Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

November 2016

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants November 2016
	Nov 2016	Oct 2016	Monthly Change	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,840,087	1,727,601	112,486	1,979,665	-139,578	-7.1
Alaska	10,084	7,940	2,144	9,892	192	1.9
Alabama	19,351	19,218	133	21,443	-2,092	-9.8
Arkansas	14,398	13,273	1,125	19,927	-5,529	-27.7
Arizona	28,167	29,252	-1,085	28,235	-68	-0.2
California	352,407	318,141	34,266	349,804	2,603	0.7
Colorado	25,055	23,575	1,480	27,075	-2,020	-7.5
Connecticut	34,290	32,843	1,447	34,159	131	0.4
District of Columbia	8,409	8,073	336	8,261	148	1.8
Delaware	3,622	4,819	-1,197	5,868	-2,246	-38.3
Florida	44,371	45,894	-1,523	55,637	-11,266	-20.2
Georgia	29,871	31,504	-1,633	35,072	-5,201	-14.8
Hawaii	7,644	7,245	399	6,361	1,283	20.2
Iowa	15,549	14,712	837	17,038	-1,489	-8.7
Idaho	6,676	5,410	1,266	6,875	-199	-2.9
Illinois	97,193	92,072	5,121	107,796	-10,603	-9.8
Indiana	19,612	19,135	477	21,224	-1,612	-7.6
Kansas	10,641	10,147	494	13,166	-2,525	-19.2
Kentucky	19,103	18,132	971	19,842	-739	-3.7
Louisiana	23,278	24,165	-887	21,740	1,538	7.1
Massachusetts	46,636	46,636		51,537	-4,901	-9.5
Maryland	33,384	32,316	1,068	36,930	-3,546	-9.6
Maine	4,779	3,641	1,138	5,745	-966	-16.8
Michigan	51,757	47,398	4,359	60,002	-8,245	-13.7
Minnesota	35,408	26,713	8,695	38,541	-3,133	-8.1
Missouri	23,104	20,939	2,165	26,047	-2,943	-11.3
Mississippi	11,283	11,120	163	12,770	-1,487	-11.6
Montana	6,729	4,776	1,953	7,511	-782	-10.4
North Carolina	22,574	23,425	-851	26,399	-3,825	-14.5
North Dakota	2,966	2,240	726	3,106	-140	-4.5
Nebraska	3,868	3,456	412	4,788	-920	-19.2
New Hampshire	3,595	3,431	164	4,151	-556	-13.4
New Jersey	92,313	84,515	7,798	94,424	-2,111	-2.2
New Mexico	12,381	10,338	2,043	11,876	505	4.3
Nevada	21,956	20,644	1,312	25,009	-3,053	-12.2
New York	137,256	129,151	8,105	148,573	-11,317	-7.6
Ohio	49,321	45,853	3,468	53,639	-4,318	-8.1
Oklahoma	19,287	19,248	39	21,140	-1,853	-8.8
Oregon	27,769	24,651	3,118	30,648	-2,879	-9.4
Pennsylvania	109,825	102,938	6,887	122,500	-12,675	-10.3
Puerto Rico	18,577	19,554	-977	23,555	-4,978	-21.1
Rhode Island	7,258	6,697	561	7,598	-340	-4.5
South Carolina	18,449	18,861	-412	21,141	-2,692	-12.7
South Dakota	1,496	1,137	359	1,181	315	26.7
Tennessee	16,903	17,205	-302	22,366	-5,463	-24.4
Texas	157,889	155,227	2,662	159,574	-1,685	-1.1
Utah	9,961	8,689	1,272	10,668	-707	-6.6
Virginia	27,822	27,937	-115	28,066	-244	-0.9
Virgin Islands	289	347	-58	313	-24	-7.7
Vermont	3,336	2,673	663	3,693	-357	-9.7
Washington	46,721	40,269	6,452	51,568	-4,847	-9.4
Wisconsin	29,721	25,316	4,405	36,028	-6,307	-17.5
West Virginia	11,598	11,222	376	14,872	-3,274	-22.0
Wyoming	4,155	3,488	667	4,291	-136	-3.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,840,087		1,727,601	1,979,665	-139,578	-7.1
Male	1,031,143	56.0%	937,162	1,118,175	-87,032	-7.8%
Female	794,624	43.2%	777,215	847,471	-52,847	-6.2%
Information Not Available	14,320	0.8%	13,224	14,019	301	2.1%

Ethnicity	1,840,087		1,727,601	1,979,665
Hispanic or Latino	351,840	19.1%	321,646	369,688	-17,848	-4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,236,055	83.1%	1,173,057	1,350,052	-113,997	-8.4%
Information Not Available	252,190	12.0%	232,900	259,925	-7,735	-3.0%

Race	1,840,087		1,727,601	1,979,665
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25,019	1.4%	22,721	25,281	-262	-1.0%
Asian	66,342	3.6%	64,309	65,833	509	0.8%
Black or African American	328,752	17.8%	332,979	348,046	-19,294	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,010	0.7%	10,988	9,836	2,174	22.1%
White	929,314	50.5%	862,964	1,036,600	-107,286	-10.3%
Information Not Available	480,428	26.1%	437,062	498,020	-17,592	-3.5%

Years of Age	1,840,087		1,727,601	1,979,665
Younger than 22	36,073	2.0%	31,099	42,947	-6,874	-16.0%
22-24	81,829	4.4%	74,221	98,839	-17,010	-17.2%
25-34	433,764	23.6%	407,377	471,540	-37,776	-8.0%
35-44	394,069	21.4%	374,557	426,762	-32,693	-7.7%
45-54	424,575	23.1%	400,108	459,699	-35,124	-7.6%
55-59	201,539	11.0%	190,442	212,813	-11,274	-5.3%
60-64	146,946	8.0%	137,774	145,427	1,519	1.0%
65 and older	107,423	5.8%	98,866	104,360	3,063	2.9%
Information Not Available	13,869	0.8%	13,157	17,278	-3,409	-19.7%

Industry	1,840,087		1,727,601	1,979,665
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65,568	3.6%	46,443	69,369	-3,801	-5.5%
Mining	18,750	1.0%	20,378	35,942	-17,192	-47.8%
Utilities	4,139	0.2%	3,601	3,573	566	15.8%
Construction	192,941	10.5%	159,820	199,157	-6,216	-3.1%
Manufacturing	189,521	10.3%	186,618	217,053	-27,532	-12.7%
Wholesale Trade	64,990	3.5%	67,501	70,606	-5,616	-8.0%
Retail Trade	141,197	7.7%	140,314	150,949	-9,752	-6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	59,504	3.2%	57,286	62,405	-2,901	-4.6%
Information	59,084	3.2%	57,345	57,181	1,903	3.3%
Finance and Insurance	54,188	2.9%	54,351	54,203	-15	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26,381	1.4%	24,976	28,534	-2,153	-7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	107,003	5.8%	107,362	107,527	-524	-0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,651	0.6%	11,112	11,671	-20	-0.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	243,520	13.2%	228,848	254,709	-11,189	-4.4%
Educational Services	54,592	3.0%	56,566	54,603	-11	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	148,775	8.1%	152,247	163,954	-15,179	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34,742	1.9%	25,048	41,214	-6,472	-15.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	106,993	5.8%	94,080	115,979	-8,986	-7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	47,605	2.6%	44,284	51,010	-3,405	-6.7%
Public Administration	35,562	1.9%	30,623	36,684	-1,122	-3.1%
Information Not Available	173,381	9.4%	158,798	193,342	-19,961	-10.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,084		7,940	9,892	192	1.9
Male	6,333	62.8%	4,706	6,267	66	1.1%
Female	3,725	36.9%	3,206	3,598	127	3.5%
Information Not Available	26	0.3%	28	27	-1	-3.7%

Ethnicity	10,084		7,940	9,892
Hispanic or Latino	12	0.1%	10	10	2	20.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,565	94.9%	7,529	9,394	171	1.8%
Information Not Available	507	5.0%	401	488	19	3.9%

Race	10,084		7,940	9,892
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,627	26.1%	2,128	2,695	-68	-2.5%
Asian	632	6.3%	548	582	50	8.6%
Black or African American	452	4.5%	341	421	31	7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	218	2.2%	200	183	35	19.1%
White	5,638	55.9%	4,314	5,513	125	2.3%
Information Not Available	517	5.1%	409	498	19	3.8%

Years of Age	10,084		7,940	9,892
Younger than 22	218	1.5%	141	143	75	52.4%
22-24	482	3.2%	388	497	-15	-3.0%
25-34	2,920	19.5%	2,315	2,761	159	5.8%
35-44	2,226	14.8%	1,785	2,210	16	0.7%
45-54	2,159	14.4%	1,655	2,146	13	0.6%
55-59	1,004	6.7%	826	1,087	-83	-7.6%
60-64	717	4.8%	536	737	-20	-2.7%
65 and older	358	2.4%	294	311	47	15.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,084		7,940	9,892
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.7%	48	56	19	33.9%
Mining	425	4.2%	408	660	-235	-35.6%
Utilities	55	0.5%	34	46	9	19.6%
Construction	2,189	21.5%	1,316	2,240	-51	-2.3%
Manufacturing	859	8.5%	697	873	-14	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	162	1.6%	132	136	26	19.1%
Retail Trade	810	8.0%	698	712	98	13.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	535	5.3%	429	463	72	15.6%
Information	95	0.9%	99	80	15	18.8%
Finance and Insurance	150	1.5%	134	131	19	14.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	202	2.0%	161	180	22	12.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	356	3.5%	323	369	-13	-3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.3%	26	29	3	10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	607	6.0%	445	580	27	4.7%
Educational Services	229	2.3%	212	246	-17	-6.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	623	6.1%	615	589	34	5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	173	1.7%	125	155	18	11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	930	9.2%	727	755	175	23.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	299	2.9%	285	255	44	17.3%
Public Administration	949	9.3%	739	1,040	-91	-8.8%
Information Not Available	329	3.2%	287	297	32	10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,351		19,218	21,443
Male	10,129	52.3%	9,816	11,818	-1,689	-14.3%
Female	9,199	47.5%	9,392	9,606	-407	-4.2%
Information Not Available	23	0.1%	10	19	4	21.1%

Ethnicity	19,351		19,218	21,443
Hispanic or Latino	250	1.3%	260	264	-14	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,117	73.0%	14,067	15,246	-1,129	-7.4%
Information Not Available	4,984	25.8%	4,891	5,933	-949	-16.0%

Race	19,351		19,218	21,443
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,131	5.8%	999	1,142	-11	-1.0%
Asian	552	2.9%	552	536	16	3.0%
Black or African American	8,060	41.7%	8,159	8,523	-463	-5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	16	21	-11	-52.4%
White	8,663	44.8%	8,561	10,199	-1,536	-15.1%
Information Not Available	935	4.8%	931	1,022	-87	-8.5%

Years of Age	19,351		19,218	21,443
Younger than 22	33	0.1%	54	564	-531	-94.1%
22-24	69	0.3%	63	1,196	-1,127	-94.2%
25-34	615	2.4%	664	5,590	-4,975	-89.0%
35-44	3,019	11.8%	2,962	5,087	-2,068	-40.7%
45-54	4,225	16.5%	4,172	4,766	-541	-11.4%
55-59	2,122	8.3%	2,134	2,015	107	5.3%
60-64	2,377	9.3%	2,344	1,303	1,074	82.4%
65 and older	6,880	26.8%	6,819	909	5,971	656.9%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	6	13	-2	-15.4%

Industry	19,351		19,218	21,443
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	185	0.9%	180	223	-38	-17.0%
Mining	142	0.7%	181	619	-477	-77.1%
Utilities	70	0.4%	46	52	18	34.6%
Construction	1,901	9.7%	1,687	1,834	67	3.7%
Manufacturing	3,197	16.4%	3,240	3,743	-546	-14.6%
Wholesale Trade	747	3.8%	712	811	-64	-7.9%
Retail Trade	2,303	11.8%	2,380	2,313	-10	-0.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	520	2.7%	575	599	-79	-13.2%
Information	200	1.0%	211	250	-50	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	545	2.8%	516	623	-78	-12.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	260	1.3%	265	289	-29	-10.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,038	5.3%	1,036	1,043	-5	-0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	58	49	3	6.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,802	14.3%	2,751	3,012	-210	-7.0%
Educational Services	517	2.6%	554	521	-4	-0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,480	7.6%	1,542	1,766	-286	-16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	0.8%	117	128	23	18.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,338	6.8%	1,330	1,370	-32	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	446	2.3%	454	522	-76	-14.6%
Public Administration	256	1.3%	288	297	-41	-13.8%
Information Not Available	1,201	6.1%	1,095	1,379	-178	-12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,398		13,273	19,927
Male	7,375	51.2%	6,589	10,778	-3,403	-31.6%
Female	5,897	41.0%	5,716	7,784	-1,887	-24.2%
Information Not Available	1,126	7.8%	968	1,365	-239	-17.5%

Ethnicity	14,398		13,273	19,927
Hispanic or Latino	69	0.5%	69	270	-201	-74.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,203	91.7%	12,236	18,292	-5,089	-27.8%
Information Not Available	1,126	7.8%	968	1,365	-239	-17.5%

Race	14,398		13,273	19,927
American Indian or Alaskan Native	162	1.1%	158	197	-35	-17.8%
Asian	19	0.1%	26	26	-7	-26.9%
Black or African American	3,865	26.8%	3,749	5,260	-1,395	-26.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	675	4.7%	608	650	25	3.8%
White	8,482	58.9%	7,695	12,159	-3,677	-30.2%
Information Not Available	1,195	8.3%	1,037	1,635	-440	-26.9%

Years of Age	14,398		13,273	19,927
Younger than 22	341	1.6%	299	537	-196	-36.5%
22-24	668	3.0%	620	1,050	-382	-36.4%
25-34	3,095	14.1%	2,847	4,408	-1,313	-29.8%
35-44	3,170	14.4%	2,990	4,268	-1,098	-25.7%
45-54	3,088	14.1%	2,840	4,402	-1,314	-29.9%
55-59	1,339	6.1%	1,250	1,858	-519	-27.9%
60-64	937	4.3%	903	1,202	-265	-22.0%
65 and older	634	2.9%	556	837	-203	-24.3%
Information Not Available	1,126	5.1%	968	1,365	-239	-17.5%

Industry	14,398		13,273	19,927
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	327	2.2%	178	490	-163	-33.3%
Mining	106	0.7%	116	421	-315	-74.8%
Utilities	26	0.2%	29	47	-21	-44.7%
Construction	1,265	8.6%	1,046	1,578	-313	-19.8%
Manufacturing	2,194	14.9%	2,059	3,585	-1,391	-38.8%
Wholesale Trade	654	4.4%	569	968	-314	-32.4%
Retail Trade	1,345	9.1%	1,381	1,602	-257	-16.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	555	3.8%	539	792	-237	-29.9%
Information	153	1.0%	172	218	-65	-29.8%
Finance and Insurance	239	1.6%	220	283	-44	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	185	1.3%	179	235	-50	-21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	497	3.4%	463	692	-195	-28.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.3%	41	64	-23	-35.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,454	9.9%	1,299	2,067	-613	-29.7%
Educational Services	363	2.5%	385	376	-13	-3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,473	10.0%	1,490	1,963	-490	-25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	164	1.1%	127	159	5	3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	693	4.7%	645	920	-227	-24.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	325	2.2%	294	431	-106	-24.6%
Public Administration	290	2.0%	280	336	-46	-13.7%
Information Not Available	2,049	13.9%	1,761	2,700	-651	-24.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,167		29,252	28,235
Male	15,023	53.3%	15,612	15,246	-223	-1.5%
Female	13,122	46.6%	13,624	12,968	154	1.2%
Information Not Available	22	0.1%	16	21	1	4.8%

Ethnicity	28,167		29,252	28,235
Hispanic or Latino	8,854	31.4%	10,443	8,824	30	0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,408	47.6%	13,033	13,905	-497	-3.6%
Information Not Available	5,905	21.0%	5,776	5,506	399	7.2%

Race	28,167		29,252	28,235
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,948	6.9%	1,831	1,965	-17	-0.9%
Asian	1,802	6.4%	1,787	1,335	467	35.0%
Black or African American	2,318	8.2%	2,292	2,312	6	0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	309	1.1%	312	340	-31	-9.1%
White	15,163	53.8%	15,235	16,449	-1,286	-7.8%
Information Not Available	6,627	23.5%	7,795	5,834	793	13.6%

Years of Age	28,167		29,252	28,235
Younger than 22	523	1.3%	602	533	-10	-1.9%
22-24	1,296	3.2%	1,423	1,246	50	4.0%
25-34	6,418	15.6%	6,590	6,491	-73	-1.1%
35-44	6,179	15.1%	6,190	6,196	-17	-0.3%
45-54	6,801	16.6%	6,998	6,815	-14	-0.2%
55-59	3,241	7.9%	3,448	3,237	4	0.1%
60-64	2,299	5.6%	2,457	2,224	75	3.4%
65 and older	1,410	3.4%	1,544	1,493	-83	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,167		29,252	28,235
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,418	4.8%	2,864	1,315	103	7.8%
Mining	84	0.3%	89	209	-125	-59.8%
Utilities	61	0.2%	49	54	7	13.0%
Construction	2,178	7.4%	1,870	2,180	-2	-0.1%
Manufacturing	1,685	5.7%	1,709	1,553	132	8.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,026	3.5%	1,145	1,113	-87	-7.8%
Retail Trade	2,259	7.6%	2,305	2,308	-49	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	639	2.2%	705	640	-1	-0.2%
Information	461	1.6%	451	472	-11	-2.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,123	3.8%	1,081	1,103	20	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	530	1.8%	537	569	-39	-6.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,492	5.0%	1,482	1,379	113	8.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	110	0.4%	105	110	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,627	12.3%	3,647	3,706	-79	-2.1%
Educational Services	874	3.0%	904	879	-5	-0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,515	8.5%	2,409	2,449	66	2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	308	1.0%	273	319	-11	-3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,362	4.6%	1,408	1,499	-137	-9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	560	1.9%	548	592	-32	-5.4%
Public Administration	762	2.6%	729	806	-44	-5.5%
Information Not Available	5,093	17.2%	4,942	4,980	113	2.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	352,407		318,141	349,804
Male	200,952	57.0%	173,781	192,331	8,621	4.5%
Female	151,264	42.9%	144,170	157,379	-6,115	-3.9%
Information Not Available	191	0.1%	190	94	97	103.2%

Ethnicity	352,407		318,141	349,804
Hispanic or Latino	143,619	40.8%	123,384	142,534	1,085	0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	176,682	50.1%	166,094	176,170	512	0.3%
Information Not Available	32,106	9.1%	28,663	31,100	1,006	3.2%

Race	352,407		318,141	349,804
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,536	1.0%	3,322	2,537	999	39.4%
Asian	32,393	9.2%	30,751	33,355	-962	-2.9%
Black or African American	31,151	8.8%	30,466	27,624	3,527	12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	109,602	31.1%	101,555	112,655	-3,053	-2.7%
Information Not Available	175,725	49.9%	152,047	173,633	2,092	1.2%

Years of Age	352,407		318,141	349,804
Younger than 22	9,269	2.1%	7,498	8,926	343	3.8%
22-24	17,869	4.1%	14,806	19,543	-1,674	-8.6%
25-34	92,687	21.4%	84,281	87,194	5,493	6.3%
35-44	69,277	16.0%	65,109	70,844	-1,567	-2.2%
45-54	80,171	18.5%	71,847	81,743	-1,572	-1.9%
55-59	34,878	8.0%	32,459	36,643	-1,765	-4.8%
60-64	28,667	6.6%	24,867	25,838	2,829	10.9%
65 and older	19,493	4.5%	17,274	18,979	514	2.7%
Information Not Available	96	0.0%	0	94	2	2.1%

Industry	352,407		318,141	349,804
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52,555	13.0%	34,453	54,495	-1,940	-3.6%
Mining	1,720	0.4%	1,803	2,161	-441	-20.4%
Utilities	860	0.2%	569	752	108	14.4%
Construction	29,813	7.4%	26,575	27,060	2,753	10.2%
Manufacturing	32,298	8.0%	28,378	37,207	-4,909	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,529	0.4%	1,519	1,127	402	35.7%
Retail Trade	25,035	6.2%	25,341	25,275	-240	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,027	2.0%	7,213	9,772	-1,745	-17.9%
Information	30,673	7.6%	29,707	28,187	2,486	8.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,880	1.7%	6,834	6,483	397	6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,102	0.5%	1,708	1,503	599	39.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,167	1.8%	7,118	7,705	-538	-7.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	73,005	18.0%	67,956	64,643	8,362	12.9%
Educational Services	12,804	3.2%	13,003	10,899	1,905	17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,455	5.5%	23,728	23,583	-1,128	-4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,829	1.4%	5,505	7,986	-2,157	-27.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,473	3.3%	13,857	15,597	-2,124	-13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,033	2.5%	8,827	9,020	1,013	11.2%
Public Administration	3,631	0.9%	3,322	3,289	342	10.4%
Information Not Available	12,518	3.1%	10,725	13,060	-542	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,055		23,575	27,075
Male	13,923	55.6%	12,670	15,397	-1,474	-9.6%
Female	11,131	44.4%	10,904	11,678	-547	-4.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,055		23,575	27,075
Hispanic or Latino	4,732	18.9%	4,263	5,475	-743	-13.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,894	71.4%	16,993	19,064	-1,170	-6.1%
Information Not Available	2,429	9.7%	2,319	2,536	-107	-4.2%

Race	25,055		23,575	27,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	439	1.8%	429	506	-67	-13.2%
Asian	566	2.3%	545	526	40	7.6%
Black or African American	1,509	6.0%	1,459	1,626	-117	-7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	77	0.3%	91	115	-38	-33.0%
White	17,721	70.7%	16,671	19,258	-1,537	-8.0%
Information Not Available	4,743	18.9%	4,380	5,044	-301	-6.0%

Years of Age	25,055		23,575	27,075
Younger than 22	271	0.7%	224	362	-91	-25.1%
22-24	708	1.8%	599	923	-215	-23.3%
25-34	5,457	13.5%	5,140	6,060	-603	-10.0%
35-44	5,654	14.0%	5,437	6,161	-507	-8.2%
45-54	6,073	15.0%	5,770	6,600	-527	-8.0%
55-59	3,181	7.9%	2,969	3,359	-178	-5.3%
60-64	2,368	5.9%	2,218	2,325	43	1.8%
65 and older	1,329	3.3%	1,210	1,282	47	3.7%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	8	3	11	366.7%

Industry	25,055		23,575	27,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	232	0.9%	174	272	-40	-14.7%
Mining	570	2.3%	675	1,085	-515	-47.5%
Utilities	58	0.2%	51	49	9	18.4%
Construction	2,328	9.2%	2,047	3,062	-734	-24.0%
Manufacturing	1,890	7.5%	1,627	1,826	64	3.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,326	5.2%	1,353	1,268	58	4.6%
Retail Trade	2,105	8.3%	2,169	2,121	-16	-0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	758	3.0%	782	923	-165	-17.9%
Information	1,150	4.5%	1,010	969	181	18.7%
Finance and Insurance	974	3.9%	957	1,020	-46	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	604	2.4%	597	566	38	6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,461	9.7%	2,453	2,647	-186	-7.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	313	1.2%	327	336	-23	-6.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,838	11.2%	2,590	3,122	-284	-9.1%
Educational Services	845	3.3%	815	832	13	1.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,056	8.1%	2,045	2,036	20	1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	675	2.7%	555	683	-8	-1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,789	7.1%	1,557	1,953	-164	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	636	2.5%	642	690	-54	-7.8%
Public Administration	740	2.9%	518	785	-45	-5.7%
Information Not Available	707	2.8%	631	830	-123	-14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,290		32,843	34,159
Male	18,756	54.7%	17,274	18,952	-196	-1.0%
Female	15,534	45.3%	15,569	15,207	327	2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,290		32,843	34,159
Hispanic or Latino	5,352	15.6%	5,052	5,342	10	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,938	84.4%	27,791	28,817	121	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	34,290		32,843	34,159
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	0.4%	131	122	24	19.7%
Asian	680	2.0%	661	679	1	0.1%
Black or African American	5,638	16.4%	5,583	5,209	429	8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	19,340	56.4%	18,352	18,811	529	2.8%
Information Not Available	8,486	24.7%	8,116	9,338	-852	-9.1%

Years of Age	34,290		32,843	34,159
Younger than 22	639	1.3%	585	1,091	-452	-41.4%
22-24	1,486	2.9%	1,438	1,875	-389	-20.7%
25-34	7,828	15.5%	7,473	7,652	176	2.3%
35-44	6,767	13.4%	6,439	6,727	40	0.6%
45-54	7,888	15.6%	7,555	8,150	-262	-3.2%
55-59	4,113	8.1%	3,939	3,926	187	4.8%
60-64	3,123	6.2%	3,024	2,716	407	15.0%
65 and older	2,446	4.8%	2,390	2,022	424	21.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,290		32,843	34,159
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.6%	162	334	-120	-35.9%
Mining	9	0.0%	5	10	-1	-10.0%
Utilities	48	0.1%	55	44	4	9.1%
Construction	3,567	10.3%	3,098	2,975	592	19.9%
Manufacturing	3,779	11.0%	3,605	4,636	-857	-18.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,450	4.2%	1,379	1,441	9	0.6%
Retail Trade	3,757	10.9%	3,861	3,824	-67	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,605	4.7%	1,716	1,189	416	35.0%
Information	1,015	2.9%	650	701	314	44.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,458	4.2%	1,465	1,141	317	27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	495	1.4%	506	506	-11	-2.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,877	5.4%	2,020	1,833	44	2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	283	0.8%	276	248	35	14.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,026	11.7%	3,708	4,231	-205	-4.8%
Educational Services	1,223	3.5%	1,250	1,175	48	4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,299	12.5%	4,412	4,407	-108	-2.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	870	2.5%	596	989	-119	-12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,080	6.0%	1,934	2,172	-92	-4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,068	3.1%	998	1,234	-166	-13.5%
Public Administration	665	1.9%	647	515	150	29.1%
Information Not Available	502	1.5%	500	554	-52	-9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,409		8,073	8,261
Male	3,830	45.5%	3,632	3,639	191	5.2%
Female	4,579	54.5%	4,441	4,620	-41	-0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	8,409		8,073	8,261
Hispanic or Latino	674	8.0%	659	532	142	26.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,688	91.4%	7,368	7,686	2	0.0%
Information Not Available	47	0.6%	46	43	4	9.3%

Race	8,409		8,073	8,261
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.4%	37	46	-11	-23.9%
Asian	199	2.4%	223	211	-12	-5.7%
Black or African American	5,851	69.6%	5,543	5,967	-116	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	24	18	6	33.3%
White	1,527	18.2%	1,537	1,509	18	1.2%
Information Not Available	773	9.2%	709	510	263	51.6%

Years of Age	8,409		8,073	8,261
Younger than 22	132	1.4%	120	142	-10	-7.0%
22-24	448	4.8%	450	478	-30	-6.3%
25-34	2,375	25.5%	2,266	2,348	27	1.1%
35-44	1,879	20.2%	1,784	1,862	17	0.9%
45-54	1,760	18.9%	1,670	1,821	-61	-3.3%
55-59	844	9.1%	810	761	83	10.9%
60-64	636	6.8%	634	527	109	20.7%
65 and older	335	3.6%	339	322	13	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,409		8,073	8,261
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	15	0.2%	20	15	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	2	1	2	200.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Retail Trade	18	0.2%	18	23	-5	-21.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5	0.1%	7	8	-3	-37.5%
Information	4	0.0%	8	6	-2	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	10	14	-5	-35.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	0.1%	8	4	6	150.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	50	0.6%	45	33	17	51.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	57	0.7%	54	27	30	111.1%
Educational Services	11	0.1%	13	9	2	22.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15	0.2%	12	11	4	36.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	17	0.2%	21	10	7	70.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	0.2%	14	19	-4	-21.1%
Public Administration	4	0.0%	4	2	2	100.0%
Information Not Available	8,172	97.2%	7,834	8,075	97	1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,622		4,819	5,868
Male	1,558	43.0%	2,050	2,596	-1,038	-40.0%
Female	1,821	50.3%	2,433	2,968	-1,147	-38.6%
Information Not Available	243	6.7%	336	304	-61	-20.1%

Ethnicity	3,622		4,819	5,868
Hispanic or Latino	235	6.5%	279	440	-205	-46.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,142	86.8%	4,206	5,124	-1,982	-38.7%
Information Not Available	243	6.7%	336	304	-61	-20.1%

Race	3,622		4,819	5,868
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	0.3%	17	7	5	71.4%
Asian	65	1.8%	94	113	-48	-42.5%
Black or African American	1,413	39.0%	1,953	2,362	-949	-40.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.2%	8	7	-1	-14.3%
White	1,935	53.4%	2,481	3,177	-1,242	-39.1%
Information Not Available	190	5.2%	291	202	-12	-5.9%

Years of Age	3,622		4,819	5,868
Younger than 22	63	1.2%	82	130	-67	-51.5%
22-24	172	3.3%	235	255	-83	-32.5%
25-34	863	16.4%	1,152	1,439	-576	-40.0%
35-44	765	14.5%	978	1,171	-406	-34.7%
45-54	852	16.2%	1,167	1,451	-599	-41.3%
55-59	414	7.8%	545	637	-223	-35.0%
60-64	283	5.4%	375	417	-134	-32.1%
65 and older	178	3.4%	240	313	-135	-43.1%
Information Not Available	32	0.6%	45	55	-23	-41.8%

Industry	3,622		4,819	5,868
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.2%	15	16	-8	-50.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	8	11	-6	-54.5%
Construction	202	5.6%	245	373	-171	-45.8%
Manufacturing	281	7.7%	334	331	-50	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	145	4.0%	189	216	-71	-32.9%
Retail Trade	518	14.3%	695	860	-342	-39.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	148	4.1%	200	195	-47	-24.1%
Information	52	1.4%	72	65	-13	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	368	10.1%	488	470	-102	-21.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	73	2.0%	102	125	-52	-41.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	241	6.6%	328	341	-100	-29.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.3%	17	19	-7	-36.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	569	15.7%	795	994	-425	-42.8%
Educational Services	80	2.2%	105	178	-98	-55.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	421	11.6%	623	799	-378	-47.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	58	1.6%	69	107	-49	-45.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	310	8.5%	374	487	-177	-36.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	85	2.3%	98	193	-108	-56.0%
Public Administration	32	0.9%	45	70	-38	-54.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.4%	17	18	-5	-27.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,371		45,894	55,637
Male	20,954	47.2%	21,321	26,392	-5,438	-20.6%
Female	23,059	52.0%	24,376	29,122	-6,063	-20.8%
Information Not Available	358	0.8%	197	123	235	191.1%

Ethnicity	44,371		45,894	55,637
Hispanic or Latino	10,433	23.5%	11,430	14,371	-3,938	-27.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,610	66.7%	30,385	36,748	-7,138	-19.4%
Information Not Available	4,328	9.8%	4,079	4,518	-190	-4.2%

Race	44,371		45,894	55,637
American Indian or Alaskan Native	322	0.7%	266	343	-21	-6.1%
Asian	767	1.7%	757	820	-53	-6.5%
Black or African American	10,926	24.6%	11,979	14,088	-3,162	-22.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	206	0.5%	210	250	-44	-17.6%
White	27,124	61.1%	27,407	33,969	-6,845	-20.2%
Information Not Available	5,026	11.3%	5,275	6,167	-1,141	-18.5%

Years of Age	44,371		45,894	55,637
Younger than 22	384	0.6%	432	552	-168	-30.4%
22-24	1,233	1.8%	1,248	1,819	-586	-32.2%
25-34	8,835	12.9%	9,135	11,293	-2,458	-21.8%
35-44	8,790	12.9%	9,081	10,973	-2,183	-19.9%
45-54	9,340	13.7%	9,716	12,059	-2,719	-22.5%
55-59	4,717	6.9%	4,966	5,752	-1,035	-18.0%
60-64	3,210	4.7%	3,494	3,843	-633	-16.5%
65 and older	2,247	3.3%	2,500	2,760	-513	-18.6%
Information Not Available	5,615	8.2%	5,322	6,586	-971	-14.7%

Industry	44,371		45,894	55,637
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	509	1.1%	1,374	657	-148	-22.5%
Mining	128	0.3%	165	143	-15	-10.5%
Utilities	73	0.2%	57	73	0	0.0%
Construction	2,534	5.6%	2,449	2,953	-419	-14.2%
Manufacturing	2,245	5.0%	2,192	2,551	-306	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,829	4.1%	1,916	2,557	-728	-28.5%
Retail Trade	4,363	9.7%	4,404	5,506	-1,143	-20.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,226	2.7%	1,322	1,548	-322	-20.8%
Information	899	2.0%	961	929	-30	-3.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,861	4.1%	1,769	2,385	-524	-22.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,051	2.3%	1,027	1,495	-444	-29.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,339	7.4%	3,405	4,080	-741	-18.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	425	0.9%	413	509	-84	-16.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,927	17.7%	7,872	9,242	-1,315	-14.2%
Educational Services	1,414	3.2%	1,533	1,796	-382	-21.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,110	9.2%	4,253	5,507	-1,397	-25.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	725	1.6%	865	1,000	-275	-27.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,302	7.4%	3,495	4,300	-998	-23.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,171	2.6%	1,151	1,753	-582	-33.2%
Public Administration	682	1.5%	625	877	-195	-22.2%
Information Not Available	4,558	10.2%	4,646	5,776	-1,218	-21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,871		31,504	35,072
Male	13,800	46.2%	14,896	17,164	-3,364	-19.6%
Female	14,495	48.5%	15,091	17,351	-2,856	-16.5%
Information Not Available	1,576	5.3%	1,517	557	1,019	182.9%

Ethnicity	29,871		31,504	35,072
Hispanic or Latino	29	0.1%	114	61	-32	-52.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,266	94.6%	29,873	34,454	-6,188	-18.0%
Information Not Available	1,576	5.3%	1,517	557	1,019	182.9%

Race	29,871		31,504	35,072
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.4%	154	186	-79	-42.5%
Asian	445	1.5%	438	511	-66	-12.9%
Black or African American	16,379	54.8%	17,793	19,753	-3,374	-17.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,364	38.0%	11,602	14,065	-2,701	-19.2%
Information Not Available	1,576	5.3%	1,517	557	1,019	182.9%

Years of Age	29,871		31,504	35,072
Younger than 22	601	1.5%	592	760	-159	-20.9%
22-24	1,365	3.5%	1,367	1,803	-438	-24.3%
25-34	7,711	19.5%	7,870	8,765	-1,054	-12.0%
35-44	7,366	18.6%	7,743	8,436	-1,070	-12.7%
45-54	7,177	18.2%	7,630	8,128	-951	-11.7%
55-59	2,882	7.3%	3,154	3,183	-301	-9.5%
60-64	1,719	4.4%	1,979	2,013	-294	-14.6%
65 and older	1,050	2.7%	1,169	1,070	-20	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	914	-914	-100.0%

Industry	29,871		31,504	35,072
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	349	1.2%	338	642	-293	-45.6%
Mining	18	0.1%	16	30	-12	-40.0%
Utilities	22	0.1%	15	32	-10	-31.3%
Construction	1,070	3.5%	1,047	1,600	-530	-33.1%
Manufacturing	2,169	7.2%	4,354	3,041	-872	-28.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,549	5.1%	1,286	1,428	121	8.5%
Retail Trade	2,107	7.0%	2,153	2,470	-363	-14.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	561	1.9%	573	654	-93	-14.2%
Information	564	1.9%	542	742	-178	-24.0%
Finance and Insurance	881	2.9%	853	1,017	-136	-13.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	386	1.3%	377	451	-65	-14.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,382	17.8%	5,144	5,950	-568	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	35	54	-24	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	94	0.3%	100	83	11	13.3%
Educational Services	691	2.3%	772	831	-140	-16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,511	5.0%	1,555	1,840	-329	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,268	4.2%	1,362	1,397	-129	-9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	189	0.6%	165	209	-20	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	356	1.2%	351	363	-7	-1.9%
Public Administration	277	0.9%	307	407	-130	-31.9%
Information Not Available	10,397	34.4%	10,159	11,831	-1,434	-12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,644		7,245	6,361
Male	5,286	69.2%	4,751	3,884	1,402	36.1%
Female	2,355	30.8%	2,491	2,476	-121	-4.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	7,644		7,245	6,361
Hispanic or Latino	506	6.6%	500	461	45	9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,129	67.1%	4,889	4,278	851	19.9%
Information Not Available	2,009	26.3%	1,856	1,622	387	23.9%

Race	7,644		7,245	6,361
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.7%	55	44	12	27.3%
Asian	2,315	30.3%	2,161	1,885	430	22.8%
Black or African American	125	1.6%	117	128	-3	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,470	32.3%	2,405	1,759	711	40.4%
White	1,673	21.9%	1,571	1,631	42	2.6%
Information Not Available	1,005	13.1%	936	914	91	10.0%

Years of Age	7,644		7,245	6,361
Younger than 22	173	2.0%	141	91	82	90.1%
22-24	354	4.1%	309	196	158	80.6%
25-34	1,874	21.5%	1,701	1,420	454	32.0%
35-44	1,682	19.3%	1,588	1,436	246	17.1%
45-54	1,718	19.7%	1,639	1,474	244	16.6%
55-59	832	9.6%	818	730	102	14.0%
60-64	613	7.0%	634	590	23	3.9%
65 and older	398	4.6%	415	424	-26	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,644		7,245	6,361
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	101	1.3%	128	86	15	17.4%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Utilities	12	0.2%	12	20	-8	-40.0%
Construction	2,803	36.2%	2,392	1,428	1,375	96.3%
Manufacturing	153	2.0%	161	133	20	15.0%
Wholesale Trade	120	1.5%	108	108	12	11.1%
Retail Trade	343	4.4%	376	351	-8	-2.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	284	3.7%	406	275	9	3.3%
Information	91	1.2%	74	87	4	4.6%
Finance and Insurance	60	0.8%	58	87	-27	-31.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	1.3%	90	95	2	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	315	4.1%	293	331	-16	-4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	72	0.9%	34	54	18	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	821	10.6%	743	818	3	0.4%
Educational Services	62	0.8%	66	118	-56	-47.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	345	4.5%	347	335	10	3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69	0.9%	56	73	-4	-5.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	704	9.1%	657	708	-4	-0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	137	1.8%	150	132	5	3.8%
Public Administration	124	1.6%	133	137	-13	-9.5%
Information Not Available	930	12.0%	961	981	-51	-5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,549		14,712	17,038
Male	9,122	58.7%	8,446	10,150	-1,028	-10.1%
Female	6,243	40.2%	6,093	6,633	-390	-5.9%
Information Not Available	184	1.2%	173	255	-71	-27.8%

Ethnicity	15,549		14,712	17,038
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	1,212	-1,212	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	14,828	-14,828	-100.0%
Information Not Available	15,549	100.0%	14,712	998	14,551	1458.0%

Race	15,549		14,712	17,038
American Indian or Alaskan Native	70	0.5%	89	231	-161	-69.7%
Asian	57	0.4%	74	270	-213	-78.9%
Black or African American	401	2.6%	474	1,361	-960	-70.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,895	25.0%	4,365	12,966	-9,071	-70.0%
Information Not Available	11,126	71.6%	9,710	2,210	8,916	403.4%

Years of Age	15,549		14,712	17,038
Younger than 22	349	1.9%	269	393	-44	-11.2%
22-24	713	3.9%	615	861	-148	-17.2%
25-34	3,481	19.1%	3,273	3,980	-499	-12.5%
35-44	3,447	18.9%	3,276	3,744	-297	-7.9%
45-54	3,574	19.6%	3,507	4,010	-436	-10.9%
55-59	1,885	10.4%	1,827	1,912	-27	-1.4%
60-64	1,247	6.9%	1,223	1,288	-41	-3.2%
65 and older	852	4.7%	722	846	6	0.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%

Industry	15,549		14,712	17,038
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	187	1.2%	166	181	6	3.3%
Mining	31	0.2%	18	117	-86	-73.5%
Utilities	26	0.2%	28	28	-2	-7.1%
Construction	2,147	13.6%	1,668	2,520	-373	-14.8%
Manufacturing	4,210	26.8%	4,393	4,440	-230	-5.2%
Wholesale Trade	701	4.5%	770	788	-87	-11.0%
Retail Trade	1,249	7.9%	1,215	1,168	81	6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	511	3.2%	463	477	34	7.1%
Information	451	2.9%	481	493	-42	-8.5%
Finance and Insurance	563	3.6%	613	576	-13	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	164	1.0%	159	181	-17	-9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	582	3.7%	620	591	-9	-1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.2%	43	26	10	38.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,421	9.0%	1,190	1,751	-330	-18.8%
Educational Services	291	1.8%	320	358	-67	-18.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,147	7.3%	1,156	1,356	-209	-15.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	307	2.0%	130	366	-59	-16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	760	4.8%	672	817	-57	-7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	313	2.0%	274	340	-27	-7.9%
Public Administration	314	2.0%	200	335	-21	-6.3%
Information Not Available	138	0.9%	133	129	9	7.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,676		5,410	6,875
Male	3,946	59.1%	2,988	4,184	-238	-5.7%
Female	2,728	40.9%	2,422	2,690	38	1.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	6,676		5,410	6,875
Hispanic or Latino	788	11.8%	505	795	-7	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,596	68.8%	3,841	4,566	30	0.7%
Information Not Available	1,292	19.4%	1,064	1,514	-222	-14.7%

Race	6,676		5,410	6,875
American Indian or Alaskan Native	317	3.7%	272	365	-48	-13.2%
Asian	155	1.8%	148	146	9	6.2%
Black or African American	125	1.5%	104	90	35	38.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.9%	61	105	-31	-29.5%
White	6,569	77.6%	7,015	8,409	-1,840	-21.9%
Information Not Available	1,224	14.5%	1,217	1,711	-487	-28.5%

Years of Age	6,676		5,410	6,875
Younger than 22	140	1.1%	100	137	3	2.2%
22-24	238	1.9%	161	269	-31	-11.5%
25-34	1,180	9.3%	974	1,244	-64	-5.1%
35-44	1,315	10.4%	1,110	1,297	18	1.4%
45-54	1,611	12.8%	1,309	1,625	-14	-0.9%
55-59	917	7.3%	696	853	64	7.5%
60-64	610	4.8%	508	609	1	0.2%
65 and older	659	5.2%	544	780	-121	-15.5%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	8	61	-55	-90.2%

Industry	6,676		5,410	6,875
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	280	4.0%	121	293	-13	-4.4%
Mining	51	0.7%	43	146	-95	-65.1%
Utilities	19	0.3%	16	26	-7	-26.9%
Construction	668	9.6%	483	756	-88	-11.6%
Manufacturing	892	12.8%	851	748	144	19.3%
Wholesale Trade	258	3.7%	225	327	-69	-21.1%
Retail Trade	634	9.1%	551	597	37	6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	257	3.7%	176	230	27	11.7%
Information	97	1.4%	98	95	2	2.1%
Finance and Insurance	186	2.7%	173	177	9	5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	69	1.0%	66	76	-7	-9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	339	4.9%	299	325	14	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.3%	18	14	5	35.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	661	9.5%	502	720	-59	-8.2%
Educational Services	141	2.0%	161	142	-1	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	584	8.4%	507	520	64	12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	168	2.4%	88	186	-18	-9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	384	5.5%	274	418	-34	-8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	140	2.0%	111	149	-9	-6.0%
Public Administration	218	3.1%	160	270	-52	-19.3%
Information Not Available	611	8.8%	487	660	-49	-7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	97,193		92,072	107,796
Male	53,963	55.5%	49,090	60,864	-6,901	-11.3%
Female	42,649	43.9%	42,409	46,384	-3,735	-8.1%
Information Not Available	581	0.6%	573	548	33	6.0%

Ethnicity	97,193		92,072	107,796
Hispanic or Latino	13,775	14.2%	11,492	15,551	-1,776	-11.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,550	75.7%	71,254	81,401	-7,851	-9.6%
Information Not Available	9,868	10.2%	9,326	10,844	-976	-9.0%

Race	97,193		92,072	107,796
American Indian or Alaskan Native	448	0.5%	431	560	-112	-20.0%
Asian	2,685	2.8%	2,606	2,572	113	4.4%
Black or African American	26,002	26.8%	26,381	29,098	-3,096	-10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	224	0.2%	193	200	24	12.0%
White	57,864	59.5%	53,846	64,089	-6,225	-9.7%
Information Not Available	9,970	10.3%	8,615	11,277	-1,307	-11.6%

Years of Age	97,193		92,072	107,796
Younger than 22	1,508	1.0%	1,320	2,060	-552	-26.8%
22-24	3,793	2.6%	3,685	4,975	-1,182	-23.8%
25-34	22,357	15.2%	21,231	25,472	-3,115	-12.2%
35-44	22,791	15.5%	21,549	24,940	-2,149	-8.6%
45-54	23,496	16.0%	22,243	26,432	-2,936	-11.1%
55-59	11,573	7.9%	10,821	12,345	-772	-6.3%
60-64	7,873	5.3%	7,511	7,654	219	2.9%
65 and older	3,802	2.6%	3,712	3,918	-116	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	97,193		92,072	107,796
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	431	0.4%	269	456	-25	-5.5%
Mining	252	0.3%	264	357	-105	-29.4%
Utilities	197	0.2%	205	141	56	39.7%
Construction	10,284	10.5%	8,338	11,791	-1,507	-12.8%
Manufacturing	10,823	11.1%	10,616	12,596	-1,773	-14.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,859	5.0%	4,786	5,060	-201	-4.0%
Retail Trade	7,769	8.0%	7,834	8,375	-606	-7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,230	4.3%	4,090	4,372	-142	-3.2%
Information	2,035	2.1%	2,106	1,978	57	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,521	3.6%	3,558	3,884	-363	-9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,457	1.5%	1,458	1,636	-179	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,406	7.6%	7,080	7,381	25	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	759	0.8%	752	712	47	6.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,032	15.4%	13,602	17,181	-2,149	-12.5%
Educational Services	3,456	3.5%	3,512	3,750	-294	-7.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,078	7.3%	7,271	8,575	-1,497	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,851	1.9%	1,102	2,126	-275	-12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,383	5.5%	5,052	5,578	-195	-3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,564	2.6%	2,502	3,113	-549	-17.6%
Public Administration	2,141	2.2%	2,309	2,418	-277	-11.5%
Information Not Available	5,665	5.8%	5,366	6,316	-651	-10.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,612		19,135	21,224
Male	11,143	56.8%	10,534	12,107	-964	-8.0%
Female	8,357	42.6%	8,517	9,067	-710	-7.8%
Information Not Available	112	0.6%	84	50	62	124.0%

Ethnicity	19,612		19,135	21,224
Hispanic or Latino	904	4.6%	828	1,027	-123	-12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,890	75.9%	14,534	15,927	-1,037	-6.5%
Information Not Available	3,818	19.5%	3,773	4,270	-452	-10.6%

Race	19,612		19,135	21,224
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.5%	89	96	4	4.2%
Asian	177	0.9%	161	175	2	1.1%
Black or African American	3,453	17.6%	3,457	3,578	-125	-3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	20	23	-2	-8.7%
White	14,538	74.1%	14,127	16,011	-1,473	-9.2%
Information Not Available	1,323	6.7%	1,281	1,341	-18	-1.3%

Years of Age	19,612		19,135	21,224
Younger than 22	236	0.7%	218	273	-37	-13.6%
22-24	648	2.0%	623	714	-66	-9.2%
25-34	4,204	12.9%	4,164	4,690	-486	-10.4%
35-44	4,871	15.0%	4,729	5,192	-321	-6.2%
45-54	4,929	15.1%	4,907	5,401	-472	-8.7%
55-59	2,340	7.2%	2,269	2,466	-126	-5.1%
60-64	1,605	4.9%	1,523	1,590	15	0.9%
65 and older	779	2.4%	702	898	-119	-13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,612		19,135	21,224
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.4%	44	87	-8	-9.2%
Mining	90	0.5%	41	121	-31	-25.6%
Utilities	32	0.2%	28	38	-6	-15.8%
Construction	2,307	11.7%	1,946	2,916	-609	-20.9%
Manufacturing	4,130	21.0%	4,447	4,301	-171	-4.0%
Wholesale Trade	873	4.4%	842	883	-10	-1.1%
Retail Trade	1,422	7.2%	1,382	1,461	-39	-2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	740	3.8%	694	603	137	22.7%
Information	315	1.6%	297	298	17	5.7%
Finance and Insurance	562	2.9%	614	474	88	18.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	266	1.4%	264	307	-41	-13.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	932	4.7%	952	937	-5	-0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.7%	127	137	-3	-2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,975	10.0%	1,819	2,411	-436	-18.1%
Educational Services	618	3.1%	708	591	27	4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,541	7.8%	1,541	1,717	-176	-10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	218	1.1%	151	313	-95	-30.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	680	3.5%	657	764	-84	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	499	2.5%	524	568	-69	-12.1%
Public Administration	178	0.9%	165	207	-29	-14.0%
Information Not Available	2,021	10.3%	1,892	2,090	-69	-3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,641		10,147	13,166
Male	6,049	56.8%	5,554	7,726	-1,677	-21.7%
Female	4,592	43.2%	4,593	5,440	-848	-15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,641		10,147	13,166
Hispanic or Latino	794	7.5%	750	1,145	-351	-30.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,532	52.0%	5,118	6,465	-933	-14.4%
Information Not Available	4,315	40.6%	4,279	5,556	-1,241	-22.3%

Race	10,641		10,147	13,166
American Indian or Alaskan Native	164	1.5%	144	179	-15	-8.4%
Asian	163	1.5%	156	182	-19	-10.4%
Black or African American	2,208	20.7%	2,156	2,603	-395	-15.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.2%	20	72	-52	-72.2%
White	7,425	69.8%	7,018	9,255	-1,830	-19.8%
Information Not Available	661	6.2%	653	875	-214	-24.5%

Years of Age	10,641		10,147	13,166
Younger than 22	203	1.2%	183	275	-72	-26.2%
22-24	403	2.3%	401	630	-227	-36.0%
25-34	2,507	14.6%	2,341	3,221	-714	-22.2%
35-44	2,507	14.6%	2,418	3,045	-538	-17.7%
45-54	2,492	14.5%	2,349	3,039	-547	-18.0%
55-59	1,235	7.2%	1,210	1,429	-194	-13.6%
60-64	861	5.0%	816	968	-107	-11.1%
65 and older	433	2.5%	429	559	-126	-22.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,641		10,147	13,166
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.5%	31	70	-19	-27.1%
Mining	93	0.9%	97	286	-193	-67.5%
Utilities	18	0.2%	18	18	0	0.0%
Construction	1,202	11.2%	1,030	1,721	-519	-30.2%
Manufacturing	1,512	14.1%	1,383	1,772	-260	-14.7%
Wholesale Trade	700	6.5%	582	709	-9	-1.3%
Retail Trade	824	7.7%	865	995	-171	-17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	388	3.6%	389	460	-72	-15.7%
Information	290	2.7%	292	380	-90	-23.7%
Finance and Insurance	374	3.5%	329	440	-66	-15.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	154	1.4%	157	214	-60	-28.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	781	7.3%	822	789	-8	-1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.4%	38	42	-4	-9.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,287	12.0%	1,184	1,654	-367	-22.2%
Educational Services	264	2.5%	282	333	-69	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,046	9.8%	1,094	1,280	-234	-18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	0.8%	67	103	-16	-15.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	394	3.7%	405	547	-153	-28.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	220	2.1%	210	310	-90	-29.0%
Public Administration	306	2.9%	282	359	-53	-14.8%
Information Not Available	612	5.7%	590	684	-72	-10.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,103		18,132	19,842
Male	11,235	58.8%	10,436	11,977	-742	-6.2%
Female	7,868	41.2%	7,696	7,865	3	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,103		18,132	19,842
Hispanic or Latino	13	0.1%	22	26	-13	-50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	486	2.5%	569	471	15	3.2%
Information Not Available	18,604	97.4%	17,541	19,345	-741	-3.8%

Race	19,103		18,132	19,842
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.7%	93	132	-7	-5.3%
Asian	82	0.4%	75	40	42	105.0%
Black or African American	2,700	14.1%	2,342	2,428	272	11.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	22	0	26	0.0%
White	15,990	83.7%	15,292	16,952	-962	-5.7%
Information Not Available	180	0.9%	308	290	-110	-37.9%

Years of Age	19,103		18,132	19,842
Younger than 22	310	0.9%	278	320	-10	-3.1%
22-24	722	2.2%	595	906	-184	-20.3%
25-34	4,274	12.8%	4,000	4,610	-336	-7.3%
35-44	4,661	13.9%	4,159	4,896	-235	-4.8%
45-54	4,545	13.6%	4,446	4,755	-210	-4.4%
55-59	2,008	6.0%	2,192	2,010	-2	-0.1%
60-64	1,642	4.9%	1,557	1,311	331	25.2%
65 and older	933	2.8%	895	1,003	-70	-7.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	10	31	-23	-74.2%

Industry	19,103		18,132	19,842
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	112	0.6%	93	53	59	111.3%
Mining	314	1.6%	516	1,157	-843	-72.9%
Utilities	34	0.2%	25	62	-28	-45.2%
Construction	2,029	10.6%	1,782	1,997	32	1.6%
Manufacturing	4,386	22.8%	3,714	3,664	722	19.7%
Wholesale Trade	817	4.3%	900	1,020	-203	-19.9%
Retail Trade	1,174	6.1%	1,411	1,390	-216	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	735	3.8%	644	704	31	4.4%
Information	258	1.3%	269	369	-111	-30.1%
Finance and Insurance	714	3.7%	578	501	213	42.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	211	1.1%	221	198	13	6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,041	5.4%	1,028	976	65	6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	86	0.4%	31	26	60	230.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,008	10.5%	1,804	2,120	-112	-5.3%
Educational Services	636	3.3%	706	479	157	32.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,526	7.9%	1,830	1,869	-343	-18.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	224	1.2%	137	255	-31	-12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	778	4.0%	807	875	-97	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	460	2.4%	441	466	-6	-1.3%
Public Administration	520	2.7%	269	435	85	19.5%
Information Not Available	1,040	5.4%	926	1,226	-186	-15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,278		24,165	21,740
Male	12,513	53.8%	12,952	12,615	-102	-0.8%
Female	10,746	46.2%	11,189	9,124	1,622	17.8%
Information Not Available	19	0.1%	24	1	18	1800.0%

Ethnicity	23,278		24,165	21,740
Hispanic or Latino	952	4.1%	956	925	27	2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,187	95.3%	23,131	20,805	1,382	6.6%
Information Not Available	139	0.6%	78	10	129	1290.0%

Race	23,278		24,165	21,740
American Indian or Alaskan Native	157	0.7%	150	131	26	19.8%
Asian	201	0.9%	189	172	29	16.9%
Black or African American	11,792	50.7%	12,330	10,642	1,150	10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	26	25	-3	-12.0%
White	10,303	44.3%	10,882	10,453	-150	-1.4%
Information Not Available	803	3.4%	588	317	486	153.3%

Years of Age	23,278		24,165	21,740
Younger than 22	465	1.5%	493	387	78	20.2%
22-24	1,036	3.2%	1,112	1,005	31	3.1%
25-34	5,925	18.5%	6,227	5,504	421	7.6%
35-44	5,550	17.4%	5,727	5,031	519	10.3%
45-54	5,190	16.2%	5,381	4,911	279	5.7%
55-59	2,394	7.5%	2,521	2,444	-50	-2.0%
60-64	1,621	5.1%	1,647	1,485	136	9.2%
65 and older	1,097	3.4%	1,057	973	124	12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,278		24,165	21,740
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	219	0.9%	145	248	-29	-11.7%
Mining	836	3.6%	952	1,309	-473	-36.1%
Utilities	48	0.2%	43	62	-14	-22.6%
Construction	3,440	14.6%	3,374	3,195	245	7.7%
Manufacturing	2,259	9.6%	2,352	2,386	-127	-5.3%
Wholesale Trade	769	3.3%	794	724	45	6.2%
Retail Trade	2,090	8.9%	2,263	1,549	541	34.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,006	4.3%	1,114	958	48	5.0%
Information	385	1.6%	428	359	26	7.2%
Finance and Insurance	418	1.8%	437	409	9	2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	532	2.3%	580	452	80	17.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,324	5.6%	1,329	1,114	210	18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.4%	83	67	27	40.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,976	8.4%	1,959	1,678	298	17.8%
Educational Services	523	2.2%	550	465	58	12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,379	10.1%	2,539	1,987	392	19.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	338	1.4%	398	312	26	8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,913	8.1%	1,981	1,327	586	44.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	578	2.5%	618	645	-67	-10.4%
Public Administration	426	1.8%	440	304	122	40.1%
Information Not Available	1,725	7.3%	1,786	2,190	-465	-21.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,636		46,636	51,537
Male	25,698	55.1%	25,698	28,620	-2,922	-10.2%
Female	20,938	44.9%	20,938	22,914	-1,976	-8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	46,636		46,636	51,537
Hispanic or Latino	6,017	12.9%	6,017	6,648	-631	-9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,650	80.7%	37,650	41,774	-4,124	-9.9%
Information Not Available	2,969	6.4%	2,969	3,115	-146	-4.7%

Race	46,636		46,636	51,537
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	0.5%	227	225	2	0.9%
Asian	1,979	4.2%	1,979	1,919	60	3.1%
Black or African American	4,858	10.4%	4,858	5,141	-283	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	118	0.3%	118	125	-7	-5.6%
White	32,929	70.6%	32,929	37,317	-4,388	-11.8%
Information Not Available	6,525	14.0%	6,525	6,810	-285	-4.2%

Years of Age	46,636		46,636	51,537
Younger than 22	724	1.0%	724	1,008	-284	-28.2%
22-24	1,986	2.6%	1,986	2,292	-306	-13.4%
25-34	10,540	14.0%	10,540	11,992	-1,452	-12.1%
35-44	9,865	13.1%	9,865	10,657	-792	-7.4%
45-54	11,319	15.0%	11,319	12,263	-944	-7.7%
55-59	5,436	7.2%	5,436	5,762	-326	-5.7%
60-64	4,015	5.3%	4,015	4,281	-266	-6.2%
65 and older	2,751	3.6%	2,751	3,282	-531	-16.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,636		46,636	51,537
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	264	0.6%	264	414	-150	-36.2%
Mining	23	0.0%	23	14	9	64.3%
Utilities	167	0.4%	167	94	73	77.7%
Construction	4,878	10.4%	4,878	5,036	-158	-3.1%
Manufacturing	4,653	9.9%	4,653	5,101	-448	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,351	5.0%	2,351	2,305	46	2.0%
Retail Trade	3,982	8.5%	3,982	4,270	-288	-6.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,181	2.5%	1,181	1,379	-198	-14.4%
Information	1,323	2.8%	1,323	1,327	-4	-0.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,012	4.3%	2,012	1,820	192	10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	869	1.9%	869	1,074	-205	-19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,744	10.1%	4,744	4,611	133	2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	283	0.6%	283	257	26	10.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,857	10.4%	4,857	5,422	-565	-10.4%
Educational Services	1,268	2.7%	1,268	1,350	-82	-6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,926	10.5%	4,926	5,617	-691	-12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	575	1.2%	575	1,247	-672	-53.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,840	6.1%	2,840	4,062	-1,222	-30.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,680	5.7%	2,680	3,099	-419	-13.5%
Public Administration	1,228	2.6%	1,228	1,384	-156	-11.3%
Information Not Available	1,532	3.3%	1,532	1,654	-122	-7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,384		32,316	36,930
Male	14,216	42.6%	13,313	15,521	-1,305	-8.4%
Female	12,427	37.2%	12,374	13,344	-917	-6.9%
Information Not Available	6,741	20.2%	6,629	8,065	-1,324	-16.4%

Ethnicity	33,384		32,316	36,930
Hispanic or Latino	1,318	3.9%	1,175	1,424	-106	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,591	73.7%	23,781	26,734	-2,143	-8.0%
Information Not Available	7,475	22.4%	7,360	8,772	-1,297	-14.8%

Race	33,384		32,316	36,930
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.3%	101	106	4	3.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	11,877	35.6%	12,028	12,691	-814	-6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%	47	62	-23	-37.1%
White	12,565	37.6%	11,606	13,875	-1,310	-9.4%
Information Not Available	8,793	26.3%	8,534	10,196	-1,403	-13.8%

Years of Age	33,384		32,316	36,930
Younger than 22	488	1.1%	463	655	-167	-25.5%
22-24	1,193	2.7%	1,113	1,532	-339	-22.1%
25-34	6,696	15.3%	6,563	7,363	-667	-9.1%
35-44	5,492	12.5%	5,404	5,844	-352	-6.0%
45-54	5,977	13.6%	5,759	6,481	-504	-7.8%
55-59	2,886	6.6%	2,726	2,964	-78	-2.6%
60-64	2,083	4.7%	2,004	2,136	-53	-2.5%
65 and older	1,827	4.2%	1,654	1,890	-63	-3.3%
Information Not Available	6,742	15.4%	6,630	8,065	-1,323	-16.4%

Industry	33,384		32,316	36,930
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.2%	54	76	-11	-14.5%
Mining	19	0.1%	26	45	-26	-57.8%
Utilities	47	0.1%	47	19	28	147.4%
Construction	2,937	8.8%	2,586	3,270	-333	-10.2%
Manufacturing	352	1.1%	366	318	34	10.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,198	3.6%	1,185	1,115	83	7.4%
Retail Trade	1,099	3.3%	1,138	1,107	-8	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	607	1.8%	590	697	-90	-12.9%
Information	404	1.2%	413	536	-132	-24.6%
Finance and Insurance	813	2.4%	838	894	-81	-9.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	592	1.8%	605	624	-32	-5.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,579	7.7%	2,684	2,703	-124	-4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.2%	72	97	-26	-26.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,799	11.4%	3,603	4,083	-284	-7.0%
Educational Services	928	2.8%	981	1,128	-200	-17.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,471	7.4%	2,557	2,746	-275	-10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	609	1.8%	404	781	-172	-22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,530	7.6%	1,955	2,778	-248	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	772	2.3%	772	872	-100	-11.5%
Public Administration	660	2.0%	606	841	-181	-21.5%
Information Not Available	10,832	32.4%	10,834	12,200	-1,368	-11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,779		3,641	5,745
Male	2,665	55.8%	1,953	3,108	-443	-14.3%
Female	2,114	44.2%	1,688	2,637	-523	-19.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,779		3,641	5,745
Hispanic or Latino	80	1.7%	50	113	-33	-29.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,164	87.1%	3,166	5,087	-923	-18.1%
Information Not Available	535	11.2%	425	545	-10	-1.8%

Race	4,779		3,641	5,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48	1.0%	40	75	-27	-36.0%
Asian	18	0.4%	17	29	-11	-37.9%
Black or African American	69	1.4%	50	84	-15	-17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	4,393	91.9%	3,331	5,248	-855	-16.3%
Information Not Available	251	5.3%	203	309	-58	-18.8%

Years of Age	4,779		3,641	5,745
Younger than 22	135	1.6%	94	194	-59	-30.4%
22-24	211	2.4%	164	266	-55	-20.7%
25-34	994	11.4%	727	1,307	-313	-23.9%
35-44	941	10.8%	714	1,159	-218	-18.8%
45-54	1,116	12.8%	891	1,302	-186	-14.3%
55-59	620	7.1%	497	700	-80	-11.4%
60-64	465	5.3%	339	481	-16	-3.3%
65 and older	297	3.4%	215	336	-39	-11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,779		3,641	5,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	2.2%	79	100	6	6.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%
Utilities	13	0.3%	14	8	5	62.5%
Construction	339	6.9%	226	449	-110	-24.5%
Manufacturing	490	10.0%	434	467	23	4.9%
Wholesale Trade	137	2.8%	125	161	-24	-14.9%
Retail Trade	345	7.1%	300	458	-113	-24.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	98	2.0%	83	106	-8	-7.5%
Information	29	0.6%	38	69	-40	-58.0%
Finance and Insurance	90	1.8%	81	114	-24	-21.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52	1.1%	40	50	2	4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	213	4.4%	164	164	49	29.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.2%	9	4	6	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	353	7.2%	301	414	-61	-14.7%
Educational Services	63	1.3%	65	92	-29	-31.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	344	7.0%	373	434	-90	-20.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	2.2%	49	163	-55	-33.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	755	15.5%	256	988	-233	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133	2.7%	90	117	16	13.7%
Public Administration	111	2.3%	67	97	14	14.4%
Information Not Available	988	20.2%	846	1,289	-301	-23.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,757		47,398	60,002
Male	27,800	53.7%	25,496	32,920	-5,120	-15.6%
Female	21,934	42.4%	20,423	25,397	-3,463	-13.6%
Information Not Available	2,023	3.9%	1,479	1,685	338	20.1%

Ethnicity	51,757		47,398	60,002
Hispanic or Latino	2,526	4.9%	1,739	2,838	-312	-11.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,357	76.0%	36,792	45,269	-5,912	-13.1%
Information Not Available	9,874	19.1%	8,867	11,895	-2,021	-17.0%

Race	51,757		47,398	60,002
American Indian or Alaskan Native	509	1.0%	382	721	-212	-29.4%
Asian	570	1.1%	571	613	-43	-7.0%
Black or African American	9,109	17.6%	9,772	11,267	-2,158	-19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.1%	60	63	-6	-9.5%
White	29,110	56.2%	25,898	33,460	-4,350	-13.0%
Information Not Available	12,402	24.0%	10,715	13,878	-1,476	-10.6%

Years of Age	51,757		47,398	60,002
Younger than 22	1,178	1.5%	792	1,555	-377	-24.2%
22-24	2,660	3.4%	2,187	3,404	-744	-21.9%
25-34	12,209	15.8%	11,043	14,388	-2,179	-15.1%
35-44	11,358	14.7%	10,791	13,349	-1,991	-14.9%
45-54	12,432	16.1%	11,842	14,276	-1,844	-12.9%
55-59	6,075	7.9%	5,755	6,450	-375	-5.8%
60-64	3,637	4.7%	3,275	4,219	-582	-13.8%
65 and older	2,206	2.9%	1,711	2,361	-155	-6.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Industry	51,757		47,398	60,002
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	825	1.6%	334	928	-103	-11.1%
Mining	226	0.4%	220	242	-16	-6.6%
Utilities	102	0.2%	88	74	28	37.8%
Construction	4,375	8.3%	3,064	5,251	-876	-16.7%
Manufacturing	8,107	15.4%	8,125	11,183	-3,076	-27.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,720	5.2%	5,667	2,845	-125	-4.4%
Retail Trade	3,243	6.2%	2,565	3,838	-595	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,448	2.8%	1,210	1,412	36	2.5%
Information	729	1.4%	664	721	8	1.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,211	2.3%	1,124	1,178	33	2.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	772	1.5%	654	718	54	7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,680	7.0%	3,994	4,007	-327	-8.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,081	2.1%	1,103	1,172	-91	-7.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,938	11.3%	5,003	7,122	-1,184	-16.6%
Educational Services	1,263	2.4%	1,307	1,361	-98	-7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,468	8.5%	4,361	4,702	-234	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,580	3.0%	469	1,891	-311	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,218	6.1%	1,968	3,611	-393	-10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,460	2.8%	1,328	1,657	-197	-11.9%
Public Administration	1,374	2.6%	907	1,560	-186	-11.9%
Information Not Available	3,937	7.5%	3,243	4,529	-592	-13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,408		26,713	38,541
Male	23,601	66.7%	15,845	25,734	-2,133	-8.3%
Female	11,802	33.3%	10,859	12,805	-1,003	-7.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	9	2	3	150.0%

Ethnicity	35,408		26,713	38,541
Hispanic or Latino	1,405	4.0%	1,092	1,473	-68	-4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,307	85.6%	22,728	33,040	-2,733	-8.3%
Information Not Available	3,696	10.4%	2,893	4,028	-332	-8.2%

Race	35,408		26,713	38,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	497	1.4%	367	575	-78	-13.6%
Asian	877	2.5%	882	878	-1	-0.1%
Black or African American	2,597	7.3%	2,378	2,772	-175	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.2%	51	77	-8	-10.4%
White	28,346	80.1%	20,652	31,149	-2,803	-9.0%
Information Not Available	3,022	8.5%	2,383	3,090	-68	-2.2%

Years of Age	35,408		26,713	38,541
Younger than 22	690	1.1%	392	882	-192	-21.8%
22-24	1,667	2.7%	982	1,878	-211	-11.2%
25-34	8,393	13.8%	6,161	9,105	-712	-7.8%
35-44	7,378	12.2%	5,666	8,135	-757	-9.3%
45-54	8,125	13.4%	6,331	8,922	-797	-8.9%
55-59	4,465	7.4%	3,417	4,795	-330	-6.9%
60-64	3,047	5.0%	2,533	3,239	-192	-5.9%
65 and older	1,634	2.7%	1,223	1,576	58	3.7%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	8	9	0	0.0%

Industry	35,408		26,713	38,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	392	1.1%	208	459	-67	-14.6%
Mining	372	1.0%	94	986	-614	-62.3%
Utilities	167	0.5%	97	156	11	7.1%
Construction	8,633	24.1%	3,938	8,975	-342	-3.8%
Manufacturing	4,364	12.2%	4,132	4,629	-265	-5.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,518	4.2%	1,398	1,653	-135	-8.2%
Retail Trade	2,241	6.3%	1,939	2,328	-87	-3.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	798	2.2%	679	969	-171	-17.6%
Information	606	1.7%	615	633	-27	-4.3%
Finance and Insurance	847	2.4%	857	917	-70	-7.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	526	1.5%	463	510	16	3.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,103	5.9%	1,893	2,234	-131	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	620	1.7%	531	872	-252	-28.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,942	8.2%	2,248	3,489	-547	-15.7%
Educational Services	1,083	3.0%	1,177	1,028	55	5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,429	6.8%	2,402	2,595	-166	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	821	2.3%	378	951	-130	-13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,813	5.1%	1,319	1,849	-36	-1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	930	2.6%	802	974	-44	-4.5%
Public Administration	1,019	2.8%	602	1,097	-78	-7.1%
Information Not Available	1,184	3.3%	941	1,237	-53	-4.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,104		20,939	26,047
Male	11,863	51.3%	10,361	14,175	-2,312	-16.3%
Female	11,162	48.3%	10,477	11,841	-679	-5.7%
Information Not Available	79	0.3%	101	31	48	154.8%

Ethnicity	23,104		20,939	26,047
Hispanic or Latino	929	4.0%	881	1,007	-78	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,906	81.8%	16,561	20,563	-1,657	-8.1%
Information Not Available	3,269	14.1%	3,497	4,477	-1,208	-27.0%

Race	23,104		20,939	26,047
American Indian or Alaskan Native	164	0.7%	156	197	-33	-16.8%
Asian	240	1.0%	120	194	46	23.7%
Black or African American	5,512	23.9%	5,115	5,542	-30	-0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	794	3.4%	881	978	-184	-18.8%
White	14,675	63.5%	13,325	17,319	-2,644	-15.3%
Information Not Available	1,719	7.4%	1,342	1,817	-98	-5.4%

Years of Age	23,104		20,939	26,047
Younger than 22	347	1.0%	351	596	-249	-41.8%
22-24	944	2.6%	848	1,190	-246	-20.7%
25-34	5,349	14.8%	4,729	6,226	-877	-14.1%
35-44	5,231	14.5%	4,763	5,808	-577	-9.9%
45-54	5,530	15.3%	5,095	6,367	-837	-13.1%
55-59	2,758	7.7%	2,511	2,881	-123	-4.3%
60-64	1,750	4.9%	1,679	1,788	-38	-2.1%
65 and older	1,195	3.3%	963	1,190	5	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	23,104		20,939	26,047
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	159	0.7%	136	174	-15	-8.6%
Mining	64	0.3%	56	107	-43	-40.2%
Utilities	42	0.2%	32	57	-15	-26.3%
Construction	1,996	8.6%	1,709	2,991	-995	-33.3%
Manufacturing	2,846	12.2%	2,632	3,543	-697	-19.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,067	4.6%	1,055	1,106	-39	-3.5%
Retail Trade	2,163	9.3%	2,070	2,407	-244	-10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	810	3.5%	744	744	66	8.9%
Information	454	2.0%	454	519	-65	-12.5%
Finance and Insurance	725	3.1%	707	733	-8	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	408	1.8%	335	468	-60	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,327	5.7%	1,381	1,272	55	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	123	0.5%	114	151	-28	-18.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,993	12.9%	2,933	3,455	-462	-13.4%
Educational Services	634	2.7%	610	618	16	2.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,528	10.9%	2,553	2,936	-408	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	350	1.5%	232	529	-179	-33.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,756	7.5%	1,485	1,997	-241	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	534	2.3%	517	708	-174	-24.6%
Public Administration	358	1.5%	305	345	13	3.8%
Information Not Available	1,767	7.6%	879	1,187	580	48.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,283		11,120	12,770
Male	5,959	52.8%	5,556	6,830	-871	-12.8%
Female	5,305	47.0%	5,543	5,924	-619	-10.4%
Information Not Available	19	0.2%	21	16	3	18.8%

Ethnicity	11,283		11,120	12,770
Hispanic or Latino	180	1.6%	181	215	-35	-16.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,617	94.1%	10,493	11,651	-1,034	-8.9%
Information Not Available	486	4.3%	446	904	-418	-46.2%

Race	11,283		11,120	12,770
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	0.4%	39	43	-1	-2.3%
Asian	102	0.9%	90	51	51	100.0%
Black or African American	6,513	57.7%	6,508	7,320	-807	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.3%	34	30	-1	-3.3%
White	4,338	38.4%	4,188	5,017	-679	-13.5%
Information Not Available	259	2.3%	261	309	-50	-16.2%

Years of Age	11,283		11,120	12,770
Younger than 22	182	1.2%	190	269	-87	-32.3%
22-24	521	3.5%	559	685	-164	-23.9%
25-34	3,014	20.3%	2,966	3,304	-290	-8.8%
35-44	2,644	17.8%	2,703	2,991	-347	-11.6%
45-54	2,486	16.7%	2,421	2,840	-354	-12.5%
55-59	1,170	7.9%	1,089	1,326	-156	-11.8%
60-64	775	5.2%	733	832	-57	-6.9%
65 and older	491	3.3%	459	523	-32	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,283		11,120	12,770
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	1.7%	119	453	-253	-55.8%
Mining	43	0.4%	50	192	-149	-77.6%
Utilities	17	0.1%	17	16	1	6.3%
Construction	581	5.1%	511	783	-202	-25.8%
Manufacturing	1,603	14.0%	1,633	1,543	60	3.9%
Wholesale Trade	313	2.7%	266	359	-46	-12.8%
Retail Trade	992	8.6%	1,038	1,085	-93	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	238	2.1%	253	256	-18	-7.0%
Information	101	0.9%	108	106	-5	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	172	1.5%	159	193	-21	-10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	139	1.2%	145	137	2	1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	389	3.4%	390	448	-59	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	180	1.6%	177	132	48	36.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,076	9.4%	1,112	1,256	-180	-14.3%
Educational Services	272	2.4%	279	309	-37	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,005	8.8%	1,072	1,191	-186	-15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.7%	73	175	-96	-54.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	699	6.1%	702	802	-103	-12.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	171	1.5%	164	183	-12	-6.6%
Public Administration	199	1.7%	193	228	-29	-12.7%
Information Not Available	2,814	24.5%	2,659	2,923	-109	-3.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,729		4,776	7,511
Male	4,475	66.5%	2,867	5,077	-602	-11.9%
Female	2,244	33.3%	1,902	2,430	-186	-7.7%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	7	4	6	150.0%

Ethnicity	6,729		4,776	7,511
Hispanic or Latino	282	4.2%	227	302	-20	-6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,140	91.2%	4,320	6,883	-743	-10.8%
Information Not Available	307	4.6%	229	326	-19	-5.8%

Race	6,729		4,776	7,511
American Indian or Alaskan Native	567	8.4%	434	642	-75	-11.7%
Asian	37	0.5%	27	41	-4	-9.8%
Black or African American	68	1.0%	64	103	-35	-34.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	13	15	1	6.7%
White	5,945	88.3%	4,163	6,616	-671	-10.1%
Information Not Available	96	1.4%	75	94	2	2.1%

Years of Age	6,729		4,776	7,511
Younger than 22	174	1.4%	109	211	-37	-17.5%
22-24	369	3.0%	245	437	-68	-15.6%
25-34	1,823	15.0%	1,232	2,031	-208	-10.2%
35-44	1,326	10.9%	916	1,552	-226	-14.6%
45-54	1,357	11.2%	1,029	1,573	-216	-13.7%
55-59	768	6.3%	562	843	-75	-8.9%
60-64	558	4.6%	404	552	6	1.1%
65 and older	354	2.9%	279	312	42	13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,729		4,776	7,511
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	170	2.5%	133	122	48	39.3%
Mining	146	2.1%	100	245	-99	-40.4%
Utilities	14	0.2%	9	19	-5	-26.3%
Construction	1,318	19.1%	724	1,578	-260	-16.5%
Manufacturing	368	5.3%	258	434	-66	-15.2%
Wholesale Trade	149	2.2%	108	149	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	581	8.4%	511	584	-3	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	178	2.6%	185	192	-14	-7.3%
Information	53	0.8%	55	51	2	3.9%
Finance and Insurance	97	1.4%	83	111	-14	-12.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	72	1.0%	59	83	-11	-13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	226	3.3%	199	252	-26	-10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	3	7	-5	-71.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	745	10.8%	453	809	-64	-7.9%
Educational Services	147	2.1%	126	135	12	8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	327	4.7%	338	362	-35	-9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	367	5.3%	244	393	-26	-6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,032	15.0%	718	1,151	-119	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	156	2.3%	134	164	-8	-4.9%
Public Administration	255	3.7%	172	284	-29	-10.2%
Information Not Available	326	4.7%	164	386	-60	-15.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,574		23,425	26,399
Male	11,034	48.9%	11,044	13,357	-2,323	-17.4%
Female	11,529	51.1%	12,366	13,029	-1,500	-11.5%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	15	13	-2	-15.4%

Ethnicity	22,574		23,425	26,399
Hispanic or Latino	1,088	4.8%	1,136	1,196	-108	-9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,974	92.9%	21,713	24,567	-3,593	-14.6%
Information Not Available	512	2.3%	576	636	-124	-19.5%

Race	22,574		23,425	26,399
American Indian or Alaskan Native	443	2.0%	499	365	78	21.4%
Asian	367	1.6%	339	365	2	0.5%
Black or African American	9,725	43.1%	10,362	10,789	-1,064	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.3%	58	56	7	12.5%
White	10,636	47.1%	10,713	13,286	-2,650	-19.9%
Information Not Available	1,340	5.9%	1,454	1,538	-198	-12.9%

Years of Age	22,574		23,425	26,399
Younger than 22	336	1.1%	364	494	-158	-32.0%
22-24	953	3.0%	957	1,325	-372	-28.1%
25-34	5,679	17.8%	5,928	6,707	-1,028	-15.3%
35-44	5,584	17.5%	5,976	6,312	-728	-11.5%
45-54	5,599	17.6%	5,740	6,555	-956	-14.6%
55-59	2,306	7.2%	2,352	2,585	-279	-10.8%
60-64	1,390	4.4%	1,385	1,588	-198	-12.5%
65 and older	727	2.3%	723	833	-106	-12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,574		23,425	26,399
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.4%	106	132	-33	-25.0%
Mining	6	0.0%	4	18	-12	-66.7%
Utilities	20	0.1%	12	30	-10	-33.3%
Construction	1,278	5.6%	1,215	1,939	-661	-34.1%
Manufacturing	3,491	15.4%	4,101	3,242	249	7.7%
Wholesale Trade	980	4.3%	1,025	1,089	-109	-10.0%
Retail Trade	1,989	8.8%	2,109	2,429	-440	-18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	522	2.3%	499	620	-98	-15.8%
Information	387	1.7%	353	397	-10	-2.5%
Finance and Insurance	721	3.2%	704	750	-29	-3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	449	2.0%	334	522	-73	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,387	6.1%	1,468	1,509	-122	-8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	104	0.5%	114	151	-47	-31.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,631	16.0%	3,691	4,803	-1,172	-24.4%
Educational Services	640	2.8%	810	634	6	0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,192	9.7%	2,308	2,477	-285	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	253	1.1%	151	288	-35	-12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,450	6.4%	1,211	1,612	-162	-10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	458	2.0%	475	550	-92	-16.7%
Public Administration	421	1.9%	426	532	-111	-20.9%
Information Not Available	2,096	9.2%	2,309	2,675	-579	-21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,966		2,240	3,106
Male	2,161	72.9%	1,540	2,251	-90	-4.0%
Female	803	27.1%	699	854	-51	-6.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	1	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	2,966		2,240	3,106
Hispanic or Latino	212	7.1%	133	215	-3	-1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,675	90.2%	2,047	2,790	-115	-4.1%
Information Not Available	79	2.7%	60	101	-22	-21.8%

Race	2,966		2,240	3,106
American Indian or Alaskan Native	181	6.1%	143	185	-4	-2.2%
Asian	18	0.6%	15	26	-8	-30.8%
Black or African American	162	5.5%	132	218	-56	-25.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.2%	4	12	-6	-50.0%
White	2,308	77.8%	1,753	2,349	-41	-1.7%
Information Not Available	291	9.8%	193	316	-25	-7.9%

Years of Age	2,966		2,240	3,106
Younger than 22	54	1.1%	24	62	-8	-12.9%
22-24	127	2.5%	72	139	-12	-8.6%
25-34	696	13.9%	548	776	-80	-10.3%
35-44	628	12.5%	490	606	22	3.6%
45-54	704	14.0%	556	750	-46	-6.1%
55-59	353	7.0%	261	363	-10	-2.8%
60-64	257	5.1%	197	261	-4	-1.5%
65 and older	147	2.9%	92	147	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	2,966		2,240	3,106
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	2.1%	20	76	-13	-17.1%
Mining	241	8.0%	232	465	-224	-48.2%
Utilities	8	0.3%	7	10	-2	-20.0%
Construction	761	25.1%	389	622	139	22.3%
Manufacturing	268	8.8%	215	261	7	2.7%
Wholesale Trade	238	7.9%	230	265	-27	-10.2%
Retail Trade	188	6.2%	148	178	10	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	198	6.5%	185	231	-33	-14.3%
Information	21	0.7%	26	19	2	10.5%
Finance and Insurance	34	1.1%	33	44	-10	-22.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	45	1.5%	44	71	-26	-36.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	121	4.0%	100	105	16	15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.3%	8	7	1	14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	155	5.1%	108	158	-3	-1.9%
Educational Services	6	0.2%	6	3	3	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	111	3.7%	107	113	-2	-1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	23	0.8%	6	19	4	21.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	121	4.0%	106	101	20	19.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	1.8%	45	54	0	0.0%
Public Administration	144	4.8%	138	126	18	14.3%
Information Not Available	158	5.2%	87	178	-20	-11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,868		3,456	4,788
Male	1,962	50.7%	1,646	2,361	-399	-16.9%
Female	1,593	41.2%	1,580	2,074	-481	-23.2%
Information Not Available	313	8.1%	230	353	-40	-11.3%

Ethnicity	3,868		3,456	4,788
Hispanic or Latino	320	8.3%	236	364	-44	-12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,859	73.9%	2,636	3,541	-682	-19.3%
Information Not Available	689	17.8%	584	883	-194	-22.0%

Race	3,868		3,456	4,788
American Indian or Alaskan Native	71	1.8%	67	68	3	4.4%
Asian	163	4.2%	117	64	99	154.7%
Black or African American	414	10.7%	378	480	-66	-13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	14	12	-3	-25.0%
White	2,531	65.4%	2,309	3,234	-703	-21.7%
Information Not Available	680	17.6%	571	930	-250	-26.9%

Years of Age	3,868		3,456	4,788
Younger than 22	45	0.7%	24	57	-12	-21.1%
22-24	106	1.8%	91	149	-43	-28.9%
25-34	837	13.8%	749	1,099	-262	-23.8%
35-44	911	15.1%	793	1,081	-170	-15.7%
45-54	919	15.2%	873	1,125	-206	-18.3%
55-59	483	8.0%	444	590	-107	-18.1%
60-64	350	5.8%	309	417	-67	-16.1%
65 and older	217	3.6%	173	270	-53	-19.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,868		3,456	4,788
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	1.2%	24	66	-20	-30.3%
Mining	21	0.5%	14	37	-16	-43.2%
Utilities	11	0.3%	5	10	1	10.0%
Construction	481	12.3%	326	543	-62	-11.4%
Manufacturing	567	14.5%	521	698	-131	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	167	4.3%	154	200	-33	-16.5%
Retail Trade	303	7.7%	336	432	-129	-29.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	118	3.0%	139	115	3	2.6%
Information	67	1.7%	70	76	-9	-11.8%
Finance and Insurance	180	4.6%	193	199	-19	-9.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	47	1.2%	52	69	-22	-31.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	197	5.0%	186	215	-18	-8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	1.4%	59	40	13	32.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	418	10.7%	304	543	-125	-23.0%
Educational Services	93	2.4%	95	90	3	3.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	347	8.9%	349	455	-108	-23.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	58	1.5%	44	85	-27	-31.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	174	4.4%	171	241	-67	-27.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	76	1.9%	75	97	-21	-21.6%
Public Administration	156	4.0%	104	197	-41	-20.8%
Information Not Available	288	7.4%	235	380	-92	-24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,595		3,431	4,151
Male	1,947	54.2%	1,816	2,172	-225	-10.4%
Female	1,613	44.9%	1,587	1,945	-332	-17.1%
Information Not Available	35	1.0%	28	34	1	2.9%

Ethnicity	3,595		3,431	4,151
Hispanic or Latino	145	4.0%	128	126	19	15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,015	83.9%	2,905	3,491	-476	-13.6%
Information Not Available	435	12.1%	398	534	-99	-18.5%

Race	3,595		3,431	4,151
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.5%	15	32	-15	-46.9%
Asian	72	2.0%	79	65	7	10.8%
Black or African American	58	1.6%	64	60	-2	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	6	2	3	150.0%
White	3,169	88.2%	3,004	3,663	-494	-13.5%
Information Not Available	274	7.6%	263	329	-55	-16.7%

Years of Age	3,595		3,431	4,151
Younger than 22	24	0.4%	15	42	-18	-42.9%
22-24	79	1.3%	62	89	-10	-11.2%
25-34	583	9.2%	570	698	-115	-16.5%
35-44	643	10.2%	622	741	-98	-13.2%
45-54	987	15.6%	930	1,152	-165	-14.3%
55-59	555	8.8%	537	616	-61	-9.9%
60-64	446	7.1%	437	491	-45	-9.2%
65 and older	278	4.4%	258	322	-44	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,595		3,431	4,151
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.4%	17	20	-4	-20.0%
Mining	3	0.1%	3	3	0	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.3%	12	9	1	11.1%
Construction	85	2.4%	72	125	-40	-32.0%
Manufacturing	335	9.3%	355	437	-102	-23.3%
Wholesale Trade	216	6.0%	221	232	-16	-6.9%
Retail Trade	226	6.3%	207	291	-65	-22.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	67	1.9%	57	77	-10	-13.0%
Information	58	1.6%	50	79	-21	-26.6%
Finance and Insurance	143	4.0%	149	130	13	10.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.3%	42	50	-2	-4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	220	6.1%	245	289	-69	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.9%	33	30	1	3.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	455	12.6%	430	553	-98	-17.7%
Educational Services	152	4.2%	159	192	-40	-20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	314	8.7%	328	423	-109	-25.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	111	3.1%	73	135	-24	-17.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	98	2.7%	59	107	-9	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	2.7%	88	116	-20	-17.2%
Public Administration	65	1.8%	50	83	-18	-21.7%
Information Not Available	846	23.4%	781	770	76	9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	92,313		84,515	94,424
Male	49,033	53.1%	45,150	51,275	-2,242	-4.4%
Female	43,280	46.9%	39,365	43,149	131	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	92,313		84,515	94,424
Hispanic or Latino	19,292	20.9%	17,430	19,523	-231	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,675	69.0%	58,464	65,174	-1,499	-2.3%
Information Not Available	9,346	10.1%	8,621	9,727	-381	-3.9%

Race	92,313		84,515	94,424
American Indian or Alaskan Native	450	0.5%	413	421	29	6.9%
Asian	3,641	3.9%	3,535	3,457	184	5.3%
Black or African American	20,003	21.7%	19,874	20,391	-388	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	551	0.6%	513	600	-49	-8.2%
White	54,495	59.0%	47,684	55,868	-1,373	-2.5%
Information Not Available	13,173	14.3%	12,496	13,687	-514	-3.8%

Years of Age	92,313		84,515	94,424
Younger than 22	2,146	1.5%	1,937	2,407	-261	-10.8%
22-24	4,793	3.4%	4,533	5,491	-698	-12.7%
25-34	21,416	15.4%	20,519	22,779	-1,363	-6.0%
35-44	18,342	13.2%	17,186	18,625	-283	-1.5%
45-54	20,617	14.8%	18,618	21,035	-418	-2.0%
55-59	10,261	7.4%	9,154	10,082	179	1.8%
60-64	7,702	5.5%	6,770	7,283	419	5.8%
65 and older	7,036	5.1%	5,798	6,722	314	4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	92,313		84,515	94,424
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	527	0.6%	218	532	-5	-0.9%
Mining	38	0.0%	50	45	-7	-15.6%
Utilities	147	0.2%	152	118	29	24.6%
Construction	7,386	8.0%	6,626	7,438	-52	-0.7%
Manufacturing	5,222	5.6%	5,305	5,711	-489	-8.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,636	5.0%	4,651	5,123	-487	-9.5%
Retail Trade	10,039	10.8%	9,880	10,683	-644	-6.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,189	5.6%	4,274	4,124	1,065	25.8%
Information	1,371	1.5%	1,373	1,562	-191	-12.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,060	3.3%	3,097	2,673	387	14.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,453	1.6%	1,322	1,520	-67	-4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,990	6.5%	6,130	5,754	236	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,177	1.3%	1,129	1,289	-112	-8.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,671	12.6%	10,960	12,538	-867	-6.9%
Educational Services	3,151	3.4%	3,269	3,624	-473	-13.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,859	9.5%	9,040	9,723	-864	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,029	2.2%	1,161	2,207	-178	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,975	11.8%	7,398	8,862	2,113	23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,254	2.4%	2,226	2,497	-243	-9.7%
Public Administration	1,634	1.8%	997	1,404	230	16.4%
Information Not Available	5,505	5.9%	5,257	6,997	-1,492	-21.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,381		10,338	11,876
Male	7,307	59.0%	6,023	7,189	118	1.6%
Female	5,074	41.0%	4,315	4,687	387	8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,381		10,338	11,876
Hispanic or Latino	6,335	51.2%	4,990	6,179	156	2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,901	39.6%	4,324	4,620	281	6.1%
Information Not Available	1,145	9.2%	1,024	1,077	68	6.3%

Race	12,381		10,338	11,876
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,637	13.2%	1,438	1,374	263	19.1%
Asian	89	0.7%	75	86	3	3.5%
Black or African American	368	3.0%	320	327	41	12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.4%	45	37	9	24.3%
White	6,503	52.5%	5,418	6,176	327	5.3%
Information Not Available	3,738	30.2%	3,042	3,876	-138	-3.6%

Years of Age	12,381		10,338	11,876
Younger than 22	329	1.8%	237	318	11	3.5%
22-24	628	3.5%	486	621	7	1.1%
25-34	3,072	17.1%	2,601	2,967	105	3.5%
35-44	2,719	15.1%	2,329	2,573	146	5.7%
45-54	2,739	15.2%	2,264	2,758	-19	-0.7%
55-59	1,393	7.8%	1,154	1,284	109	8.5%
60-64	911	5.1%	762	836	75	9.0%
65 and older	590	3.3%	505	519	71	13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,381		10,338	11,876
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	766	5.8%	163	715	51	7.1%
Mining	607	4.6%	689	763	-156	-20.4%
Utilities	34	0.3%	32	25	9	36.0%
Construction	2,219	16.9%	1,840	2,061	158	7.7%
Manufacturing	748	5.7%	501	656	92	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	352	2.7%	310	338	14	4.1%
Retail Trade	1,268	9.6%	1,127	1,050	218	20.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	339	2.6%	294	360	-21	-5.8%
Information	319	2.4%	300	649	-330	-50.8%
Finance and Insurance	264	2.0%	259	221	43	19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	196	1.5%	195	215	-19	-8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	633	4.8%	562	612	21	3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.1%	26	21	-5	-23.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	979	7.4%	866	887	92	10.4%
Educational Services	426	3.2%	394	378	48	12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,189	9.0%	1,089	1,110	79	7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	265	2.0%	217	245	20	8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	851	6.5%	693	724	127	17.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	429	3.3%	366	278	151	54.3%
Public Administration	390	3.0%	343	491	-101	-20.6%
Information Not Available	91	0.7%	72	77	14	18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,956		20,644	25,009
Male	12,352	56.3%	11,289	14,266	-1,914	-13.4%
Female	9,495	43.2%	9,248	10,657	-1,162	-10.9%
Information Not Available	109	0.5%	107	86	23	26.7%

Ethnicity	21,956		20,644	25,009
Hispanic or Latino	4,557	20.8%	4,209	5,326	-769	-14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,844	63.1%	13,136	15,707	-1,863	-11.9%
Information Not Available	3,555	16.2%	3,299	3,976	-421	-10.6%

Race	21,956		20,644	25,009
American Indian or Alaskan Native	522	2.4%	528	630	-108	-17.1%
Asian	1,309	6.0%	1,201	1,536	-227	-14.8%
Black or African American	3,503	16.0%	3,372	3,604	-101	-2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	544	2.5%	497	621	-77	-12.4%
White	12,296	56.0%	11,566	14,264	-1,968	-13.8%
Information Not Available	3,782	17.2%	3,480	4,354	-572	-13.1%

Years of Age	21,956		20,644	25,009
Younger than 22	436	1.3%	379	573	-137	-23.9%
22-24	1,053	3.2%	944	1,320	-267	-20.2%
25-34	5,404	16.5%	5,053	6,105	-701	-11.5%
35-44	4,883	14.9%	4,575	5,459	-576	-10.6%
45-54	5,094	15.6%	4,878	5,787	-693	-12.0%
55-59	2,319	7.1%	2,133	2,608	-289	-11.1%
60-64	1,507	4.6%	1,451	1,781	-274	-15.4%
65 and older	1,260	3.8%	1,231	1,376	-116	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,956		20,644	25,009
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.2%	27	44	7	15.9%
Mining	97	0.4%	104	335	-238	-71.0%
Utilities	40	0.2%	35	35	5	14.3%
Construction	2,261	10.3%	2,107	2,420	-159	-6.6%
Manufacturing	646	2.9%	653	824	-178	-21.6%
Wholesale Trade	445	2.0%	468	613	-168	-27.4%
Retail Trade	1,470	6.7%	1,506	1,795	-325	-18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	765	3.5%	619	999	-234	-23.4%
Information	230	1.0%	234	276	-46	-16.7%
Finance and Insurance	461	2.1%	487	524	-63	-12.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	633	2.9%	658	626	7	1.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	905	4.1%	907	972	-67	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.7%	155	195	-32	-16.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,620	11.9%	2,541	2,862	-242	-8.5%
Educational Services	236	1.1%	228	260	-24	-9.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,059	4.8%	1,055	1,241	-182	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	473	2.1%	427	517	-44	-8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,405	15.5%	2,973	4,990	-1,585	-31.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	378	1.7%	360	514	-136	-26.5%
Public Administration	330	1.5%	298	381	-51	-13.4%
Information Not Available	5,288	24.0%	4,802	4,586	702	15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	137,256		129,151	148,573
Male	77,580	56.5%	69,319	83,866	-6,286	-7.5%
Female	59,663	43.5%	59,816	64,680	-5,017	-7.8%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	16	27	-14	-51.9%

Ethnicity	137,256		129,151	148,573
Hispanic or Latino	25,574	18.6%	24,378	25,979	-405	-1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94,097	68.6%	87,641	98,159	-4,062	-4.1%
Information Not Available	17,585	12.8%	17,132	24,435	-6,850	-28.0%

Race	137,256		129,151	148,573
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,203	0.9%	1,162	1,232	-29	-2.4%
Asian	5,250	3.8%	5,323	4,843	407	8.4%
Black or African American	25,357	18.5%	25,804	25,748	-391	-1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	822	0.6%	793	903	-81	-9.0%
White	74,330	54.2%	66,627	77,561	-3,231	-4.2%
Information Not Available	30,294	22.1%	29,442	38,286	-7,992	-20.9%

Years of Age	137,256		129,151	148,573
Younger than 22	3,082	1.5%	2,751	3,895	-813	-20.9%
22-24	7,545	3.7%	7,235	9,442	-1,897	-20.1%
25-34	36,164	17.9%	34,590	39,520	-3,356	-8.5%
35-44	28,617	14.2%	27,202	30,703	-2,086	-6.8%
45-54	29,853	14.8%	28,286	32,468	-2,615	-8.1%
55-59	13,972	6.9%	12,872	14,341	-369	-2.6%
60-64	9,687	4.8%	9,038	9,824	-137	-1.4%
65 and older	8,336	4.1%	7,177	8,380	-44	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	137,256		129,151	148,573
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	431	0.3%	217	531	-100	-18.8%
Mining	213	0.2%	159	231	-18	-7.8%
Utilities	152	0.1%	184	132	20	15.2%
Construction	15,537	11.3%	12,889	17,409	-1,872	-10.8%
Manufacturing	8,521	6.2%	7,714	8,821	-300	-3.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,412	3.9%	5,303	5,926	-514	-8.7%
Retail Trade	11,762	8.5%	11,698	13,822	-2,060	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,125	3.7%	5,523	4,669	456	9.8%
Information	4,822	3.5%	4,724	4,829	-7	-0.1%
Finance and Insurance	5,788	4.2%	5,872	5,617	171	3.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,021	2.2%	2,959	3,538	-517	-14.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,877	7.2%	9,989	9,881	-4	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	856	0.6%	878	864	-8	-0.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,367	13.3%	16,890	19,829	-1,462	-7.4%
Educational Services	4,488	3.3%	4,834	4,774	-286	-6.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,893	9.4%	13,390	15,875	-2,982	-18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,596	4.1%	3,911	6,115	-519	-8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,119	8.1%	10,022	12,208	-1,089	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,310	3.1%	3,977	4,740	-430	-9.1%
Public Administration	3,867	2.8%	3,287	4,327	-460	-10.6%
Information Not Available	5,099	3.7%	4,731	4,435	664	15.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,321		45,853	53,639
Male	29,979	60.8%	27,066	33,506	-3,527	-10.5%
Female	19,162	38.9%	18,607	19,981	-819	-4.1%
Information Not Available	180	0.4%	180	152	28	18.4%

Ethnicity	49,321		45,853	53,639
Hispanic or Latino	1,673	3.4%	1,372	1,729	-56	-3.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,326	91.9%	42,309	49,448	-4,122	-8.3%
Information Not Available	2,322	4.7%	2,172	2,462	-140	-5.7%

Race	49,321		45,853	53,639
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	0.5%	232	236	11	4.7%
Asian	349	0.7%	352	365	-16	-4.4%
Black or African American	8,446	17.1%	8,279	8,636	-190	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	60	44	3	6.8%
White	37,586	76.2%	34,550	41,697	-4,111	-9.9%
Information Not Available	2,646	5.4%	2,380	2,661	-15	-0.6%

Years of Age	49,321		45,853	53,639
Younger than 22	946	1.1%	791	1,051	-105	-10.0%
22-24	1,900	2.3%	1,614	2,296	-396	-17.2%
25-34	10,189	12.3%	9,253	11,324	-1,135	-10.0%
35-44	11,236	13.6%	10,420	12,335	-1,099	-8.9%
45-54	12,786	15.4%	12,101	13,886	-1,100	-7.9%
55-59	6,152	7.4%	5,837	6,634	-482	-7.3%
60-64	4,111	5.0%	3,991	4,126	-15	-0.4%
65 and older	2,001	2.4%	1,846	1,987	14	0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,321		45,853	53,639
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	310	0.6%	141	341	-31	-9.1%
Mining	268	0.5%	291	739	-471	-63.7%
Utilities	84	0.2%	92	99	-15	-15.2%
Construction	8,358	16.8%	6,820	8,385	-27	-0.3%
Manufacturing	9,340	18.8%	9,020	11,303	-1,963	-17.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,564	5.2%	2,545	2,798	-234	-8.4%
Retail Trade	2,171	4.4%	2,166	2,482	-311	-12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,679	3.4%	1,554	1,797	-118	-6.6%
Information	794	1.6%	742	692	102	14.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,566	3.2%	1,528	1,461	105	7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	844	1.7%	761	905	-61	-6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,011	6.1%	3,127	2,995	16	0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	893	1.8%	747	903	-10	-1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,042	12.2%	5,556	6,922	-880	-12.7%
Educational Services	1,383	2.8%	1,419	1,225	158	12.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,251	8.6%	4,330	4,255	-4	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	839	1.7%	452	1,045	-206	-19.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,952	3.9%	1,721	1,993	-41	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,097	2.2%	1,072	1,265	-168	-13.3%
Public Administration	448	0.9%	351	528	-80	-15.2%
Information Not Available	1,427	2.9%	1,418	1,506	-79	-5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,287		19,248	21,140
Male	11,015	57.1%	10,938	13,020	-2,005	-15.4%
Female	8,237	42.7%	8,270	8,074	163	2.0%
Information Not Available	35	0.2%	40	46	-11	-23.9%

Ethnicity	19,287		19,248	21,140
Hispanic or Latino	1,559	8.1%	1,585	1,819	-260	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,728	91.9%	17,663	19,321	-1,593	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	19,287		19,248	21,140
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,015	10.4%	1,897	1,969	46	2.3%
Asian	198	1.0%	206	169	29	17.2%
Black or African American	2,823	14.6%	2,848	2,819	4	0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.2%	30	24	19	79.2%
White	12,077	62.6%	12,194	13,794	-1,717	-12.4%
Information Not Available	2,131	11.0%	2,073	2,365	-234	-9.9%

Years of Age	19,287		19,248	21,140
Younger than 22	320	1.1%	287	377	-57	-15.1%
22-24	737	2.5%	727	994	-257	-25.9%
25-34	4,471	15.0%	4,483	5,336	-865	-16.2%
35-44	4,564	15.3%	4,497	5,030	-466	-9.3%
45-54	4,528	15.2%	4,531	4,840	-312	-6.4%
55-59	2,137	7.2%	2,159	2,161	-24	-1.1%
60-64	1,544	5.2%	1,550	1,447	97	6.7%
65 and older	986	3.3%	1,014	955	31	3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,287		19,248	21,140
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	0.5%	71	54	37	68.5%
Mining	968	5.0%	1,056	2,080	-1,112	-53.5%
Utilities	105	0.5%	112	89	16	18.0%
Construction	1,874	9.7%	1,782	1,718	156	9.1%
Manufacturing	2,395	12.4%	2,647	3,652	-1,257	-34.4%
Wholesale Trade	968	5.0%	971	1,102	-134	-12.2%
Retail Trade	1,802	9.3%	1,740	1,624	178	11.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	489	2.5%	455	572	-83	-14.5%
Information	408	2.1%	427	351	57	16.2%
Finance and Insurance	468	2.4%	440	437	31	7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	415	2.1%	441	412	3	0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,118	5.8%	1,124	1,069	49	4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	164	0.8%	60	95	69	72.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,410	12.4%	2,366	2,516	-106	-4.2%
Educational Services	689	3.6%	709	451	238	52.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,916	9.9%	1,846	1,645	271	16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	179	0.9%	142	156	23	14.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	758	3.9%	757	845	-87	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	512	2.6%	521	629	-117	-18.6%
Public Administration	899	4.6%	924	787	112	14.2%
Information Not Available	659	3.4%	657	856	-197	-23.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,769		24,651	30,648
Male	16,091	57.9%	13,743	17,939	-1,848	-10.3%
Female	11,674	42.0%	10,905	12,705	-1,031	-8.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	4	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,769		24,651	30,648
Hispanic or Latino	2,985	10.7%	2,414	3,225	-240	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,657	78.0%	19,342	23,725	-2,068	-8.7%
Information Not Available	3,127	11.3%	2,895	3,698	-571	-15.4%

Race	27,769		24,651	30,648
American Indian or Alaskan Native	310	1.1%	258	416	-106	-25.5%
Asian	743	2.7%	742	621	122	19.6%
Black or African American	595	2.1%	534	609	-14	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	248	0.9%	191	263	-15	-5.7%
White	15,706	56.6%	14,039	17,260	-1,554	-9.0%
Information Not Available	10,167	36.6%	8,887	11,479	-1,312	-11.4%

Years of Age	27,769		24,651	30,648
Younger than 22	404	1.0%	291	496	-92	-18.5%
22-24	1,006	2.4%	815	1,231	-225	-18.3%
25-34	6,404	15.6%	5,750	7,258	-854	-11.8%
35-44	6,491	15.8%	5,800	6,973	-482	-6.9%
45-54	6,610	16.1%	5,864	7,440	-830	-11.2%
55-59	3,255	7.9%	2,912	3,537	-282	-8.0%
60-64	2,321	5.6%	2,107	2,391	-70	-2.9%
65 and older	1,278	3.1%	1,112	1,322	-44	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,769		24,651	30,648
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,023	3.6%	729	1,273	-250	-19.6%
Mining	73	0.3%	51	103	-30	-29.1%
Utilities	56	0.2%	63	68	-12	-17.6%
Construction	2,827	9.8%	2,163	3,555	-728	-20.5%
Manufacturing	3,937	13.7%	3,492	4,017	-80	-2.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,036	3.6%	977	1,109	-73	-6.6%
Retail Trade	2,487	8.6%	2,242	3,009	-522	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	757	2.6%	669	780	-23	-2.9%
Information	734	2.5%	707	708	26	3.7%
Finance and Insurance	721	2.5%	722	812	-91	-11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	431	1.5%	403	484	-53	-11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,523	5.3%	1,439	1,445	78	5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	278	1.0%	283	218	60	27.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,713	9.4%	2,513	2,864	-151	-5.3%
Educational Services	672	2.3%	671	691	-19	-2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,751	9.6%	2,677	3,044	-293	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	489	1.7%	311	526	-37	-7.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,002	7.0%	1,679	2,203	-201	-9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	755	2.6%	681	836	-81	-9.7%
Public Administration	776	2.7%	571	960	-184	-19.2%
Information Not Available	1,728	6.0%	1,608	1,943	-215	-11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	109,825		102,938	122,500
Male	64,015	58.3%	57,595	71,310	-7,295	-10.2%
Female	45,803	41.7%	45,335	51,164	-5,361	-10.5%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	8	26	-19	-73.1%

Ethnicity	109,825		102,938	122,500
Hispanic or Latino	6,674	6.1%	6,266	7,198	-524	-7.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,136	90.3%	92,798	111,246	-12,110	-10.9%
Information Not Available	4,015	3.7%	3,874	4,056	-41	-1.0%

Race	109,825		102,938	122,500
American Indian or Alaskan Native	279	0.3%	298	336	-57	-17.0%
Asian	60	0.1%	53	55	5	9.1%
Black or African American	18,045	16.4%	18,040	19,540	-1,495	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,363	1.2%	1,278	1,550	-187	-12.1%
White	79,692	72.6%	73,403	90,013	-10,321	-11.5%
Information Not Available	10,386	9.5%	9,866	11,006	-620	-5.6%

Years of Age	109,825		102,938	122,500
Younger than 22	2,255	1.3%	1,926	2,972	-717	-24.1%
22-24	5,352	3.0%	5,008	6,379	-1,027	-16.1%
25-34	25,439	14.1%	24,091	28,217	-2,778	-9.8%
35-44	22,576	12.5%	21,084	24,932	-2,356	-9.4%
45-54	25,232	14.0%	23,708	28,615	-3,383	-11.8%
55-59	12,672	7.0%	11,969	14,127	-1,455	-10.3%
60-64	9,576	5.3%	9,029	9,968	-392	-3.9%
65 and older	6,723	3.7%	6,123	7,290	-567	-7.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	109,825		102,938	122,500
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	334	0.3%	243	360	-26	-7.2%
Mining	1,316	1.2%	1,376	3,527	-2,211	-62.7%
Utilities	273	0.2%	253	220	53	24.1%
Construction	14,486	13.2%	10,934	14,420	66	0.5%
Manufacturing	15,557	14.1%	15,586	18,048	-2,491	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,252	3.9%	4,155	4,974	-722	-14.5%
Retail Trade	10,201	9.3%	9,824	11,101	-900	-8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,510	5.0%	5,372	6,117	-607	-9.9%
Information	1,591	1.4%	1,544	1,605	-14	-0.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,096	2.8%	3,215	3,367	-271	-8.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,455	1.3%	1,284	1,565	-110	-7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,187	5.6%	6,176	6,202	-15	-0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	943	0.9%	924	892	51	5.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,243	10.2%	10,687	12,852	-1,609	-12.5%
Educational Services	3,034	2.8%	3,149	3,571	-537	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,255	12.0%	13,279	15,338	-2,083	-13.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,958	2.7%	1,768	2,997	-39	-1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,856	6.2%	6,316	7,368	-512	-6.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,738	2.5%	2,578	2,904	-166	-5.7%
Public Administration	1,464	1.3%	1,136	1,469	-5	-0.3%
Information Not Available	3,076	2.8%	3,139	3,603	-527	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,577		19,554	23,555
Male	9,866	53.1%	10,278	13,114	-3,248	-24.8%
Female	8,711	46.9%	9,276	10,441	-1,730	-16.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,577		19,554	23,555
Hispanic or Latino	18,325	98.6%	19,293	23,156	-4,831	-20.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	84	0.5%	78	126	-42	-33.3%
Information Not Available	168	0.9%	183	273	-105	-38.5%

Race	18,577		19,554	23,555
American Indian or Alaskan Native	248	1.3%	242	238	10	4.2%
Asian	24	0.1%	22	11	13	118.2%
Black or African American	855	4.6%	929	1,002	-147	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	8	15	-9	-60.0%
White	3,957	21.3%	4,225	5,266	-1,309	-24.9%
Information Not Available	13,487	72.6%	14,128	17,023	-3,536	-20.8%

Years of Age	18,577		19,554	23,555
Younger than 22	490	2.3%	542	720	-230	-31.9%
22-24	1,112	5.1%	1,225	1,649	-537	-32.6%
25-34	5,298	24.5%	5,514	7,010	-1,712	-24.4%
35-44	4,831	22.3%	5,059	6,094	-1,263	-20.7%
45-54	3,961	18.3%	4,198	4,737	-776	-16.4%
55-59	1,437	6.6%	1,516	1,685	-248	-14.7%
60-64	910	4.2%	946	945	-35	-3.7%
65 and older	525	2.4%	542	697	-172	-24.7%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	12	18	-5	-27.8%

Industry	18,577		19,554	23,555
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,007	5.1%	1,169	963	44	4.6%
Mining	14	0.1%	13	28	-14	-50.0%
Utilities	17	0.1%	13	27	-10	-37.0%
Construction	1,893	9.7%	1,908	2,905	-1,012	-34.8%
Manufacturing	2,207	11.3%	2,362	2,235	-28	-1.3%
Wholesale Trade	490	2.5%	490	678	-188	-27.7%
Retail Trade	1,570	8.0%	1,678	2,138	-568	-26.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	297	1.5%	328	362	-65	-18.0%
Information	248	1.3%	283	348	-100	-28.7%
Finance and Insurance	351	1.8%	366	496	-145	-29.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	208	1.1%	215	223	-15	-6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	741	3.8%	847	1,027	-286	-27.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.0%	7	16	-7	-43.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,575	13.1%	2,616	3,516	-941	-26.8%
Educational Services	1,677	8.6%	1,970	2,329	-652	-28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,555	7.9%	1,649	1,827	-272	-14.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	148	0.8%	136	64	84	131.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,607	8.2%	1,516	1,545	62	4.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	249	1.3%	261	372	-123	-33.1%
Public Administration	1,030	5.3%	1,080	1,402	-372	-26.5%
Information Not Available	684	3.5%	647	1,054	-370	-35.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,258		6,697	7,598
Male	3,883	53.5%	3,451	3,925	-42	-1.1%
Female	3,375	46.5%	3,246	3,673	-298	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,258		6,697	7,598
Hispanic or Latino	1,186	16.3%	1,119	1,142	44	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,602	63.4%	4,277	4,887	-285	-5.8%
Information Not Available	1,470	20.3%	1,301	1,569	-99	-6.3%

Race	7,258		6,697	7,598
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.8%	53	50	11	22.0%
Asian	113	1.6%	115	144	-31	-21.5%
Black or African American	502	6.9%	472	521	-19	-3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.5%	43	44	-5	-11.4%
White	5,047	69.5%	4,602	5,202	-155	-3.0%
Information Not Available	1,496	20.6%	1,412	1,637	-141	-8.6%

Years of Age	7,258		6,697	7,598
Younger than 22	144	1.2%	141	155	-11	-7.1%
22-24	311	2.7%	306	389	-78	-20.1%
25-34	1,743	14.9%	1,586	1,802	-59	-3.3%
35-44	1,417	12.1%	1,306	1,502	-85	-5.7%
45-54	1,665	14.2%	1,523	1,689	-24	-1.4%
55-59	838	7.2%	784	849	-11	-1.3%
60-64	612	5.2%	575	632	-20	-3.2%
65 and older	528	4.5%	476	580	-52	-9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,258		6,697	7,598
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.4%	8	31	-5	-16.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	7	-7	-100.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	4	14	-8	-57.1%
Construction	638	8.8%	494	606	32	5.3%
Manufacturing	894	12.3%	1,004	847	47	5.5%
Wholesale Trade	300	4.1%	287	390	-90	-23.1%
Retail Trade	616	8.5%	615	714	-98	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	173	2.4%	198	166	7	4.2%
Information	75	1.0%	72	108	-33	-30.6%
Finance and Insurance	335	4.6%	341	334	1	0.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	152	2.1%	111	170	-18	-10.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	436	6.0%	435	408	28	6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	76	1.0%	75	92	-16	-17.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	885	12.1%	875	1,000	-115	-11.5%
Educational Services	184	2.5%	187	205	-21	-10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	970	13.3%	940	1,033	-63	-6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	224	3.1%	81	225	-1	-0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	712	9.8%	507	734	-22	-3.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	281	3.9%	261	252	29	11.5%
Public Administration	72	1.0%	51	52	20	38.5%
Information Not Available	203	2.8%	150	210	-7	-3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,449		18,861	21,141
Male	8,847	48.0%	9,111	10,648	-1,801	-16.9%
Female	9,602	52.0%	9,750	10,493	-891	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,449		18,861	21,141
Hispanic or Latino	694	3.8%	680	693	1	0.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,382	94.2%	17,790	19,964	-2,582	-12.9%
Information Not Available	373	2.0%	391	484	-111	-22.9%

Race	18,449		18,861	21,141
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	0.8%	103	151	1	0.7%
Asian	156	0.8%	139	159	-3	-1.9%
Black or African American	8,444	45.8%	9,218	10,146	-1,702	-16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.2%	25	40	-10	-25.0%
White	8,836	47.9%	8,599	9,820	-984	-10.0%
Information Not Available	831	4.5%	777	825	6	0.7%

Years of Age	18,449		18,861	21,141
Younger than 22	46	0.2%	36	43	3	7.0%
22-24	44	0.2%	38	33	11	33.3%
25-34	616	2.5%	664	627	-11	-1.8%
35-44	3,039	12.2%	3,180	3,405	-366	-10.7%
45-54	4,253	17.0%	4,396	4,882	-629	-12.9%
55-59	2,047	8.2%	2,122	2,427	-380	-15.7%
60-64	2,294	9.2%	2,348	2,501	-207	-8.3%
65 and older	6,076	24.3%	6,045	7,183	-1,107	-15.4%
Information Not Available	34	0.1%	32	40	-6	-15.0%

Industry	18,449		18,861	21,141
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.6%	119	222	-103	-46.4%
Mining	14	0.1%	17	35	-21	-60.0%
Utilities	35	0.2%	36	42	-7	-16.7%
Construction	1,164	6.3%	1,268	1,279	-115	-9.0%
Manufacturing	2,642	14.2%	3,285	3,309	-667	-20.2%
Wholesale Trade	749	4.0%	718	732	17	2.3%
Retail Trade	1,733	9.3%	1,653	1,794	-61	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	473	2.5%	511	522	-49	-9.4%
Information	289	1.6%	278	259	30	11.6%
Finance and Insurance	461	2.5%	497	568	-107	-18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	370	2.0%	334	406	-36	-8.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,103	5.9%	1,080	1,153	-50	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	109	0.6%	103	86	23	26.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,906	15.7%	2,995	3,449	-543	-15.7%
Educational Services	439	2.4%	506	443	-4	-0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,398	7.5%	1,486	1,493	-95	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	335	1.8%	250	521	-186	-35.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,649	8.9%	1,219	2,090	-441	-21.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	409	2.2%	390	529	-120	-22.7%
Public Administration	291	1.6%	300	341	-50	-14.7%
Information Not Available	1,761	9.5%	1,816	1,868	-107	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,496		1,137	1,181
Male	909	60.8%	633	689	220	31.9%
Female	587	39.2%	504	492	95	19.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,496		1,137	1,181
Hispanic or Latino	51	3.4%	41	29	22	75.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,266	84.6%	944	1,077	189	17.5%
Information Not Available	179	12.0%	152	75	104	138.7%

Race	1,496		1,137	1,181
American Indian or Alaskan Native	203	13.6%	145	160	43	26.9%
Asian	21	1.4%	17	0	21	0.0%
Black or African American	40	2.7%	39	37	3	8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.2%	4	0	3	0.0%
White	1,055	70.5%	787	869	186	21.4%
Information Not Available	174	11.6%	145	115	59	51.3%

Years of Age	1,496		1,137	1,181
Younger than 22	23	1.0%	15	16	7	43.8%
22-24	43	1.8%	18	44	-1	-2.3%
25-34	283	11.9%	196	229	54	23.6%
35-44	280	11.8%	249	227	53	23.3%
45-54	347	14.6%	300	269	78	29.0%
55-59	200	8.4%	150	162	38	23.5%
60-64	172	7.2%	127	128	44	34.4%
65 and older	148	6.2%	82	106	42	39.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,496		1,137	1,181
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.4%	2	2	4	200.0%
Mining	19	1.3%	11	17	2	11.8%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Construction	263	17.5%	98	180	83	46.1%
Manufacturing	162	10.8%	167	145	17	11.7%
Wholesale Trade	49	3.3%	44	51	-2	-3.9%
Retail Trade	105	7.0%	99	112	-7	-6.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	49	3.3%	29	25	24	96.0%
Information	28	1.9%	23	21	7	33.3%
Finance and Insurance	91	6.1%	93	61	30	49.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	1.1%	19	19	-2	-10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	49	3.3%	46	33	16	48.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	104	6.9%	87	103	1	1.0%
Educational Services	55	3.7%	46	42	13	31.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	95	6.3%	89	91	4	4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	21	1.4%	12	21	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	122	8.1%	92	97	25	25.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	40	2.7%	22	20	20	100.0%
Public Administration	147	9.8%	103	133	14	10.5%
Information Not Available	72	4.8%	52	1	71	7100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,903		17,205	22,366
Male	8,042	47.6%	7,707	11,280	-3,238	-28.7%
Female	8,860	52.4%	9,497	11,086	-2,226	-20.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,903		17,205	22,366
Hispanic or Latino	333	2.0%	288	444	-111	-25.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,180	95.7%	16,522	21,922	-5,742	-26.2%
Information Not Available	390	2.3%	395	0	390	0.0%

Race	16,903		17,205	22,366
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48	0.3%	50	77	-29	-37.7%
Asian	107	0.6%	120	0	107	0.0%
Black or African American	4,957	29.3%	5,254	5,897	-940	-15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	12	189	-172	-91.0%
White	10,948	64.8%	10,971	15,681	-4,733	-30.2%
Information Not Available	826	4.9%	798	522	304	58.2%

Years of Age	16,903		17,205	22,366
Younger than 22	249	0.9%	234	372	-123	-33.1%
22-24	560	2.1%	544	771	-211	-27.4%
25-34	3,590	13.6%	3,620	4,316	-726	-16.8%
35-44	3,893	14.8%	3,976	4,886	-993	-20.3%
45-54	4,142	15.7%	4,287	5,526	-1,384	-25.0%
55-59	1,972	7.5%	1,981	2,781	-809	-29.1%
60-64	1,508	5.7%	1,478	2,109	-601	-28.5%
65 and older	989	3.8%	1,085	1,605	-616	-38.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,903		17,205	22,366
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	96	0.6%	68	100	-4	-4.0%
Mining	24	0.1%	14	77	-53	-68.8%
Utilities	35	0.2%	37	33	2	6.1%
Construction	1,392	8.2%	1,187	1,911	-519	-27.2%
Manufacturing	2,647	15.6%	2,413	3,978	-1,331	-33.5%
Wholesale Trade	765	4.5%	752	1,135	-370	-32.6%
Retail Trade	1,363	8.0%	1,272	1,962	-599	-30.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	725	4.3%	1,064	792	-67	-8.5%
Information	266	1.6%	230	372	-106	-28.5%
Finance and Insurance	545	3.2%	531	652	-107	-16.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	259	1.5%	226	363	-104	-28.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	877	5.2%	903	1,348	-471	-34.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.8%	231	130	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,784	10.5%	1,706	3,372	-1,588	-47.1%
Educational Services	441	2.6%	529	798	-357	-44.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,484	8.7%	1,567	2,201	-717	-32.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	229	1.3%	147	375	-146	-38.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	704	4.1%	705	1,377	-673	-48.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	461	2.7%	466	803	-342	-42.6%
Public Administration	641	3.8%	427	549	92	16.8%
Information Not Available	2,035	12.0%	2,730	38	1,997	5255.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	157,889		155,227	159,574
Male	93,909	59.5%	91,455	98,540	-4,631	-4.7%
Female	63,784	40.4%	63,625	61,033	2,751	4.5%
Information Not Available	196	0.1%	147	1	195	19500.0%

Ethnicity	157,889		155,227	159,574
Hispanic or Latino	51,802	32.8%	49,779	53,253	-1,451	-2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,150	59.0%	92,671	93,316	-166	-0.2%
Information Not Available	12,937	8.2%	12,777	13,005	-68	-0.5%

Race	157,889		155,227	159,574
American Indian or Alaskan Native	621	0.4%	579	691	-70	-10.1%
Asian	4,436	2.8%	4,777	4,475	-39	-0.9%
Black or African American	33,129	21.0%	33,361	33,159	-30	-0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,449	1.6%	1,780	0	2,449	0.0%
White	54,095	34.3%	53,160	54,721	-626	-1.1%
Information Not Available	63,159	40.0%	61,570	66,528	-3,369	-5.1%

Years of Age	157,889		155,227	159,574
Younger than 22	2,750	1.4%	2,646	3,063	-313	-10.2%
22-24	6,971	3.5%	6,801	7,865	-894	-11.4%
25-34	37,813	18.9%	36,866	40,347	-2,534	-6.3%
35-44	37,439	18.7%	36,713	38,908	-1,469	-3.8%
45-54	36,958	18.5%	36,673	36,119	839	2.3%
55-59	17,117	8.5%	16,762	16,255	862	5.3%
60-64	11,772	5.9%	11,881	10,879	893	8.2%
65 and older	6,915	3.5%	6,784	6,138	777	12.7%
Information Not Available	154	0.1%	101	0	154	0.0%

Industry	157,889		155,227	159,574
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	537	0.3%	645	648	-111	-17.1%
Mining	7,518	4.7%	8,380	13,212	-5,694	-43.1%
Utilities	751	0.5%	651	432	319	73.8%
Construction	22,550	14.2%	19,523	19,937	2,613	13.1%
Manufacturing	17,466	11.0%	18,579	21,014	-3,548	-16.9%
Wholesale Trade	9,080	5.7%	9,560	10,263	-1,183	-11.5%
Retail Trade	10,228	6.5%	10,402	9,659	569	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,859	3.7%	5,814	6,296	-437	-6.9%
Information	2,909	1.8%	2,725	2,732	177	6.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,452	4.1%	6,556	6,255	197	3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,890	1.8%	2,814	3,359	-469	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,514	9.2%	14,477	13,090	1,424	10.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,078	0.7%	882	890	188	21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,493	12.9%	20,692	20,445	48	0.2%
Educational Services	4,189	2.6%	3,903	3,187	1,002	31.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,019	7.6%	12,158	11,931	88	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	791	0.5%	783	807	-16	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,063	3.2%	5,220	4,803	260	5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,124	2.6%	3,443	3,750	374	10.0%
Public Administration	1,887	1.2%	1,632	1,504	383	25.5%
Information Not Available	7,491	4.7%	6,388	5,360	2,131	39.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,961		8,689	10,668
Male	6,218	62.4%	5,239	6,726	-508	-7.6%
Female	3,738	37.5%	3,445	3,897	-159	-4.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	5	45	-40	-88.9%

Ethnicity	9,961		8,689	10,668
Hispanic or Latino	1,118	11.2%	922	1,069	49	4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,693	77.2%	6,896	7,791	-98	-1.3%
Information Not Available	1,150	11.5%	871	1,808	-658	-36.4%

Race	9,961		8,689	10,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	320	3.2%	278	341	-21	-6.2%
Asian	165	1.7%	183	203	-38	-18.7%
Black or African American	212	2.1%	202	231	-19	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	150	1.5%	154	205	-55	-26.8%
White	6,013	60.4%	5,562	6,934	-921	-13.3%
Information Not Available	3,092	31.1%	2,300	2,754	338	12.3%

Years of Age	9,961		8,689	10,668
Younger than 22	204	1.3%	159	235	-31	-13.2%
22-24	435	2.8%	372	548	-113	-20.6%
25-34	2,685	17.6%	2,211	2,857	-172	-6.0%
35-44	2,446	16.0%	2,203	2,577	-131	-5.1%
45-54	2,075	13.6%	1,885	2,263	-188	-8.3%
55-59	1,078	7.0%	948	1,123	-45	-4.0%
60-64	683	4.5%	610	709	-26	-3.7%
65 and older	355	2.3%	301	356	-1	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,961		8,689	10,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.2%	16	29	-9	-31.0%
Mining	225	2.3%	256	411	-186	-45.3%
Utilities	15	0.2%	17	23	-8	-34.8%
Construction	1,367	13.7%	1,104	1,245	122	9.8%
Manufacturing	967	9.7%	814	1,109	-142	-12.8%
Wholesale Trade	421	4.2%	427	499	-78	-15.6%
Retail Trade	804	8.1%	809	804	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	289	2.9%	243	470	-181	-38.5%
Information	272	2.7%	260	222	50	22.5%
Finance and Insurance	389	3.9%	388	331	58	17.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	166	1.7%	153	195	-29	-14.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	755	7.6%	760	777	-22	-2.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.4%	38	49	-12	-24.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,212	12.1%	1,084	1,262	-50	-4.0%
Educational Services	247	2.5%	261	289	-42	-14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	454	4.5%	437	435	19	4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	193	1.9%	130	249	-56	-22.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	706	7.1%	409	774	-68	-8.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	177	1.8%	160	213	-36	-16.9%
Public Administration	233	2.3%	151	284	-51	-18.0%
Information Not Available	1,012	10.1%	772	998	14	1.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,822		27,937	28,066
Male	14,613	52.5%	14,499	14,920	-307	-2.1%
Female	13,197	47.4%	13,425	13,146	51	0.4%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	13	0	12	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,822		27,937	28,066
Hispanic or Latino	1,153	4.1%	1,126	1,314	-161	-12.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,157	90.4%	25,348	25,795	-638	-2.5%
Information Not Available	1,512	5.4%	1,463	957	555	58.0%

Race	27,822		27,937	28,066
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,304	4.7%	1,263	1,474	-170	-11.5%
Asian	777	2.8%	801	821	-44	-5.4%
Black or African American	11,182	40.2%	11,216	10,369	813	7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,047	46.9%	13,194	14,445	-1,398	-9.7%
Information Not Available	1,512	5.4%	1,463	957	555	58.0%

Years of Age	27,822		27,937	28,066
Younger than 22	390	1.0%	337	438	-48	-11.0%
22-24	1,078	2.8%	1,030	1,208	-130	-10.8%
25-34	6,480	16.8%	6,481	6,523	-43	-0.7%
35-44	6,163	16.0%	6,279	6,265	-102	-1.6%
45-54	6,889	17.9%	6,947	7,042	-153	-2.2%
55-59	3,238	8.4%	3,230	3,343	-105	-3.1%
60-64	2,289	5.9%	2,323	2,077	212	10.2%
65 and older	1,294	3.4%	1,310	1,169	125	10.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Industry	27,822		27,937	28,066
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	101	0.4%	88	62	39	62.9%
Mining	124	0.4%	146	194	-70	-36.1%
Utilities	23	0.1%	36	28	-5	-17.9%
Construction	2,077	7.4%	1,874	1,277	800	62.6%
Manufacturing	2,259	8.1%	2,610	1,459	800	54.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,005	3.6%	972	670	335	50.0%
Retail Trade	1,999	7.2%	2,052	1,426	573	40.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,072	3.8%	1,006	611	461	75.5%
Information	649	2.3%	667	548	101	18.4%
Finance and Insurance	965	3.5%	1,073	834	131	15.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	464	1.7%	449	352	112	31.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,385	12.1%	3,535	2,303	1,082	47.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	184	0.7%	204	150	34	22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,356	12.0%	3,339	1,973	1,383	70.1%
Educational Services	786	2.8%	831	291	495	170.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,199	7.9%	2,221	1,344	855	63.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	296	1.1%	165	230	66	28.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,268	4.5%	1,146	759	509	67.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	822	2.9%	789	544	278	51.1%
Public Administration	1,742	6.2%	1,724	1,046	696	66.5%
Information Not Available	3,046	10.9%	3,010	11,965	-8,919	-74.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	289		347	313
Male	181	62.6%	196	154	27	17.5%
Female	108	37.4%	151	159	-51	-32.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	289		347	313
Hispanic or Latino	66	22.8%	72	63	3	4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	215	74.4%	266	238	-23	-9.7%
Information Not Available	8	2.8%	9	12	-4	-33.3%

Race	289		347	313
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.7%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Asian	1	0.3%	1	1	0	0.0%
Black or African American	195	67.5%	237	219	-24	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1.0%	6	8	-5	-62.5%
White	17	5.9%	26	15	2	13.3%
Information Not Available	71	24.6%	75	67	4	6.0%

Years of Age	289		347	313
Younger than 22	3	1.1%	4	8	-5	-62.5%
22-24	8	2.9%	15	20	-12	-60.0%
25-34	54	19.9%	63	58	-4	-6.9%
35-44	49	18.0%	68	57	-8	-14.0%
45-54	77	28.3%	94	78	-1	-1.3%
55-59	46	16.9%	53	37	9	24.3%
60-64	34	12.5%	28	32	2	6.3%
65 and older	16	5.9%	20	21	-5	-23.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.7%	2	2	0	0.0%

Industry	289		347	313
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.3%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.3%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	100	34.6%	95	64	36	56.3%
Manufacturing	9	3.1%	8	11	-2	-18.2%
Wholesale Trade	6	2.1%	6	5	1	20.0%
Retail Trade	15	5.2%	12	34	-19	-55.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3	1.0%	6	3	0	0.0%
Information	1	0.3%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
Finance and Insurance	7	2.4%	4	4	3	75.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7	2.4%	5	12	-5	-41.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15	5.2%	14	19	-4	-21.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	1.4%	1	11	-7	-63.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9	3.1%	5	18	-9	-50.0%
Educational Services	3	1.0%	1	11	-8	-72.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15	5.2%	9	12	3	25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.7%	4	2	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	62	21.5%	136	68	-6	-8.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8	2.8%	10	9	-1	-11.1%
Public Administration	9	3.1%	12	13	-4	-30.8%
Information Not Available	12	4.2%	16	13	-1	-7.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,336		2,673	3,693
Male	1,951	58.5%	1,489	2,127	-176	-8.3%
Female	1,385	41.5%	1,184	1,566	-181	-11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,336		2,673	3,693
Hispanic or Latino	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	196	5.9%	204	318	-122	-38.4%
Information Not Available	3,139	94.1%	2,467	3,371	-232	-6.9%

Race	3,336		2,673	3,693
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3	0.1%	2	5	-2	-40.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
White	194	5.8%	203	313	-119	-38.0%
Information Not Available	3,139	94.1%	2,467	3,371	-232	-6.9%

Years of Age	3,336		2,673	3,693
Younger than 22	63	2.0%	44	83	-20	-24.1%
22-24	138	4.3%	108	162	-24	-14.8%
25-34	744	23.1%	592	797	-53	-6.6%
35-44	663	20.6%	496	682	-19	-2.8%
45-54	762	23.7%	627	896	-134	-15.0%
55-59	391	12.2%	351	452	-61	-13.5%
60-64	313	9.7%	262	353	-40	-11.3%
65 and older	262	8.1%	193	268	-6	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,336		2,673	3,693
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.7%	10	26	-1	-3.8%
Mining	5	0.1%	1	4	1	25.0%
Utilities	4	0.1%	6	9	-5	-55.6%
Construction	401	11.9%	246	408	-7	-1.7%
Manufacturing	378	11.2%	422	471	-93	-19.7%
Wholesale Trade	137	4.1%	140	119	18	15.1%
Retail Trade	317	9.4%	289	328	-11	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	83	2.5%	75	82	1	1.2%
Information	45	1.3%	39	59	-14	-23.7%
Finance and Insurance	46	1.4%	48	45	1	2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	59	1.8%	40	37	22	59.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	147	4.4%	134	144	3	2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	3	3	2	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	260	7.7%	190	263	-3	-1.1%
Educational Services	123	3.7%	119	155	-32	-20.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	315	9.4%	301	353	-38	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	106	3.2%	40	121	-15	-12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	671	20.0%	423	791	-120	-15.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95	2.8%	79	122	-27	-22.1%
Public Administration	114	3.4%	68	153	-39	-25.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,721		40,269	51,568
Male	28,684	61.4%	24,351	32,524	-3,840	-11.8%
Female	18,024	38.6%	15,912	19,037	-1,013	-5.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	6	7	6	85.7%

Ethnicity	46,721		40,269	51,568
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	46,721	100.0%	40,269	51,568	-4,847	-9.4%

Race	46,721		40,269	51,568
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	46,721	100.0%	40,269	51,568	-4,847	-9.4%

Years of Age	46,721		40,269	51,568
Younger than 22	713	1.7%	489	880	-167	-19.0%
22-24	1,667	3.9%	1,339	2,057	-390	-19.0%
25-34	10,449	24.4%	9,023	11,719	-1,270	-10.8%
35-44	10,572	24.7%	9,301	11,790	-1,218	-10.3%
45-54	11,633	27.1%	9,992	13,014	-1,381	-10.6%
55-59	5,610	13.1%	4,903	6,001	-391	-6.5%
60-64	3,850	9.0%	3,356	3,950	-100	-2.5%
65 and older	2,227	5.2%	1,866	2,156	71	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	46,721		40,269	51,568
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	46,721	100.0%	40,269	51,568	-4,847	-9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,721		25,316	36,028
Male	16,730	56.3%	13,407	20,997	-4,267	-20.3%
Female	12,952	43.6%	11,858	14,991	-2,039	-13.6%
Information Not Available	39	0.1%	51	40	-1	-2.5%

Ethnicity	29,721		25,316	36,028
Hispanic or Latino	1,308	4.4%	1,053	1,765	-457	-25.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,759	93.4%	23,658	33,593	-5,834	-17.4%
Information Not Available	654	2.2%	605	670	-16	-2.4%

Race	29,721		25,316	36,028
American Indian or Alaskan Native	398	1.3%	304	580	-182	-31.4%
Asian	440	1.5%	403	450	-10	-2.2%
Black or African American	4,185	14.1%	4,000	4,695	-510	-10.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.1%	33	61	-19	-31.1%
White	24,002	80.8%	19,971	29,572	-5,570	-18.8%
Information Not Available	654	2.2%	605	670	-16	-2.4%

Years of Age	29,721		25,316	36,028
Younger than 22	490	1.0%	392	710	-220	-31.0%
22-24	1,112	2.2%	939	1,636	-524	-32.0%
25-34	6,461	12.7%	5,433	8,077	-1,616	-20.0%
35-44	6,241	12.2%	5,367	7,440	-1,199	-16.1%
45-54	7,078	13.9%	6,000	8,607	-1,529	-17.8%
55-59	3,917	7.7%	3,418	4,356	-439	-10.1%
60-64	2,719	5.3%	2,397	3,163	-444	-14.0%
65 and older	1,700	3.3%	1,367	2,032	-332	-16.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	7	-4	-57.1%

Industry	29,721		25,316	36,028
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	265	0.9%	147	324	-59	-18.2%
Mining	56	0.2%	46	216	-160	-74.1%
Utilities	48	0.2%	46	54	-6	-11.1%
Construction	3,364	11.2%	2,086	4,396	-1,032	-23.5%
Manufacturing	6,166	20.6%	5,480	6,870	-704	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,204	4.0%	1,114	1,290	-86	-6.7%
Retail Trade	2,497	8.3%	2,347	2,952	-455	-15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,091	3.6%	856	1,290	-199	-15.4%
Information	452	1.5%	446	486	-34	-7.0%
Finance and Insurance	993	3.3%	1,025	1,034	-41	-4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	300	1.0%	281	375	-75	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,317	4.4%	1,339	1,315	2	0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	392	1.3%	395	288	104	36.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,144	10.5%	2,694	4,252	-1,108	-26.1%
Educational Services	544	1.8%	577	728	-184	-25.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,844	9.5%	2,815	3,294	-450	-13.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	799	2.7%	339	1,131	-332	-29.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,858	6.2%	1,296	2,577	-719	-27.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	580	1.9%	506	807	-227	-28.1%
Public Administration	698	2.3%	557	875	-177	-20.2%
Information Not Available	1,109	3.7%	924	1,474	-365	-24.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,598		11,222	14,872
Male	7,959	68.6%	7,638	11,018	-3,059	-27.8%
Female	3,638	31.4%	3,577	3,844	-206	-5.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	7	10	-9	-90.0%

Ethnicity	11,598		11,222	14,872
Hispanic or Latino	206	1.8%	168	234	-28	-12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,315	71.7%	8,120	10,838	-2,523	-23.3%
Information Not Available	3,077	26.5%	2,934	3,800	-723	-19.0%

Race	11,598		11,222	14,872
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27	0.2%	29	35	-8	-22.9%
Asian	38	0.3%	36	37	1	2.7%
Black or African American	425	3.7%	412	451	-26	-5.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	3	11	-4	-36.4%
White	10,238	88.3%	9,984	13,382	-3,144	-23.5%
Information Not Available	863	7.4%	758	956	-93	-9.7%

Years of Age	11,598		11,222	14,872
Younger than 22	299	1.4%	251	404	-105	-26.0%
22-24	608	2.9%	564	825	-217	-26.3%
25-34	2,583	12.3%	2,574	3,385	-802	-23.7%
35-44	2,788	13.3%	2,693	3,659	-871	-23.8%
45-54	2,748	13.1%	2,622	3,474	-726	-20.9%
55-59	1,173	5.6%	1,131	1,511	-338	-22.4%
60-64	868	4.1%	869	1,034	-166	-16.1%
65 and older	531	2.5%	518	574	-43	-7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%

Industry	11,598		11,222	14,872
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.6%	66	96	-21	-21.9%
Mining	765	6.6%	982	2,079	-1,314	-63.2%
Utilities	18	0.2%	22	60	-42	-70.0%
Construction	2,441	20.9%	2,077	3,171	-730	-23.0%
Manufacturing	833	7.1%	888	1,137	-304	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	419	3.6%	449	476	-57	-12.0%
Retail Trade	986	8.4%	1,034	932	54	5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	393	3.4%	393	484	-91	-18.8%
Information	139	1.2%	144	116	23	19.8%
Finance and Insurance	171	1.5%	151	138	33	23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	128	1.1%	140	213	-85	-39.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	509	4.4%	531	557	-48	-8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.2%	36	53	-24	-45.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,010	8.7%	984	1,414	-404	-28.6%
Educational Services	162	1.4%	166	160	2	1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	956	8.2%	977	880	76	8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	275	2.4%	111	276	-1	-0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	823	7.1%	707	784	39	5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	355	3.0%	348	469	-114	-24.3%
Public Administration	243	2.1%	223	210	33	15.7%
Information Not Available	868	7.4%	793	1,167	-299	-25.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Nov 2016	Percent	Oct 2016	Nov 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,155		3,488	4,291
Male	2,708	65.2%	2,352	2,929	-221	-7.5%
Female	1,447	34.8%	1,136	1,362	85	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,155		3,488	4,291
Hispanic or Latino	455	11.0%	448	358	97	27.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,554	85.5%	2,903	3,756	-202	-5.4%
Information Not Available	146	3.5%	137	177	-31	-17.5%

Race	4,155		3,488	4,291
American Indian or Alaskan Native	194	4.7%	181	147	47	32.0%
Asian	27	0.6%	20	19	8	42.1%
Black or African American	153	3.7%	179	100	53	53.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.3%	11	19	-6	-31.6%
White	3,419	82.3%	2,802	3,684	-265	-7.2%
Information Not Available	349	8.4%	295	322	27	8.4%

Years of Age	4,155		3,488	4,291
Younger than 22	56	0.8%	37	30	26	86.7%
22-24	209	2.9%	156	231	-22	-9.5%
25-34	987	13.7%	814	1,149	-162	-14.1%
35-44	903	12.6%	817	889	14	1.6%
45-54	888	12.3%	727	940	-52	-5.5%
55-59	520	7.2%	462	535	-15	-2.8%
60-64	382	5.3%	316	334	48	14.4%
65 and older	210	2.9%	159	183	27	14.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,155		3,488	4,291
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.5%	19	22	-1	-4.5%
Mining	368	8.8%	522	649	-281	-43.3%
Utilities	13	0.3%	14	5	8	160.0%
Construction	739	17.7%	648	616	123	20.0%
Manufacturing	116	2.8%	129	193	-77	-39.9%
Wholesale Trade	130	3.1%	168	151	-21	-13.9%
Retail Trade	287	6.9%	224	221	66	29.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	151	3.6%	161	224	-73	-32.6%
Information	22	0.5%	29	23	-1	-4.3%
Finance and Insurance	27	0.6%	31	38	-11	-28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	46	1.1%	62	87	-41	-47.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	105	2.5%	119	98	7	7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	2	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	188	4.5%	139	225	-37	-16.4%
Educational Services	72	1.7%	63	73	-1	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	232	5.6%	249	189	43	22.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	1.8%	39	69	8	11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	865	20.7%	337	782	83	10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	106	2.5%	106	71	35	49.3%
Public Administration	142	3.4%	128	112	30	26.8%
Information Not Available	445	10.7%	299	439	6	1.4%