Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

May 2016

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants May 2016
	May 2016	Apr 2016	Monthly Change	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,997,302	2,147,893	-150,591	2,053,740	-56,438	-2.7
Alaska	9,482	10,811	-1,329	7,983	1,499	18.8
Alabama	20,357	19,962	395	22,988	-2,631	-11.4
Arkansas	16,536	15,964	572	21,000	-4,464	-21.3
Arizona	33,320	30,814	2,506	34,185	-865	-2.5
California	357,999	392,733	-34,734	374,140	-16,141	-4.3
Colorado	28,799	29,539	-740	29,718	-919	-3.1
Connecticut	35,106	40,555	-5,449	36,530	-1,424	-3.9
District of Columbia	7,145	7,427	-282	7,794	-649	-8.3
Delaware	5,596	6,086	-490	5,741	-145	-2.5
Florida	46,954	47,794	-840	60,062	-13,108	-21.8
Georgia	30,948	30,467	481	36,419	-5,471	-15.0
Hawaii	7,009	6,521	488	7,859	-850	-10.8
Iowa	17,891	19,752	-1,861	17,590	301	1.7
Idaho	6,275	7,541	-1,266	7,542	-1,267	-16.8
Illinois	112,887	128,228	-15,341	111,090	1,797	1.6
Indiana	22,036	23,167	-1,131	22,874	-838	-3.7
Kansas	12,692	12,893	-201	14,780	-2,088	-14.1
Kentucky	21,576	22,729	-1,153	21,357	219	1.0
Louisiana	23,624	22,957	667	20,149	3,475	17.2
Massachusetts	56,676	65,169	-8,493	59,615	-2,939	-4.9
Maryland	34,747	36,868	-2,121	38,093	-3,346	-8.8
Maine	6,064	8,764	-2,700	7,246	-1,182	-16.3
Michigan	66,692	75,189	-8,497	55,745	10,947	19.6
Minnesota	35,055	45,809	-10,754	34,020	1,035	3.0
Missouri	22,869	22,208	661	27,728	-4,859	-17.5
Mississippi	13,084	12,313	771	13,947	-863	-6.2
Montana	5,817	6,978	-1,161	5,040	777	15.4
North Carolina	24,916	24,347	569	32,071	-7,155	-22.3
North Dakota	4,745	6,138	-1,393	3,407	1,338	39.3
Nebraska	3,979	4,120	-141	5,573	-1,594	-28.6
New Hampshire	4,188	4,969	-781	4,606	-418	-9.1
New Jersey	91,440	99,552	-8,112	93,361	-1,921	-2.1
New Mexico	12,544	13,043	-499	12,621	-77	-0.6
Nevada	23,050	23,550	-500	25,437	-2,387	-9.4
New York	145,057	157,170	-12,113	151,161	-6,104	-4.0
Ohio	56,034	63,101	-7,067	56,034		0.0
Oklahoma	23,686	23,463	223	22,381	1,305	5.8
Oregon	27,076	28,839	-1,763	31,285	-4,209	-13.5
Pennsylvania	129,310	136,039	-6,729	121,510	7,800	6.4
Puerto Rico	17,956	18,071	-115	21,075	-3,119	-14.8
Rhode Island	8,169	9,596	-1,427	8,529	-360	-4.2
South Carolina	18,376	17,874	502	19,258	-882	-4.6
South Dakota	1,235	1,630	-395	1,346	-111	-8.2
Tennessee	17,672	21,536	-3,864	24,476	-6,804	-27.8
Texas	180,507	179,776	731	161,223	19,284	12.0
Utah	10,919	12,076	-1,157	11,356	-437	-3.8
Virginia	33,116	33,905	-789	33,754	-638	-1.9
Virgin Islands	270	269	1	475	-205	-43.2
Vermont	4,206	5,546	-1,340	4,376	-170	-3.9
Washington	46,363	49,927	-3,564	48,885	-2,522	-5.2
Wisconsin	31,446	39,786	-8,340	39,967	-8,521	-21.3
West Virginia	17,275	17,281	-6	13,802	3,473	25.2
Wyoming	6,531	7,051	-520	4,536	1,995	44.0

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,997,302		2,147,893	2,053,740	-56,438	-2.7
Male	1,164,145	58.3%	1,296,295	1,158,101	6,044	0.5%
Female	818,909	41.0%	835,515	881,295	-62,386	-7.1%
Information Not Available	14,248	0.7%	16,083	14,344	-96	-0.7%

Ethnicity	1,997,302		2,147,893	2,053,740
Hispanic or Latino	378,353	18.9%	419,063	393,201	-14,848	-3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,358,242	83.9%	1,453,764	1,393,930	-35,688	-2.6%
Information Not Available	260,707	11.5%	275,066	266,607	-5,900	-2.2%

Race	1,997,302		2,147,893	2,053,740
American Indian or Alaskan Native	78,044	3.9%	84,179	27,462	50,582	184.2%
Asian	84,161	4.2%	86,615	67,175	16,986	25.3%
Black or African American	337,364	16.9%	337,398	371,712	-34,348	-9.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15,697	0.8%	16,410	10,907	4,790	43.9%
White	980,756	49.0%	1,078,851	1,065,162	-84,406	-7.9%
Information Not Available	503,983	25.2%	546,597	516,281	-12,298	-2.4%

Years of Age	1,997,302		2,147,893	2,053,740
Younger than 22	36,914	1.8%	37,803	40,156	-3,242	-8.1%
22-24	89,345	4.5%	97,008	100,249	-10,904	-10.9%
25-34	465,675	23.3%	496,763	493,154	-27,479	-5.6%
35-44	436,810	21.9%	467,072	446,403	-9,593	-2.1%
45-54	471,351	23.6%	503,632	478,595	-7,244	-1.5%
55-59	219,055	11.0%	240,340	220,345	-1,290	-0.6%
60-64	155,693	7.8%	169,475	152,927	2,766	1.8%
65 and older	107,977	5.4%	119,408	104,843	3,134	3.0%
Information Not Available	14,482	0.7%	16,392	17,068	-2,586	-15.2%

Industry	1,997,302		2,147,893	2,053,740
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72,980	3.7%	92,777	69,304	3,676	5.3%
Mining	47,872	2.4%	52,392	45,732	2,140	4.7%
Utilities	4,426	0.2%	4,720	4,425	1	0.0%
Construction	218,959	11.0%	280,512	223,065	-4,106	-1.8%
Manufacturing	224,897	11.3%	233,758	214,654	10,243	4.8%
Wholesale Trade	74,461	3.7%	79,681	69,902	4,559	6.5%
Retail Trade	142,675	7.1%	152,862	167,749	-25,074	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	69,548	3.5%	78,955	60,815	8,733	14.4%
Information	74,259	3.7%	67,324	63,136	11,123	17.6%
Finance and Insurance	65,281	3.3%	67,348	58,236	7,045	12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27,687	1.4%	30,613	28,809	-1,122	-3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	116,364	5.8%	110,263	116,694	-330	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17,296	0.9%	13,162	11,238	6,058	53.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	255,004	12.8%	279,326	275,895	-20,891	-7.6%
Educational Services	36,209	1.8%	38,622	40,719	-4,510	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	150,996	7.6%	151,982	172,803	-21,807	-12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	27,691	1.4%	33,731	29,922	-2,231	-7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	104,327	5.2%	108,076	118,379	-14,052	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	48,258	2.4%	50,885	51,938	-3,680	-7.1%
Public Administration	29,018	1.5%	33,264	33,721	-4,703	-13.9%
Information Not Available	189,094	9.5%	187,640	196,604	-7,510	-3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,482		10,811	7,983	1,499	18.8
Male	5,958	62.8%	6,998	4,826	1,132	23.5%
Female	3,464	36.5%	3,730	3,149	315	10.0%
Information Not Available	60	0.6%	83	8	52	650.0%

Ethnicity	9,482		10,811	7,983
Hispanic or Latino	6	0.1%	4	167	-161	-96.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,000	94.9%	10,314	7,567	1,433	18.9%
Information Not Available	476	5.0%	493	249	227	91.2%

Race	9,482		10,811	7,983
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,074	32.4%	3,468	2,870	204	7.1%
Asian	516	5.4%	484	464	52	11.2%
Black or African American	447	4.7%	451	390	57	14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	196	2.1%	212	158	38	24.1%
White	4,767	50.3%	5,699	3,749	1,018	27.2%
Information Not Available	482	5.1%	497	352	130	36.9%

Years of Age	9,482		10,811	7,983
Younger than 22	170	1.2%	231	133	37	27.8%
22-24	468	3.4%	544	439	29	6.6%
25-34	2,738	20.1%	3,102	2,392	346	14.5%
35-44	2,158	15.8%	2,557	1,681	477	28.4%
45-54	2,082	15.3%	2,322	1,742	340	19.5%
55-59	953	7.0%	1,026	794	159	20.0%
60-64	606	4.4%	696	493	113	22.9%
65 and older	307	2.3%	333	309	-2	-0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,482		10,811	7,983
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.3%	47	56	-23	-41.1%
Mining	789	8.3%	857	378	411	108.7%
Utilities	52	0.5%	68	38	14	36.8%
Construction	1,658	17.4%	2,289	1,420	238	16.8%
Manufacturing	687	7.2%	612	548	139	25.4%
Wholesale Trade	143	1.5%	159	138	5	3.6%
Retail Trade	839	8.8%	903	743	96	12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	373	3.9%	448	273	100	36.6%
Information	89	0.9%	108	72	17	23.6%
Finance and Insurance	133	1.4%	138	139	-6	-4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	197	2.1%	244	237	-40	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	425	4.5%	413	337	88	26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.3%	27	30	-5	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	494	5.2%	640	448	46	10.3%
Educational Services	261	2.7%	285	245	16	6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	797	8.4%	820	699	98	14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	83	0.9%	122	77	6	7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	703	7.4%	769	596	107	18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	394	4.1%	405	329	65	19.8%
Public Administration	917	9.6%	1,048	871	46	5.3%
Information Not Available	390	4.1%	409	309	81	26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,357		19,962	22,988
Male	10,905	53.6%	11,144	12,003	-1,098	-9.1%
Female	9,428	46.3%	8,791	10,965	-1,537	-14.0%
Information Not Available	24	0.1%	27	20	4	20.0%

Ethnicity	20,357		19,962	22,988
Hispanic or Latino	239	1.2%	254	237	2	0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,797	72.7%	14,453	16,680	-1,883	-11.3%
Information Not Available	5,321	26.1%	5,255	6,071	-750	-12.4%

Race	20,357		19,962	22,988
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,197	5.9%	1,091	1,083	114	10.5%
Asian	498	2.4%	530	576	-78	-13.5%
Black or African American	8,342	41.0%	8,040	9,578	-1,236	-12.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.1%	18	36	-6	-16.7%
White	9,327	45.8%	9,320	10,744	-1,417	-13.2%
Information Not Available	963	4.7%	963	971	-8	-0.8%

Years of Age	20,357		19,962	22,988
Younger than 22	55	0.2%	51	624	-569	-91.2%
22-24	80	0.3%	62	1,435	-1,355	-94.4%
25-34	820	3.0%	766	6,082	-5,262	-86.5%
35-44	3,362	12.4%	3,308	5,278	-1,916	-36.3%
45-54	4,382	16.1%	4,416	4,986	-604	-12.1%
55-59	2,348	8.6%	2,291	2,193	155	7.1%
60-64	2,486	9.1%	2,441	1,363	1,123	82.4%
65 and older	6,817	25.1%	6,617	1,018	5,799	569.6%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	10	9	-2	-22.2%

Industry	20,357		19,962	22,988
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.6%	125	135	-8	-5.9%
Mining	525	2.6%	630	194	331	170.6%
Utilities	52	0.3%	50	29	23	79.3%
Construction	2,079	10.1%	1,968	2,108	-29	-1.4%
Manufacturing	3,415	16.7%	3,619	3,977	-562	-14.1%
Wholesale Trade	665	3.2%	713	877	-212	-24.2%
Retail Trade	2,096	10.2%	2,186	2,566	-470	-18.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	727	3.5%	624	717	10	1.4%
Information	232	1.1%	235	354	-122	-34.5%
Finance and Insurance	589	2.9%	622	601	-12	-2.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	240	1.2%	259	323	-83	-25.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,100	5.4%	876	1,278	-178	-13.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	66	0.3%	58	49	17	34.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,728	13.3%	2,758	3,284	-556	-16.9%
Educational Services	281	1.4%	287	304	-23	-7.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,628	7.9%	1,641	1,935	-307	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	0.4%	92	120	-30	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,652	8.1%	1,261	1,974	-322	-16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	474	2.3%	407	544	-70	-12.9%
Public Administration	262	1.3%	292	302	-40	-13.2%
Information Not Available	1,329	6.5%	1,259	1,317	12	0.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,536		15,964	21,000
Male	8,975	54.3%	8,954	10,974	-1,999	-18.2%
Female	6,262	37.9%	5,601	8,681	-2,419	-27.9%
Information Not Available	1,299	7.9%	1,409	1,345	-46	-3.4%

Ethnicity	16,536		15,964	21,000
Hispanic or Latino	86	0.5%	90	331	-245	-74.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,151	91.6%	14,465	19,324	-4,173	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,299	7.9%	1,409	1,345	-46	-3.4%

Race	16,536		15,964	21,000
American Indian or Alaskan Native	162	1.0%	156	210	-48	-22.9%
Asian	20	0.1%	17	18	2	11.1%
Black or African American	4,215	25.5%	3,837	5,682	-1,467	-25.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	812	4.9%	745	970	-158	-16.3%
White	9,942	60.1%	9,710	12,444	-2,502	-20.1%
Information Not Available	1,385	8.4%	1,499	1,676	-291	-17.4%

Years of Age	16,536		15,964	21,000
Younger than 22	423	1.7%	362	568	-145	-25.5%
22-24	800	3.1%	733	1,119	-319	-28.5%
25-34	3,593	14.1%	3,479	4,804	-1,211	-25.2%
35-44	3,698	14.5%	3,533	4,645	-947	-20.4%
45-54	3,570	14.0%	3,449	4,595	-1,025	-22.3%
55-59	1,479	5.8%	1,415	1,914	-435	-22.7%
60-64	1,024	4.0%	996	1,203	-179	-14.9%
65 and older	649	2.5%	588	807	-158	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1,300	5.1%	1,409	1,345	-45	-3.3%

Industry	16,536		15,964	21,000
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	222	1.3%	267	318	-96	-30.2%
Mining	813	4.9%	853	404	409	101.2%
Utilities	29	0.2%	27	29	0	0.0%
Construction	1,501	9.0%	1,496	1,745	-244	-14.0%
Manufacturing	2,412	14.4%	2,446	3,702	-1,290	-34.8%
Wholesale Trade	832	5.0%	604	917	-85	-9.3%
Retail Trade	1,480	8.8%	1,358	1,625	-145	-8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	675	4.0%	723	723	-48	-6.6%
Information	173	1.0%	178	232	-59	-25.4%
Finance and Insurance	238	1.4%	242	328	-90	-27.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	184	1.1%	198	253	-69	-27.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	628	3.7%	512	788	-160	-20.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	66	0.4%	58	85	-19	-22.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,640	9.8%	1,681	1,950	-310	-15.9%
Educational Services	206	1.2%	227	305	-99	-32.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,498	8.9%	1,356	2,394	-896	-37.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	0.5%	74	125	-38	-30.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	919	5.5%	660	1,300	-381	-29.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	284	1.7%	289	419	-135	-32.2%
Public Administration	266	1.6%	269	429	-163	-38.0%
Information Not Available	2,383	14.2%	2,446	2,929	-546	-18.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,320		30,814	34,185
Male	19,040	57.1%	17,432	19,759	-719	-3.6%
Female	14,264	42.8%	13,364	14,413	-149	-1.0%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	18	13	3	23.1%

Ethnicity	33,320		30,814	34,185
Hispanic or Latino	13,997	42.0%	12,261	14,410	-413	-2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,823	38.5%	12,597	13,505	-682	-5.0%
Information Not Available	6,500	19.5%	5,956	6,270	230	3.7%

Race	33,320		30,814	34,185
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,767	5.3%	1,774	1,825	-58	-3.2%
Asian	2,302	6.9%	1,821	2,042	260	12.7%
Black or African American	2,325	7.0%	2,153	2,257	68	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	281	0.8%	294	322	-41	-12.7%
White	17,790	53.4%	17,249	20,176	-2,386	-11.8%
Information Not Available	8,855	26.6%	7,523	7,563	1,292	17.1%

Years of Age	33,320		30,814	34,185
Younger than 22	812	1.7%	648	875	-63	-7.2%
22-24	1,670	3.5%	1,494	1,749	-79	-4.5%
25-34	7,326	15.2%	6,917	7,696	-370	-4.8%
35-44	6,725	13.9%	6,287	6,925	-200	-2.9%
45-54	8,279	17.1%	7,737	8,578	-299	-3.5%
55-59	3,967	8.2%	3,648	4,020	-53	-1.3%
60-64	2,765	5.7%	2,483	2,644	121	4.6%
65 and older	1,776	3.7%	1,600	1,698	78	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,320		30,814	34,185
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,714	16.8%	5,254	6,587	127	1.9%
Mining	195	0.5%	212	257	-62	-24.1%
Utilities	61	0.2%	63	71	-10	-14.1%
Construction	1,972	4.9%	2,021	2,614	-642	-24.6%
Manufacturing	1,709	4.3%	1,730	1,838	-129	-7.0%
Wholesale Trade	909	2.3%	933	859	50	5.8%
Retail Trade	2,191	5.5%	2,154	2,277	-86	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	687	1.7%	629	673	14	2.1%
Information	430	1.1%	416	425	5	1.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,098	2.7%	1,065	1,088	10	0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	543	1.4%	531	551	-8	-1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,510	3.8%	1,319	1,523	-13	-0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	0.3%	112	78	54	69.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,775	9.4%	3,762	4,051	-276	-6.8%
Educational Services	775	1.9%	693	708	67	9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,215	5.5%	2,176	2,262	-47	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	248	0.6%	232	294	-46	-15.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,238	3.1%	1,127	1,404	-166	-11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	511	1.3%	535	604	-93	-15.4%
Public Administration	617	1.5%	690	626	-9	-1.4%
Information Not Available	5,790	14.5%	5,160	5,395	395	7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	357,999		392,733	374,140
Male	203,018	56.7%	222,049	206,856	-3,838	-1.9%
Female	154,787	43.2%	170,388	167,000	-12,213	-7.3%
Information Not Available	194	0.1%	296	284	-90	-31.7%

Ethnicity	357,999		392,733	374,140
Hispanic or Latino	147,217	41.1%	169,203	155,639	-8,422	-5.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	177,593	49.6%	188,662	186,881	-9,288	-5.0%
Information Not Available	33,189	9.3%	34,868	31,620	1,569	5.0%

Race	357,999		392,733	374,140
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,329	0.7%	1,877	4,071	-1,742	-42.8%
Asian	31,248	8.7%	34,473	32,093	-845	-2.6%
Black or African American	31,928	8.9%	34,473	31,999	-71	-0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	112,087	31.3%	117,840	118,718	-6,631	-5.6%
Information Not Available	180,407	50.4%	204,070	187,259	-6,852	-3.7%

Years of Age	357,999		392,733	374,140
Younger than 22	7,958	1.8%	8,396	8,426	-468	-5.6%
22-24	18,633	4.2%	20,545	18,934	-301	-1.6%
25-34	90,833	20.6%	95,518	95,239	-4,406	-4.6%
35-44	73,269	16.6%	81,391	77,914	-4,645	-6.0%
45-54	84,235	19.1%	89,590	84,068	167	0.2%
55-59	36,198	8.2%	42,572	39,478	-3,280	-8.3%
60-64	28,434	6.4%	32,398	29,821	-1,387	-4.7%
65 and older	18,439	4.2%	22,323	20,165	-1,726	-8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	95	-95	-100.0%

Industry	357,999		392,733	374,140
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50,075	12.3%	68,057	50,554	-479	-0.9%
Mining	2,911	0.7%	2,865	2,651	260	9.8%
Utilities	1,456	0.4%	1,679	1,799	-343	-19.1%
Construction	31,928	7.8%	32,596	33,514	-1,586	-4.7%
Manufacturing	35,907	8.8%	42,474	39,762	-3,855	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,456	0.4%	1,679	1,893	-437	-23.1%
Retail Trade	25,038	6.1%	27,262	28,780	-3,742	-13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,160	2.7%	11,260	8,047	3,113	38.7%
Information	31,248	7.7%	32,102	30,295	953	3.1%
Finance and Insurance	7,181	1.8%	7,705	7,100	81	1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,038	0.5%	2,371	1,893	145	7.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,055	2.0%	8,594	7,952	103	1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	68,804	16.9%	70,130	75,170	-6,366	-8.5%
Educational Services	7,764	1.9%	9,581	8,899	-1,135	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	25,426	6.2%	25,089	28,023	-2,597	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,405	1.6%	6,223	5,680	725	12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,109	3.9%	15,409	15,715	394	2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,899	2.4%	10,371	10,319	-420	-4.1%
Public Administration	3,688	0.9%	3,655	4,355	-667	-15.3%
Information Not Available	11,451	2.8%	13,631	11,739	-288	-2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,799		29,539	29,718
Male	16,930	58.8%	17,904	17,474	-544	-3.1%
Female	11,869	41.2%	11,635	12,244	-375	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,799		29,539	29,718
Hispanic or Latino	5,760	20.0%	6,248	6,279	-519	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,322	70.6%	20,552	20,736	-414	-2.0%
Information Not Available	2,717	9.4%	2,739	2,703	14	0.5%

Race	28,799		29,539	29,718
American Indian or Alaskan Native	530	1.8%	520	530	0	0.0%
Asian	559	1.9%	537	534	25	4.7%
Black or African American	1,751	6.1%	1,750	1,944	-193	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	106	0.4%	106	101	5	5.0%
White	20,448	71.0%	21,062	21,247	-799	-3.8%
Information Not Available	5,405	18.8%	5,564	5,362	43	0.8%

Years of Age	28,799		29,539	29,718
Younger than 22	334	0.7%	366	414	-80	-19.3%
22-24	953	2.0%	975	1,109	-156	-14.1%
25-34	6,732	14.4%	6,792	6,978	-246	-3.5%
35-44	6,658	14.2%	6,708	6,861	-203	-3.0%
45-54	6,875	14.7%	7,102	7,131	-256	-3.6%
55-59	3,552	7.6%	3,737	3,547	5	0.1%
60-64	2,393	5.1%	2,510	2,363	30	1.3%
65 and older	1,292	2.8%	1,342	1,314	-22	-1.7%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	7	1	9	900.0%

Industry	28,799		29,539	29,718
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	156	0.5%	189	202	-46	-22.8%
Mining	1,478	5.1%	1,565	1,563	-85	-5.4%
Utilities	56	0.2%	55	29	27	93.1%
Construction	3,529	12.2%	4,352	4,208	-679	-16.1%
Manufacturing	2,121	7.3%	2,193	1,987	134	6.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,472	5.1%	1,451	1,279	193	15.1%
Retail Trade	2,254	7.8%	2,266	2,317	-63	-2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	964	3.3%	1,027	1,047	-83	-7.9%
Information	895	3.1%	889	895	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,081	3.7%	1,081	977	104	10.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	693	2.4%	638	674	19	2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,823	9.7%	2,690	2,657	166	6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	438	1.5%	518	431	7	1.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,139	10.8%	3,315	3,346	-207	-6.2%
Educational Services	643	2.2%	660	753	-110	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,010	6.9%	2,023	2,168	-158	-7.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	913	3.2%	699	868	45	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,265	7.8%	1,872	2,315	-50	-2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	676	2.3%	702	684	-8	-1.2%
Public Administration	480	1.7%	595	522	-42	-8.0%
Information Not Available	713	2.5%	759	796	-83	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,106		40,555	36,530
Male	19,934	56.8%	23,672	20,430	-496	-2.4%
Female	15,172	43.2%	16,883	16,100	-928	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,106		40,555	36,530
Hispanic or Latino	5,476	15.6%	6,817	5,624	-148	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,630	84.4%	33,738	30,906	-1,276	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	35,106		40,555	36,530
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	0.3%	134	0	108	0.0%
Asian	703	2.0%	751	670	33	4.9%
Black or African American	5,643	16.1%	6,160	5,950	-307	-5.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	119	-119	-100.0%
White	19,590	55.8%	22,483	20,341	-751	-3.7%
Information Not Available	9,062	25.8%	11,027	9,450	-388	-4.1%

Years of Age	35,106		40,555	36,530
Younger than 22	496	1.0%	544	592	-96	-16.2%
22-24	496	1.0%	1,624	1,779	-1,283	-72.1%
25-34	7,935	15.4%	8,913	8,290	-355	-4.3%
35-44	6,878	13.4%	7,979	7,161	-283	-4.0%
45-54	8,239	16.0%	9,679	8,691	-452	-5.2%
55-59	4,094	8.0%	4,773	4,174	-80	-1.9%
60-64	3,317	6.5%	3,799	3,222	95	2.9%
65 and older	3,651	7.1%	3,244	2,621	1,030	39.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,106		40,555	36,530
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	190	0.5%	253	168	22	13.1%
Mining	16	0.0%	39	16	0	0.0%
Utilities	59	0.2%	57	55	4	7.3%
Construction	4,225	12.0%	5,625	3,743	482	12.9%
Manufacturing	3,929	11.1%	4,301	4,083	-154	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,463	4.1%	1,556	1,520	-57	-3.8%
Retail Trade	4,235	12.0%	4,276	4,652	-417	-9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,671	4.7%	3,930	1,336	335	25.1%
Information	686	1.9%	669	752	-66	-8.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,409	4.0%	1,336	1,382	27	2.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	529	1.5%	625	517	12	2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,972	5.6%	1,690	2,030	-58	-2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	270	0.8%	255	292	-22	-7.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,279	12.1%	5,213	4,650	-371	-8.0%
Educational Services	928	2.6%	992	951	-23	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,072	11.5%	4,006	4,353	-281	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	718	2.0%	996	936	-218	-23.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,403	6.8%	2,501	2,960	-557	-18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,062	3.0%	1,183	1,185	-123	-10.4%
Public Administration	496	1.4%	493	417	79	18.9%
Information Not Available	494	1.4%	559	532	-38	-7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,145		7,427	7,794
Male	3,259	45.6%	3,433	3,674	-415	-11.3%
Female	3,886	54.4%	3,994	4,120	-234	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,145		7,427	7,794
Hispanic or Latino	534	7.5%	547	637	-103	-16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,561	91.8%	6,825	7,132	-571	-8.0%
Information Not Available	50	0.7%	55	25	25	100.0%

Race	7,145		7,427	7,794
American Indian or Alaskan Native	31	0.4%	40	37	-6	-16.2%
Asian	204	2.9%	204	167	37	22.2%
Black or African American	4,964	69.5%	5,171	5,428	-464	-8.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	14	22	-8	-36.4%
White	1,389	19.4%	1,421	1,573	-184	-11.7%
Information Not Available	543	7.6%	577	567	-24	-4.2%

Years of Age	7,145		7,427	7,794
Younger than 22	119	1.5%	133	147	-28	-19.0%
22-24	408	5.1%	388	434	-26	-6.0%
25-34	1,965	24.4%	2,025	2,198	-233	-10.6%
35-44	1,604	19.9%	1,678	1,704	-100	-5.9%
45-54	1,590	19.7%	1,652	1,746	-156	-8.9%
55-59	724	9.0%	782	767	-43	-5.6%
60-64	473	5.9%	493	521	-48	-9.2%
65 and older	262	3.3%	276	277	-15	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,145		7,427	7,794
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	10	0.1%	12	31	-21	-67.7%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.0%	4	4	-2	-50.0%
Retail Trade	18	0.3%	13	42	-24	-57.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	19	0.3%	21	32	-13	-40.6%
Information	7	0.1%	7	16	-9	-56.3%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	5	9	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8	0.1%	6	9	-1	-11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	44	0.6%	38	48	-4	-8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	2	3	1	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	41	0.6%	50	52	-11	-21.2%
Educational Services	8	0.1%	8	4	4	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21	0.3%	18	13	8	61.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	24	0.3%	22	17	7	41.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	12	0.2%	12	22	-10	-45.5%
Public Administration	3	0.0%	1	4	-1	-25.0%
Information Not Available	6,911	96.7%	7,202	7,485	-574	-7.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,596		6,086	5,741
Male	2,602	46.5%	2,864	2,721	-119	-4.4%
Female	2,718	48.6%	2,951	2,757	-39	-1.4%
Information Not Available	276	4.9%	271	263	13	4.9%

Ethnicity	5,596		6,086	5,741
Hispanic or Latino	366	6.5%	386	329	37	11.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,954	88.5%	5,429	5,147	-193	-3.7%
Information Not Available	276	4.9%	271	263	13	4.9%

Race	5,596		6,086	5,741
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.3%	18	20	-5	-25.0%
Asian	101	1.8%	97	127	-26	-20.5%
Black or African American	2,318	41.4%	2,523	2,463	-145	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	4	2	1	50.0%
White	2,952	52.8%	3,255	2,947	5	0.2%
Information Not Available	207	3.7%	189	182	25	13.7%

Years of Age	5,596		6,086	5,741
Younger than 22	75	0.9%	74	100	-25	-25.0%
22-24	261	3.2%	268	277	-16	-5.8%
25-34	1,380	17.0%	1,472	1,507	-127	-8.4%
35-44	1,170	14.4%	1,249	1,118	52	4.7%
45-54	1,294	16.0%	1,393	1,329	-35	-2.6%
55-59	629	7.8%	737	625	4	0.6%
60-64	443	5.5%	485	457	-14	-3.1%
65 and older	278	3.4%	323	280	-2	-0.7%
Information Not Available	66	0.8%	85	48	18	37.5%

Industry	5,596		6,086	5,741
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.4%	23	15	6	40.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	9	7	0	0.0%
Construction	456	8.1%	509	401	55	13.7%
Manufacturing	341	6.1%	345	318	23	7.2%
Wholesale Trade	168	3.0%	190	194	-26	-13.4%
Retail Trade	833	14.8%	884	858	-25	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	201	3.6%	230	241	-40	-16.6%
Information	72	1.3%	81	107	-35	-32.7%
Finance and Insurance	515	9.2%	516	503	12	2.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	100	1.8%	113	112	-12	-10.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	368	6.6%	376	359	9	2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.3%	29	10	8	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	969	17.3%	1,042	1,115	-146	-13.1%
Educational Services	77	1.4%	70	90	-13	-14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	681	12.1%	749	705	-24	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	78	1.4%	99	88	-10	-11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	456	8.1%	559	418	38	9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	158	2.8%	178	148	10	6.8%
Public Administration	56	1.0%	58	37	19	51.4%
Information Not Available	19	0.3%	24	15	4	26.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,954		47,794	60,062
Male	22,461	47.8%	23,452	29,343	-6,882	-23.5%
Female	24,365	51.9%	24,260	30,668	-6,303	-20.6%
Information Not Available	128	0.3%	82	51	77	151.0%

Ethnicity	46,954		47,794	60,062
Hispanic or Latino	11,574	24.6%	12,072	15,109	-3,535	-23.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,034	66.1%	31,311	40,357	-9,323	-23.1%
Information Not Available	4,346	9.3%	4,411	4,596	-250	-5.4%

Race	46,954		47,794	60,062
American Indian or Alaskan Native	309	0.7%	296	360	-51	-14.2%
Asian	722	1.5%	772	863	-141	-16.3%
Black or African American	11,878	25.3%	11,922	15,332	-3,454	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	204	0.4%	210	316	-112	-35.4%
White	28,364	60.4%	29,024	37,054	-8,690	-23.5%
Information Not Available	5,477	11.7%	5,570	6,137	-660	-10.8%

Years of Age	46,954		47,794	60,062
Younger than 22	482	0.7%	453	735	-253	-34.4%
22-24	1,371	1.9%	1,363	2,077	-706	-34.0%
25-34	9,232	12.8%	9,419	12,814	-3,582	-28.0%
35-44	9,544	13.2%	9,688	11,821	-2,277	-19.3%
45-54	10,044	13.9%	10,371	13,009	-2,965	-22.8%
55-59	4,889	6.8%	4,996	6,008	-1,119	-18.6%
60-64	3,287	4.6%	3,309	4,209	-922	-21.9%
65 and older	2,355	3.3%	2,222	3,029	-674	-22.3%
Information Not Available	5,750	8.0%	5,973	6,360	-610	-9.6%

Industry	46,954		47,794	60,062
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	759	1.6%	626	1,058	-299	-28.3%
Mining	186	0.4%	185	169	17	10.1%
Utilities	74	0.2%	84	68	6	8.8%
Construction	2,812	5.9%	3,005	3,528	-716	-20.3%
Manufacturing	2,229	4.7%	2,282	2,779	-550	-19.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,111	4.4%	2,110	2,328	-217	-9.3%
Retail Trade	4,488	9.4%	4,755	6,420	-1,932	-30.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,311	2.7%	1,435	1,627	-316	-19.4%
Information	1,055	2.2%	931	1,231	-176	-14.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,214	4.6%	2,370	2,620	-406	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,115	2.3%	1,097	1,392	-277	-19.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,847	8.1%	3,786	4,491	-644	-14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	496	1.0%	490	431	65	15.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,045	16.9%	8,201	10,141	-2,096	-20.7%
Educational Services	1,073	2.2%	1,062	1,338	-265	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,199	8.8%	4,220	5,333	-1,134	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	834	1.7%	742	1,044	-210	-20.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,146	6.6%	2,899	4,590	-1,444	-31.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,339	2.8%	1,397	1,799	-460	-25.6%
Public Administration	624	1.3%	674	981	-357	-36.4%
Information Not Available	4,997	10.5%	5,443	6,694	-1,697	-25.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,948		30,467	36,419
Male	13,962	45.1%	14,054	16,997	-3,035	-17.9%
Female	15,486	50.0%	14,969	18,860	-3,374	-17.9%
Information Not Available	1,500	4.8%	1,444	562	938	166.9%

Ethnicity	30,948		30,467	36,419
Hispanic or Latino	45	0.1%	85	46	-1	-2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,403	95.0%	28,938	35,811	-6,408	-17.9%
Information Not Available	1,500	4.8%	1,444	562	938	166.9%

Race	30,948		30,467	36,419
American Indian or Alaskan Native	119	0.4%	124	170	-51	-30.0%
Asian	561	1.8%	541	537	24	4.5%
Black or African American	17,163	55.5%	16,695	20,134	-2,971	-14.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,605	37.5%	11,663	15,016	-3,411	-22.7%
Information Not Available	1,500	4.8%	1,444	562	938	166.9%

Years of Age	30,948		30,467	36,419
Younger than 22	488	1.2%	439	551	-63	-11.4%
22-24	1,382	3.4%	1,295	1,619	-237	-14.6%
25-34	7,635	18.8%	7,453	8,876	-1,241	-14.0%
35-44	7,605	18.8%	7,423	8,729	-1,124	-12.9%
45-54	7,390	18.2%	7,391	8,736	-1,346	-15.4%
55-59	3,235	8.0%	3,167	3,619	-384	-10.6%
60-64	2,031	5.0%	2,107	2,261	-230	-10.2%
65 and older	1,180	2.9%	1,181	1,247	-67	-5.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	11	781	-779	-99.7%

Industry	30,948		30,467	36,419
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	290	0.9%	368	409	-119	-29.1%
Mining	13	0.0%	10	21	-8	-38.1%
Utilities	25	0.1%	28	54	-29	-53.7%
Construction	1,217	3.9%	1,326	1,733	-516	-29.8%
Manufacturing	2,469	7.9%	2,258	2,469	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,151	3.7%	1,208	1,541	-390	-25.3%
Retail Trade	2,350	7.5%	2,236	2,930	-580	-19.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	584	1.9%	580	629	-45	-7.2%
Information	491	1.6%	543	781	-290	-37.1%
Finance and Insurance	879	2.8%	981	1,140	-261	-22.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	387	1.2%	396	499	-112	-22.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,756	18.4%	5,489	6,402	-646	-10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.1%	35	35	7	20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	79	0.3%	63	90	-11	-12.2%
Educational Services	508	1.6%	547	783	-275	-35.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,738	5.6%	1,551	2,151	-413	-19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,208	3.9%	1,158	1,776	-568	-32.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	175	0.6%	199	248	-73	-29.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	376	1.2%	309	457	-81	-17.7%
Public Administration	316	1.0%	333	449	-133	-29.6%
Information Not Available	10,894	34.9%	10,849	11,822	-928	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,009		6,521	7,859
Male	4,563	65.1%	4,324	5,134	-571	-11.1%
Female	2,444	34.9%	2,194	2,724	-280	-10.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	7,009		6,521	7,859
Hispanic or Latino	556	7.9%	493	589	-33	-5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,639	66.2%	4,385	5,295	-656	-12.4%
Information Not Available	1,814	25.9%	1,643	1,975	-161	-8.2%

Race	7,009		6,521	7,859
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	0.7%	52	60	-9	-15.0%
Asian	2,177	31.1%	2,010	2,548	-371	-14.6%
Black or African American	120	1.7%	115	118	2	1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,090	29.8%	1,899	2,293	-203	-8.9%
White	1,555	22.2%	1,509	1,757	-202	-11.5%
Information Not Available	1,016	14.5%	936	1,083	-67	-6.2%

Years of Age	7,009		6,521	7,859
Younger than 22	71	0.9%	77	91	-20	-22.0%
22-24	219	2.8%	207	255	-36	-14.1%
25-34	1,432	18.1%	1,426	1,760	-328	-18.6%
35-44	1,661	21.0%	1,468	1,805	-144	-8.0%
45-54	1,683	21.3%	1,539	1,890	-207	-11.0%
55-59	781	9.9%	705	875	-94	-10.7%
60-64	653	8.3%	644	641	12	1.9%
65 and older	509	6.4%	455	542	-33	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,009		6,521	7,859
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	197	2.7%	180	146	51	34.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	10	19	-12	-63.2%
Construction	2,040	28.3%	1,830	2,422	-382	-15.8%
Manufacturing	246	3.4%	208	168	78	46.4%
Wholesale Trade	119	1.7%	117	151	-32	-21.2%
Retail Trade	356	4.9%	349	434	-78	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	218	3.0%	228	211	7	3.3%
Information	338	4.7%	291	290	48	16.6%
Finance and Insurance	82	1.1%	84	83	-1	-1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	100	1.4%	94	106	-6	-5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	271	3.8%	217	311	-40	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.5%	45	56	-20	-35.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	760	10.5%	746	956	-196	-20.5%
Educational Services	35	0.5%	53	146	-111	-76.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	302	4.2%	270	320	-18	-5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	83	1.2%	83	88	-5	-5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	660	9.2%	624	695	-35	-5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	165	2.3%	159	152	13	8.6%
Public Administration	81	1.1%	81	71	10	14.1%
Information Not Available	913	12.7%	852	1,033	-120	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,891		19,752	17,590
Male	10,910	61.0%	12,826	10,176	734	7.2%
Female	6,739	37.7%	6,657	7,064	-325	-4.6%
Information Not Available	242	1.4%	269	350	-108	-30.9%

Ethnicity	17,891		19,752	17,590
Hispanic or Latino	1,011	5.7%	1,300	1,000	11	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,805	88.3%	17,326	15,474	331	2.1%
Information Not Available	1,075	6.0%	1,126	1,116	-41	-3.7%

Race	17,891		19,752	17,590
American Indian or Alaskan Native	261	1.5%	282	184	77	41.8%
Asian	295	1.6%	280	242	53	21.9%
Black or African American	1,473	8.2%	1,499	1,397	76	5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,776	77.0%	15,265	13,651	125	0.9%
Information Not Available	2,086	11.7%	2,426	2,116	-30	-1.4%

Years of Age	17,891		19,752	17,590
Younger than 22	270	0.9%	301	301	-31	-10.3%
22-24	740	2.5%	827	787	-47	-6.0%
25-34	3,924	13.0%	4,392	3,957	-33	-0.8%
35-44	4,086	13.6%	4,340	3,842	244	6.4%
45-54	4,126	13.7%	4,544	4,173	-47	-1.1%
55-59	2,231	7.4%	2,477	2,077	154	7.4%
60-64	1,582	5.3%	1,725	1,510	72	4.8%
65 and older	927	3.1%	1,140	939	-12	-1.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	6	4	1	25.0%

Industry	17,891		19,752	17,590
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	0.7%	164	137	-7	-5.1%
Mining	69	0.4%	207	57	12	21.1%
Utilities	26	0.1%	30	24	2	8.3%
Construction	3,202	17.8%	4,827	3,022	180	6.0%
Manufacturing	4,568	25.3%	4,250	4,025	543	13.5%
Wholesale Trade	827	4.6%	857	802	25	3.1%
Retail Trade	1,397	7.8%	1,467	1,455	-58	-4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	739	4.1%	826	590	149	25.3%
Information	513	2.8%	524	478	35	7.3%
Finance and Insurance	801	4.4%	834	550	251	45.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	192	1.1%	199	154	38	24.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	730	4.1%	546	818	-88	-10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.4%	54	36	28	77.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,598	8.9%	1,873	1,815	-217	-12.0%
Educational Services	291	1.6%	286	282	9	3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,120	6.2%	1,134	1,371	-251	-18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	171	0.9%	213	216	-45	-20.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	838	4.7%	742	1,046	-208	-19.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	336	1.9%	360	365	-29	-7.9%
Public Administration	146	0.8%	211	209	-63	-30.1%
Information Not Available	133	0.7%	148	138	-5	-3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,275		7,541	7,542
Male	3,586	57.1%	4,787	4,333	-747	-17.2%
Female	2,688	42.8%	2,753	3,209	-521	-16.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,275		7,541	7,542
Hispanic or Latino	775	12.4%	802	997	-222	-22.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,095	65.3%	4,972	5,511	-1,416	-25.7%
Information Not Available	1,405	22.4%	1,767	1,034	371	35.9%

Race	6,275		7,541	7,542
American Indian or Alaskan Native	265	3.0%	314	385	-120	-31.2%
Asian	98	1.1%	101	157	-59	-37.6%
Black or African American	99	1.1%	99	114	-15	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.6%	68	104	-47	-45.2%
White	7,008	78.0%	9,125	9,594	-2,586	-27.0%
Information Not Available	1,456	16.2%	1,496	2,147	-691	-32.2%

Years of Age	6,275		7,541	7,542
Younger than 22	119	0.9%	162	141	-22	-15.6%
22-24	230	1.8%	282	240	-10	-4.2%
25-34	1,200	9.5%	1,448	1,408	-208	-14.8%
35-44	1,204	9.5%	1,432	1,466	-262	-17.9%
45-54	1,452	11.4%	1,779	1,790	-338	-18.9%
55-59	766	6.0%	910	984	-218	-22.2%
60-64	588	4.6%	701	682	-94	-13.8%
65 and older	703	5.5%	806	830	-127	-15.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	21	1	12	1200.0%

Industry	6,275		7,541	7,542
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	260	4.0%	589	324	-64	-19.8%
Mining	131	2.0%	159	229	-98	-42.8%
Utilities	8	0.1%	15	17	-9	-52.9%
Construction	562	8.6%	968	738	-176	-23.8%
Manufacturing	805	12.3%	848	939	-134	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	353	5.4%	401	389	-36	-9.3%
Retail Trade	634	9.7%	671	663	-29	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	315	4.8%	450	346	-31	-9.0%
Information	102	1.6%	94	89	13	14.6%
Finance and Insurance	163	2.5%	167	221	-58	-26.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	88	1.3%	106	86	2	2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	306	4.7%	309	332	-26	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.4%	19	36	-12	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	568	8.7%	663	913	-345	-37.8%
Educational Services	112	1.7%	97	125	-13	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	623	9.5%	574	611	12	2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	75	1.1%	101	105	-30	-28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	320	4.9%	353	433	-113	-26.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133	2.0%	154	170	-37	-21.8%
Public Administration	136	2.1%	179	172	-36	-20.9%
Information Not Available	557	8.5%	624	604	-47	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	112,887		128,228	111,090
Male	66,573	59.0%	81,481	64,145	2,428	3.8%
Female	45,546	40.3%	45,976	46,279	-733	-1.6%
Information Not Available	768	0.7%	771	666	102	15.3%

Ethnicity	112,887		128,228	111,090
Hispanic or Latino	15,536	13.8%	22,164	15,900	-364	-2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,452	75.7%	92,877	83,192	2,260	2.7%
Information Not Available	11,899	10.5%	13,187	11,998	-99	-0.8%

Race	112,887		128,228	111,090
American Indian or Alaskan Native	614	0.5%	731	524	90	17.2%
Asian	2,741	2.4%	2,776	2,482	259	10.4%
Black or African American	29,211	25.9%	29,610	29,407	-196	-0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	241	0.2%	251	241	0	0.0%
White	69,008	61.1%	79,666	67,030	1,978	3.0%
Information Not Available	11,072	9.8%	15,194	11,406	-334	-2.9%

Years of Age	112,887		128,228	111,090
Younger than 22	1,327	0.8%	1,509	1,556	-229	-14.7%
22-24	4,392	2.5%	4,775	4,722	-330	-7.0%
25-34	25,463	14.8%	28,506	25,628	-165	-0.6%
35-44	26,183	15.2%	29,969	26,181	2	0.0%
45-54	27,899	16.2%	32,408	27,846	53	0.2%
55-59	13,349	7.7%	15,468	12,837	512	4.0%
60-64	9,302	5.4%	10,395	8,176	1,126	13.8%
65 and older	4,972	2.9%	5,198	4,144	828	20.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	112,887		128,228	111,090
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	410	0.4%	524	402	8	2.0%
Mining	836	0.7%	954	768	68	8.9%
Utilities	162	0.1%	158	152	10	6.6%
Construction	15,633	13.8%	23,443	14,579	1,054	7.2%
Manufacturing	13,791	12.2%	14,929	12,045	1,746	14.5%
Wholesale Trade	5,421	4.8%	5,733	5,174	247	4.8%
Retail Trade	8,239	7.3%	8,569	9,739	-1,500	-15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,789	4.2%	5,936	4,403	386	8.8%
Information	2,268	2.0%	2,130	2,094	174	8.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,913	3.5%	3,866	3,744	169	4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,457	1.3%	1,654	1,621	-164	-10.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,418	6.5%	7,388	7,708	-290	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	926	0.8%	937	664	262	39.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,442	15.4%	20,153	17,342	100	0.6%
Educational Services	2,811	2.5%	2,815	2,203	608	27.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,697	6.8%	7,799	8,554	-857	-10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,432	1.3%	2,130	1,626	-194	-11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,665	5.0%	6,181	5,486	179	3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,911	2.6%	3,003	2,997	-86	-2.9%
Public Administration	2,600	2.3%	2,600	2,518	82	3.3%
Information Not Available	7,066	6.2%	7,326	7,271	-205	-2.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,036		23,167	22,874
Male	13,493	61.2%	14,801	13,559	-66	-0.5%
Female	8,499	38.6%	8,330	9,276	-777	-8.4%
Information Not Available	44	0.2%	36	39	5	12.8%

Ethnicity	22,036		23,167	22,874
Hispanic or Latino	1,057	4.8%	1,112	1,165	-108	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,165	77.9%	18,173	17,086	79	0.5%
Information Not Available	3,814	17.3%	3,882	4,623	-809	-17.5%

Race	22,036		23,167	22,874
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.5%	96	143	-33	-23.1%
Asian	127	0.6%	142	145	-18	-12.4%
Black or African American	3,729	16.9%	3,745	4,000	-271	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.1%	34	22	5	22.7%
White	16,668	75.6%	17,739	17,167	-499	-2.9%
Information Not Available	1,375	6.2%	1,411	1,397	-22	-1.6%

Years of Age	22,036		23,167	22,874
Younger than 22	268	0.7%	253	267	1	0.4%
22-24	691	1.9%	715	843	-152	-18.0%
25-34	4,612	12.5%	4,863	5,043	-431	-8.5%
35-44	5,490	14.8%	5,764	5,599	-109	-1.9%
45-54	5,837	15.8%	6,186	5,985	-148	-2.5%
55-59	2,690	7.3%	2,889	2,721	-31	-1.1%
60-64	1,680	4.5%	1,703	1,541	139	9.0%
65 and older	768	2.1%	794	875	-107	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,036		23,167	22,874
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.3%	72	86	-30	-34.9%
Mining	109	0.5%	109	74	35	47.3%
Utilities	33	0.1%	30	20	13	65.0%
Construction	4,025	18.2%	4,778	3,844	181	4.7%
Manufacturing	4,122	18.7%	4,350	4,217	-95	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	898	4.1%	934	829	69	8.3%
Retail Trade	1,455	6.6%	1,508	1,661	-206	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	986	4.5%	1,174	808	178	22.0%
Information	277	1.3%	268	371	-94	-25.3%
Finance and Insurance	514	2.3%	522	543	-29	-5.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	344	1.6%	328	297	47	15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	977	4.4%	861	1,068	-91	-8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.5%	122	118	-16	-13.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,244	10.2%	2,356	2,659	-415	-15.6%
Educational Services	362	1.6%	362	422	-60	-14.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,537	7.0%	1,441	1,856	-319	-17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	207	0.9%	201	285	-78	-27.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	689	3.1%	668	797	-108	-13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	561	2.5%	586	515	46	8.9%
Public Administration	229	1.0%	237	197	32	16.2%
Information Not Available	2,309	10.5%	2,260	2,207	102	4.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,692		12,893	14,780
Male	7,427	58.5%	7,706	8,682	-1,255	-14.5%
Female	5,265	41.5%	5,187	6,098	-833	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,692		12,893	14,780
Hispanic or Latino	1,001	7.9%	1,076	1,188	-187	-15.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,398	50.4%	6,367	6,471	-73	-1.1%
Information Not Available	5,293	41.7%	5,450	7,121	-1,828	-25.7%

Race	12,692		12,893	14,780
American Indian or Alaskan Native	190	1.5%	195	231	-41	-17.7%
Asian	171	1.3%	169	215	-44	-20.5%
Black or African American	2,702	21.3%	2,645	2,674	28	1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.2%	27	33	-7	-21.2%
White	8,742	68.9%	8,973	10,668	-1,926	-18.1%
Information Not Available	861	6.8%	884	959	-98	-10.2%

Years of Age	12,692		12,893	14,780
Younger than 22	182	0.9%	192	247	-65	-26.3%
22-24	612	3.0%	574	711	-99	-13.9%
25-34	3,092	15.1%	3,117	3,481	-389	-11.2%
35-44	2,952	14.4%	3,018	3,334	-382	-11.5%
45-54	2,870	14.0%	2,929	3,511	-641	-18.3%
55-59	1,434	7.0%	1,456	1,696	-262	-15.4%
60-64	965	4.7%	1,002	1,085	-120	-11.1%
65 and older	585	2.9%	605	715	-130	-18.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,692		12,893	14,780
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.4%	44	46	4	8.7%
Mining	275	2.2%	370	627	-352	-56.1%
Utilities	11	0.1%	21	25	-14	-56.0%
Construction	1,851	14.5%	1,898	1,975	-124	-6.3%
Manufacturing	1,729	13.6%	1,891	1,929	-200	-10.4%
Wholesale Trade	511	4.0%	523	679	-168	-24.7%
Retail Trade	972	7.6%	933	1,203	-231	-19.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	500	3.9%	473	675	-175	-25.9%
Information	348	2.7%	342	315	33	10.5%
Finance and Insurance	365	2.9%	375	397	-32	-8.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	187	1.5%	201	196	-9	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	973	7.6%	867	1,012	-39	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.3%	33	52	-13	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,660	13.0%	1,660	1,870	-210	-11.2%
Educational Services	296	2.3%	241	272	24	8.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,164	9.1%	1,199	1,419	-255	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	75	0.6%	89	104	-29	-27.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	499	3.9%	505	592	-93	-15.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	267	2.1%	252	330	-63	-19.1%
Public Administration	217	1.7%	218	305	-88	-28.9%
Information Not Available	703	5.5%	758	757	-54	-7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,576		22,729	21,357
Male	13,740	63.7%	15,104	12,593	1,147	9.1%
Female	7,836	36.3%	7,625	8,764	-928	-10.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,576		22,729	21,357
Hispanic or Latino	5	0.0%	9	35	-30	-85.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	394	1.8%	481	606	-212	-35.0%
Information Not Available	21,177	98.2%	22,239	20,716	461	2.2%

Race	21,576		22,729	21,357
American Indian or Alaskan Native	134	0.6%	121	144	-10	-6.9%
Asian	60	0.3%	51	105	-45	-42.9%
Black or African American	2,660	12.3%	2,794	3,004	-344	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	19	9	10	111.1%
White	18,462	85.6%	19,501	17,847	615	3.4%
Information Not Available	241	1.1%	243	248	-7	-2.8%

Years of Age	21,576		22,729	21,357
Younger than 22	264	0.7%	285	349	-85	-24.4%
22-24	728	1.9%	832	955	-227	-23.8%
25-34	4,657	12.1%	4,658	4,914	-257	-5.2%
35-44	5,375	14.0%	5,359	5,328	47	0.9%
45-54	5,399	14.1%	6,102	4,892	507	10.4%
55-59	2,428	6.3%	2,560	2,198	230	10.5%
60-64	1,650	4.3%	1,794	1,731	-81	-4.7%
65 and older	1,070	2.8%	1,135	981	89	9.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	9	-4	-44.4%

Industry	21,576		22,729	21,357
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37	0.2%	51	61	-24	-39.3%
Mining	1,529	7.1%	1,593	1,147	382	33.3%
Utilities	46	0.2%	65	52	-6	-11.5%
Construction	2,845	13.2%	2,859	2,250	595	26.4%
Manufacturing	4,245	19.6%	4,770	4,055	190	4.7%
Wholesale Trade	876	4.1%	1,051	850	26	3.1%
Retail Trade	1,469	6.8%	1,616	1,766	-297	-16.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,103	5.1%	1,233	815	288	35.3%
Information	306	1.4%	341	358	-52	-14.5%
Finance and Insurance	630	2.9%	631	602	28	4.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	334	1.5%	332	187	147	78.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,237	5.7%	1,065	1,243	-6	-0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.3%	65	61	-1	-1.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,081	9.6%	2,037	2,629	-548	-20.8%
Educational Services	283	1.3%	276	240	43	17.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,548	7.2%	1,640	1,522	26	1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	246	1.1%	257	183	63	34.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	876	4.1%	892	885	-9	-1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	556	2.6%	477	475	81	17.1%
Public Administration	283	1.3%	341	528	-245	-46.4%
Information Not Available	986	4.6%	1,137	1,448	-462	-31.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,624		22,957	20,149
Male	14,270	60.4%	14,314	11,325	2,945	26.0%
Female	9,341	39.5%	8,635	8,824	517	5.9%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	8	0	13	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,624		22,957	20,149
Hispanic or Latino	1,073	4.5%	1,093	842	231	27.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,546	95.4%	21,860	19,307	3,239	16.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	0	5	0.0%

Race	23,624		22,957	20,149
American Indian or Alaskan Native	191	0.8%	176	199	-8	-4.0%
Asian	237	1.0%	235	193	44	22.8%
Black or African American	11,456	48.5%	10,922	10,801	655	6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.1%	34	40	-12	-30.0%
White	11,340	48.0%	11,224	8,916	2,424	27.2%
Information Not Available	372	1.6%	366	0	372	0.0%

Years of Age	23,624		22,957	20,149
Younger than 22	396	1.2%	343	257	139	54.1%
22-24	1,023	3.1%	975	879	144	16.4%
25-34	5,881	17.6%	5,550	5,135	746	14.5%
35-44	5,599	16.8%	5,441	4,714	885	18.8%
45-54	5,418	16.2%	5,353	4,511	907	20.1%
55-59	2,697	8.1%	2,701	2,225	472	21.2%
60-64	1,607	4.8%	1,584	1,484	123	8.3%
65 and older	1,003	3.0%	1,010	944	59	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,624		22,957	20,149
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	0.8%	255	181	7	3.9%
Mining	1,379	5.8%	1,428	1,329	50	3.8%
Utilities	61	0.3%	51	52	9	17.3%
Construction	3,955	16.6%	3,968	3,189	766	24.0%
Manufacturing	2,808	11.8%	2,896	2,204	604	27.4%
Wholesale Trade	815	3.4%	799	733	82	11.2%
Retail Trade	1,722	7.2%	1,617	1,628	94	5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,001	4.2%	1,086	775	226	29.2%
Information	377	1.6%	318	258	119	46.1%
Finance and Insurance	402	1.7%	412	456	-54	-11.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	547	2.3%	565	499	48	9.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,370	5.8%	1,199	1,167	203	17.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	0.4%	99	63	37	58.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,879	7.9%	1,850	1,975	-96	-4.9%
Educational Services	328	1.4%	287	330	-2	-0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,866	7.8%	1,783	1,979	-113	-5.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	355	1.5%	269	324	31	9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,540	6.5%	1,303	1,472	68	4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	619	2.6%	569	545	74	13.6%
Public Administration	300	1.3%	273	314	-14	-4.5%
Information Not Available	2,012	8.4%	1,930	676	1,336	197.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,676		65,169	59,615
Male	33,488	59.1%	41,300	33,600	-112	-0.3%
Female	23,185	40.9%	23,866	26,014	-2,829	-10.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	56,676		65,169	59,615
Hispanic or Latino	7,218	12.7%	8,010	7,812	-594	-7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,966	81.1%	53,296	48,040	-2,074	-4.3%
Information Not Available	3,492	6.2%	3,863	3,763	-271	-7.2%

Race	56,676		65,169	59,615
American Indian or Alaskan Native	276	0.5%	322	275	1	0.4%
Asian	2,265	4.0%	2,165	2,380	-115	-4.8%
Black or African American	5,584	9.9%	5,806	6,232	-648	-10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	122	0.2%	148	155	-33	-21.3%
White	40,657	71.7%	48,283	42,573	-1,916	-4.5%
Information Not Available	7,772	13.7%	8,445	8,000	-228	-2.9%

Years of Age	56,676		65,169	59,615
Younger than 22	927	1.0%	1,140	924	3	0.3%
22-24	2,393	2.6%	2,811	2,550	-157	-6.2%
25-34	12,148	13.1%	14,190	13,755	-1,607	-11.7%
35-44	12,355	13.3%	14,215	12,440	-85	-0.7%
45-54	14,689	15.8%	16,571	14,389	300	2.1%
55-59	6,587	7.1%	7,465	6,859	-272	-4.0%
60-64	4,483	4.8%	5,071	4,904	-421	-8.6%
65 and older	3,094	3.3%	3,706	3,794	-700	-18.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,676		65,169	59,615
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	288	0.5%	508	350	-62	-17.7%
Mining	37	0.1%	118	44	-7	-15.9%
Utilities	136	0.2%	120	105	31	29.5%
Construction	7,528	13.2%	11,744	7,199	329	4.6%
Manufacturing	4,891	8.6%	5,311	5,396	-505	-9.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,419	4.2%	2,494	2,581	-162	-6.3%
Retail Trade	4,478	7.9%	4,957	5,289	-811	-15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,392	2.4%	1,860	1,506	-114	-7.6%
Information	4,689	8.2%	3,858	1,557	3,132	201.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,127	3.7%	2,155	2,090	37	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	990	1.7%	1,130	1,192	-202	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,911	8.6%	5,060	5,420	-509	-9.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	293	0.5%	288	275	18	6.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,201	10.9%	7,683	7,075	-874	-12.4%
Educational Services	1,072	1.9%	1,102	1,167	-95	-8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,136	9.0%	5,154	6,267	-1,131	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	751	1.3%	1,409	915	-164	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,846	6.8%	4,220	5,034	-1,188	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,173	5.6%	3,455	3,466	-293	-8.5%
Public Administration	780	1.4%	972	892	-112	-12.6%
Information Not Available	1,538	2.7%	1,571	1,795	-257	-14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,747		36,868	38,093
Male	14,920	42.9%	15,578	16,115	-1,195	-7.4%
Female	12,685	36.5%	12,658	13,616	-931	-6.8%
Information Not Available	7,142	20.6%	8,632	8,362	-1,220	-14.6%

Ethnicity	34,747		36,868	38,093
Hispanic or Latino	1,425	4.1%	1,509	1,668	-243	-14.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,474	73.3%	26,037	27,397	-1,923	-7.0%
Information Not Available	7,848	22.6%	9,322	9,028	-1,180	-13.1%

Race	34,747		36,868	38,093
American Indian or Alaskan Native	95	0.3%	85	116	-21	-18.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	13,020	37.5%	12,813	13,383	-363	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	48	50	-3	-6.0%
White	12,312	35.4%	13,091	13,848	-1,536	-11.1%
Information Not Available	9,273	26.7%	10,831	10,696	-1,423	-13.3%

Years of Age	34,747		36,868	38,093
Younger than 22	451	1.0%	431	552	-101	-18.3%
22-24	1,273	2.8%	1,252	1,459	-186	-12.7%
25-34	6,841	15.2%	7,004	7,464	-623	-8.3%
35-44	6,021	13.4%	6,154	6,169	-148	-2.4%
45-54	6,341	14.1%	6,449	6,886	-545	-7.9%
55-59	2,886	6.4%	3,047	3,211	-325	-10.1%
60-64	2,155	4.8%	2,184	2,316	-161	-7.0%
65 and older	1,636	3.6%	1,715	1,674	-38	-2.3%
Information Not Available	7,143	15.9%	8,632	8,362	-1,219	-14.6%

Industry	34,747		36,868	38,093
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.1%	66	46	4	8.7%
Mining	48	0.1%	44	57	-9	-15.8%
Utilities	39	0.1%	35	18	21	116.7%
Construction	3,353	9.6%	3,644	3,902	-549	-14.1%
Manufacturing	336	1.0%	353	318	18	5.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,192	3.4%	1,153	1,189	3	0.3%
Retail Trade	1,230	3.5%	1,254	1,251	-21	-1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	658	1.9%	660	623	35	5.6%
Information	567	1.6%	526	507	60	11.8%
Finance and Insurance	923	2.7%	953	1,002	-79	-7.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	569	1.6%	624	654	-85	-13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,539	7.3%	2,486	3,123	-584	-18.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.3%	82	91	-4	-4.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,312	12.4%	4,445	4,232	80	1.9%
Educational Services	752	2.2%	751	862	-110	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,672	7.7%	2,640	2,857	-185	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	286	0.8%	366	352	-66	-18.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,256	6.5%	2,183	2,407	-151	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	817	2.3%	814	872	-55	-6.3%
Public Administration	485	1.4%	541	664	-179	-27.0%
Information Not Available	11,576	33.3%	13,248	13,066	-1,490	-11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,064		8,764	7,246
Male	3,877	63.9%	6,016	4,498	-621	-13.8%
Female	2,187	36.1%	2,748	2,748	-561	-20.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,064		8,764	7,246
Hispanic or Latino	92	1.5%	169	96	-4	-4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,323	87.8%	7,665	6,049	-726	-12.0%
Information Not Available	649	10.7%	930	1,101	-452	-41.1%

Race	6,064		8,764	7,246
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	1.2%	110	74	-2	-2.7%
Asian	46	0.8%	69	61	-15	-24.6%
Black or African American	106	1.7%	146	121	-15	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	5,513	90.9%	7,966	6,222	-709	-11.4%
Information Not Available	327	5.4%	473	768	-441	-57.4%

Years of Age	6,064		8,764	7,246
Younger than 22	144	1.3%	181	184	-40	-21.7%
22-24	246	2.2%	414	334	-88	-26.3%
25-34	1,188	10.8%	1,779	1,536	-348	-22.7%
35-44	1,255	11.4%	1,723	1,412	-157	-11.1%
45-54	1,429	13.0%	2,058	1,726	-297	-17.2%
55-59	817	7.4%	1,165	930	-113	-12.2%
60-64	599	5.5%	854	671	-72	-10.7%
65 and older	386	3.5%	590	453	-67	-14.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,064		8,764	7,246
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	533	8.1%	662	566	-33	-5.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	3	7	-7	-100.0%
Utilities	17	0.3%	17	8	9	112.5%
Construction	656	9.9%	1,581	633	23	3.6%
Manufacturing	669	10.1%	934	857	-188	-21.9%
Wholesale Trade	177	2.7%	266	190	-13	-6.8%
Retail Trade	587	8.9%	728	657	-70	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	255	3.9%	352	265	-10	-3.8%
Information	39	0.6%	49	44	-5	-11.4%
Finance and Insurance	101	1.5%	118	132	-31	-23.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55	0.8%	73	62	-7	-11.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	175	2.7%	191	244	-69	-28.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.2%	19	10	6	60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	384	5.8%	611	447	-63	-14.1%
Educational Services	68	1.0%	72	96	-28	-29.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	425	6.4%	412	524	-99	-18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	137	2.1%	123	185	-48	-25.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	361	5.5%	715	443	-82	-18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	98	1.5%	123	113	-15	-13.3%
Public Administration	76	1.2%	95	73	3	4.1%
Information Not Available	1,235	18.7%	1,620	1,690	-455	-26.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,692		75,189	55,745
Male	39,977	59.9%	49,194	31,362	8,615	27.5%
Female	25,244	37.9%	24,417	22,977	2,267	9.9%
Information Not Available	1,471	2.2%	1,578	1,406	65	4.6%

Ethnicity	66,692		75,189	55,745
Hispanic or Latino	2,760	4.1%	4,425	2,098	662	31.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,705	77.5%	57,548	42,713	8,992	21.1%
Information Not Available	12,227	18.3%	13,216	10,934	1,293	11.8%

Race	66,692		75,189	55,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	537	0.8%	757	550	-13	-2.4%
Asian	820	1.2%	653	718	102	14.2%
Black or African American	13,273	19.9%	11,974	10,047	3,226	32.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.1%	70	60	-1	-1.7%
White	36,964	55.4%	44,676	32,274	4,690	14.5%
Information Not Available	15,039	22.5%	17,059	12,096	2,943	24.3%

Years of Age	66,692		75,189	55,745
Younger than 22	1,261	1.3%	1,668	1,228	33	2.7%
22-24	3,319	3.3%	3,873	3,098	221	7.1%
25-34	15,655	15.8%	17,632	13,055	2,600	19.9%
35-44	15,126	15.3%	16,521	12,544	2,582	20.6%
45-54	16,981	17.1%	19,063	13,976	3,005	21.5%
55-59	7,696	7.8%	8,607	6,159	1,537	25.0%
60-64	4,545	4.6%	5,123	3,826	719	18.8%
65 and older	2,107	2.1%	2,698	1,859	248	13.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%

Industry	66,692		75,189	55,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	485	0.7%	1,055	489	-4	-0.8%
Mining	280	0.4%	519	392	-112	-28.6%
Utilities	81	0.1%	108	73	8	11.0%
Construction	6,436	9.6%	14,714	6,831	-395	-5.8%
Manufacturing	16,220	24.1%	14,408	8,395	7,825	93.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,232	4.8%	2,882	2,160	1,072	49.6%
Retail Trade	3,164	4.7%	3,793	3,679	-515	-14.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,274	3.4%	2,171	1,401	873	62.3%
Information	650	1.0%	675	804	-154	-19.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,301	1.9%	1,287	1,322	-21	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	865	1.3%	947	795	70	8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,310	6.4%	3,928	3,963	347	8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5,665	8.4%	1,264	1,439	4,226	293.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,598	9.8%	9,495	7,243	-645	-8.9%
Educational Services	732	1.1%	744	1,000	-268	-26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,176	6.2%	4,365	4,972	-796	-16.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	679	1.0%	1,426	810	-131	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,643	3.9%	3,408	2,858	-215	-7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,387	2.1%	1,752	1,549	-162	-10.5%
Public Administration	656	1.0%	964	830	-174	-21.0%
Information Not Available	4,858	7.2%	5,284	4,740	118	2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,055		45,809	34,020
Male	22,932	65.4%	33,197	20,847	2,085	10.0%
Female	12,122	34.6%	12,607	13,171	-1,049	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	5	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	35,055		45,809	34,020
Hispanic or Latino	1,410	4.0%	1,918	1,298	112	8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,706	84.7%	38,900	28,833	873	3.0%
Information Not Available	3,939	11.2%	4,991	3,889	50	1.3%

Race	35,055		45,809	34,020
American Indian or Alaskan Native	504	1.4%	599	548	-44	-8.0%
Asian	932	2.7%	907	890	42	4.7%
Black or African American	2,750	7.8%	2,864	2,990	-240	-8.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.2%	90	68	3	4.4%
White	27,702	79.0%	37,690	26,488	1,214	4.6%
Information Not Available	3,096	8.8%	3,659	3,036	60	2.0%

Years of Age	35,055		45,809	34,020
Younger than 22	412	0.7%	628	467	-55	-11.8%
22-24	1,376	2.3%	2,040	1,374	2	0.1%
25-34	8,200	13.8%	11,004	7,955	245	3.1%
35-44	7,505	12.6%	9,737	7,139	366	5.1%
45-54	8,266	13.9%	10,496	8,208	58	0.7%
55-59	4,477	7.5%	5,828	4,274	203	4.7%
60-64	3,135	5.3%	3,924	2,980	155	5.2%
65 and older	1,676	2.8%	2,144	1,609	67	4.2%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	14	-6	-42.9%

Industry	35,055		45,809	34,020
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	459	1.3%	716	482	-23	-4.8%
Mining	324	0.9%	783	283	41	14.5%
Utilities	137	0.4%	132	186	-49	-26.3%
Construction	7,962	22.4%	14,705	5,867	2,095	35.7%
Manufacturing	5,116	14.4%	5,885	4,952	164	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,528	4.3%	1,740	1,602	-74	-4.6%
Retail Trade	2,221	6.3%	2,484	2,457	-236	-9.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,139	3.2%	1,485	1,045	94	9.0%
Information	567	1.6%	543	609	-42	-6.9%
Finance and Insurance	893	2.5%	888	1,031	-138	-13.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	460	1.3%	489	550	-90	-16.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,365	6.7%	2,459	2,238	127	5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	878	2.5%	999	617	261	42.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,963	8.3%	3,821	3,324	-361	-10.9%
Educational Services	701	2.0%	668	732	-31	-4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,512	7.1%	2,530	2,736	-224	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	431	1.2%	578	465	-34	-7.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,694	4.8%	1,675	1,816	-122	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,016	2.9%	1,101	1,166	-150	-12.9%
Public Administration	497	1.4%	692	507	-10	-2.0%
Information Not Available	1,192	3.4%	1,436	1,355	-163	-12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,869		22,208	27,728
Male	12,805	56.0%	12,448	14,570	-1,765	-12.1%
Female	10,034	43.9%	9,721	13,113	-3,079	-23.5%
Information Not Available	30	0.1%	39	45	-15	-33.3%

Ethnicity	22,869		22,208	27,728
Hispanic or Latino	921	4.0%	920	1,030	-109	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,470	72.0%	17,305	21,333	-4,863	-22.8%
Information Not Available	5,478	24.0%	3,983	5,365	113	2.1%

Race	22,869		22,208	27,728
American Indian or Alaskan Native	136	0.6%	139	177	-41	-23.2%
Asian	128	0.6%	153	180	-52	-28.9%
Black or African American	5,006	21.9%	4,883	5,796	-790	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	938	4.1%	932	985	-47	-4.8%
White	13,851	60.6%	14,699	18,521	-4,670	-25.2%
Information Not Available	2,810	12.3%	1,402	2,069	741	35.8%

Years of Age	22,869		22,208	27,728
Younger than 22	343	1.0%	258	402	-59	-14.7%
22-24	1,106	3.2%	838	1,144	-38	-3.3%
25-34	5,431	15.5%	5,151	6,467	-1,036	-16.0%
35-44	5,250	15.0%	5,193	6,180	-930	-15.0%
45-54	5,552	15.8%	5,378	6,881	-1,329	-19.3%
55-59	2,653	7.6%	2,655	3,259	-606	-18.6%
60-64	1,613	4.6%	1,742	2,128	-515	-24.2%
65 and older	920	2.6%	993	1,267	-347	-27.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	22,869		22,208	27,728
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.4%	116	106	-4	-3.8%
Mining	101	0.4%	123	165	-64	-38.8%
Utilities	23	0.1%	30	33	-10	-30.3%
Construction	2,253	9.8%	2,883	3,483	-1,230	-35.3%
Manufacturing	5,405	23.5%	3,141	3,156	2,249	71.3%
Wholesale Trade	759	3.3%	981	1,273	-514	-40.4%
Retail Trade	1,906	8.3%	2,171	2,765	-859	-31.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	701	3.1%	701	877	-176	-20.1%
Information	367	1.6%	346	603	-236	-39.1%
Finance and Insurance	628	2.7%	637	948	-320	-33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	296	1.3%	368	437	-141	-32.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,245	5.4%	1,125	1,513	-268	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	117	0.5%	108	229	-112	-48.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,832	12.3%	3,016	3,607	-775	-21.5%
Educational Services	403	1.8%	418	581	-178	-30.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,314	10.1%	2,344	3,201	-887	-27.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	204	0.9%	327	340	-136	-40.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,389	6.0%	1,583	2,146	-757	-35.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	655	2.9%	533	804	-149	-18.5%
Public Administration	188	0.8%	247	313	-125	-39.9%
Information Not Available	981	4.3%	1,010	1,148	-167	-14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,084		12,313	13,947
Male	6,912	52.8%	7,042	7,125	-213	-3.0%
Female	6,150	47.0%	5,255	6,808	-658	-9.7%
Information Not Available	22	0.2%	16	14	8	57.1%

Ethnicity	13,084		12,313	13,947
Hispanic or Latino	197	1.5%	211	252	-55	-21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,265	93.7%	11,206	12,764	-499	-3.9%
Information Not Available	622	4.8%	896	931	-309	-33.2%

Race	13,084		12,313	13,947
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	0.4%	41	56	-5	-8.9%
Asian	59	0.5%	81	63	-4	-6.3%
Black or African American	7,324	56.0%	6,767	8,096	-772	-9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.3%	37	28	13	46.4%
White	5,248	40.1%	5,071	5,378	-130	-2.4%
Information Not Available	361	2.8%	316	326	35	10.7%

Years of Age	13,084		12,313	13,947
Younger than 22	145	0.8%	130	199	-54	-27.1%
22-24	613	3.5%	602	662	-49	-7.4%
25-34	3,233	18.7%	3,063	3,742	-509	-13.6%
35-44	3,175	18.3%	2,947	3,261	-86	-2.6%
45-54	2,960	17.1%	2,702	3,085	-125	-4.1%
55-59	1,299	7.5%	1,294	1,385	-86	-6.2%
60-64	1,002	5.8%	955	960	42	4.4%
65 and older	657	3.8%	620	653	4	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,084		12,313	13,947
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	172	1.3%	261	176	-4	-2.3%
Mining	174	1.3%	207	195	-21	-10.8%
Utilities	10	0.1%	15	25	-15	-60.0%
Construction	734	5.5%	814	782	-48	-6.1%
Manufacturing	1,547	11.7%	1,616	1,473	74	5.0%
Wholesale Trade	350	2.6%	331	359	-9	-2.5%
Retail Trade	947	7.1%	949	1,073	-126	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	282	2.1%	255	279	3	1.1%
Information	96	0.7%	90	93	3	3.2%
Finance and Insurance	189	1.4%	194	159	30	18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	112	0.8%	124	116	-4	-3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	453	3.4%	386	448	5	1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	181	1.4%	135	99	82	82.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,089	8.2%	1,098	1,201	-112	-9.3%
Educational Services	208	1.6%	207	230	-22	-9.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,527	11.5%	945	2,129	-602	-28.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	0.8%	130	81	23	28.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,013	7.6%	702	1,201	-188	-15.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	181	1.4%	166	181	0	0.0%
Public Administration	260	2.0%	256	152	108	71.1%
Information Not Available	3,455	26.1%	3,432	3,495	-40	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,817		6,978	5,040
Male	3,695	63.5%	4,773	3,147	548	17.4%
Female	2,116	36.4%	2,199	1,886	230	12.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	6	7	-1	-14.3%

Ethnicity	5,817		6,978	5,040
Hispanic or Latino	281	4.8%	318	208	73	35.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,259	90.4%	6,314	4,597	662	14.4%
Information Not Available	277	4.8%	346	235	42	17.9%

Race	5,817		6,978	5,040
American Indian or Alaskan Native	646	11.1%	756	481	165	34.3%
Asian	30	0.5%	29	28	2	7.1%
Black or African American	81	1.4%	70	64	17	26.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.3%	18	18	-3	-16.7%
White	4,956	85.2%	6,006	4,379	577	13.2%
Information Not Available	89	1.5%	99	70	19	27.1%

Years of Age	5,817		6,978	5,040
Younger than 22	118	1.1%	158	98	20	20.4%
22-24	262	2.5%	328	268	-6	-2.2%
25-34	1,401	13.6%	1,760	1,283	118	9.2%
35-44	1,236	12.0%	1,532	1,043	193	18.5%
45-54	1,296	12.6%	1,478	1,141	155	13.6%
55-59	740	7.2%	817	610	130	21.3%
60-64	484	4.7%	576	370	114	30.8%
65 and older	280	2.7%	329	227	53	23.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,817		6,978	5,040
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	2.1%	218	113	12	10.6%
Mining	252	4.2%	328	213	39	18.3%
Utilities	17	0.3%	18	18	-1	-5.6%
Construction	1,070	18.0%	1,492	796	274	34.4%
Manufacturing	354	6.0%	382	386	-32	-8.3%
Wholesale Trade	172	2.9%	168	119	53	44.5%
Retail Trade	478	8.0%	509	435	43	9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	299	5.0%	296	178	121	68.0%
Information	58	1.0%	60	62	-4	-6.5%
Finance and Insurance	76	1.3%	84	87	-11	-12.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	68	1.1%	107	90	-22	-24.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	259	4.4%	270	240	19	7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	10	7	1	14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	470	7.9%	611	348	122	35.1%
Educational Services	116	2.0%	103	100	16	16.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	412	6.9%	397	363	49	13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	283	4.8%	303	269	14	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	799	13.4%	954	748	51	6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	148	2.5%	162	139	9	6.5%
Public Administration	258	4.3%	290	191	67	35.1%
Information Not Available	95	1.6%	216	138	-43	-31.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,916		24,347	32,071
Male	12,320	49.4%	12,363	15,699	-3,379	-21.5%
Female	12,585	50.5%	11,971	16,361	-3,776	-23.1%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	13	11	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,916		24,347	32,071
Hispanic or Latino	1,120	4.5%	1,176	1,380	-260	-18.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,179	93.0%	22,569	29,997	-6,818	-22.7%
Information Not Available	617	2.5%	602	694	-77	-11.1%

Race	24,916		24,347	32,071
American Indian or Alaskan Native	365	1.5%	319	535	-170	-31.8%
Asian	301	1.2%	324	398	-97	-24.4%
Black or African American	11,915	47.8%	11,259	14,588	-2,673	-18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.2%	38	65	-14	-21.5%
White	10,779	43.3%	10,885	14,403	-3,624	-25.2%
Information Not Available	1,505	6.0%	1,522	2,082	-577	-27.7%

Years of Age	24,916		24,347	32,071
Younger than 22	416	1.2%	376	651	-235	-36.1%
22-24	1,160	3.4%	1,134	1,668	-508	-30.5%
25-34	6,641	19.4%	6,462	8,107	-1,466	-18.1%
35-44	6,073	17.7%	5,838	7,768	-1,695	-21.8%
45-54	5,918	17.3%	5,925	7,737	-1,819	-23.5%
55-59	2,484	7.2%	2,434	3,159	-675	-21.4%
60-64	1,424	4.2%	1,398	1,895	-471	-24.9%
65 and older	800	2.3%	780	1,086	-286	-26.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,916		24,347	32,071
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	109	0.4%	123	133	-24	-18.0%
Mining	5	0.0%	6	8	-3	-37.5%
Utilities	28	0.1%	25	38	-10	-26.3%
Construction	1,411	5.6%	1,586	1,752	-341	-19.5%
Manufacturing	4,283	17.1%	3,791	4,684	-401	-8.6%
Wholesale Trade	993	4.0%	987	1,258	-265	-21.1%
Retail Trade	2,008	8.0%	2,043	2,786	-778	-27.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	724	2.9%	717	661	63	9.5%
Information	362	1.4%	357	507	-145	-28.6%
Finance and Insurance	857	3.4%	822	871	-14	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	379	1.5%	400	503	-124	-24.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,536	6.1%	1,347	1,851	-315	-17.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	128	0.5%	128	156	-28	-17.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,903	19.6%	4,737	6,442	-1,539	-23.9%
Educational Services	475	1.9%	357	631	-156	-24.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,025	8.1%	1,984	2,876	-851	-29.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	164	0.7%	196	225	-61	-27.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,384	5.5%	1,259	2,034	-650	-32.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	460	1.8%	446	611	-151	-24.7%
Public Administration	415	1.7%	437	497	-82	-16.5%
Information Not Available	2,267	9.1%	2,599	3,547	-1,280	-36.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,745		6,138	3,407
Male	3,662	77.2%	5,005	2,604	1,058	40.6%
Female	1,083	22.8%	1,133	802	281	35.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	4,745		6,138	3,407
Hispanic or Latino	272	5.7%	382	205	67	32.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,329	91.2%	5,595	3,105	1,224	39.4%
Information Not Available	144	3.0%	161	97	47	48.5%

Race	4,745		6,138	3,407
American Indian or Alaskan Native	246	5.2%	339	196	50	25.5%
Asian	38	0.8%	34	20	18	90.0%
Black or African American	311	6.6%	352	223	88	39.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.3%	17	8	4	50.0%
White	3,722	78.4%	4,853	2,658	1,064	40.0%
Information Not Available	416	8.8%	543	302	114	37.7%

Years of Age	4,745		6,138	3,407
Younger than 22	59	0.7%	69	39	20	51.3%
22-24	217	2.7%	287	171	46	26.9%
25-34	1,313	16.2%	1,630	854	459	53.7%
35-44	1,017	12.5%	1,290	750	267	35.6%
45-54	1,067	13.1%	1,332	791	276	34.9%
55-59	519	6.4%	725	391	128	32.7%
60-64	351	4.3%	483	262	89	34.0%
65 and older	202	2.5%	322	148	54	36.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	4,745		6,138	3,407
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.7%	80	42	-9	-21.4%
Mining	926	19.4%	1,216	732	194	26.5%
Utilities	31	0.6%	41	5	26	520.0%
Construction	833	17.4%	1,641	631	202	32.0%
Manufacturing	521	10.9%	452	404	117	29.0%
Wholesale Trade	484	10.1%	521	222	262	118.0%
Retail Trade	212	4.4%	230	157	55	35.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	511	10.7%	572	337	174	51.6%
Information	29	0.6%	41	27	2	7.4%
Finance and Insurance	59	1.2%	56	57	2	3.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	111	2.3%	126	54	57	105.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	187	3.9%	236	122	65	53.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.2%	12	1	10	1000.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	144	3.0%	187	82	62	75.6%
Educational Services	7	0.1%	9	3	4	133.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	133	2.8%	137	101	32	31.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	0.1%	12	6	-1	-16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	142	3.0%	141	102	40	39.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	68	1.4%	78	46	22	47.8%
Public Administration	135	2.8%	148	98	37	37.8%
Information Not Available	163	3.4%	202	178	-15	-8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,979		4,120	5,573
Male	1,937	48.7%	2,173	2,631	-694	-26.4%
Female	1,704	42.8%	1,633	2,594	-890	-34.3%
Information Not Available	338	8.5%	314	348	-10	-2.9%

Ethnicity	3,979		4,120	5,573
Hispanic or Latino	313	7.9%	346	379	-66	-17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,958	74.3%	3,039	4,164	-1,206	-29.0%
Information Not Available	708	17.8%	735	1,030	-322	-31.3%

Race	3,979		4,120	5,573
American Indian or Alaskan Native	65	1.6%	65	106	-41	-38.7%
Asian	77	1.9%	74	78	-1	-1.3%
Black or African American	434	10.9%	448	597	-163	-27.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.3%	17	16	-4	-25.0%
White	2,728	68.6%	2,721	3,655	-927	-25.4%
Information Not Available	663	16.7%	795	1,121	-458	-40.9%

Years of Age	3,979		4,120	5,573
Younger than 22	20	0.3%	20	55	-35	-63.6%
22-24	105	1.7%	97	187	-82	-43.9%
25-34	810	12.7%	864	1,258	-448	-35.6%
35-44	907	14.3%	923	1,249	-342	-27.4%
45-54	1,028	16.2%	1,066	1,397	-369	-26.4%
55-59	551	8.7%	561	646	-95	-14.7%
60-64	352	5.5%	381	494	-142	-28.7%
65 and older	206	3.2%	208	287	-81	-28.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,979		4,120	5,573
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.7%	32	44	-17	-38.6%
Mining	12	0.3%	45	28	-16	-57.1%
Utilities	4	0.1%	7	3	1	33.3%
Construction	543	13.6%	719	582	-39	-6.7%
Manufacturing	628	15.7%	655	849	-221	-26.0%
Wholesale Trade	172	4.3%	169	248	-76	-30.6%
Retail Trade	323	8.1%	324	571	-248	-43.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	139	3.5%	156	201	-62	-30.8%
Information	78	1.9%	76	98	-20	-20.4%
Finance and Insurance	197	4.9%	194	229	-32	-14.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	51	1.3%	51	80	-29	-36.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	180	4.5%	160	252	-72	-28.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.9%	34	43	-8	-18.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	395	9.9%	437	499	-104	-20.8%
Educational Services	82	2.0%	52	105	-23	-21.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	350	8.7%	293	660	-310	-47.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	30	0.7%	33	48	-18	-37.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	236	5.9%	159	384	-148	-38.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	76	1.9%	75	120	-44	-36.7%
Public Administration	89	2.2%	97	143	-54	-37.8%
Information Not Available	332	8.3%	352	386	-54	-14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,188		4,969	4,606
Male	2,206	52.7%	2,867	2,454	-248	-10.1%
Female	1,945	46.4%	2,066	2,104	-159	-7.6%
Information Not Available	37	0.9%	36	48	-11	-22.9%

Ethnicity	4,188		4,969	4,606
Hispanic or Latino	164	3.9%	186	189	-25	-13.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,482	83.1%	4,150	3,798	-316	-8.3%
Information Not Available	542	12.9%	633	619	-77	-12.4%

Race	4,188		4,969	4,606
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23	0.5%	29	34	-11	-32.4%
Asian	87	2.1%	78	74	13	17.6%
Black or African American	71	1.7%	90	96	-25	-26.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	9	7	1	14.3%
White	3,657	87.3%	4,386	4,037	-380	-9.4%
Information Not Available	342	8.2%	377	358	-16	-4.5%

Years of Age	4,188		4,969	4,606
Younger than 22	19	0.3%	38	28	-9	-32.1%
22-24	104	1.4%	127	100	4	4.0%
25-34	657	9.0%	834	769	-112	-14.6%
35-44	761	10.4%	918	872	-111	-12.7%
45-54	1,103	15.1%	1,316	1,244	-141	-11.3%
55-59	654	9.0%	747	692	-38	-5.5%
60-64	551	7.6%	584	565	-14	-2.5%
65 and older	339	4.6%	405	336	3	0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,188		4,969	4,606
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	1.1%	59	38	7	18.4%
Mining	3	0.1%	9	5	-2	-40.0%
Utilities	11	0.3%	10	4	7	175.0%
Construction	123	2.9%	255	106	17	16.0%
Manufacturing	531	12.5%	568	577	-46	-8.0%
Wholesale Trade	228	5.4%	259	234	-6	-2.6%
Retail Trade	239	5.6%	306	303	-64	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	90	2.1%	129	90	0	0.0%
Information	69	1.6%	57	80	-11	-13.8%
Finance and Insurance	140	3.3%	143	133	7	5.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	60	1.4%	67	70	-10	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	284	6.7%	268	277	7	2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.8%	24	21	11	52.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	535	12.6%	629	605	-70	-11.6%
Educational Services	123	2.9%	126	150	-27	-18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	357	8.4%	378	430	-73	-17.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	85	2.0%	140	100	-15	-15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	166	3.9%	212	175	-9	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	110	2.6%	124	162	-52	-32.1%
Public Administration	55	1.3%	77	64	-9	-14.1%
Information Not Available	902	21.3%	1,129	982	-80	-8.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	91,440		99,552	93,361
Male	52,147	57.0%	57,411	50,803	1,344	2.6%
Female	39,293	43.0%	42,141	42,558	-3,265	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	91,440		99,552	93,361
Hispanic or Latino	18,539	20.3%	21,220	19,242	-703	-3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,233	69.2%	68,053	64,276	-1,043	-1.6%
Information Not Available	9,668	10.6%	10,279	9,843	-175	-1.8%

Race	91,440		99,552	93,361
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53,024	58.0%	59,568	432	52,592	12174.1%
Asian	20,201	22.1%	20,602	3,922	16,279	415.1%
Black or African American	433	0.5%	456	20,846	-20,413	-97.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,732	4.1%	3,825	548	3,184	581.0%
White	510	0.6%	585	53,935	-53,425	-99.1%
Information Not Available	13,540	14.8%	14,516	13,678	-138	-1.0%

Years of Age	91,440		99,552	93,361
Younger than 22	2,854	3.4%	1,744	1,782	1,072	60.2%
22-24	5,255	6.2%	4,905	5,077	178	3.5%
25-34	21,016	24.7%	22,869	22,020	-1,004	-4.6%
35-44	18,839	22.1%	19,883	18,832	7	0.0%
45-54	21,556	25.3%	22,775	21,551	5	0.0%
55-59	9,738	11.4%	11,209	10,039	-301	-3.0%
60-64	6,891	8.1%	8,386	7,489	-598	-8.0%
65 and older	5,291	6.2%	7,781	6,571	-1,280	-19.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	91,440		99,552	93,361
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,673	5.8%	5,859	282	5,391	1911.7%
Mining	320	0.3%	657	51	269	527.5%
Utilities	70	0.1%	98	120	-50	-41.7%
Construction	127	0.1%	126	8,126	-7,999	-98.4%
Manufacturing	4,419	4.6%	1,825	5,914	-1,495	-25.3%
Wholesale Trade	9,161	9.4%	11,037	4,793	4,368	91.1%
Retail Trade	4,150	4.3%	4,971	10,623	-6,473	-60.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,817	5.0%	5,221	3,456	1,361	39.4%
Information	3,237	3.3%	3,242	1,833	1,404	76.6%
Finance and Insurance	11,501	11.8%	12,226	3,103	8,398	270.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,464	1.5%	1,728	1,490	-26	-1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,033	6.2%	5,788	6,022	11	0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,348	1.4%	1,397	715	633	88.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,264	12.6%	14,251	11,764	500	4.3%
Educational Services	1,655	1.7%	1,772	2,145	-490	-22.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,437	8.7%	8,773	9,101	-664	-7.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,314	1.4%	2,104	1,303	11	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,766	7.0%	8,746	7,953	-1,187	-14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,272	2.3%	2,448	2,283	-11	-0.5%
Public Administration	897	0.9%	1,455	1,064	-167	-15.7%
Information Not Available	5,515	5.7%	5,828	11,220	-5,705	-50.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,544		13,043	12,621
Male	7,962	63.5%	8,398	7,690	272	3.5%
Female	4,582	36.5%	4,645	4,931	-349	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,544		13,043	12,621
Hispanic or Latino	6,399	51.0%	6,968	6,913	-514	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,011	39.9%	4,926	4,745	266	5.6%
Information Not Available	1,134	9.0%	1,149	963	171	17.8%

Race	12,544		13,043	12,621
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,668	13.3%	1,552	1,382	286	20.7%
Asian	92	0.7%	90	80	12	15.0%
Black or African American	327	2.6%	337	375	-48	-12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.3%	38	42	-6	-14.3%
White	6,441	51.3%	6,768	6,696	-255	-3.8%
Information Not Available	3,980	31.7%	4,258	4,046	-66	-1.6%

Years of Age	12,544		13,043	12,621
Younger than 22	305	1.7%	337	351	-46	-13.1%
22-24	626	3.5%	689	723	-97	-13.4%
25-34	3,179	17.6%	3,307	3,067	112	3.7%
35-44	2,818	15.6%	2,874	2,693	125	4.6%
45-54	2,799	15.5%	2,936	2,964	-165	-5.6%
55-59	1,359	7.5%	1,447	1,362	-3	-0.2%
60-64	917	5.1%	921	909	8	0.9%
65 and older	541	3.0%	532	552	-11	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,544		13,043	12,621
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	714	5.4%	968	793	-79	-10.0%
Mining	1,270	9.6%	1,340	1,022	248	24.3%
Utilities	17	0.1%	25	25	-8	-32.0%
Construction	2,261	17.1%	2,289	1,738	523	30.1%
Manufacturing	632	4.8%	727	822	-190	-23.1%
Wholesale Trade	467	3.5%	444	336	131	39.0%
Retail Trade	1,102	8.3%	1,131	1,159	-57	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	427	3.2%	443	271	156	57.6%
Information	534	4.0%	571	310	224	72.3%
Finance and Insurance	238	1.8%	221	267	-29	-10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	215	1.6%	224	197	18	9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	674	5.1%	598	651	23	3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.2%	37	28	1	3.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	948	7.2%	1,005	828	120	14.5%
Educational Services	233	1.8%	240	301	-68	-22.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,008	7.6%	1,015	1,242	-234	-18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	289	2.2%	270	290	-1	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	728	5.5%	724	909	-181	-19.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	404	3.0%	292	262	142	54.2%
Public Administration	287	2.2%	402	683	-396	-58.0%
Information Not Available	67	0.5%	77	487	-420	-86.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,050		23,550	25,437
Male	13,328	57.8%	13,709	14,634	-1,306	-8.9%
Female	9,620	41.7%	9,744	10,703	-1,083	-10.1%
Information Not Available	102	0.4%	97	100	2	2.0%

Ethnicity	23,050		23,550	25,437
Hispanic or Latino	4,753	20.6%	5,117	5,287	-534	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,650	63.6%	14,684	16,181	-1,531	-9.5%
Information Not Available	3,647	15.8%	3,749	3,969	-322	-8.1%

Race	23,050		23,550	25,437
American Indian or Alaskan Native	570	2.5%	583	638	-68	-10.7%
Asian	1,312	5.7%	1,310	1,543	-231	-15.0%
Black or African American	3,545	15.4%	3,506	3,724	-179	-4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	538	2.3%	594	559	-21	-3.8%
White	13,072	56.7%	13,312	14,668	-1,596	-10.9%
Information Not Available	4,013	17.4%	4,245	4,305	-292	-6.8%

Years of Age	23,050		23,550	25,437
Younger than 22	517	1.5%	540	560	-43	-7.7%
22-24	1,069	3.1%	1,164	1,263	-194	-15.4%
25-34	5,406	15.7%	5,576	5,852	-446	-7.6%
35-44	5,237	15.2%	5,360	5,557	-320	-5.8%
45-54	5,524	16.0%	5,533	6,236	-712	-11.4%
55-59	2,451	7.1%	2,509	2,683	-232	-8.6%
60-64	1,670	4.8%	1,683	1,832	-162	-8.8%
65 and older	1,176	3.4%	1,185	1,454	-278	-19.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,050		23,550	25,437
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.1%	41	29	4	13.8%
Mining	208	0.9%	250	260	-52	-20.0%
Utilities	27	0.1%	22	40	-13	-32.5%
Construction	2,951	12.8%	3,144	3,102	-151	-4.9%
Manufacturing	814	3.5%	852	956	-142	-14.9%
Wholesale Trade	577	2.5%	575	596	-19	-3.2%
Retail Trade	1,737	7.5%	1,818	2,354	-617	-26.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,073	4.6%	850	769	304	39.5%
Information	248	1.1%	249	335	-87	-26.0%
Finance and Insurance	518	2.2%	514	628	-110	-17.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	621	2.7%	623	565	56	9.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,013	4.4%	928	1,097	-84	-7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.7%	165	225	-66	-29.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,937	12.7%	2,948	3,223	-286	-8.9%
Educational Services	204	0.9%	235	267	-63	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,111	4.8%	1,109	1,302	-191	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	386	1.7%	385	523	-137	-26.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,178	13.8%	3,470	3,990	-812	-20.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	417	1.8%	432	475	-58	-12.2%
Public Administration	324	1.4%	313	340	-16	-4.7%
Information Not Available	4,514	19.6%	4,627	4,361	153	3.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	145,057		157,170	151,161
Male	83,232	57.4%	94,896	85,029	-1,797	-2.1%
Female	61,815	42.6%	62,266	66,115	-4,300	-6.5%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	17	-7	-41.2%

Ethnicity	145,057		157,170	151,161
Hispanic or Latino	25,493	17.6%	27,229	26,115	-622	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	97,898	67.5%	107,323	99,701	-1,803	-1.8%
Information Not Available	21,666	14.9%	22,618	25,345	-3,679	-14.5%

Race	145,057		157,170	151,161
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,295	0.9%	1,347	1,319	-24	-1.8%
Asian	5,544	3.8%	5,458	5,285	259	4.9%
Black or African American	26,921	18.6%	26,828	26,631	290	1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	836	0.6%	904	905	-69	-7.6%
White	75,994	52.4%	86,035	77,556	-1,562	-2.0%
Information Not Available	34,467	23.8%	36,598	39,465	-4,998	-12.7%

Years of Age	145,057		157,170	151,161
Younger than 22	3,387	1.6%	4,043	4,124	-737	-17.9%
22-24	8,189	3.9%	9,195	9,913	-1,724	-17.4%
25-34	37,834	17.9%	41,555	40,886	-3,052	-7.5%
35-44	31,291	14.8%	33,060	31,567	-276	-0.9%
45-54	32,738	15.5%	34,714	33,493	-755	-2.3%
55-59	14,592	6.9%	15,694	14,336	256	1.8%
60-64	9,850	4.7%	10,505	9,578	272	2.8%
65 and older	7,176	3.4%	8,404	7,264	-88	-1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	145,057		157,170	151,161
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	456	0.3%	752	452	4	0.9%
Mining	279	0.2%	603	242	37	15.3%
Utilities	180	0.1%	148	124	56	45.2%
Construction	18,127	12.5%	24,404	19,440	-1,313	-6.8%
Manufacturing	8,995	6.2%	9,738	9,018	-23	-0.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,797	4.0%	6,193	6,282	-485	-7.7%
Retail Trade	14,775	10.2%	15,970	15,556	-781	-5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,265	2.9%	4,799	4,579	-314	-6.9%
Information	10,004	6.9%	5,918	6,727	3,277	48.7%
Finance and Insurance	6,077	4.2%	6,008	6,012	65	1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,039	2.1%	3,390	3,202	-163	-5.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,201	7.0%	8,914	10,170	31	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,077	0.7%	901	864	213	24.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,870	12.3%	20,796	19,051	-1,181	-6.2%
Educational Services	3,234	2.2%	3,303	3,717	-483	-13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,785	9.5%	14,081	16,005	-2,220	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,294	3.0%	5,359	4,829	-535	-11.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,353	7.1%	11,610	11,800	-1,447	-12.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,924	2.7%	4,343	4,214	-290	-6.9%
Public Administration	3,320	2.3%	4,322	4,205	-885	-21.0%
Information Not Available	5,005	3.4%	5,618	4,672	333	7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,034		63,101	56,034
Male	35,851	64.0%	43,148	34,398	1,453	4.2%
Female	20,025	35.7%	19,763	21,443	-1,418	-6.6%
Information Not Available	158	0.3%	190	193	-35	-18.1%

Ethnicity	56,034		63,101	56,034
Hispanic or Latino	1,713	3.1%	2,080	1,845	-132	-7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,702	92.3%	58,055	51,628	74	0.1%
Information Not Available	2,619	4.7%	2,966	2,561	58	2.3%

Race	56,034		63,101	56,034
American Indian or Alaskan Native	232	0.4%	261	302	-70	-23.2%
Asian	382	0.7%	375	411	-29	-7.1%
Black or African American	9,494	16.9%	9,668	9,568	-74	-0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.1%	64	56	7	12.5%
White	43,067	76.9%	49,592	42,936	131	0.3%
Information Not Available	2,796	5.0%	3,141	2,761	35	1.3%

Years of Age	56,034		63,101	56,034
Younger than 22	1,131	1.2%	1,329	1,060	71	6.7%
22-24	2,290	2.4%	2,674	2,410	-120	-5.0%
25-34	11,795	12.5%	13,205	11,825	-30	-0.3%
35-44	12,866	13.6%	14,453	13,131	-265	-2.0%
45-54	14,386	15.2%	16,462	14,698	-312	-2.1%
55-59	7,041	7.4%	7,922	6,684	357	5.3%
60-64	4,422	4.7%	4,800	4,216	206	4.9%
65 and older	2,103	2.2%	2,256	2,010	93	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,034		63,101	56,034
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	215	0.4%	337	178	37	20.8%
Mining	889	1.6%	1,010	1,128	-239	-21.2%
Utilities	110	0.2%	104	63	47	74.6%
Construction	10,587	18.8%	15,536	10,176	411	4.0%
Manufacturing	11,355	20.2%	11,078	10,346	1,009	9.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,790	5.0%	2,924	2,641	149	5.6%
Retail Trade	2,351	4.2%	2,460	2,547	-196	-7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,368	4.2%	3,035	1,734	634	36.6%
Information	745	1.3%	726	764	-19	-2.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,396	2.5%	1,393	1,657	-261	-15.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	859	1.5%	1,060	881	-22	-2.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,306	5.9%	2,872	3,507	-201	-5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	907	1.6%	938	973	-66	-6.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,874	12.2%	8,107	7,406	-532	-7.2%
Educational Services	885	1.6%	866	1,058	-173	-16.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,261	7.6%	4,279	4,606	-345	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	578	1.0%	862	568	10	1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,072	3.7%	1,928	2,317	-245	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,205	2.1%	1,304	1,163	42	3.6%
Public Administration	467	0.8%	559	509	-42	-8.3%
Information Not Available	1,814	3.2%	1,723	1,812	2	0.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,686		23,463	22,381
Male	15,057	63.6%	15,119	14,836	221	1.5%
Female	8,572	36.2%	8,292	7,496	1,076	14.4%
Information Not Available	57	0.2%	52	49	8	16.3%

Ethnicity	23,686		23,463	22,381
Hispanic or Latino	2,150	9.1%	2,147	2,080	70	3.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,536	90.9%	21,316	20,301	1,235	6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,686		23,463	22,381
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,160	9.1%	2,207	2,125	35	1.6%
Asian	239	1.0%	231	158	81	51.3%
Black or African American	3,157	13.3%	3,037	2,844	313	11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.1%	33	36	-8	-22.2%
White	15,320	64.7%	15,195	14,483	837	5.8%
Information Not Available	2,782	11.7%	2,760	2,735	47	1.7%

Years of Age	23,686		23,463	22,381
Younger than 22	310	0.8%	292	335	-25	-7.5%
22-24	884	2.4%	852	1,073	-189	-17.6%
25-34	5,842	15.7%	5,812	5,922	-80	-1.4%
35-44	5,735	15.4%	5,612	5,290	445	8.4%
45-54	5,425	14.6%	5,428	5,008	417	8.3%
55-59	2,517	6.8%	2,482	2,248	269	12.0%
60-64	1,827	4.9%	1,804	1,536	291	18.9%
65 and older	1,146	3.1%	1,181	969	177	18.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,686		23,463	22,381
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.2%	56	45	13	28.9%
Mining	2,703	11.4%	2,702	3,833	-1,130	-29.5%
Utilities	118	0.5%	119	108	10	9.3%
Construction	2,347	9.9%	2,402	1,858	489	26.3%
Manufacturing	4,062	17.1%	4,142	3,500	562	16.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,228	5.2%	1,228	1,103	125	11.3%
Retail Trade	1,716	7.2%	1,630	1,563	153	9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	545	2.3%	566	503	42	8.3%
Information	471	2.0%	468	333	138	41.4%
Finance and Insurance	430	1.8%	440	482	-52	-10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	442	1.9%	443	467	-25	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,298	5.5%	1,221	1,154	144	12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	235	1.0%	248	153	82	53.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,694	11.3%	2,638	2,597	97	3.7%
Educational Services	397	1.7%	371	296	101	34.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,621	6.8%	1,536	1,388	233	16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	185	0.8%	161	137	48	35.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	766	3.2%	717	677	89	13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	647	2.7%	675	697	-50	-7.2%
Public Administration	865	3.6%	866	678	187	27.6%
Information Not Available	858	3.6%	834	809	49	6.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,076		28,839	31,285
Male	15,700	58.0%	17,385	18,656	-2,956	-15.8%
Female	11,371	42.0%	11,443	12,625	-1,254	-9.9%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	11	4	1	25.0%

Ethnicity	27,076		28,839	31,285
Hispanic or Latino	2,949	10.9%	3,194	3,287	-338	-10.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,971	77.5%	22,308	24,459	-3,488	-14.3%
Information Not Available	3,156	11.7%	3,337	3,539	-383	-10.8%

Race	27,076		28,839	31,285
American Indian or Alaskan Native	356	1.3%	394	390	-34	-8.7%
Asian	687	2.5%	675	667	20	3.0%
Black or African American	628	2.3%	660	612	16	2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	213	0.8%	218	244	-31	-12.7%
White	15,682	57.9%	17,110	17,670	-1,988	-11.3%
Information Not Available	9,510	35.1%	9,782	11,702	-2,192	-18.7%

Years of Age	27,076		28,839	31,285
Younger than 22	299	0.7%	359	359	-60	-16.7%
22-24	929	2.3%	1,032	1,134	-205	-18.1%
25-34	6,187	15.3%	6,510	7,179	-992	-13.8%
35-44	6,300	15.6%	6,735	7,221	-921	-12.8%
45-54	6,492	16.0%	6,911	7,628	-1,136	-14.9%
55-59	3,251	8.0%	3,412	3,698	-447	-12.1%
60-64	2,293	5.7%	2,436	2,624	-331	-12.6%
65 and older	1,325	3.3%	1,444	1,442	-117	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,076		28,839	31,285
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	890	3.2%	1,104	1,007	-117	-11.6%
Mining	79	0.3%	91	121	-42	-34.7%
Utilities	52	0.2%	62	44	8	18.2%
Construction	2,622	9.4%	3,285	4,743	-2,121	-44.7%
Manufacturing	3,874	13.9%	3,979	4,023	-149	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,118	4.0%	1,120	1,151	-33	-2.9%
Retail Trade	2,735	9.8%	2,890	3,064	-329	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	780	2.8%	858	831	-51	-6.1%
Information	757	2.7%	749	793	-36	-4.5%
Finance and Insurance	787	2.8%	773	970	-183	-18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	413	1.5%	445	422	-9	-2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,515	5.4%	1,322	1,570	-55	-3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	234	0.8%	248	155	79	51.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,098	11.1%	3,203	3,141	-43	-1.4%
Educational Services	460	1.6%	497	602	-142	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,730	9.8%	2,702	2,949	-219	-7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	270	1.0%	298	336	-66	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,717	6.1%	1,994	2,134	-417	-19.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	665	2.4%	719	806	-141	-17.5%
Public Administration	608	2.2%	723	658	-50	-7.6%
Information Not Available	1,672	6.0%	1,777	1,765	-93	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	129,310		136,039	121,510
Male	79,879	61.8%	87,103	68,726	11,153	16.2%
Female	49,421	38.2%	48,924	52,768	-3,347	-6.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	12	16	-6	-37.5%

Ethnicity	129,310		136,039	121,510
Hispanic or Latino	7,588	5.9%	7,920	7,820	-232	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	117,601	90.9%	123,935	109,707	7,894	7.2%
Information Not Available	4,121	3.2%	4,184	3,983	138	3.5%

Race	129,310		136,039	121,510
American Indian or Alaskan Native	353	0.3%	380	337	16	4.7%
Asian	42	0.0%	45	28	14	50.0%
Black or African American	20,405	15.8%	19,838	20,735	-330	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,656	1.3%	1,673	1,683	-27	-1.6%
White	95,416	73.8%	102,229	87,131	8,285	9.5%
Information Not Available	11,438	8.8%	11,874	11,596	-158	-1.4%

Years of Age	129,310		136,039	121,510
Younger than 22	2,657	1.2%	2,911	3,124	-467	-14.9%
22-24	6,051	2.8%	6,640	6,752	-701	-10.4%
25-34	29,481	13.8%	31,312	28,532	949	3.3%
35-44	26,631	12.5%	27,975	25,059	1,572	6.3%
45-54	31,138	14.6%	32,214	28,710	2,428	8.5%
55-59	15,237	7.1%	16,124	13,688	1,549	11.3%
60-64	10,926	5.1%	11,484	9,047	1,879	20.8%
65 and older	7,189	3.4%	7,379	6,598	591	9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	129,310		136,039	121,510
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	237	0.2%	340	285	-48	-16.8%
Mining	4,293	3.3%	4,753	3,352	941	28.1%
Utilities	289	0.2%	312	185	104	56.2%
Construction	18,981	14.7%	22,806	14,663	4,318	29.4%
Manufacturing	19,892	15.4%	20,827	16,255	3,637	22.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,631	3.6%	5,005	4,597	34	0.7%
Retail Trade	11,549	8.9%	12,127	12,139	-590	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,623	5.1%	7,260	5,890	733	12.4%
Information	3,884	3.0%	1,782	1,885	1,999	106.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,350	2.6%	3,394	3,644	-294	-8.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,606	1.2%	1,810	1,584	22	1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,974	5.4%	6,610	6,585	389	5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	941	0.7%	929	798	143	17.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,977	10.0%	14,542	13,143	-166	-1.3%
Educational Services	2,290	1.8%	2,501	2,650	-360	-13.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,865	10.7%	13,881	15,609	-1,744	-11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,752	1.4%	2,515	1,823	-71	-3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,796	6.0%	7,039	8,532	-736	-8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,687	2.1%	2,769	2,797	-110	-3.9%
Public Administration	1,141	0.9%	1,169	1,181	-40	-3.4%
Information Not Available	3,552	2.7%	3,668	3,913	-361	-9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,956		18,071	21,075
Male	10,424	58.1%	10,598	12,712	-2,288	-18.0%
Female	7,532	41.9%	7,473	8,363	-831	-9.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,956		18,071	21,075
Hispanic or Latino	17,680	98.5%	17,790	20,737	-3,057	-14.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95	0.5%	97	104	-9	-8.7%
Information Not Available	181	1.0%	184	234	-53	-22.6%

Race	17,956		18,071	21,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	127	0.7%	124	359	-232	-64.6%
Asian	15	0.1%	17	22	-7	-31.8%
Black or African American	1,016	5.7%	994	928	88	9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	16	21	-5	-23.8%
White	4,250	23.7%	4,300	4,532	-282	-6.2%
Information Not Available	12,532	69.8%	12,620	15,213	-2,681	-17.6%

Years of Age	17,956		18,071	21,075
Younger than 22	566	2.6%	563	777	-211	-27.2%
22-24	1,290	6.0%	1,327	1,619	-329	-20.3%
25-34	5,053	23.6%	5,073	6,261	-1,208	-19.3%
35-44	4,610	21.5%	4,644	5,297	-687	-13.0%
45-54	3,821	17.8%	3,789	4,260	-439	-10.3%
55-59	1,352	6.3%	1,373	1,479	-127	-8.6%
60-64	777	3.6%	808	812	-35	-4.3%
65 and older	482	2.2%	486	556	-74	-13.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	8	14	-9	-64.3%

Industry	17,956		18,071	21,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	655	3.5%	440	963	-308	-32.0%
Mining	30	0.2%	33	24	6	25.0%
Utilities	19	0.1%	23	22	-3	-13.6%
Construction	2,185	11.7%	2,269	2,878	-693	-24.1%
Manufacturing	2,222	11.9%	2,396	2,298	-76	-3.3%
Wholesale Trade	529	2.8%	577	611	-82	-13.4%
Retail Trade	2,003	10.8%	2,042	2,409	-406	-16.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	379	2.0%	261	611	-232	-38.0%
Information	380	2.0%	355	262	118	45.0%
Finance and Insurance	429	2.3%	437	570	-141	-24.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	267	1.4%	296	233	34	14.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	935	5.0%	862	898	37	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.1%	13	19	-5	-26.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,097	16.6%	3,137	3,528	-431	-12.2%
Educational Services	562	3.0%	486	750	-188	-25.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,307	7.0%	1,321	1,273	34	2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	86	0.5%	86	80	6	7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,219	6.5%	1,270	1,208	11	0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	243	1.3%	260	314	-71	-22.6%
Public Administration	708	3.8%	805	1,193	-485	-40.7%
Information Not Available	687	3.7%	702	931	-244	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,169		9,596	8,529
Male	4,602	56.3%	5,778	4,540	62	1.4%
Female	3,567	43.7%	3,818	3,989	-422	-10.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,169		9,596	8,529
Hispanic or Latino	1,218	14.9%	1,452	1,164	54	4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,119	62.7%	5,930	5,458	-339	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1,832	22.4%	2,214	1,907	-75	-3.9%

Race	8,169		9,596	8,529
American Indian or Alaskan Native	75	0.9%	98	64	11	17.2%
Asian	144	1.8%	148	166	-22	-13.3%
Black or African American	554	6.8%	634	535	19	3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.4%	46	31	3	9.7%
White	5,530	67.7%	6,518	5,856	-326	-5.6%
Information Not Available	1,832	22.4%	2,152	1,877	-45	-2.4%

Years of Age	8,169		9,596	8,529
Younger than 22	150	1.2%	195	172	-22	-12.8%
22-24	366	2.8%	462	466	-100	-21.5%
25-34	1,792	13.7%	2,277	1,926	-134	-7.0%
35-44	1,794	13.8%	2,050	1,689	105	6.2%
45-54	1,984	15.2%	2,156	2,086	-102	-4.9%
55-59	900	6.9%	1,057	947	-47	-5.0%
60-64	661	5.1%	795	749	-88	-11.7%
65 and older	522	4.0%	604	494	28	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,169		9,596	8,529
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.2%	71	27	-7	-25.9%
Mining	3	0.0%	11	11	-8	-72.7%
Utilities	5	0.1%	9	0	5	0.0%
Construction	887	10.8%	1,576	1,112	-225	-20.2%
Manufacturing	888	10.8%	979	910	-22	-2.4%
Wholesale Trade	314	3.8%	394	428	-114	-26.6%
Retail Trade	692	8.5%	812	861	-169	-19.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	154	1.9%	240	165	-11	-6.7%
Information	843	10.3%	120	157	686	436.9%
Finance and Insurance	332	4.1%	327	379	-47	-12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	125	1.5%	163	167	-42	-25.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	419	5.1%	413	486	-67	-13.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	1.2%	103	98	2	2.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,034	12.6%	1,466	967	67	6.9%
Educational Services	137	1.7%	151	170	-33	-19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	878	10.7%	948	1,135	-257	-22.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	136	1.7%	260	162	-26	-16.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	707	8.6%	918	700	7	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	245	3.0%	331	306	-61	-19.9%
Public Administration	53	0.6%	67	63	-10	-15.9%
Information Not Available	197	2.4%	237	225	-28	-12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,376		17,874	19,258
Male	9,041	49.2%	9,089	9,451	-410	-4.3%
Female	9,335	50.8%	8,785	9,807	-472	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,376		17,874	19,258
Hispanic or Latino	548	3.0%	565	612	-64	-10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,469	95.1%	16,916	18,282	-813	-4.4%
Information Not Available	359	2.0%	393	364	-5	-1.4%

Race	18,376		17,874	19,258
American Indian or Alaskan Native	115	0.6%	102	99	16	16.2%
Asian	131	0.7%	128	140	-9	-6.4%
Black or African American	8,738	47.6%	8,346	9,286	-548	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.2%	33	40	-10	-25.0%
White	8,644	47.0%	8,528	8,976	-332	-3.7%
Information Not Available	718	3.9%	737	717	1	0.1%

Years of Age	18,376		17,874	19,258
Younger than 22	70	0.3%	73	60	10	16.7%
22-24	60	0.2%	56	50	10	20.0%
25-34	809	3.3%	788	762	47	6.2%
35-44	3,530	14.2%	3,346	3,296	234	7.1%
45-54	4,393	17.7%	4,325	4,506	-113	-2.5%
55-59	1,960	7.9%	1,954	2,167	-207	-9.6%
60-64	2,169	8.7%	2,178	2,317	-148	-6.4%
65 and older	5,357	21.6%	5,112	6,087	-730	-12.0%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	42	13	15	115.4%

Industry	18,376		17,874	19,258
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.6%	119	125	-23	-18.4%
Mining	21	0.1%	21	19	2	10.5%
Utilities	32	0.2%	36	32	0	0.0%
Construction	1,226	6.6%	1,278	1,510	-284	-18.8%
Manufacturing	2,519	13.6%	2,494	2,123	396	18.7%
Wholesale Trade	689	3.7%	722	818	-129	-15.8%
Retail Trade	1,668	9.0%	1,581	1,756	-88	-5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	516	2.8%	652	544	-28	-5.1%
Information	284	1.5%	278	281	3	1.1%
Finance and Insurance	455	2.5%	451	612	-157	-25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	307	1.7%	323	308	-1	-0.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,383	7.5%	1,232	1,174	209	17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	0.5%	121	88	9	10.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,207	17.4%	3,217	3,572	-365	-10.2%
Educational Services	262	1.4%	265	358	-96	-26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,436	7.8%	1,287	1,410	26	1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	0.8%	154	179	-28	-15.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,439	7.8%	1,223	1,625	-186	-11.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	546	3.0%	494	557	-11	-2.0%
Public Administration	276	1.5%	263	285	-9	-3.2%
Information Not Available	1,760	9.5%	1,663	1,882	-122	-6.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,235		1,630	1,346
Male	713	57.7%	1,101	807	-94	-11.6%
Female	522	42.3%	529	539	-17	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,235		1,630	1,346
Hispanic or Latino	31	2.5%	66	43	-12	-27.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	999	80.9%	1,301	1,082	-83	-7.7%
Information Not Available	205	16.6%	263	221	-16	-7.2%

Race	1,235		1,630	1,346
American Indian or Alaskan Native	166	13.4%	184	204	-38	-18.6%
Asian	4	0.3%	6	2	2	100.0%
Black or African American	35	2.8%	41	63	-28	-44.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
White	884	71.6%	1,187	931	-47	-5.0%
Information Not Available	145	11.7%	210	144	1	0.7%

Years of Age	1,235		1,630	1,346
Younger than 22	9	0.5%	19	18	-9	-50.0%
22-24	29	1.5%	49	31	-2	-6.5%
25-34	226	11.4%	271	246	-20	-8.1%
35-44	283	14.3%	338	293	-10	-3.4%
45-54	288	14.6%	394	332	-44	-13.3%
55-59	154	7.8%	214	188	-34	-18.1%
60-64	145	7.3%	212	144	1	0.7%
65 and older	101	5.1%	133	94	7	7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,235		1,630	1,346
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	1.2%	18	13	2	15.4%
Mining	48	3.8%	78	57	-9	-15.8%
Utilities	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	190	15.2%	442	177	13	7.3%
Manufacturing	132	10.6%	178	176	-44	-25.0%
Wholesale Trade	40	3.2%	53	42	-2	-4.8%
Retail Trade	109	8.7%	135	122	-13	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	37	3.0%	61	22	15	68.2%
Information	20	1.6%	23	19	1	5.3%
Finance and Insurance	87	7.0%	78	62	25	40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26	2.1%	16	14	12	85.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	39	3.1%	41	35	4	11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.2%	1	7	-5	-71.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	73	5.8%	85	89	-16	-18.0%
Educational Services	29	2.3%	26	50	-21	-42.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	86	6.9%	80	83	3	3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	15	1.2%	21	22	-7	-31.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	94	7.5%	73	125	-31	-24.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	1.2%	17	19	-4	-21.1%
Public Administration	107	8.6%	115	128	-21	-16.4%
Information Not Available	71	5.7%	88	83	-12	-14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,672		21,536	24,476
Male	8,759	49.6%	11,356	11,726	-2,967	-25.3%
Female	8,913	50.4%	10,180	12,750	-3,837	-30.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,672		21,536	24,476
Hispanic or Latino	340	1.9%	393	466	-126	-27.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,965	96.0%	21,143	24,010	-7,045	-29.3%
Information Not Available	367	2.1%	0	0	367	0.0%

Race	17,672		21,536	24,476
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.3%	79	71	-22	-31.0%
Asian	119	0.7%	1	0	119	0.0%
Black or African American	4,847	27.4%	5,597	6,437	-1,590	-24.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	141	176	-167	-94.9%
White	12,066	68.3%	15,194	17,287	-5,221	-30.2%
Information Not Available	582	3.3%	524	505	77	15.2%

Years of Age	17,672		21,536	24,476
Younger than 22	919	3.2%	205	281	638	227.0%
22-24	812	2.9%	624	849	-37	-4.4%
25-34	3,864	13.6%	4,205	4,959	-1,095	-22.1%
35-44	3,864	13.6%	4,817	5,610	-1,746	-31.1%
45-54	4,048	14.3%	5,296	6,019	-1,971	-32.7%
55-59	1,853	6.5%	2,669	2,914	-1,061	-36.4%
60-64	1,364	4.8%	2,164	2,158	-794	-36.8%
65 and older	948	3.3%	1,556	1,686	-738	-43.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,672		21,536	24,476
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.0%	68	107	-99	-92.5%
Mining	15	0.1%	127	61	-46	-75.4%
Utilities	7	0.0%	17	23	-16	-69.6%
Construction	817	4.6%	2,557	2,318	-1,501	-64.8%
Manufacturing	518	2.9%	2,951	3,279	-2,761	-84.2%
Wholesale Trade	137	0.8%	1,156	1,161	-1,024	-88.2%
Retail Trade	292	1.7%	1,881	2,350	-2,058	-87.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	148	0.8%	849	863	-715	-82.9%
Information	38	0.2%	487	487	-449	-92.2%
Finance and Insurance	91	0.5%	717	785	-694	-88.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	31	0.2%	378	445	-414	-93.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	390	2.2%	1,379	1,994	-1,604	-80.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.2%	159	119	-92	-77.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	753	4.3%	3,732	4,126	-3,373	-81.7%
Educational Services	87	0.5%	432	512	-425	-83.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	303	1.7%	2,014	2,545	-2,242	-88.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	28	0.2%	269	207	-179	-86.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	242	1.4%	1,201	1,743	-1,501	-86.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	167	0.9%	724	856	-689	-80.5%
Public Administration	65	0.4%	400	441	-376	-85.3%
Information Not Available	13,508	76.4%	38	54	13,454	24914.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	180,507		179,776	161,223
Male	114,965	63.7%	115,858	101,772	13,193	13.0%
Female	65,326	36.2%	63,648	59,449	5,877	9.9%
Information Not Available	216	0.1%	270	2	214	10700.0%

Ethnicity	180,507		179,776	161,223
Hispanic or Latino	61,076	33.8%	61,248	54,988	6,088	11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,568	57.9%	103,858	93,551	11,017	11.8%
Information Not Available	14,863	8.2%	14,670	12,684	2,179	17.2%

Race	180,507		179,776	161,223
American Indian or Alaskan Native	650	0.4%	728	643	7	1.1%
Asian	5,477	3.0%	5,337	3,999	1,478	37.0%
Black or African American	35,363	19.6%	35,211	33,138	2,225	6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,731	1.5%	3,174	0	2,731	0.0%
White	62,025	34.4%	61,726	55,482	6,543	11.8%
Information Not Available	74,261	41.1%	73,600	67,961	6,300	9.3%

Years of Age	180,507		179,776	161,223
Younger than 22	3,162	1.4%	3,049	3,630	-468	-12.9%
22-24	8,295	3.6%	8,413	8,825	-530	-6.0%
25-34	44,753	19.5%	44,745	42,504	2,249	5.3%
35-44	43,374	18.9%	43,312	39,101	4,273	10.9%
45-54	41,432	18.1%	41,155	36,401	5,031	13.8%
55-59	18,982	8.3%	18,863	15,191	3,791	25.0%
60-64	13,025	5.7%	12,658	9,956	3,069	30.8%
65 and older	7,352	3.2%	7,416	5,615	1,737	30.9%
Information Not Available	132	0.1%	165	0	132	0.0%

Industry	180,507		179,776	161,223
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,054	0.6%	884	902	152	16.9%
Mining	18,692	10.3%	19,430	19,410	-718	-3.7%
Utilities	570	0.3%	516	459	111	24.2%
Construction	23,660	13.0%	23,307	19,432	4,228	21.8%
Manufacturing	22,683	12.5%	22,697	19,879	2,804	14.1%
Wholesale Trade	11,240	6.2%	11,197	9,396	1,844	19.6%
Retail Trade	10,012	5.5%	10,107	9,321	691	7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,938	3.8%	7,422	5,665	1,273	22.5%
Information	3,235	1.8%	3,290	2,837	398	14.0%
Finance and Insurance	6,911	3.8%	6,782	6,032	879	14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,444	1.9%	3,584	3,271	173	5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,808	9.3%	15,344	13,930	2,878	20.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,194	0.7%	1,220	869	325	37.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,900	12.6%	22,352	21,280	1,620	7.6%
Educational Services	2,491	1.4%	2,557	2,368	123	5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,859	6.0%	10,766	11,207	-348	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	701	0.4%	726	576	125	21.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,376	2.4%	4,227	4,602	-226	-4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,576	2.0%	3,500	3,431	145	4.2%
Public Administration	1,264	0.7%	1,300	1,301	-37	-2.8%
Information Not Available	7,899	4.4%	8,568	5,055	2,844	56.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,919		12,076	11,356
Male	7,061	64.7%	8,147	7,389	-328	-4.4%
Female	3,852	35.3%	3,921	3,912	-60	-1.5%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	8	55	-49	-89.1%

Ethnicity	10,919		12,076	11,356
Hispanic or Latino	1,190	10.9%	1,408	1,044	146	14.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,687	79.6%	9,479	8,334	353	4.2%
Information Not Available	1,042	9.5%	1,189	1,978	-936	-47.3%

Race	10,919		12,076	11,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	389	3.6%	449	368	21	5.7%
Asian	184	1.7%	184	176	8	4.5%
Black or African American	242	2.2%	258	229	13	5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	179	1.6%	200	237	-58	-24.5%
White	7,179	65.8%	7,861	7,745	-566	-7.3%
Information Not Available	2,741	25.1%	3,119	2,601	140	5.4%

Years of Age	10,919		12,076	11,356
Younger than 22	211	1.2%	254	264	-53	-20.1%
22-24	491	2.8%	527	560	-69	-12.3%
25-34	2,899	16.7%	3,136	3,094	-195	-6.3%
35-44	2,739	15.8%	2,969	2,774	-35	-1.3%
45-54	2,332	13.4%	2,626	2,504	-172	-6.9%
55-59	1,144	6.6%	1,272	1,139	5	0.4%
60-64	744	4.3%	896	715	29	4.1%
65 and older	359	2.1%	396	306	53	17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,919		12,076	11,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37	0.3%	56	38	-1	-2.6%
Mining	637	5.8%	720	741	-104	-14.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	10	15	0	0.0%
Construction	1,367	12.5%	1,969	1,320	47	3.6%
Manufacturing	1,118	10.2%	1,229	1,151	-33	-2.9%
Wholesale Trade	524	4.8%	539	502	22	4.4%
Retail Trade	868	7.9%	903	827	41	5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	403	3.7%	497	463	-60	-13.0%
Information	289	2.6%	291	265	24	9.1%
Finance and Insurance	390	3.6%	447	393	-3	-0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	210	1.9%	220	205	5	2.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	965	8.8%	838	920	45	4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.4%	37	48	-9	-18.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,212	11.1%	1,413	1,375	-163	-11.9%
Educational Services	270	2.5%	256	256	14	5.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	425	3.9%	459	513	-88	-17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	237	2.2%	193	258	-21	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	715	6.5%	696	704	11	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	228	2.1%	256	291	-63	-21.6%
Public Administration	143	1.3%	183	157	-14	-8.9%
Information Not Available	827	7.5%	864	914	-87	-9.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,116		33,905	33,754
Male	18,233	55.1%	19,327	17,867	366	2.0%
Female	14,874	44.9%	14,551	15,878	-1,004	-6.3%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	27	9	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,116		33,905	33,754
Hispanic or Latino	1,434	4.3%	1,500	1,528	-94	-6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,116	90.9%	30,713	30,545	-429	-1.4%
Information Not Available	1,566	4.7%	1,692	1,681	-115	-6.8%

Race	33,116		33,905	33,754
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,587	4.8%	149	1,697	-110	-6.5%
Asian	927	2.8%	921	921	6	0.7%
Black or African American	13,789	41.6%	14,254	13,932	-143	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,247	46.0%	15,389	15,523	-276	-1.8%
Information Not Available	1,566	4.7%	1,692	1,681	-115	-6.8%

Years of Age	33,116		33,905	33,754
Younger than 22	384	0.8%	364	398	-14	-3.5%
22-24	1,294	2.8%	1,303	1,380	-86	-6.2%
25-34	7,566	16.6%	7,812	7,983	-417	-5.2%
35-44	7,408	16.3%	7,556	7,514	-106	-1.4%
45-54	8,091	17.8%	8,311	8,284	-193	-2.3%
55-59	3,932	8.6%	4,109	3,992	-60	-1.5%
60-64	2,815	6.2%	2,828	2,671	144	5.4%
65 and older	1,626	3.6%	1,622	1,532	94	6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,116		33,905	33,754
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.3%	123	72	17	23.6%
Mining	453	1.4%	530	286	167	58.4%
Utilities	35	0.1%	35	17	18	105.9%
Construction	2,711	8.2%	3,197	2,210	501	22.7%
Manufacturing	3,806	11.5%	3,858	1,768	2,038	115.3%
Wholesale Trade	974	2.9%	1,019	746	228	30.6%
Retail Trade	2,397	7.2%	2,521	2,020	377	18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,083	3.3%	1,151	980	103	10.5%
Information	973	2.9%	858	574	399	69.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,266	3.8%	1,273	810	456	56.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	519	1.6%	559	419	100	23.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,732	11.2%	3,644	2,779	953	34.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	201	0.6%	229	163	38	23.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,450	13.4%	4,664	3,514	936	26.6%
Educational Services	432	1.3%	400	256	176	68.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,289	6.9%	2,251	2,113	176	8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	190	0.6%	221	130	60	46.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,661	5.0%	1,262	1,947	-286	-14.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	754	2.3%	761	620	134	21.6%
Public Administration	1,906	5.7%	2,032	1,885	21	1.1%
Information Not Available	3,195	9.6%	3,317	10,445	-7,250	-69.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	270		269	475
Male	151	55.9%	157	318	-167	-52.5%
Female	119	44.1%	112	157	-38	-24.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	270		269	475
Hispanic or Latino	66	24.4%	66	82	-16	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	197	73.0%	191	369	-172	-46.6%
Information Not Available	7	2.6%	12	24	-17	-70.8%

Race	270		269	475
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	188	69.6%	170	341	-153	-44.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	1.9%	7	16	-11	-68.8%
White	9	3.3%	21	23	-14	-60.9%
Information Not Available	68	25.2%	71	90	-22	-24.4%

Years of Age	270		269	475
Younger than 22	2	0.8%	5	8	-6	-75.0%
22-24	5	2.0%	10	11	-6	-54.5%
25-34	46	18.0%	55	81	-35	-43.2%
35-44	61	23.9%	59	101	-40	-39.6%
45-54	76	29.8%	63	139	-63	-45.3%
55-59	37	14.5%	33	58	-21	-36.2%
60-64	24	9.4%	25	36	-12	-33.3%
65 and older	18	7.1%	19	40	-22	-55.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.4%	0	1	0	0.0%

Industry	270		269	475
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	0	1	0.0%
Construction	65	24.1%	50	78	-13	-16.7%
Manufacturing	2	0.7%	6	12	-10	-83.3%
Wholesale Trade	4	1.5%	9	11	-7	-63.6%
Retail Trade	29	10.7%	42	43	-14	-32.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	7	2.6%	9	5	2	40.0%
Information	2	0.7%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	5	1.9%	4	6	-1	-16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	2.2%	4	11	-5	-45.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	18	6.7%	23	19	-1	-5.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.4%	13	17	-16	-94.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9	3.3%	10	42	-33	-78.6%
Educational Services	1	0.4%	3	4	-3	-75.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	5.2%	7	10	4	40.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	1.5%	6	7	-3	-42.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	51	18.9%	38	28	23	82.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	17	6.3%	7	117	-100	-85.5%
Public Administration	18	6.7%	17	43	-25	-58.1%
Information Not Available	16	5.9%	17	18	-2	-11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,206		5,546	4,376
Male	2,411	57.3%	3,589	2,464	-53	-2.2%
Female	1,795	42.7%	1,957	1,912	-117	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,206		5,546	4,376
Hispanic or Latino	8	0.2%	7	2	6	300.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	446	10.6%	826	448	-2	-0.4%
Information Not Available	3,752	89.2%	4,713	3,926	-174	-4.4%

Race	4,206		5,546	4,376
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.0%	7	1	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	8	0.2%	9	5	3	60.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	4	1	1	100.0%
White	443	10.5%	813	443	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,752	89.2%	4,713	3,926	-174	-4.4%

Years of Age	4,206		5,546	4,376
Younger than 22	75	1.8%	105	59	16	27.1%
22-24	183	4.3%	237	180	3	1.7%
25-34	1,008	23.6%	1,268	1,030	-22	-2.1%
35-44	809	19.0%	1,102	875	-66	-7.5%
45-54	918	21.5%	1,202	1,007	-89	-8.8%
55-59	525	12.3%	717	518	7	1.4%
60-64	380	8.9%	518	389	-9	-2.3%
65 and older	308	7.2%	397	318	-10	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,206		5,546	4,376
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	1.1%	76	44	3	6.8%
Mining	6	0.1%	15	10	-4	-40.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	4	5	0	0.0%
Construction	493	11.6%	1,242	506	-13	-2.6%
Manufacturing	472	11.1%	632	465	7	1.5%
Wholesale Trade	154	3.6%	169	159	-5	-3.1%
Retail Trade	390	9.2%	425	433	-43	-9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	124	2.9%	165	96	28	29.2%
Information	52	1.2%	55	35	17	48.6%
Finance and Insurance	30	0.7%	47	51	-21	-41.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	68	1.6%	83	49	19	38.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	134	3.2%	126	136	-2	-1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	3	3	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	219	5.1%	369	289	-70	-24.2%
Educational Services	131	3.1%	125	116	15	12.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	344	8.1%	354	402	-58	-14.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	73	1.7%	123	93	-20	-21.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,288	30.3%	1,273	1,242	46	3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	94	2.2%	126	138	-44	-31.9%
Public Administration	79	1.9%	134	104	-25	-24.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,363		49,927	48,885
Male	28,197	60.8%	30,908	29,334	-1,137	-3.9%
Female	18,156	39.2%	19,011	19,545	-1,389	-7.1%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	6	4	66.7%

Ethnicity	46,363		49,927	48,885
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	46,363	100.0%	49,927	48,885	-2,522	-5.2%

Race	46,363		49,927	48,885
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	46,363	100.0%	49,927	48,885	-2,522	-5.2%

Years of Age	46,363		49,927	48,885
Younger than 22	538	1.3%	554	515	23	4.5%
22-24	1,577	3.7%	1,735	1,770	-193	-10.9%
25-34	10,466	24.7%	11,199	11,141	-675	-6.1%
35-44	10,650	25.1%	11,404	11,056	-406	-3.7%
45-54	11,446	27.0%	12,361	12,360	-914	-7.4%
55-59	5,436	12.8%	5,880	5,750	-314	-5.5%
60-64	3,944	9.3%	4,305	4,066	-122	-3.0%
65 and older	2,306	5.4%	2,489	2,227	79	3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,363		49,927	48,885
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	46,363	100.0%	49,927	48,885	-2,522	-5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,446		39,786	39,967
Male	17,769	56.5%	25,248	21,958	-4,189	-19.1%
Female	13,642	43.4%	14,502	17,965	-4,323	-24.1%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	36	44	-9	-20.5%

Ethnicity	31,446		39,786	39,967
Hispanic or Latino	1,758	5.6%	2,117	2,146	-388	-18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,984	92.2%	36,849	37,086	-8,102	-21.8%
Information Not Available	704	2.2%	820	735	-31	-4.2%

Race	31,446		39,786	39,967
American Indian or Alaskan Native	469	1.5%	633	607	-138	-22.7%
Asian	475	1.5%	462	508	-33	-6.5%
Black or African American	4,594	14.6%	4,770	5,935	-1,341	-22.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.1%	44	40	4	10.0%
White	25,160	80.0%	33,057	32,142	-6,982	-21.7%
Information Not Available	704	2.2%	820	735	-31	-4.2%

Years of Age	31,446		39,786	39,967
Younger than 22	368	0.7%	533	731	-363	-49.7%
22-24	1,104	2.1%	1,512	1,675	-571	-34.1%
25-34	6,748	12.6%	8,589	8,920	-2,172	-24.3%
35-44	6,446	12.0%	8,247	8,056	-1,610	-20.0%
45-54	7,692	14.4%	9,722	9,627	-1,935	-20.1%
55-59	4,211	7.9%	5,191	5,135	-924	-18.0%
60-64	3,063	5.7%	3,704	3,629	-566	-15.6%
65 and older	1,811	3.4%	2,284	2,186	-375	-17.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	8	-5	-62.5%

Industry	31,446		39,786	39,967
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.7%	386	392	-178	-45.4%
Mining	123	0.4%	310	140	-17	-12.1%
Utilities	66	0.2%	72	52	14	26.9%
Construction	3,979	12.6%	7,690	4,335	-356	-8.2%
Manufacturing	6,845	21.6%	7,649	8,171	-1,326	-16.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,230	3.9%	1,369	1,403	-173	-12.3%
Retail Trade	2,903	9.2%	3,321	4,235	-1,332	-31.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,101	3.5%	1,746	1,247	-146	-11.7%
Information	613	1.9%	569	687	-74	-10.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,063	3.4%	1,134	1,055	8	0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	321	1.0%	378	368	-47	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,380	4.4%	1,134	1,551	-171	-11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	267	0.8%	275	316	-49	-15.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,460	10.9%	4,475	4,835	-1,375	-28.4%
Educational Services	478	1.5%	529	631	-153	-24.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,941	9.3%	2,943	4,072	-1,131	-27.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	377	1.2%	676	512	-135	-26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,619	5.1%	2,167	2,521	-902	-35.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	651	2.1%	676	843	-192	-22.8%
Public Administration	563	1.8%	740	755	-192	-25.4%
Information Not Available	1,252	4.0%	1,547	1,846	-594	-32.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,275		17,281	13,802
Male	13,411	77.6%	13,382	9,925	3,486	35.1%
Female	3,862	22.4%	3,895	3,875	-13	-0.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,275		17,281	13,802
Hispanic or Latino	262	1.5%	282	190	72	37.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,499	72.4%	12,460	10,056	2,443	24.3%
Information Not Available	4,514	26.1%	4,539	3,556	958	26.9%

Race	17,275		17,281	13,802
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.2%	42	45	-7	-15.6%
Asian	38	0.2%	39	50	-12	-24.0%
Black or African American	561	3.2%	528	515	46	8.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	16	10	9	90.0%
White	15,361	88.9%	15,379	12,281	3,080	25.1%
Information Not Available	1,258	7.3%	1,277	901	357	39.6%

Years of Age	17,275		17,281	13,802
Younger than 22	291	0.9%	316	304	-13	-4.3%
22-24	848	2.7%	863	811	37	4.6%
25-34	4,019	12.8%	4,117	3,211	808	25.2%
35-44	4,181	13.3%	4,155	3,468	713	20.6%
45-54	4,085	13.0%	4,073	3,177	908	28.6%
55-59	1,832	5.8%	1,751	1,344	488	36.3%
60-64	1,284	4.1%	1,282	944	340	36.0%
65 and older	734	2.3%	721	541	193	35.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	17,275		17,281	13,802
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92	0.5%	56	65	27	41.5%
Mining	2,647	15.2%	2,691	1,749	898	51.3%
Utilities	30	0.2%	31	29	1	3.4%
Construction	3,959	22.8%	4,022	3,002	957	31.9%
Manufacturing	1,296	7.5%	1,299	915	381	41.6%
Wholesale Trade	623	3.6%	645	419	204	48.7%
Retail Trade	1,104	6.4%	1,077	1,034	70	6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	820	4.7%	776	447	373	83.4%
Information	148	0.9%	128	117	31	26.5%
Finance and Insurance	172	1.0%	157	148	24	16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	247	1.4%	245	157	90	57.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	653	3.8%	602	643	10	1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.3%	60	62	-6	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,553	8.9%	1,600	1,386	167	12.0%
Educational Services	142	0.8%	134	127	15	11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	936	5.4%	915	894	42	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	116	0.7%	170	121	-5	-4.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	878	5.1%	959	873	5	0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	397	2.3%	388	348	49	14.1%
Public Administration	203	1.2%	209	225	-22	-9.8%
Information Not Available	1,203	6.9%	1,117	1,041	162	15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	May 2016	Percent	Apr 2016	May 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,531		7,051	4,536
Male	4,915	75.3%	5,333	3,410	1,505	44.1%
Female	1,616	24.7%	1,718	1,126	490	43.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,531		7,051	4,536
Hispanic or Latino	671	10.3%	708	471	200	42.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,618	86.0%	6,052	3,829	1,789	46.7%
Information Not Available	242	3.7%	291	236	6	2.5%

Race	6,531		7,051	4,536
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	3.8%	266	180	67	37.2%
Asian	25	0.4%	28	29	-4	-13.8%
Black or African American	220	3.4%	180	128	92	71.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	19	12	3	25.0%
White	5,547	84.9%	5,997	3,791	1,756	46.3%
Information Not Available	477	7.3%	561	396	81	20.5%

Years of Age	6,531		7,051	4,536
Younger than 22	85	0.7%	97	43	42	97.7%
22-24	367	3.2%	458	299	68	22.7%
25-34	1,718	14.9%	1,893	1,306	412	31.5%
35-44	1,442	12.5%	1,538	990	452	45.7%
45-54	1,393	12.1%	1,410	935	458	49.0%
55-59	744	6.4%	803	458	286	62.4%
60-64	522	4.5%	543	332	190	57.2%
65 and older	260	2.2%	309	173	87	50.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,531		7,051	4,536
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.4%	39	15	13	86.7%
Mining	1,738	26.5%	1,581	1,201	537	44.7%
Utilities	19	0.3%	17	5	14	280.0%
Construction	1,015	15.5%	1,373	713	302	42.4%
Manufacturing	317	4.8%	322	178	139	78.1%
Wholesale Trade	336	5.1%	333	115	221	192.2%
Retail Trade	234	3.6%	247	151	83	55.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	453	6.9%	427	243	210	86.4%
Information	24	0.4%	17	27	-3	-11.1%
Finance and Insurance	46	0.7%	42	26	20	76.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	158	2.4%	178	145	13	9.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	240	3.7%	221	158	82	51.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	4	0	6	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	324	4.9%	353	178	146	82.0%
Educational Services	48	0.7%	35	28	20	71.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	179	2.7%	193	160	19	11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	40	0.6%	45	31	9	29.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	556	8.5%	784	458	98	21.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	182	2.8%	186	113	69	61.1%
Public Administration	113	1.7%	126	92	21	22.8%
Information Not Available	475	7.2%	528	499	-24	-4.8%