Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

September 2016

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants September 2016
	Sep 2016	Aug 2016	Monthly Change	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,750,479	2,049,379	-298,900	1,921,380	-170,901	-8.9
Alaska	6,771	7,223	-452	6,102	669	11.0
Alabama	19,618	22,244	-2,626	21,335	-1,717	-8.0
Arkansas	13,861	16,372	-2,511	18,931	-5,070	-26.8
Arizona	31,407	36,845	-5,438	34,517	-3,110	-9.0
California	321,497	347,608	-26,111	337,712	-16,215	-4.8
Colorado	22,572	25,593	-3,021	25,136	-2,564	-10.2
Connecticut	33,355	44,394	-11,039	33,057	298	0.9
District of Columbia	7,781	8,953	-1,172	8,477	-696	-8.2
Delaware	4,720	6,463	-1,743	5,381	-661	-12.3
Florida	51,476	58,258	-6,782	66,374	-14,898	-22.4
Georgia	29,871	30,817	-946	36,163	-6,292	-17.4
Hawaii	7,092	6,729	363	7,176	-84	-1.2
Iowa	14,674	17,011	-2,337	16,767	-2,093	-12.5
Idaho	5,191	5,733	-542	5,645	-454	-8.0
Illinois	94,483	111,658	-17,175	107,367	-12,884	-12.0
Indiana	19,470	20,688	-1,218	20,865	-1,395	-6.7
Kansas	10,857	11,865	-1,008	11,364	-507	-4.5
Kentucky	18,682	21,569	-2,887	20,011	-1,329	-6.6
Louisiana	25,695	26,544	-849	20,920	4,775	22.8
Massachusetts	48,519	58,680	-10,161	48,873	-354	-0.7
Maryland	32,425	39,476	-7,051	35,468	-3,043	-8.6
Maine	3,717	4,396	-679	4,174	-457	-10.9
Michigan	47,082	63,182	-16,100	48,982	-1,900	-3.9
Minnesota	26,415	30,300	-3,885	29,227	-2,812	-9.6
Missouri	24,889	31,544	-6,655	26,412	-1,523	-5.8
Mississippi	11,809	14,983	-3,174	13,099	-1,290	-9.8
Montana	3,776	4,359	-583	3,794	-18	-0.5
North Carolina	22,703	25,597	-2,894	28,107	-5,404	-19.2
North Dakota	2,419	3,503	-1,084	2,694	-275	-10.2
Nebraska	3,454	4,299	-845	4,724	-1,270	-26.9
New Hampshire	3,438	4,589	-1,151	3,956	-518	-13.1
New Jersey	83,124	105,796	-22,672	93,191	-10,067	-10.8
New Mexico	10,528	12,248	-1,720	11,492	-964	-8.4
Nevada	20,225	21,753	-1,528	25,623	-5,398	-21.1
New York	125,455	157,336	-31,881	144,376	-18,921	-13.1
Ohio	47,587	53,853	-6,266	49,352	-1,765	-3.6
Oklahoma	19,641	23,516	-3,875	21,245	-1,604	-7.6
Oregon	23,914	26,612	-2,698	26,829	-2,915	-10.9
Pennsylvania	103,000	139,327	-36,327	121,043	-18,043	-14.9
Puerto Rico	19,489	20,685	-1,196	26,543	-7,054	-26.6
Rhode Island	7,027	9,834	-2,807	7,209	-182	-2.5
South Carolina	18,533	21,788	-3,255	20,112	-1,579	-7.9
South Dakota	1,063	1,383	-320	1,038	25	2.4
Tennessee	17,318	19,646	-2,328	23,318	-6,000	-25.7
Texas	163,620	183,387	-19,767	162,158	1,462	0.9
Utah	8,771	9,683	-912	9,025	-254	-2.8
Virginia	28,520	32,056	-3,536	31,467	-2,947	-9.4
Virgin Islands	409	341	68	477	-68	-14.3
Vermont	2,510	3,914	-1,404	2,738	-228	-8.3
Washington	38,262	43,023	-4,761	42,948	-4,686	-10.9
Wisconsin	26,064	33,488	-7,424	32,591	-6,527	-20.0
West Virginia	12,004	13,877	-1,873	12,689	-685	-5.4
Wyoming	3,696	4,358	-662	3,106	590	19.0

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,750,479		2,049,379	1,921,380	-170,901	-8.9
Male	948,220	54.2%	1,055,821	1,031,254	-83,034	-8.1%
Female	788,520	45.0%	977,321	875,246	-86,726	-9.9%
Information Not Available	13,739	0.8%	16,237	14,880	-1,141	-7.7%

Ethnicity	1,750,479		2,049,379	1,921,380
Hispanic or Latino	323,097	18.5%	369,938	357,807	-34,710	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,190,483	83.4%	1,402,666	1,313,614	-123,131	-9.4%
Information Not Available	236,900	11.9%	276,775	249,959	-13,059	-5.2%

Race	1,750,479		2,049,379	1,921,380
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22,811	1.3%	26,833	24,093	-1,282	-5.3%
Asian	62,856	3.6%	70,084	67,043	-4,187	-6.2%
Black or African American	340,958	19.4%	399,977	369,657	-28,699	-7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,050	0.6%	12,112	10,065	985	9.8%
White	879,680	50.2%	1,045,754	983,865	-104,185	-10.6%
Information Not Available	436,282	24.9%	498,359	470,487	-34,205	-7.3%

Years of Age	1,750,479		2,049,379	1,921,380
Younger than 22	32,250	1.8%	33,627	36,765	-4,515	-12.3%
22-24	75,061	4.3%	83,708	90,594	-15,533	-17.1%
25-34	413,032	23.6%	459,838	453,843	-40,811	-9.0%
35-44	384,351	22.0%	443,285	418,486	-34,135	-8.2%
45-54	405,820	23.2%	475,402	449,347	-43,527	-9.7%
55-59	189,797	10.8%	230,038	209,304	-19,507	-9.3%
60-64	137,351	7.8%	169,374	144,350	-6,999	-4.8%
65 and older	99,025	5.7%	137,888	100,853	-1,828	-1.8%
Information Not Available	13,792	0.8%	16,219	17,838	-4,046	-22.7%

Industry	1,750,479		2,049,379	1,921,380
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44,513	2.5%	52,533	48,896	-4,383	-9.0%
Mining	25,083	1.4%	29,500	36,363	-11,280	-31.0%
Utilities	4,317	0.2%	4,720	4,365	-48	-1.1%
Construction	164,356	9.4%	169,857	168,699	-4,343	-2.6%
Manufacturing	188,166	10.7%	208,304	207,004	-18,838	-9.1%
Wholesale Trade	68,949	3.9%	73,899	69,794	-845	-1.2%
Retail Trade	141,673	8.1%	154,036	153,903	-12,230	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	56,954	3.3%	128,756	69,023	-12,069	-17.5%
Information	58,855	3.4%	61,148	60,742	-1,887	-3.1%
Finance and Insurance	55,407	3.2%	57,437	56,019	-612	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25,586	1.5%	26,952	27,922	-2,336	-8.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	110,114	6.3%	119,212	113,026	-2,912	-2.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,433	0.7%	12,956	11,928	-495	-4.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	229,097	13.1%	251,469	251,050	-21,953	-8.7%
Educational Services	61,189	3.5%	83,080	72,590	-11,401	-15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	155,097	8.9%	181,330	174,157	-19,060	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	23,100	1.3%	27,128	27,683	-4,583	-16.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	90,383	5.2%	138,634	99,924	-9,541	-9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	46,244	2.6%	51,798	50,841	-4,597	-9.0%
Public Administration	28,978	1.7%	37,140	35,231	-6,253	-17.7%
Information Not Available	160,985	9.2%	179,490	182,220	-21,235	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,771		7,223	6,102	669	11.0
Male	3,829	56.5%	3,826	3,354	475	14.2%
Female	2,920	43.1%	3,374	2,740	180	6.6%
Information Not Available	22	0.3%	23	8	14	175.0%

Ethnicity	6,771		7,223	6,102
Hispanic or Latino	12	0.2%	16	18	-6	-33.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,457	95.4%	6,874	5,809	648	11.2%
Information Not Available	302	4.5%	333	275	27	9.8%

Race	6,771		7,223	6,102
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,022	29.9%	2,284	1,947	75	3.9%
Asian	441	6.5%	372	252	189	75.0%
Black or African American	322	4.8%	390	362	-40	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	160	2.4%	175	120	40	33.3%
White	3,516	51.9%	3,655	3,130	386	12.3%
Information Not Available	310	4.6%	347	291	19	6.5%

Years of Age	6,771		7,223	6,102
Younger than 22	106	1.1%	107	134	-28	-20.9%
22-24	325	3.3%	370	333	-8	-2.4%
25-34	1,963	20.0%	2,109	1,848	115	6.2%
35-44	1,503	15.3%	1,579	1,326	177	13.3%
45-54	1,470	14.9%	1,525	1,304	166	12.7%
55-59	713	7.2%	732	597	116	19.4%
60-64	448	4.6%	497	364	84	23.1%
65 and older	243	2.5%	304	196	47	24.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,771		7,223	6,102
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.4%	17	20	9	45.0%
Mining	517	7.6%	527	334	183	54.8%
Utilities	27	0.4%	27	29	-2	-6.9%
Construction	926	13.6%	757	925	1	0.1%
Manufacturing	464	6.8%	382	326	138	42.3%
Wholesale Trade	131	1.9%	118	114	17	14.9%
Retail Trade	634	9.3%	684	593	41	6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	285	4.2%	571	233	52	22.3%
Information	93	1.4%	79	70	23	32.9%
Finance and Insurance	130	1.9%	165	146	-16	-11.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	145	2.1%	165	128	17	13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	321	4.7%	304	237	84	35.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.3%	18	18	4	22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	334	4.9%	369	373	-39	-10.5%
Educational Services	225	3.3%	307	230	-5	-2.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	684	10.1%	752	646	38	5.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	82	1.2%	92	64	18	28.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	554	8.1%	582	520	34	6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	293	4.3%	379	257	36	14.0%
Public Administration	620	9.1%	665	606	14	2.3%
Information Not Available	255	3.8%	263	233	22	9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,618		22,244	21,335
Male	10,283	52.4%	11,633	11,123	-840	-7.6%
Female	9,282	47.3%	10,589	10,196	-914	-9.0%
Information Not Available	53	0.3%	22	16	37	231.3%

Ethnicity	19,618		22,244	21,335
Hispanic or Latino	263	1.3%	270	222	41	18.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,231	72.5%	16,234	15,187	-956	-6.3%
Information Not Available	5,124	26.1%	5,740	5,926	-802	-13.5%

Race	19,618		22,244	21,335
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,154	5.9%	1,475	1,186	-32	-2.7%
Asian	578	2.9%	650	516	62	12.0%
Black or African American	8,209	41.8%	9,523	8,683	-474	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.1%	21	21	-8	-38.1%
White	8,684	44.3%	9,520	9,970	-1,286	-12.9%
Information Not Available	980	5.0%	1,055	959	21	2.2%

Years of Age	19,618		22,244	21,335
Younger than 22	56	0.2%	49	580	-524	-90.3%
22-24	63	0.2%	71	1,234	-1,171	-94.9%
25-34	679	2.6%	853	5,616	-4,937	-87.9%
35-44	3,076	11.9%	3,605	5,079	-2,003	-39.4%
45-54	4,221	16.3%	4,833	4,631	-410	-8.9%
55-59	2,244	8.7%	2,508	1,907	337	17.7%
60-64	2,406	9.3%	2,693	1,278	1,128	88.3%
65 and older	6,869	26.5%	7,624	996	5,873	589.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	8	14	-10	-71.4%

Industry	19,618		22,244	21,335
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	160	0.8%	203	201	-41	-20.4%
Mining	216	1.1%	262	311	-95	-30.5%
Utilities	35	0.2%	46	18	17	94.4%
Construction	2,034	10.3%	2,507	1,809	225	12.4%
Manufacturing	3,214	16.3%	3,531	3,692	-478	-12.9%
Wholesale Trade	711	3.6%	783	855	-144	-16.8%
Retail Trade	2,298	11.6%	2,434	2,410	-112	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	575	2.9%	680	581	-6	-1.0%
Information	214	1.1%	243	272	-58	-21.3%
Finance and Insurance	536	2.7%	616	618	-82	-13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	254	1.3%	271	273	-19	-7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,147	5.8%	1,204	1,160	-13	-1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.3%	71	57	12	21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,640	13.3%	2,859	2,969	-329	-11.1%
Educational Services	564	2.9%	451	586	-22	-3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,477	7.5%	1,864	1,762	-285	-16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	107	0.5%	126	122	-15	-12.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,291	6.5%	1,680	1,415	-124	-8.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	429	2.2%	549	557	-128	-23.0%
Public Administration	253	1.3%	271	310	-57	-18.4%
Information Not Available	1,394	7.0%	1,593	1,357	37	2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,861		16,372	18,931
Male	7,022	50.7%	8,113	9,545	-2,523	-26.4%
Female	5,799	41.8%	7,146	8,303	-2,504	-30.2%
Information Not Available	1,040	7.5%	1,113	1,083	-43	-4.0%

Ethnicity	13,861		16,372	18,931
Hispanic or Latino	111	0.8%	90	263	-152	-57.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,710	91.7%	15,169	17,585	-4,875	-27.7%
Information Not Available	1,040	7.5%	1,113	1,083	-43	-4.0%

Race	13,861		16,372	18,931
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	1.2%	190	184	-16	-8.7%
Asian	25	0.2%	30	20	5	25.0%
Black or African American	3,957	28.5%	4,859	5,464	-1,507	-27.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	619	4.5%	763	620	-1	-0.2%
White	7,941	57.3%	9,327	11,297	-3,356	-29.7%
Information Not Available	1,151	8.3%	1,203	1,346	-195	-14.5%

Years of Age	13,861		16,372	18,931
Younger than 22	307	1.5%	387	484	-177	-36.6%
22-24	594	2.8%	751	957	-363	-37.9%
25-34	2,991	14.3%	3,592	4,467	-1,476	-33.0%
35-44	3,109	14.9%	3,657	4,188	-1,079	-25.8%
45-54	2,968	14.2%	3,489	4,153	-1,185	-28.5%
55-59	1,337	6.4%	1,591	1,719	-382	-22.2%
60-64	954	4.6%	1,090	1,148	-194	-16.9%
65 and older	561	2.7%	702	732	-171	-23.4%
Information Not Available	1,040	5.0%	1,113	1,083	-43	-4.0%

Industry	13,861		16,372	18,931
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	113	0.8%	153	166	-53	-31.9%
Mining	154	1.1%	433	408	-254	-62.3%
Utilities	25	0.2%	24	45	-20	-44.4%
Construction	1,057	7.6%	1,212	1,402	-345	-24.6%
Manufacturing	2,443	17.5%	2,495	3,232	-789	-24.4%
Wholesale Trade	558	4.0%	676	951	-393	-41.3%
Retail Trade	1,364	9.8%	1,448	1,636	-272	-16.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	474	3.4%	634	642	-168	-26.2%
Information	132	0.9%	179	262	-130	-49.6%
Finance and Insurance	244	1.7%	201	290	-46	-15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	166	1.2%	166	279	-113	-40.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	533	3.8%	595	739	-206	-27.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.2%	35	50	-16	-32.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,345	9.6%	1,935	1,915	-570	-29.8%
Educational Services	371	2.7%	501	451	-80	-17.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,569	11.2%	1,671	2,193	-624	-28.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	127	0.9%	102	123	4	3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	630	4.5%	1,096	957	-327	-34.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	309	2.2%	347	428	-119	-27.8%
Public Administration	270	1.9%	340	351	-81	-23.1%
Information Not Available	1,943	13.9%	2,129	2,411	-468	-19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,407		36,845	34,517
Male	16,946	54.0%	20,204	19,028	-2,082	-10.9%
Female	14,443	46.0%	16,625	15,475	-1,032	-6.7%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	16	14	4	28.6%

Ethnicity	31,407		36,845	34,517
Hispanic or Latino	12,267	39.1%	16,085	13,695	-1,428	-10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,128	41.8%	13,698	14,422	-1,294	-9.0%
Information Not Available	6,012	19.1%	7,062	6,400	-388	-6.1%

Race	31,407		36,845	34,517
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,918	6.1%	2,186	1,978	-60	-3.0%
Asian	2,006	6.4%	2,451	2,061	-55	-2.7%
Black or African American	2,347	7.5%	2,481	2,447	-100	-4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	277	0.9%	292	348	-71	-20.4%
White	15,884	50.6%	17,977	20,285	-4,401	-21.7%
Information Not Available	8,975	28.6%	11,458	7,398	1,577	21.3%

Years of Age	31,407		36,845	34,517
Younger than 22	752	1.7%	858	752	0	0.0%
22-24	1,632	3.7%	1,920	1,807	-175	-9.7%
25-34	6,992	15.7%	8,091	7,615	-623	-8.2%
35-44	6,450	14.5%	7,407	7,153	-703	-9.8%
45-54	7,548	16.9%	8,969	8,455	-907	-10.7%
55-59	3,573	8.0%	4,420	4,067	-494	-12.1%
60-64	2,713	6.1%	3,130	2,798	-85	-3.0%
65 and older	1,747	3.9%	2,050	1,870	-123	-6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,407		36,845	34,517
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,235	11.9%	7,460	4,784	-549	-11.5%
Mining	121	0.3%	125	233	-112	-48.1%
Utilities	57	0.2%	58	72	-15	-20.8%
Construction	1,879	5.3%	1,824	2,316	-437	-18.9%
Manufacturing	1,620	4.5%	1,741	1,739	-119	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,290	3.6%	1,279	1,376	-86	-6.3%
Retail Trade	2,385	6.7%	2,513	2,435	-50	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	683	1.9%	798	801	-118	-14.7%
Information	462	1.3%	459	464	-2	-0.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,134	3.2%	1,127	1,127	7	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	510	1.4%	562	604	-94	-15.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,565	4.4%	1,680	1,542	23	1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	0.3%	103	119	-19	-16.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,738	10.5%	3,926	4,096	-358	-8.7%
Educational Services	888	2.5%	1,064	1,003	-115	-11.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,467	6.9%	2,598	2,574	-107	-4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	282	0.8%	352	381	-99	-26.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,482	4.2%	1,720	1,619	-137	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	588	1.6%	584	684	-96	-14.0%
Public Administration	676	1.9%	792	726	-50	-6.9%
Information Not Available	5,245	14.7%	6,080	5,822	-577	-9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	321,497		347,608	337,712
Male	174,699	54.3%	184,550	181,941	-7,242	-4.0%
Female	146,606	45.6%	162,871	155,388	-8,782	-5.7%
Information Not Available	192	0.1%	187	383	-191	-49.9%

Ethnicity	321,497		347,608	337,712
Hispanic or Latino	119,279	37.1%	127,830	126,630	-7,351	-5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	170,576	53.1%	185,298	180,407	-9,831	-5.4%
Information Not Available	31,642	9.8%	34,480	30,675	967	3.2%

Race	321,497		347,608	337,712
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,260	1.0%	3,925	2,876	384	13.4%
Asian	28,957	9.0%	32,518	32,880	-3,923	-11.9%
Black or African American	32,504	10.1%	35,602	29,908	2,596	8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	105,855	32.9%	113,253	114,743	-8,888	-7.7%
Information Not Available	150,921	46.9%	162,310	157,305	-6,384	-4.1%

Years of Age	321,497		347,608	337,712
Younger than 22	8,534	2.1%	7,662	7,860	674	8.6%
22-24	15,150	3.8%	16,353	16,967	-1,817	-10.7%
25-34	85,624	21.2%	87,462	84,835	789	0.9%
35-44	67,022	16.6%	74,568	69,594	-2,572	-3.7%
45-54	73,159	18.1%	74,848	77,454	-4,295	-5.5%
55-59	30,970	7.7%	36,069	36,235	-5,265	-14.5%
60-64	23,491	5.8%	28,687	26,074	-2,583	-9.9%
65 and older	17,451	4.3%	21,959	18,597	-1,146	-6.2%
Information Not Available	96	0.0%	0	96	0	0.0%

Industry	321,497		347,608	337,712
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30,491	8.7%	33,826	32,400	-1,909	-5.9%
Mining	2,589	0.7%	1,495	2,684	-95	-3.5%
Utilities	1,246	0.4%	1,402	1,821	-575	-31.6%
Construction	27,327	7.8%	27,846	26,936	391	1.5%
Manufacturing	29,244	8.3%	30,836	32,209	-2,965	-9.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,630	0.5%	1,775	1,150	480	41.7%
Retail Trade	24,354	6.9%	28,407	27,703	-3,349	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,999	2.0%	11,587	9,490	-2,491	-26.2%
Information	30,683	8.7%	31,117	29,716	967	3.3%
Finance and Insurance	6,808	1.9%	6,915	5,943	865	14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,685	0.8%	2,056	2,205	480	21.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,904	2.0%	6,448	7,189	-285	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65,393	18.6%	68,027	67,296	-1,903	-2.8%
Educational Services	14,766	4.2%	24,202	18,597	-3,831	-20.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24,258	6.9%	23,921	24,636	-378	-1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,561	1.6%	6,821	6,614	-1,053	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,396	4.7%	16,072	15,433	963	6.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,301	2.6%	8,036	9,586	-285	-3.0%
Public Administration	3,548	1.0%	4,952	4,122	-574	-13.9%
Information Not Available	11,314	3.2%	11,867	11,982	-668	-5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,572		25,593	25,136
Male	12,055	53.4%	13,651	13,711	-1,656	-12.1%
Female	10,516	46.6%	11,941	11,425	-909	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,572		25,593	25,136
Hispanic or Latino	4,192	18.6%	4,920	4,885	-693	-14.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,217	71.8%	18,219	17,902	-1,685	-9.4%
Information Not Available	2,163	9.6%	2,454	2,349	-186	-7.9%

Race	22,572		25,593	25,136
American Indian or Alaskan Native	420	1.9%	480	503	-83	-16.5%
Asian	533	2.4%	571	488	45	9.2%
Black or African American	1,442	6.4%	1,600	1,735	-293	-16.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	80	0.4%	89	121	-41	-33.9%
White	15,909	70.5%	18,023	17,633	-1,724	-9.8%
Information Not Available	4,188	18.6%	4,830	4,656	-468	-10.1%

Years of Age	22,572		25,593	25,136
Younger than 22	210	0.6%	256	286	-76	-26.6%
22-24	582	1.6%	697	845	-263	-31.1%
25-34	4,872	13.4%	5,543	5,615	-743	-13.2%
35-44	5,227	14.4%	5,890	5,695	-468	-8.2%
45-54	5,522	15.2%	6,277	6,257	-735	-11.7%
55-59	2,882	7.9%	3,201	3,157	-275	-8.7%
60-64	2,131	5.9%	2,405	2,109	22	1.0%
65 and older	1,140	3.1%	1,316	1,170	-30	-2.6%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	8	2	4	200.0%

Industry	22,572		25,593	25,136
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	169	0.7%	185	193	-24	-12.4%
Mining	745	3.3%	993	1,160	-415	-35.8%
Utilities	45	0.2%	48	37	8	21.6%
Construction	2,010	8.8%	2,219	2,602	-592	-22.8%
Manufacturing	1,694	7.4%	1,973	2,103	-409	-19.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,338	5.9%	1,466	1,288	50	3.9%
Retail Trade	2,104	9.3%	2,390	2,114	-10	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	718	3.2%	833	896	-178	-19.9%
Information	971	4.3%	943	875	96	11.0%
Finance and Insurance	983	4.3%	1,073	1,020	-37	-3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	545	2.4%	596	502	43	8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,421	10.6%	2,679	2,686	-265	-9.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	322	1.4%	361	316	6	1.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,486	10.9%	2,673	2,766	-280	-10.1%
Educational Services	844	3.7%	975	934	-90	-9.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,958	8.6%	2,435	2,152	-194	-9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	352	1.5%	376	379	-27	-7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,217	5.4%	1,552	1,269	-52	-4.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	629	2.8%	663	618	11	1.8%
Public Administration	450	2.0%	509	444	6	1.4%
Information Not Available	571	2.5%	651	782	-211	-27.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,355		44,394	33,057
Male	17,287	51.8%	20,732	17,141	146	0.9%
Female	16,068	48.2%	23,662	15,916	152	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,355		44,394	33,057
Hispanic or Latino	4,919	14.7%	7,229	5,090	-171	-3.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,436	85.3%	37,165	27,967	469	1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	33,355		44,394	33,057
American Indian or Alaskan Native	129	0.4%	156	126	3	2.4%
Asian	703	2.1%	838	641	62	9.7%
Black or African American	5,736	17.2%	7,445	5,515	221	4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,707	56.1%	23,952	18,023	684	3.8%
Information Not Available	8,080	24.2%	12,003	8,752	-672	-7.7%

Years of Age	33,355		44,394	33,057
Younger than 22	553	1.1%	615	617	-64	-10.4%
22-24	1,401	2.9%	1,688	1,607	-206	-12.8%
25-34	7,559	15.5%	9,330	7,408	151	2.0%
35-44	6,475	13.2%	8,761	6,545	-70	-1.1%
45-54	7,678	15.7%	10,500	7,778	-100	-1.3%
55-59	4,092	8.4%	5,361	3,865	227	5.9%
60-64	3,177	6.5%	4,231	2,883	294	10.2%
65 and older	2,420	5.0%	3,908	2,354	66	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,355		44,394	33,057
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	0.3%	125	156	-51	-32.7%
Mining	3	0.0%	7	7	-4	-57.1%
Utilities	58	0.2%	58	55	3	5.5%
Construction	2,945	8.8%	2,775	2,488	457	18.4%
Manufacturing	3,682	11.0%	3,884	3,942	-260	-6.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,463	4.4%	1,598	1,398	65	4.6%
Retail Trade	4,020	12.0%	4,435	4,144	-124	-3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,760	5.3%	7,442	1,416	344	24.3%
Information	686	2.1%	738	665	21	3.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,520	4.5%	1,532	1,222	298	24.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	498	1.5%	556	498	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,056	6.1%	2,187	2,088	-32	-1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	280	0.8%	288	287	-7	-2.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,686	11.0%	4,209	3,914	-228	-5.8%
Educational Services	1,341	4.0%	1,795	1,291	50	3.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,490	13.4%	4,979	4,418	72	1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	586	1.8%	675	706	-120	-17.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,023	6.0%	4,458	2,230	-207	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	986	2.9%	1,162	1,192	-206	-17.3%
Public Administration	689	2.1%	982	445	244	54.8%
Information Not Available	478	1.4%	509	495	-17	-3.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,781		8,953	8,477
Male	3,479	44.7%	3,774	3,672	-193	-5.3%
Female	4,302	55.3%	5,177	4,805	-503	-10.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,781		8,953	8,477
Hispanic or Latino	565	7.3%	705	614	-49	-8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,178	92.3%	8,193	7,831	-653	-8.3%
Information Not Available	38	0.5%	55	32	6	18.8%

Race	7,781		8,953	8,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30	0.4%	33	34	-4	-11.8%
Asian	202	2.6%	231	199	3	1.5%
Black or African American	5,427	69.7%	6,324	6,116	-689	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	20	17	7	41.2%
White	1,463	18.8%	1,623	1,539	-76	-4.9%
Information Not Available	635	8.2%	722	572	63	11.0%

Years of Age	7,781		8,953	8,477
Younger than 22	118	1.4%	134	133	-15	-11.3%
22-24	410	4.7%	511	525	-115	-21.9%
25-34	2,132	24.6%	2,414	2,403	-271	-11.3%
35-44	1,773	20.5%	1,944	1,889	-116	-6.1%
45-54	1,686	19.5%	1,927	1,837	-151	-8.2%
55-59	772	8.9%	931	853	-81	-9.5%
60-64	581	6.7%	684	525	56	10.7%
65 and older	309	3.6%	408	312	-3	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,781		8,953	8,477
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	8	0.1%	10	19	-11	-57.9%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	4	5	-2	-40.0%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.0%	4	5	-2	-40.0%
Retail Trade	19	0.2%	28	18	1	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	0.1%	12	9	-5	-55.6%
Information	9	0.1%	8	12	-3	-25.0%
Finance and Insurance	11	0.1%	8	7	4	57.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	0.1%	5	6	-2	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	49	0.6%	51	40	9	22.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	53	0.7%	50	36	17	47.2%
Educational Services	10	0.1%	11	13	-3	-23.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	0.2%	17	10	4	40.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	0.1%	2	0	11	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	20	0.3%	34	11	9	81.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10	0.1%	13	14	-4	-28.6%
Public Administration	4	0.1%	4	0	4	0.0%
Information Not Available	7,547	97.0%	8,690	8,271	-724	-8.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,720		6,463	5,381
Male	2,002	42.4%	2,638	2,324	-322	-13.9%
Female	2,439	51.7%	3,446	2,767	-328	-11.9%
Information Not Available	279	5.9%	379	290	-11	-3.8%

Ethnicity	4,720		6,463	5,381
Hispanic or Latino	281	6.0%	395	376	-95	-25.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,161	88.1%	5,689	4,715	-554	-11.7%
Information Not Available	279	5.9%	379	290	-11	-3.8%

Race	4,720		6,463	5,381
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.4%	23	13	4	30.8%
Asian	97	2.1%	129	102	-5	-4.9%
Black or African American	1,972	41.8%	2,801	2,307	-335	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	4	6	-3	-50.0%
White	2,408	51.0%	3,216	2,787	-379	-13.6%
Information Not Available	223	4.7%	292	165	58	35.2%

Years of Age	4,720		6,463	5,381
Younger than 22	67	1.0%	106	101	-34	-33.7%
22-24	236	3.5%	332	246	-10	-4.1%
25-34	1,087	16.1%	1,554	1,308	-221	-16.9%
35-44	980	14.5%	1,310	1,084	-104	-9.6%
45-54	1,119	16.5%	1,500	1,382	-263	-19.0%
55-59	580	8.6%	769	566	14	2.5%
60-64	363	5.4%	510	364	-1	-0.3%
65 and older	238	3.5%	313	280	-42	-15.0%
Information Not Available	50	0.7%	69	50	0	0.0%

Industry	4,720		6,463	5,381
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.3%	15	6	7	116.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	11	0.2%	13	11	0	0.0%
Construction	238	5.0%	294	309	-71	-23.0%
Manufacturing	331	7.0%	403	303	28	9.2%
Wholesale Trade	168	3.5%	201	178	-10	-5.6%
Retail Trade	712	15.0%	965	823	-111	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	187	4.0%	313	230	-43	-18.7%
Information	65	1.4%	86	85	-20	-23.5%
Finance and Insurance	488	10.3%	622	446	42	9.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	103	2.2%	125	99	4	4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	360	7.6%	482	336	24	7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.2%	21	16	-5	-31.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	772	16.3%	1,134	988	-216	-21.9%
Educational Services	101	2.1%	167	169	-68	-40.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	609	12.9%	810	755	-146	-19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	1.3%	86	60	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	317	6.7%	472	358	-41	-11.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	116	2.5%	171	150	-34	-22.7%
Public Administration	41	0.9%	63	47	-6	-12.8%
Information Not Available	17	0.4%	20	12	5	41.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,476		58,258	66,374
Male	23,996	46.6%	26,873	31,205	-7,209	-23.1%
Female	27,250	52.9%	31,252	35,093	-7,843	-22.3%
Information Not Available	230	0.4%	133	76	154	202.6%

Ethnicity	51,476		58,258	66,374
Hispanic or Latino	13,145	25.5%	15,303	17,896	-4,751	-26.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,993	66.0%	38,277	43,689	-9,696	-22.2%
Information Not Available	4,338	8.4%	4,678	4,789	-451	-9.4%

Race	51,476		58,258	66,374
American Indian or Alaskan Native	322	0.6%	320	391	-69	-17.6%
Asian	781	1.5%	788	869	-88	-10.1%
Black or African American	13,604	26.4%	15,904	17,514	-3,910	-22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	256	0.5%	268	318	-62	-19.5%
White	30,952	60.1%	34,676	40,796	-9,844	-24.1%
Information Not Available	5,561	10.8%	6,302	6,486	-925	-14.3%

Years of Age	51,476		58,258	66,374
Younger than 22	506	0.6%	577	644	-138	-21.4%
22-24	1,473	1.9%	1,615	2,066	-593	-28.7%
25-34	9,893	12.6%	11,095	12,843	-2,950	-23.0%
35-44	10,127	12.9%	11,484	13,123	-2,996	-22.8%
45-54	11,222	14.3%	13,004	15,116	-3,894	-25.8%
55-59	5,654	7.2%	6,285	7,230	-1,576	-21.8%
60-64	4,100	5.2%	4,585	5,008	-908	-18.1%
65 and older	3,071	3.9%	3,776	4,027	-956	-23.7%
Information Not Available	5,430	6.9%	5,837	6,317	-887	-14.0%

Industry	51,476		58,258	66,374
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,594	4.8%	3,074	3,578	-984	-27.5%
Mining	172	0.3%	167	144	28	19.4%
Utilities	51	0.1%	68	52	-1	-1.9%
Construction	2,627	4.9%	2,795	3,133	-506	-16.2%
Manufacturing	2,457	4.5%	2,590	2,854	-397	-13.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,128	3.9%	2,352	2,649	-521	-19.7%
Retail Trade	4,825	8.9%	4,985	6,091	-1,266	-20.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,459	2.7%	2,004	1,806	-347	-19.2%
Information	955	1.8%	1,037	1,143	-188	-16.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,919	3.5%	1,958	2,385	-466	-19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,179	2.2%	1,258	1,626	-447	-27.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,738	6.9%	4,182	4,751	-1,013	-21.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	442	0.8%	506	438	4	0.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,444	15.6%	9,587	11,410	-2,966	-26.0%
Educational Services	1,667	3.1%	2,394	2,429	-762	-31.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,854	9.0%	5,510	6,351	-1,497	-23.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,183	2.2%	1,530	1,656	-473	-28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,987	7.4%	4,609	5,110	-1,123	-22.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,347	2.5%	1,565	1,850	-503	-27.2%
Public Administration	635	1.2%	679	1,082	-447	-41.3%
Information Not Available	4,813	8.9%	5,408	5,836	-1,023	-17.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,871		30,817	36,163
Male	13,454	45.0%	13,691	16,931	-3,477	-20.5%
Female	14,929	50.0%	15,623	18,653	-3,724	-20.0%
Information Not Available	1,488	5.0%	1,503	579	909	157.0%

Ethnicity	29,871		30,817	36,163
Hispanic or Latino	42	0.1%	33	105	-63	-60.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,341	94.9%	29,281	35,480	-7,139	-20.1%
Information Not Available	1,488	5.0%	1,503	578	910	157.4%

Race	29,871		30,817	36,163
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.4%	112	191	-81	-42.4%
Asian	445	1.5%	475	507	-62	-12.2%
Black or African American	16,358	54.8%	16,897	20,078	-3,720	-18.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,470	38.4%	11,830	14,809	-3,339	-22.5%
Information Not Available	1,488	5.0%	1,503	578	910	157.4%

Years of Age	29,871		30,817	36,163
Younger than 22	548	1.4%	510	671	-123	-18.3%
22-24	1,302	3.3%	1,352	1,675	-373	-22.3%
25-34	7,361	18.7%	7,565	8,566	-1,205	-14.1%
35-44	7,474	19.0%	7,619	8,559	-1,085	-12.7%
45-54	7,204	18.3%	7,338	8,707	-1,503	-17.3%
55-59	2,909	7.4%	3,081	3,580	-671	-18.7%
60-64	1,903	4.8%	2,085	2,249	-346	-15.4%
65 and older	1,169	3.0%	1,266	1,198	-29	-2.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	958	-957	-99.9%

Industry	29,871		30,817	36,163
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	372	1.2%	402	450	-78	-17.3%
Mining	11	0.0%	24	31	-20	-64.5%
Utilities	20	0.1%	30	36	-16	-44.4%
Construction	1,064	3.5%	1,145	1,392	-328	-23.6%
Manufacturing	2,296	7.6%	2,219	3,128	-832	-26.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,596	5.3%	1,268	1,619	-23	-1.4%
Retail Trade	2,267	7.5%	2,424	2,743	-476	-17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	563	1.9%	549	580	-17	-2.9%
Information	566	1.9%	656	680	-114	-16.8%
Finance and Insurance	895	3.0%	909	1,074	-179	-16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	368	1.2%	356	432	-64	-14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,266	17.4%	5,460	6,041	-775	-12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.1%	47	26	19	73.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	95	0.3%	86	77	18	23.4%
Educational Services	791	2.6%	858	1,011	-220	-21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,573	5.2%	1,631	2,046	-473	-23.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,192	3.9%	1,244	1,387	-195	-14.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	183	0.6%	241	294	-111	-37.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	454	1.5%	565	505	-51	-10.1%
Public Administration	297	1.0%	344	494	-197	-39.9%
Information Not Available	9,957	32.9%	10,359	12,117	-2,160	-17.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,092		6,729	7,176
Male	4,690	66.1%	4,242	4,398	292	6.6%
Female	2,401	33.9%	2,486	2,777	-376	-13.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,092		6,729	7,176
Hispanic or Latino	484	6.8%	455	483	1	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,800	67.7%	4,545	4,873	-73	-1.5%
Information Not Available	1,808	25.5%	1,729	1,820	-12	-0.7%

Race	7,092		6,729	7,176
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.8%	53	46	10	21.7%
Asian	2,196	31.0%	2,102	2,223	-27	-1.2%
Black or African American	117	1.6%	108	146	-29	-19.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,291	32.3%	2,024	2,075	216	10.4%
White	1,520	21.4%	1,546	1,701	-181	-10.6%
Information Not Available	912	12.9%	896	985	-73	-7.4%

Years of Age	7,092		6,729	7,176
Younger than 22	148	1.9%	116	86	62	72.1%
22-24	294	3.7%	257	211	83	39.3%
25-34	1,619	20.3%	1,473	1,550	69	4.5%
35-44	1,586	19.9%	1,480	1,661	-75	-4.5%
45-54	1,611	20.2%	1,532	1,703	-92	-5.4%
55-59	775	9.7%	770	803	-28	-3.5%
60-64	634	7.9%	642	648	-14	-2.2%
65 and older	425	5.3%	459	514	-89	-17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,092		6,729	7,176
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	152	2.1%	190	121	31	25.6%
Mining	2	0.0%	1	5	-3	-60.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	22	-13	-59.1%
Construction	2,334	32.2%	1,977	1,759	575	32.7%
Manufacturing	161	2.2%	128	134	27	20.1%
Wholesale Trade	114	1.6%	92	108	6	5.6%
Retail Trade	411	5.7%	406	397	14	3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	185	2.6%	170	237	-52	-21.9%
Information	89	1.2%	92	132	-43	-32.6%
Finance and Insurance	70	1.0%	73	88	-18	-20.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	98	1.4%	75	92	6	6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	298	4.1%	285	355	-57	-16.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.4%	26	52	-20	-38.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	732	10.1%	712	919	-187	-20.3%
Educational Services	66	0.9%	68	134	-68	-50.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	321	4.4%	305	357	-36	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	63	0.9%	78	63	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	755	10.4%	775	835	-80	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	144	2.0%	164	158	-14	-8.9%
Public Administration	122	1.7%	140	151	-29	-19.2%
Information Not Available	934	12.9%	963	1,057	-123	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,674		17,011	16,767
Male	8,300	56.6%	8,950	9,530	-1,230	-12.9%
Female	6,206	42.3%	7,855	7,010	-804	-11.5%
Information Not Available	168	1.1%	206	227	-59	-26.0%

Ethnicity	14,674		17,011	16,767
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	857	-857	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	14,811	-14,811	-100.0%
Information Not Available	14,674	100.0%	17,011	1,099	13,575	1235.2%

Race	14,674		17,011	16,767
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	0.8%	183	229	-117	-51.1%
Asian	107	0.7%	153	243	-136	-56.0%
Black or African American	610	4.2%	946	1,290	-680	-52.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	5,599	38.2%	8,699	13,049	-7,450	-57.1%
Information Not Available	8,246	56.2%	7,030	1,956	6,290	321.6%

Years of Age	14,674		17,011	16,767
Younger than 22	241	1.3%	262	290	-49	-16.9%
22-24	608	3.2%	655	680	-72	-10.6%
25-34	3,253	17.1%	3,622	3,802	-549	-14.4%
35-44	3,279	17.2%	3,760	3,710	-431	-11.6%
45-54	3,498	18.4%	3,938	4,068	-570	-14.0%
55-59	1,776	9.3%	2,100	2,035	-259	-12.7%
60-64	1,236	6.5%	1,559	1,349	-113	-8.4%
65 and older	782	4.1%	1,112	832	-50	-6.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	1	0	0.0%

Industry	14,674		17,011	16,767
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	178	1.2%	169	209	-31	-14.8%
Mining	18	0.1%	24	38	-20	-52.6%
Utilities	28	0.2%	28	32	-4	-12.5%
Construction	1,803	12.1%	1,743	2,032	-229	-11.3%
Manufacturing	3,805	25.6%	3,872	4,602	-797	-17.3%
Wholesale Trade	857	5.8%	881	794	63	7.9%
Retail Trade	1,259	8.5%	1,340	1,305	-46	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	532	3.6%	1,199	485	47	9.7%
Information	488	3.3%	557	640	-152	-23.8%
Finance and Insurance	592	4.0%	670	581	11	1.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	169	1.1%	188	163	6	3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	666	4.5%	789	767	-101	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.3%	57	26	21	80.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,313	8.8%	1,452	1,560	-247	-15.8%
Educational Services	349	2.3%	450	410	-61	-14.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,194	8.0%	1,520	1,503	-309	-20.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	119	0.8%	140	129	-10	-7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	655	4.4%	1,123	789	-134	-17.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	295	2.0%	479	342	-47	-13.7%
Public Administration	173	1.2%	192	206	-33	-16.0%
Information Not Available	134	0.9%	138	154	-20	-13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,191		5,733	5,645
Male	2,813	54.2%	2,903	3,081	-268	-8.7%
Female	2,378	45.8%	2,829	2,562	-184	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	5,191		5,733	5,645
Hispanic or Latino	516	9.9%	663	668	-152	-22.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,653	70.4%	3,928	4,123	-470	-11.4%
Information Not Available	1,022	19.7%	1,142	854	168	19.7%

Race	5,191		5,733	5,645
American Indian or Alaskan Native	276	3.3%	258	307	-31	-10.1%
Asian	139	1.7%	125	143	-4	-2.8%
Black or African American	102	1.2%	104	102	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.5%	75	99	-57	-57.6%
White	6,569	78.7%	7,381	7,291	-722	-9.9%
Information Not Available	1,224	14.7%	1,530	1,534	-310	-20.2%

Years of Age	5,191		5,733	5,645
Younger than 22	93	0.8%	89	94	-1	-1.1%
22-24	162	1.4%	179	184	-22	-12.0%
25-34	933	8.3%	987	999	-66	-6.6%
35-44	1,089	9.7%	1,113	1,111	-22	-2.0%
45-54	1,236	11.0%	1,388	1,389	-153	-11.0%
55-59	699	6.2%	762	708	-9	-1.3%
60-64	481	4.3%	575	538	-57	-10.6%
65 and older	490	4.3%	634	620	-130	-21.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	6	2	6	300.0%

Industry	5,191		5,733	5,645
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	1.9%	148	97	3	3.1%
Mining	51	1.0%	73	133	-82	-61.7%
Utilities	11	0.2%	10	14	-3	-21.4%
Construction	421	8.0%	375	526	-105	-20.0%
Manufacturing	850	16.1%	765	778	72	9.3%
Wholesale Trade	289	5.5%	308	336	-47	-14.0%
Retail Trade	519	9.8%	521	518	1	0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	154	2.9%	544	206	-52	-25.2%
Information	89	1.7%	86	85	4	4.7%
Finance and Insurance	173	3.3%	173	174	-1	-0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52	1.0%	57	82	-30	-36.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	343	6.5%	344	307	36	11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.4%	19	20	-1	-5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	472	8.9%	546	604	-132	-21.9%
Educational Services	151	2.9%	136	127	24	18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	508	9.6%	594	509	-1	-0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	52	1.0%	32	57	-5	-8.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	229	4.3%	232	235	-6	-2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	98	1.9%	127	127	-29	-22.8%
Public Administration	144	2.7%	172	161	-17	-10.6%
Information Not Available	466	8.8%	471	549	-83	-15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	94,483		111,658	107,367
Male	50,561	53.5%	56,271	56,676	-6,115	-10.8%
Female	43,305	45.8%	54,637	50,078	-6,773	-13.5%
Information Not Available	617	0.7%	750	613	4	0.7%

Ethnicity	94,483		111,658	107,367
Hispanic or Latino	11,246	11.9%	13,628	13,620	-2,374	-17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,393	77.7%	86,278	82,214	-8,821	-10.7%
Information Not Available	9,844	10.4%	11,752	11,533	-1,689	-14.6%

Race	94,483		111,658	107,367
American Indian or Alaskan Native	432	0.5%	517	535	-103	-19.3%
Asian	2,649	2.8%	2,891	2,736	-87	-3.2%
Black or African American	27,522	29.1%	31,345	31,910	-4,388	-13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	202	0.2%	204	235	-33	-14.0%
White	55,090	58.3%	66,311	61,483	-6,393	-10.4%
Information Not Available	8,588	9.1%	10,390	10,468	-1,880	-18.0%

Years of Age	94,483		111,658	107,367
Younger than 22	1,377	1.0%	1,451	1,696	-319	-18.8%
22-24	3,692	2.6%	4,277	4,666	-974	-20.9%
25-34	21,754	15.3%	24,563	25,006	-3,252	-13.0%
35-44	22,270	15.7%	25,540	24,849	-2,579	-10.4%
45-54	22,674	16.0%	27,443	26,774	-4,100	-15.3%
55-59	11,098	7.8%	13,547	12,435	-1,337	-10.8%
60-64	7,793	5.5%	9,396	7,978	-185	-2.3%
65 and older	3,825	2.7%	5,441	3,963	-138	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	94,483		111,658	107,367
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	253	0.3%	355	222	31	14.0%
Mining	290	0.3%	426	724	-434	-59.9%
Utilities	174	0.2%	234	134	40	29.9%
Construction	9,074	9.6%	9,709	9,487	-413	-4.4%
Manufacturing	11,120	11.7%	12,061	13,392	-2,272	-17.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,712	5.0%	5,087	5,192	-480	-9.2%
Retail Trade	7,821	8.3%	8,677	8,941	-1,120	-12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,386	4.6%	9,261	4,974	-588	-11.8%
Information	2,094	2.2%	2,272	2,254	-160	-7.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,492	3.7%	4,067	4,009	-517	-12.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,355	1.4%	1,346	1,383	-28	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,861	7.2%	7,393	7,765	-904	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	672	0.7%	740	624	48	7.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,724	14.5%	15,214	15,378	-1,654	-10.8%
Educational Services	3,708	3.9%	4,801	4,385	-677	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,599	8.0%	8,886	9,267	-1,668	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	955	1.0%	1,120	1,311	-356	-27.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,349	5.6%	8,142	5,514	-165	-3.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,648	2.8%	3,154	3,353	-705	-21.0%
Public Administration	2,381	2.5%	2,446	2,890	-509	-17.6%
Information Not Available	5,815	6.1%	6,267	6,168	-353	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,470		20,688	20,865
Male	10,821	55.6%	11,604	11,385	-564	-5.0%
Female	8,563	44.0%	8,996	9,442	-879	-9.3%
Information Not Available	86	0.4%	88	38	48	126.3%

Ethnicity	19,470		20,688	20,865
Hispanic or Latino	860	4.4%	988	1,037	-177	-17.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,843	76.2%	15,807	15,531	-688	-4.4%
Information Not Available	3,767	19.3%	3,893	4,297	-530	-12.3%

Race	19,470		20,688	20,865
American Indian or Alaskan Native	85	0.4%	87	92	-7	-7.6%
Asian	166	0.9%	143	156	10	6.4%
Black or African American	3,527	18.1%	3,783	3,831	-304	-7.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	23	21	-3	-14.3%
White	14,345	73.7%	15,229	15,420	-1,075	-7.0%
Information Not Available	1,329	6.8%	1,423	1,345	-16	-1.2%

Years of Age	19,470		20,688	20,865
Younger than 22	207	0.6%	235	263	-56	-21.3%
22-24	594	1.8%	640	721	-127	-17.6%
25-34	4,278	13.3%	4,603	4,661	-383	-8.2%
35-44	4,838	15.0%	5,126	4,960	-122	-2.5%
45-54	4,927	15.3%	5,212	5,357	-430	-8.0%
55-59	2,344	7.3%	2,464	2,518	-174	-6.9%
60-64	1,571	4.9%	1,617	1,567	4	0.3%
65 and older	711	2.2%	791	818	-107	-13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,470		20,688	20,865
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.3%	47	54	-3	-5.6%
Mining	46	0.2%	54	124	-78	-62.9%
Utilities	34	0.2%	27	30	4	13.3%
Construction	2,147	11.0%	2,601	2,703	-556	-20.6%
Manufacturing	4,337	22.2%	4,504	4,136	201	4.9%
Wholesale Trade	796	4.1%	866	857	-61	-7.1%
Retail Trade	1,380	7.1%	1,435	1,540	-160	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	685	3.5%	732	619	66	10.7%
Information	296	1.5%	299	319	-23	-7.2%
Finance and Insurance	688	3.5%	687	503	185	36.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	271	1.4%	300	275	-4	-1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,015	5.2%	1,000	1,040	-25	-2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	126	0.6%	124	131	-5	-3.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,917	9.8%	1,992	2,414	-497	-20.6%
Educational Services	684	3.5%	591	630	54	8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,554	8.0%	1,609	1,926	-372	-19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	155	0.8%	169	207	-52	-25.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	644	3.3%	710	697	-53	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	514	2.6%	564	532	-18	-3.4%
Public Administration	176	0.9%	185	165	11	6.7%
Information Not Available	1,954	10.0%	2,192	1,963	-9	-0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,857		11,865	11,364
Male	5,953	54.8%	6,308	6,379	-426	-6.7%
Female	4,904	45.2%	5,557	4,985	-81	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,857		11,865	11,364
Hispanic or Latino	769	7.1%	884	949	-180	-19.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,537	51.0%	6,021	5,276	261	4.9%
Information Not Available	4,551	41.9%	4,960	5,139	-588	-11.4%

Race	10,857		11,865	11,364
American Indian or Alaskan Native	175	1.6%	219	168	7	4.2%
Asian	174	1.6%	172	151	23	15.2%
Black or African American	2,296	21.1%	2,495	2,195	101	4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.2%	26	30	-3	-10.0%
White	7,534	69.4%	8,272	8,085	-551	-6.8%
Information Not Available	651	6.0%	681	735	-84	-11.4%

Years of Age	10,857		11,865	11,364
Younger than 22	191	1.1%	182	195	-4	-2.1%
22-24	455	2.6%	494	532	-77	-14.5%
25-34	2,540	14.5%	2,704	2,797	-257	-9.2%
35-44	2,568	14.6%	2,728	2,589	-21	-0.8%
45-54	2,521	14.4%	2,772	2,604	-83	-3.2%
55-59	1,278	7.3%	1,450	1,229	49	4.0%
60-64	843	4.8%	941	872	-29	-3.3%
65 and older	461	2.6%	594	546	-85	-15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,857		11,865	11,364
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.4%	48	45	-4	-8.9%
Mining	130	1.2%	144	331	-201	-60.7%
Utilities	17	0.2%	17	19	-2	-10.5%
Construction	1,139	10.5%	1,026	1,306	-167	-12.8%
Manufacturing	1,414	13.0%	1,697	1,537	-123	-8.0%
Wholesale Trade	673	6.2%	713	618	55	8.9%
Retail Trade	919	8.4%	897	918	1	0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	374	3.4%	498	340	34	10.0%
Information	305	2.8%	336	324	-19	-5.9%
Finance and Insurance	352	3.2%	350	340	12	3.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	159	1.5%	178	179	-20	-11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	861	7.9%	922	740	121	16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.3%	21	54	-17	-31.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,280	11.7%	1,397	1,236	44	3.6%
Educational Services	344	3.2%	407	348	-4	-1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,169	10.7%	1,320	1,218	-49	-4.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	70	0.6%	79	72	-2	-2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	433	4.0%	591	479	-46	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	231	2.1%	248	242	-11	-4.5%
Public Administration	262	2.4%	256	289	-27	-9.3%
Information Not Available	647	5.9%	720	729	-82	-11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,682		21,569	20,011
Male	11,157	59.7%	12,465	11,727	-570	-4.9%
Female	7,525	40.3%	9,104	8,284	-759	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,682		21,569	20,011
Hispanic or Latino	28	0.1%	49	23	5	21.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	637	3.4%	647	602	35	5.8%
Information Not Available	18,017	96.4%	20,873	19,386	-1,369	-7.1%

Race	18,682		21,569	20,011
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.7%	71	167	-42	-25.1%
Asian	37	0.2%	124	51	-14	-27.5%
Black or African American	2,424	13.0%	3,140	2,397	27	1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	9	0	23	0.0%
White	15,857	84.9%	17,906	17,040	-1,183	-6.9%
Information Not Available	216	1.2%	319	356	-140	-39.3%

Years of Age	18,682		21,569	20,011
Younger than 22	268	0.8%	186	277	-9	-3.2%
22-24	656	2.0%	528	731	-75	-10.3%
25-34	3,965	12.0%	4,891	4,133	-168	-4.1%
35-44	4,773	14.5%	5,042	4,943	-170	-3.4%
45-54	4,542	13.8%	5,707	5,003	-461	-9.2%
55-59	1,930	5.8%	2,377	2,300	-370	-16.1%
60-64	1,533	4.6%	1,614	1,675	-142	-8.5%
65 and older	1,011	3.1%	1,224	921	90	9.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	28	-24	-85.7%

Industry	18,682		21,569	20,011
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83	0.4%	44	88	-5	-5.7%
Mining	660	3.5%	785	1,254	-594	-47.4%
Utilities	28	0.1%	35	37	-9	-24.3%
Construction	2,054	10.9%	2,612	1,847	207	11.2%
Manufacturing	3,370	18.0%	3,565	3,499	-129	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	900	4.8%	1,251	1,023	-123	-12.0%
Retail Trade	1,228	6.5%	1,454	1,430	-202	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	752	4.0%	1,055	902	-150	-16.6%
Information	365	1.9%	239	268	97	36.2%
Finance and Insurance	545	2.9%	585	625	-80	-12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	231	1.2%	275	282	-51	-18.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,076	5.7%	1,215	1,125	-49	-4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.3%	111	93	-33	-35.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,128	11.3%	2,097	2,018	110	5.5%
Educational Services	863	4.6%	940	745	118	15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,791	9.5%	1,791	1,634	157	9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	175	0.9%	337	245	-70	-28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	609	3.2%	1,113	759	-150	-19.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	522	2.8%	506	389	133	34.2%
Public Administration	309	1.6%	372	444	-135	-30.4%
Information Not Available	933	5.0%	1,187	1,304	-371	-28.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,695		26,544	20,920
Male	13,928	54.2%	14,246	11,098	2,830	25.5%
Female	11,741	45.7%	12,277	9,822	1,919	19.5%
Information Not Available	26	0.1%	21	0	26	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,695		26,544	20,920
Hispanic or Latino	1,062	4.1%	1,056	820	242	29.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,628	95.8%	25,485	20,100	4,528	22.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	0	5	0.0%

Race	25,695		26,544	20,920
American Indian or Alaskan Native	153	0.6%	152	233	-80	-34.3%
Asian	212	0.8%	210	187	25	13.4%
Black or African American	13,041	50.8%	14,060	11,054	1,987	18.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.2%	32	35	7	20.0%
White	11,861	46.2%	11,688	9,411	2,450	26.0%
Information Not Available	386	1.5%	402	0	386	0.0%

Years of Age	25,695		26,544	20,920
Younger than 22	568	1.6%	509	360	208	57.8%
22-24	1,202	3.4%	1,166	923	279	30.2%
25-34	6,617	18.5%	6,661	5,391	1,226	22.7%
35-44	6,116	17.1%	6,339	4,912	1,204	24.5%
45-54	5,761	16.1%	6,019	4,624	1,137	24.6%
55-59	2,578	7.2%	2,802	2,246	332	14.8%
60-64	1,733	4.8%	1,786	1,495	238	15.9%
65 and older	1,120	3.1%	1,262	969	151	15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,695		26,544	20,920
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.6%	146	129	19	14.7%
Mining	1,077	4.2%	1,135	1,130	-53	-4.7%
Utilities	56	0.2%	58	56	0	0.0%
Construction	3,796	14.7%	3,961	2,857	939	32.9%
Manufacturing	2,573	10.0%	2,656	2,305	268	11.6%
Wholesale Trade	812	3.1%	828	808	4	0.5%
Retail Trade	2,306	8.9%	2,084	1,646	660	40.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,103	4.3%	1,223	712	391	54.9%
Information	487	1.9%	420	390	97	24.9%
Finance and Insurance	462	1.8%	447	484	-22	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	576	2.2%	595	458	118	25.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,423	5.5%	1,568	1,232	191	15.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	0.4%	85	47	50	106.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,128	8.2%	2,205	1,869	259	13.9%
Educational Services	612	2.4%	818	576	36	6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,540	9.8%	2,510	2,175	365	16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	418	1.6%	383	344	74	21.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,070	8.0%	2,077	1,506	564	37.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	728	2.8%	765	653	75	11.5%
Public Administration	426	1.6%	491	294	132	44.9%
Information Not Available	1,857	7.2%	2,089	1,249	608	48.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,519		58,680	48,873
Male	26,428	54.5%	29,741	25,598	830	3.2%
Female	22,091	45.5%	28,935	23,273	-1,182	-5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	48,519		58,680	48,873
Hispanic or Latino	6,256	12.9%	7,525	6,188	68	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,172	80.7%	47,493	39,712	-540	-1.4%
Information Not Available	3,091	6.4%	3,662	2,973	118	4.0%

Race	48,519		58,680	48,873
American Indian or Alaskan Native	225	0.5%	263	210	15	7.1%
Asian	2,089	4.3%	2,472	1,920	169	8.8%
Black or African American	5,101	10.5%	6,397	5,269	-168	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	120	0.2%	141	125	-5	-4.0%
White	34,171	70.4%	41,351	35,003	-832	-2.4%
Information Not Available	6,813	14.0%	8,056	6,346	467	7.4%

Years of Age	48,519		58,680	48,873
Younger than 22	737	0.9%	785	826	-89	-10.8%
22-24	1,984	2.5%	2,209	2,154	-170	-7.9%
25-34	10,864	13.8%	12,092	10,890	-26	-0.2%
35-44	10,206	13.0%	12,231	10,252	-46	-0.4%
45-54	11,922	15.2%	14,642	12,003	-81	-0.7%
55-59	5,690	7.2%	7,169	5,615	75	1.3%
60-64	4,190	5.3%	5,261	4,128	62	1.5%
65 and older	2,926	3.7%	4,291	3,005	-79	-2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,519		58,680	48,873
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	232	0.5%	200	268	-36	-13.4%
Mining	23	0.0%	27	10	13	130.0%
Utilities	177	0.4%	132	91	86	94.5%
Construction	4,723	9.7%	4,970	4,198	525	12.5%
Manufacturing	5,067	10.4%	4,863	5,138	-71	-1.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,500	5.1%	2,461	2,235	265	11.9%
Retail Trade	4,302	8.8%	4,594	4,120	182	4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,320	2.7%	5,093	1,616	-296	-18.3%
Information	1,361	2.8%	1,471	1,330	31	2.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,130	4.4%	2,173	1,854	276	14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	868	1.8%	883	997	-129	-12.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,921	10.1%	5,048	4,783	138	2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	273	0.6%	282	267	6	2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,204	10.7%	5,443	5,237	-33	-0.6%
Educational Services	1,339	2.7%	1,606	1,458	-119	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,071	10.4%	6,100	5,821	-750	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	518	1.1%	676	621	-103	-16.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,742	5.6%	5,550	2,851	-109	-3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,831	5.8%	3,144	3,058	-227	-7.4%
Public Administration	1,317	2.7%	1,985	1,421	-104	-7.3%
Information Not Available	1,600	3.3%	1,979	1,499	101	6.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,425		39,476	35,468
Male	12,991	40.1%	14,578	13,357	-366	-2.7%
Female	12,406	38.3%	15,870	12,899	-493	-3.8%
Information Not Available	7,028	21.7%	9,028	9,212	-2,184	-23.7%

Ethnicity	32,425		39,476	35,468
Hispanic or Latino	1,208	3.7%	1,280	1,227	-19	-1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,487	72.4%	28,421	24,381	-894	-3.7%
Information Not Available	7,730	23.8%	9,775	9,860	-2,130	-21.6%

Race	32,425		39,476	35,468
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.3%	103	96	4	4.2%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12,006	37.0%	14,649	12,293	-287	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.1%	47	54	-13	-24.1%
White	11,340	35.0%	13,622	11,938	-598	-5.0%
Information Not Available	8,938	27.6%	11,055	11,087	-2,149	-19.4%

Years of Age	32,425		39,476	35,468
Younger than 22	433	1.0%	508	528	-95	-18.0%
22-24	1,117	2.7%	1,298	1,279	-162	-12.7%
25-34	6,535	15.6%	7,371	6,774	-239	-3.5%
35-44	5,419	12.9%	6,280	5,500	-81	-1.5%
45-54	5,791	13.8%	6,905	6,031	-240	-4.0%
55-59	2,699	6.4%	3,385	2,809	-110	-3.9%
60-64	1,911	4.6%	2,484	1,952	-41	-2.1%
65 and older	1,491	3.6%	2,216	1,383	108	7.8%
Information Not Available	7,029	16.8%	9,029	9,212	-2,183	-23.7%

Industry	32,425		39,476	35,468
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	0.1%	53	44	-4	-9.1%
Mining	28	0.1%	42	61	-33	-54.1%
Utilities	53	0.2%	55	14	39	278.6%
Construction	2,567	7.9%	2,601	2,794	-227	-8.1%
Manufacturing	383	1.2%	406	299	84	28.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,179	3.6%	1,186	1,051	128	12.2%
Retail Trade	1,101	3.4%	1,213	1,130	-29	-2.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	587	1.8%	2,757	657	-70	-10.7%
Information	424	1.3%	403	541	-117	-21.6%
Finance and Insurance	866	2.7%	865	958	-92	-9.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	569	1.8%	566	598	-29	-4.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,677	8.2%	2,780	2,811	-134	-4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.3%	85	96	-12	-12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,726	11.5%	4,216	3,738	-12	-0.3%
Educational Services	1,049	3.2%	1,359	1,198	-149	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,643	8.1%	3,149	2,857	-214	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	290	0.9%	340	329	-39	-11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,611	5.0%	2,595	1,550	61	3.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	793	2.4%	995	820	-27	-3.3%
Public Administration	477	1.5%	536	691	-214	-31.0%
Information Not Available	11,278	34.7%	13,274	13,231	-1,953	-14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,717		4,396	4,174
Male	1,997	53.7%	2,231	2,177	-180	-8.3%
Female	1,720	46.3%	2,165	1,997	-277	-13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,717		4,396	4,174
Hispanic or Latino	44	1.2%	49	53	-9	-17.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,284	88.4%	3,920	3,709	-425	-11.5%
Information Not Available	389	10.5%	427	412	-23	-5.6%

Race	3,717		4,396	4,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	1.3%	61	52	-3	-5.8%
Asian	16	0.4%	28	31	-15	-48.4%
Black or African American	55	1.5%	65	47	8	17.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,408	91.7%	4,022	3,822	-414	-10.8%
Information Not Available	189	5.1%	220	222	-33	-14.9%

Years of Age	3,717		4,396	4,174
Younger than 22	91	1.3%	108	106	-15	-14.2%
22-24	160	2.4%	184	177	-17	-9.6%
25-34	736	10.9%	821	862	-126	-14.6%
35-44	728	10.8%	889	881	-153	-17.4%
45-54	912	13.5%	1,038	976	-64	-6.6%
55-59	505	7.5%	592	566	-61	-10.8%
60-64	380	5.6%	457	387	-7	-1.8%
65 and older	205	3.0%	307	219	-14	-6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,717		4,396	4,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	1.8%	114	69	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	15	0.4%	19	5	10	200.0%
Construction	232	6.1%	252	293	-61	-20.8%
Manufacturing	494	13.0%	471	413	81	19.6%
Wholesale Trade	123	3.2%	104	126	-3	-2.4%
Retail Trade	343	9.1%	410	361	-18	-5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	92	2.4%	227	76	16	21.1%
Information	37	1.0%	32	67	-30	-44.8%
Finance and Insurance	82	2.2%	89	117	-35	-29.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40	1.1%	41	39	1	2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	183	4.8%	179	173	10	5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.3%	9	9	4	44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	308	8.1%	326	331	-23	-6.9%
Educational Services	84	2.2%	119	130	-46	-35.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	387	10.2%	589	472	-85	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	36	1.0%	41	55	-19	-34.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	193	5.1%	267	175	18	10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	93	2.5%	132	96	-3	-3.1%
Public Administration	67	1.8%	70	62	5	8.1%
Information Not Available	825	21.8%	904	1,104	-279	-25.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,082		63,182	48,982
Male	24,914	52.9%	32,039	24,783	131	0.5%
Female	20,664	43.9%	29,455	22,760	-2,096	-9.2%
Information Not Available	1,504	3.2%	1,688	1,439	65	4.5%

Ethnicity	47,082		63,182	48,982
Hispanic or Latino	1,651	3.5%	2,319	1,643	8	0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,813	78.2%	49,738	37,566	-753	-2.0%
Information Not Available	8,618	18.3%	11,125	9,773	-1,155	-11.8%

Race	47,082		63,182	48,982
American Indian or Alaskan Native	392	0.8%	402	389	3	0.8%
Asian	571	1.2%	816	544	27	5.0%
Black or African American	9,642	20.5%	14,866	9,701	-59	-0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	49	64	6	9.4%
White	25,937	55.1%	33,164	27,585	-1,648	-6.0%
Information Not Available	10,470	22.2%	13,885	10,699	-229	-2.1%

Years of Age	47,082		63,182	48,982
Younger than 22	723	1.0%	981	970	-247	-25.5%
22-24	2,143	3.1%	2,881	2,400	-257	-10.7%
25-34	10,820	15.5%	14,572	11,477	-657	-5.7%
35-44	10,857	15.6%	14,469	11,157	-300	-2.7%
45-54	12,095	17.3%	16,358	12,194	-99	-0.8%
55-59	5,473	7.8%	7,230	5,582	-109	-2.0%
60-64	3,273	4.7%	4,491	3,486	-213	-6.1%
65 and older	1,698	2.4%	2,200	1,716	-18	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,082		63,182	48,982
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	260	0.5%	320	323	-63	-19.5%
Mining	229	0.5%	146	241	-12	-5.0%
Utilities	78	0.2%	60	34	44	129.4%
Construction	3,269	6.9%	3,484	3,465	-196	-5.7%
Manufacturing	7,375	15.6%	14,535	7,839	-464	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,373	11.3%	5,903	2,327	3,046	130.9%
Retail Trade	2,697	5.7%	2,925	3,357	-660	-19.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,335	2.8%	1,758	1,447	-112	-7.7%
Information	643	1.4%	736	815	-172	-21.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,173	2.5%	1,332	1,255	-82	-6.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	649	1.4%	649	636	13	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,056	8.6%	5,751	3,873	183	4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,214	2.6%	1,435	1,498	-284	-19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,087	10.7%	5,743	6,053	-966	-16.0%
Educational Services	1,484	3.1%	1,841	1,912	-428	-22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,462	9.4%	6,835	5,229	-767	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	507	1.1%	733	677	-170	-25.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,841	3.9%	2,367	1,911	-70	-3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,363	2.9%	1,852	1,396	-33	-2.4%
Public Administration	648	1.4%	889	816	-168	-20.6%
Information Not Available	3,339	7.1%	3,888	3,878	-539	-13.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,415		30,300	29,227
Male	15,249	57.7%	16,575	16,528	-1,279	-7.7%
Female	11,161	42.3%	13,722	12,694	-1,533	-12.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	5	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,415		30,300	29,227
Hispanic or Latino	1,031	3.9%	1,216	1,036	-5	-0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,530	85.3%	25,820	24,908	-2,378	-9.5%
Information Not Available	2,854	10.8%	3,264	3,283	-429	-13.1%

Race	26,415		30,300	29,227
American Indian or Alaskan Native	404	1.5%	437	428	-24	-5.6%
Asian	925	3.5%	1,008	986	-61	-6.2%
Black or African American	2,480	9.4%	2,767	2,743	-263	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.3%	70	85	-15	-17.6%
White	20,194	76.4%	23,353	22,368	-2,174	-9.7%
Information Not Available	2,342	8.9%	2,665	2,617	-275	-10.5%

Years of Age	26,415		30,300	29,227
Younger than 22	336	0.8%	350	367	-31	-8.4%
22-24	988	2.2%	1,066	1,070	-82	-7.7%
25-34	6,008	13.6%	6,799	6,615	-607	-9.2%
35-44	5,739	13.0%	6,611	6,467	-728	-11.3%
45-54	6,333	14.3%	7,198	6,977	-644	-9.2%
55-59	3,383	7.7%	3,955	3,754	-371	-9.9%
60-64	2,394	5.4%	2,783	2,664	-270	-10.1%
65 and older	1,230	2.8%	1,530	1,307	-77	-5.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	8	6	-2	-33.3%

Industry	26,415		30,300	29,227
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	171	0.6%	263	188	-17	-9.0%
Mining	111	0.4%	115	788	-677	-85.9%
Utilities	119	0.4%	156	150	-31	-20.7%
Construction	3,529	13.3%	3,310	2,872	657	22.9%
Manufacturing	4,126	15.5%	4,634	4,753	-627	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,392	5.2%	1,509	1,530	-138	-9.0%
Retail Trade	1,982	7.5%	2,235	2,033	-51	-2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	700	2.6%	933	698	2	0.3%
Information	661	2.5%	619	699	-38	-5.4%
Finance and Insurance	848	3.2%	911	1,039	-191	-18.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	457	1.7%	445	482	-25	-5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,989	7.5%	2,212	2,150	-161	-7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	594	2.2%	677	810	-216	-26.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,230	8.4%	2,502	2,674	-444	-16.6%
Educational Services	1,088	4.1%	1,377	1,214	-126	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,507	9.4%	2,793	2,778	-271	-9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	301	1.1%	393	395	-94	-23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,343	5.1%	2,051	1,378	-35	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	872	3.3%	1,530	1,007	-135	-13.4%
Public Administration	478	1.8%	527	540	-62	-11.5%
Information Not Available	917	3.4%	1,108	1,049	-132	-12.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,889		31,544	26,412
Male	12,224	49.1%	13,955	13,291	-1,067	-8.0%
Female	12,594	50.6%	17,514	13,083	-489	-3.7%
Information Not Available	71	0.3%	75	38	33	86.8%

Ethnicity	24,889		31,544	26,412
Hispanic or Latino	1,059	4.3%	1,346	967	92	9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,745	79.3%	24,687	19,967	-222	-1.1%
Information Not Available	4,085	16.4%	5,511	5,478	-1,393	-25.4%

Race	24,889		31,544	26,412
American Indian or Alaskan Native	163	0.7%	193	184	-21	-11.4%
Asian	170	0.7%	173	206	-36	-17.5%
Black or African American	5,933	23.8%	7,644	6,176	-243	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,092	4.4%	1,357	963	129	13.4%
White	15,971	64.2%	20,122	17,034	-1,063	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1,560	6.3%	2,055	1,849	-289	-15.6%

Years of Age	24,889		31,544	26,412
Younger than 22	479	1.2%	503	551	-72	-13.1%
22-24	1,042	2.7%	1,158	1,177	-135	-11.5%
25-34	5,815	14.9%	6,725	6,209	-394	-6.3%
35-44	5,801	14.9%	7,108	6,089	-288	-4.7%
45-54	5,939	15.2%	7,624	6,374	-435	-6.8%
55-59	2,887	7.4%	3,817	2,980	-93	-3.1%
60-64	1,841	4.7%	2,571	1,898	-57	-3.0%
65 and older	1,085	2.8%	2,038	1,134	-49	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,889		31,544	26,412
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	142	0.6%	179	160	-18	-11.3%
Mining	75	0.3%	122	108	-33	-30.6%
Utilities	49	0.2%	44	57	-8	-14.0%
Construction	2,049	8.2%	2,221	2,608	-559	-21.4%
Manufacturing	3,142	12.6%	3,164	3,312	-170	-5.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,220	4.9%	1,224	1,285	-65	-5.1%
Retail Trade	2,650	10.6%	2,986	2,654	-4	-0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	899	3.6%	2,955	772	127	16.5%
Information	537	2.1%	638	654	-117	-17.9%
Finance and Insurance	864	3.5%	913	904	-40	-4.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	395	1.6%	533	477	-82	-17.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,629	6.5%	1,763	1,512	117	7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	120	0.5%	134	159	-39	-24.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,489	13.9%	3,780	3,460	29	0.8%
Educational Services	771	3.1%	965	818	-47	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,032	12.1%	3,699	3,319	-287	-8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	256	1.0%	283	315	-59	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,686	6.7%	3,543	1,659	27	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	561	2.2%	908	702	-141	-20.1%
Public Administration	275	1.1%	269	291	-16	-5.5%
Information Not Available	1,048	4.2%	1,221	1,186	-138	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,809		14,983	13,099
Male	5,946	50.4%	6,821	6,388	-442	-6.9%
Female	5,834	49.4%	8,149	6,694	-860	-12.8%
Information Not Available	29	0.2%	13	17	12	70.6%

Ethnicity	11,809		14,983	13,099
Hispanic or Latino	185	1.6%	227	216	-31	-14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,026	93.4%	14,082	11,870	-844	-7.1%
Information Not Available	598	5.1%	674	1,013	-415	-41.0%

Race	11,809		14,983	13,099
American Indian or Alaskan Native	44	0.4%	55	42	2	4.8%
Asian	94	0.8%	91	51	43	84.3%
Black or African American	6,772	57.3%	9,233	7,686	-914	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.4%	46	26	19	73.1%
White	4,561	38.6%	5,180	4,999	-438	-8.8%
Information Not Available	293	2.5%	378	295	-2	-0.7%

Years of Age	11,809		14,983	13,099
Younger than 22	193	1.2%	217	228	-35	-15.4%
22-24	591	3.8%	683	657	-66	-10.0%
25-34	3,176	20.4%	3,814	3,523	-347	-9.8%
35-44	2,951	18.9%	3,666	3,157	-206	-6.5%
45-54	2,518	16.2%	3,338	2,872	-354	-12.3%
55-59	1,135	7.3%	1,477	1,324	-189	-14.3%
60-64	782	5.0%	1,076	827	-45	-5.4%
65 and older	463	3.0%	712	511	-48	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,809		14,983	13,099
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.6%	99	64	7	10.9%
Mining	67	0.6%	82	167	-100	-59.9%
Utilities	15	0.1%	13	18	-3	-16.7%
Construction	558	4.7%	632	659	-101	-15.3%
Manufacturing	1,640	13.8%	1,815	1,600	40	2.5%
Wholesale Trade	269	2.3%	276	306	-37	-12.1%
Retail Trade	1,090	9.2%	1,117	1,179	-89	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	246	2.1%	298	253	-7	-2.8%
Information	89	0.7%	123	83	6	7.2%
Finance and Insurance	173	1.5%	198	218	-45	-20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	126	1.1%	117	125	1	0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	411	3.5%	474	439	-28	-6.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	172	1.4%	183	107	65	60.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,191	10.0%	1,262	1,337	-146	-10.9%
Educational Services	319	2.7%	355	366	-47	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,088	9.2%	2,871	1,681	-593	-35.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.7%	79	69	10	14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	727	6.1%	1,135	843	-116	-13.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	170	1.4%	191	183	-13	-7.1%
Public Administration	204	1.7%	216	174	30	17.2%
Information Not Available	3,104	26.1%	3,447	3,228	-124	-3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,776		4,359	3,794
Male	2,170	57.5%	2,137	2,240	-70	-3.1%
Female	1,598	42.3%	2,214	1,546	52	3.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.2%	8	8	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,776		4,359	3,794
Hispanic or Latino	184	4.9%	209	152	32	21.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,409	90.3%	3,957	3,469	-60	-1.7%
Information Not Available	183	4.8%	193	173	10	5.8%

Race	3,776		4,359	3,794
American Indian or Alaskan Native	401	10.6%	621	401	0	0.0%
Asian	14	0.4%	21	19	-5	-26.3%
Black or African American	49	1.3%	53	48	1	2.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.3%	9	12	-2	-16.7%
White	3,244	85.9%	3,586	3,274	-30	-0.9%
Information Not Available	58	1.5%	69	40	18	45.0%

Years of Age	3,776		4,359	3,794
Younger than 22	70	1.0%	63	62	8	12.9%
22-24	148	2.2%	132	159	-11	-6.9%
25-34	903	13.5%	930	909	-6	-0.7%
35-44	761	11.3%	948	816	-55	-6.7%
45-54	904	13.5%	1,021	865	39	4.5%
55-59	466	7.0%	564	495	-29	-5.9%
60-64	315	4.7%	404	312	3	1.0%
65 and older	209	3.1%	297	176	33	18.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,776		4,359	3,794
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	59	1.5%	48	58	1	1.7%
Mining	86	2.2%	100	181	-95	-52.5%
Utilities	12	0.3%	10	10	2	20.0%
Construction	596	15.5%	559	556	40	7.2%
Manufacturing	256	6.7%	228	308	-52	-16.9%
Wholesale Trade	116	3.0%	105	119	-3	-2.5%
Retail Trade	398	10.4%	424	355	43	12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	161	4.2%	282	143	18	12.6%
Information	55	1.4%	44	49	6	12.2%
Finance and Insurance	71	1.9%	79	80	-9	-11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	44	1.1%	45	48	-4	-8.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	216	5.6%	233	207	9	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	3	5	-1	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	336	8.8%	347	348	-12	-3.4%
Educational Services	120	3.1%	200	121	-1	-0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	341	8.9%	630	350	-9	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	147	3.8%	113	90	57	63.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	419	10.9%	456	415	4	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	101	2.6%	109	109	-8	-7.3%
Public Administration	169	4.4%	280	166	3	1.8%
Information Not Available	69	1.8%	64	76	-7	-9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,703		25,597	28,107
Male	10,903	48.0%	12,070	13,480	-2,577	-19.1%
Female	11,784	51.9%	13,508	14,616	-2,832	-19.4%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	19	11	5	45.5%

Ethnicity	22,703		25,597	28,107
Hispanic or Latino	1,121	4.9%	1,192	1,242	-121	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,022	92.6%	23,781	26,146	-5,124	-19.6%
Information Not Available	560	2.5%	624	719	-159	-22.1%

Race	22,703		25,597	28,107
American Indian or Alaskan Native	311	1.4%	373	491	-180	-36.7%
Asian	312	1.4%	310	345	-33	-9.6%
Black or African American	9,860	43.4%	11,941	11,933	-2,073	-17.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.2%	56	51	-5	-9.8%
White	10,776	47.5%	11,337	13,451	-2,675	-19.9%
Information Not Available	1,398	6.2%	1,580	1,836	-438	-23.9%

Years of Age	22,703		25,597	28,107
Younger than 22	335	1.0%	410	448	-113	-25.2%
22-24	928	2.9%	1,081	1,363	-435	-31.9%
25-34	5,659	17.6%	6,439	6,948	-1,289	-18.6%
35-44	5,677	17.7%	6,347	7,005	-1,328	-19.0%
45-54	5,635	17.6%	6,254	6,955	-1,320	-19.0%
55-59	2,379	7.4%	2,645	2,791	-412	-14.8%
60-64	1,371	4.3%	1,511	1,705	-334	-19.6%
65 and older	719	2.2%	910	892	-173	-19.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,703		25,597	28,107
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	108	0.5%	135	127	-19	-15.0%
Mining	5	0.0%	6	9	-4	-44.4%
Utilities	14	0.1%	23	39	-25	-64.1%
Construction	1,209	5.3%	1,244	1,696	-487	-28.7%
Manufacturing	3,446	15.1%	3,682	3,471	-25	-0.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,070	4.7%	1,070	1,222	-152	-12.4%
Retail Trade	2,111	9.3%	2,201	2,566	-455	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	491	2.2%	634	622	-131	-21.1%
Information	409	1.8%	426	574	-165	-28.7%
Finance and Insurance	709	3.1%	811	881	-172	-19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	331	1.5%	345	405	-74	-18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,501	6.6%	1,673	1,847	-346	-18.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	115	0.5%	138	98	17	17.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,659	16.0%	4,704	5,066	-1,407	-27.8%
Educational Services	868	3.8%	1,175	1,148	-280	-24.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,201	9.6%	2,258	2,847	-646	-22.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	150	0.7%	190	288	-138	-47.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,167	5.1%	1,556	1,554	-387	-24.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	443	1.9%	464	640	-197	-30.8%
Public Administration	425	1.9%	463	473	-48	-10.1%
Information Not Available	2,271	10.0%	2,399	2,534	-263	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,419		3,503	2,694
Male	1,649	68.2%	2,384	1,931	-282	-14.6%
Female	769	31.8%	1,119	762	7	0.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,419		3,503	2,694
Hispanic or Latino	137	5.7%	189	150	-13	-8.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,204	91.1%	3,199	2,445	-241	-9.9%
Information Not Available	78	3.2%	115	99	-21	-21.2%

Race	2,419		3,503	2,694
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	6.0%	304	123	23	18.7%
Asian	20	0.8%	29	36	-16	-44.4%
Black or African American	166	6.9%	201	161	5	3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.3%	9	7	0	0.0%
White	1,865	77.1%	2,656	2,118	-253	-11.9%
Information Not Available	215	8.9%	304	249	-34	-13.7%

Years of Age	2,419		3,503	2,694
Younger than 22	24	0.6%	32	27	-3	-11.1%
22-24	73	1.8%	118	96	-23	-24.0%
25-34	615	15.1%	869	703	-88	-12.5%
35-44	555	13.6%	776	568	-13	-2.3%
45-54	559	13.7%	796	689	-130	-18.9%
55-59	276	6.8%	428	298	-22	-7.4%
60-64	205	5.0%	293	225	-20	-8.9%
65 and older	112	2.7%	191	87	25	28.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	2,419		3,503	2,694
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	1.6%	78	36	4	11.1%
Mining	307	12.5%	456	485	-178	-36.7%
Utilities	10	0.4%	17	9	1	11.1%
Construction	358	14.6%	468	361	-3	-0.8%
Manufacturing	230	9.4%	364	538	-308	-57.2%
Wholesale Trade	260	10.6%	341	153	107	69.9%
Retail Trade	162	6.6%	187	149	13	8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	207	8.4%	348	224	-17	-7.6%
Information	35	1.4%	43	21	14	66.7%
Finance and Insurance	43	1.7%	38	42	1	2.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55	2.2%	77	41	14	34.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	103	4.2%	140	116	-13	-11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.2%	6	3	2	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	97	3.9%	121	69	28	40.6%
Educational Services	7	0.3%	7	2	5	250.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	120	4.9%	151	99	21	21.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.2%	5	6	-2	-33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	94	3.8%	135	76	18	23.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	43	1.7%	69	39	4	10.3%
Public Administration	146	5.9%	237	97	49	50.5%
Information Not Available	93	3.8%	215	128	-35	-27.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,454		4,299	4,724
Male	1,621	46.9%	1,821	2,147	-526	-24.5%
Female	1,565	45.3%	2,183	2,222	-657	-29.6%
Information Not Available	268	7.8%	295	355	-87	-24.5%

Ethnicity	3,454		4,299	4,724
Hispanic or Latino	239	6.9%	283	316	-77	-24.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,602	75.3%	3,301	3,532	-930	-26.3%
Information Not Available	613	17.7%	715	876	-263	-30.0%

Race	3,454		4,299	4,724
American Indian or Alaskan Native	64	1.9%	73	74	-10	-13.5%
Asian	97	2.8%	98	60	37	61.7%
Black or African American	398	11.5%	504	493	-95	-19.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.3%	12	11	-1	-9.1%
White	2,322	67.2%	2,920	3,185	-863	-27.1%
Information Not Available	563	16.3%	692	901	-338	-37.5%

Years of Age	3,454		4,299	4,724
Younger than 22	24	0.4%	32	48	-24	-50.0%
22-24	87	1.6%	113	144	-57	-39.6%
25-34	733	13.4%	868	1,111	-378	-34.0%
35-44	824	15.1%	914	1,055	-231	-21.9%
45-54	889	16.3%	995	1,141	-252	-22.1%
55-59	420	7.7%	610	587	-167	-28.4%
60-64	313	5.7%	418	413	-100	-24.2%
65 and older	164	3.0%	349	225	-61	-27.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,454		4,299	4,724
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.8%	44	37	-9	-24.3%
Mining	11	0.3%	7	23	-12	-52.2%
Utilities	2	0.1%	6	6	-4	-66.7%
Construction	364	10.5%	304	404	-40	-9.9%
Manufacturing	475	13.6%	503	718	-243	-33.8%
Wholesale Trade	163	4.7%	188	234	-71	-30.3%
Retail Trade	317	9.1%	366	506	-189	-37.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	132	3.8%	482	142	-10	-7.0%
Information	74	2.1%	82	92	-18	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	198	5.7%	185	248	-50	-20.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	42	1.2%	42	62	-20	-32.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	192	5.5%	194	242	-50	-20.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55	1.6%	44	38	17	44.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	324	9.3%	324	425	-101	-23.8%
Educational Services	97	2.8%	119	116	-19	-16.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	345	9.9%	458	524	-179	-34.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34	1.0%	51	60	-26	-43.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	171	4.9%	430	241	-70	-29.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	79	2.3%	85	116	-37	-31.9%
Public Administration	97	2.8%	109	144	-47	-32.6%
Information Not Available	254	7.3%	276	346	-92	-26.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,438		4,589	3,956
Male	1,816	52.8%	2,109	1,925	-109	-5.7%
Female	1,595	46.4%	2,437	1,995	-400	-20.1%
Information Not Available	27	0.8%	43	36	-9	-25.0%

Ethnicity	3,438		4,589	3,956
Hispanic or Latino	118	3.4%	154	136	-18	-13.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,932	85.3%	3,899	3,310	-378	-11.4%
Information Not Available	388	11.3%	536	510	-122	-23.9%

Race	3,438		4,589	3,956
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.6%	23	24	-5	-20.8%
Asian	70	2.0%	79	67	3	4.5%
Black or African American	66	1.9%	58	74	-8	-10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	9	2	3	150.0%
White	3,017	87.8%	4,089	3,470	-453	-13.1%
Information Not Available	261	7.6%	331	319	-58	-18.2%

Years of Age	3,438		4,589	3,956
Younger than 22	21	0.3%	22	17	4	23.5%
22-24	68	1.1%	78	80	-12	-15.0%
25-34	565	9.4%	701	624	-59	-9.5%
35-44	650	10.8%	852	747	-97	-13.0%
45-54	909	15.1%	1,229	1,159	-250	-21.6%
55-59	541	9.0%	722	562	-21	-3.7%
60-64	436	7.2%	616	473	-37	-7.8%
65 and older	248	4.1%	369	294	-46	-15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,438		4,589	3,956
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.5%	16	21	-4	-19.0%
Mining	4	0.1%	0	1	3	300.0%
Utilities	9	0.3%	16	10	-1	-10.0%
Construction	75	2.2%	73	50	25	50.0%
Manufacturing	370	10.7%	475	449	-79	-17.6%
Wholesale Trade	214	6.2%	237	217	-3	-1.4%
Retail Trade	211	6.1%	226	264	-53	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	59	1.7%	599	72	-13	-18.1%
Information	46	1.3%	65	86	-40	-46.5%
Finance and Insurance	146	4.2%	161	131	15	11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	42	1.2%	48	53	-11	-20.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	253	7.3%	286	312	-59	-18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	1.0%	30	28	6	21.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	452	13.1%	513	518	-66	-12.7%
Educational Services	161	4.7%	226	213	-52	-24.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	319	9.2%	407	479	-160	-33.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	2.2%	39	39	38	97.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	47	1.4%	173	64	-17	-26.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	102	3.0%	137	155	-53	-34.2%
Public Administration	49	1.4%	46	58	-9	-15.5%
Information Not Available	751	21.7%	816	736	15	2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	83,124		105,796	93,191
Male	43,764	52.6%	48,105	46,944	-3,180	-6.8%
Female	39,360	47.4%	57,691	46,247	-6,887	-14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	83,124		105,796	93,191
Hispanic or Latino	16,946	20.4%	21,557	19,175	-2,229	-11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,573	69.3%	73,231	64,192	-6,619	-10.3%
Information Not Available	8,605	10.4%	11,008	9,824	-1,219	-12.4%

Race	83,124		105,796	93,191
American Indian or Alaskan Native	396	0.5%	455	415	-19	-4.6%
Asian	3,328	4.0%	3,818	3,599	-271	-7.5%
Black or African American	20,390	24.5%	25,085	21,994	-1,604	-7.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	515	0.6%	607	558	-43	-7.7%
White	46,307	55.7%	61,492	52,849	-6,542	-12.4%
Information Not Available	12,188	14.7%	14,339	13,776	-1,588	-11.5%

Years of Age	83,124		105,796	93,191
Younger than 22	1,765	1.4%	1,789	1,984	-219	-11.0%
22-24	4,352	3.5%	4,632	5,126	-774	-15.1%
25-34	20,402	16.6%	22,571	22,004	-1,602	-7.3%
35-44	17,026	13.9%	20,241	18,577	-1,551	-8.3%
45-54	18,316	14.9%	24,172	21,205	-2,889	-13.6%
55-59	9,000	7.3%	12,189	10,137	-1,137	-11.2%
60-64	6,673	5.4%	9,472	7,364	-691	-9.4%
65 and older	5,590	4.6%	10,730	6,794	-1,204	-17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	83,124		105,796	93,191
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	168	0.2%	150	129	39	30.2%
Mining	42	0.1%	47	31	11	35.5%
Utilities	160	0.2%	141	118	42	35.6%
Construction	6,682	8.0%	6,411	6,694	-12	-0.2%
Manufacturing	5,624	6.8%	5,306	5,828	-204	-3.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,718	5.7%	4,829	4,822	-104	-2.2%
Retail Trade	9,816	11.8%	10,368	10,291	-475	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,318	5.2%	9,911	5,316	-998	-18.8%
Information	1,409	1.7%	1,482	1,753	-344	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,279	3.9%	3,324	2,932	347	11.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,272	1.5%	1,420	1,455	-183	-12.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,167	7.4%	6,449	6,246	-79	-1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,209	1.5%	1,492	1,247	-38	-3.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,197	13.4%	13,067	12,167	-970	-8.0%
Educational Services	3,527	4.2%	5,786	4,602	-1,075	-23.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,169	11.0%	10,607	10,455	-1,286	-12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	942	1.1%	1,070	1,147	-205	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,233	6.3%	12,291	6,458	-1,225	-19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,117	2.5%	2,371	2,432	-315	-13.0%
Public Administration	860	1.0%	3,766	1,463	-603	-41.2%
Information Not Available	5,215	6.3%	5,508	7,605	-2,390	-31.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,528		12,248	11,492
Male	6,148	58.4%	7,038	6,827	-679	-9.9%
Female	4,380	41.6%	5,210	4,665	-285	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,528		12,248	11,492
Hispanic or Latino	5,050	48.0%	5,894	5,549	-499	-9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,450	42.3%	5,181	4,873	-423	-8.7%
Information Not Available	1,028	9.8%	1,173	1,070	-42	-3.9%

Race	10,528		12,248	11,492
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,498	14.2%	1,804	1,531	-33	-2.2%
Asian	75	0.7%	99	82	-7	-8.5%
Black or African American	332	3.2%	363	348	-16	-4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.4%	47	34	5	14.7%
White	5,539	52.6%	6,408	5,927	-388	-6.5%
Information Not Available	3,045	28.9%	3,527	3,570	-525	-14.7%

Years of Age	10,528		12,248	11,492
Younger than 22	240	1.6%	241	305	-65	-21.3%
22-24	476	3.1%	558	603	-127	-21.1%
25-34	2,645	17.3%	3,029	2,897	-252	-8.7%
35-44	2,405	15.7%	2,726	2,553	-148	-5.8%
45-54	2,329	15.2%	2,742	2,584	-255	-9.9%
55-59	1,155	7.6%	1,394	1,263	-108	-8.6%
60-64	777	5.1%	928	801	-24	-3.0%
65 and older	501	3.3%	630	486	15	3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,528		12,248	11,492
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	151	1.4%	154	196	-45	-23.0%
Mining	842	7.9%	1,112	748	94	12.6%
Utilities	33	0.3%	29	31	2	6.5%
Construction	1,778	16.6%	1,942	2,092	-314	-15.0%
Manufacturing	514	4.8%	540	529	-15	-2.8%
Wholesale Trade	347	3.2%	383	313	34	10.9%
Retail Trade	1,083	10.1%	1,113	1,157	-74	-6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	302	2.8%	558	311	-9	-2.9%
Information	328	3.1%	435	468	-140	-29.9%
Finance and Insurance	217	2.0%	232	259	-42	-16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	207	1.9%	229	207	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	574	5.4%	656	675	-101	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	33	28	3	10.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	883	8.3%	974	926	-43	-4.6%
Educational Services	399	3.7%	496	402	-3	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,157	10.8%	1,380	1,260	-103	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	207	1.9%	230	262	-55	-21.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	702	6.6%	906	760	-58	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	385	3.6%	392	294	91	31.0%
Public Administration	320	3.0%	380	503	-183	-36.4%
Information Not Available	68	0.6%	74	71	-3	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,225		21,753	25,623
Male	11,147	55.1%	11,890	14,288	-3,141	-22.0%
Female	8,979	44.4%	9,745	11,229	-2,250	-20.0%
Information Not Available	99	0.5%	118	106	-7	-6.6%

Ethnicity	20,225		21,753	25,623
Hispanic or Latino	4,052	20.0%	4,241	5,386	-1,334	-24.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,940	64.0%	14,082	16,275	-3,335	-20.5%
Information Not Available	3,233	16.0%	3,430	3,962	-729	-18.4%

Race	20,225		21,753	25,623
American Indian or Alaskan Native	501	2.5%	516	636	-135	-21.2%
Asian	1,145	5.7%	1,199	1,543	-398	-25.8%
Black or African American	3,316	16.4%	3,612	3,865	-549	-14.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	472	2.3%	543	597	-125	-20.9%
White	11,411	56.4%	12,304	14,561	-3,150	-21.6%
Information Not Available	3,380	16.7%	3,579	4,421	-1,041	-23.5%

Years of Age	20,225		21,753	25,623
Younger than 22	387	1.3%	427	553	-166	-30.0%
22-24	838	2.8%	982	1,220	-382	-31.3%
25-34	4,884	16.2%	5,114	5,857	-973	-16.6%
35-44	4,566	15.1%	4,796	5,650	-1,084	-19.2%
45-54	4,731	15.7%	5,061	6,149	-1,418	-23.1%
55-59	2,164	7.2%	2,311	2,781	-617	-22.2%
60-64	1,423	4.7%	1,536	1,878	-455	-24.2%
65 and older	1,232	4.1%	1,526	1,535	-303	-19.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,225		21,753	25,623
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.1%	30	20	8	40.0%
Mining	109	0.5%	113	255	-146	-57.3%
Utilities	22	0.1%	20	20	2	10.0%
Construction	2,171	10.7%	2,244	2,495	-324	-13.0%
Manufacturing	721	3.6%	747	932	-211	-22.6%
Wholesale Trade	497	2.5%	515	639	-142	-22.2%
Retail Trade	1,518	7.5%	1,623	1,929	-411	-21.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	714	3.5%	944	1,247	-533	-42.7%
Information	221	1.1%	236	334	-113	-33.8%
Finance and Insurance	508	2.5%	525	560	-52	-9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	607	3.0%	689	645	-38	-5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	906	4.5%	1,001	1,092	-186	-17.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	160	0.8%	171	204	-44	-21.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,425	12.0%	2,849	3,560	-1,135	-31.9%
Educational Services	271	1.3%	259	326	-55	-16.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,031	5.1%	1,074	1,280	-249	-19.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	397	2.0%	440	447	-50	-11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,734	13.5%	2,902	4,587	-1,853	-40.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	351	1.7%	389	520	-169	-32.5%
Public Administration	294	1.5%	522	402	-108	-26.9%
Information Not Available	4,540	22.4%	4,460	4,129	411	10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	125,455		157,336	144,376
Male	66,453	53.0%	78,110	75,000	-8,547	-11.4%
Female	58,986	47.0%	79,216	69,358	-10,372	-15.0%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	10	18	-2	-11.1%

Ethnicity	125,455		157,336	144,376
Hispanic or Latino	23,609	18.8%	30,235	26,619	-3,010	-11.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,081	67.8%	105,637	93,137	-8,056	-8.6%
Information Not Available	16,765	13.4%	21,464	24,620	-7,855	-31.9%

Race	125,455		157,336	144,376
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,125	0.9%	1,339	1,214	-89	-7.3%
Asian	5,240	4.2%	5,851	4,976	264	5.3%
Black or African American	25,770	20.5%	30,695	27,090	-1,320	-4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	805	0.6%	966	908	-103	-11.3%
White	63,915	50.9%	81,168	70,750	-6,835	-9.7%
Information Not Available	28,600	22.8%	37,317	39,438	-10,838	-27.5%

Years of Age	125,455		157,336	144,376
Younger than 22	2,701	1.5%	3,091	3,461	-760	-22.0%
22-24	7,199	4.0%	8,156	8,866	-1,667	-18.8%
25-34	34,334	19.0%	39,635	38,394	-4,060	-10.6%
35-44	27,001	14.9%	32,454	30,645	-3,644	-11.9%
45-54	27,163	15.0%	35,078	31,948	-4,785	-15.0%
55-59	12,277	6.8%	16,618	13,924	-1,647	-11.8%
60-64	8,396	4.6%	11,837	9,659	-1,263	-13.1%
65 and older	6,384	3.5%	10,467	7,479	-1,095	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	125,455		157,336	144,376
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	217	0.2%	427	296	-79	-26.7%
Mining	93	0.1%	113	108	-15	-13.9%
Utilities	189	0.2%	196	124	65	52.4%
Construction	11,904	9.5%	11,656	14,039	-2,135	-15.2%
Manufacturing	7,391	5.9%	8,064	7,688	-297	-3.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,430	4.3%	5,742	6,100	-670	-11.0%
Retail Trade	11,992	9.5%	13,267	13,631	-1,639	-12.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,600	3.7%	16,837	8,696	-4,096	-47.1%
Information	4,862	3.9%	5,458	5,239	-377	-7.2%
Finance and Insurance	5,948	4.7%	6,199	5,691	257	4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,578	2.1%	2,972	3,187	-609	-19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,125	8.1%	10,463	10,490	-365	-3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	867	0.7%	917	890	-23	-2.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,648	13.2%	18,086	17,869	-1,221	-6.8%
Educational Services	5,351	4.3%	7,337	6,669	-1,318	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,784	11.0%	17,281	17,280	-3,496	-20.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,545	2.8%	4,001	4,323	-778	-18.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,297	6.6%	14,912	9,684	-1,387	-14.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,951	3.1%	4,598	4,309	-358	-8.3%
Public Administration	2,673	2.1%	3,638	3,717	-1,044	-28.1%
Information Not Available	5,010	4.0%	5,172	4,346	664	15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,587		53,853	49,352
Male	28,463	59.8%	30,079	28,882	-419	-1.5%
Female	18,935	39.8%	23,590	20,330	-1,395	-6.9%
Information Not Available	189	0.4%	184	140	49	35.0%

Ethnicity	47,587		53,853	49,352
Hispanic or Latino	1,376	2.9%	1,543	1,568	-192	-12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,943	92.3%	49,725	45,466	-1,523	-3.3%
Information Not Available	2,268	4.8%	2,585	2,318	-50	-2.2%

Race	47,587		53,853	49,352
American Indian or Alaskan Native	217	0.5%	246	215	2	0.9%
Asian	339	0.7%	354	364	-25	-6.9%
Black or African American	8,497	17.9%	9,872	8,668	-171	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	53	0.1%	49	44	9	20.5%
White	36,028	75.7%	40,639	37,516	-1,488	-4.0%
Information Not Available	2,453	5.2%	2,693	2,545	-92	-3.6%

Years of Age	47,587		53,853	49,352
Younger than 22	784	1.0%	889	818	-34	-4.2%
22-24	1,687	2.1%	1,826	2,027	-340	-16.8%
25-34	9,698	12.2%	10,826	10,204	-506	-5.0%
35-44	11,009	13.8%	12,310	11,647	-638	-5.5%
45-54	12,446	15.6%	13,980	13,116	-670	-5.1%
55-59	6,019	7.6%	7,019	5,891	128	2.2%
60-64	4,039	5.1%	4,653	3,821	218	5.7%
65 and older	1,905	2.4%	2,350	1,828	77	4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,587		53,853	49,352
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	144	0.3%	137	162	-18	-11.1%
Mining	322	0.7%	451	758	-436	-57.5%
Utilities	104	0.2%	97	93	11	11.8%
Construction	7,403	15.5%	7,396	6,424	979	15.2%
Manufacturing	9,465	19.8%	9,876	10,414	-949	-9.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,662	5.6%	2,794	2,656	6	0.2%
Retail Trade	2,227	4.7%	2,338	2,394	-167	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,602	3.4%	2,982	1,551	51	3.3%
Information	717	1.5%	730	793	-76	-9.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,487	3.1%	1,389	1,588	-101	-6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	785	1.6%	837	863	-78	-9.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,336	7.0%	3,490	3,397	-61	-1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	819	1.7%	948	874	-55	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,652	11.8%	6,156	6,259	-607	-9.7%
Educational Services	1,549	3.2%	1,763	1,430	119	8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,339	9.1%	6,046	4,541	-202	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	416	0.9%	478	470	-54	-11.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,523	3.2%	2,105	1,631	-108	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,128	2.4%	1,501	1,135	-7	-0.6%
Public Administration	364	0.8%	370	403	-39	-9.7%
Information Not Available	1,543	3.2%	1,969	1,516	27	1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,641		23,516	21,245
Male	11,443	58.3%	13,932	13,112	-1,669	-12.7%
Female	8,159	41.5%	9,487	8,087	72	0.9%
Information Not Available	39	0.2%	97	46	-7	-15.2%

Ethnicity	19,641		23,516	21,245
Hispanic or Latino	1,712	8.7%	2,180	1,966	-254	-12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,929	91.3%	21,336	19,279	-1,350	-7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	19,641		23,516	21,245
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,847	9.4%	2,060	2,013	-166	-8.2%
Asian	177	0.9%	301	179	-2	-1.1%
Black or African American	2,881	14.7%	3,390	2,839	42	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.2%	26	28	3	10.7%
White	12,503	63.7%	14,960	13,696	-1,193	-8.7%
Information Not Available	2,202	11.2%	2,779	2,490	-288	-11.6%

Years of Age	19,641		23,516	21,245
Younger than 22	269	0.9%	326	319	-50	-15.7%
22-24	741	2.4%	864	1,007	-266	-26.4%
25-34	4,583	15.0%	5,529	5,426	-843	-15.5%
35-44	4,689	15.3%	5,749	4,937	-248	-5.0%
45-54	4,612	15.1%	5,452	4,822	-210	-4.4%
55-59	2,206	7.2%	2,545	2,216	-10	-0.5%
60-64	1,564	5.1%	1,844	1,516	48	3.2%
65 and older	977	3.2%	1,207	1,002	-25	-2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,641		23,516	21,245
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.3%	58	42	16	38.1%
Mining	1,153	5.9%	1,687	2,248	-1,095	-48.7%
Utilities	110	0.6%	143	88	22	25.0%
Construction	1,841	9.3%	1,917	1,634	207	12.7%
Manufacturing	2,902	14.7%	4,777	3,960	-1,058	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,052	5.3%	1,198	1,109	-57	-5.1%
Retail Trade	1,671	8.5%	1,674	1,645	26	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	432	2.2%	501	522	-90	-17.2%
Information	422	2.1%	460	337	85	25.2%
Finance and Insurance	462	2.3%	446	475	-13	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	435	2.2%	465	464	-29	-6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,132	5.7%	1,286	1,115	17	1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	76	0.4%	135	101	-25	-24.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,397	12.2%	2,790	2,368	29	1.2%
Educational Services	715	3.6%	829	496	219	44.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,705	8.7%	1,787	1,506	199	13.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	138	0.7%	172	147	-9	-6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	715	3.6%	810	757	-42	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	507	2.6%	588	653	-146	-22.4%
Public Administration	994	5.0%	1,032	687	307	44.7%
Information Not Available	724	3.7%	761	891	-167	-18.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,914		26,612	26,829
Male	13,156	55.0%	13,865	14,914	-1,758	-11.8%
Female	10,757	45.0%	12,744	11,905	-1,148	-9.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	10	-9	-90.0%

Ethnicity	23,914		26,612	26,829
Hispanic or Latino	2,259	9.4%	2,583	2,433	-174	-7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,834	78.8%	21,024	21,152	-2,318	-11.0%
Information Not Available	2,821	11.8%	3,005	3,244	-423	-13.0%

Race	23,914		26,612	26,829
American Indian or Alaskan Native	283	1.2%	301	293	-10	-3.4%
Asian	730	3.1%	749	546	184	33.7%
Black or African American	547	2.3%	649	576	-29	-5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	201	0.8%	177	183	18	9.8%
White	13,797	57.7%	15,561	15,511	-1,714	-11.1%
Information Not Available	8,356	34.9%	9,175	9,720	-1,364	-14.0%

Years of Age	23,914		26,612	26,829
Younger than 22	278	0.8%	264	370	-92	-24.9%
22-24	766	2.1%	806	988	-222	-22.5%
25-34	5,485	15.4%	6,030	6,183	-698	-11.3%
35-44	5,693	16.0%	6,225	6,319	-626	-9.9%
45-54	5,709	16.0%	6,305	6,603	-894	-13.5%
55-59	2,859	8.0%	3,195	3,138	-279	-8.9%
60-64	2,032	5.7%	2,357	2,115	-83	-3.9%
65 and older	1,092	3.1%	1,430	1,113	-21	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,914		26,612	26,829
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	518	2.1%	452	578	-60	-10.4%
Mining	50	0.2%	49	59	-9	-15.3%
Utilities	66	0.3%	55	47	19	40.4%
Construction	1,861	7.6%	1,892	3,094	-1,233	-39.9%
Manufacturing	3,671	15.0%	3,692	3,540	131	3.7%
Wholesale Trade	943	3.9%	958	1,037	-94	-9.1%
Retail Trade	2,291	9.4%	2,385	2,605	-314	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	549	2.2%	1,188	747	-198	-26.5%
Information	674	2.8%	645	625	49	7.8%
Finance and Insurance	698	2.9%	740	892	-194	-21.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	410	1.7%	395	451	-41	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,433	5.9%	1,522	1,415	18	1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	316	1.3%	321	152	164	107.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,439	10.0%	2,585	2,500	-61	-2.4%
Educational Services	719	2.9%	741	796	-77	-9.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,707	11.1%	3,824	3,118	-411	-13.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	244	1.0%	301	263	-19	-7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,600	6.5%	2,001	1,709	-109	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	682	2.8%	740	759	-77	-10.1%
Public Administration	524	2.1%	605	684	-160	-23.4%
Information Not Available	1,519	6.2%	1,521	1,758	-239	-13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	103,000		139,327	121,043
Male	57,920	56.2%	69,814	66,859	-8,939	-13.4%
Female	45,073	43.8%	69,505	54,169	-9,096	-16.8%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	8	15	-8	-53.3%

Ethnicity	103,000		139,327	121,043
Hispanic or Latino	6,209	6.0%	7,652	7,175	-966	-13.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,940	90.2%	127,185	109,740	-16,800	-15.3%
Information Not Available	3,851	3.7%	4,490	4,128	-277	-6.7%

Race	103,000		139,327	121,043
American Indian or Alaskan Native	282	0.3%	399	286	-4	-1.4%
Asian	65	0.1%	61	48	17	35.4%
Black or African American	17,847	17.3%	22,709	21,331	-3,484	-16.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,300	1.3%	1,686	1,721	-421	-24.5%
White	73,731	71.6%	102,608	86,596	-12,865	-14.9%
Information Not Available	9,775	9.5%	11,864	11,061	-1,286	-11.6%

Years of Age	103,000		139,327	121,043
Younger than 22	1,930	1.2%	2,336	2,707	-777	-28.7%
22-24	4,874	2.9%	5,924	6,123	-1,249	-20.4%
25-34	24,049	14.3%	28,638	27,834	-3,785	-13.6%
35-44	21,456	12.8%	26,916	25,049	-3,593	-14.3%
45-54	23,899	14.2%	32,505	28,128	-4,229	-15.0%
55-59	11,842	7.1%	16,830	14,112	-2,270	-16.1%
60-64	8,914	5.3%	13,250	10,076	-1,162	-11.5%
65 and older	6,036	3.6%	12,928	7,014	-978	-13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	103,000		139,327	121,043
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	244	0.2%	294	273	-29	-10.6%
Mining	1,688	1.6%	2,043	2,983	-1,295	-43.4%
Utilities	259	0.3%	288	228	31	13.6%
Construction	11,195	10.8%	11,243	11,229	-34	-0.3%
Manufacturing	15,753	15.3%	17,558	19,161	-3,408	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,057	3.9%	4,484	4,774	-717	-15.0%
Retail Trade	9,964	9.7%	10,780	10,763	-799	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,684	5.5%	20,466	7,550	-1,866	-24.7%
Information	1,526	1.5%	1,485	1,799	-273	-15.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,229	3.1%	3,407	3,321	-92	-2.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,340	1.3%	1,467	1,568	-228	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,192	6.0%	7,120	6,588	-396	-6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	888	0.9%	1,123	995	-107	-10.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,579	10.2%	13,208	12,470	-1,891	-15.2%
Educational Services	3,012	2.9%	4,490	4,202	-1,190	-28.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,239	12.8%	16,328	16,354	-3,115	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,336	1.3%	1,444	1,544	-208	-13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,032	5.8%	14,118	7,891	-1,859	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,540	2.5%	2,857	2,834	-294	-10.4%
Public Administration	1,086	1.1%	1,332	1,228	-142	-11.6%
Information Not Available	3,157	3.1%	3,792	3,288	-131	-4.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,489		20,685	26,543
Male	10,238	52.5%	10,743	14,775	-4,537	-30.7%
Female	9,251	47.5%	9,942	11,768	-2,517	-21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,489		20,685	26,543
Hispanic or Latino	19,191	98.5%	20,367	26,124	-6,933	-26.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99	0.5%	97	113	-14	-12.4%
Information Not Available	199	1.0%	221	306	-107	-35.0%

Race	19,489		20,685	26,543
American Indian or Alaskan Native	243	1.2%	254	314	-71	-22.6%
Asian	26	0.1%	23	15	11	73.3%
Black or African American	969	5.0%	1,039	1,177	-208	-17.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	6	14	-5	-35.7%
White	4,417	22.7%	4,734	5,725	-1,308	-22.8%
Information Not Available	13,825	70.9%	14,629	19,298	-5,473	-28.4%

Years of Age	19,489		20,685	26,543
Younger than 22	524	2.3%	535	874	-350	-40.0%
22-24	1,250	5.4%	1,268	1,902	-652	-34.3%
25-34	5,593	24.3%	6,075	8,058	-2,465	-30.6%
35-44	5,070	22.0%	5,325	6,844	-1,774	-25.9%
45-54	4,102	17.8%	4,397	5,258	-1,156	-22.0%
55-59	1,485	6.5%	1,541	1,813	-328	-18.1%
60-64	906	3.9%	967	1,060	-154	-14.5%
65 and older	551	2.4%	569	718	-167	-23.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	16	-8	-50.0%

Industry	19,489		20,685	26,543
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,184	5.7%	1,075	1,371	-187	-13.6%
Mining	14	0.1%	24	36	-22	-61.1%
Utilities	6	0.0%	9	23	-17	-73.9%
Construction	1,894	9.2%	1,985	3,115	-1,221	-39.2%
Manufacturing	2,121	10.3%	2,234	2,324	-203	-8.7%
Wholesale Trade	484	2.3%	515	689	-205	-29.8%
Retail Trade	1,773	8.6%	1,830	2,452	-679	-27.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	326	1.6%	424	488	-162	-33.2%
Information	288	1.4%	346	315	-27	-8.6%
Finance and Insurance	391	1.9%	401	596	-205	-34.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	1.1%	211	199	23	11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	992	4.8%	956	1,153	-161	-14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	12	18	-5	-27.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,702	13.1%	2,979	3,759	-1,057	-28.1%
Educational Services	2,105	10.2%	2,514	3,278	-1,173	-35.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,640	7.9%	1,723	1,727	-87	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	109	0.5%	90	81	28	34.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,302	6.3%	1,198	1,588	-286	-18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	251	1.2%	275	354	-103	-29.1%
Public Administration	1,036	5.0%	1,180	1,834	-798	-43.5%
Information Not Available	636	3.1%	704	1,143	-507	-44.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,027		9,834	7,209
Male	3,529	50.2%	3,834	3,352	177	5.3%
Female	3,498	49.8%	6,000	3,857	-359	-9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,027		9,834	7,209
Hispanic or Latino	1,193	17.0%	1,588	1,193	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,460	63.5%	6,055	4,453	7	0.2%
Information Not Available	1,374	19.6%	2,191	1,563	-189	-12.1%

Race	7,027		9,834	7,209
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.7%	51	39	10	25.6%
Asian	126	1.8%	143	155	-29	-18.7%
Black or African American	473	6.7%	591	442	31	7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.6%	39	29	15	51.7%
White	4,841	68.9%	6,711	4,780	61	1.3%
Information Not Available	1,494	21.3%	2,299	1,764	-270	-15.3%

Years of Age	7,027		9,834	7,209
Younger than 22	137	1.2%	144	115	22	19.1%
22-24	321	2.9%	349	393	-72	-18.3%
25-34	1,692	15.1%	1,939	1,604	88	5.5%
35-44	1,353	12.0%	1,848	1,390	-37	-2.7%
45-54	1,620	14.4%	2,423	1,715	-95	-5.5%
55-59	784	7.0%	1,224	815	-31	-3.8%
60-64	629	5.6%	951	673	-44	-6.5%
65 and older	491	4.4%	956	504	-13	-2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,027		9,834	7,209
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.1%	5	6	2	33.3%
Mining	2	0.0%	1	11	-9	-81.8%
Utilities	5	0.1%	7	6	-1	-16.7%
Construction	507	7.2%	506	491	16	3.3%
Manufacturing	1,110	15.8%	916	1,002	108	10.8%
Wholesale Trade	289	4.1%	281	363	-74	-20.4%
Retail Trade	693	9.9%	737	749	-56	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	189	2.7%	1,502	150	39	26.0%
Information	77	1.1%	76	117	-40	-34.2%
Finance and Insurance	334	4.7%	320	365	-31	-8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	141	2.0%	119	136	5	3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	437	6.2%	498	439	-2	-0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	1.4%	90	101	-4	-4.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	865	12.3%	944	953	-88	-9.2%
Educational Services	208	3.0%	377	239	-31	-13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	970	13.8%	1,208	1,042	-72	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	1.3%	126	93	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	507	7.2%	1,572	442	65	14.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	291	4.1%	294	289	2	0.7%
Public Administration	49	0.7%	91	57	-8	-14.0%
Information Not Available	155	2.2%	164	158	-3	-1.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,533		21,788	20,112
Male	8,950	48.3%	9,950	9,935	-985	-9.9%
Female	9,583	51.7%	11,838	10,177	-594	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,533		21,788	20,112
Hispanic or Latino	708	3.8%	669	648	60	9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,431	94.1%	20,688	19,062	-1,631	-8.6%
Information Not Available	394	2.1%	431	402	-8	-2.0%

Race	18,533		21,788	20,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.6%	127	153	-42	-27.5%
Asian	133	0.7%	149	130	3	2.3%
Black or African American	8,956	48.3%	11,276	9,956	-1,000	-10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	35	34	-11	-32.4%
White	8,564	46.2%	9,401	9,103	-539	-5.9%
Information Not Available	746	4.0%	800	736	10	1.4%

Years of Age	18,533		21,788	20,112
Younger than 22	39	0.2%	68	42	-3	-7.1%
22-24	35	0.1%	59	28	7	25.0%
25-34	708	2.9%	985	712	-4	-0.6%
35-44	3,213	13.0%	3,979	3,326	-113	-3.4%
45-54	4,257	17.2%	5,081	4,795	-538	-11.2%
55-59	2,064	8.3%	2,379	2,306	-242	-10.5%
60-64	2,335	9.4%	2,623	2,348	-13	-0.6%
65 and older	5,861	23.7%	6,569	6,529	-668	-10.2%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	45	26	-5	-19.2%

Industry	18,533		21,788	20,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.5%	87	88	7	8.0%
Mining	20	0.1%	20	22	-2	-9.1%
Utilities	41	0.2%	42	38	3	7.9%
Construction	1,154	6.2%	1,149	1,340	-186	-13.9%
Manufacturing	2,866	15.4%	3,481	3,565	-699	-19.6%
Wholesale Trade	705	3.8%	729	769	-64	-8.3%
Retail Trade	1,693	9.1%	1,775	1,605	88	5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	519	2.8%	797	497	22	4.4%
Information	272	1.5%	275	248	24	9.7%
Finance and Insurance	527	2.8%	474	557	-30	-5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	342	1.8%	321	262	80	30.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,155	6.2%	1,366	1,147	8	0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	0.5%	102	95	5	5.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,127	16.8%	3,705	3,550	-423	-11.9%
Educational Services	489	2.6%	515	501	-12	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,531	8.2%	1,797	1,569	-38	-2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	173	0.9%	175	405	-232	-57.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,080	5.8%	1,797	1,116	-36	-3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	479	2.6%	814	559	-80	-14.3%
Public Administration	327	1.8%	336	373	-46	-12.3%
Information Not Available	1,838	9.9%	2,031	1,806	32	1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,063		1,383	1,038
Male	594	55.9%	665	549	45	8.2%
Female	469	44.1%	718	489	-20	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,063		1,383	1,038
Hispanic or Latino	37	3.5%	33	36	1	2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	875	82.3%	1,141	848	27	3.2%
Information Not Available	151	14.2%	209	154	-3	-1.9%

Race	1,063		1,383	1,038
American Indian or Alaskan Native	157	14.8%	247	132	25	18.9%
Asian	22	2.1%	17	0	22	0.0%
Black or African American	33	3.1%	38	63	-30	-47.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
White	715	67.3%	907	724	-9	-1.2%
Information Not Available	135	12.7%	173	115	20	17.4%

Years of Age	1,063		1,383	1,038
Younger than 22	11	0.7%	20	8	3	37.5%
22-24	27	1.6%	31	24	3	12.5%
25-34	177	10.6%	264	224	-47	-21.0%
35-44	247	14.8%	284	219	28	12.8%
45-54	271	16.2%	323	237	34	14.3%
55-59	149	8.9%	207	158	-9	-5.7%
60-64	105	6.3%	149	111	-6	-5.4%
65 and older	76	4.5%	105	57	19	33.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,063		1,383	1,038
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5	0.5%	8	3	2	66.7%
Mining	15	1.4%	19	28	-13	-46.4%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Construction	105	9.8%	94	86	19	22.1%
Manufacturing	135	12.6%	182	135	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	47	4.4%	63	62	-15	-24.2%
Retail Trade	92	8.6%	104	93	-1	-1.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	25	2.3%	22	24	1	4.2%
Information	19	1.8%	19	22	-3	-13.6%
Finance and Insurance	81	7.6%	78	47	34	72.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	1.4%	18	15	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	45	4.2%	54	45	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.2%	2	9	-7	-77.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	72	6.7%	84	69	3	4.3%
Educational Services	52	4.9%	60	54	-2	-3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	88	8.2%	127	115	-27	-23.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	1.6%	20	20	-3	-15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	83	7.8%	131	48	35	72.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11	1.0%	22	16	-5	-31.3%
Public Administration	99	9.3%	195	83	16	19.3%
Information Not Available	55	5.1%	81	61	-6	-9.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,318		19,646	23,318
Male	8,024	46.3%	8,928	11,167	-3,143	-28.1%
Female	9,294	53.7%	10,718	12,151	-2,857	-23.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,318		19,646	23,318
Hispanic or Latino	313	1.8%	328	393	-80	-20.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,633	96.0%	18,925	22,925	-6,292	-27.4%
Information Not Available	372	2.1%	393	0	372	0.0%

Race	17,318		19,646	23,318
American Indian or Alaskan Native	52	0.3%	61	65	-13	-20.0%
Asian	131	0.8%	132	552	-421	-76.3%
Black or African American	5,150	29.7%	5,762	7,863	-2,713	-34.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	22	174	-155	-89.1%
White	11,194	64.6%	12,835	14,199	-3,005	-21.2%
Information Not Available	772	4.5%	834	465	307	66.0%

Years of Age	17,318		19,646	23,318
Younger than 22	275	1.0%	390	347	-72	-20.7%
22-24	579	2.1%	689	882	-303	-34.4%
25-34	3,740	13.8%	4,152	4,741	-1,001	-21.1%
35-44	4,066	15.0%	4,601	5,239	-1,173	-22.4%
45-54	4,324	16.0%	4,866	5,666	-1,342	-23.7%
55-59	1,928	7.1%	2,239	2,823	-895	-31.7%
60-64	1,429	5.3%	1,547	2,118	-689	-32.5%
65 and older	977	3.6%	1,162	1,485	-508	-34.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	17	-17	-100.0%

Industry	17,318		19,646	23,318
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	0.4%	68	70	-3	-4.3%
Mining	22	0.1%	24	67	-45	-67.2%
Utilities	39	0.2%	43	29	10	34.5%
Construction	1,221	7.0%	1,378	1,605	-384	-23.9%
Manufacturing	2,397	13.8%	2,171	3,448	-1,051	-30.5%
Wholesale Trade	663	3.8%	594	1,177	-514	-43.7%
Retail Trade	1,215	7.0%	1,196	1,905	-690	-36.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	702	4.0%	776	793	-91	-11.5%
Information	194	1.1%	196	493	-299	-60.6%
Finance and Insurance	492	2.8%	421	666	-174	-26.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	1.3%	194	390	-169	-43.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	947	5.4%	1,075	1,444	-497	-34.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	99	0.6%	116	133	-34	-25.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,647	9.5%	1,776	3,789	-2,142	-56.5%
Educational Services	542	3.1%	629	957	-415	-43.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,478	8.5%	1,419	2,189	-711	-32.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	0.7%	135	188	-65	-34.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	674	3.9%	797	1,211	-537	-44.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	475	2.7%	587	805	-330	-41.0%
Public Administration	259	1.5%	227	506	-247	-48.8%
Information Not Available	3,841	22.1%	5,824	1,453	2,388	164.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	163,620		183,387	162,158
Male	98,609	60.3%	109,068	98,681	-72	-0.1%
Female	64,877	39.7%	74,167	63,477	1,400	2.2%
Information Not Available	134	0.1%	152	0	134	0.0%

Ethnicity	163,620		183,387	162,158
Hispanic or Latino	53,208	32.5%	59,784	53,681	-473	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	96,685	59.1%	106,255	94,708	1,977	2.1%
Information Not Available	13,727	8.4%	17,348	13,769	-42	-0.3%

Race	163,620		183,387	162,158
American Indian or Alaskan Native	582	0.4%	749	706	-124	-17.6%
Asian	5,048	3.1%	5,487	4,590	458	10.0%
Black or African American	34,877	21.3%	37,614	34,724	153	0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,712	1.0%	1,808	0	1,712	0.0%
White	55,312	33.8%	61,464	54,465	847	1.6%
Information Not Available	66,089	40.4%	76,265	67,673	-1,584	-2.3%

Years of Age	163,620		183,387	162,158
Younger than 22	2,964	1.4%	3,010	3,197	-233	-7.3%
22-24	7,266	3.5%	7,729	8,204	-938	-11.4%
25-34	39,148	19.0%	43,404	41,240	-2,092	-5.1%
35-44	39,177	19.0%	44,255	38,871	306	0.8%
45-54	38,130	18.5%	43,317	37,302	828	2.2%
55-59	17,398	8.4%	19,287	16,295	1,103	6.8%
60-64	12,402	6.0%	13,602	10,708	1,694	15.8%
65 and older	7,048	3.4%	8,704	6,341	707	11.1%
Information Not Available	87	0.0%	79	0	87	0.0%

Industry	163,620		183,387	162,158
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	738	0.4%	982	980	-242	-24.7%
Mining	10,434	6.3%	12,971	14,536	-4,102	-28.2%
Utilities	646	0.4%	759	383	263	68.7%
Construction	21,674	13.2%	23,736	19,853	1,821	9.2%
Manufacturing	20,933	12.7%	20,945	20,731	202	1.0%
Wholesale Trade	9,650	5.9%	11,062	10,021	-371	-3.7%
Retail Trade	10,476	6.4%	10,928	9,898	578	5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,995	3.6%	8,875	6,014	-19	-0.3%
Information	2,786	1.7%	2,995	2,907	-121	-4.2%
Finance and Insurance	6,689	4.1%	6,701	6,610	79	1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,880	1.8%	3,370	3,302	-422	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,995	9.1%	16,726	13,188	1,807	13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	994	0.6%	1,100	1,013	-19	-1.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,011	12.8%	22,868	20,878	133	0.6%
Educational Services	4,300	2.6%	4,318	3,868	432	11.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,853	7.2%	12,878	11,886	-33	-0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	767	0.5%	898	649	118	18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,866	3.0%	8,317	5,175	-309	-6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,839	2.3%	4,209	3,658	181	4.9%
Public Administration	1,529	0.9%	1,799	1,638	-109	-6.7%
Information Not Available	6,565	4.0%	6,950	4,970	1,595	32.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,771		9,683	9,025
Male	5,318	60.6%	5,734	5,523	-205	-3.7%
Female	3,449	39.3%	3,944	3,459	-10	-0.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	43	-39	-90.7%

Ethnicity	8,771		9,683	9,025
Hispanic or Latino	940	10.7%	1,050	795	145	18.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,102	81.0%	7,818	6,682	420	6.3%
Information Not Available	729	8.3%	815	1,548	-819	-52.9%

Race	8,771		9,683	9,025
American Indian or Alaskan Native	319	3.6%	367	304	15	4.9%
Asian	156	1.8%	183	179	-23	-12.8%
Black or African American	206	2.3%	227	201	5	2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	177	2.0%	184	188	-11	-5.9%
White	5,835	66.5%	6,424	6,214	-379	-6.1%
Information Not Available	2,075	23.7%	2,296	1,939	136	7.0%

Years of Age	8,771		9,683	9,025
Younger than 22	163	1.2%	206	154	9	5.8%
22-24	367	2.6%	406	416	-49	-11.8%
25-34	2,210	15.8%	2,440	2,378	-168	-7.1%
35-44	2,216	15.8%	2,462	2,271	-55	-2.4%
45-54	1,932	13.8%	2,108	1,954	-22	-1.1%
55-59	964	6.9%	1,037	945	19	2.0%
60-64	616	4.4%	697	627	-11	-1.8%
65 and older	303	2.2%	327	280	23	8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,771		9,683	9,025
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.3%	24	31	-9	-29.0%
Mining	311	3.5%	395	492	-181	-36.8%
Utilities	20	0.2%	24	21	-1	-4.8%
Construction	1,139	13.0%	1,187	889	250	28.1%
Manufacturing	854	9.7%	990	946	-92	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	439	5.0%	493	516	-77	-14.9%
Retail Trade	832	9.5%	829	737	95	12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	295	3.4%	350	367	-72	-19.6%
Information	281	3.2%	294	224	57	25.4%
Finance and Insurance	339	3.9%	368	355	-16	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	127	1.4%	145	175	-48	-27.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	798	9.1%	846	792	6	0.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.5%	45	47	-1	-2.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,083	12.3%	1,127	1,030	53	5.1%
Educational Services	282	3.2%	278	310	-28	-9.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	478	5.4%	690	473	5	1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	84	1.0%	106	109	-25	-22.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	308	3.5%	349	305	3	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	178	2.0%	184	229	-51	-22.3%
Public Administration	140	1.6%	186	137	3	2.2%
Information Not Available	715	8.1%	773	840	-125	-14.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,520		32,056	31,467
Male	14,651	51.4%	16,359	16,372	-1,721	-10.5%
Female	13,856	48.6%	15,694	15,087	-1,231	-8.2%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	3	8	5	62.5%

Ethnicity	28,520		32,056	31,467
Hispanic or Latino	1,140	4.0%	1,331	1,338	-198	-14.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,917	90.9%	29,433	28,355	-2,438	-8.6%
Information Not Available	1,463	5.1%	1,292	1,774	-311	-17.5%

Race	28,520		32,056	31,467
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,274	4.5%	1,485	1,489	-215	-14.4%
Asian	850	3.0%	888	889	-39	-4.4%
Black or African American	11,564	40.5%	12,539	12,750	-1,186	-9.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,369	46.9%	15,852	14,565	-1,196	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,463	5.1%	1,292	1,774	-311	-17.5%

Years of Age	28,520		32,056	31,467
Younger than 22	359	0.9%	365	380	-21	-5.5%
22-24	1,049	2.7%	1,183	1,252	-203	-16.2%
25-34	6,636	16.8%	7,087	7,274	-638	-8.8%
35-44	6,358	16.1%	7,002	7,132	-774	-10.9%
45-54	7,058	17.9%	8,168	7,897	-839	-10.6%
55-59	3,338	8.5%	3,895	3,731	-393	-10.5%
60-64	2,387	6.0%	2,776	2,407	-20	-0.8%
65 and older	1,335	3.4%	1,580	1,394	-59	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,520		32,056	31,467
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.3%	95	55	40	72.7%
Mining	168	0.6%	208	277	-109	-39.4%
Utilities	39	0.1%	37	39	0	0.0%
Construction	1,974	6.9%	2,143	1,757	217	12.4%
Manufacturing	2,562	9.0%	4,304	1,506	1,056	70.1%
Wholesale Trade	954	3.3%	947	717	237	33.1%
Retail Trade	2,187	7.6%	2,282	1,748	439	25.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	948	3.3%	1,095	693	255	36.8%
Information	721	2.5%	787	653	68	10.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,118	3.9%	1,211	970	148	15.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	462	1.6%	504	423	39	9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,620	12.7%	3,814	2,775	845	30.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	186	0.7%	208	182	4	2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,403	11.9%	3,835	2,473	930	37.6%
Educational Services	891	3.1%	943	424	467	110.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,242	7.8%	2,594	1,708	534	31.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	0.5%	179	128	12	9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,190	4.2%	2,159	925	265	28.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	860	3.0%	967	693	167	24.1%
Public Administration	1,700	5.9%	909	2,303	-603	-26.2%
Information Not Available	3,060	10.7%	2,835	11,018	-7,958	-72.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	409		341	477
Male	217	53.1%	204	246	-29	-11.8%
Female	192	46.9%	137	231	-39	-16.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	409		341	477
Hispanic or Latino	85	20.8%	66	90	-5	-5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	312	76.3%	262	367	-55	-15.0%
Information Not Available	12	2.9%	13	20	-8	-40.0%

Race	409		341	477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Black or African American	272	66.5%	239	322	-50	-15.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	1.2%	8	12	-7	-58.3%
White	39	9.5%	23	42	-3	-7.1%
Information Not Available	92	22.5%	71	98	-6	-6.1%

Years of Age	409		341	477
Younger than 22	4	1.0%	4	5	-1	-20.0%
22-24	18	4.3%	13	19	-1	-5.3%
25-34	91	22.0%	65	95	-4	-4.2%
35-44	87	21.0%	56	107	-20	-18.7%
45-54	107	25.8%	101	115	-8	-7.0%
55-59	49	11.8%	37	47	2	4.3%
60-64	34	8.2%	35	40	-6	-15.0%
65 and older	18	4.3%	27	47	-29	-61.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	3	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	409		341	477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.2%	0	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.2%	2	0	1	0.0%
Construction	90	22.0%	82	81	9	11.1%
Manufacturing	9	2.2%	3	7	2	28.6%
Wholesale Trade	12	2.9%	4	5	7	140.0%
Retail Trade	15	3.7%	38	42	-27	-64.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	9	2.2%	31	9	0	0.0%
Information	2	0.5%	4	4	-2	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.7%	2	5	-2	-40.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8	2.0%	7	6	2	33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19	4.6%	16	16	3	18.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.2%	6	12	-11	-91.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8	2.0%	20	47	-39	-83.0%
Educational Services	2	0.5%	15	24	-22	-91.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12	2.9%	10	10	2	20.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	1.2%	3	5	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	169	41.3%	53	140	29	20.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11	2.7%	12	14	-3	-21.4%
Public Administration	11	2.7%	15	22	-11	-50.0%
Information Not Available	21	5.1%	18	27	-6	-22.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,510		3,914	2,738
Male	1,363	54.3%	1,860	1,439	-76	-5.3%
Female	1,147	45.7%	2,054	1,299	-152	-11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,510		3,914	2,738
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	127	5.1%	523	150	-23	-15.3%
Information Not Available	2,383	94.9%	3,391	2,582	-199	-7.7%

Race	2,510		3,914	2,738
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.1%	4	0	2	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	1	0.0%	2	9	-8	-88.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%
White	124	4.9%	515	146	-22	-15.1%
Information Not Available	2,383	94.9%	3,391	2,582	-199	-7.7%

Years of Age	2,510		3,914	2,738
Younger than 22	40	1.7%	54	33	7	21.2%
22-24	98	4.1%	126	97	1	1.0%
25-34	536	22.5%	786	578	-42	-7.3%
35-44	472	19.8%	773	506	-34	-6.7%
45-54	599	25.2%	908	680	-81	-11.9%
55-59	315	13.2%	493	354	-39	-11.0%
60-64	253	10.6%	410	272	-19	-7.0%
65 and older	197	8.3%	364	218	-21	-9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,510		3,914	2,738
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.4%	15	13	-4	-30.8%
Mining	2	0.1%	4	5	-3	-60.0%
Utilities	7	0.3%	9	4	3	75.0%
Construction	209	8.3%	204	226	-17	-7.5%
Manufacturing	362	14.4%	594	387	-25	-6.5%
Wholesale Trade	137	5.4%	136	107	30	28.0%
Retail Trade	317	12.6%	352	321	-4	-1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	72	2.9%	379	73	-1	-1.4%
Information	36	1.4%	45	60	-24	-40.0%
Finance and Insurance	47	1.9%	41	43	4	9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	37	1.5%	45	28	9	32.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	144	5.7%	134	150	-6	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	5	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	170	6.7%	195	190	-20	-10.5%
Educational Services	121	4.8%	234	170	-49	-28.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	315	12.5%	475	346	-31	-9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	24	1.0%	37	42	-18	-42.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	360	14.3%	844	373	-13	-3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	82	3.3%	95	106	-24	-22.6%
Public Administration	56	2.2%	71	90	-34	-37.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,262		43,023	42,948
Male	22,410	58.6%	24,156	25,520	-3,110	-12.2%
Female	15,840	41.4%	18,855	17,418	-1,578	-9.1%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	12	10	2	20.0%

Ethnicity	38,262		43,023	42,948
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	38,262	100.0%	43,023	42,948	-4,686	-10.9%

Race	38,262		43,023	42,948
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	38,262	100.0%	43,023	42,948	-4,686	-10.9%

Years of Age	38,262		43,023	42,948
Younger than 22	429	1.2%	466	531	-102	-19.2%
22-24	1,253	3.6%	1,349	1,526	-273	-17.9%
25-34	8,746	25.0%	9,489	9,677	-931	-9.6%
35-44	8,931	25.5%	9,921	9,985	-1,054	-10.6%
45-54	9,331	26.7%	10,520	10,696	-1,365	-12.8%
55-59	4,534	13.0%	5,229	5,202	-668	-12.8%
60-64	3,266	9.3%	3,831	3,484	-218	-6.3%
65 and older	1,772	5.1%	2,218	1,847	-75	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,262		43,023	42,948
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	38,262	100.0%	43,023	42,948	-4,686	-10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,064		33,488	32,591
Male	13,713	52.6%	15,870	17,381	-3,668	-21.1%
Female	12,307	47.2%	17,595	15,181	-2,874	-18.9%
Information Not Available	44	0.2%	23	29	15	51.7%

Ethnicity	26,064		33,488	32,591
Hispanic or Latino	1,136	4.4%	1,527	1,529	-393	-25.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,269	93.1%	31,244	30,407	-6,138	-20.2%
Information Not Available	659	2.5%	717	655	4	0.6%

Race	26,064		33,488	32,591
American Indian or Alaskan Native	341	1.3%	435	411	-70	-17.0%
Asian	381	1.5%	486	446	-65	-14.6%
Black or African American	4,188	16.1%	5,381	5,254	-1,066	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%	47	52	-13	-25.0%
White	20,456	78.5%	26,422	25,773	-5,317	-20.6%
Information Not Available	659	2.5%	717	655	4	0.6%

Years of Age	26,064		33,488	32,591
Younger than 22	381	0.9%	405	521	-140	-26.9%
22-24	954	2.2%	1,075	1,336	-382	-28.6%
25-34	5,605	12.7%	6,517	7,183	-1,578	-22.0%
35-44	5,639	12.8%	6,932	6,694	-1,055	-15.8%
45-54	6,215	14.1%	7,903	8,022	-1,807	-22.5%
55-59	3,467	7.9%	4,578	4,240	-773	-18.2%
60-64	2,403	5.4%	3,412	2,861	-458	-16.0%
65 and older	1,400	3.2%	2,666	1,727	-327	-18.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Industry	26,064		33,488	32,591
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	169	0.6%	238	199	-30	-15.1%
Mining	60	0.2%	77	121	-61	-50.4%
Utilities	47	0.2%	47	36	11	30.6%
Construction	2,419	9.2%	2,137	2,917	-498	-17.1%
Manufacturing	5,482	20.9%	6,084	7,050	-1,568	-22.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,100	4.2%	1,212	1,216	-116	-9.5%
Retail Trade	2,367	9.0%	2,642	2,855	-488	-17.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	970	3.7%	3,966	1,457	-487	-33.4%
Information	440	1.7%	489	531	-91	-17.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,022	3.9%	1,035	1,111	-89	-8.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	276	1.1%	301	306	-30	-9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,389	5.3%	1,453	1,551	-162	-10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	383	1.5%	412	284	99	34.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,763	10.5%	3,112	3,680	-917	-24.9%
Educational Services	662	2.5%	851	834	-172	-20.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,979	11.4%	3,762	3,610	-631	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	271	1.0%	422	385	-114	-29.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,243	4.7%	2,759	1,662	-419	-25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	534	2.0%	710	727	-193	-26.5%
Public Administration	513	2.0%	650	684	-171	-25.0%
Information Not Available	975	3.7%	1,129	1,375	-400	-29.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,004		13,877	12,689
Male	8,338	69.5%	9,543	9,181	-843	-9.2%
Female	3,663	30.5%	4,334	3,507	156	4.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	12,004		13,877	12,689
Hispanic or Latino	197	1.6%	225	160	37	23.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,664	72.2%	10,045	9,291	-627	-6.7%
Information Not Available	3,143	26.2%	3,607	3,238	-95	-2.9%

Race	12,004		13,877	12,689
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.2%	34	27	-3	-11.1%
Asian	38	0.3%	38	37	1	2.7%
Black or African American	464	3.9%	509	433	31	7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	10	5	0	0.0%
White	10,636	88.6%	12,329	11,433	-797	-7.0%
Information Not Available	837	7.0%	957	754	83	11.0%

Years of Age	12,004		13,877	12,689
Younger than 22	219	1.0%	254	311	-92	-29.6%
22-24	573	2.6%	606	728	-155	-21.3%
25-34	2,723	12.5%	3,091	2,971	-248	-8.3%
35-44	2,933	13.5%	3,436	3,194	-261	-8.2%
45-54	2,879	13.2%	3,384	2,922	-43	-1.5%
55-59	1,239	5.7%	1,451	1,306	-67	-5.1%
60-64	892	4.1%	1,014	790	102	12.9%
65 and older	544	2.5%	639	467	77	16.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Industry	12,004		13,877	12,689
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.5%	51	61	-3	-4.9%
Mining	1,200	9.9%	1,500	1,791	-591	-33.0%
Utilities	23	0.2%	19	57	-34	-59.6%
Construction	2,120	17.6%	2,385	2,375	-255	-10.7%
Manufacturing	1,062	8.8%	1,202	930	132	14.2%
Wholesale Trade	487	4.0%	548	414	73	17.6%
Retail Trade	1,054	8.7%	1,119	871	183	21.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	434	3.6%	485	460	-26	-5.7%
Information	125	1.0%	132	123	2	1.6%
Finance and Insurance	156	1.3%	155	136	20	14.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	163	1.4%	207	212	-49	-23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	547	4.5%	622	564	-17	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.3%	51	44	-6	-13.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,075	8.9%	1,173	1,297	-222	-17.1%
Educational Services	179	1.5%	262	170	9	5.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	990	8.2%	1,314	912	78	8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	102	0.8%	98	105	-3	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	677	5.6%	855	598	79	13.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	376	3.1%	425	407	-31	-7.6%
Public Administration	215	1.8%	207	185	30	16.2%
Information Not Available	923	7.7%	1,067	977	-54	-5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Sep 2016	Percent	Aug 2016	Sep 2015	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,696		4,358	3,106
Male	2,589	70.0%	2,939	2,213	376	17.0%
Female	1,107	30.0%	1,419	893	214	24.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,696		4,358	3,106
Hispanic or Latino	462	12.5%	497	366	96	26.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,074	83.2%	3,673	2,600	474	18.2%
Information Not Available	160	4.3%	188	140	20	14.3%

Race	3,696		4,358	3,106
American Indian or Alaskan Native	225	6.1%	267	128	97	75.8%
Asian	20	0.5%	8	22	-2	-9.1%
Black or African American	180	4.9%	200	74	106	143.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.2%	19	13	-6	-46.2%
White	2,977	80.5%	3,511	2,551	426	16.7%
Information Not Available	287	7.8%	353	318	-31	-9.7%

Years of Age	3,696		4,358	3,106
Younger than 22	35	0.6%	41	29	6	20.7%
22-24	178	2.8%	220	161	17	10.6%
25-34	806	12.8%	1,059	801	5	0.6%
35-44	841	13.4%	951	667	174	26.1%
45-54	817	13.0%	989	701	116	16.5%
55-59	503	8.0%	526	394	109	27.7%
60-64	374	5.9%	391	229	145	63.3%
65 and older	142	2.3%	181	124	18	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,696		4,358	3,106
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.3%	27	9	2	22.2%
Mining	786	21.2%	863	660	126	19.1%
Utilities	15	0.4%	10	14	1	7.1%
Construction	603	16.3%	664	459	144	31.4%
Manufacturing	150	4.0%	192	167	-17	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	228	6.2%	262	164	64	39.0%
Retail Trade	208	5.6%	245	133	75	56.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	162	4.4%	196	177	-15	-8.5%
Information	35	0.9%	31	30	5	16.7%
Finance and Insurance	35	0.9%	35	31	4	12.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	72	1.9%	115	99	-27	-27.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	127	3.4%	144	139	-12	-8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	6	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	168	4.5%	185	122	46	37.7%
Educational Services	81	2.2%	98	73	8	11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	245	6.6%	343	188	57	30.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	18	0.5%	16	6	12	200.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	203	5.5%	221	117	86	73.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	103	2.8%	111	90	13	14.4%
Public Administration	101	2.7%	147	72	29	40.3%
Information Not Available	340	9.2%	447	354	-14	-4.0%