Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

January 2016

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants January 2016
	Jan 2016	Dec 2015	Monthly Change	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,643,806	2,265,989	377,817	2,761,704	-117,898	-4.3
Alaska	12,760	11,923	837	12,114	646	5.3
Alabama	23,845	22,259	1,586	26,222	-2,377	-9.1
Arkansas	21,772	20,916	856	24,655	-2,883	-11.7
Arizona	27,286	26,950	336	29,755	-2,469	-8.3
California	404,600	386,475	18,125	390,097	14,503	3.7
Colorado	34,092	30,735	3,357	32,680	1,412	4.3
Connecticut	47,251	37,632	9,619	55,705	-8,454	-15.2
District of Columbia	8,531	8,369	162	9,696	-1,165	-12.0
Delaware	7,903	3,492	4,411	8,990	-1,087	-12.1
Florida	51,918	53,891	-1,973	73,130	-21,212	-29.0
Georgia	39,003	36,113	2,890	46,758	-7,755	-16.6
Hawaii	6,388	6,229	159	9,038	-2,650	-29.3
Iowa	35,168	24,091	11,077	36,905	-1,737	-4.7
Idaho	13,582	11,127	2,455	13,070	512	3.9
Illinois	166,802	136,400	30,402	173,306	-6,504	-3.8
Indiana	35,439	26,268	9,171	41,224	-5,785	-14.0
Kansas	19,059	14,096	4,963	22,532	-3,473	-15.4
Kentucky	29,578	22,876	6,702	30,826	-1,248	-4.0
Louisiana	23,598	23,364	234	18,854	4,744	25.2
Massachusetts	78,891	59,739	19,152	96,271	-17,380	-18.1
Maryland	46,552	39,501	7,051	57,044	-10,492	-18.4
Maine	11,978	7,951	4,027	14,531	-2,553	-17.6
Michigan	119,959	86,506	33,453	122,173	-2,214	-1.8
Minnesota	70,462	57,319	13,143	66,736	3,726	5.6
Missouri	41,727	30,494	11,233	49,467	-7,740	-15.6
Mississippi	14,523	13,751	772	15,632	-1,109	-7.1
Montana	10,734	9,411	1,323	11,174	-440	-3.9
North Carolina	31,509	28,441	3,068	40,146	-8,637	-21.5
North Dakota	10,120	6,132	3,988	7,113	3,007	42.3
Nebraska	8,884	6,248	2,636	10,826	-1,942	-17.9
New Hampshire	6,306	4,773	1,533	7,997	-1,691	-21.1
New Jersey	121,620	100,856	20,764	137,466	-15,846	-11.5
New Mexico	13,636	14,020	-384	13,771	-135	-1.0
Nevada	27,326	27,166	160	29,971	-2,645	-8.8
New York	197,925	164,557	33,368	218,370	-20,445	-9.4
Ohio	91,833	69,060	22,773	92,318	-485	-0.5
Oklahoma	23,631	22,968	663	18,323	5,308	29.0
Oregon	37,390	33,781	3,609	41,075	-3,685	-9.0
Pennsylvania	183,403	148,418	34,985	187,309	-3,906	-2.1
Puerto Rico	19,948	19,519	429	22,303	-2,355	-10.6
Rhode Island	12,203	8,952	3,251	13,730	-1,527	-11.1
South Carolina	24,097	22,087	2,010	27,350	-3,253	-11.9
South Dakota	3,621	2,543	1,078	3,703	-82	-2.2
Tennessee	28,954	23,754	5,200	34,062	-5,108	-15.0
Texas	174,003	169,174	4,829	128,331	45,672	35.6
Utah	17,245	13,534	3,711	16,683	562	3.4
Virginia	40,045	33,573	6,472	46,319	-6,274	-13.5
Virgin Islands	285	287	-2	389	-104	-26.7
Vermont	6,476	4,379	2,097	7,059	-583	-8.3
Washington	65,420	61,577	3,843	65,848	-428	-0.6
Wisconsin	65,963	49,406	16,557	79,041	-13,078	-16.5
West Virginia	22,408	17,579	4,829	19,340	3,068	15.9
Wyoming	6,154	5,327	827	4,276	1,878	43.9

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,643,806		2,265,989	2,761,704	-117,898	-4.3
Male	1,696,387	64.2%	1,371,369	1,675,929	20,458	1.2%
Female	930,410	35.2%	879,131	1,041,778	-111,368	-10.7%
Information Not Available	17,009	0.6%	15,489	43,997	-26,988	-61.3%

Ethnicity	2,643,806		2,265,989	2,761,704
Hispanic or Latino	492,130	18.6%	432,461	479,272	12,858	2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,814,790	84.3%	1,537,087	1,925,205	-110,415	-5.7%
Information Not Available	336,886	11.3%	296,441	357,127	-20,241	-5.7%

Race	2,643,806		2,265,989	2,761,704
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34,780	1.3%	29,998	36,309	-1,529	-4.2%
Asian	72,513	2.7%	67,551	70,425	2,088	3.0%
Black or African American	390,896	14.7%	363,108	425,297	-34,401	-8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15,480	0.6%	11,298	12,401	3,079	24.8%
White	1,499,020	56.5%	1,222,246	1,588,398	-89,378	-5.6%
Information Not Available	642,716	24.2%	562,138	637,317	5,399	0.8%

Years of Age	2,643,806		2,265,989	2,761,704
Younger than 22	51,632	2.0%	51,718	56,616	-4,984	-8.8%
22-24	125,148	4.7%	113,698	137,378	-12,230	-8.9%
25-34	608,375	23.0%	535,770	642,149	-33,774	-5.3%
35-44	571,209	21.6%	489,932	599,986	-28,777	-4.8%
45-54	618,095	23.4%	527,499	659,102	-41,007	-6.2%
55-59	295,333	11.2%	247,164	299,211	-3,878	-1.3%
60-64	203,194	7.7%	165,682	200,186	3,008	1.5%
65 and older	149,701	5.7%	115,649	143,919	5,782	4.0%
Information Not Available	21,119	0.8%	18,877	23,157	-2,038	-8.8%

Industry	2,643,806		2,265,989	2,761,704
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	109,438	4.1%	94,614	99,699	9,739	9.8%
Mining	50,743	1.9%	42,052	27,603	23,140	83.8%
Utilities	4,678	0.2%	4,255	4,622	56	1.2%
Construction	453,224	17.1%	296,626	476,561	-23,337	-4.9%
Manufacturing	265,343	10.0%	239,951	248,805	16,538	6.6%
Wholesale Trade	79,623	3.0%	74,412	77,581	2,042	2.6%
Retail Trade	177,559	6.7%	158,427	192,259	-14,700	-7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	90,180	3.4%	72,451	88,452	1,728	2.0%
Information	62,982	2.4%	63,080	63,161	-179	-0.3%
Finance and Insurance	55,872	2.1%	54,980	60,966	-5,094	-8.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	34,038	1.3%	30,652	35,577	-1,539	-4.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	115,610	4.4%	109,801	116,081	-471	-0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22,582	0.9%	12,259	15,904	6,678	42.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	358,049	13.5%	300,819	372,138	-14,089	-3.8%
Educational Services	52,794	2.0%	53,823	58,648	-5,854	-10.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	156,923	5.9%	161,187	180,193	-23,270	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	63,475	2.4%	52,705	70,667	-7,192	-10.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	155,905	5.9%	126,440	176,895	-20,990	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	58,356	2.2%	54,469	62,298	-3,942	-6.3%
Public Administration	45,103	1.7%	42,357	49,963	-4,860	-9.7%
Information Not Available	231,329	8.7%	220,629	283,631	-52,302	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,760		11,923	12,114	646	5.3
Male	8,624	67.6%	7,960	8,050	574	7.1%
Female	4,108	32.2%	3,920	4,058	50	1.2%
Information Not Available	28	0.2%	43	6	22	366.7%

Ethnicity	12,760		11,923	12,114
Hispanic or Latino	15	0.1%	7	621	-606	-97.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,253	96.0%	11,341	11,385	868	7.6%
Information Not Available	492	3.9%	575	108	384	355.6%

Race	12,760		11,923	12,114
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,675	28.8%	3,211	3,543	132	3.7%
Asian	568	4.5%	665	593	-25	-4.2%
Black or African American	481	3.8%	506	487	-6	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	184	1.4%	225	205	-21	-10.2%
White	7,350	57.6%	6,737	6,796	554	8.2%
Information Not Available	502	3.9%	579	490	12	2.4%

Years of Age	12,760		11,923	12,114
Younger than 22	229	1.2%	194	283	-54	-19.1%
22-24	662	3.4%	629	736	-74	-10.1%
25-34	3,607	18.7%	3,344	3,439	168	4.9%
35-44	2,896	15.0%	2,683	2,680	216	8.1%
45-54	2,778	14.4%	2,639	2,701	77	2.9%
55-59	1,348	7.0%	1,261	1,207	141	11.7%
60-64	794	4.1%	826	677	117	17.3%
65 and older	446	2.3%	347	391	55	14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,760		11,923	12,114
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	1.1%	85	102	46	45.1%
Mining	746	5.8%	780	418	328	78.5%
Utilities	85	0.7%	49	89	-4	-4.5%
Construction	3,346	25.9%	2,984	3,053	293	9.6%
Manufacturing	827	6.4%	1,109	924	-97	-10.5%
Wholesale Trade	111	0.9%	126	100	11	11.0%
Retail Trade	972	7.5%	817	984	-12	-1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	647	5.0%	581	646	1	0.2%
Information	82	0.6%	82	86	-4	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	138	1.1%	139	139	-1	-0.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	223	1.7%	220	255	-32	-12.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	435	3.4%	420	333	102	30.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.2%	28	34	-4	-11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	705	5.5%	711	716	-11	-1.5%
Educational Services	332	2.6%	241	290	42	14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	742	5.7%	626	779	-37	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	160	1.2%	155	181	-21	-11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	956	7.4%	882	888	68	7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	405	3.1%	303	413	-8	-1.9%
Public Administration	1,264	9.8%	1,203	1,336	-72	-5.4%
Information Not Available	406	3.1%	382	348	58	16.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,845		22,259	26,222
Male	13,776	57.8%	12,499	14,201	-425	-3.0%
Female	10,046	42.1%	9,732	11,986	-1,940	-16.2%
Information Not Available	23	0.1%	28	35	-12	-34.3%

Ethnicity	23,845		22,259	26,222
Hispanic or Latino	291	1.2%	280	316	-25	-7.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,330	72.7%	15,972	19,274	-1,944	-10.1%
Information Not Available	6,224	26.1%	6,007	6,632	-408	-6.2%

Race	23,845		22,259	26,222
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,408	5.9%	1,335	1,404	4	0.3%
Asian	708	3.0%	582	651	57	8.8%
Black or African American	9,349	39.2%	8,717	10,381	-1,032	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.1%	18	26	-2	-7.7%
White	11,177	46.9%	10,485	12,370	-1,193	-9.6%
Information Not Available	1,179	4.9%	1,122	1,390	-211	-15.2%

Years of Age	23,845		22,259	26,222
Younger than 22	64	0.2%	597	810	-746	-92.1%
22-24	74	0.2%	1,250	1,767	-1,693	-95.8%
25-34	933	2.9%	5,810	6,881	-5,948	-86.4%
35-44	3,930	12.3%	5,264	6,020	-2,090	-34.7%
45-54	5,233	16.3%	4,917	5,825	-592	-10.2%
55-59	2,707	8.5%	2,118	2,419	288	11.9%
60-64	2,995	9.4%	1,393	1,467	1,528	104.2%
65 and older	7,891	24.6%	897	1,016	6,875	676.7%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	13	17	1	5.9%

Industry	23,845		22,259	26,222
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	207	0.9%	201	245	-38	-15.5%
Mining	944	3.9%	701	120	824	686.7%
Utilities	63	0.3%	55	39	24	61.5%
Construction	2,394	10.0%	1,980	2,778	-384	-13.8%
Manufacturing	4,185	17.4%	4,029	4,518	-333	-7.4%
Wholesale Trade	841	3.5%	766	832	9	1.1%
Retail Trade	2,438	10.1%	2,277	2,771	-333	-12.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	652	2.7%	581	687	-35	-5.1%
Information	232	1.0%	220	326	-94	-28.8%
Finance and Insurance	681	2.8%	617	867	-186	-21.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	297	1.2%	278	346	-49	-14.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	943	3.9%	1,009	1,197	-254	-21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.2%	51	57	-15	-26.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,432	14.3%	3,130	3,814	-382	-10.0%
Educational Services	475	2.0%	495	544	-69	-12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,770	7.4%	1,738	2,083	-313	-15.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	157	0.7%	139	184	-27	-14.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,578	6.6%	1,515	2,026	-448	-22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	532	2.2%	544	628	-96	-15.3%
Public Administration	320	1.3%	302	420	-100	-23.8%
Information Not Available	1,662	6.9%	1,631	1,740	-78	-4.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,772		20,916	24,655
Male	12,603	57.9%	11,527	13,759	-1,156	-8.4%
Female	7,555	34.7%	7,801	9,147	-1,592	-17.4%
Information Not Available	1,614	7.4%	1,588	1,749	-135	-7.7%

Ethnicity	21,772		20,916	24,655
Hispanic or Latino	201	0.9%	226	1,219	-1,018	-83.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,957	91.7%	19,102	21,687	-1,730	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1,614	7.4%	1,588	1,749	-135	-7.7%

Race	21,772		20,916	24,655
American Indian or Alaskan Native	216	1.0%	228	211	5	2.4%
Asian	21	0.1%	21	160	-139	-86.9%
Black or African American	4,990	22.9%	5,251	6,197	-1,207	-19.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,030	4.7%	790	184	846	459.8%
White	13,700	62.9%	12,812	14,935	-1,235	-8.3%
Information Not Available	1,815	8.3%	1,814	2,968	-1,153	-38.8%

Years of Age	21,772		20,916	24,655
Younger than 22	648	1.9%	556	773	-125	-16.2%
22-24	1,108	3.2%	1,041	1,396	-288	-20.6%
25-34	4,563	13.4%	4,615	5,418	-855	-15.8%
35-44	4,644	13.6%	4,455	5,350	-706	-13.2%
45-54	4,825	14.1%	4,553	5,378	-553	-10.3%
55-59	2,092	6.1%	1,977	2,123	-31	-1.5%
60-64	1,326	3.9%	1,281	1,418	-92	-6.5%
65 and older	951	2.8%	850	1,050	-99	-9.4%
Information Not Available	1,615	4.7%	1,588	1,749	-134	-7.7%

Industry	21,772		20,916	24,655
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	872	3.9%	680	959	-87	-9.1%
Mining	529	2.3%	463	256	273	106.6%
Utilities	38	0.2%	41	31	7	22.6%
Construction	2,380	10.5%	1,848	2,562	-182	-7.1%
Manufacturing	3,070	13.6%	3,374	3,149	-79	-2.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,025	4.5%	987	999	26	2.6%
Retail Trade	1,799	7.9%	1,631	2,061	-262	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	886	3.9%	793	844	42	5.0%
Information	174	0.8%	182	220	-46	-20.9%
Finance and Insurance	254	1.1%	283	371	-117	-31.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	1.0%	232	261	-31	-11.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	686	3.0%	695	737	-51	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.3%	56	75	-17	-22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,184	9.6%	2,152	2,654	-470	-17.7%
Educational Services	295	1.3%	375	390	-95	-24.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,674	7.4%	1,834	2,510	-836	-33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	271	1.2%	247	289	-18	-6.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,293	5.7%	1,100	1,538	-245	-15.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	465	2.1%	473	567	-102	-18.0%
Public Administration	344	1.5%	350	492	-148	-30.1%
Information Not Available	3,245	14.3%	3,120	3,690	-445	-12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,286		26,950	29,755
Male	15,284	56.0%	14,756	17,097	-1,813	-10.6%
Female	11,989	43.9%	12,166	12,633	-644	-5.1%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	28	25	-12	-48.0%

Ethnicity	27,286		26,950	29,755
Hispanic or Latino	7,632	28.0%	7,573	8,682	-1,050	-12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,259	52.3%	13,741	15,209	-950	-6.2%
Information Not Available	5,395	19.8%	5,636	5,864	-469	-8.0%

Race	27,286		26,950	29,755
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,399	8.8%	2,234	2,547	-148	-5.8%
Asian	1,034	3.8%	1,194	1,016	18	1.8%
Black or African American	2,275	8.3%	2,211	2,200	75	3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	315	1.2%	377	388	-73	-18.8%
White	15,635	57.3%	15,482	17,217	-1,582	-9.2%
Information Not Available	5,628	20.6%	5,452	6,387	-759	-11.9%

Years of Age	27,286		26,950	29,755
Younger than 22	534	1.3%	512	646	-112	-17.3%
22-24	1,304	3.2%	1,179	1,466	-162	-11.1%
25-34	6,324	15.5%	6,242	6,927	-603	-8.7%
35-44	5,969	14.6%	5,823	6,477	-508	-7.8%
45-54	6,449	15.8%	6,474	7,168	-719	-10.0%
55-59	3,172	7.8%	3,158	3,432	-260	-7.6%
60-64	2,161	5.3%	2,123	2,210	-49	-2.2%
65 and older	1,373	3.4%	1,439	1,429	-56	-3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,286		26,950	29,755
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	493	1.8%	487	594	-101	-17.0%
Mining	204	0.7%	189	260	-56	-21.5%
Utilities	70	0.3%	65	79	-9	-11.4%
Construction	2,499	9.0%	2,375	3,658	-1,159	-31.7%
Manufacturing	1,612	5.8%	1,562	1,936	-324	-16.7%
Wholesale Trade	937	3.4%	977	931	6	0.6%
Retail Trade	2,246	8.1%	2,175	2,344	-98	-4.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	674	2.4%	614	662	12	1.8%
Information	449	1.6%	461	448	1	0.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,062	3.8%	1,037	1,141	-79	-6.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	509	1.8%	550	578	-69	-11.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,304	4.7%	1,332	1,434	-130	-9.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.4%	91	103	16	15.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,892	14.0%	3,597	4,224	-332	-7.9%
Educational Services	817	2.9%	777	788	29	3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,329	8.4%	2,352	2,417	-88	-3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	360	1.3%	344	414	-54	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,494	5.4%	1,549	1,741	-247	-14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	578	2.1%	554	701	-123	-17.5%
Public Administration	812	2.9%	797	743	69	9.3%
Information Not Available	4,826	17.4%	5,065	4,559	267	5.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	404,600		386,475	390,097
Male	236,326	58.4%	214,926	225,245	11,081	4.9%
Female	167,982	41.5%	171,353	164,562	3,420	2.1%
Information Not Available	292	0.1%	196	290	2	0.7%

Ethnicity	404,600		386,475	390,097
Hispanic or Latino	185,629	45.9%	170,766	166,204	19,425	11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	187,090	46.2%	184,670	191,618	-4,528	-2.4%
Information Not Available	31,881	7.9%	31,039	32,275	-394	-1.2%

Race	404,600		386,475	390,097
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,315	0.8%	2,644	3,672	-357	-9.7%
Asian	35,390	8.7%	33,781	31,405	3,985	12.7%
Black or African American	29,053	7.2%	29,669	29,859	-806	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	119,333	29.5%	118,576	126,682	-7,349	-5.8%
Information Not Available	217,509	53.8%	201,805	198,479	19,030	9.6%

Years of Age	404,600		386,475	390,097
Younger than 22	6,727	1.4%	11,162	7,924	-1,197	-15.1%
22-24	20,864	4.3%	21,639	19,423	1,441	7.4%
25-34	99,152	20.2%	94,685	91,026	8,126	8.9%
35-44	82,285	16.8%	79,704	82,522	-237	-0.3%
45-54	91,644	18.7%	89,495	93,441	-1,797	-1.9%
55-59	44,652	9.1%	42,594	41,938	2,714	6.5%
60-64	33,245	6.8%	28,592	31,598	1,647	5.2%
65 and older	26,031	5.3%	18,604	22,128	3,903	17.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	97	-97	-100.0%

Industry	404,600		386,475	390,097
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83,749	17.1%	74,320	71,989	11,760	16.3%
Mining	1,755	0.4%	1,860	1,739	16	0.9%
Utilities	1,072	0.2%	881	1,256	-184	-14.6%
Construction	41,727	8.5%	27,514	36,913	4,814	13.0%
Manufacturing	37,730	7.7%	38,579	37,976	-246	-0.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,462	0.3%	979	1,643	-181	-11.0%
Retail Trade	25,933	5.3%	25,556	23,771	2,162	9.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,797	2.4%	11,456	13,142	-1,345	-10.2%
Information	31,588	6.5%	33,781	29,762	1,826	6.1%
Finance and Insurance	6,532	1.3%	7,540	7,151	-619	-8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,437	0.5%	1,762	2,609	-172	-6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,337	1.3%	6,756	7,634	-1,297	-17.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65,906	13.5%	66,485	64,839	1,067	1.6%
Educational Services	14,039	2.9%	12,631	14,495	-456	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,619	4.6%	24,381	24,061	-1,442	-6.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,117	1.5%	8,715	6,957	160	2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,307	3.1%	16,058	15,944	-637	-4.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,847	2.0%	9,596	9,663	184	1.9%
Public Administration	4,387	0.9%	4,798	5,025	-638	-12.7%
Information Not Available	13,259	2.7%	12,827	13,528	-269	-2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,092		30,735	32,680
Male	21,982	64.5%	18,846	20,190	1,792	8.9%
Female	12,108	35.5%	11,888	12,490	-382	-3.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,092		30,735	32,680
Hispanic or Latino	8,523	25.0%	7,255	8,206	317	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,426	65.8%	20,641	21,474	952	4.4%
Information Not Available	3,143	9.2%	2,839	3,000	143	4.8%

Race	34,092		30,735	32,680
American Indian or Alaskan Native	701	2.1%	609	637	64	10.0%
Asian	542	1.6%	543	589	-47	-8.0%
Black or African American	1,918	5.6%	1,783	1,916	2	0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	0.4%	128	126	8	6.3%
White	23,764	69.7%	21,516	23,262	502	2.2%
Information Not Available	7,033	20.6%	6,156	6,150	883	14.4%

Years of Age	34,092		30,735	32,680
Younger than 22	618	1.1%	477	514	104	20.2%
22-24	1,291	2.3%	1,080	1,225	66	5.4%
25-34	7,496	13.6%	6,668	7,318	178	2.4%
35-44	7,492	13.6%	6,901	7,268	224	3.1%
45-54	8,367	15.2%	7,622	8,180	187	2.3%
55-59	4,403	8.0%	3,911	3,942	461	11.7%
60-64	2,869	5.2%	2,656	2,742	127	4.6%
65 and older	1,550	2.8%	1,411	1,490	60	4.0%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	9	1	5	500.0%

Industry	34,092		30,735	32,680
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	395	1.1%	369	383	12	3.1%
Mining	1,355	3.9%	1,192	543	812	149.5%
Utilities	89	0.3%	76	43	46	107.0%
Construction	6,892	20.0%	5,131	6,429	463	7.2%
Manufacturing	2,136	6.2%	2,002	1,741	395	22.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,466	4.3%	1,330	1,122	344	30.7%
Retail Trade	2,303	6.7%	2,211	2,380	-77	-3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,098	3.2%	1,023	1,023	75	7.3%
Information	954	2.8%	995	899	55	6.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,057	3.1%	1,021	1,095	-38	-3.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	518	1.5%	539	665	-147	-22.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,769	8.0%	2,760	2,500	269	10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	572	1.7%	489	557	15	2.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,616	13.4%	3,909	4,876	-260	-5.3%
Educational Services	862	2.5%	904	921	-59	-6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,101	6.1%	2,060	2,295	-194	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	520	1.5%	531	591	-71	-12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,626	4.7%	1,661	1,883	-257	-13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	691	2.0%	715	742	-51	-6.9%
Public Administration	1,088	3.2%	894	1,123	-35	-3.1%
Information Not Available	984	2.9%	923	869	115	13.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,251		37,632	55,705
Male	30,816	65.2%	22,335	36,242	-5,426	-15.0%
Female	16,435	34.8%	15,297	19,463	-3,028	-15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,251		37,632	55,705
Hispanic or Latino	8,387	17.7%	6,284	9,581	-1,194	-12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,864	82.3%	31,348	46,124	-7,260	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	47,251		37,632	55,705
American Indian or Alaskan Native	147	0.3%	146	212	-65	-30.7%
Asian	812	1.7%	711	899	-87	-9.7%
Black or African American	6,111	12.9%	5,486	7,217	-1,106	-15.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	26,904	56.9%	21,060	31,658	-4,754	-15.0%
Information Not Available	13,277	28.1%	10,229	15,719	-2,442	-15.5%

Years of Age	47,251		37,632	55,705
Younger than 22	596	0.9%	845	863	-267	-30.9%
22-24	1,936	2.8%	1,777	2,588	-652	-25.2%
25-34	10,311	14.8%	8,522	12,840	-2,529	-19.7%
35-44	9,445	13.5%	7,430	11,117	-1,672	-15.0%
45-54	11,350	16.2%	8,905	13,297	-1,947	-14.6%
55-59	5,655	8.1%	4,271	6,415	-760	-11.8%
60-64	4,275	6.1%	3,224	4,585	-310	-6.8%
65 and older	3,683	5.3%	2,658	4,000	-317	-7.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,251		37,632	55,705
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	711	1.5%	479	835	-124	-14.9%
Mining	56	0.1%	21	53	3	5.7%
Utilities	71	0.1%	44	67	4	6.0%
Construction	8,224	17.1%	4,406	9,646	-1,422	-14.7%
Manufacturing	4,734	9.9%	4,240	5,261	-527	-10.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,700	3.5%	1,502	1,980	-280	-14.1%
Retail Trade	4,375	9.1%	3,946	5,611	-1,236	-22.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,904	4.0%	1,268	2,020	-116	-5.7%
Information	656	1.4%	689	787	-131	-16.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,157	2.4%	1,099	1,547	-390	-25.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	640	1.3%	551	754	-114	-15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,728	3.6%	1,750	1,982	-254	-12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	242	0.5%	244	268	-26	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,821	16.3%	5,575	9,096	-1,275	-14.0%
Educational Services	1,144	2.4%	1,210	1,444	-300	-20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,105	8.6%	4,412	4,946	-841	-17.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,914	4.0%	1,405	2,412	-498	-20.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,460	7.2%	2,334	3,983	-523	-13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,316	2.7%	1,293	1,536	-220	-14.3%
Public Administration	588	1.2%	558	696	-108	-15.5%
Information Not Available	705	1.5%	606	781	-76	-9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,531		8,369	9,696
Male	3,943	46.2%	3,779	4,699	-756	-16.1%
Female	4,588	53.8%	4,590	4,997	-409	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,531		8,369	9,696
Hispanic or Latino	744	8.7%	642	1,026	-282	-27.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,762	91.0%	7,693	8,632	-870	-10.1%
Information Not Available	25	0.3%	34	38	-13	-34.2%

Race	8,531		8,369	9,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	0.5%	43	41	1	2.4%
Asian	231	2.7%	212	232	-1	-0.4%
Black or African American	6,015	70.5%	5,990	6,651	-636	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.2%	20	23	-3	-13.0%
White	1,562	18.3%	1,487	1,914	-352	-18.4%
Information Not Available	661	7.7%	617	835	-174	-20.8%

Years of Age	8,531		8,369	9,696
Younger than 22	152	1.6%	140	180	-28	-15.6%
22-24	450	4.7%	462	589	-139	-23.6%
25-34	2,359	24.7%	2,418	2,695	-336	-12.5%
35-44	1,901	19.9%	1,866	2,142	-241	-11.3%
45-54	1,965	20.6%	1,849	2,164	-199	-9.2%
55-59	851	8.9%	779	965	-114	-11.8%
60-64	537	5.6%	548	606	-69	-11.4%
65 and older	316	3.3%	307	355	-39	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,531		8,369	9,696
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	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	11	0.1%	14	41	-30	-73.2%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	3	4	-3	-75.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	3	4	-3	-75.0%
Retail Trade	17	0.2%	14	35	-18	-51.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	12	0.1%	5	21	-9	-42.9%
Information	5	0.1%	7	6	-1	-16.7%
Finance and Insurance	10	0.1%	11	10	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.0%	5	5	-4	-80.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	33	0.4%	42	48	-15	-31.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	42	0.5%	40	58	-16	-27.6%
Educational Services	9	0.1%	14	8	1	12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	0.1%	14	12	-4	-33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.0%	1	4	-1	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	14	0.2%	15	29	-15	-51.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8	0.1%	9	20	-12	-60.0%
Public Administration	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Information Not Available	8,355	97.9%	8,171	9,387	-1,032	-11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,903		3,492	8,990
Male	3,858	48.8%	1,577	4,537	-679	-15.0%
Female	3,683	46.6%	1,750	4,050	-367	-9.1%
Information Not Available	362	4.6%	165	403	-41	-10.2%

Ethnicity	7,903		3,492	8,990
Hispanic or Latino	609	7.7%	283	622	-13	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,932	87.7%	3,044	7,965	-1,033	-13.0%
Information Not Available	362	4.6%	165	403	-41	-10.2%

Race	7,903		3,492	8,990
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.4%	7	24	9	37.5%
Asian	152	1.9%	65	197	-45	-22.8%
Black or African American	3,151	39.9%	1,377	3,381	-230	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	2	9	-3	-33.3%
White	4,300	54.4%	1,930	5,075	-775	-15.3%
Information Not Available	261	3.3%	111	303	-42	-13.9%

Years of Age	7,903		3,492	8,990
Younger than 22	106	0.9%	31	113	-7	-6.2%
22-24	371	3.2%	131	434	-63	-14.5%
25-34	1,944	16.7%	820	2,234	-290	-13.0%
35-44	1,615	13.9%	740	1,891	-276	-14.6%
45-54	1,878	16.2%	828	2,230	-352	-15.8%
55-59	896	7.7%	415	941	-45	-4.8%
60-64	594	5.1%	283	618	-24	-3.9%
65 and older	425	3.7%	209	447	-22	-4.9%
Information Not Available	74	0.6%	35	82	-8	-9.8%

Industry	7,903		3,492	8,990
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.3%	11	27	-2	-7.4%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	13	0.2%	6	2	11	550.0%
Construction	769	9.7%	226	853	-84	-9.8%
Manufacturing	450	5.7%	200	613	-163	-26.6%
Wholesale Trade	265	3.3%	119	226	39	17.3%
Retail Trade	1,136	14.3%	496	1,337	-201	-15.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	248	3.1%	107	277	-29	-10.5%
Information	73	0.9%	39	177	-104	-58.8%
Finance and Insurance	536	6.8%	270	695	-159	-22.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	150	1.9%	65	210	-60	-28.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	379	4.8%	202	414	-35	-8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.4%	11	20	15	75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,463	18.5%	601	1,510	-47	-3.1%
Educational Services	175	2.2%	102	190	-15	-7.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	905	11.4%	478	932	-27	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	160	2.0%	61	206	-46	-22.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	798	10.1%	334	903	-105	-11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	221	2.8%	115	268	-47	-17.5%
Public Administration	79	1.0%	36	109	-30	-27.5%
Information Not Available	23	0.3%	13	21	2	9.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,918		53,891	73,130
Male	26,100	50.3%	26,467	37,132	-11,032	-29.7%
Female	25,736	49.6%	27,250	35,954	-10,218	-28.4%
Information Not Available	82	0.2%	174	44	38	86.4%

Ethnicity	51,918		53,891	73,130
Hispanic or Latino	12,655	24.4%	13,484	17,403	-4,748	-27.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,391	66.2%	35,517	50,134	-15,743	-31.4%
Information Not Available	4,872	9.4%	4,890	5,593	-721	-12.9%

Race	51,918		53,891	73,130
American Indian or Alaskan Native	319	0.6%	320	440	-121	-27.5%
Asian	796	1.5%	782	1,062	-266	-25.0%
Black or African American	12,567	24.2%	13,241	17,932	-5,365	-29.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	240	0.5%	236	400	-160	-40.0%
White	31,911	61.5%	33,071	45,806	-13,895	-30.3%
Information Not Available	6,085	11.7%	6,241	7,490	-1,405	-18.8%

Years of Age	51,918		53,891	73,130
Younger than 22	473	0.6%	554	938	-465	-49.6%
22-24	1,504	1.9%	1,620	2,613	-1,109	-42.4%
25-34	10,160	12.7%	10,677	15,663	-5,503	-35.1%
35-44	10,152	12.7%	10,486	14,444	-4,292	-29.7%
45-54	10,674	13.3%	11,541	15,786	-5,112	-32.4%
55-59	5,201	6.5%	5,431	7,203	-2,002	-27.8%
60-64	3,675	4.6%	3,721	4,966	-1,291	-26.0%
65 and older	2,403	3.0%	2,437	3,236	-833	-25.7%
Information Not Available	7,676	9.6%	7,424	8,281	-605	-7.3%

Industry	51,918		53,891	73,130
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	491	0.9%	437	664	-173	-26.1%
Mining	138	0.3%	142	89	49	55.1%
Utilities	67	0.1%	84	131	-64	-48.9%
Construction	3,468	6.6%	3,309	4,648	-1,180	-25.4%
Manufacturing	2,586	4.9%	2,552	3,259	-673	-20.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,246	4.3%	2,511	2,858	-612	-21.4%
Retail Trade	4,887	9.3%	5,109	7,292	-2,405	-33.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,411	2.7%	1,367	1,956	-545	-27.9%
Information	941	1.8%	915	1,237	-296	-23.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,184	4.2%	2,221	2,935	-751	-25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,258	2.4%	1,276	1,642	-384	-23.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,797	7.2%	3,935	5,029	-1,232	-24.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	498	1.0%	473	475	23	4.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,565	16.3%	9,066	13,489	-4,924	-36.5%
Educational Services	1,261	2.4%	1,624	1,766	-505	-28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,639	8.9%	5,096	6,441	-1,802	-28.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	896	1.7%	911	1,329	-433	-32.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,984	7.6%	4,170	5,786	-1,802	-31.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,572	3.0%	1,745	2,046	-474	-23.2%
Public Administration	674	1.3%	794	1,176	-502	-42.7%
Information Not Available	6,355	12.1%	6,154	8,882	-2,527	-28.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,003		36,113	46,758
Male	19,685	50.5%	17,921	23,812	-4,127	-17.3%
Female	18,330	47.0%	17,559	22,222	-3,892	-17.5%
Information Not Available	988	2.5%	633	724	264	36.5%

Ethnicity	39,003		36,113	46,758
Hispanic or Latino	77	0.2%	213	169	-92	-54.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,938	97.3%	35,267	45,865	-7,927	-17.3%
Information Not Available	988	2.5%	633	724	264	36.5%

Race	39,003		36,113	46,758
American Indian or Alaskan Native	202	0.5%	197	295	-93	-31.5%
Asian	536	1.4%	568	606	-70	-11.6%
Black or African American	21,188	54.3%	19,667	25,445	-4,257	-16.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,089	41.3%	15,048	19,688	-3,599	-18.3%
Information Not Available	988	2.5%	633	724	264	36.5%

Years of Age	39,003		36,113	46,758
Younger than 22	578	1.1%	840	891	-313	-35.1%
22-24	1,643	3.1%	1,871	2,391	-748	-31.3%
25-34	9,323	17.7%	9,218	11,591	-2,268	-19.6%
35-44	8,937	16.9%	8,567	11,058	-2,121	-19.2%
45-54	8,728	16.5%	8,367	10,592	-1,864	-17.6%
55-59	3,646	6.9%	3,163	4,391	-745	-17.0%
60-64	2,285	4.3%	1,935	2,701	-416	-15.4%
65 and older	1,305	2.5%	1,028	1,614	-309	-19.1%
Information Not Available	2,558	4.8%	1,124	1,529	1,029	67.3%

Industry	39,003		36,113	46,758
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	903	2.3%	785	896	7	0.8%
Mining	28	0.1%	44	30	-2	-6.7%
Utilities	30	0.1%	37	54	-24	-44.4%
Construction	1,860	4.7%	1,512	2,567	-707	-27.5%
Manufacturing	2,992	7.5%	2,940	3,117	-125	-4.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,446	3.6%	1,433	1,723	-277	-16.1%
Retail Trade	2,649	6.6%	2,393	3,606	-957	-26.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	749	1.9%	632	847	-98	-11.6%
Information	691	1.7%	731	903	-212	-23.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,101	2.8%	1,008	1,112	-11	-1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	485	1.2%	467	615	-130	-21.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,656	16.7%	6,222	7,690	-1,034	-13.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.1%	42	35	15	42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	93	0.2%	94	122	-29	-23.8%
Educational Services	873	2.2%	813	1,217	-344	-28.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,833	4.6%	1,869	2,184	-351	-16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,720	4.3%	1,554	2,769	-1,049	-37.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	400	1.0%	266	535	-135	-25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	305	0.8%	340	504	-199	-39.5%
Public Administration	421	1.1%	409	574	-153	-26.7%
Information Not Available	13,718	34.4%	12,522	15,658	-1,940	-12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,388		6,229	9,038
Male	4,105	64.3%	3,824	6,027	-1,922	-31.9%
Female	2,282	35.7%	2,403	3,010	-728	-24.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,388		6,229	9,038
Hispanic or Latino	488	7.6%	458	653	-165	-25.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,278	67.0%	4,165	6,045	-1,767	-29.2%
Information Not Available	1,622	25.4%	1,606	2,340	-718	-30.7%

Race	6,388		6,229	9,038
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.7%	48	63	-17	-27.0%
Asian	1,851	29.0%	1,771	2,954	-1,103	-37.3%
Black or African American	109	1.7%	122	153	-44	-28.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,801	28.2%	1,750	2,591	-790	-30.5%
White	1,631	25.5%	1,627	2,066	-435	-21.1%
Information Not Available	950	14.9%	911	1,211	-261	-21.6%

Years of Age	6,388		6,229	9,038
Younger than 22	60	0.8%	94	82	-22	-26.8%
22-24	164	2.2%	195	307	-143	-46.6%
25-34	1,394	18.8%	1,425	2,033	-639	-31.4%
35-44	1,521	20.5%	1,453	2,136	-615	-28.8%
45-54	1,445	19.5%	1,419	2,158	-713	-33.0%
55-59	738	9.9%	655	983	-245	-24.9%
60-64	599	8.1%	571	790	-191	-24.2%
65 and older	467	6.3%	417	549	-82	-14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,388		6,229	9,038
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.8%	74	84	-34	-40.5%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	1	1	100.0%
Utilities	19	0.3%	19	7	12	171.4%
Construction	1,626	25.3%	1,400	3,119	-1,493	-47.9%
Manufacturing	197	3.1%	151	191	6	3.1%
Wholesale Trade	120	1.9%	102	144	-24	-16.7%
Retail Trade	354	5.5%	354	472	-118	-25.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	267	4.1%	260	323	-56	-17.3%
Information	191	3.0%	76	144	47	32.6%
Finance and Insurance	90	1.4%	86	125	-35	-28.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	95	1.5%	82	118	-23	-19.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	233	3.6%	307	287	-54	-18.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.7%	41	54	-11	-20.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	824	12.8%	808	1,057	-233	-22.0%
Educational Services	93	1.4%	106	83	10	12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	322	5.0%	317	410	-88	-21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	100	1.6%	71	109	-9	-8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	592	9.2%	726	836	-244	-29.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	148	2.3%	152	195	-47	-24.1%
Public Administration	124	1.9%	123	168	-44	-26.2%
Information Not Available	898	13.9%	971	1,111	-213	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,168		24,091	36,905
Male	26,724	76.0%	16,696	27,507	-783	-2.8%
Female	8,063	22.9%	7,080	8,521	-458	-5.4%
Information Not Available	381	1.1%	315	877	-496	-56.6%

Ethnicity	35,168		24,091	36,905
Hispanic or Latino	3,218	9.2%	2,226	3,061	157	5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,235	86.0%	20,570	31,963	-1,728	-5.4%
Information Not Available	1,715	4.9%	1,295	1,881	-166	-8.8%

Race	35,168		24,091	36,905
American Indian or Alaskan Native	434	1.2%	329	259	175	67.6%
Asian	368	1.0%	314	297	71	23.9%
Black or African American	1,947	5.5%	1,545	1,767	180	10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	27,486	78.2%	18,382	29,640	-2,154	-7.3%
Information Not Available	4,933	14.0%	3,521	4,942	-9	-0.2%

Years of Age	35,168		24,091	36,905
Younger than 22	725	1.2%	482	853	-128	-15.0%
22-24	1,834	3.1%	1,239	2,040	-206	-10.1%
25-34	8,477	14.2%	5,690	8,780	-303	-3.5%
35-44	7,602	12.7%	5,249	7,862	-260	-3.3%
45-54	7,616	12.7%	5,349	8,084	-468	-5.8%
55-59	4,017	6.7%	2,721	4,205	-188	-4.5%
60-64	2,778	4.6%	1,924	2,899	-121	-4.2%
65 and older	2,110	3.5%	1,428	2,169	-59	-2.7%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	9	13	-4	-30.8%

Industry	35,168		24,091	36,905
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	314	0.9%	214	318	-4	-1.3%
Mining	983	2.8%	375	964	19	2.0%
Utilities	34	0.1%	30	58	-24	-41.4%
Construction	12,662	35.7%	6,222	14,067	-1,405	-10.0%
Manufacturing	6,405	18.1%	5,119	5,410	995	18.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,147	3.2%	936	1,227	-80	-6.5%
Retail Trade	1,673	4.7%	1,336	2,012	-339	-16.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,068	3.0%	718	1,145	-77	-6.7%
Information	495	1.4%	485	425	70	16.5%
Finance and Insurance	692	2.0%	619	659	33	5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	283	0.8%	221	270	13	4.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	703	2.0%	651	759	-56	-7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.1%	32	43	-5	-11.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,953	11.1%	2,944	4,221	-268	-6.3%
Educational Services	345	1.0%	348	342	3	0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,239	3.5%	1,287	1,308	-69	-5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	670	1.9%	515	817	-147	-18.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,153	3.2%	961	1,430	-277	-19.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	487	1.4%	390	556	-69	-12.4%
Public Administration	558	1.6%	505	639	-81	-12.7%
Information Not Available	266	0.7%	183	235	31	13.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,582		11,127	13,070
Male	9,947	73.2%	7,861	8,974	973	10.8%
Female	3,633	26.7%	3,264	4,093	-460	-11.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	3	-1	-33.3%

Ethnicity	13,582		11,127	13,070
Hispanic or Latino	2,227	16.4%	1,802	2,224	3	0.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,421	62.0%	6,931	9,746	-1,325	-13.6%
Information Not Available	2,934	21.6%	2,394	1,100	1,834	166.7%

Race	13,582		11,127	13,070
American Indian or Alaskan Native	741	2.9%	304	642	99	15.4%
Asian	171	0.7%	118	184	-13	-7.1%
Black or African American	170	0.7%	118	143	27	18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	137	0.5%	79	116	21	18.1%
White	19,044	75.6%	11,288	16,010	3,034	19.0%
Information Not Available	4,925	19.6%	2,133	4,419	506	11.5%

Years of Age	13,582		11,127	13,070
Younger than 22	425	1.3%	309	344	81	23.5%
22-24	641	2.0%	480	647	-6	-0.9%
25-34	2,830	9.0%	2,185	2,687	143	5.3%
35-44	2,666	8.4%	2,173	2,563	103	4.0%
45-54	3,033	9.6%	2,548	3,138	-105	-3.3%
55-59	1,587	5.0%	1,339	1,564	23	1.5%
60-64	1,024	3.2%	879	1,005	19	1.9%
65 and older	1,289	4.1%	1,087	1,115	174	15.6%
Information Not Available	87	0.3%	127	7	80	1142.9%

Industry	13,582		11,127	13,070
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	960	6.6%	833	1,052	-92	-8.7%
Mining	286	2.0%	262	224	62	27.7%
Utilities	69	0.5%	57	53	16	30.2%
Construction	2,914	20.0%	2,058	2,283	631	27.6%
Manufacturing	1,309	9.0%	1,077	1,484	-175	-11.8%
Wholesale Trade	539	3.7%	457	456	83	18.2%
Retail Trade	1,074	7.4%	838	1,073	1	0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	380	2.6%	342	384	-4	-1.0%
Information	112	0.8%	100	111	1	0.9%
Finance and Insurance	199	1.4%	193	220	-21	-9.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	148	1.0%	154	127	21	16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	449	3.1%	385	449	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.1%	15	25	-9	-36.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,807	12.4%	1,391	1,712	95	5.5%
Educational Services	156	1.1%	149	179	-23	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	727	5.0%	652	765	-38	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	319	2.2%	280	350	-31	-8.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	572	3.9%	489	604	-32	-5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	223	1.5%	200	258	-35	-13.6%
Public Administration	408	2.8%	341	418	-10	-2.4%
Information Not Available	915	6.3%	854	843	72	8.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	166,802		136,400	173,306
Male	112,447	67.4%	87,718	117,223	-4,776	-4.1%
Female	53,266	31.9%	47,980	55,114	-1,848	-3.4%
Information Not Available	1,089	0.7%	702	969	120	12.4%

Ethnicity	166,802		136,400	173,306
Hispanic or Latino	34,362	20.6%	26,245	35,656	-1,294	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	114,895	68.9%	96,426	119,093	-4,198	-3.5%
Information Not Available	17,545	10.5%	13,729	18,557	-1,012	-5.5%

Race	166,802		136,400	173,306
American Indian or Alaskan Native	925	0.6%	754	927	-2	-0.2%
Asian	3,268	2.0%	2,693	3,148	120	3.8%
Black or African American	32,851	19.7%	29,967	33,453	-602	-1.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	343	0.2%	279	324	19	5.9%
White	106,172	63.7%	84,727	111,424	-5,252	-4.7%
Information Not Available	23,243	13.9%	17,980	24,030	-787	-3.3%

Years of Age	166,802		136,400	173,306
Younger than 22	2,009	0.8%	2,855	2,173	-164	-7.5%
22-24	6,125	2.4%	6,346	6,540	-415	-6.3%
25-34	35,946	13.8%	31,524	38,394	-2,448	-6.4%
35-44	39,645	15.2%	31,700	41,771	-2,126	-5.1%
45-54	43,312	16.7%	34,684	46,154	-2,842	-6.2%
55-59	20,462	7.9%	15,594	20,450	12	0.1%
60-64	12,901	5.0%	9,359	12,096	805	6.7%
65 and older	6,402	2.5%	4,338	5,728	674	11.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	166,802		136,400	173,306
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,136	0.7%	956	1,127	9	0.8%
Mining	1,342	0.8%	685	896	446	49.8%
Utilities	172	0.1%	196	186	-14	-7.5%
Construction	35,779	21.3%	22,843	41,436	-5,657	-13.7%
Manufacturing	17,063	10.2%	15,404	14,726	2,337	15.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,313	3.8%	5,550	6,113	200	3.3%
Retail Trade	10,118	6.0%	8,999	11,037	-919	-8.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,920	4.7%	5,367	8,178	-258	-3.2%
Information	2,036	1.2%	1,986	2,161	-125	-5.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,970	2.4%	3,908	4,065	-95	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,767	1.1%	1,747	2,003	-236	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,732	5.2%	8,104	8,599	133	1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,144	0.7%	837	1,095	49	4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	29,509	17.6%	24,449	28,634	875	3.1%
Educational Services	3,702	2.2%	3,732	3,694	8	0.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,211	4.9%	8,413	9,175	-964	-10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,670	2.2%	3,182	4,111	-441	-10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,434	5.0%	6,019	8,589	-155	-1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,764	2.2%	3,518	3,903	-139	-3.6%
Public Administration	2,655	1.6%	2,573	2,731	-76	-2.8%
Information Not Available	9,365	5.6%	7,932	10,847	-1,482	-13.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,439		26,268	41,224
Male	25,670	72.4%	16,942	29,376	-3,706	-12.6%
Female	9,715	27.4%	9,279	11,778	-2,063	-17.5%
Information Not Available	54	0.2%	47	70	-16	-22.9%

Ethnicity	35,439		26,268	41,224
Hispanic or Latino	2,079	5.9%	1,434	2,515	-436	-17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,787	75.6%	19,741	30,918	-4,131	-13.4%
Information Not Available	6,573	18.5%	5,093	7,791	-1,218	-15.6%

Race	35,439		26,268	41,224
American Indian or Alaskan Native	151	0.4%	112	190	-39	-20.5%
Asian	171	0.5%	151	197	-26	-13.2%
Black or African American	4,282	12.1%	3,736	5,008	-726	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.1%	34	40	6	15.0%
White	28,417	80.2%	20,540	33,057	-4,640	-14.0%
Information Not Available	2,372	6.7%	1,695	2,732	-360	-13.2%

Years of Age	35,439		26,268	41,224
Younger than 22	550	0.9%	371	698	-148	-21.2%
22-24	1,363	2.2%	928	1,656	-293	-17.7%
25-34	7,492	12.2%	5,649	9,202	-1,710	-18.6%
35-44	8,768	14.3%	6,465	10,171	-1,403	-13.8%
45-54	9,443	15.4%	6,807	10,854	-1,411	-13.0%
55-59	4,225	6.9%	3,181	4,747	-522	-11.0%
60-64	2,404	3.9%	1,895	2,588	-184	-7.1%
65 and older	1,194	1.9%	972	1,308	-114	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,439		26,268	41,224
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	0.6%	138	227	-27	-11.9%
Mining	260	0.7%	134	279	-19	-6.8%
Utilities	30	0.1%	29	11	19	172.7%
Construction	10,878	30.5%	5,474	12,447	-1,569	-12.6%
Manufacturing	5,200	14.6%	4,826	5,853	-653	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,022	2.9%	968	1,069	-47	-4.4%
Retail Trade	1,874	5.3%	1,596	2,493	-619	-24.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,790	5.0%	906	1,797	-7	-0.4%
Information	279	0.8%	300	313	-34	-10.9%
Finance and Insurance	468	1.3%	479	566	-98	-17.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	405	1.1%	330	498	-93	-18.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,068	3.0%	897	1,146	-78	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	151	0.4%	120	159	-8	-5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,263	12.0%	3,148	5,010	-747	-14.9%
Educational Services	464	1.3%	562	528	-64	-12.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,592	4.5%	1,647	2,157	-565	-26.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	608	1.7%	449	786	-178	-22.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	892	2.5%	846	1,275	-383	-30.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	695	2.0%	609	771	-76	-9.9%
Public Administration	272	0.8%	242	308	-36	-11.7%
Information Not Available	3,028	8.5%	2,568	3,531	-503	-14.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,059		14,096	22,532
Male	13,170	69.1%	8,898	15,300	-2,130	-13.9%
Female	5,889	30.9%	5,198	7,232	-1,343	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,059		14,096	22,532
Hispanic or Latino	2,166	11.4%	1,518	2,374	-208	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,273	48.7%	6,820	10,538	-1,265	-12.0%
Information Not Available	7,620	40.0%	5,758	9,620	-2,000	-20.8%

Race	19,059		14,096	22,532
American Indian or Alaskan Native	277	1.5%	197	342	-65	-19.0%
Asian	249	1.3%	194	245	4	1.6%
Black or African American	3,122	16.4%	2,600	3,866	-744	-19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.4%	71	40	28	70.0%
White	13,680	71.8%	9,920	16,217	-2,537	-15.6%
Information Not Available	1,663	8.7%	1,114	1,822	-159	-8.7%

Years of Age	19,059		14,096	22,532
Younger than 22	322	1.0%	360	356	-34	-9.6%
22-24	917	2.9%	745	1,086	-169	-15.6%
25-34	4,558	14.6%	3,426	5,343	-785	-14.7%
35-44	4,381	14.0%	3,164	5,048	-667	-13.2%
45-54	4,373	14.0%	3,300	5,464	-1,091	-20.0%
55-59	2,140	6.8%	1,499	2,547	-407	-16.0%
60-64	1,460	4.7%	993	1,698	-238	-14.0%
65 and older	908	2.9%	609	990	-82	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,059		14,096	22,532
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	0.5%	99	106	-6	-5.7%
Mining	440	2.3%	270	427	13	3.0%
Utilities	16	0.1%	22	25	-9	-36.0%
Construction	4,959	25.9%	2,490	5,050	-91	-1.8%
Manufacturing	2,306	12.0%	1,876	3,986	-1,680	-42.1%
Wholesale Trade	749	3.9%	763	931	-182	-19.5%
Retail Trade	1,242	6.5%	976	1,625	-383	-23.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	813	4.2%	473	841	-28	-3.3%
Information	338	1.8%	324	323	15	4.6%
Finance and Insurance	395	2.1%	371	435	-40	-9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	246	1.3%	188	221	25	11.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	826	4.3%	797	968	-142	-14.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	39	56	-4	-7.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,597	13.6%	1,770	2,995	-398	-13.3%
Educational Services	285	1.5%	280	295	-10	-3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,220	6.4%	1,211	1,515	-295	-19.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	0.8%	117	242	-81	-33.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	663	3.5%	528	754	-91	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	339	1.8%	302	459	-120	-26.1%
Public Administration	377	2.0%	367	435	-58	-13.3%
Information Not Available	935	4.9%	833	843	92	10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,578		22,876	30,826
Male	21,242	71.8%	15,104	20,591	651	3.2%
Female	8,336	28.2%	7,772	10,235	-1,899	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,578		22,876	30,826
Hispanic or Latino	9	0.0%	14	74	-65	-87.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	835	2.8%	681	564	271	48.0%
Information Not Available	28,734	97.1%	22,181	30,088	-1,354	-4.5%

Race	29,578		22,876	30,826
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.4%	110	140	-33	-23.6%
Asian	33	0.1%	73	114	-81	-71.1%
Black or African American	3,116	10.5%	2,632	3,560	-444	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.0%	9	13	1	7.7%
White	25,977	87.8%	19,719	26,654	-677	-2.5%
Information Not Available	331	1.1%	333	345	-14	-4.1%

Years of Age	29,578		22,876	30,826
Younger than 22	369	0.7%	479	284	85	29.9%
22-24	1,059	2.0%	1,046	1,249	-190	-15.2%
25-34	5,891	11.1%	4,665	6,653	-762	-11.5%
35-44	7,449	14.0%	5,743	7,207	242	3.4%
45-54	7,426	14.0%	5,706	8,059	-633	-7.9%
55-59	3,359	6.3%	2,522	3,621	-262	-7.2%
60-64	2,528	4.8%	1,471	2,359	169	7.2%
65 and older	1,488	2.8%	1,220	1,385	103	7.4%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	24	9	0	0.0%

Industry	29,578		22,876	30,826
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	154	0.5%	73	131	23	17.6%
Mining	1,693	5.7%	1,224	1,061	632	59.6%
Utilities	84	0.3%	91	52	32	61.5%
Construction	6,806	22.9%	3,322	7,382	-576	-7.8%
Manufacturing	5,341	18.0%	4,240	4,368	973	22.3%
Wholesale Trade	872	2.9%	1,060	882	-10	-1.1%
Retail Trade	1,735	5.8%	1,430	1,804	-69	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,101	3.7%	690	1,123	-22	-2.0%
Information	313	1.1%	425	345	-32	-9.3%
Finance and Insurance	541	1.8%	425	681	-140	-20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	233	0.8%	292	332	-99	-29.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,208	4.1%	1,097	1,219	-11	-0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	70	0.2%	59	135	-65	-48.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,018	10.2%	2,403	3,363	-345	-10.3%
Educational Services	420	1.4%	434	507	-87	-17.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,418	4.8%	1,727	1,852	-434	-23.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	485	1.6%	452	869	-384	-44.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,133	3.8%	959	1,603	-470	-29.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	597	2.0%	521	463	134	28.9%
Public Administration	452	1.5%	425	603	-151	-25.0%
Information Not Available	1,904	6.4%	1,527	2,051	-147	-7.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,598		23,364	18,854
Male	14,584	61.8%	14,027	10,025	4,559	45.5%
Female	9,008	38.2%	9,330	8,829	179	2.0%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	0	6	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,598		23,364	18,854
Hispanic or Latino	1,104	4.7%	1,057	831	273	32.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,492	95.3%	22,302	18,023	4,469	24.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	5	0	2	0.0%

Race	23,598		23,364	18,854
American Indian or Alaskan Native	159	0.7%	152	197	-38	-19.3%
Asian	197	0.8%	184	154	43	27.9%
Black or African American	11,399	48.3%	11,263	10,708	691	6.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.1%	28	30	-3	-10.0%
White	11,478	48.6%	11,397	7,765	3,713	47.8%
Information Not Available	338	1.4%	340	0	338	0.0%

Years of Age	23,598		23,364	18,854
Younger than 22	401	1.2%	411	199	202	101.5%
22-24	1,003	3.0%	1,038	829	174	21.0%
25-34	5,927	17.7%	5,919	4,946	981	19.8%
35-44	5,525	16.5%	5,431	4,414	1,111	25.2%
45-54	5,372	16.1%	5,292	4,254	1,118	26.3%
55-59	2,693	8.1%	2,598	2,004	689	34.4%
60-64	1,644	4.9%	1,599	1,301	343	26.4%
65 and older	1,033	3.1%	1,076	907	126	13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,598		23,364	18,854
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	400	1.7%	324	343	57	16.6%
Mining	1,404	5.9%	1,365	495	909	183.6%
Utilities	66	0.3%	74	49	17	34.7%
Construction	4,036	16.8%	3,882	3,564	472	13.2%
Manufacturing	2,896	12.1%	2,643	1,604	1,292	80.5%
Wholesale Trade	769	3.2%	770	535	234	43.7%
Retail Trade	1,623	6.8%	1,568	1,823	-200	-11.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,123	4.7%	1,019	588	535	91.0%
Information	328	1.4%	385	300	28	9.3%
Finance and Insurance	423	1.8%	409	476	-53	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	504	2.1%	488	406	98	24.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,102	4.6%	1,298	813	289	35.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.4%	84	57	37	64.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,863	7.8%	1,823	1,948	-85	-4.4%
Educational Services	397	1.7%	450	376	21	5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,918	8.0%	1,990	2,210	-292	-13.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	294	1.2%	310	311	-17	-5.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,397	5.8%	1,387	1,539	-142	-9.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	603	2.5%	647	520	83	16.0%
Public Administration	297	1.2%	292	309	-12	-3.9%
Information Not Available	2,061	8.6%	2,156	588	1,473	250.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	78,891		59,739	96,271
Male	51,932	65.8%	35,807	62,987	-11,055	-17.6%
Female	26,955	34.2%	23,928	33,278	-6,323	-19.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	6	-2	-33.3%

Ethnicity	78,891		59,739	96,271
Hispanic or Latino	10,379	13.2%	7,857	12,222	-1,843	-15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,041	81.2%	48,431	78,616	-14,575	-18.5%
Information Not Available	4,471	5.7%	3,451	5,433	-962	-17.7%

Race	78,891		59,739	96,271
American Indian or Alaskan Native	374	0.5%	255	416	-42	-10.1%
Asian	2,429	3.1%	2,063	2,870	-441	-15.4%
Black or African American	6,420	8.1%	5,437	7,877	-1,457	-18.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	192	0.2%	155	235	-43	-18.3%
White	59,027	74.8%	43,890	72,422	-13,395	-18.5%
Information Not Available	10,449	13.2%	7,939	12,451	-2,002	-16.1%

Years of Age	78,891		59,739	96,271
Younger than 22	1,841	1.4%	1,265	1,913	-72	-3.8%
22-24	3,897	3.0%	2,845	4,817	-920	-19.1%
25-34	18,404	14.0%	13,762	22,674	-4,270	-18.8%
35-44	16,614	12.6%	12,433	20,208	-3,594	-17.8%
45-54	18,697	14.2%	14,113	22,921	-4,224	-18.4%
55-59	8,492	6.4%	6,661	10,288	-1,796	-17.5%
60-64	6,065	4.6%	4,812	7,387	-1,322	-17.9%
65 and older	4,881	3.7%	3,848	6,063	-1,182	-19.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	78,891		59,739	96,271
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,062	1.3%	585	1,183	-121	-10.2%
Mining	188	0.2%	46	233	-45	-19.3%
Utilities	134	0.2%	117	153	-19	-12.4%
Construction	14,402	18.0%	7,682	17,490	-3,088	-17.7%
Manufacturing	5,902	7.4%	5,152	6,472	-570	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,622	3.3%	2,410	3,326	-704	-21.2%
Retail Trade	5,617	7.0%	4,577	7,422	-1,805	-24.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,068	2.6%	1,542	2,395	-327	-13.7%
Information	1,437	1.8%	1,329	1,664	-227	-13.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,902	2.4%	1,858	2,350	-448	-19.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,404	1.8%	1,213	1,858	-454	-24.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,451	6.8%	4,831	6,023	-572	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	297	0.4%	279	267	30	11.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,652	14.6%	7,651	14,593	-2,941	-20.2%
Educational Services	1,423	1.8%	1,340	1,629	-206	-12.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,365	6.7%	5,461	7,138	-1,773	-24.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,952	3.7%	2,090	3,570	-618	-17.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,546	9.4%	5,117	9,493	-1,947	-20.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,684	4.6%	3,219	4,498	-814	-18.1%
Public Administration	1,608	2.0%	1,484	2,011	-403	-20.0%
Information Not Available	2,175	2.7%	1,756	2,503	-328	-13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,552		39,501	57,044
Male	23,044	49.5%	17,544	27,999	-4,955	-17.7%
Female	14,787	31.8%	13,538	17,837	-3,050	-17.1%
Information Not Available	8,721	18.7%	8,419	11,208	-2,487	-22.2%

Ethnicity	46,552		39,501	57,044
Hispanic or Latino	2,809	6.0%	1,889	3,443	-634	-18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,251	73.6%	28,493	41,537	-7,286	-17.5%
Information Not Available	9,492	20.4%	9,119	12,064	-2,572	-21.3%

Race	46,552		39,501	57,044
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.2%	118	157	-46	-29.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14,708	31.6%	12,876	17,771	-3,063	-17.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.1%	63	73	-7	-9.6%
White	19,366	41.6%	15,436	23,536	-4,170	-17.7%
Information Not Available	12,301	26.4%	11,008	15,507	-3,206	-20.7%

Years of Age	46,552		39,501	57,044
Younger than 22	573	0.9%	385	821	-248	-30.2%
22-24	1,756	2.8%	1,356	2,320	-564	-24.3%
25-34	9,037	14.4%	7,619	11,123	-2,086	-18.8%
35-44	7,862	12.5%	6,438	9,225	-1,363	-14.8%
45-54	8,511	13.6%	6,924	10,718	-2,207	-20.6%
55-59	4,182	6.7%	3,395	4,881	-699	-14.3%
60-64	3,109	4.9%	2,552	3,584	-475	-13.3%
65 and older	2,801	4.5%	2,413	3,164	-363	-11.5%
Information Not Available	8,721	13.9%	8,419	11,208	-2,487	-22.2%

Industry	46,552		39,501	57,044
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	238	0.5%	181	232	6	2.6%
Mining	71	0.2%	45	70	1	1.4%
Utilities	38	0.1%	27	43	-5	-11.6%
Construction	6,641	14.2%	4,010	7,959	-1,318	-16.6%
Manufacturing	415	0.9%	329	522	-107	-20.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,255	2.7%	1,167	1,476	-221	-15.0%
Retail Trade	1,285	2.7%	1,075	1,700	-415	-24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	850	1.8%	692	1,039	-189	-18.2%
Information	517	1.1%	504	712	-195	-27.4%
Finance and Insurance	916	2.0%	856	1,057	-141	-13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	749	1.6%	642	893	-144	-16.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,655	5.7%	2,638	3,486	-831	-23.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	218	0.5%	102	220	-2	-0.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,034	12.9%	4,836	6,843	-809	-11.8%
Educational Services	1,024	2.2%	1,101	1,189	-165	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,629	5.6%	2,629	3,420	-791	-23.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,122	2.4%	942	1,241	-119	-9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,201	9.0%	3,286	4,719	-518	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	996	2.1%	846	1,171	-175	-14.9%
Public Administration	890	1.9%	887	1,029	-139	-13.5%
Information Not Available	13,808	29.5%	12,706	18,023	-4,215	-23.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,978		7,951	14,531
Male	7,908	66.0%	4,955	9,590	-1,682	-17.5%
Female	4,070	34.0%	2,996	4,941	-871	-17.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,978		7,951	14,531
Hispanic or Latino	229	1.9%	146	208	21	10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,467	87.4%	6,993	9,852	615	6.2%
Information Not Available	1,282	10.7%	812	4,471	-3,189	-71.3%

Race	11,978		7,951	14,531
American Indian or Alaskan Native	135	1.1%	95	143	-8	-5.6%
Asian	63	0.5%	41	45	18	40.0%
Black or African American	183	1.5%	107	223	-40	-17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,935	91.3%	7,277	10,109	826	8.2%
Information Not Available	662	5.5%	431	4,011	-3,349	-83.5%

Years of Age	11,978		7,951	14,531
Younger than 22	269	1.2%	284	385	-116	-30.1%
22-24	580	2.7%	413	767	-187	-24.4%
25-34	2,776	12.7%	1,774	3,453	-677	-19.6%
35-44	2,378	10.9%	1,561	2,842	-464	-16.3%
45-54	2,581	11.9%	1,814	3,307	-726	-22.0%
55-59	1,436	6.6%	992	1,676	-240	-14.3%
60-64	1,139	5.2%	659	1,205	-66	-5.5%
65 and older	819	3.8%	454	896	-77	-8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,978		7,951	14,531
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	258	2.1%	170	292	-34	-11.6%
Mining	15	0.1%	3	16	-1	-6.3%
Utilities	11	0.1%	10	19	-8	-42.1%
Construction	2,378	19.4%	1,181	2,678	-300	-11.2%
Manufacturing	1,203	9.8%	730	1,297	-94	-7.2%
Wholesale Trade	307	2.5%	199	371	-64	-17.3%
Retail Trade	869	7.1%	557	1,060	-191	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	266	2.2%	158	265	1	0.4%
Information	69	0.6%	65	123	-54	-43.9%
Finance and Insurance	126	1.0%	116	109	17	15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	84	0.7%	59	128	-44	-34.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	195	1.6%	172	241	-46	-19.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	10	7	10	142.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,139	9.3%	681	1,319	-180	-13.6%
Educational Services	97	0.8%	89	151	-54	-35.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	449	3.7%	448	491	-42	-8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	261	2.1%	187	333	-72	-21.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,843	15.1%	1,243	1,927	-84	-4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	181	1.5%	133	198	-17	-8.6%
Public Administration	150	1.2%	129	200	-50	-25.0%
Information Not Available	2,060	16.8%	1,611	3,306	-1,246	-37.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	119,959		86,506	122,173
Male	84,162	70.2%	55,077	83,500	662	0.8%
Female	33,898	28.3%	29,414	36,562	-2,664	-7.3%
Information Not Available	1,899	1.6%	2,015	2,111	-212	-10.0%

Ethnicity	119,959		86,506	122,173
Hispanic or Latino	8,659	7.2%	5,608	7,723	936	12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,106	76.8%	64,111	92,867	-761	-0.8%
Information Not Available	19,194	16.0%	16,787	21,583	-2,389	-11.1%

Race	119,959		86,506	122,173
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,361	1.1%	1,031	1,310	51	3.9%
Asian	1,118	0.9%	651	1,411	-293	-20.8%
Black or African American	15,047	12.5%	14,329	14,802	245	1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.1%	89	88	-12	-13.6%
White	76,311	63.6%	49,408	77,243	-932	-1.2%
Information Not Available	26,046	21.7%	20,998	27,319	-1,273	-4.7%

Years of Age	119,959		86,506	122,173
Younger than 22	3,356	1.8%	2,496	3,531	-175	-5.0%
22-24	6,251	3.3%	5,225	7,029	-778	-11.1%
25-34	27,054	14.4%	21,152	28,030	-976	-3.5%
35-44	26,877	14.3%	19,194	27,499	-622	-2.3%
45-54	29,839	15.9%	20,614	30,906	-1,067	-3.5%
55-59	14,223	7.6%	8,998	13,713	510	3.7%
60-64	8,126	4.3%	5,625	7,513	613	8.2%
65 and older	4,227	2.2%	3,202	3,952	275	7.0%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	0	0	6	0.0%

Industry	119,959		86,506	122,173
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,341	1.9%	1,749	2,482	-141	-5.7%
Mining	969	0.8%	675	881	88	10.0%
Utilities	119	0.1%	121	77	42	54.5%
Construction	23,164	18.9%	13,221	25,657	-2,493	-9.7%
Manufacturing	17,710	14.5%	17,283	17,092	618	3.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,362	2.7%	3,157	4,275	-913	-21.4%
Retail Trade	5,665	4.6%	4,567	6,361	-696	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,621	3.8%	1,921	3,948	673	17.0%
Information	906	0.7%	706	747	159	21.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,215	1.0%	1,222	1,534	-319	-20.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,159	0.9%	919	1,207	-48	-4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,541	4.5%	4,646	5,755	-214	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9,693	7.9%	1,164	4,624	5,069	109.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,611	13.6%	11,344	17,407	-796	-4.6%
Educational Services	1,138	0.9%	1,119	1,325	-187	-14.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,759	3.9%	4,848	5,904	-1,145	-19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,135	3.4%	3,382	4,227	-92	-2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,808	3.9%	4,490	5,427	-619	-11.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,052	1.7%	1,884	2,428	-376	-15.5%
Public Administration	1,993	1.6%	1,944	1,992	1	0.1%
Information Not Available	7,998	6.5%	6,144	8,823	-825	-9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	70,462		57,319	66,736
Male	55,380	78.6%	43,086	50,477	4,903	9.7%
Female	15,075	21.4%	14,232	16,247	-1,172	-7.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	1	12	-5	-41.7%

Ethnicity	70,462		57,319	66,736
Hispanic or Latino	3,112	4.4%	2,505	2,873	239	8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,184	85.4%	49,043	57,116	3,068	5.4%
Information Not Available	7,166	10.2%	5,771	6,747	419	6.2%

Race	70,462		57,319	66,736
American Indian or Alaskan Native	865	1.2%	753	909	-44	-4.8%
Asian	1,121	1.6%	1,036	1,054	67	6.4%
Black or African American	3,245	4.6%	3,007	3,511	-266	-7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	122	0.2%	116	102	20	19.6%
White	59,694	84.7%	47,853	56,088	3,606	6.4%
Information Not Available	5,415	7.7%	4,554	5,072	343	6.8%

Years of Age	70,462		57,319	66,736
Younger than 22	1,410	1.1%	1,788	1,400	10	0.7%
22-24	3,753	3.0%	3,230	3,653	100	2.7%
25-34	17,516	14.1%	14,180	16,808	708	4.2%
35-44	15,099	12.1%	11,836	13,775	1,324	9.6%
45-54	15,396	12.4%	13,033	14,959	437	2.9%
55-59	8,407	6.8%	6,787	7,940	467	5.9%
60-64	5,685	4.6%	4,283	5,067	618	12.2%
65 and older	3,186	2.6%	2,174	3,116	70	2.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	18	-8	-44.4%

Industry	70,462		57,319	66,736
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,055	1.5%	871	1,028	27	2.6%
Mining	1,682	2.4%	1,401	650	1,032	158.8%
Utilities	265	0.4%	216	301	-36	-12.0%
Construction	26,564	37.1%	18,482	23,001	3,563	15.5%
Manufacturing	8,077	11.3%	6,932	7,487	590	7.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,568	3.6%	2,072	2,371	197	8.3%
Retail Trade	3,299	4.6%	2,860	3,809	-510	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,887	2.6%	1,536	1,751	136	7.8%
Information	603	0.8%	645	757	-154	-20.3%
Finance and Insurance	938	1.3%	1,016	1,055	-117	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	668	0.9%	580	783	-115	-14.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,891	4.0%	2,657	2,677	214	8.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,273	1.8%	995	887	386	43.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,513	9.1%	5,585	6,827	-314	-4.6%
Educational Services	923	1.3%	1,002	1,040	-117	-11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,630	3.7%	2,735	3,121	-491	-15.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,270	1.8%	1,178	1,384	-114	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,323	3.2%	2,127	2,715	-392	-14.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,547	2.2%	1,302	1,596	-49	-3.1%
Public Administration	1,501	2.1%	1,424	1,506	-5	-0.3%
Information Not Available	1,985	2.8%	1,703	1,990	-5	-0.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,727		30,494	49,467
Male	26,465	63.4%	18,111	31,950	-5,485	-17.2%
Female	15,202	36.4%	12,342	17,455	-2,253	-12.9%
Information Not Available	60	0.1%	41	62	-2	-3.2%

Ethnicity	41,727		30,494	49,467
Hispanic or Latino	1,762	4.2%	1,246	1,928	-166	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,501	77.9%	23,764	38,307	-5,806	-15.2%
Information Not Available	7,464	17.9%	5,484	9,232	-1,768	-19.2%

Race	41,727		30,494	49,467
American Indian or Alaskan Native	284	0.7%	218	284	0	0.0%
Asian	217	0.5%	192	251	-34	-13.5%
Black or African American	6,926	16.6%	5,907	7,204	-278	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,410	3.4%	1,181	1,348	62	4.6%
White	29,409	70.5%	20,857	34,277	-4,868	-14.2%
Information Not Available	3,481	8.3%	2,139	6,103	-2,622	-43.0%

Years of Age	41,727		30,494	49,467
Younger than 22	734	1.1%	772	753	-19	-2.5%
22-24	1,866	2.7%	1,517	2,368	-502	-21.2%
25-34	9,426	13.9%	7,398	11,505	-2,079	-18.1%
35-44	9,241	13.6%	6,888	11,333	-2,092	-18.5%
45-54	9,975	14.7%	7,202	11,856	-1,881	-15.9%
55-59	4,855	7.1%	3,310	5,541	-686	-12.4%
60-64	3,082	4.5%	1,972	3,422	-340	-9.9%
65 and older	2,546	3.7%	1,434	2,689	-143	-5.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Industry	41,727		30,494	49,467
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	557	1.3%	363	555	2	0.4%
Mining	223	0.5%	167	342	-119	-34.8%
Utilities	65	0.2%	62	43	22	51.2%
Construction	8,023	19.0%	4,596	10,354	-2,331	-22.5%
Manufacturing	6,148	14.5%	3,747	6,637	-489	-7.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,188	2.8%	1,170	1,471	-283	-19.2%
Retail Trade	2,992	7.1%	2,498	3,788	-796	-21.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,541	3.6%	932	2,061	-520	-25.2%
Information	529	1.3%	488	650	-121	-18.6%
Finance and Insurance	708	1.7%	752	989	-281	-28.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	596	1.4%	527	662	-66	-10.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,465	3.5%	1,400	1,508	-43	-2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	211	0.5%	164	266	-55	-20.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,375	12.7%	4,060	6,276	-901	-14.4%
Educational Services	567	1.3%	618	707	-140	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,572	6.1%	3,058	3,389	-817	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,140	5.1%	822	1,819	321	17.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,116	9.7%	2,432	4,807	-691	-14.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	812	1.9%	768	979	-167	-17.1%
Public Administration	423	1.0%	397	499	-76	-15.2%
Information Not Available	1,476	3.5%	1,473	1,665	-189	-11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,523		13,751	15,632
Male	8,801	60.6%	7,931	8,897	-96	-1.1%
Female	5,711	39.3%	5,792	6,724	-1,013	-15.1%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	28	11	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,523		13,751	15,632
Hispanic or Latino	298	2.1%	255	235	63	26.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,089	90.1%	12,363	14,253	-1,164	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,136	7.8%	1,133	1,144	-8	-0.7%

Race	14,523		13,751	15,632
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48	0.3%	52	46	2	4.3%
Asian	50	0.3%	45	46	4	8.7%
Black or African American	8,201	56.5%	7,880	9,012	-811	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.3%	37	43	6	14.0%
White	5,748	39.6%	5,317	6,097	-349	-5.7%
Information Not Available	427	2.9%	420	388	39	10.1%

Years of Age	14,523		13,751	15,632
Younger than 22	150	0.8%	283	181	-31	-17.1%
22-24	621	3.2%	764	730	-109	-14.9%
25-34	3,522	18.4%	3,407	3,842	-320	-8.3%
35-44	3,379	17.6%	3,165	3,596	-217	-6.0%
45-54	3,367	17.5%	3,074	3,676	-309	-8.4%
55-59	1,642	8.6%	1,540	1,679	-37	-2.2%
60-64	1,078	5.6%	914	1,162	-84	-7.2%
65 and older	764	4.0%	604	766	-2	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,523		13,751	15,632
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,031	6.6%	906	1,148	-117	-10.2%
Mining	206	1.3%	195	76	130	171.1%
Utilities	18	0.1%	17	21	-3	-14.3%
Construction	982	6.3%	849	1,260	-278	-22.1%
Manufacturing	1,587	10.2%	1,580	1,877	-290	-15.5%
Wholesale Trade	286	1.8%	296	264	22	8.3%
Retail Trade	1,031	6.6%	1,043	1,218	-187	-15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	317	2.0%	283	384	-67	-17.4%
Information	122	0.8%	130	125	-3	-2.4%
Finance and Insurance	171	1.1%	216	221	-50	-22.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	138	0.9%	139	143	-5	-3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	398	2.6%	421	390	8	2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.8%	127	126	4	3.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,352	8.7%	1,275	1,459	-107	-7.3%
Educational Services	256	1.6%	271	366	-110	-30.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,180	7.6%	1,149	1,212	-32	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	190	1.2%	189	201	-11	-5.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	886	5.7%	844	1,189	-303	-25.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	205	1.3%	192	212	-7	-3.3%
Public Administration	298	1.9%	222	248	50	20.2%
Information Not Available	3,739	24.0%	3,407	3,492	247	7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,734		9,411	11,174
Male	8,139	75.8%	6,829	8,367	-228	-2.7%
Female	2,581	24.0%	2,569	2,792	-211	-7.6%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	13	15	-1	-6.7%

Ethnicity	10,734		9,411	11,174
Hispanic or Latino	442	4.1%	390	430	12	2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,806	91.4%	8,641	10,281	-475	-4.6%
Information Not Available	486	4.5%	380	463	23	5.0%

Race	10,734		9,411	11,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	984	9.2%	785	1,066	-82	-7.7%
Asian	38	0.4%	42	40	-2	-5.0%
Black or African American	100	0.9%	103	102	-2	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	22	23	-1	-4.3%
White	9,448	88.0%	8,344	9,821	-373	-3.8%
Information Not Available	142	1.3%	115	122	20	16.4%

Years of Age	10,734		9,411	11,174
Younger than 22	302	1.6%	258	313	-11	-3.5%
22-24	627	3.2%	527	679	-52	-7.7%
25-34	2,958	15.2%	2,578	3,073	-115	-3.7%
35-44	2,200	11.3%	1,950	2,248	-48	-2.1%
45-54	2,189	11.3%	1,926	2,363	-174	-7.4%
55-59	1,212	6.2%	1,027	1,179	33	2.8%
60-64	779	4.0%	747	822	-43	-5.2%
65 and older	467	2.4%	398	497	-30	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,734		9,411	11,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	230	2.1%	187	240	-10	-4.2%
Mining	478	4.4%	430	353	125	35.4%
Utilities	36	0.3%	24	56	-20	-35.7%
Construction	3,252	29.7%	2,462	3,522	-270	-7.7%
Manufacturing	543	5.0%	468	599	-56	-9.3%
Wholesale Trade	243	2.2%	181	208	35	16.8%
Retail Trade	781	7.1%	663	810	-29	-3.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	299	2.7%	232	264	35	13.3%
Information	63	0.6%	61	82	-19	-23.2%
Finance and Insurance	124	1.1%	126	111	13	11.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	111	1.0%	94	126	-15	-11.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	285	2.6%	281	310	-25	-8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	13	15	-7	-46.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,246	11.4%	1,103	1,130	116	10.3%
Educational Services	148	1.3%	137	144	4	2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	389	3.5%	391	421	-32	-7.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	354	3.2%	409	338	16	4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,056	9.6%	1,133	1,169	-113	-9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	216	2.0%	181	227	-11	-4.8%
Public Administration	375	3.4%	313	424	-49	-11.6%
Information Not Available	497	4.5%	522	625	-128	-20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,509		28,441	40,146
Male	16,976	53.9%	14,908	21,587	-4,611	-21.4%
Female	14,522	46.1%	13,525	18,548	-4,026	-21.7%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	8	11	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,509		28,441	40,146
Hispanic or Latino	1,462	4.6%	1,390	1,973	-511	-25.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,300	93.0%	26,343	37,374	-8,074	-21.6%
Information Not Available	747	2.4%	708	799	-52	-6.5%

Race	31,509		28,441	40,146
American Indian or Alaskan Native	415	1.3%	361	638	-223	-35.0%
Asian	481	1.5%	394	408	73	17.9%
Black or African American	12,484	39.6%	11,332	15,831	-3,347	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.2%	52	74	-13	-17.6%
White	16,243	51.6%	14,618	20,617	-4,374	-21.2%
Information Not Available	1,825	5.8%	1,684	2,578	-753	-29.2%

Years of Age	31,509		28,441	40,146
Younger than 22	618	1.3%	549	872	-254	-29.1%
22-24	1,523	3.3%	1,456	2,157	-634	-29.4%
25-34	7,747	16.9%	7,223	9,784	-2,037	-20.8%
35-44	7,644	16.7%	6,752	9,549	-1,905	-19.9%
45-54	7,760	16.9%	7,017	9,955	-2,195	-22.0%
55-59	3,189	7.0%	2,803	3,984	-795	-20.0%
60-64	1,884	4.1%	1,723	2,436	-552	-22.7%
65 and older	1,144	2.5%	918	1,409	-265	-18.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,509		28,441	40,146
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	0.6%	146	167	24	14.4%
Mining	14	0.0%	18	13	1	7.7%
Utilities	31	0.1%	28	37	-6	-16.2%
Construction	2,702	8.5%	2,069	2,731	-29	-1.1%
Manufacturing	3,440	10.9%	3,419	3,417	23	0.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,169	3.7%	1,077	1,221	-52	-4.3%
Retail Trade	2,605	8.2%	2,427	2,886	-281	-9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	759	2.4%	614	640	119	18.6%
Information	427	1.3%	404	265	162	61.1%
Finance and Insurance	790	2.5%	745	737	53	7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	583	1.8%	582	593	-10	-1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,596	5.0%	1,513	1,466	130	8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	123	0.4%	147	135	-12	-8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,354	20.0%	5,540	5,079	1,275	25.1%
Educational Services	490	1.5%	522	412	78	18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,309	7.3%	2,394	2,470	-161	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	646	2.0%	451	540	106	19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,913	9.2%	2,226	2,987	-74	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	616	1.9%	625	506	110	21.7%
Public Administration	520	1.6%	561	354	166	46.9%
Information Not Available	3,231	10.2%	2,933	13,490	-10,259	-76.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,120		6,132	7,113
Male	8,735	86.3%	5,065	6,138	2,597	42.3%
Female	1,384	13.7%	1,067	973	411	42.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	10,120		6,132	7,113
Hispanic or Latino	654	6.5%	410	384	270	70.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,228	91.2%	5,568	6,555	2,673	40.8%
Information Not Available	238	2.4%	154	174	64	36.8%

Race	10,120		6,132	7,113
American Indian or Alaskan Native	580	5.7%	384	456	124	27.2%
Asian	51	0.5%	32	34	17	50.0%
Black or African American	378	3.7%	309	196	182	92.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	20	14	8	57.1%
White	8,197	81.0%	4,823	5,855	2,342	40.0%
Information Not Available	892	8.8%	564	558	334	59.9%

Years of Age	10,120		6,132	7,113
Younger than 22	126	0.7%	150	96	30	31.3%
22-24	544	3.1%	355	417	127	30.5%
25-34	2,516	14.5%	1,589	1,736	780	44.9%
35-44	1,960	11.3%	1,224	1,371	589	43.0%
45-54	2,189	12.6%	1,342	1,539	650	42.2%
55-59	1,218	7.0%	719	864	354	41.0%
60-64	937	5.4%	460	637	300	47.1%
65 and older	626	3.6%	292	448	178	39.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	5	-1	-20.0%

Industry	10,120		6,132	7,113
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	301	2.9%	170	283	18	6.4%
Mining	1,255	12.0%	787	620	635	102.4%
Utilities	25	0.2%	23	6	19	316.7%
Construction	3,893	37.4%	2,044	3,039	854	28.1%
Manufacturing	1,200	11.5%	604	847	353	41.7%
Wholesale Trade	522	5.0%	406	295	227	76.9%
Retail Trade	312	3.0%	236	209	103	49.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	610	5.9%	400	314	296	94.3%
Information	34	0.3%	25	33	1	3.0%
Finance and Insurance	56	0.5%	47	56	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	86	0.8%	73	28	58	207.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	265	2.5%	165	180	85	47.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	7	4	3	75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	442	4.2%	303	329	113	34.3%
Educational Services	1	0.0%	3	4	-3	-75.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	142	1.4%	132	116	26	22.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	37	0.4%	26	36	1	2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	181	1.7%	128	125	56	44.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	120	1.2%	75	82	38	46.3%
Public Administration	254	2.4%	184	203	51	25.1%
Information Not Available	377	3.6%	294	304	73	24.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,884		6,248	10,826
Male	6,140	69.1%	3,789	7,236	-1,096	-15.1%
Female	2,218	25.0%	1,956	3,134	-916	-29.2%
Information Not Available	526	5.9%	503	456	70	15.4%

Ethnicity	8,884		6,248	10,826
Hispanic or Latino	1,006	11.3%	640	1,000	6	0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,470	72.8%	4,421	8,338	-1,868	-22.4%
Information Not Available	1,408	15.8%	1,187	1,488	-80	-5.4%

Race	8,884		6,248	10,826
American Indian or Alaskan Native	119	1.3%	89	146	-27	-18.5%
Asian	130	1.5%	93	106	24	22.6%
Black or African American	628	7.1%	492	768	-140	-18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	18	29	-5	-17.2%
White	6,103	68.7%	4,167	7,563	-1,460	-19.3%
Information Not Available	1,880	21.2%	1,389	2,214	-334	-15.1%

Years of Age	8,884		6,248	10,826
Younger than 22	71	0.5%	48	127	-56	-44.1%
22-24	309	2.2%	211	442	-133	-30.1%
25-34	1,957	13.8%	1,346	2,537	-580	-22.9%
35-44	1,875	13.3%	1,380	2,226	-351	-15.8%
45-54	2,178	15.4%	1,476	2,630	-452	-17.2%
55-59	1,096	7.7%	779	1,248	-152	-12.2%
60-64	843	6.0%	574	939	-96	-10.2%
65 and older	555	3.9%	434	677	-122	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,884		6,248	10,826
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.8%	74	97	-22	-22.7%
Mining	210	2.3%	125	207	3	1.4%
Utilities	12	0.1%	12	18	-6	-33.3%
Construction	2,678	29.9%	1,478	2,831	-153	-5.4%
Manufacturing	1,426	15.9%	717	1,761	-335	-19.0%
Wholesale Trade	276	3.1%	226	397	-121	-30.5%
Retail Trade	451	5.0%	406	661	-210	-31.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	235	2.6%	169	320	-85	-26.6%
Information	100	1.1%	76	130	-30	-23.1%
Finance and Insurance	206	2.3%	186	280	-74	-26.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	88	1.0%	67	118	-30	-25.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	220	2.5%	218	259	-39	-15.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.5%	36	48	-5	-10.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,002	11.2%	782	1,211	-209	-17.3%
Educational Services	72	0.8%	78	139	-67	-48.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	367	4.1%	405	590	-223	-37.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	128	1.4%	123	169	-41	-24.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	236	2.6%	204	434	-198	-45.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95	1.1%	96	158	-63	-39.9%
Public Administration	261	2.9%	226	332	-71	-21.4%
Information Not Available	703	7.8%	544	666	37	5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,306		4,773	7,997
Male	4,055	64.3%	2,681	5,191	-1,136	-21.9%
Female	2,217	35.2%	2,043	2,760	-543	-19.7%
Information Not Available	34	0.5%	49	46	-12	-26.1%

Ethnicity	6,306		4,773	7,997
Hispanic or Latino	266	4.2%	203	296	-30	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,179	82.1%	3,949	6,530	-1,351	-20.7%
Information Not Available	861	13.7%	621	1,171	-310	-26.5%

Race	6,306		4,773	7,997
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36	0.6%	33	47	-11	-23.4%
Asian	80	1.3%	71	97	-17	-17.5%
Black or African American	109	1.7%	84	116	-7	-6.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.3%	8	9	8	88.9%
White	5,596	88.7%	4,173	7,142	-1,546	-21.6%
Information Not Available	468	7.4%	404	586	-118	-20.1%

Years of Age	6,306		4,773	7,997
Younger than 22	64	0.6%	43	85	-21	-24.7%
22-24	201	1.8%	130	277	-76	-27.4%
25-34	1,138	10.1%	795	1,530	-392	-25.6%
35-44	1,207	10.8%	888	1,557	-350	-22.5%
45-54	1,655	14.8%	1,322	2,088	-433	-20.7%
55-59	884	7.9%	704	1,152	-268	-23.3%
60-64	682	6.1%	529	813	-131	-16.1%
65 and older	475	4.2%	362	495	-20	-4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,306		4,773	7,997
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.9%	33	54	2	3.7%
Mining	38	0.6%	4	43	-5	-11.6%
Utilities	11	0.2%	10	6	5	83.3%
Construction	568	8.9%	224	699	-131	-18.7%
Manufacturing	537	8.4%	475	739	-202	-27.3%
Wholesale Trade	259	4.1%	242	274	-15	-5.5%
Retail Trade	378	5.9%	314	459	-81	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	139	2.2%	102	163	-24	-14.7%
Information	88	1.4%	117	290	-202	-69.7%
Finance and Insurance	130	2.0%	112	177	-47	-26.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	64	1.0%	55	82	-18	-22.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	301	4.7%	304	297	4	1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.5%	32	27	7	25.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	977	15.4%	697	1,241	-264	-21.3%
Educational Services	167	2.6%	195	256	-89	-34.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	429	6.7%	420	481	-52	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	189	3.0%	161	216	-27	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	182	2.9%	112	209	-27	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	145	2.3%	146	181	-36	-19.9%
Public Administration	82	1.3%	77	107	-25	-23.4%
Information Not Available	1,532	24.1%	941	1,996	-464	-23.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	121,620		100,856	137,466
Male	75,561	62.1%	58,376	84,349	-8,788	-10.4%
Female	46,059	37.9%	42,480	53,117	-7,058	-13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	121,620		100,856	137,466
Hispanic or Latino	27,913	23.0%	21,926	31,480	-3,567	-11.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,422	66.9%	68,571	91,828	-10,406	-11.3%
Information Not Available	12,285	10.1%	10,359	14,158	-1,873	-13.2%

Race	121,620		100,856	137,466
American Indian or Alaskan Native	620	0.5%	497	650	-30	-4.6%
Asian	3,838	3.2%	3,462	4,583	-745	-16.3%
Black or African American	21,965	18.1%	19,938	24,785	-2,820	-11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	762	0.6%	640	837	-75	-9.0%
White	76,821	63.2%	61,789	86,504	-9,683	-11.2%
Information Not Available	17,614	14.5%	14,530	20,107	-2,493	-12.4%

Years of Age	121,620		100,856	137,466
Younger than 22	3,688	1.9%	2,532	2,381	1,307	54.9%
22-24	7,211	3.8%	5,907	7,317	-106	-1.4%
25-34	27,744	14.7%	23,748	31,741	-3,997	-12.6%
35-44	24,351	12.9%	20,175	27,918	-3,567	-12.8%
45-54	28,424	15.0%	22,785	32,198	-3,774	-11.7%
55-59	13,048	6.9%	10,773	14,894	-1,846	-12.4%
60-64	9,118	4.8%	7,874	10,814	-1,696	-15.7%
65 and older	8,036	4.2%	7,062	10,203	-2,167	-21.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	121,620		100,856	137,466
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,234	1.0%	836	1,270	-36	-2.8%
Mining	124	0.1%	52	128	-4	-3.1%
Utilities	182	0.1%	146	158	24	15.2%
Construction	15,505	12.6%	9,484	15,942	-437	-2.7%
Manufacturing	6,662	5.4%	5,859	7,500	-838	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,513	4.5%	5,088	5,571	-58	-1.0%
Retail Trade	13,655	11.1%	11,829	12,944	711	5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,590	3.7%	3,895	4,389	201	4.6%
Information	1,508	1.2%	1,438	1,892	-384	-20.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,860	2.3%	2,596	3,442	-582	-16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,168	1.8%	1,600	2,183	-15	-0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,214	5.1%	5,601	6,326	-112	-1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,438	1.2%	1,271	663	775	116.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,879	16.2%	14,903	19,894	-15	-0.1%
Educational Services	2,481	2.0%	3,315	3,239	-758	-23.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,955	7.3%	9,108	9,518	-563	-5.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,752	3.9%	3,188	5,018	-266	-5.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,582	9.4%	9,310	16,110	-4,528	-28.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,739	2.2%	2,524	3,003	-264	-8.8%
Public Administration	1,788	1.5%	1,523	1,995	-207	-10.4%
Information Not Available	7,791	6.3%	7,290	16,281	-8,490	-52.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,636		14,020	13,771
Male	8,804	64.6%	8,869	8,305	499	6.0%
Female	4,832	35.4%	5,151	5,466	-634	-11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,636		14,020	13,771
Hispanic or Latino	7,300	53.5%	7,443	7,537	-237	-3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,174	37.9%	5,347	5,102	72	1.4%
Information Not Available	1,162	8.5%	1,230	1,132	30	2.7%

Race	13,636		14,020	13,771
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,747	12.8%	1,716	1,541	206	13.4%
Asian	90	0.7%	100	76	14	18.4%
Black or African American	356	2.6%	367	362	-6	-1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.3%	46	44	-8	-18.2%
White	6,963	51.1%	7,231	7,048	-85	-1.2%
Information Not Available	4,444	32.6%	4,560	4,700	-256	-5.4%

Years of Age	13,636		14,020	13,771
Younger than 22	391	2.0%	409	423	-32	-7.6%
22-24	778	4.0%	773	824	-46	-5.6%
25-34	3,484	17.7%	3,556	3,382	102	3.0%
35-44	2,919	14.8%	3,037	2,953	-34	-1.2%
45-54	3,093	15.7%	3,215	3,188	-95	-3.0%
55-59	1,492	7.6%	1,556	1,485	7	0.5%
60-64	939	4.8%	922	937	2	0.2%
65 and older	540	2.7%	552	579	-39	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,636		14,020	13,771
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,115	7.6%	993	1,210	-95	-7.9%
Mining	954	6.5%	938	366	588	160.7%
Utilities	22	0.1%	29	33	-11	-33.3%
Construction	2,745	18.6%	2,715	2,915	-170	-5.8%
Manufacturing	756	5.1%	741	890	-134	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	424	2.9%	406	385	39	10.1%
Retail Trade	1,102	7.5%	1,151	1,215	-113	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	404	2.7%	395	265	139	52.5%
Information	752	5.1%	817	458	294	64.2%
Finance and Insurance	216	1.5%	231	273	-57	-20.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	212	1.4%	224	172	40	23.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	599	4.1%	671	623	-24	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	17	51	-40	-78.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,025	6.9%	1,064	974	51	5.2%
Educational Services	288	2.0%	367	362	-74	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,054	7.1%	1,168	1,321	-267	-20.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	284	1.9%	269	321	-37	-11.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	833	5.6%	897	1,107	-274	-24.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	289	2.0%	302	300	-11	-3.7%
Public Administration	459	3.1%	521	529	-70	-13.2%
Information Not Available	92	0.6%	104	1	91	9100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,326		27,166	29,971
Male	16,182	59.2%	15,897	17,285	-1,103	-6.4%
Female	11,036	40.4%	11,159	12,565	-1,529	-12.2%
Information Not Available	108	0.4%	110	121	-13	-10.7%

Ethnicity	27,326		27,166	29,971
Hispanic or Latino	6,512	23.8%	5,975	6,811	-299	-4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,706	61.1%	16,836	18,656	-1,950	-10.5%
Information Not Available	4,108	15.0%	4,355	4,504	-396	-8.8%

Race	27,326		27,166	29,971
American Indian or Alaskan Native	748	2.7%	686	802	-54	-6.7%
Asian	1,606	5.9%	1,636	1,803	-197	-10.9%
Black or African American	3,544	13.0%	3,807	3,775	-231	-6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	603	2.2%	661	670	-67	-10.0%
White	15,604	57.1%	15,573	17,550	-1,946	-11.1%
Information Not Available	5,221	19.1%	4,803	5,371	-150	-2.8%

Years of Age	27,326		27,166	29,971
Younger than 22	733	1.8%	676	855	-122	-14.3%
22-24	1,487	3.6%	1,440	1,740	-253	-14.5%
25-34	6,810	16.6%	6,714	7,168	-358	-5.0%
35-44	5,865	14.3%	5,850	6,595	-730	-11.1%
45-54	6,314	15.4%	6,321	6,930	-616	-8.9%
55-59	2,794	6.8%	2,860	3,128	-334	-10.7%
60-64	1,910	4.7%	1,917	1,970	-60	-3.0%
65 and older	1,413	3.4%	1,388	1,585	-172	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,326		27,166	29,971
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	0.3%	68	53	38	71.7%
Mining	432	1.6%	390	277	155	56.0%
Utilities	39	0.1%	32	49	-10	-20.4%
Construction	3,406	12.4%	2,651	3,636	-230	-6.3%
Manufacturing	903	3.3%	846	946	-43	-4.5%
Wholesale Trade	646	2.4%	701	598	48	8.0%
Retail Trade	1,865	6.8%	1,845	2,307	-442	-19.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	961	3.5%	1,236	867	94	10.8%
Information	288	1.1%	300	315	-27	-8.6%
Finance and Insurance	521	1.9%	500	643	-122	-19.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	642	2.3%	662	659	-17	-2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,014	3.7%	961	1,100	-86	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	210	0.8%	206	199	11	5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,193	11.6%	3,325	3,572	-379	-10.6%
Educational Services	241	0.9%	245	322	-81	-25.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,112	4.1%	1,194	1,406	-294	-20.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	611	2.2%	564	735	-124	-16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,300	19.3%	5,483	6,015	-715	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	448	1.6%	483	577	-129	-22.4%
Public Administration	402	1.5%	353	429	-27	-6.3%
Information Not Available	5,001	18.2%	5,121	5,266	-265	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	197,925		164,557	218,370
Male	125,410	63.4%	98,735	138,348	-12,938	-9.4%
Female	72,500	36.6%	65,808	79,999	-7,499	-9.4%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	14	23	-8	-34.8%

Ethnicity	197,925		164,557	218,370
Hispanic or Latino	35,299	17.8%	28,248	38,652	-3,353	-8.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	132,845	67.1%	110,429	145,811	-12,966	-8.9%
Information Not Available	29,781	15.0%	25,880	33,907	-4,126	-12.2%

Race	197,925		164,557	218,370
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,734	0.9%	1,437	1,889	-155	-8.2%
Asian	5,772	2.9%	5,139	6,148	-376	-6.1%
Black or African American	29,080	14.7%	26,220	31,046	-1,966	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,101	0.6%	956	1,191	-90	-7.6%
White	112,405	56.8%	90,489	123,279	-10,874	-8.8%
Information Not Available	47,833	24.2%	40,316	54,817	-6,984	-12.7%

Years of Age	197,925		164,557	218,370
Younger than 22	5,677	1.9%	4,433	6,651	-974	-14.6%
22-24	12,139	4.1%	10,380	14,233	-2,094	-14.7%
25-34	50,866	17.1%	43,436	56,142	-5,276	-9.4%
35-44	41,345	13.9%	34,013	46,128	-4,783	-10.4%
45-54	44,608	15.0%	36,263	49,752	-5,144	-10.3%
55-59	19,785	6.7%	15,984	21,051	-1,266	-6.0%
60-64	12,954	4.4%	10,866	13,369	-415	-3.1%
65 and older	10,551	3.5%	9,182	11,044	-493	-4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	197,925		164,557	218,370
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,140	0.6%	815	1,324	-184	-13.9%
Mining	1,397	0.7%	664	1,472	-75	-5.1%
Utilities	138	0.1%	128	144	-6	-4.2%
Construction	34,726	17.4%	23,239	39,750	-5,024	-12.6%
Manufacturing	10,798	5.4%	9,578	12,292	-1,494	-12.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,684	3.4%	6,051	7,333	-649	-8.9%
Retail Trade	18,201	9.1%	15,795	18,488	-287	-1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,128	3.1%	4,951	7,249	-1,121	-15.5%
Information	5,804	2.9%	4,960	6,399	-595	-9.3%
Finance and Insurance	5,911	3.0%	5,625	5,886	25	0.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,878	1.9%	3,784	4,385	-507	-11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,919	5.0%	9,838	10,194	-275	-2.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	938	0.5%	890	955	-17	-1.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,302	14.2%	23,140	30,519	-2,217	-7.3%
Educational Services	4,508	2.3%	4,564	5,552	-1,044	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,829	7.4%	15,205	17,064	-2,235	-13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,267	4.7%	7,634	10,292	-1,025	-10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	18,843	9.5%	12,965	20,481	-1,638	-8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,204	2.6%	4,887	5,783	-579	-10.0%
Public Administration	5,671	2.8%	4,854	6,008	-337	-5.6%
Information Not Available	5,639	2.8%	4,990	6,800	-1,161	-17.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	91,833		69,060	92,318
Male	67,896	73.9%	47,358	66,731	1,165	1.7%
Female	23,722	25.8%	21,517	25,368	-1,646	-6.5%
Information Not Available	215	0.2%	185	219	-4	-1.8%

Ethnicity	91,833		69,060	92,318
Hispanic or Latino	3,527	3.8%	2,683	3,568	-41	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	84,099	91.6%	63,187	84,582	-483	-0.6%
Information Not Available	4,207	4.6%	3,190	4,168	39	0.9%

Race	91,833		69,060	92,318
American Indian or Alaskan Native	364	0.4%	298	373	-9	-2.4%
Asian	409	0.4%	347	416	-7	-1.7%
Black or African American	11,768	12.8%	9,825	11,847	-79	-0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	61	70	-1	-1.4%
White	74,739	81.4%	54,954	75,079	-340	-0.5%
Information Not Available	4,484	4.9%	3,575	4,533	-49	-1.1%

Years of Age	91,833		69,060	92,318
Younger than 22	2,313	1.4%	1,624	2,139	174	8.1%
22-24	4,313	2.7%	3,116	4,243	70	1.6%
25-34	19,820	12.4%	14,857	19,941	-121	-0.6%
35-44	21,519	13.4%	16,124	21,878	-359	-1.6%
45-54	23,658	14.8%	17,664	24,375	-717	-2.9%
55-59	10,900	6.8%	8,323	10,871	29	0.3%
60-64	6,361	4.0%	4,923	6,101	260	4.3%
65 and older	2,949	1.8%	2,429	2,770	179	6.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	91,833		69,060	92,318
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	850	0.9%	567	883	-33	-3.7%
Mining	1,533	1.7%	872	942	591	62.7%
Utilities	104	0.1%	116	62	42	67.7%
Construction	27,164	29.3%	15,371	29,427	-2,263	-7.7%
Manufacturing	15,850	17.1%	13,534	11,720	4,130	35.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,316	3.6%	2,990	2,994	322	10.8%
Retail Trade	3,172	3.4%	2,609	3,443	-271	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,247	4.6%	2,801	3,391	856	25.2%
Information	778	0.8%	721	873	-95	-10.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,418	1.5%	1,486	1,689	-271	-16.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,219	1.3%	1,045	1,174	45	3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,153	3.4%	2,982	3,446	-293	-8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,161	1.3%	988	1,415	-254	-18.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,445	14.5%	10,278	14,026	-581	-4.1%
Educational Services	1,190	1.3%	1,267	1,420	-230	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,252	4.6%	4,190	5,184	-932	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,054	2.2%	1,450	2,296	-242	-10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,766	3.0%	2,211	3,027	-261	-8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,507	1.6%	1,375	1,682	-175	-10.4%
Public Administration	681	0.7%	577	908	-227	-25.0%
Information Not Available	1,973	2.1%	1,630	2,316	-343	-14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,631		22,968	18,323
Male	15,255	64.6%	14,746	10,722	4,533	42.3%
Female	8,307	35.2%	8,185	7,562	745	9.9%
Information Not Available	69	0.3%	37	39	30	76.9%

Ethnicity	23,631		22,968	18,323
Hispanic or Latino	2,016	8.5%	1,965	1,655	361	21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,615	91.5%	21,003	16,668	4,947	29.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,631		22,968	18,323
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,220	9.4%	2,143	1,898	322	17.0%
Asian	176	0.7%	178	93	83	89.2%
Black or African American	2,951	12.5%	2,847	2,816	135	4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.1%	32	43	-8	-18.6%
White	15,144	64.1%	14,812	10,775	4,369	40.5%
Information Not Available	3,105	13.1%	2,956	2,698	407	15.1%

Years of Age	23,631		22,968	18,323
Younger than 22	269	0.7%	234	226	43	19.0%
22-24	983	2.7%	947	819	164	20.0%
25-34	5,813	15.7%	5,686	4,430	1,383	31.2%
35-44	5,551	15.0%	5,394	4,313	1,238	28.7%
45-54	5,365	14.5%	5,237	4,352	1,013	23.3%
55-59	2,607	7.1%	2,514	2,030	577	28.4%
60-64	1,813	4.9%	1,719	1,256	557	44.3%
65 and older	1,230	3.3%	1,237	897	333	37.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,631		22,968	18,323
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.3%	66	44	27	61.4%
Mining	2,408	10.2%	2,238	1,036	1,372	132.4%
Utilities	90	0.4%	90	39	51	130.8%
Construction	2,356	9.9%	1,998	1,852	504	27.2%
Manufacturing	3,771	15.9%	3,982	2,821	950	33.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,200	5.1%	1,208	687	513	74.7%
Retail Trade	1,869	7.9%	1,728	1,717	152	8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	605	2.6%	586	490	115	23.5%
Information	394	1.7%	379	333	61	18.3%
Finance and Insurance	442	1.9%	454	467	-25	-5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	443	1.9%	458	279	164	58.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,172	4.9%	1,141	874	298	34.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.4%	92	73	10	13.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,934	12.4%	2,866	2,158	776	36.0%
Educational Services	395	1.7%	445	379	16	4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,736	7.3%	1,687	1,720	16	0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	298	1.3%	214	262	36	13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	911	3.8%	903	832	79	9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	733	3.1%	709	638	95	14.9%
Public Administration	820	3.5%	817	821	-1	-0.1%
Information Not Available	900	3.8%	907	801	99	12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,390		33,781	41,075
Male	23,457	62.7%	20,911	25,531	-2,074	-8.1%
Female	13,921	37.2%	12,862	15,536	-1,615	-10.4%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	8	8	4	50.0%

Ethnicity	37,390		33,781	41,075
Hispanic or Latino	4,560	12.2%	4,065	5,088	-528	-10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,684	76.7%	25,802	31,483	-2,799	-8.9%
Information Not Available	4,146	11.1%	3,914	4,504	-358	-7.9%

Race	37,390		33,781	41,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	491	1.3%	404	555	-64	-11.5%
Asian	741	2.0%	687	748	-7	-0.9%
Black or African American	690	1.8%	585	711	-21	-3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	268	0.7%	268	308	-40	-13.0%
White	21,232	56.8%	18,822	22,626	-1,394	-6.2%
Information Not Available	13,968	37.4%	13,015	16,127	-2,159	-13.4%

Years of Age	37,390		33,781	41,075
Younger than 22	451	0.8%	635	536	-85	-15.9%
22-24	1,386	2.5%	1,355	1,663	-277	-16.7%
25-34	8,726	15.7%	8,034	9,732	-1,006	-10.3%
35-44	8,461	15.3%	7,594	9,343	-882	-9.4%
45-54	8,914	16.1%	8,226	9,707	-793	-8.2%
55-59	4,380	7.9%	3,964	4,708	-328	-7.0%
60-64	3,209	5.8%	2,567	3,430	-221	-6.4%
65 and older	1,863	3.4%	1,406	1,956	-93	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,390		33,781	41,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,805	4.6%	1,762	2,097	-292	-13.9%
Mining	146	0.4%	156	175	-29	-16.6%
Utilities	71	0.2%	56	68	3	4.4%
Construction	5,224	13.3%	4,607	6,760	-1,536	-22.7%
Manufacturing	4,790	12.2%	4,481	4,572	218	4.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,276	3.3%	1,165	1,318	-42	-3.2%
Retail Trade	3,670	9.4%	3,131	4,056	-386	-9.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,031	2.6%	956	978	53	5.4%
Information	759	1.9%	696	681	78	11.5%
Finance and Insurance	788	2.0%	732	950	-162	-17.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	572	1.5%	521	578	-6	-1.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,430	3.6%	1,449	1,617	-187	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	301	0.8%	220	178	123	69.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,159	10.6%	3,223	4,214	-55	-1.3%
Educational Services	616	1.6%	625	718	-102	-14.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,158	8.1%	3,021	3,505	-347	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	600	1.5%	587	730	-130	-17.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,811	7.2%	2,437	3,457	-646	-18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	886	2.3%	825	1,035	-149	-14.4%
Public Administration	1,104	2.8%	1,006	1,151	-47	-4.1%
Information Not Available	2,193	5.6%	2,125	2,237	-44	-2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	183,403		148,418	187,309
Male	125,244	68.3%	95,113	125,509	-265	-0.2%
Female	58,141	31.7%	53,283	61,785	-3,644	-5.9%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	22	15	3	20.0%

Ethnicity	183,403		148,418	187,309
Hispanic or Latino	10,565	5.8%	8,348	11,796	-1,231	-10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	167,791	91.5%	135,734	170,688	-2,897	-1.7%
Information Not Available	5,047	2.8%	4,336	4,825	222	4.6%

Race	183,403		148,418	187,309
American Indian or Alaskan Native	432	0.2%	396	476	-44	-9.2%
Asian	54	0.0%	52	53	1	1.9%
Black or African American	21,917	12.0%	20,141	23,898	-1,981	-8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,942	1.1%	1,577	1,960	-18	-0.9%
White	143,766	78.4%	113,900	144,605	-839	-0.6%
Information Not Available	15,292	8.3%	12,352	16,317	-1,025	-6.3%

Years of Age	183,403		148,418	187,309
Younger than 22	4,503	1.4%	3,542	5,061	-558	-11.0%
22-24	9,366	3.0%	7,731	10,299	-933	-9.1%
25-34	41,373	13.3%	34,251	43,042	-1,669	-3.9%
35-44	37,740	12.1%	30,489	39,236	-1,496	-3.8%
45-54	43,764	14.0%	34,897	45,580	-1,816	-4.0%
55-59	21,728	7.0%	17,113	20,946	782	3.7%
60-64	14,990	4.8%	11,958	13,578	1,412	10.4%
65 and older	9,939	3.2%	8,437	9,567	372	3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	183,403		148,418	187,309
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,008	0.5%	540	1,020	-12	-1.2%
Mining	6,474	3.5%	5,265	3,560	2,914	81.9%
Utilities	268	0.1%	241	298	-30	-10.1%
Construction	39,504	21.4%	25,750	45,207	-5,703	-12.6%
Manufacturing	24,299	13.2%	19,940	19,377	4,922	25.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,715	3.1%	5,351	5,280	435	8.2%
Retail Trade	12,773	6.9%	12,128	14,584	-1,811	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,417	4.6%	7,158	7,928	489	6.2%
Information	2,197	1.2%	1,628	1,900	297	15.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,323	1.8%	3,474	3,488	-165	-4.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,087	1.1%	1,779	1,877	210	11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,307	4.0%	6,673	6,817	490	7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	990	0.5%	967	812	178	21.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,002	12.5%	16,749	24,037	-1,035	-4.3%
Educational Services	3,211	1.7%	3,570	3,733	-522	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,607	7.9%	15,166	16,743	-2,136	-12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,997	3.3%	4,368	6,332	-335	-5.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,333	6.7%	8,201	13,146	-813	-6.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,349	1.8%	3,198	3,780	-431	-11.4%
Public Administration	1,890	1.0%	2,223	1,989	-99	-5.0%
Information Not Available	4,652	2.5%	4,049	5,401	-749	-13.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,948		19,519	22,303
Male	11,403	57.2%	10,939	12,811	-1,408	-11.0%
Female	8,545	42.8%	8,580	9,492	-947	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,948		19,519	22,303
Hispanic or Latino	19,607	98.3%	19,176	21,855	-2,248	-10.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	102	0.5%	105	123	-21	-17.1%
Information Not Available	239	1.2%	238	325	-86	-26.5%

Race	19,948		19,519	22,303
American Indian or Alaskan Native	165	0.8%	183	555	-390	-70.3%
Asian	15	0.1%	8	24	-9	-37.5%
Black or African American	975	4.9%	832	942	33	3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	13	19	-3	-15.8%
White	4,783	24.0%	4,463	5,459	-676	-12.4%
Information Not Available	13,994	70.2%	1,465	15,304	-1,310	-8.6%

Years of Age	19,948		19,519	22,303
Younger than 22	611	2.6%	608	777	-166	-21.4%
22-24	1,407	5.9%	1,409	1,715	-308	-18.0%
25-34	5,796	24.2%	5,932	6,648	-852	-12.8%
35-44	5,188	21.7%	5,080	5,744	-556	-9.7%
45-54	4,089	17.1%	3,821	4,397	-308	-7.0%
55-59	1,465	6.1%	1,350	1,518	-53	-3.5%
60-64	821	3.4%	768	908	-87	-9.6%
65 and older	559	2.3%	539	571	-12	-2.1%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	12	25	-13	-52.0%

Industry	19,948		19,519	22,303
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	573	2.8%	794	617	-44	-7.1%
Mining	23	0.1%	21	18	5	27.8%
Utilities	21	0.1%	23	14	7	50.0%
Construction	2,465	12.0%	2,435	2,392	73	3.1%
Manufacturing	2,317	11.3%	1,840	2,549	-232	-9.1%
Wholesale Trade	630	3.1%	599	671	-41	-6.1%
Retail Trade	1,976	9.6%	1,829	2,401	-425	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	261	1.3%	269	375	-114	-30.4%
Information	310	1.5%	310	257	53	20.6%
Finance and Insurance	498	2.4%	461	522	-24	-4.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	242	1.2%	237	247	-5	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	752	3.7%	838	598	154	25.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.0%	11	27	-22	-81.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,189	15.5%	3,018	3,803	-614	-16.1%
Educational Services	1,216	5.9%	1,631	1,248	-32	-2.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,567	7.6%	1,576	1,362	205	15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	91	0.4%	52	91	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,366	6.7%	1,441	1,528	-162	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	305	1.5%	320	368	-63	-17.1%
Public Administration	1,199	5.8%	871	2,002	-803	-40.1%
Information Not Available	942	4.6%	943	1,213	-271	-22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,203		8,952	13,730
Male	7,708	63.2%	5,035	8,835	-1,127	-12.8%
Female	4,495	36.8%	3,917	4,895	-400	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,203		8,952	13,730
Hispanic or Latino	1,880	15.4%	1,340	1,870	10	0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,509	61.5%	5,683	8,516	-1,007	-11.8%
Information Not Available	2,814	23.1%	1,929	3,344	-530	-15.8%

Race	12,203		8,952	13,730
American Indian or Alaskan Native	103	0.8%	71	91	12	13.2%
Asian	157	1.3%	148	164	-7	-4.3%
Black or African American	666	5.5%	582	674	-8	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.5%	48	51	5	9.8%
White	8,394	68.8%	6,124	9,564	-1,170	-12.2%
Information Not Available	2,827	23.2%	1,979	3,186	-359	-11.3%

Years of Age	12,203		8,952	13,730
Younger than 22	247	1.3%	178	353	-106	-30.0%
22-24	629	3.2%	487	775	-146	-18.8%
25-34	2,864	14.6%	2,123	3,273	-409	-12.5%
35-44	2,541	13.0%	1,827	2,861	-320	-11.2%
45-54	2,806	14.3%	2,030	3,228	-422	-13.1%
55-59	1,347	6.9%	973	1,458	-111	-7.6%
60-64	979	5.0%	709	977	2	0.2%
65 and older	790	4.0%	625	805	-15	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,203		8,952	13,730
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	145	1.2%	50	192	-47	-24.5%
Mining	38	0.3%	11	35	3	8.6%
Utilities	12	0.1%	14	22	-10	-45.5%
Construction	2,017	16.3%	954	2,541	-524	-20.6%
Manufacturing	1,051	8.5%	866	1,017	34	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	442	3.6%	421	394	48	12.2%
Retail Trade	922	7.5%	765	985	-63	-6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	276	2.2%	202	330	-54	-16.4%
Information	118	1.0%	117	166	-48	-28.9%
Finance and Insurance	331	2.7%	343	367	-36	-9.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	216	1.7%	205	256	-40	-15.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	438	3.5%	401	501	-63	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.7%	89	93	-9	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,425	19.6%	1,410	2,463	-38	-1.5%
Educational Services	192	1.6%	205	186	6	3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	964	7.8%	981	1,127	-163	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	546	4.4%	403	690	-144	-20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,283	10.4%	925	1,536	-253	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	340	2.8%	294	413	-73	-17.7%
Public Administration	91	0.7%	65	98	-7	-7.1%
Information Not Available	272	2.2%	231	318	-46	-14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,097		22,087	27,350
Male	12,590	52.2%	11,270	14,461	-1,871	-12.9%
Female	11,507	47.8%	10,817	12,889	-1,382	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,097		22,087	27,350
Hispanic or Latino	844	3.5%	758	869	-25	-2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,686	94.1%	20,837	25,881	-3,195	-12.3%
Information Not Available	567	2.4%	492	600	-33	-5.5%

Race	24,097		22,087	27,350
American Indian or Alaskan Native	177	0.7%	145	177	0	0.0%
Asian	172	0.7%	164	172	0	0.0%
Black or African American	10,935	45.4%	10,160	12,612	-1,677	-13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.1%	31	56	-25	-44.6%
White	11,809	49.0%	10,733	13,304	-1,495	-11.2%
Information Not Available	973	4.0%	854	1,029	-56	-5.4%

Years of Age	24,097		22,087	27,350
Younger than 22	96	0.3%	44	111	-15	-13.5%
22-24	59	0.2%	33	70	-11	-15.7%
25-34	1,103	3.3%	682	1,126	-23	-2.0%
35-44	4,423	13.4%	3,536	4,849	-426	-8.8%
45-54	5,674	17.2%	5,118	6,312	-638	-10.1%
55-59	2,637	8.0%	2,542	2,953	-316	-10.7%
60-64	2,966	9.0%	2,526	3,214	-248	-7.7%
65 and older	7,032	21.3%	7,565	8,608	-1,576	-18.3%
Information Not Available	107	0.3%	41	107	0	0.0%

Industry	24,097		22,087	27,350
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	174	0.7%	148	211	-37	-17.5%
Mining	31	0.1%	35	21	10	47.6%
Utilities	41	0.2%	36	38	3	7.9%
Construction	1,675	6.9%	1,347	2,189	-514	-23.5%
Manufacturing	3,123	12.9%	3,061	3,259	-136	-4.2%
Wholesale Trade	729	3.0%	717	829	-100	-12.1%
Retail Trade	1,935	8.0%	1,812	2,358	-423	-17.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	576	2.4%	522	759	-183	-24.1%
Information	268	1.1%	255	264	4	1.5%
Finance and Insurance	533	2.2%	555	573	-40	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	485	2.0%	453	518	-33	-6.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,308	5.4%	1,190	1,282	26	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.6%	105	189	-55	-29.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,226	17.4%	3,588	4,684	-458	-9.8%
Educational Services	333	1.4%	382	420	-87	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,435	5.9%	1,449	1,584	-149	-9.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	643	2.6%	588	649	-6	-0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,117	12.8%	2,845	3,857	-740	-19.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	715	2.9%	617	705	10	1.4%
Public Administration	330	1.4%	327	389	-59	-15.2%
Information Not Available	2,286	9.4%	2,055	2,572	-286	-11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,621		2,543	3,703
Male	2,900	80.1%	1,931	2,877	23	0.8%
Female	721	19.9%	612	826	-105	-12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,621		2,543	3,703
Hispanic or Latino	161	4.4%	130	157	4	2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,045	84.1%	2,133	3,166	-121	-3.8%
Information Not Available	415	11.5%	280	380	35	9.2%

Race	3,621		2,543	3,703
American Indian or Alaskan Native	318	8.8%	207	425	-107	-25.2%
Asian	11	0.3%	6	9	2	22.2%
Black or African American	81	2.2%	56	104	-23	-22.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	4	3	1	33.3%
White	2,796	77.2%	1,970	2,757	39	1.4%
Information Not Available	411	11.4%	300	405	6	1.5%

Years of Age	3,621		2,543	3,703
Younger than 22	58	1.0%	43	46	12	26.1%
22-24	138	2.3%	84	165	-27	-16.4%
25-34	718	11.9%	484	790	-72	-9.1%
35-44	681	11.3%	471	706	-25	-3.5%
45-54	761	12.6%	547	869	-108	-12.4%
55-59	492	8.1%	364	430	62	14.4%
60-64	376	6.2%	284	354	22	6.2%
65 and older	397	6.6%	266	343	54	15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,621		2,543	3,703
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.8%	20	41	-13	-31.7%
Mining	142	3.9%	96	135	7	5.2%
Utilities	6	0.2%	4	4	2	50.0%
Construction	1,480	40.6%	820	1,454	26	1.8%
Manufacturing	368	10.1%	299	374	-6	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	120	3.3%	105	102	18	17.6%
Retail Trade	212	5.8%	161	199	13	6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	120	3.3%	79	103	17	16.5%
Information	23	0.6%	19	28	-5	-17.9%
Finance and Insurance	78	2.1%	73	86	-8	-9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	0.4%	22	38	-23	-60.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	61	1.7%	49	69	-8	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	3	3	2	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	216	5.9%	178	226	-10	-4.4%
Educational Services	64	1.8%	48	68	-4	-5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	113	3.1%	87	122	-9	-7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	43	1.2%	34	62	-19	-30.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	167	4.6%	122	224	-57	-25.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	45	1.2%	39	44	1	2.3%
Public Administration	173	4.7%	155	194	-21	-10.8%
Information Not Available	142	3.9%	130	127	15	11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,954		23,754	34,062
Male	16,694	57.7%	13,111	18,448	-1,754	-9.5%
Female	12,260	42.3%	10,643	15,614	-3,354	-21.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,954		23,754	34,062
Hispanic or Latino	640	2.2%	467	769	-129	-16.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,314	97.8%	23,287	33,293	-4,979	-15.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	28,954		23,754	34,062
American Indian or Alaskan Native	86	0.3%	75	96	-10	-10.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	716	1	-1	-100.0%
Black or African American	6,202	21.4%	6,625	7,875	-1,673	-21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	153	0.5%	160	209	-56	-26.8%
White	21,932	75.7%	15,692	25,183	-3,251	-12.9%
Information Not Available	581	2.0%	486	698	-117	-16.8%

Years of Age	28,954		23,754	34,062
Younger than 22	374	0.8%	396	541	-167	-30.9%
22-24	902	1.9%	831	1,302	-400	-30.7%
25-34	5,366	11.2%	4,554	6,751	-1,385	-20.5%
35-44	6,090	12.7%	5,221	7,163	-1,073	-15.0%
45-54	7,076	14.7%	5,893	8,352	-1,276	-15.3%
55-59	3,600	7.5%	2,997	3,952	-352	-8.9%
60-64	2,889	6.0%	2,129	3,042	-153	-5.0%
65 and older	2,657	5.5%	1,713	2,959	-302	-10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	20	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,954		23,754	34,062
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	275	0.9%	183	324	-49	-15.1%
Mining	102	0.3%	54	173	-71	-41.0%
Utilities	29	0.1%	35	36	-7	-19.4%
Construction	4,667	16.0%	2,537	4,391	276	6.3%
Manufacturing	3,935	13.5%	3,554	4,385	-450	-10.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,233	4.2%	1,078	1,336	-103	-7.7%
Retail Trade	2,185	7.5%	1,797	2,915	-730	-25.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,130	3.9%	803	1,240	-110	-8.9%
Information	438	1.5%	350	507	-69	-13.6%
Finance and Insurance	709	2.4%	598	845	-136	-16.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	401	1.4%	343	490	-89	-18.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,446	4.9%	1,295	1,554	-108	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	176	0.6%	125	139	37	26.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,408	15.1%	3,261	5,505	-1,097	-19.9%
Educational Services	600	2.1%	627	805	-205	-25.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,143	7.3%	1,932	2,756	-613	-22.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,291	4.4%	503	1,634	-343	-21.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,106	7.2%	1,562	2,832	-726	-25.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	942	3.2%	837	1,216	-274	-22.5%
Public Administration	696	2.4%	527	915	-219	-23.9%
Information Not Available	42	0.1%	1,753	64	-22	-34.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	174,003		169,174	128,331
Male	110,784	63.7%	107,244	73,769	37,015	50.2%
Female	62,972	36.2%	61,925	54,562	8,410	15.4%
Information Not Available	247	0.1%	5	0	247	0.0%

Ethnicity	174,003		169,174	128,331
Hispanic or Latino	60,315	34.7%	58,655	42,326	17,989	42.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,433	57.1%	96,408	76,185	23,248	30.5%
Information Not Available	14,255	8.2%	14,111	9,820	4,435	45.2%

Race	174,003		169,174	128,331
American Indian or Alaskan Native	691	0.4%	709	500	191	38.2%
Asian	4,812	2.8%	4,661	2,954	1,858	62.9%
Black or African American	34,366	19.8%	33,818	29,445	4,921	16.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,559	2.0%	641	0	3,559	0.0%
White	58,358	33.5%	56,949	43,079	15,279	35.5%
Information Not Available	72,217	41.5%	72,396	52,353	19,864	37.9%

Years of Age	174,003		169,174	128,331
Younger than 22	3,594	1.6%	3,398	3,010	584	19.4%
22-24	8,177	3.7%	8,491	6,613	1,564	23.7%
25-34	43,297	19.7%	42,558	31,919	11,378	35.6%
35-44	41,490	18.8%	40,835	30,527	10,963	35.9%
45-54	40,382	18.3%	38,807	30,623	9,759	31.9%
55-59	17,844	8.1%	17,148	12,817	5,027	39.2%
60-64	12,039	5.5%	11,564	8,097	3,942	48.7%
65 and older	6,992	3.2%	6,368	4,725	2,267	48.0%
Information Not Available	188	0.1%	5	0	188	0.0%

Industry	174,003		169,174	128,331
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	719	0.4%	668	737	-18	-2.4%
Mining	13,435	7.7%	13,381	4,921	8,514	173.0%
Utilities	490	0.3%	534	373	117	31.4%
Construction	24,917	14.3%	24,475	18,638	6,279	33.7%
Manufacturing	20,341	11.6%	21,387	11,184	9,157	81.9%
Wholesale Trade	9,897	5.7%	10,895	6,371	3,526	55.3%
Retail Trade	9,970	5.7%	9,596	8,826	1,144	13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,057	4.0%	7,289	4,559	2,498	54.8%
Information	2,705	1.5%	2,786	2,845	-140	-4.9%
Finance and Insurance	6,545	3.7%	6,411	6,495	50	0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,545	2.0%	3,491	2,732	813	29.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,530	7.7%	13,324	10,343	3,187	30.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	999	0.6%	916	593	406	68.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,870	12.5%	21,918	18,576	3,294	17.7%
Educational Services	3,181	1.8%	3,098	3,023	158	5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,748	6.2%	11,733	11,703	-955	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	839	0.5%	809	758	81	10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,374	3.6%	5,014	5,626	748	13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,200	2.4%	4,077	3,232	968	30.0%
Public Administration	1,571	0.9%	1,466	1,462	109	7.5%
Information Not Available	11,070	6.3%	5,906	5,334	5,736	107.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,245		13,534	16,683
Male	12,368	71.7%	9,117	11,489	879	7.7%
Female	4,850	28.1%	4,388	4,911	-61	-1.2%
Information Not Available	27	0.2%	29	283	-256	-90.5%

Ethnicity	17,245		13,534	16,683
Hispanic or Latino	2,271	13.2%	1,576	1,982	289	14.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,696	73.6%	9,666	11,582	1,114	9.6%
Information Not Available	2,278	13.2%	2,292	3,119	-841	-27.0%

Race	17,245		13,534	16,683
American Indian or Alaskan Native	673	3.9%	476	635	38	6.0%
Asian	233	1.4%	227	188	45	23.9%
Black or African American	270	1.6%	246	289	-19	-6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	283	1.6%	260	274	9	3.3%
White	10,049	58.3%	8,149	9,845	204	2.1%
Information Not Available	5,730	33.2%	4,168	5,452	278	5.1%

Years of Age	17,245		13,534	16,683
Younger than 22	468	1.8%	327	484	-16	-3.3%
22-24	896	3.4%	693	888	8	0.9%
25-34	4,403	16.9%	3,552	4,347	56	1.3%
35-44	4,191	16.0%	3,280	3,934	257	6.5%
45-54	3,702	14.2%	2,871	3,679	23	0.6%
55-59	1,803	6.9%	1,411	1,710	93	5.4%
60-64	1,170	4.5%	901	1,067	103	9.7%
65 and older	612	2.3%	499	574	38	6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,245		13,534	16,683
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.5%	66	84	-5	-6.0%
Mining	648	3.7%	460	360	288	80.0%
Utilities	24	0.1%	28	22	2	9.1%
Construction	4,161	24.0%	2,446	3,829	332	8.7%
Manufacturing	1,573	9.1%	1,311	1,421	152	10.7%
Wholesale Trade	589	3.4%	526	512	77	15.0%
Retail Trade	1,151	6.6%	909	1,216	-65	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	762	4.4%	603	549	213	38.8%
Information	298	1.7%	263	378	-80	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	387	2.2%	318	485	-98	-20.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	193	1.1%	210	197	-4	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	906	5.2%	817	952	-46	-4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	42	51	2	3.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,414	13.9%	1,853	2,477	-63	-2.5%
Educational Services	296	1.7%	298	283	13	4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	456	2.6%	437	578	-122	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	258	1.5%	241	250	8	3.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,000	5.8%	912	1,111	-111	-10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	279	1.6%	245	272	7	2.6%
Public Administration	388	2.2%	334	396	-8	-2.0%
Information Not Available	1,330	7.7%	1,215	1,260	70	5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,045		33,573	46,319
Male	23,738	59.3%	18,882	27,459	-3,721	-13.6%
Female	16,291	40.7%	14,680	18,844	-2,553	-13.5%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	11	16	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,045		33,573	46,319
Hispanic or Latino	2,105	5.3%	1,583	2,673	-568	-21.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,015	89.9%	30,243	41,645	-5,630	-13.5%
Information Not Available	1,925	4.8%	1,747	2,001	-76	-3.8%

Race	40,045		33,573	46,319
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,320	5.8%	2,385	2,916	-596	-20.4%
Asian	866	2.2%	178	1,074	-208	-19.4%
Black or African American	15,688	39.2%	13,289	17,707	-2,019	-11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	19,246	48.1%	15,974	22,621	-3,375	-14.9%
Information Not Available	1,925	4.8%	1,747	2,001	-76	-3.8%

Years of Age	40,045		33,573	46,319
Younger than 22	466	0.8%	301	646	-180	-27.9%
22-24	1,520	2.7%	1,103	1,861	-341	-18.3%
25-34	9,103	16.3%	7,639	10,825	-1,722	-15.9%
35-44	8,856	15.8%	7,528	10,109	-1,253	-12.4%
45-54	9,759	17.5%	8,215	11,460	-1,701	-14.8%
55-59	4,909	8.8%	4,189	5,450	-541	-9.9%
60-64	3,386	6.1%	2,819	3,747	-361	-9.6%
65 and older	2,046	3.7%	1,779	2,221	-175	-7.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,045		33,573	46,319
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	203	0.5%	70	134	69	51.5%
Mining	552	1.4%	324	236	316	133.9%
Utilities	29	0.1%	29	6	23	383.3%
Construction	5,422	13.5%	1,931	3,765	1,657	44.0%
Manufacturing	2,991	7.4%	1,621	1,469	1,522	103.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,140	2.8%	712	438	702	160.3%
Retail Trade	2,601	6.5%	1,477	1,215	1,386	114.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,266	3.1%	660	880	386	43.9%
Information	701	1.7%	574	270	431	159.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,177	2.9%	871	359	818	227.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	593	1.5%	377	288	305	105.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,287	8.2%	2,438	1,482	1,805	121.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	0.6%	161	85	143	168.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,871	14.6%	2,534	3,179	2,692	84.7%
Educational Services	454	1.1%	340	165	289	175.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,380	5.9%	1,385	1,340	1,040	77.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	744	1.8%	323	449	295	65.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,605	6.5%	907	1,558	1,047	67.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,069	2.7%	631	522	547	104.8%
Public Administration	2,426	6.0%	2,162	2,086	340	16.3%
Information Not Available	4,306	10.7%	14,046	26,393	-22,087	-83.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	285		287	389
Male	166	58.2%	158	234	-68	-29.1%
Female	119	41.8%	129	155	-36	-23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	285		287	389
Hispanic or Latino	60	21.1%	59	62	-2	-3.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	212	74.4%	215	315	-103	-32.7%
Information Not Available	13	4.6%	13	12	1	8.3%

Race	285		287	389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	1.1%	3	3	0	0.0%
Asian	2	0.7%	2	0	2	0.0%
Black or African American	193	67.7%	195	285	-92	-32.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	2.8%	8	7	1	14.3%
White	14	4.9%	15	27	-13	-48.1%
Information Not Available	65	22.8%	64	67	-2	-3.0%

Years of Age	285		287	389
Younger than 22	4	1.5%	7	4	0	0.0%
22-24	13	4.9%	11	8	5	62.5%
25-34	56	20.9%	52	74	-18	-24.3%
35-44	61	22.8%	58	85	-24	-28.2%
45-54	72	26.9%	69	118	-46	-39.0%
55-59	31	11.6%	34	45	-14	-31.1%
60-64	31	11.6%	34	28	3	10.7%
65 and older	16	6.0%	20	26	-10	-38.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.4%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	285		287	389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.4%	1	1	0	0.0%
Construction	80	28.1%	70	37	43	116.2%
Manufacturing	6	2.1%	9	10	-4	-40.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.7%	5	7	-5	-71.4%
Retail Trade	32	11.2%	28	32	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	1.4%	5	5	-1	-20.0%
Information	4	1.4%	3	6	-2	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	5	1.8%	5	6	-1	-16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9	3.2%	12	10	-1	-10.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	27	9.5%	21	13	14	107.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	3.5%	11	15	-5	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12	4.2%	17	18	-6	-33.3%
Educational Services	6	2.1%	9	5	1	20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15	5.3%	11	17	-2	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	1.1%	1	5	-2	-40.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	31	10.9%	45	46	-15	-32.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13	4.6%	7	130	-117	-90.0%
Public Administration	13	4.6%	16	14	-1	-7.1%
Information Not Available	12	4.2%	11	12	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,476		4,379	7,059
Male	4,604	71.1%	2,798	5,235	-631	-12.1%
Female	1,872	28.9%	1,581	1,824	48	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,476		4,379	7,059
Hispanic or Latino	3	0.0%	3	2	1	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,066	16.5%	417	1,088	-22	-2.0%
Information Not Available	5,407	83.5%	3,959	5,969	-562	-9.4%

Race	6,476		4,379	7,059
American Indian or Alaskan Native	9	0.1%	7	4	5	125.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	9	0.1%	4	5	4	80.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%
White	1,051	16.2%	409	1,075	-24	-2.2%
Information Not Available	5,407	83.5%	3,959	5,969	-562	-9.4%

Years of Age	6,476		4,379	7,059
Younger than 22	126	1.8%	113	133	-7	-5.3%
22-24	305	4.4%	223	310	-5	-1.6%
25-34	1,459	21.0%	995	1,563	-104	-6.7%
35-44	1,222	17.6%	831	1,417	-195	-13.8%
45-54	1,465	21.1%	1,032	1,646	-181	-11.0%
55-59	823	11.9%	499	893	-70	-7.8%
60-64	584	8.4%	391	630	-46	-7.3%
65 and older	492	7.1%	295	467	25	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,476		4,379	7,059
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	1.4%	55	110	-19	-17.3%
Mining	39	0.6%	12	46	-7	-15.2%
Utilities	10	0.2%	8	3	7	233.3%
Construction	1,797	27.4%	842	2,099	-302	-14.4%
Manufacturing	775	11.8%	486	882	-107	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	238	3.6%	167	235	3	1.3%
Retail Trade	529	8.1%	345	598	-69	-11.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	175	2.7%	115	178	-3	-1.7%
Information	61	0.9%	68	268	-207	-77.2%
Finance and Insurance	33	0.5%	36	46	-13	-28.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	65	1.0%	58	65	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	198	3.0%	155	187	11	5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	4	8	-6	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	658	10.0%	485	726	-68	-9.4%
Educational Services	157	2.4%	154	160	-3	-1.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	363	5.5%	356	368	-5	-1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	147	2.2%	132	173	-26	-15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	832	12.7%	602	571	261	45.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	144	2.2%	141	156	-12	-7.7%
Public Administration	162	2.5%	158	180	-18	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,420		61,577	65,848
Male	43,142	65.9%	40,371	41,598	1,544	3.7%
Female	22,271	34.0%	21,192	24,239	-1,968	-8.1%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	14	11	-4	-36.4%

Ethnicity	65,420		61,577	65,848
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	65,420	100.0%	61,577	65,848	-428	-0.6%

Race	65,420		61,577	65,848
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	65,420	100.0%	61,577	65,848	-428	-0.6%

Years of Age	65,420		61,577	65,848
Younger than 22	817	1.4%	661	843	-26	-3.1%
22-24	2,555	4.3%	2,146	2,746	-191	-7.0%
25-34	15,030	25.0%	13,654	15,250	-220	-1.4%
35-44	14,810	24.7%	14,045	14,695	115	0.8%
45-54	16,024	26.7%	15,345	16,480	-456	-2.8%
55-59	7,695	12.8%	7,456	7,642	53	0.7%
60-64	5,362	8.9%	5,210	5,214	148	2.8%
65 and older	3,127	5.2%	3,060	2,978	149	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	65,420		61,577	65,848
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	65,420	100.0%	61,577	65,848	-428	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,963		49,406	79,041
Male	47,355	71.8%	33,635	40	47,315	118287.5%
Female	18,562	28.1%	15,736	54,878	-36,316	-66.2%
Information Not Available	46	0.1%	35	24,123	-24,077	-99.8%

Ethnicity	65,963		49,406	79,041
Hispanic or Latino	3,938	6.0%	2,915	5,051	-1,113	-22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,923	92.4%	45,602	72,955	-12,032	-16.5%
Information Not Available	1,102	1.7%	889	1,035	67	6.5%

Race	65,963		49,406	79,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	923	1.4%	731	1,075	-152	-14.1%
Asian	594	0.9%	499	783	-189	-24.1%
Black or African American	6,002	9.1%	5,207	7,699	-1,697	-22.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.1%	54	79	-6	-7.6%
White	57,269	86.8%	42,026	68,370	-11,101	-16.2%
Information Not Available	1,102	1.7%	889	1,035	67	6.5%

Years of Age	65,963		49,406	79,041
Younger than 22	1,161	1.0%	1,354	1,581	-420	-26.6%
22-24	3,061	2.6%	2,500	3,865	-804	-20.8%
25-34	15,185	12.9%	11,639	18,664	-3,479	-18.6%
35-44	13,918	11.8%	10,127	16,323	-2,405	-14.7%
45-54	15,396	13.1%	11,757	18,403	-3,007	-16.3%
55-59	8,080	6.9%	5,710	9,359	-1,279	-13.7%
60-64	5,653	4.8%	3,913	6,380	-727	-11.4%
65 and older	3,496	3.0%	2,396	4,458	-962	-21.6%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	10	8	5	62.5%

Industry	65,963		49,406	79,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	996	1.5%	731	1,367	-371	-27.1%
Mining	693	1.0%	450	593	100	16.9%
Utilities	198	0.3%	124	206	-8	-3.9%
Construction	17,368	25.9%	9,936	18,279	-911	-5.0%
Manufacturing	10,007	14.9%	7,825	11,637	-1,630	-14.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,985	3.0%	1,611	2,403	-418	-17.4%
Retail Trade	4,551	6.8%	3,335	6,380	-1,829	-28.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,935	4.4%	2,144	3,162	-227	-7.2%
Information	587	0.9%	524	648	-61	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,161	1.7%	1,057	1,170	-9	-0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	534	0.8%	455	680	-146	-21.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,425	2.1%	1,354	1,644	-219	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	396	0.6%	296	443	-47	-10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,162	13.7%	7,095	11,084	-1,922	-17.3%
Educational Services	693	1.0%	707	941	-248	-26.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,285	4.9%	3,216	4,736	-1,451	-30.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,616	2.4%	1,541	2,419	-803	-33.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,734	5.6%	2,954	5,178	-1,444	-27.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,042	1.6%	909	1,336	-294	-22.0%
Public Administration	1,273	1.9%	1,141	1,731	-458	-26.5%
Information Not Available	2,322	3.5%	2,001	3,004	-682	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,408		17,579	19,340
Male	17,869	79.7%	13,567	14,839	3,030	20.4%
Female	4,535	20.2%	4,005	4,498	37	0.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	7	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	22,408		17,579	19,340
Hispanic or Latino	391	1.7%	269	380	11	2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,271	72.6%	12,933	14,215	2,056	14.5%
Information Not Available	5,746	25.6%	4,377	4,745	1,001	21.1%

Race	22,408		17,579	19,340
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.3%	38	64	-5	-7.8%
Asian	58	0.3%	38	61	-3	-4.9%
Black or African American	590	2.6%	491	571	19	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	9	16	-2	-12.5%
White	19,885	88.7%	15,775	17,103	2,782	16.3%
Information Not Available	1,802	8.0%	1,228	1,525	277	18.2%

Years of Age	22,408		17,579	19,340
Younger than 22	397	1.0%	560	377	20	5.3%
22-24	1,158	2.8%	1,016	1,028	130	12.6%
25-34	5,199	12.8%	3,973	4,250	949	22.3%
35-44	5,518	13.6%	4,331	4,766	752	15.8%
45-54	5,227	12.9%	4,081	4,590	637	13.9%
55-59	2,380	5.9%	1,816	2,108	272	12.9%
60-64	1,634	4.0%	1,138	1,400	234	16.7%
65 and older	892	2.2%	659	821	71	8.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	0	3	0.0%

Industry	22,408		17,579	19,340
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	88	0.4%	148	94	-6	-6.4%
Mining	3,365	15.0%	2,308	1,484	1,881	126.8%
Utilities	32	0.1%	44	28	4	14.3%
Construction	6,199	27.6%	4,504	6,198	1	0.0%
Manufacturing	1,560	6.9%	1,156	1,470	90	6.1%
Wholesale Trade	594	2.6%	509	339	255	75.2%
Retail Trade	1,148	5.1%	996	1,286	-138	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	843	3.7%	737	606	237	39.1%
Information	125	0.6%	117	109	16	14.7%
Finance and Insurance	132	0.6%	125	183	-51	-27.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	265	1.2%	218	173	92	53.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	575	2.6%	577	503	72	14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.2%	52	34	13	38.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,048	9.1%	1,654	1,663	385	23.2%
Educational Services	144	0.6%	140	143	1	0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	958	4.3%	919	1,083	-125	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	318	1.4%	344	428	-110	-25.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,325	5.9%	916	1,207	118	9.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	547	2.4%	466	564	-17	-3.0%
Public Administration	338	1.5%	239	318	20	6.3%
Information Not Available	1,757	7.8%	1,410	1,427	330	23.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jan 2016	Percent	Dec 2015	Jan 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,154		5,327	4,276
Male	4,634	75.3%	3,860	3,148	1,486	47.2%
Female	1,520	24.7%	1,467	1,128	392	34.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,154		5,327	4,276
Hispanic or Latino	729	11.8%	571	537	192	35.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,142	83.6%	4,557	3,540	1,602	45.3%
Information Not Available	283	4.6%	199	199	84	42.2%

Race	6,154		5,327	4,276
American Indian or Alaskan Native	288	4.7%	237	180	108	60.0%
Asian	31	0.5%	21	10	21	210.0%
Black or African American	125	2.0%	129	112	13	11.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.3%	22	5	12	240.0%
White	5,073	82.4%	4,430	3,539	1,534	43.3%
Information Not Available	620	10.1%	488	430	190	44.2%

Years of Age	6,154		5,327	4,276
Younger than 22	88	0.8%	53	37	51	137.8%
22-24	424	4.0%	297	256	168	65.6%
25-34	1,422	13.3%	1,326	926	496	53.6%
35-44	1,310	12.2%	1,080	873	437	50.1%
45-54	1,274	11.9%	1,153	1,018	256	25.1%
55-59	813	7.6%	686	521	292	56.0%
60-64	507	4.7%	427	362	145	40.1%
65 and older	316	2.9%	305	283	33	11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,154		5,327	4,276
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.8%	34	44	6	13.6%
Mining	693	11.2%	719	266	427	160.5%
Utilities	18	0.3%	14	4	14	350.0%
Construction	1,869	30.1%	1,226	1,543	326	21.1%
Manufacturing	239	3.9%	213	163	76	46.6%
Wholesale Trade	162	2.6%	165	54	108	200.0%
Retail Trade	307	4.9%	216	180	127	70.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	260	4.2%	262	101	159	157.4%
Information	32	0.5%	22	13	19	146.2%
Finance and Insurance	32	0.5%	41	25	7	28.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	95	1.5%	101	40	55	137.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	198	3.2%	121	126	72	57.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	5	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	361	5.8%	307	288	73	25.3%
Educational Services	78	1.3%	64	57	21	36.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	201	3.2%	192	151	50	33.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	64	1.0%	61	68	-4	-5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	549	8.8%	647	359	190	52.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95	1.5%	90	93	2	2.2%
Public Administration	152	2.5%	164	136	16	11.8%
Information Not Available	696	11.2%	663	561	135	24.1%