.9%	1,530	1,521	-12	-0.8%
Retail Trade	2,235	7.3%	2,212	2,202	33	1.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	933	3.1%	978	842	91	10.8%
Information	619	2.0%	587	654	-35	-5.4%
Finance and Insurance	911	3.0%	906	991	-80	-8.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	445	1.5%	422	484	-39	-8.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,212	7.2%	2,283	2,315	-103	-4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	677	2.2%	726	805	-128	-15.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,502	8.2%	2,692	2,838	-336	-11.8%
Educational Services	1,377	4.5%	1,437	1,490	-113	-7.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,793	9.1%	2,813	3,043	-250	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	393	1.3%	399	432	-39	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,051	6.7%	2,166	2,097	-46	-2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,530	5.0%	1,656	1,681	-151	-9.0%
Public Administration	527	1.7%	534	557	-30	-5.4%
Information Not Available	1,108	3.6%	1,108	1,101	7	0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,544		32,154	32,696
Male	13,955	44.2%	14,711	15,183	-1,228	-8.1%
Female	17,514	55.5%	17,387	17,464	50	0.3%
Information Not Available	75	0.2%	56	49	26	53.1%

Ethnicity	31,544		32,154	32,696
Hispanic or Latino	1,346	4.3%	1,323	1,154	192	16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,687	78.3%	23,344	24,568	119	0.5%
Information Not Available	5,511	17.5%	7,487	6,974	-1,463	-21.0%

Race	31,544		32,154	32,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	193	0.6%	200	230	-37	-16.1%
Asian	173	0.5%	155	189	-16	-8.5%
Black or African American	7,644	24.2%	7,626	7,752	-108	-1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,357	4.3%	1,319	1,182	175	14.8%
White	20,122	63.8%	19,114	20,762	-640	-3.1%
Information Not Available	2,055	6.5%	3,740	2,581	-526	-20.4%

Years of Age	31,544		32,154	32,696
Younger than 22	503	1.0%	565	580	-77	-13.3%
22-24	1,158	2.4%	1,518	1,337	-179	-13.4%
25-34	6,725	13.7%	7,376	7,461	-736	-9.9%
35-44	7,108	14.5%	7,183	7,439	-331	-4.4%
45-54	7,624	15.5%	7,403	7,940	-316	-4.0%
55-59	3,817	7.8%	3,728	3,651	166	4.5%
60-64	2,571	5.2%	2,430	2,444	127	5.2%
65 and older	2,038	4.2%	1,951	1,844	194	10.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,544		32,154	32,696
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	179	0.6%	111	161	18	11.2%
Mining	122	0.4%	103	117	5	4.3%
Utilities	44	0.1%	25	38	6	15.8%
Construction	2,221	7.0%	1,763	2,657	-436	-16.4%
Manufacturing	3,164	10.0%	6,594	3,692	-528	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,224	3.9%	951	1,366	-142	-10.4%
Retail Trade	2,986	9.4%	2,231	2,977	9	0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,955	9.3%	3,509	2,495	460	18.4%
Information	638	2.0%	545	759	-121	-15.9%
Finance and Insurance	913	2.9%	669	950	-37	-3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	533	1.7%	528	609	-76	-12.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,763	5.6%	1,423	1,644	119	7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.4%	146	175	-41	-23.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,780	11.9%	3,301	4,009	-229	-5.7%
Educational Services	965	3.0%	755	1,038	-73	-7.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,699	11.7%	3,211	3,997	-298	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	283	0.9%	276	383	-100	-26.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,543	11.2%	3,868	3,131	412	13.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	908	2.9%	784	934	-26	-2.8%
Public Administration	269	0.8%	210	293	-24	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,221	3.8%	1,151	1,271	-50	-3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,983		17,778	16,256
Male	6,821	45.5%	7,394	7,294	-473	-6.5%
Female	8,149	54.4%	10,366	8,949	-800	-8.9%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	18	13	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,983		17,778	16,256
Hispanic or Latino	227	1.5%	244	233	-6	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,082	94.0%	16,854	14,976	-894	-6.0%
Information Not Available	674	4.5%	680	1,047	-373	-35.6%

Race	14,983		17,778	16,256
American Indian or Alaskan Native	55	0.4%	52	41	14	34.1%
Asian	91	0.6%	67	64	27	42.2%
Black or African American	9,233	61.6%	11,576	10,121	-888	-8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.3%	39	23	23	100.0%
White	5,180	34.6%	5,631	5,688	-508	-8.9%
Information Not Available	378	2.5%	413	319	59	18.5%

Years of Age	14,983		17,778	16,256
Younger than 22	217	1.1%	218	270	-53	-19.6%
22-24	683	3.6%	797	761	-78	-10.2%
25-34	3,814	20.0%	4,347	4,196	-382	-9.1%
35-44	3,666	19.2%	4,305	3,909	-243	-6.2%
45-54	3,338	17.5%	3,978	3,623	-285	-7.9%
55-59	1,477	7.7%	1,784	1,662	-185	-11.1%
60-64	1,076	5.6%	1,362	1,094	-18	-1.6%
65 and older	712	3.7%	987	741	-29	-3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,983		17,778	16,256
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.7%	149	89	10	11.2%
Mining	82	0.5%	126	205	-123	-60.0%
Utilities	13	0.1%	12	18	-5	-27.8%
Construction	632	4.2%	654	732	-100	-13.7%
Manufacturing	1,815	12.0%	2,177	1,707	108	6.3%
Wholesale Trade	276	1.8%	365	296	-20	-6.8%
Retail Trade	1,117	7.4%	1,098	1,230	-113	-9.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	298	2.0%	508	337	-39	-11.6%
Information	123	0.8%	97	86	37	43.0%
Finance and Insurance	198	1.3%	208	211	-13	-6.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	117	0.8%	110	121	-4	-3.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	474	3.1%	530	510	-36	-7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	183	1.2%	191	105	78	74.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,262	8.4%	1,527	1,399	-137	-9.8%
Educational Services	355	2.4%	455	463	-108	-23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,871	19.0%	4,143	3,430	-559	-16.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.5%	85	79	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,135	7.5%	1,321	1,211	-76	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	191	1.3%	197	200	-9	-4.5%
Public Administration	216	1.4%	267	193	23	11.9%
Information Not Available	3,447	22.9%	3,558	3,634	-187	-5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,359		4,668	4,700
Male	2,137	49.0%	2,356	2,447	-310	-12.7%
Female	2,214	50.8%	2,303	2,241	-27	-1.2%
Information Not Available	8	0.2%	9	12	-4	-33.3%

Ethnicity	4,359		4,668	4,700
Hispanic or Latino	209	4.8%	220	213	-4	-1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,957	90.8%	4,196	4,293	-336	-7.8%
Information Not Available	193	4.4%	252	194	-1	-0.5%

Race	4,359		4,668	4,700
American Indian or Alaskan Native	621	14.2%	702	596	25	4.2%
Asian	21	0.5%	22	29	-8	-27.6%
Black or African American	53	1.2%	56	59	-6	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	9	17	-8	-47.1%
White	3,586	82.3%	3,810	3,951	-365	-9.2%
Information Not Available	69	1.6%	69	48	21	43.8%

Years of Age	4,359		4,668	4,700
Younger than 22	63	0.8%	78	78	-15	-19.2%
22-24	132	1.8%	139	168	-36	-21.4%
25-34	930	12.3%	991	1,053	-123	-11.7%
35-44	948	12.6%	1,047	1,010	-62	-6.1%
45-54	1,021	13.5%	1,059	1,092	-71	-6.5%
55-59	564	7.5%	602	625	-61	-9.8%
60-64	404	5.4%	414	398	6	1.5%
65 and older	297	3.9%	338	276	21	7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,359		4,668	4,700
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48	1.1%	40	82	-34	-41.5%
Mining	100	2.3%	131	164	-64	-39.0%
Utilities	10	0.2%	10	15	-5	-33.3%
Construction	559	12.7%	606	510	49	9.6%
Manufacturing	228	5.2%	286	324	-96	-29.6%
Wholesale Trade	105	2.4%	121	116	-11	-9.5%
Retail Trade	424	9.6%	419	412	12	2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	282	6.4%	317	254	28	11.0%
Information	44	1.0%	55	62	-18	-29.0%
Finance and Insurance	79	1.8%	73	87	-8	-9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	45	1.0%	38	55	-10	-18.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	233	5.3%	246	256	-23	-9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	5	7	-4	-57.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	347	7.9%	403	449	-102	-22.7%
Educational Services	200	4.5%	205	203	-3	-1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	630	14.3%	620	640	-10	-1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	2.6%	120	99	14	14.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	456	10.3%	488	491	-35	-7.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	109	2.5%	116	116	-7	-6.0%
Public Administration	280	6.4%	294	269	11	4.1%
Information Not Available	64	1.5%	75	89	-25	-28.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,597		26,776	31,740
Male	12,070	47.2%	12,431	14,705	-2,635	-17.9%
Female	13,508	52.8%	14,330	17,024	-3,516	-20.7%
Information Not Available	19	0.1%	15	11	8	72.7%

Ethnicity	25,597		26,776	31,740
Hispanic or Latino	1,192	4.7%	1,204	1,366	-174	-12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,781	92.9%	24,941	29,601	-5,820	-19.7%
Information Not Available	624	2.4%	631	773	-149	-19.3%

Race	25,597		26,776	31,740
American Indian or Alaskan Native	373	1.5%	376	567	-194	-34.2%
Asian	310	1.2%	303	391	-81	-20.7%
Black or African American	11,941	46.6%	12,904	14,250	-2,309	-16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.2%	55	58	-2	-3.4%
White	11,337	44.3%	11,558	14,396	-3,059	-21.2%
Information Not Available	1,580	6.2%	1,580	2,078	-498	-24.0%

Years of Age	25,597		26,776	31,740
Younger than 22	410	1.2%	442	560	-150	-26.8%
22-24	1,081	3.1%	1,199	1,543	-462	-29.9%
25-34	6,439	18.2%	6,805	8,014	-1,575	-19.7%
35-44	6,347	17.9%	6,565	7,772	-1,425	-18.3%
45-54	6,254	17.7%	6,509	7,662	-1,408	-18.4%
55-59	2,645	7.5%	2,716	3,153	-508	-16.1%
60-64	1,511	4.3%	1,580	1,898	-387	-20.4%
65 and older	910	2.6%	960	1,138	-228	-20.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,597		26,776	31,740
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	135	0.5%	105	138	-3	-2.2%
Mining	6	0.0%	3	13	-7	-53.8%
Utilities	23	0.1%	28	33	-10	-30.3%
Construction	1,244	4.8%	1,256	1,795	-551	-30.7%
Manufacturing	3,682	14.3%	4,175	3,872	-190	-4.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,070	4.2%	1,105	1,286	-216	-16.8%
Retail Trade	2,201	8.6%	2,131	2,692	-491	-18.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	634	2.5%	748	782	-148	-18.9%
Information	426	1.7%	433	606	-180	-29.7%
Finance and Insurance	811	3.2%	821	898	-87	-9.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	345	1.3%	388	436	-91	-20.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,673	6.5%	1,740	2,011	-338	-16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	138	0.5%	159	120	18	15.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,704	18.3%	4,883	6,278	-1,574	-25.1%
Educational Services	1,175	4.6%	1,275	1,395	-220	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,258	8.8%	2,328	3,173	-915	-28.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	190	0.7%	194	332	-142	-42.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,556	6.0%	1,764	2,077	-521	-25.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	464	1.8%	465	682	-218	-32.0%
Public Administration	463	1.8%	450	527	-64	-12.1%
Information Not Available	2,399	9.3%	2,325	2,594	-195	-7.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,503		4,174	3,209
Male	2,384	68.1%	2,877	2,099	285	13.6%
Female	1,119	31.9%	1,297	1,109	10	0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	3,503		4,174	3,209
Hispanic or Latino	189	5.4%	247	167	22	13.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,199	91.3%	3,795	2,949	250	8.5%
Information Not Available	115	3.3%	132	93	22	23.7%

Race	3,503		4,174	3,209
American Indian or Alaskan Native	304	8.7%	336	259	45	17.4%
Asian	29	0.8%	38	36	-7	-19.4%
Black or African American	201	5.7%	245	193	8	4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.3%	8	13	-4	-30.8%
White	2,656	75.8%	3,168	2,448	208	8.5%
Information Not Available	304	8.7%	379	260	44	16.9%

Years of Age	3,503		4,174	3,209
Younger than 22	32	0.5%	53	39	-7	-17.9%
22-24	118	2.0%	136	132	-14	-10.6%
25-34	869	14.8%	1,072	757	112	14.8%
35-44	776	13.2%	920	652	124	19.0%
45-54	796	13.6%	949	797	-1	-0.1%
55-59	428	7.3%	485	398	30	7.5%
60-64	293	5.0%	346	271	22	8.1%
65 and older	191	3.3%	213	162	29	17.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	3,503		4,174	3,209
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78	2.2%	89	85	-7	-8.2%
Mining	456	12.7%	602	499	-43	-8.6%
Utilities	17	0.5%	23	7	10	142.9%
Construction	468	13.1%	573	421	47	11.2%
Manufacturing	364	10.2%	505	508	-144	-28.3%
Wholesale Trade	341	9.5%	368	181	160	88.4%
Retail Trade	187	5.2%	197	171	16	9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	348	9.7%	436	292	56	19.2%
Information	43	1.2%	43	18	25	138.9%
Finance and Insurance	38	1.1%	42	43	-5	-11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	77	2.2%	92	50	27	54.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	140	3.9%	148	120	20	16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.2%	8	4	2	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	121	3.4%	135	83	38	45.8%
Educational Services	7	0.2%	7	1	6	600.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	151	4.2%	160	143	8	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	0.1%	18	4	1	25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	135	3.8%	159	103	32	31.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	69	1.9%	77	66	3	4.5%
Public Administration	237	6.6%	250	182	55	30.2%
Information Not Available	215	6.0%	242	228	-13	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,299		4,708	6,079
Male	1,821	42.4%	1,932	2,854	-1,033	-36.2%
Female	2,183	50.8%	2,472	2,861	-678	-23.7%
Information Not Available	295	6.9%	304	364	-69	-19.0%

Ethnicity	4,299		4,708	6,079
Hispanic or Latino	283	6.6%	323	392	-109	-27.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,301	76.8%	3,616	4,669	-1,368	-29.3%
Information Not Available	715	16.6%	769	1,018	-303	-29.8%

Race	4,299		4,708	6,079
American Indian or Alaskan Native	73	1.7%	80	104	-31	-29.8%
Asian	98	2.3%	96	64	34	53.1%
Black or African American	504	11.7%	549	612	-108	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.3%	13	20	-8	-40.0%
White	2,920	67.9%	3,195	4,162	-1,242	-29.8%
Information Not Available	692	16.1%	775	1,117	-425	-38.0%

Years of Age	4,299		4,708	6,079
Younger than 22	32	0.5%	33	60	-28	-46.7%
22-24	113	1.7%	104	177	-64	-36.2%
25-34	868	12.8%	918	1,324	-456	-34.4%
35-44	914	13.4%	1,011	1,365	-451	-33.0%
45-54	995	14.6%	1,126	1,502	-507	-33.8%
55-59	610	9.0%	669	778	-168	-21.6%
60-64	418	6.1%	453	545	-127	-23.3%
65 and older	349	5.1%	394	328	21	6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,299		4,708	6,079
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	1.0%	34	45	-1	-2.2%
Mining	7	0.2%	8	23	-16	-69.6%
Utilities	6	0.1%	5	5	1	20.0%
Construction	304	7.0%	299	362	-58	-16.0%
Manufacturing	503	11.6%	612	1,389	-886	-63.8%
Wholesale Trade	188	4.3%	178	244	-56	-23.0%
Retail Trade	366	8.4%	350	552	-186	-33.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	482	11.1%	548	330	152	46.1%
Information	82	1.9%	78	89	-7	-7.9%
Finance and Insurance	185	4.3%	208	251	-66	-26.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	42	1.0%	41	65	-23	-35.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	194	4.5%	221	259	-65	-25.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	1.0%	45	42	2	4.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	324	7.5%	338	463	-139	-30.0%
Educational Services	119	2.7%	133	155	-36	-23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	458	10.5%	506	641	-183	-28.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	51	1.2%	62	65	-14	-21.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	430	9.9%	503	440	-10	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	85	2.0%	113	119	-34	-28.6%
Public Administration	109	2.5%	108	150	-41	-27.3%
Information Not Available	276	6.4%	318	390	-114	-29.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,589		4,775	5,082
Male	2,109	46.0%	2,168	2,173	-64	-2.9%
Female	2,437	53.1%	2,557	2,859	-422	-14.8%
Information Not Available	43	0.9%	50	50	-7	-14.0%

Ethnicity	4,589		4,775	5,082
Hispanic or Latino	154	3.4%	166	161	-7	-4.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,899	85.0%	4,027	4,254	-355	-8.3%
Information Not Available	536	11.7%	582	667	-131	-19.6%

Race	4,589		4,775	5,082
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23	0.5%	22	38	-15	-39.5%
Asian	79	1.7%	94	78	1	1.3%
Black or African American	58	1.3%	91	86	-28	-32.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	8	1	8	800.0%
White	4,089	89.1%	4,198	4,472	-383	-8.6%
Information Not Available	331	7.2%	362	407	-76	-18.7%

Years of Age	4,589		4,775	5,082
Younger than 22	22	0.3%	22	22	0	0.0%
22-24	78	1.0%	101	100	-22	-22.0%
25-34	701	8.7%	695	743	-42	-5.7%
35-44	852	10.6%	883	985	-133	-13.5%
45-54	1,229	15.2%	1,254	1,421	-192	-13.5%
55-59	722	9.0%	786	794	-72	-9.1%
60-64	616	7.6%	614	596	20	3.4%
65 and older	369	4.6%	420	421	-52	-12.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,589		4,775	5,082
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.3%	12	28	-12	-42.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	16	0.3%	12	13	3	23.1%
Construction	73	1.6%	89	53	20	37.7%
Manufacturing	475	10.3%	522	526	-51	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	237	5.1%	266	213	24	11.3%
Retail Trade	226	4.9%	236	270	-44	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	599	13.0%	547	691	-92	-13.3%
Information	65	1.4%	56	96	-31	-32.3%
Finance and Insurance	161	3.5%	154	130	31	23.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.0%	41	55	-7	-12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	286	6.2%	302	307	-21	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.7%	28	22	8	36.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	513	11.1%	558	528	-15	-2.8%
Educational Services	226	4.9%	235	265	-39	-14.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	407	8.8%	469	602	-195	-32.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	39	0.8%	38	46	-7	-15.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	173	3.8%	201	181	-8	-4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	137	3.0%	136	170	-33	-19.4%
Public Administration	46	1.0%	46	65	-19	-29.2%
Information Not Available	816	17.7%	825	819	-3	-0.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	105,796		104,984	113,259
Male	48,105	45.5%	48,152	50,735	-2,630	-5.2%
Female	57,691	54.5%	56,832	62,524	-4,833	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	105,796		104,984	113,259
Hispanic or Latino	21,557	20.4%	21,103	23,533	-1,976	-8.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,231	69.2%	72,966	77,618	-4,387	-5.7%
Information Not Available	11,008	10.4%	10,915	12,108	-1,100	-9.1%

Race	105,796		104,984	113,259
American Indian or Alaskan Native	455	0.4%	414	481	-26	-5.4%
Asian	3,818	3.6%	3,877	4,137	-319	-7.7%
Black or African American	25,085	23.7%	24,619	25,855	-770	-3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	607	0.6%	557	651	-44	-6.8%
White	61,492	58.1%	61,341	66,213	-4,721	-7.1%
Information Not Available	14,339	13.6%	14,176	15,922	-1,583	-9.9%

Years of Age	105,796		104,984	113,259
Younger than 22	1,789	1.1%	2,866	1,984	-195	-9.8%
22-24	4,632	2.9%	5,377	5,345	-713	-13.3%
25-34	22,571	14.3%	22,360	24,009	-1,438	-6.0%
35-44	20,241	12.8%	20,408	21,663	-1,422	-6.6%
45-54	24,172	15.3%	24,637	26,452	-2,280	-8.6%
55-59	12,189	7.7%	11,638	12,813	-624	-4.9%
60-64	9,472	6.0%	8,486	9,661	-189	-2.0%
65 and older	10,730	6.8%	9,212	11,332	-602	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	105,796		104,984	113,259
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	150	0.1%	150	131	19	14.5%
Mining	47	0.0%	50	36	11	30.6%
Utilities	141	0.1%	146	114	27	23.7%
Construction	6,411	6.1%	6,717	6,046	365	6.0%
Manufacturing	5,306	5.0%	5,460	6,091	-785	-12.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,829	4.6%	4,895	4,937	-108	-2.2%
Retail Trade	10,368	9.8%	10,411	10,619	-251	-2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,911	9.4%	9,062	10,203	-292	-2.9%
Information	1,482	1.4%	1,505	1,821	-339	-18.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,324	3.1%	3,260	2,856	468	16.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,420	1.3%	1,440	1,546	-126	-8.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,449	6.1%	6,455	6,558	-109	-1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,492	1.4%	1,541	1,347	145	10.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,067	12.3%	12,956	12,958	109	0.8%
Educational Services	5,786	5.5%	5,858	6,638	-852	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,607	10.0%	10,530	11,784	-1,177	-10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,070	1.0%	1,055	1,192	-122	-10.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,291	11.6%	12,219	13,170	-879	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,371	2.2%	2,394	2,522	-151	-6.0%
Public Administration	3,766	3.6%	3,431	4,115	-349	-8.5%
Information Not Available	5,508	5.2%	5,449	8,575	-3,067	-35.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,248		13,172	11,509
Male	7,038	57.5%	7,428	6,435	603	9.4%
Female	5,210	42.5%	5,744	5,074	136	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,248		13,172	11,509
Hispanic or Latino	5,894	48.1%	6,455	5,682	212	3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,181	42.3%	5,486	4,789	392	8.2%
Information Not Available	1,173	9.6%	1,231	1,038	135	13.0%

Race	12,248		13,172	11,509
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,804	14.7%	1,946	1,573	231	14.7%
Asian	99	0.8%	105	77	22	28.6%
Black or African American	363	3.0%	368	349	14	4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.4%	38	35	12	34.3%
White	6,408	52.3%	6,832	5,951	457	7.7%
Information Not Available	3,527	28.8%	3,883	3,524	3	0.1%

Years of Age	12,248		13,172	11,509
Younger than 22	241	1.4%	268	273	-32	-11.7%
22-24	558	3.1%	590	557	1	0.2%
25-34	3,029	17.1%	3,178	2,686	343	12.8%
35-44	2,726	15.4%	2,967	2,593	133	5.1%
45-54	2,742	15.5%	2,994	2,699	43	1.6%
55-59	1,394	7.9%	1,511	1,276	118	9.2%
60-64	928	5.2%	988	888	40	4.5%
65 and older	630	3.6%	676	537	93	17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,248		13,172	11,509
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	154	1.2%	178	144	10	6.9%
Mining	1,112	9.0%	1,254	726	386	53.2%
Utilities	29	0.2%	26	23	6	26.1%
Construction	1,942	15.7%	2,121	1,961	-19	-1.0%
Manufacturing	540	4.4%	565	495	45	9.1%
Wholesale Trade	383	3.1%	391	298	85	28.5%
Retail Trade	1,113	9.0%	1,136	1,067	46	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	558	4.5%	674	478	80	16.7%
Information	435	3.5%	455	441	-6	-1.4%
Finance and Insurance	232	1.9%	221	228	4	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	229	1.8%	237	193	36	18.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	656	5.3%	667	644	12	1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.3%	34	28	5	17.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	974	7.9%	932	931	43	4.6%
Educational Services	496	4.0%	509	484	12	2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,380	11.1%	1,523	1,422	-42	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	230	1.9%	268	277	-47	-17.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	906	7.3%	1,054	868	38	4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	392	3.2%	444	282	110	39.0%
Public Administration	380	3.1%	405	455	-75	-16.5%
Information Not Available	74	0.6%	78	64	10	15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,753		23,111	25,871
Male	11,890	54.7%	12,751	14,245	-2,355	-16.5%
Female	9,745	44.8%	10,233	11,506	-1,761	-15.3%
Information Not Available	118	0.5%	127	120	-2	-1.7%

Ethnicity	21,753		23,111	25,871
Hispanic or Latino	4,241	19.5%	4,524	5,364	-1,123	-20.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,082	64.7%	14,902	16,595	-2,513	-15.1%
Information Not Available	3,430	15.8%	3,685	3,912	-482	-12.3%

Race	21,753		23,111	25,871
American Indian or Alaskan Native	516	2.4%	595	643	-127	-19.8%
Asian	1,199	5.5%	1,203	1,533	-334	-21.8%
Black or African American	3,612	16.6%	3,760	3,997	-385	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	543	2.5%	503	575	-32	-5.6%
White	12,304	56.6%	13,160	14,717	-2,413	-16.4%
Information Not Available	3,579	16.5%	3,890	4,406	-827	-18.8%

Years of Age	21,753		23,111	25,871
Younger than 22	427	1.3%	484	596	-169	-28.4%
22-24	982	3.0%	1,008	1,291	-309	-23.9%
25-34	5,114	15.7%	5,293	5,921	-807	-13.6%
35-44	4,796	14.7%	5,171	5,581	-785	-14.1%
45-54	5,061	15.6%	5,409	6,150	-1,089	-17.7%
55-59	2,311	7.1%	2,468	2,763	-452	-16.4%
60-64	1,536	4.7%	1,686	1,809	-273	-15.1%
65 and older	1,526	4.7%	1,592	1,760	-234	-13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,753		23,111	25,871
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.1%	30	33	-3	-9.1%
Mining	113	0.5%	134	207	-94	-45.4%
Utilities	20	0.1%	22	28	-8	-28.6%
Construction	2,244	10.3%	2,445	2,562	-318	-12.4%
Manufacturing	747	3.4%	800	901	-154	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	515	2.4%	516	592	-77	-13.0%
Retail Trade	1,623	7.5%	1,624	2,198	-575	-26.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	944	4.3%	1,211	848	96	11.3%
Information	236	1.1%	275	310	-74	-23.9%
Finance and Insurance	525	2.4%	539	565	-40	-7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	689	3.2%	642	615	74	12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,001	4.6%	1,081	1,114	-113	-10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	171	0.8%	161	255	-84	-32.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,849	13.1%	3,334	3,809	-960	-25.2%
Educational Services	259	1.2%	293	431	-172	-39.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,074	4.9%	1,125	1,340	-266	-19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	440	2.0%	428	460	-20	-4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,902	13.3%	2,968	4,543	-1,641	-36.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	389	1.8%	409	507	-118	-23.3%
Public Administration	522	2.4%	664	477	45	9.4%
Information Not Available	4,460	20.5%	4,410	4,076	384	9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	157,336		159,029	166,002
Male	78,110	49.6%	79,420	81,777	-3,667	-4.5%
Female	79,216	50.3%	79,597	84,206	-4,990	-5.9%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	12	19	-9	-47.4%

Ethnicity	157,336		159,029	166,002
Hispanic or Latino	30,235	19.2%	30,434	30,706	-471	-1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	105,637	67.1%	106,321	107,418	-1,781	-1.7%
Information Not Available	21,464	13.6%	22,274	27,878	-6,414	-23.0%

Race	157,336		159,029	166,002
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,339	0.9%	1,352	1,310	29	2.2%
Asian	5,851	3.7%	5,901	5,340	511	9.6%
Black or African American	30,695	19.5%	30,802	30,237	458	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	966	0.6%	979	996	-30	-3.0%
White	81,168	51.6%	81,517	83,050	-1,882	-2.3%
Information Not Available	37,317	23.7%	38,478	45,069	-7,752	-17.2%

Years of Age	157,336		159,029	166,002
Younger than 22	3,091	1.4%	3,084	3,757	-666	-17.7%
22-24	8,156	3.6%	8,362	9,592	-1,436	-15.0%
25-34	39,635	17.5%	39,912	41,947	-2,312	-5.5%
35-44	32,454	14.3%	32,894	34,054	-1,600	-4.7%
45-54	35,078	15.5%	35,518	36,964	-1,886	-5.1%
55-59	16,618	7.3%	16,718	16,801	-183	-1.1%
60-64	11,837	5.2%	12,022	12,181	-344	-2.8%
65 and older	10,467	4.6%	10,519	10,706	-239	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	157,336		159,029	166,002
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	427	0.3%	434	441	-14	-3.2%
Mining	113	0.1%	129	170	-57	-33.5%
Utilities	196	0.1%	200	118	78	66.1%
Construction	11,656	7.4%	12,732	12,801	-1,145	-8.9%
Manufacturing	8,064	5.1%	8,331	7,609	455	6.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,742	3.6%	5,842	6,080	-338	-5.6%
Retail Trade	13,267	8.4%	13,497	14,613	-1,346	-9.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	16,837	10.7%	16,350	17,588	-751	-4.3%
Information	5,458	3.5%	5,528	5,610	-152	-2.7%
Finance and Insurance	6,199	3.9%	6,052	5,778	421	7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,972	1.9%	2,898	3,022	-50	-1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,463	6.6%	10,540	10,490	-27	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	917	0.6%	942	936	-19	-2.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,086	11.5%	17,980	18,392	-306	-1.7%
Educational Services	7,337	4.7%	7,441	7,679	-342	-4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,281	11.0%	17,145	20,095	-2,814	-14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,001	2.5%	3,894	4,903	-902	-18.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,912	9.5%	15,263	16,283	-1,371	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,598	2.9%	4,616	4,830	-232	-4.8%
Public Administration	3,638	2.3%	3,783	4,292	-654	-15.2%
Information Not Available	5,172	3.3%	5,432	4,272	900	21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,853		57,629	54,415
Male	30,079	55.9%	32,165	29,869	210	0.7%
Female	23,590	43.8%	25,265	24,378	-788	-3.2%
Information Not Available	184	0.3%	199	168	16	9.5%

Ethnicity	53,853		57,629	54,415
Hispanic or Latino	1,543	2.9%	1,772	1,743	-200	-11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,725	92.3%	53,052	50,164	-439	-0.9%
Information Not Available	2,585	4.8%	2,805	2,508	77	3.1%

Race	53,853		57,629	54,415
American Indian or Alaskan Native	246	0.5%	255	214	32	15.0%
Asian	354	0.7%	396	407	-53	-13.0%
Black or African American	9,872	18.3%	10,521	9,991	-119	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.1%	58	50	-1	-2.0%
White	40,639	75.5%	43,505	41,000	-361	-0.9%
Information Not Available	2,693	5.0%	2,894	2,753	-60	-2.2%

Years of Age	53,853		57,629	54,415
Younger than 22	889	1.0%	954	863	26	3.0%
22-24	1,826	2.0%	2,108	2,153	-327	-15.2%
25-34	10,826	12.1%	11,896	11,365	-539	-4.7%
35-44	12,310	13.7%	13,177	12,794	-484	-3.8%
45-54	13,980	15.6%	14,839	14,331	-351	-2.4%
55-59	7,019	7.8%	7,340	6,494	525	8.1%
60-64	4,653	5.2%	4,927	4,229	424	10.0%
65 and older	2,350	2.6%	2,388	2,186	164	7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	53,853		57,629	54,415
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	137	0.3%	126	149	-12	-8.1%
Mining	451	0.8%	524	831	-380	-45.7%
Utilities	97	0.2%	94	81	16	19.8%
Construction	7,396	13.7%	7,296	6,882	514	7.5%
Manufacturing	9,876	18.3%	12,308	9,458	418	4.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,794	5.2%	2,847	2,840	-46	-1.6%
Retail Trade	2,338	4.3%	2,312	2,470	-132	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,982	5.5%	3,431	2,684	298	11.1%
Information	730	1.4%	729	724	6	0.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,389	2.6%	1,375	1,531	-142	-9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	837	1.6%	837	896	-59	-6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,490	6.5%	3,533	3,513	-23	-0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	948	1.8%	1,019	913	35	3.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,156	11.4%	6,463	6,720	-564	-8.4%
Educational Services	1,763	3.3%	1,749	1,742	21	1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,046	11.2%	6,362	6,306	-260	-4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	478	0.9%	482	524	-46	-8.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,105	3.9%	2,221	2,418	-313	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,501	2.8%	1,483	1,523	-22	-1.4%
Public Administration	370	0.7%	405	422	-52	-12.3%
Information Not Available	1,969	3.6%	2,033	1,788	181	10.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,516		24,488	22,160
Male	13,932	59.2%	14,513	13,544	388	2.9%
Female	9,487	40.3%	9,914	8,577	910	10.6%
Information Not Available	97	0.4%	61	39	58	148.7%

Ethnicity	23,516		24,488	22,160
Hispanic or Latino	2,180	9.3%	2,230	2,075	105	5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,336	90.7%	22,258	20,085	1,251	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,516		24,488	22,160
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,060	8.8%	2,302	2,139	-79	-3.7%
Asian	301	1.3%	226	184	117	63.6%
Black or African American	3,390	14.4%	3,284	2,965	425	14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	30	26	0	0.0%
White	14,960	63.6%	15,871	14,193	767	5.4%
Information Not Available	2,779	11.8%	2,775	2,653	126	4.7%

Years of Age	23,516		24,488	22,160
Younger than 22	326	0.9%	338	360	-34	-9.4%
22-24	864	2.4%	871	1,003	-139	-13.9%
25-34	5,529	15.1%	5,781	5,557	-28	-0.5%
35-44	5,749	15.7%	5,902	5,305	444	8.4%
45-54	5,452	14.9%	5,623	5,022	430	8.6%
55-59	2,545	6.9%	2,700	2,281	264	11.6%
60-64	1,844	5.0%	2,009	1,601	243	15.2%
65 and older	1,207	3.3%	1,264	1,031	176	17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,516		24,488	22,160
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.2%	61	44	14	31.8%
Mining	1,687	7.2%	2,086	2,561	-874	-34.1%
Utilities	143	0.6%	141	89	54	60.7%
Construction	1,917	8.1%	2,134	1,589	328	20.6%
Manufacturing	4,777	20.3%	4,377	3,892	885	22.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,198	5.1%	1,273	1,115	83	7.4%
Retail Trade	1,674	7.1%	1,699	1,691	-17	-1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	501	2.1%	515	548	-47	-8.6%
Information	460	2.0%	464	358	102	28.5%
Finance and Insurance	446	1.9%	452	510	-64	-12.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	465	2.0%	480	477	-12	-2.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,286	5.5%	1,319	1,175	111	9.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.6%	184	110	25	22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,790	11.8%	2,874	2,635	155	5.9%
Educational Services	829	3.5%	885	491	338	68.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,787	7.6%	1,730	1,552	235	15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	172	0.7%	212	169	3	1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	810	3.4%	892	832	-22	-2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	588	2.5%	722	701	-113	-16.1%
Public Administration	1,032	4.4%	1,205	730	302	41.4%
Information Not Available	761	3.2%	783	891	-130	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,612		28,107	29,688
Male	13,865	52.1%	14,731	15,198	-1,333	-8.8%
Female	12,744	47.9%	13,365	14,476	-1,732	-12.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	11	14	-11	-78.6%

Ethnicity	26,612		28,107	29,688
Hispanic or Latino	2,583	9.7%	3,090	2,809	-226	-8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,024	79.0%	21,998	23,571	-2,547	-10.8%
Information Not Available	3,005	11.3%	3,019	3,308	-303	-9.2%

Race	26,612		28,107	29,688
American Indian or Alaskan Native	301	1.1%	336	305	-4	-1.3%
Asian	749	2.8%	760	573	176	30.7%
Black or African American	649	2.4%	657	645	4	0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	177	0.7%	191	235	-58	-24.7%
White	15,561	58.5%	15,797	17,311	-1,750	-10.1%
Information Not Available	9,175	34.5%	10,366	10,619	-1,444	-13.6%

Years of Age	26,612		28,107	29,688
Younger than 22	264	0.7%	293	374	-110	-29.4%
22-24	806	2.0%	860	1,061	-255	-24.0%
25-34	6,030	15.1%	6,225	6,743	-713	-10.6%
35-44	6,225	15.6%	6,493	6,903	-678	-9.8%
45-54	6,305	15.8%	6,749	7,154	-849	-11.9%
55-59	3,195	8.0%	3,454	3,480	-285	-8.2%
60-64	2,357	5.9%	2,479	2,492	-135	-5.4%
65 and older	1,430	3.6%	1,554	1,481	-51	-3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,612		28,107	29,688
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	452	1.7%	646	755	-303	-40.1%
Mining	49	0.2%	59	74	-25	-33.8%
Utilities	55	0.2%	47	42	13	31.0%
Construction	1,892	7.0%	2,014	2,840	-948	-33.4%
Manufacturing	3,692	13.6%	4,076	3,329	363	10.9%
Wholesale Trade	958	3.5%	1,128	1,053	-95	-9.0%
Retail Trade	2,385	8.8%	2,504	2,817	-432	-15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,188	4.4%	1,292	1,380	-192	-13.9%
Information	645	2.4%	754	645	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	740	2.7%	800	958	-218	-22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	395	1.5%	406	455	-60	-13.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,522	5.6%	1,590	1,575	-53	-3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	321	1.2%	310	172	149	86.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,585	9.6%	2,696	2,634	-49	-1.9%
Educational Services	741	2.7%	801	887	-146	-16.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,824	14.1%	3,859	4,320	-496	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	301	1.1%	317	329	-28	-8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,001	7.4%	1,965	2,188	-187	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	740	2.7%	728	814	-74	-9.1%
Public Administration	605	2.2%	600	702	-97	-13.8%
Information Not Available	1,521	5.6%	1,515	1,719	-198	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	139,327		144,904	144,290
Male	69,814	50.1%	73,761	71,148	-1,334	-1.9%
Female	69,505	49.9%	71,131	73,125	-3,620	-5.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	12	17	-9	-52.9%

Ethnicity	139,327		144,904	144,290
Hispanic or Latino	7,652	5.5%	8,029	7,963	-311	-3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	127,185	91.3%	132,202	131,848	-4,663	-3.5%
Information Not Available	4,490	3.2%	4,673	4,479	11	0.2%

Race	139,327		144,904	144,290
American Indian or Alaskan Native	399	0.3%	367	344	55	16.0%
Asian	61	0.0%	49	57	4	7.0%
Black or African American	22,709	16.3%	22,782	24,423	-1,714	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,686	1.2%	1,806	1,726	-40	-2.3%
White	102,608	73.6%	107,488	105,495	-2,887	-2.7%
Information Not Available	11,864	8.5%	12,412	12,245	-381	-3.1%

Years of Age	139,327		144,904	144,290
Younger than 22	2,336	1.0%	2,449	3,029	-693	-22.9%
22-24	5,924	2.6%	5,855	6,699	-775	-11.6%
25-34	28,638	12.5%	29,911	30,324	-1,686	-5.6%
35-44	26,916	11.8%	28,310	28,165	-1,249	-4.4%
45-54	32,505	14.2%	34,388	33,526	-1,021	-3.0%
55-59	16,830	7.4%	17,523	16,884	-54	-0.3%
60-64	13,250	5.8%	13,684	12,693	557	4.4%
65 and older	12,928	5.7%	12,784	12,970	-42	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	139,327		144,904	144,290
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	0.2%	330	264	30	11.4%
Mining	2,043	1.5%	2,614	3,086	-1,043	-33.8%
Utilities	288	0.2%	291	198	90	45.5%
Construction	11,243	8.1%	12,429	10,761	482	4.5%
Manufacturing	17,558	12.6%	19,908	16,481	1,077	6.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,484	3.2%	4,395	4,575	-91	-2.0%
Retail Trade	10,780	7.7%	10,794	11,457	-677	-5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	20,466	14.7%	20,298	21,772	-1,306	-6.0%
Information	1,485	1.1%	1,549	1,743	-258	-14.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,407	2.4%	3,557	3,347	60	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,467	1.1%	1,555	1,557	-90	-5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,120	5.1%	7,328	6,698	422	6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,123	0.8%	1,098	981	142	14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,208	9.5%	13,818	13,597	-389	-2.9%
Educational Services	4,490	3.2%	4,475	5,067	-577	-11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,328	11.7%	16,412	17,777	-1,449	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,444	1.0%	1,485	1,688	-244	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,118	10.1%	14,375	15,405	-1,287	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,857	2.0%	2,872	3,045	-188	-6.2%
Public Administration	1,332	1.0%	1,377	1,306	26	2.0%
Information Not Available	3,792	2.7%	3,944	3,485	307	8.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,685		25,911	28,291
Male	10,743	51.9%	11,979	14,950	-4,207	-28.1%
Female	9,942	48.1%	13,932	13,341	-3,399	-25.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,685		25,911	28,291
Hispanic or Latino	20,367	98.5%	25,512	27,837	-7,470	-26.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	97	0.5%	108	119	-22	-18.5%
Information Not Available	221	1.1%	291	335	-114	-34.0%

Race	20,685		25,911	28,291
American Indian or Alaskan Native	254	1.2%	388	326	-72	-22.1%
Asian	23	0.1%	18	22	1	4.5%
Black or African American	1,039	5.0%	1,258	1,360	-321	-23.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	16	15	-9	-60.0%
White	4,734	22.9%	6,083	6,105	-1,371	-22.5%
Information Not Available	14,629	70.7%	18,148	20,463	-5,834	-28.5%

Years of Age	20,685		25,911	28,291
Younger than 22	535	2.2%	569	884	-349	-39.5%
22-24	1,268	5.2%	1,538	1,941	-673	-34.7%
25-34	6,075	24.8%	7,661	8,768	-2,693	-30.7%
35-44	5,325	21.8%	6,877	7,302	-1,977	-27.1%
45-54	4,397	18.0%	5,487	5,618	-1,221	-21.7%
55-59	1,541	6.3%	1,902	1,883	-342	-18.2%
60-64	967	4.0%	1,164	1,137	-170	-15.0%
65 and older	569	2.3%	699	740	-171	-23.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	14	18	-10	-55.6%

Industry	20,685		25,911	28,291
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,075	4.9%	1,028	1,326	-251	-18.9%
Mining	24	0.1%	28	23	1	4.3%
Utilities	9	0.0%	18	25	-16	-64.0%
Construction	1,985	9.1%	2,113	3,110	-1,125	-36.2%
Manufacturing	2,234	10.3%	2,069	2,258	-24	-1.1%
Wholesale Trade	515	2.4%	513	685	-170	-24.8%
Retail Trade	1,830	8.4%	1,885	2,504	-674	-26.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	424	1.9%	920	686	-262	-38.2%
Information	346	1.6%	408	342	4	1.2%
Finance and Insurance	401	1.8%	431	600	-199	-33.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	211	1.0%	220	190	21	11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	956	4.4%	939	1,148	-192	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.1%	15	21	-9	-42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,979	13.7%	3,316	3,916	-937	-23.9%
Educational Services	2,514	11.6%	6,434	4,833	-2,319	-48.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,723	7.9%	2,048	1,782	-59	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	0.4%	89	74	16	21.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,198	5.5%	1,238	1,409	-211	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	275	1.3%	342	400	-125	-31.3%
Public Administration	1,180	5.4%	1,048	1,886	-706	-37.4%
Information Not Available	704	3.2%	809	1,073	-369	-34.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,834		10,063	10,335
Male	3,834	39.0%	4,032	3,967	-133	-3.4%
Female	6,000	61.0%	6,031	6,368	-368	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,834		10,063	10,335
Hispanic or Latino	1,588	16.1%	1,631	1,581	7	0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,055	61.6%	6,178	6,402	-347	-5.4%
Information Not Available	2,191	22.3%	2,254	2,352	-161	-6.8%

Race	9,834		10,063	10,335
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	0.5%	65	57	-6	-10.5%
Asian	143	1.5%	159	150	-7	-4.7%
Black or African American	591	6.0%	619	562	29	5.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.4%	43	38	1	2.6%
White	6,711	68.2%	6,857	7,001	-290	-4.1%
Information Not Available	2,299	23.4%	2,320	2,527	-228	-9.0%

Years of Age	9,834		10,063	10,335
Younger than 22	144	0.9%	147	144	0	0.0%
22-24	349	2.2%	367	418	-69	-16.5%
25-34	1,939	12.4%	2,023	1,889	50	2.6%
35-44	1,848	11.9%	1,877	1,916	-68	-3.5%
45-54	2,423	15.5%	2,458	2,683	-260	-9.7%
55-59	1,224	7.8%	1,260	1,273	-49	-3.8%
60-64	951	6.1%	992	1,042	-91	-8.7%
65 and older	956	6.1%	939	970	-14	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,834		10,063	10,335
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5	0.1%	6	6	-1	-16.7%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	7	0	0.0%
Construction	506	5.1%	544	498	8	1.6%
Manufacturing	916	9.3%	1,068	945	-29	-3.1%
Wholesale Trade	281	2.9%	293	388	-107	-27.6%
Retail Trade	737	7.5%	733	763	-26	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,502	15.3%	1,343	1,446	56	3.9%
Information	76	0.8%	84	119	-43	-36.1%
Finance and Insurance	320	3.3%	329	359	-39	-10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	119	1.2%	124	187	-68	-36.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	498	5.1%	503	463	35	7.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	90	0.9%	85	97	-7	-7.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	944	9.6%	991	982	-38	-3.9%
Educational Services	377	3.8%	367	376	1	0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,208	12.3%	1,227	1,336	-128	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	126	1.3%	143	108	18	16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,572	16.0%	1,609	1,603	-31	-1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	294	3.0%	299	354	-60	-16.9%
Public Administration	91	0.9%	91	93	-2	-2.2%
Information Not Available	164	1.7%	217	201	-37	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,788		22,032	22,368
Male	9,950	45.7%	9,720	10,360	-410	-4.0%
Female	11,838	54.3%	12,312	12,008	-170	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,788		22,032	22,368
Hispanic or Latino	669	3.1%	658	653	16	2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,688	95.0%	20,956	21,290	-602	-2.8%
Information Not Available	431	2.0%	418	425	6	1.4%

Race	21,788		22,032	22,368
American Indian or Alaskan Native	127	0.6%	133	144	-17	-11.8%
Asian	149	0.7%	149	136	13	9.6%
Black or African American	11,276	51.8%	11,539	11,572	-296	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.2%	33	38	-3	-7.9%
White	9,401	43.1%	9,383	9,691	-290	-3.0%
Information Not Available	800	3.7%	795	787	13	1.7%

Years of Age	21,788		22,032	22,368
Younger than 22	68	0.2%	86	65	3	4.6%
22-24	59	0.2%	63	50	9	18.0%
25-34	985	3.4%	1,044	929	56	6.0%
35-44	3,979	13.9%	4,031	3,962	17	0.4%
45-54	5,081	17.8%	5,157	5,391	-310	-5.8%
55-59	2,379	8.3%	2,457	2,468	-89	-3.6%
60-64	2,623	9.2%	2,586	2,494	129	5.2%
65 and older	6,569	23.0%	6,543	6,982	-413	-5.9%
Information Not Available	45	0.2%	65	27	18	66.7%

Industry	21,788		22,032	22,368
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	87	0.4%	92	80	7	8.8%
Mining	20	0.1%	19	23	-3	-13.0%
Utilities	42	0.2%	43	32	10	31.3%
Construction	1,149	5.3%	1,104	1,393	-244	-17.5%
Manufacturing	3,481	15.9%	2,897	3,399	82	2.4%
Wholesale Trade	729	3.3%	789	844	-115	-13.6%
Retail Trade	1,775	8.1%	1,740	1,710	65	3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	797	3.6%	867	841	-44	-5.2%
Information	275	1.3%	249	273	2	0.7%
Finance and Insurance	474	2.2%	473	570	-96	-16.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	321	1.5%	319	244	77	31.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,366	6.2%	1,435	1,197	169	14.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.5%	111	64	38	59.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,705	16.9%	3,829	3,851	-146	-3.8%
Educational Services	515	2.4%	539	613	-98	-16.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,797	8.2%	2,062	1,832	-35	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	175	0.8%	166	208	-33	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,797	8.2%	2,041	1,966	-169	-8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	814	3.7%	930	814	0	0.0%
Public Administration	336	1.5%	357	402	-66	-16.4%
Information Not Available	2,031	9.3%	1,970	2,012	19	0.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,383		1,566	1,284
Male	665	48.1%	801	604	61	10.1%
Female	718	51.9%	765	680	38	5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,383		1,566	1,284
Hispanic or Latino	33	2.4%	36	32	1	3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,141	82.5%	1,270	1,076	65	6.0%
Information Not Available	209	15.1%	260	176	33	18.8%

Race	1,383		1,566	1,284
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	17.9%	254	261	-14	-5.4%
Asian	17	1.2%	10	0	17	0.0%
Black or African American	38	2.7%	44	46	-8	-17.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
White	907	65.6%	1,080	859	48	5.6%
Information Not Available	173	12.5%	176	116	57	49.1%

Years of Age	1,383		1,566	1,284
Younger than 22	20	0.9%	13	13	7	53.8%
22-24	31	1.4%	37	35	-4	-11.4%
25-34	264	12.3%	293	244	20	8.2%
35-44	284	13.3%	354	275	9	3.3%
45-54	323	15.1%	368	289	34	11.8%
55-59	207	9.7%	207	202	5	2.5%
60-64	149	7.0%	184	139	10	7.2%
65 and older	105	4.9%	110	87	18	20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,383		1,566	1,284
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.6%	9	7	1	14.3%
Mining	19	1.4%	43	38	-19	-50.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Construction	94	6.8%	139	81	13	16.0%
Manufacturing	182	13.1%	191	161	21	13.0%
Wholesale Trade	63	4.5%	53	53	10	18.9%
Retail Trade	104	7.5%	131	112	-8	-7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	22	1.6%	24	23	-1	-4.3%
Information	19	1.4%	15	26	-7	-26.9%
Finance and Insurance	78	5.6%	88	54	24	44.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	18	1.3%	22	11	7	63.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	54	3.9%	55	41	13	31.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	4	7	-5	-71.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	84	6.0%	101	68	16	23.5%
Educational Services	60	4.3%	74	75	-15	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	127	9.1%	122	116	11	9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	20	1.4%	22	24	-4	-16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	131	9.4%	149	124	7	5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	22	1.6%	23	24	-2	-8.3%
Public Administration	195	14.0%	193	178	17	9.6%
Information Not Available	81	5.8%	108	57	24	42.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,646		22,980	26,101
Male	8,928	45.4%	9,710	12,190	-3,262	-26.8%
Female	10,718	54.6%	13,270	13,911	-3,193	-23.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,646		22,980	26,101
Hispanic or Latino	328	1.7%	480	469	-141	-30.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,925	96.3%	22,058	25,632	-6,707	-26.2%
Information Not Available	393	2.0%	442	0	393	0.0%

Race	19,646		22,980	26,101
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.3%	70	78	-17	-21.8%
Asian	132	0.7%	148	0	132	0.0%
Black or African American	5,762	29.3%	6,817	7,812	-2,050	-26.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	13	207	-185	-89.4%
White	12,835	65.3%	15,025	17,437	-4,602	-26.4%
Information Not Available	834	4.2%	907	567	267	47.1%

Years of Age	19,646		22,980	26,101
Younger than 22	390	1.3%	539	367	23	6.3%
22-24	689	2.2%	858	1,031	-342	-33.2%
25-34	4,152	13.4%	4,697	5,354	-1,202	-22.5%
35-44	4,601	14.9%	5,238	5,874	-1,273	-21.7%
45-54	4,866	15.7%	5,660	6,419	-1,553	-24.2%
55-59	2,239	7.2%	2,615	3,107	-868	-27.9%
60-64	1,547	5.0%	1,821	2,265	-718	-31.7%
65 and older	1,162	3.8%	1,552	1,684	-522	-31.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,646		22,980	26,101
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.3%	49	110	-42	-38.2%
Mining	24	0.1%	33	50	-26	-52.0%
Utilities	43	0.2%	36	33	10	30.3%
Construction	1,378	7.0%	1,260	2,082	-704	-33.8%
Manufacturing	2,171	11.0%	2,377	3,872	-1,701	-43.9%
Wholesale Trade	594	3.0%	600	1,408	-814	-57.8%
Retail Trade	1,196	6.1%	972	2,318	-1,122	-48.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	776	3.9%	1,380	982	-206	-21.0%
Information	196	1.0%	152	539	-343	-63.6%
Finance and Insurance	421	2.1%	349	765	-344	-45.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	194	1.0%	149	404	-210	-52.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,075	5.5%	1,015	1,883	-808	-42.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	116	0.6%	242	158	-42	-26.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,776	9.0%	1,861	4,426	-2,650	-59.9%
Educational Services	629	3.2%	846	1,115	-486	-43.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,419	7.2%	1,826	2,532	-1,113	-44.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	0.7%	121	252	-117	-46.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	797	4.0%	862	1,510	-713	-47.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	587	3.0%	751	1,047	-460	-43.9%
Public Administration	227	1.2%	213	552	-325	-58.9%
Information Not Available	5,824	29.5%	7,886	63	5,761	9144.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	183,387		190,278	174,178
Male	109,068	59.5%	114,188	103,738	5,330	5.1%
Female	74,167	40.4%	75,909	70,440	3,727	5.3%
Information Not Available	152	0.1%	181	0	152	0.0%

Ethnicity	183,387		190,278	174,178
Hispanic or Latino	59,784	32.6%	63,583	57,018	2,766	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	106,255	57.9%	108,614	99,116	7,139	7.2%
Information Not Available	17,348	9.5%	18,081	18,044	-696	-3.9%

Race	183,387		190,278	174,178
American Indian or Alaskan Native	749	0.4%	752	724	25	3.5%
Asian	5,487	3.0%	5,576	4,729	758	16.0%
Black or African American	37,614	20.5%	38,432	36,110	1,504	4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,808	1.0%	1,802	0	1,808	0.0%
White	61,464	33.5%	62,870	57,319	4,145	7.2%
Information Not Available	76,265	41.6%	80,846	75,296	969	1.3%

Years of Age	183,387		190,278	174,178
Younger than 22	3,010	1.3%	3,223	3,451	-441	-12.8%
22-24	7,729	3.3%	8,245	8,718	-989	-11.3%
25-34	43,404	18.8%	45,886	43,821	-417	-1.0%
35-44	44,255	19.1%	45,974	41,574	2,681	6.4%
45-54	43,317	18.7%	44,469	39,872	3,445	8.6%
55-59	19,287	8.3%	19,836	17,579	1,708	9.7%
60-64	13,602	5.9%	13,772	11,653	1,949	16.7%
65 and older	8,704	3.8%	8,772	7,510	1,194	15.9%
Information Not Available	79	0.0%	101	0	79	0.0%

Industry	183,387		190,278	174,178
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	982	0.5%	1,026	1,077	-95	-8.8%
Mining	12,971	7.0%	15,622	15,836	-2,865	-18.1%
Utilities	759	0.4%	610	396	363	91.7%
Construction	23,736	12.9%	24,534	20,273	3,463	17.1%
Manufacturing	20,945	11.4%	22,206	21,608	-663	-3.1%
Wholesale Trade	11,062	6.0%	10,870	10,279	783	7.6%
Retail Trade	10,928	5.9%	10,419	10,037	891	8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,875	4.8%	9,261	8,629	246	2.9%
Information	2,995	1.6%	3,021	2,960	35	1.2%
Finance and Insurance	6,701	3.6%	6,712	6,511	190	2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,370	1.8%	3,537	3,358	12	0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,726	9.1%	17,332	13,984	2,742	19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,100	0.6%	1,217	1,112	-12	-1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,868	12.4%	23,805	22,190	678	3.1%
Educational Services	4,318	2.3%	4,305	3,944	374	9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,878	7.0%	13,359	12,184	694	5.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	898	0.5%	859	780	118	15.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,317	4.5%	8,344	8,273	44	0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,209	2.3%	4,222	3,791	418	11.0%
Public Administration	1,799	1.0%	1,755	1,843	-44	-2.4%
Information Not Available	6,950	3.8%	7,262	5,113	1,837	35.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,683		10,335	9,778
Male	5,734	59.2%	6,149	5,917	-183	-3.1%
Female	3,944	40.7%	4,179	3,807	137	3.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	7	54	-49	-90.7%

Ethnicity	9,683		10,335	9,778
Hispanic or Latino	1,050	10.8%	1,166	919	131	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,818	80.7%	8,232	7,199	619	8.6%
Information Not Available	815	8.4%	937	1,660	-845	-50.9%

Race	9,683		10,335	9,778
American Indian or Alaskan Native	367	3.8%	408	340	27	7.9%
Asian	183	1.9%	195	166	17	10.2%
Black or African American	227	2.3%	237	194	33	17.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	184	1.9%	187	202	-18	-8.9%
White	6,424	66.4%	6,725	6,683	-259	-3.9%
Information Not Available	2,296	23.7%	2,582	2,193	103	4.7%

Years of Age	9,683		10,335	9,778
Younger than 22	206	1.3%	185	148	58	39.2%
22-24	406	2.6%	435	453	-47	-10.4%
25-34	2,440	15.8%	2,635	2,631	-191	-7.3%
35-44	2,462	16.0%	2,638	2,405	57	2.4%
45-54	2,108	13.7%	2,277	2,156	-48	-2.2%
55-59	1,037	6.7%	1,106	1,003	34	3.4%
60-64	697	4.5%	707	673	24	3.6%
65 and older	327	2.1%	352	309	18	5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,683		10,335	9,778
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.2%	19	25	-1	-4.0%
Mining	395	4.1%	497	566	-171	-30.2%
Utilities	24	0.2%	24	19	5	26.3%
Construction	1,187	12.2%	1,224	992	195	19.7%
Manufacturing	990	10.2%	1,120	999	-9	-0.9%
Wholesale Trade	493	5.1%	511	509	-16	-3.1%
Retail Trade	829	8.5%	908	745	84	11.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	350	3.6%	372	424	-74	-17.5%
Information	294	3.0%	305	230	64	27.8%
Finance and Insurance	368	3.8%	394	365	3	0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	145	1.5%	163	179	-34	-19.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	846	8.7%	899	799	47	5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.5%	50	51	-6	-11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,127	11.6%	1,141	1,147	-20	-1.7%
Educational Services	278	2.9%	286	320	-42	-13.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	690	7.1%	720	659	31	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	106	1.1%	110	131	-25	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	349	3.6%	375	339	10	2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	184	1.9%	201	247	-63	-25.5%
Public Administration	186	1.9%	184	178	8	4.5%
Information Not Available	773	8.0%	832	854	-81	-9.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,056		34,083	34,073
Male	16,359	51.0%	17,222	17,053	-694	-4.1%
Female	15,694	49.0%	16,844	17,009	-1,315	-7.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	17	11	-8	-72.7%

Ethnicity	32,056		34,083	34,073
Hispanic or Latino	1,331	4.2%	1,387	1,402	-71	-5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,433	91.8%	31,093	30,864	-1,431	-4.6%
Information Not Available	1,292	4.0%	1,603	1,807	-515	-28.5%

Race	32,056		34,083	34,073
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,485	4.6%	1,536	1,587	-102	-6.4%
Asian	888	2.8%	951	939	-51	-5.4%
Black or African American	12,539	39.1%	14,500	14,138	-1,599	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,852	49.5%	15,493	15,602	250	1.6%
Information Not Available	1,292	4.0%	1,603	1,807	-515	-28.5%

Years of Age	32,056		34,083	34,073
Younger than 22	365	0.8%	407	451	-86	-19.1%
22-24	1,183	2.6%	1,247	1,347	-164	-12.2%
25-34	7,087	15.7%	7,677	7,787	-700	-9.0%
35-44	7,002	15.5%	7,521	7,597	-595	-7.8%
45-54	8,168	18.1%	8,369	8,497	-329	-3.9%
55-59	3,895	8.6%	4,150	4,106	-211	-5.1%
60-64	2,776	6.2%	2,950	2,689	87	3.2%
65 and older	1,580	3.5%	1,761	1,599	-19	-1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,056		34,083	34,073
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.3%	77	63	32	50.8%
Mining	208	0.6%	261	276	-68	-24.6%
Utilities	37	0.1%	35	43	-6	-14.0%
Construction	2,143	6.7%	2,314	1,793	350	19.5%
Manufacturing	4,304	13.4%	3,222	1,587	2,717	171.2%
Wholesale Trade	947	2.9%	1,026	725	222	30.6%
Retail Trade	2,282	7.1%	2,393	1,860	422	22.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,095	3.4%	1,067	840	255	30.4%
Information	787	2.4%	791	660	127	19.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,211	3.8%	1,258	978	233	23.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	504	1.6%	534	415	89	21.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,814	11.9%	4,028	2,946	868	29.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	208	0.6%	213	173	35	20.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,835	11.9%	4,184	2,838	997	35.1%
Educational Services	943	2.9%	919	404	539	133.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,594	8.1%	2,969	2,110	484	22.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	179	0.6%	186	167	12	7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,159	6.7%	2,314	1,794	365	20.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	967	3.0%	1,106	793	174	21.9%
Public Administration	909	2.8%	1,908	2,491	-1,582	-63.5%
Information Not Available	2,835	8.8%	3,278	11,117	-8,282	-74.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	341		315	442
Male	204	59.8%	183	248	-44	-17.7%
Female	137	40.2%	132	194	-57	-29.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	341		315	442
Hispanic or Latino	66	19.4%	60	80	-14	-17.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	262	76.8%	244	343	-81	-23.6%
Information Not Available	13	3.8%	11	19	-6	-31.6%

Race	341		315	442
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Black or African American	239	70.1%	233	315	-76	-24.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	2.3%	8	12	-4	-33.3%
White	23	6.7%	11	23	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	71	20.8%	63	87	-16	-18.4%

Years of Age	341		315	442
Younger than 22	4	1.2%	5	6	-2	-33.3%
22-24	13	4.0%	6	21	-8	-38.1%
25-34	65	19.8%	56	87	-22	-25.3%
35-44	56	17.0%	55	86	-30	-34.9%
45-54	101	30.7%	98	106	-5	-4.7%
55-59	37	11.2%	36	49	-12	-24.5%
60-64	35	10.6%	33	40	-5	-12.5%
65 and older	27	8.2%	24	46	-19	-41.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.9%	2	1	2	200.0%

Industry	341		315	442
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	2	0.6%	2	0	2	0.0%
Construction	82	24.0%	79	80	2	2.5%
Manufacturing	3	0.9%	3	12	-9	-75.0%
Wholesale Trade	4	1.2%	6	5	-1	-20.0%
Retail Trade	38	11.1%	25	47	-9	-19.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	31	9.1%	34	37	-6	-16.2%
Information	4	1.2%	3	5	-1	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.6%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7	2.1%	5	7	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16	4.7%	23	15	1	6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	1.8%	3	14	-8	-57.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20	5.9%	7	46	-26	-56.5%
Educational Services	15	4.4%	8	32	-17	-53.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	2.9%	14	14	-4	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.9%	8	7	-4	-57.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	53	15.5%	44	64	-11	-17.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	12	3.5%	18	10	2	20.0%
Public Administration	15	4.4%	19	27	-12	-44.4%
Information Not Available	18	5.3%	12	15	3	20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,914		3,846	3,830
Male	1,860	47.5%	1,818	1,777	83	4.7%
Female	2,054	52.5%	2,028	2,053	1	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,914		3,846	3,830
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	523	13.4%	462	442	81	18.3%
Information Not Available	3,391	86.6%	3,383	3,384	7	0.2%

Race	3,914		3,846	3,830
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.1%	4	1	3	300.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	2	0.1%	2	9	-7	-77.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	1	2	0	0.0%
White	515	13.2%	456	434	81	18.7%
Information Not Available	3,391	86.6%	3,383	3,384	7	0.2%

Years of Age	3,914		3,846	3,830
Younger than 22	54	1.3%	49	42	12	28.6%
22-24	126	3.1%	123	119	7	5.9%
25-34	786	19.6%	768	748	38	5.1%
35-44	773	19.2%	775	715	58	8.1%
45-54	908	22.6%	865	946	-38	-4.0%
55-59	493	12.3%	498	483	10	2.1%
60-64	410	10.2%	397	394	16	4.1%
65 and older	364	9.1%	371	383	-19	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,914		3,846	3,830
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.4%	16	16	-1	-6.3%
Mining	4	0.1%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Utilities	9	0.2%	8	9	0	0.0%
Construction	204	5.2%	226	216	-12	-5.6%
Manufacturing	594	15.1%	496	401	193	48.1%
Wholesale Trade	136	3.5%	145	122	14	11.5%
Retail Trade	352	9.0%	381	358	-6	-1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	379	9.6%	346	379	0	0.0%
Information	45	1.1%	46	63	-18	-28.6%
Finance and Insurance	41	1.0%	38	41	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	45	1.1%	47	36	9	25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	134	3.4%	133	149	-15	-10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	4	9	-4	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	195	5.0%	191	209	-14	-6.7%
Educational Services	234	6.0%	235	248	-14	-5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	475	12.1%	465	502	-27	-5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	37	0.9%	47	49	-12	-24.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	844	21.5%	853	794	50	6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95	2.4%	97	129	-34	-26.4%
Public Administration	71	1.8%	68	94	-23	-24.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,023		42,588	44,337
Male	24,156	56.1%	24,151	24,834	-678	-2.7%
Female	18,855	43.8%	18,434	19,497	-642	-3.3%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	3	6	6	100.0%

Ethnicity	43,023		42,588	44,337
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	43,023	100.0%	42,588	44,337	-1,314	-3.0%

Race	43,023		42,588	44,337
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	43,023	100.0%	42,588	44,337	-1,314	-3.0%

Years of Age	43,023		42,588	44,337
Younger than 22	466	1.2%	424	511	-45	-8.8%
22-24	1,349	3.4%	1,232	1,587	-238	-15.0%
25-34	9,489	24.2%	9,487	9,723	-234	-2.4%
35-44	9,921	25.3%	9,804	10,254	-333	-3.2%
45-54	10,520	26.8%	10,491	11,064	-544	-4.9%
55-59	5,229	13.3%	5,123	5,353	-124	-2.3%
60-64	3,831	9.8%	3,753	3,726	105	2.8%
65 and older	2,218	5.7%	2,274	2,119	99	4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,023		42,588	44,337
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	43,023	100.0%	42,588	44,337	-1,314	-3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,488		35,675	39,885
Male	15,870	47.4%	17,442	19,320	-3,450	-17.9%
Female	17,595	52.5%	18,201	20,533	-2,938	-14.3%
Information Not Available	23	0.1%	32	32	-9	-28.1%

Ethnicity	33,488		35,675	39,885
Hispanic or Latino	1,527	4.6%	1,655	1,859	-332	-17.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,244	93.3%	33,267	37,280	-6,036	-16.2%
Information Not Available	717	2.1%	753	746	-29	-3.9%

Race	33,488		35,675	39,885
American Indian or Alaskan Native	435	1.3%	503	566	-131	-23.1%
Asian	486	1.5%	510	538	-52	-9.7%
Black or African American	5,381	16.1%	5,815	6,762	-1,381	-20.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	39	48	-1	-2.1%
White	26,422	78.9%	28,055	31,225	-4,803	-15.4%
Information Not Available	717	2.1%	753	746	-29	-3.9%

Years of Age	33,488		35,675	39,885
Younger than 22	405	0.7%	417	618	-213	-34.5%
22-24	1,075	1.9%	1,085	1,524	-449	-29.5%
25-34	6,517	11.5%	7,049	8,444	-1,927	-22.8%
35-44	6,932	12.3%	7,463	7,802	-870	-11.2%
45-54	7,903	14.0%	8,420	9,548	-1,645	-17.2%
55-59	4,578	8.1%	4,905	5,113	-535	-10.5%
60-64	3,412	6.0%	3,560	3,801	-389	-10.2%
65 and older	2,666	4.7%	2,776	3,031	-365	-12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	33,488		35,675	39,885
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	238	0.7%	285	279	-41	-14.7%
Mining	77	0.2%	86	128	-51	-39.8%
Utilities	47	0.1%	57	40	7	17.5%
Construction	2,137	6.3%	2,347	2,505	-368	-14.7%
Manufacturing	6,084	18.0%	7,071	6,996	-912	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,212	3.6%	1,213	1,312	-100	-7.6%
Retail Trade	2,642	7.8%	2,776	3,350	-708	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,966	11.8%	4,070	4,403	-437	-9.9%
Information	489	1.4%	535	618	-129	-20.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,035	3.1%	1,095	1,117	-82	-7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	301	0.9%	296	339	-38	-11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,453	4.3%	1,516	1,639	-186	-11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	412	1.2%	407	295	117	39.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,112	9.2%	3,293	4,204	-1,092	-26.0%
Educational Services	851	2.5%	878	1,097	-246	-22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,762	11.2%	3,777	4,523	-761	-16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	422	1.3%	457	519	-97	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,759	8.2%	2,872	3,243	-484	-14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	710	2.1%	760	909	-199	-21.9%
Public Administration	650	1.9%	667	909	-259	-28.5%
Information Not Available	1,129	3.3%	1,217	1,460	-331	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,877		16,444	13,605
Male	9,543	68.8%	11,281	9,673	-130	-1.3%
Female	4,334	31.2%	5,159	3,929	405	10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,877		16,444	13,605
Hispanic or Latino	225	1.6%	292	185	40	21.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,045	72.4%	11,910	9,909	136	1.4%
Information Not Available	3,607	26.0%	4,242	3,511	96	2.7%

Race	13,877		16,444	13,605
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.2%	32	32	2	6.3%
Asian	38	0.3%	50	45	-7	-15.6%
Black or African American	509	3.7%	599	452	57	12.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	10	6	4	66.7%
White	12,329	88.8%	14,318	12,185	144	1.2%
Information Not Available	957	6.9%	1,435	885	72	8.1%

Years of Age	13,877		16,444	13,605
Younger than 22	254	1.0%	287	346	-92	-26.6%
22-24	606	2.4%	732	799	-193	-24.2%
25-34	3,091	12.3%	3,592	3,210	-119	-3.7%
35-44	3,436	13.6%	4,008	3,351	85	2.5%
45-54	3,384	13.4%	4,031	3,105	279	9.0%
55-59	1,451	5.8%	1,736	1,363	88	6.5%
60-64	1,014	4.0%	1,303	898	116	12.9%
65 and older	639	2.5%	751	532	107	20.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	1	1	100.0%

Industry	13,877		16,444	13,605
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.4%	78	40	11	27.5%
Mining	1,500	10.8%	1,768	2,180	-680	-31.2%
Utilities	19	0.1%	24	60	-41	-68.3%
Construction	2,385	17.1%	2,872	2,331	54	2.3%
Manufacturing	1,202	8.6%	1,444	935	267	28.6%
Wholesale Trade	548	3.9%	572	439	109	24.8%
Retail Trade	1,119	8.0%	1,104	884	235	26.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	485	3.5%	609	488	-3	-0.6%
Information	132	0.9%	116	111	21	18.9%
Finance and Insurance	155	1.1%	174	139	16	11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	207	1.5%	233	221	-14	-6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	622	4.5%	665	596	26	4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.4%	53	59	-8	-13.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,173	8.4%	1,304	1,385	-212	-15.3%
Educational Services	262	1.9%	327	222	40	18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,314	9.4%	1,545	1,105	209	18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	98	0.7%	90	113	-15	-13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	855	6.1%	1,685	683	172	25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	425	3.1%	486	402	23	5.7%
Public Administration	207	1.5%	183	200	7	3.5%
Information Not Available	1,067	7.7%	1,112	1,012	55	5.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Aug 2016	Percent	Jul 2016	Aug 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,358		4,967	3,604
Male	2,939	67.4%	3,554	2,503	436	17.4%
Female	1,419	32.6%	1,413	1,101	318	28.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,358		4,967	3,604
Hispanic or Latino	497	11.4%	568	414	83	20.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,673	84.3%	4,172	3,024	649	21.5%
Information Not Available	188	4.3%	227	166	22	13.3%

Race	4,358		4,967	3,604
American Indian or Alaskan Native	267	6.1%	265	197	70	35.5%
Asian	8	0.2%	12	34	-26	-76.5%
Black or African American	200	4.6%	238	97	103	106.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.4%	20	19	0	0.0%
White	3,511	80.6%	4,047	2,895	616	21.3%
Information Not Available	353	8.1%	385	362	-9	-2.5%

Years of Age	4,358		4,967	3,604
Younger than 22	41	0.5%	58	37	4	10.8%
22-24	220	2.9%	269	205	15	7.3%
25-34	1,059	14.2%	1,203	913	146	16.0%
35-44	951	12.7%	1,094	755	196	26.0%
45-54	989	13.2%	1,126	797	192	24.1%
55-59	526	7.0%	597	460	66	14.3%
60-64	391	5.2%	425	281	110	39.1%
65 and older	181	2.4%	195	156	25	16.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,358		4,967	3,604
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.6%	28	11	16	145.5%
Mining	863	19.7%	1,068	816	47	5.8%
Utilities	10	0.2%	5	15	-5	-33.3%
Construction	664	15.1%	816	515	149	28.9%
Manufacturing	192	4.4%	221	167	25	15.0%
Wholesale Trade	262	6.0%	299	165	97	58.8%
Retail Trade	245	5.6%	262	151	94	62.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	196	4.5%	246	186	10	5.4%
Information	31	0.7%	35	44	-13	-29.5%
Finance and Insurance	35	0.8%	35	41	-6	-14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	115	2.6%	155	111	4	3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	144	3.3%	161	151	-7	-4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	7	2	4	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	185	4.2%	210	138	47	34.1%
Educational Services	98	2.2%	81	73	25	34.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	343	7.8%	305	278	65	23.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	0.4%	32	9	7	77.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	221	5.0%	250	139	82	59.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	111	2.5%	128	97	14	14.4%
Public Administration	147	3.4%	129	118	29	24.6%
Information Not Available	447	10.2%	494	377	70	18.6%