Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

April 2017

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants April 2017
	Apr 2017	Mar 2017	Monthly Change	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,004,724	2,272,842	-268,118	2,147,893	-143,169	-6.7
Alaska	9,790	10,963	-1,173	10,811	-1,021	-9.4
Alabama	16,595	17,446	-851	19,962	-3,367	-16.9
Arkansas	12,391	12,988	-597	15,964	-3,573	-22.4
Arizona	27,992	24,399	3,593	30,814	-2,822	-9.2
California	383,248	415,071	-31,823	392,733	-9,485	-2.4
Colorado	24,334	25,957	-1,623	29,539	-5,205	-17.6
Connecticut	42,803	48,406	-5,603	40,555	2,248	5.5
District of Columbia	8,150	8,445	-295	7,427	723	9.7
Delaware	5,391	6,727	-1,336	6,086	-695	-11.4
Florida	42,952	40,474	2,478	47,794	-4,842	-10.1
Georgia	27,977	28,788	-811	30,467	-2,490	-8.2
Hawaii	7,577	7,265	312	6,521	1,056	16.2
Iowa	19,695	28,851	-9,156	19,752	-57	-0.3
Idaho	7,581	10,235	-2,654	7,541	40	0.5
Illinois	124,852	141,781	-16,929	128,228	-3,376	-2.6
Indiana	21,649	27,203	-5,554	23,167	-1,518	-6.6
Kansas	10,704	14,180	-3,476	12,893	-2,189	-17.0
Kentucky	18,691	20,656	-1,965	22,729	-4,038	-17.8
Louisiana	17,993	18,023	-30	22,957	-4,964	-21.6
Massachusetts	62,677	78,142	-15,465	65,169	-2,492	-3.8
Maryland	36,078	40,012	-3,934	36,868	-790	-2.1
Maine	7,835	9,098	-1,263	8,764	-929	-10.6
Michigan	68,746	89,176	-20,430	75,189	-6,443	-8.6
Minnesota	44,846	60,343	-15,497	45,809	-963	-2.1
Missouri	24,094	30,115	-6,021	22,208	1,886	8.5
Mississippi	9,355	10,563	-1,208	12,313	-2,958	-24.0
Montana	6,602	9,379	-2,777	6,978	-376	-5.4
North Carolina	20,183	22,525	-2,342	24,347	-4,164	-17.1
North Dakota	4,543	7,539	-2,996	6,138	-1,595	-26.0
Nebraska	4,488	6,200	-1,712	4,120	368	8.9
New Hampshire	4,245	4,966	-721	4,969	-724	-14.6
New Jersey	101,416	117,135	-15,719	99,552	1,864	1.9
New Mexico	10,599	11,379	-780	13,043	-2,444	-18.7
Nevada	22,533	22,072	461	23,550	-1,017	-4.3
New York	169,110	182,539	-13,429	157,170	11,940	7.6
Ohio	60,631	76,655	-16,024	63,101	-2,470	-3.9
Oklahoma	14,959	15,967	-1,008	23,463	-8,504	-36.2
Oregon	28,305	31,216	-2,911	28,839	-534	-1.9
Pennsylvania	118,276	143,016	-24,740	136,039	-17,763	-13.1
Puerto Rico	19,199	19,338	-139	18,071	1,128	6.2
Rhode Island	9,213	12,578	-3,365	9,596	-383	-4.0
South Carolina	16,504	17,277	-773	17,874	-1,370	-7.7
South Dakota	1,808	3,225	-1,417	1,630	178	10.9
Tennessee	17,456	19,360	-1,904	21,536	-4,080	-18.9
Texas	144,178	149,259	-5,081	179,776	-35,598	-19.8
Utah	9,696	12,193	-2,497	12,076	-2,380	-19.7
Virginia	27,665	32,672	-5,007	33,905	-6,240	-18.4
Virgin Islands	185	193	-8	269	-84	-31.2
Vermont	4,962	6,095	-1,133	5,546	-584	-10.5
Washington	52,935	56,420	-3,485	49,927	3,008	6.0
Wisconsin	36,081	49,414	-13,333	39,786	-3,705	-9.3
West Virginia	11,462	14,393	-2,931	17,281	-5,819	-33.7
Wyoming	3,494	4,530	-1,036	7,051	-3,557	-50.4

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,004,724		2,272,842	2,147,893	-143,169	-6.7
Male	1,171,315	58.4%	1,410,156	1,296,295	-124,980	-9.6%
Female	817,290	40.8%	844,809	835,515	-18,225	-2.2%
Information Not Available	16,119	0.8%	17,877	16,083	36	0.2%

Ethnicity	2,004,724		2,272,842	2,147,893
Hispanic or Latino	412,588	20.6%	461,775	419,063	-6,475	-1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,363,496	68.0%	1,551,967	1,453,764	-90,268	-6.2%
Information Not Available	228,639	11.4%	259,100	275,066	-46,427	-16.9%

Race	2,004,724		2,272,842	2,147,893
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27,481	1.4%	30,812	25,067	2,414	9.6%
Asian	70,833	3.5%	73,542	69,838	995	1.4%
Black or African American	338,725	16.9%	347,798	357,544	-18,819	-5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,273	0.6%	12,903	13,170	-897	-6.8%
White	1,058,179	52.7%	1,249,990	1,137,834	-79,655	-7.0%
Information Not Available	500,281	24.9%	565,225	546,597	-46,316	-8.5%

Years of Age	2,004,724		2,272,842	2,147,893
Younger than 22	34,201	1.7%	41,521	39,130	-4,929	-12.6%
22-24	85,898	4.3%	101,767	97,964	-12,066	-12.3%
25-34	456,805	22.8%	519,163	496,535	-39,730	-8.0%
35-44	429,781	21.4%	485,784	467,114	-37,333	-8.0%
45-54	467,441	23.3%	529,728	503,962	-36,521	-7.2%
55-59	231,643	11.6%	261,384	239,879	-8,236	-3.4%
60-64	163,440	8.2%	183,001	168,674	-5,234	-3.1%
65 and older	120,009	6.0%	133,280	118,243	1,766	1.5%
Information Not Available	15,506	0.8%	17,214	16,392	-886	-5.4%

Industry	2,004,724		2,272,842	2,147,893
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97,961	4.9%	111,142	87,575	10,386	11.9%
Mining	12,676	0.6%	17,344	51,833	-39,157	-75.5%
Utilities	4,406	0.2%	4,909	4,748	-342	-7.2%
Construction	295,682	14.7%	404,190	291,423	4,259	1.5%
Manufacturing	193,995	9.7%	215,801	237,792	-43,797	-18.4%
Wholesale Trade	65,632	3.3%	69,741	73,865	-8,233	-11.1%
Retail Trade	156,135	7.8%	165,208	160,116	-3,981	-2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	94,021	4.7%	86,061	78,705	15,316	19.5%
Information	66,106	3.3%	64,806	65,907	199	0.3%
Finance and Insurance	56,866	2.8%	57,650	58,364	-1,498	-2.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29,276	1.5%	30,388	30,613	-1,337	-4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	105,606	5.3%	111,000	110,263	-4,657	-4.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14,535	0.7%	15,708	13,162	1,373	10.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	273,866	13.7%	322,375	279,326	-5,460	-2.0%
Educational Services	37,735	1.9%	39,162	38,622	-887	-2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	147,761	7.4%	151,481	151,982	-4,221	-2.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	32,986	1.6%	48,927	33,731	-745	-2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	106,857	5.3%	126,443	108,076	-1,219	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	46,245	2.3%	51,034	50,885	-4,640	-9.1%
Public Administration	37,697	1.9%	41,731	33,264	4,433	13.3%
Information Not Available	128,680	6.4%	137,741	187,641	-58,961	-31.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,790		10,963	10,811	-1,021	-9.4
Male	6,443	65.8%	7,280	6,998	-555	-7.9%
Female	3,326	34.0%	3,652	3,730	-404	-10.8%
Information Not Available	21	0.2%	31	83	-62	-74.7%

Ethnicity	9,790		10,963	10,811
Hispanic or Latino	6	0.1%	2	4	2	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,307	95.1%	10,452	10,314	-1,007	-9.8%
Information Not Available	477	4.9%	509	493	-16	-3.2%

Race	9,790		10,963	10,811
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,001	30.7%	3,168	3,468	-467	-13.5%
Asian	505	5.2%	512	484	21	4.3%
Black or African American	403	4.1%	408	451	-48	-10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	221	2.3%	227	212	9	4.2%
White	5,179	52.9%	6,137	5,699	-520	-9.1%
Information Not Available	481	4.9%	511	497	-16	-3.2%

Years of Age	9,790		10,963	10,811
Younger than 22	189	1.3%	217	231	-42	-18.2%
22-24	452	3.2%	545	544	-92	-16.9%
25-34	2,764	19.3%	3,055	3,102	-338	-10.9%
35-44	2,320	16.2%	2,539	2,557	-237	-9.3%
45-54	2,053	14.3%	2,316	2,322	-269	-11.6%
55-59	1,045	7.3%	1,170	1,026	19	1.9%
60-64	661	4.6%	750	696	-35	-5.0%
65 and older	306	2.1%	371	333	-27	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,790		10,963	10,811
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.3%	69	47	-15	-31.9%
Mining	393	4.0%	372	857	-464	-54.1%
Utilities	63	0.6%	77	68	-5	-7.4%
Construction	2,399	24.4%	2,786	2,289	110	4.8%
Manufacturing	573	5.8%	573	612	-39	-6.4%
Wholesale Trade	171	1.7%	190	159	12	7.5%
Retail Trade	959	9.8%	1,038	903	56	6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	392	4.0%	629	448	-56	-12.5%
Information	103	1.0%	104	108	-5	-4.6%
Finance and Insurance	148	1.5%	153	138	10	7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	192	2.0%	204	244	-52	-21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	318	3.2%	343	413	-95	-23.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.3%	34	27	6	22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	575	5.9%	658	640	-65	-10.2%
Educational Services	275	2.8%	270	285	-10	-3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	730	7.4%	729	820	-90	-11.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	152	1.5%	162	122	30	24.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	789	8.0%	963	769	20	2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	295	3.0%	338	405	-110	-27.2%
Public Administration	869	8.8%	946	1,048	-179	-17.1%
Information Not Available	329	3.3%	325	409	-80	-19.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,595		17,446	19,962
Male	8,774	52.9%	9,339	11,144	-2,370	-21.3%
Female	7,803	47.0%	8,091	8,791	-988	-11.2%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	16	27	-9	-33.3%

Ethnicity	16,595		17,446	19,962
Hispanic or Latino	240	1.4%	255	254	-14	-5.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,350	74.4%	12,985	14,453	-2,103	-14.6%
Information Not Available	4,005	24.1%	4,206	5,255	-1,250	-23.8%

Race	16,595		17,446	19,962
American Indian or Alaskan Native	878	5.3%	951	1,091	-213	-19.5%
Asian	465	2.8%	565	530	-65	-12.3%
Black or African American	6,857	41.3%	7,225	8,040	-1,183	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	16	18	-3	-16.7%
White	7,582	45.7%	7,845	9,320	-1,738	-18.6%
Information Not Available	798	4.8%	844	963	-165	-17.1%

Years of Age	16,595		17,446	19,962
Younger than 22	46	0.2%	53	51	-5	-9.8%
22-24	45	0.2%	66	62	-17	-27.4%
25-34	680	3.1%	751	766	-86	-11.2%
35-44	2,868	13.0%	3,131	3,308	-440	-13.3%
45-54	3,744	17.0%	3,964	4,416	-672	-15.2%
55-59	1,819	8.3%	1,937	2,291	-472	-20.6%
60-64	2,174	9.9%	2,222	2,441	-267	-10.9%
65 and older	5,206	23.7%	5,308	6,617	-1,411	-21.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	14	10	3	30.0%

Industry	16,595		17,446	19,962
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.8%	136	125	2	1.6%
Mining	114	0.7%	104	630	-516	-81.9%
Utilities	64	0.4%	65	50	14	28.0%
Construction	1,681	10.1%	1,843	1,968	-287	-14.6%
Manufacturing	2,791	16.7%	2,906	3,619	-828	-22.9%
Wholesale Trade	613	3.7%	667	713	-100	-14.0%
Retail Trade	2,025	12.1%	2,018	2,186	-161	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	522	3.1%	674	624	-102	-16.3%
Information	342	2.0%	350	235	107	45.5%
Finance and Insurance	480	2.9%	458	622	-142	-22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	253	1.5%	262	259	-6	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	792	4.7%	783	876	-84	-9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.3%	57	58	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,365	14.1%	2,438	2,758	-393	-14.2%
Educational Services	260	1.6%	325	287	-27	-9.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,324	7.9%	1,388	1,641	-317	-19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	100	0.6%	126	92	8	8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,066	6.4%	1,136	1,261	-195	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	366	2.2%	374	407	-41	-10.1%
Public Administration	267	1.6%	289	292	-25	-8.6%
Information Not Available	985	5.9%	1,047	1,259	-274	-21.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,391		12,988	15,964
Male	7,114	57.4%	7,057	8,954	-1,840	-20.5%
Female	5,015	40.5%	4,990	5,601	-586	-10.5%
Information Not Available	262	2.1%	941	1,409	-1,147	-81.4%

Ethnicity	12,391		12,988	15,964
Hispanic or Latino	86	0.7%	89	90	-4	-4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,043	97.2%	11,958	14,465	-2,422	-16.7%
Information Not Available	262	2.1%	941	1,409	-1,147	-81.4%

Race	12,391		12,988	15,964
American Indian or Alaskan Native	161	1.3%	167	156	5	3.2%
Asian	10	0.1%	11	17	-7	-41.2%
Black or African American	3,278	26.5%	3,227	3,837	-559	-14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	602	4.9%	615	745	-143	-19.2%
White	7,992	64.5%	7,938	9,710	-1,718	-17.7%
Information Not Available	348	2.8%	1,030	1,499	-1,151	-76.8%

Years of Age	12,391		12,988	15,964
Younger than 22	295	1.5%	308	362	-67	-18.5%
22-24	551	2.8%	572	733	-182	-24.8%
25-34	2,591	13.4%	2,557	3,479	-888	-25.5%
35-44	2,765	14.3%	2,771	3,533	-768	-21.7%
45-54	2,982	15.4%	2,925	3,449	-467	-13.5%
55-59	1,312	6.8%	1,318	1,415	-103	-7.3%
60-64	994	5.1%	967	996	-2	-0.2%
65 and older	639	3.3%	629	588	51	8.7%
Information Not Available	262	1.4%	941	1,409	-1,147	-81.4%

Industry	12,391		12,988	15,964
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	458	3.6%	455	267	191	71.5%
Mining	83	0.6%	75	853	-770	-90.3%
Utilities	20	0.2%	15	27	-7	-25.9%
Construction	1,473	11.5%	1,471	1,496	-23	-1.5%
Manufacturing	1,653	12.9%	1,650	2,446	-793	-32.4%
Wholesale Trade	555	4.3%	552	604	-49	-8.1%
Retail Trade	1,376	10.7%	1,365	1,358	18	1.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	489	3.8%	496	723	-234	-32.4%
Information	158	1.2%	153	178	-20	-11.2%
Finance and Insurance	222	1.7%	220	242	-20	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	174	1.4%	164	198	-24	-12.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	429	3.3%	425	512	-83	-16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	162	1.3%	167	58	104	179.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,344	10.5%	1,309	1,681	-337	-20.0%
Educational Services	188	1.5%	190	227	-39	-17.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,166	9.1%	1,173	1,356	-190	-14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	133	1.0%	136	74	59	79.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	673	5.2%	658	660	13	2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	263	2.0%	262	289	-26	-9.0%
Public Administration	261	2.0%	255	269	-8	-3.0%
Information Not Available	1,111	8.6%	1,797	2,446	-1,335	-54.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,992		24,399	30,814
Male	15,225	54.4%	13,342	17,432	-2,207	-12.7%
Female	12,749	45.5%	11,038	13,364	-615	-4.6%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	19	18	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,992		24,399	30,814
Hispanic or Latino	10,996	39.3%	7,657	12,261	-1,265	-10.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,226	40.1%	11,644	12,597	-1,371	-10.9%
Information Not Available	5,770	20.6%	5,098	5,956	-186	-3.1%

Race	27,992		24,399	30,814
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,563	5.6%	1,775	1,774	-211	-11.9%
Asian	2,218	7.9%	1,474	1,821	397	21.8%
Black or African American	2,212	7.9%	2,144	2,153	59	2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	218	0.8%	259	294	-76	-25.9%
White	13,213	47.2%	12,978	17,249	-4,036	-23.4%
Information Not Available	8,568	30.6%	5,769	7,523	1,045	13.9%

Years of Age	27,992		24,399	30,814
Younger than 22	585	1.5%	442	648	-63	-9.7%
22-24	1,285	3.3%	1,015	1,494	-209	-14.0%
25-34	6,292	16.2%	5,634	6,917	-625	-9.0%
35-44	5,783	14.9%	5,148	6,287	-504	-8.0%
45-54	6,842	17.6%	5,865	7,737	-895	-11.6%
55-59	3,434	8.8%	2,942	3,648	-214	-5.9%
60-64	2,336	6.0%	2,075	2,483	-147	-5.9%
65 and older	1,435	3.7%	1,278	1,600	-165	-10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,992		24,399	30,814
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,526	13.9%	1,493	5,254	-728	-13.9%
Mining	47	0.1%	50	212	-165	-77.8%
Utilities	56	0.2%	64	63	-7	-11.1%
Construction	1,636	5.0%	1,908	2,021	-385	-19.0%
Manufacturing	1,600	4.9%	1,367	1,730	-130	-7.5%
Wholesale Trade	790	2.4%	792	933	-143	-15.3%
Retail Trade	2,003	6.2%	1,984	2,154	-151	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	592	1.8%	582	629	-37	-5.9%
Information	389	1.2%	416	416	-27	-6.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,084	3.3%	1,062	1,065	19	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	397	1.2%	404	531	-134	-25.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,229	3.8%	1,188	1,319	-90	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	112	0.3%	100	112	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,402	10.5%	3,534	3,762	-360	-9.6%
Educational Services	547	1.7%	548	693	-146	-21.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,159	6.6%	2,082	2,176	-17	-0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	233	0.7%	279	232	1	0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,074	3.3%	1,133	1,127	-53	-4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	480	1.5%	502	535	-55	-10.3%
Public Administration	533	1.6%	546	690	-157	-22.8%
Information Not Available	5,103	15.7%	4,365	5,160	-57	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	383,248		415,071	392,733
Male	219,646	57.3%	236,305	222,049	-2,403	-1.1%
Female	163,602	42.7%	178,665	170,388	-6,786	-4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	101	296	-296	-100.0%

Ethnicity	383,248		415,071	392,733
Hispanic or Latino	170,444	44.5%	189,649	169,203	1,241	0.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	180,104	47.0%	191,866	188,662	-8,558	-4.5%
Information Not Available	32,700	8.5%	33,556	34,868	-2,168	-6.2%

Race	383,248		415,071	392,733
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,125	1.1%	3,728	1,877	2,248	119.8%
Asian	34,713	9.1%	37,285	34,473	240	0.7%
Black or African American	30,487	8.0%	31,138	34,473	-3,986	-11.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	110,779	28.9%	119,715	117,840	-7,061	-6.0%
Information Not Available	203,144	53.0%	223,205	204,070	-926	-0.5%

Years of Age	383,248		415,071	392,733
Younger than 22	7,144	1.5%	8,162	8,396	-1,252	-14.9%
22-24	19,620	4.2%	22,270	20,545	-925	-4.5%
25-34	95,888	20.7%	103,289	95,518	370	0.4%
35-44	74,959	16.2%	80,616	81,391	-6,432	-7.9%
45-54	86,027	18.5%	93,313	89,590	-3,563	-4.0%
55-59	44,774	9.7%	47,664	42,572	2,202	5.2%
60-64	30,185	6.5%	33,053	32,398	-2,213	-6.8%
65 and older	24,651	5.3%	26,704	22,323	2,328	10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	383,248		415,071	392,733
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76,269	16.6%	86,259	68,057	8,212	12.1%
Mining	402	0.1%	605	2,865	-2,463	-86.0%
Utilities	1,308	0.3%	1,209	1,679	-371	-22.1%
Construction	37,932	8.3%	40,913	32,596	5,336	16.4%
Manufacturing	31,493	6.9%	37,184	42,474	-10,981	-25.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,113	0.5%	2,015	1,679	434	25.8%
Retail Trade	25,355	5.5%	25,495	27,262	-1,907	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,281	2.9%	13,604	11,260	2,021	17.9%
Information	31,392	6.8%	31,440	32,102	-710	-2.2%
Finance and Insurance	5,333	1.2%	6,550	7,705	-2,372	-30.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,320	0.7%	2,620	2,371	949	40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,741	1.5%	7,054	8,594	-1,853	-21.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	74,859	16.3%	76,081	70,130	4,729	6.7%
Educational Services	8,653	1.9%	9,674	9,581	-928	-9.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,035	4.8%	26,301	25,089	-3,054	-12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,339	1.4%	6,046	6,223	116	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,281	2.9%	16,325	15,409	-2,128	-13.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,144	1.6%	8,465	10,371	-3,227	-31.1%
Public Administration	4,025	0.9%	4,635	3,655	370	10.1%
Information Not Available	11,973	2.6%	12,596	13,631	-1,658	-12.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,334		25,957	29,539
Male	13,748	56.5%	15,546	17,904	-4,156	-23.2%
Female	10,586	43.5%	10,410	11,635	-1,049	-9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,334		25,957	29,539
Hispanic or Latino	4,850	19.9%	5,639	6,248	-1,398	-22.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,049	70.1%	17,701	20,552	-3,503	-17.0%
Information Not Available	2,435	10.0%	2,617	2,739	-304	-11.1%

Race	24,334		25,957	29,539
American Indian or Alaskan Native	477	2.0%	504	520	-43	-8.3%
Asian	535	2.2%	565	537	-2	-0.4%
Black or African American	1,600	6.6%	1,591	1,750	-150	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	99	0.4%	99	106	-7	-6.6%
White	16,937	69.6%	18,059	21,062	-4,125	-19.6%
Information Not Available	4,686	19.3%	5,139	5,564	-878	-15.8%

Years of Age	24,334		25,957	29,539
Younger than 22	287	0.7%	338	366	-79	-21.6%
22-24	712	1.8%	817	975	-263	-27.0%
25-34	5,205	13.4%	5,423	6,792	-1,587	-23.4%
35-44	5,513	14.1%	5,733	6,708	-1,195	-17.8%
45-54	5,865	15.0%	6,285	7,102	-1,237	-17.4%
55-59	3,128	8.0%	3,419	3,737	-609	-16.3%
60-64	2,285	5.9%	2,511	2,510	-225	-9.0%
65 and older	1,336	3.4%	1,428	1,342	-6	-0.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	7	-4	-57.1%

Industry	24,334		25,957	29,539
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	173	0.7%	224	189	-16	-8.5%
Mining	311	1.3%	350	1,565	-1,254	-80.1%
Utilities	60	0.2%	56	55	5	9.1%
Construction	3,331	13.6%	4,311	4,352	-1,021	-23.5%
Manufacturing	1,736	7.1%	1,804	2,193	-457	-20.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,155	4.7%	1,188	1,451	-296	-20.4%
Retail Trade	2,042	8.3%	2,045	2,266	-224	-9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	802	3.3%	827	1,027	-225	-21.9%
Information	1,118	4.6%	1,112	889	229	25.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,087	4.4%	1,006	1,081	6	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	525	2.1%	520	638	-113	-17.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,415	9.9%	2,491	2,690	-275	-10.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	334	1.4%	448	518	-184	-35.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,775	11.3%	3,307	3,315	-540	-16.3%
Educational Services	555	2.3%	598	660	-105	-15.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,916	7.8%	1,892	2,023	-107	-5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	531	2.2%	392	699	-168	-24.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,629	6.6%	1,375	1,872	-243	-13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	662	2.7%	632	702	-40	-5.7%
Public Administration	583	2.4%	753	595	-12	-2.0%
Information Not Available	594	2.4%	626	759	-165	-21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,803		48,406	40,555
Male	24,629	57.5%	31,866	23,672	957	4.0%
Female	18,174	42.5%	16,540	16,883	1,291	7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	42,803		48,406	40,555
Hispanic or Latino	7,362	17.2%	8,656	6,817	545	8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,441	82.8%	39,750	33,738	1,703	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	42,803		48,406	40,555
American Indian or Alaskan Native	170	0.4%	198	134	36	26.9%
Asian	761	1.8%	793	751	10	1.3%
Black or African American	6,615	15.5%	6,639	6,160	455	7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	24,413	57.0%	28,198	22,483	1,930	8.6%
Information Not Available	10,844	25.3%	12,578	11,027	-183	-1.7%

Years of Age	42,803		48,406	40,555
Younger than 22	568	0.9%	724	544	24	4.4%
22-24	1,539	2.4%	1,928	1,624	-85	-5.2%
25-34	9,171	14.5%	10,668	8,913	258	2.9%
35-44	8,569	13.6%	9,817	7,979	590	7.4%
45-54	10,191	16.1%	11,431	9,679	512	5.3%
55-59	5,110	8.1%	5,788	4,773	337	7.1%
60-64	4,103	6.5%	4,460	3,799	304	8.0%
65 and older	3,552	5.6%	3,590	3,244	308	9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,803		48,406	40,555
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	216	0.5%	419	253	-37	-14.6%
Mining	44	0.1%	68	39	5	12.8%
Utilities	51	0.1%	90	57	-6	-10.5%
Construction	6,770	15.7%	10,092	5,625	1,145	20.4%
Manufacturing	3,418	7.9%	4,132	4,301	-883	-20.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,501	3.5%	1,600	1,556	-55	-3.5%
Retail Trade	4,308	10.0%	4,706	4,276	32	0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,064	11.8%	2,233	3,930	1,134	28.9%
Information	1,338	3.1%	1,052	669	669	100.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,520	3.5%	1,442	1,336	184	13.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	632	1.5%	670	625	7	1.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,784	4.1%	1,817	1,690	94	5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	308	0.7%	295	255	53	20.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,080	11.8%	7,627	5,213	-133	-2.6%
Educational Services	960	2.2%	968	992	-32	-3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,935	9.1%	4,008	4,006	-71	-1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	980	2.3%	1,634	996	-16	-1.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,803	6.5%	3,124	2,501	302	12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,135	2.6%	1,243	1,183	-48	-4.1%
Public Administration	456	1.1%	490	493	-37	-7.5%
Information Not Available	500	1.2%	696	559	-59	-10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,150		8,445	7,427
Male	3,925	48.2%	3,987	3,433	492	14.3%
Female	4,225	51.8%	4,456	3,994	231	5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,150		8,445	7,427
Hispanic or Latino	649	8.0%	693	547	102	18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,445	91.3%	7,691	6,825	620	9.1%
Information Not Available	56	0.7%	61	55	1	1.8%

Race	8,150		8,445	7,427
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.4%	39	40	-6	-15.0%
Asian	235	2.9%	246	204	31	15.2%
Black or African American	5,320	65.3%	5,553	5,171	149	2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	30	14	10	71.4%
White	1,745	21.4%	1,788	1,421	324	22.8%
Information Not Available	792	9.7%	789	577	215	37.3%

Years of Age	8,150		8,445	7,427
Younger than 22	136	1.5%	133	133	3	2.3%
22-24	423	4.6%	450	388	35	9.0%
25-34	2,305	24.8%	2,483	2,025	280	13.8%
35-44	1,875	20.2%	1,879	1,678	197	11.7%
45-54	1,709	18.4%	1,771	1,652	57	3.5%
55-59	760	8.2%	762	782	-22	-2.8%
60-64	613	6.6%	636	493	120	24.3%
65 and older	329	3.5%	331	276	53	19.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,150		8,445	7,427
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	29	0.4%	26	12	17	141.7%
Manufacturing	6	0.1%	4	2	4	200.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.0%	4	4	-2	-50.0%
Retail Trade	16	0.2%	19	13	3	23.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	0.0%	5	21	-17	-81.0%
Information	8	0.1%	7	7	1	14.3%
Finance and Insurance	7	0.1%	11	5	2	40.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	0.0%	8	6	-2	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	39	0.5%	43	38	1	2.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	49	0.6%	50	50	-1	-2.0%
Educational Services	7	0.1%	9	8	-1	-12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20	0.2%	16	18	2	11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	4	4	-3	-75.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	22	0.3%	21	22	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	0.2%	21	12	3	25.0%
Public Administration	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Information Not Available	7,918	97.2%	8,192	7,202	716	9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,391		6,727	6,086
Male	2,420	44.9%	3,097	2,864	-444	-15.5%
Female	2,596	48.2%	3,126	2,951	-355	-12.0%
Information Not Available	375	7.0%	504	271	104	38.4%

Ethnicity	5,391		6,727	6,086
Hispanic or Latino	360	6.7%	435	386	-26	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,656	86.4%	5,788	5,429	-773	-14.2%
Information Not Available	375	7.0%	504	271	104	38.4%

Race	5,391		6,727	6,086
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.3%	17	18	-1	-5.6%
Asian	87	1.6%	112	97	-10	-10.3%
Black or African American	2,127	39.5%	2,630	2,523	-396	-15.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	6	4	-1	-25.0%
White	2,814	52.2%	3,533	3,255	-441	-13.5%
Information Not Available	342	6.3%	429	189	153	81.0%

Years of Age	5,391		6,727	6,086
Younger than 22	87	1.1%	105	74	13	17.6%
22-24	236	3.0%	301	268	-32	-11.9%
25-34	1,205	15.5%	1,536	1,472	-267	-18.1%
35-44	1,158	14.9%	1,467	1,249	-91	-7.3%
45-54	1,237	16.0%	1,542	1,393	-156	-11.2%
55-59	603	7.8%	762	737	-134	-18.2%
60-64	455	5.9%	545	485	-30	-6.2%
65 and older	342	4.4%	386	323	19	5.9%
Information Not Available	68	0.9%	83	85	-17	-20.0%

Industry	5,391		6,727	6,086
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.3%	19	23	-9	-39.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	13	0.2%	15	9	4	44.4%
Construction	325	6.0%	461	509	-184	-36.1%
Manufacturing	445	8.2%	543	345	100	29.0%
Wholesale Trade	165	3.1%	215	190	-25	-13.2%
Retail Trade	776	14.4%	911	884	-108	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	206	3.8%	241	230	-24	-10.4%
Information	65	1.2%	97	81	-16	-19.8%
Finance and Insurance	478	8.8%	571	516	-38	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	101	1.9%	108	113	-12	-10.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	399	7.4%	463	376	23	6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.3%	19	29	-13	-44.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	961	17.8%	1,241	1,042	-81	-7.8%
Educational Services	87	1.6%	103	70	17	24.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	542	10.0%	651	749	-207	-27.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	84	1.6%	123	99	-15	-15.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	518	9.6%	696	559	-41	-7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	135	2.5%	170	178	-43	-24.2%
Public Administration	55	1.0%	65	58	-3	-5.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	13	24	-18	-75.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,952		40,474	47,794
Male	20,376	47.4%	19,815	23,452	-3,076	-13.1%
Female	22,432	52.2%	20,383	24,260	-1,828	-7.5%
Information Not Available	144	0.3%	276	82	62	75.6%

Ethnicity	42,952		40,474	47,794
Hispanic or Latino	11,718	27.3%	10,436	12,072	-354	-2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,324	63.6%	26,065	31,311	-3,987	-12.7%
Information Not Available	3,910	9.1%	3,973	4,411	-501	-11.4%

Race	42,952		40,474	47,794
American Indian or Alaskan Native	237	0.6%	290	296	-59	-19.9%
Asian	677	1.6%	679	772	-95	-12.3%
Black or African American	10,772	25.1%	9,910	11,922	-1,150	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	196	0.5%	200	210	-14	-6.7%
White	25,796	60.1%	24,159	29,024	-3,228	-11.1%
Information Not Available	5,274	12.3%	5,236	5,570	-296	-5.3%

Years of Age	42,952		40,474	47,794
Younger than 22	411	0.6%	372	453	-42	-9.3%
22-24	1,279	2.0%	1,128	1,363	-84	-6.2%
25-34	8,375	12.8%	7,656	9,419	-1,044	-11.1%
35-44	8,712	13.3%	7,837	9,688	-976	-10.1%
45-54	9,134	14.0%	8,456	10,371	-1,237	-11.9%
55-59	4,467	6.8%	4,204	4,996	-529	-10.6%
60-64	3,280	5.0%	3,065	3,309	-29	-0.9%
65 and older	2,196	3.4%	1,942	2,222	-26	-1.2%
Information Not Available	5,098	7.8%	5,814	5,973	-875	-14.6%

Industry	42,952		40,474	47,794
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	509	1.2%	499	626	-117	-18.7%
Mining	73	0.2%	101	185	-112	-60.5%
Utilities	59	0.1%	80	84	-25	-29.8%
Construction	2,723	6.3%	2,662	3,005	-282	-9.4%
Manufacturing	2,022	4.7%	1,924	2,282	-260	-11.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,837	4.2%	1,767	2,110	-273	-12.9%
Retail Trade	4,289	9.9%	4,026	4,755	-466	-9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,297	3.0%	1,149	1,435	-138	-9.6%
Information	848	2.0%	756	931	-83	-8.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,125	4.9%	1,969	2,370	-245	-10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,042	2.4%	906	1,097	-55	-5.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,389	7.8%	3,121	3,786	-397	-10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	454	1.0%	504	490	-36	-7.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,354	19.2%	7,611	8,201	153	1.9%
Educational Services	826	1.9%	763	1,062	-236	-22.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,112	9.5%	3,569	4,220	-108	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	609	1.4%	616	742	-133	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,398	5.5%	2,441	2,899	-501	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,100	2.5%	1,080	1,397	-297	-21.3%
Public Administration	525	1.2%	514	674	-149	-22.1%
Information Not Available	4,361	10.0%	4,416	5,443	-1,082	-19.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,977		28,788	30,467
Male	12,644	45.2%	13,361	14,054	-1,410	-10.0%
Female	13,771	49.2%	13,847	14,969	-1,198	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1,562	5.6%	1,580	1,444	118	8.2%

Ethnicity	27,977		28,788	30,467
Hispanic or Latino	73	0.3%	82	85	-12	-14.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,342	94.2%	27,126	28,938	-2,596	-9.0%
Information Not Available	1,562	5.6%	1,580	1,444	118	8.2%

Race	27,977		28,788	30,467
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.4%	106	124	-24	-19.4%
Asian	475	1.7%	505	541	-66	-12.2%
Black or African American	15,438	55.2%	15,782	16,695	-1,257	-7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,402	37.2%	10,815	11,663	-1,261	-10.8%
Information Not Available	1,562	5.6%	1,580	1,444	118	8.2%

Years of Age	27,977		28,788	30,467
Younger than 22	381	1.0%	413	439	-58	-13.2%
22-24	1,023	2.8%	1,084	1,295	-272	-21.0%
25-34	6,610	18.2%	6,869	7,453	-843	-11.3%
35-44	6,950	19.2%	7,200	7,423	-473	-6.4%
45-54	6,808	18.8%	7,079	7,391	-583	-7.9%
55-59	3,005	8.3%	3,024	3,167	-162	-5.1%
60-64	2,093	5.8%	1,994	2,107	-14	-0.7%
65 and older	1,107	3.1%	1,123	1,181	-74	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	11	-11	-100.0%

Industry	27,977		28,788	30,467
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	361	1.3%	426	368	-7	-1.9%
Mining	8	0.0%	9	10	-2	-20.0%
Utilities	25	0.1%	31	28	-3	-10.7%
Construction	1,132	4.0%	1,448	1,326	-194	-14.6%
Manufacturing	1,886	6.7%	1,878	2,258	-372	-16.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,177	4.2%	1,174	1,208	-31	-2.6%
Retail Trade	2,036	7.2%	1,982	2,236	-200	-8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	471	1.7%	521	580	-109	-18.8%
Information	492	1.7%	488	543	-51	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	878	3.1%	845	981	-103	-10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	354	1.2%	368	396	-42	-10.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,190	18.3%	5,341	5,489	-299	-5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.1%	35	35	5	14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	84	0.3%	81	63	21	33.3%
Educational Services	493	1.7%	530	547	-54	-9.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,215	4.3%	1,315	1,551	-336	-21.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	984	3.5%	1,054	1,158	-174	-15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	208	0.7%	177	199	9	4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	230	0.8%	248	309	-79	-25.6%
Public Administration	323	1.1%	317	333	-10	-3.0%
Information Not Available	10,390	36.7%	10,520	10,849	-459	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,577		7,265	6,521
Male	5,517	72.8%	5,329	4,324	1,193	27.6%
Female	2,060	27.2%	1,936	2,194	-134	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,577		7,265	6,521
Hispanic or Latino	566	7.5%	528	493	73	14.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,046	66.6%	4,816	4,385	661	15.1%
Information Not Available	1,964	25.9%	1,921	1,643	321	19.5%

Race	7,577		7,265	6,521
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.8%	55	52	9	17.3%
Asian	2,338	30.9%	2,314	2,010	328	16.3%
Black or African American	123	1.6%	125	115	8	7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,355	31.1%	2,232	1,899	456	24.0%
White	1,660	21.9%	1,572	1,509	151	10.0%
Information Not Available	1,040	13.7%	967	936	104	11.1%

Years of Age	7,577		7,265	6,521
Younger than 22	107	1.2%	95	77	30	39.0%
22-24	279	3.3%	261	207	72	34.8%
25-34	1,757	20.5%	1,666	1,426	331	23.2%
35-44	1,777	20.7%	1,657	1,468	309	21.0%
45-54	1,744	20.4%	1,720	1,539	205	13.3%
55-59	805	9.4%	797	705	100	14.2%
60-64	670	7.8%	647	644	26	4.0%
65 and older	438	5.1%	422	455	-17	-3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,577		7,265	6,521
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	307	3.9%	242	180	127	70.6%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	14	0.2%	14	10	4	40.0%
Construction	3,142	39.9%	2,894	1,830	1,312	71.7%
Manufacturing	151	1.9%	162	208	-57	-27.4%
Wholesale Trade	118	1.5%	127	117	1	0.9%
Retail Trade	337	4.3%	351	349	-12	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	181	2.3%	221	228	-47	-20.6%
Information	148	1.9%	97	291	-143	-49.1%
Finance and Insurance	69	0.9%	62	84	-15	-17.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	96	1.2%	89	94	2	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	189	2.4%	171	217	-28	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55	0.7%	62	45	10	22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	789	10.0%	833	746	43	5.8%
Educational Services	47	0.6%	42	53	-6	-11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	305	3.9%	293	270	35	13.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	0.9%	73	83	-11	-13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	476	6.0%	495	624	-148	-23.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	134	1.7%	129	159	-25	-15.7%
Public Administration	80	1.0%	80	81	-1	-1.2%
Information Not Available	866	11.0%	827	852	14	1.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,695		28,851	19,752
Male	13,093	66.5%	21,393	12,826	267	2.1%
Female	6,383	32.4%	7,205	6,657	-274	-4.1%
Information Not Available	219	1.1%	253	269	-50	-18.6%

Ethnicity	19,695		28,851	19,752
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	1,300	-1,300	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	17,326	-17,326	-100.0%
Information Not Available	19,695	100.0%	28,851	1,126	18,569	1649.1%

Race	19,695		28,851	19,752
American Indian or Alaskan Native	118	0.6%	118	282	-164	-58.2%
Asian	158	0.8%	93	280	-122	-43.6%
Black or African American	717	3.6%	619	1,499	-782	-52.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	5,730	29.1%	5,282	15,265	-9,535	-62.5%
Information Not Available	12,972	65.9%	22,739	2,426	10,546	434.7%

Years of Age	19,695		28,851	19,752
Younger than 22	333	1.4%	529	301	32	10.6%
22-24	828	3.5%	1,373	827	1	0.1%
25-34	4,391	18.6%	6,523	4,392	-1	0.0%
35-44	4,477	19.0%	6,292	4,340	137	3.2%
45-54	4,405	18.7%	6,223	4,544	-139	-3.1%
55-59	2,323	9.8%	3,360	2,477	-154	-6.2%
60-64	1,812	7.7%	2,652	1,725	87	5.0%
65 and older	1,126	4.8%	1,899	1,140	-14	-1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%

Industry	19,695		28,851	19,752
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.7%	247	164	-16	-9.8%
Mining	257	1.3%	535	207	50	24.2%
Utilities	19	0.1%	32	30	-11	-36.7%
Construction	5,982	30.1%	10,891	4,827	1,155	23.9%
Manufacturing	3,672	18.5%	4,393	4,250	-578	-13.6%
Wholesale Trade	693	3.5%	790	857	-164	-19.1%
Retail Trade	1,328	6.7%	1,551	1,467	-139	-9.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	710	3.6%	1,246	826	-116	-14.0%
Information	377	1.9%	438	524	-147	-28.1%
Finance and Insurance	562	2.8%	555	834	-272	-32.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	195	1.0%	243	199	-4	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	613	3.1%	703	546	67	12.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.3%	63	54	6	11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,771	8.9%	3,100	1,873	-102	-5.4%
Educational Services	276	1.4%	305	286	-10	-3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,277	6.4%	1,255	1,134	143	12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	177	0.9%	386	213	-36	-16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	730	3.7%	959	742	-12	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	439	2.2%	498	360	79	21.9%
Public Administration	223	1.1%	441	211	12	5.7%
Information Not Available	186	0.9%	220	148	38	25.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,581		10,235	7,541
Male	4,757	62.7%	7,152	4,787	-30	-0.6%
Female	2,823	37.2%	3,082	2,753	70	2.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,581		10,235	7,541
Hispanic or Latino	820	10.8%	1,259	802	18	2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,465	72.1%	7,228	4,972	493	9.9%
Information Not Available	1,296	17.1%	1,748	1,767	-471	-26.7%

Race	7,581		10,235	7,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	395	3.7%	574	314	81	25.8%
Asian	147	1.4%	154	101	46	45.5%
Black or African American	149	1.4%	193	99	50	50.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.6%	103	68	-3	-4.4%
White	7,805	73.3%	11,372	9,125	-1,320	-14.5%
Information Not Available	2,083	19.6%	5,278	1,496	587	39.2%

Years of Age	7,581		10,235	7,541
Younger than 22	183	1.2%	274	162	21	13.0%
22-24	308	2.1%	468	282	26	9.2%
25-34	1,481	10.1%	2,069	1,448	33	2.3%
35-44	1,566	10.7%	2,120	1,432	134	9.4%
45-54	1,792	12.2%	2,340	1,779	13	0.7%
55-59	1,008	6.9%	1,339	910	98	10.8%
60-64	695	4.7%	872	701	-6	-0.9%
65 and older	544	3.7%	750	806	-262	-32.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	21	-17	-81.0%

Industry	7,581		10,235	7,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	779	9.3%	1,064	589	190	32.3%
Mining	85	1.0%	115	159	-74	-46.5%
Utilities	17	0.2%	56	15	2	13.3%
Construction	1,058	12.7%	1,987	968	90	9.3%
Manufacturing	948	11.3%	1,127	848	100	11.8%
Wholesale Trade	298	3.6%	347	401	-103	-25.7%
Retail Trade	710	8.5%	860	671	39	5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	386	4.6%	447	450	-64	-14.2%
Information	134	1.6%	118	94	40	42.6%
Finance and Insurance	209	2.5%	208	167	42	25.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	75	0.9%	95	106	-31	-29.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	357	4.3%	448	309	48	15.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.3%	24	19	5	26.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	716	8.6%	1,152	663	53	8.0%
Educational Services	123	1.5%	131	97	26	26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	561	6.7%	601	574	-13	-2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	1.3%	208	101	9	8.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	385	4.6%	465	353	32	9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	137	1.6%	186	154	-17	-11.0%
Public Administration	164	2.0%	235	179	-15	-8.4%
Information Not Available	305	3.6%	361	624	-319	-51.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	124,852		141,781	128,228
Male	79,455	63.6%	95,074	81,481	-2,026	-2.5%
Female	44,541	35.7%	45,774	45,976	-1,435	-3.1%
Information Not Available	856	0.7%	933	771	85	11.0%

Ethnicity	124,852		141,781	128,228
Hispanic or Latino	21,705	17.4%	29,811	22,164	-459	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89,682	71.8%	96,856	92,877	-3,195	-3.4%
Information Not Available	13,465	10.8%	15,114	13,187	278	2.1%

Race	124,852		141,781	128,228
American Indian or Alaskan Native	656	0.5%	875	731	-75	-10.3%
Asian	2,608	2.1%	2,752	2,776	-168	-6.1%
Black or African American	28,368	22.7%	28,747	29,610	-1,242	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	294	0.2%	316	251	43	17.1%
White	77,765	62.3%	89,072	79,666	-1,901	-2.4%
Information Not Available	15,161	12.1%	20,019	15,194	-33	-0.2%

Years of Age	124,852		141,781	128,228
Younger than 22	1,307	0.7%	1,539	1,509	-202	-13.4%
22-24	4,375	2.3%	5,135	4,775	-400	-8.4%
25-34	27,741	14.4%	31,924	28,506	-765	-2.7%
35-44	28,944	15.1%	33,159	29,969	-1,025	-3.4%
45-54	31,766	16.5%	35,944	32,408	-642	-2.0%
55-59	15,310	8.0%	17,213	15,468	-158	-1.0%
60-64	10,359	5.4%	11,389	10,395	-36	-0.3%
65 and older	5,050	2.6%	5,478	5,198	-148	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	124,852		141,781	128,228
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	535	0.4%	902	524	11	2.1%
Mining	372	0.3%	482	954	-582	-61.0%
Utilities	152	0.1%	209	158	-6	-3.8%
Construction	23,182	18.5%	29,069	23,443	-261	-1.1%
Manufacturing	16,948	13.5%	17,699	14,929	2,019	13.5%
Wholesale Trade	5,296	4.2%	5,587	5,733	-437	-7.6%
Retail Trade	8,826	7.0%	9,153	8,569	257	3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,939	4.7%	6,208	5,936	3	0.1%
Information	1,974	1.6%	1,976	2,130	-156	-7.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,915	3.1%	3,871	3,866	49	1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,701	1.4%	1,748	1,654	47	2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,262	5.8%	7,835	7,388	-126	-1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	899	0.7%	973	937	-38	-4.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,992	15.1%	24,499	20,153	-1,161	-5.8%
Educational Services	2,151	1.7%	2,302	2,815	-664	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,808	5.4%	6,882	7,799	-991	-12.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,071	1.7%	2,996	2,130	-59	-2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,737	4.6%	6,457	6,181	-444	-7.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,646	2.1%	2,886	3,003	-357	-11.9%
Public Administration	2,370	1.9%	2,188	2,600	-230	-8.8%
Information Not Available	7,076	5.6%	7,859	7,326	-250	-3.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,649		27,203	23,167
Male	13,410	61.9%	18,523	14,801	-1,391	-9.4%
Female	8,140	37.6%	8,571	8,330	-190	-2.3%
Information Not Available	99	0.5%	109	36	63	175.0%

Ethnicity	21,649		27,203	23,167
Hispanic or Latino	1,026	4.7%	1,464	1,112	-86	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,606	76.7%	20,886	18,173	-1,567	-8.6%
Information Not Available	4,017	18.6%	4,853	3,882	135	3.5%

Race	21,649		27,203	23,167
American Indian or Alaskan Native	94	0.4%	111	96	-2	-2.1%
Asian	153	0.7%	176	142	11	7.7%
Black or African American	3,691	17.0%	3,870	3,745	-54	-1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.1%	26	34	-10	-29.4%
White	16,197	74.8%	21,129	17,739	-1,542	-8.7%
Information Not Available	1,490	6.9%	1,891	1,411	79	5.6%

Years of Age	21,649		27,203	23,167
Younger than 22	240	0.7%	371	253	-13	-5.1%
22-24	653	1.8%	942	715	-62	-8.7%
25-34	4,692	13.0%	5,610	4,863	-171	-3.5%
35-44	5,385	14.9%	6,746	5,764	-379	-6.6%
45-54	5,676	15.7%	7,107	6,186	-510	-8.2%
55-59	2,556	7.1%	3,328	2,889	-333	-11.5%
60-64	1,621	4.5%	2,056	1,703	-82	-4.8%
65 and older	826	2.3%	1,043	794	32	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,649		27,203	23,167
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.2%	89	72	-20	-27.8%
Mining	62	0.3%	98	109	-47	-43.1%
Utilities	25	0.1%	25	30	-5	-16.7%
Construction	4,531	20.9%	7,406	4,778	-247	-5.2%
Manufacturing	3,360	15.5%	3,661	4,350	-990	-22.8%
Wholesale Trade	799	3.7%	842	934	-135	-14.5%
Retail Trade	1,556	7.2%	1,668	1,508	48	3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	997	4.6%	1,561	1,174	-177	-15.1%
Information	358	1.6%	354	268	90	33.6%
Finance and Insurance	619	2.9%	650	522	97	18.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	294	1.4%	314	328	-34	-10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	978	4.5%	1,086	861	117	13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	198	0.9%	193	122	76	62.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,222	10.2%	2,989	2,356	-134	-5.7%
Educational Services	383	1.8%	419	362	21	5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,541	7.1%	1,549	1,441	100	6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	233	1.1%	372	201	32	15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	635	2.9%	737	668	-33	-4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	492	2.3%	574	586	-94	-16.0%
Public Administration	158	0.7%	204	237	-79	-33.3%
Information Not Available	2,156	9.9%	2,412	2,260	-104	-4.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,704		14,180	12,893
Male	6,263	58.5%	9,018	7,706	-1,443	-18.7%
Female	4,441	41.5%	5,162	5,187	-746	-14.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,704		14,180	12,893
Hispanic or Latino	906	8.5%	1,311	1,076	-170	-15.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,879	45.6%	7,401	6,367	-1,488	-23.4%
Information Not Available	4,919	46.0%	5,468	5,450	-531	-9.7%

Race	10,704		14,180	12,893
American Indian or Alaskan Native	157	1.5%	190	195	-38	-19.5%
Asian	217	2.0%	243	169	48	28.4%
Black or African American	2,195	20.5%	2,988	2,645	-450	-17.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.3%	39	27	9	33.3%
White	7,397	69.1%	9,758	8,973	-1,576	-17.6%
Information Not Available	702	6.6%	962	884	-182	-20.6%

Years of Age	10,704		14,180	12,893
Younger than 22	131	0.8%	161	192	-61	-31.8%
22-24	404	2.3%	508	574	-170	-29.6%
25-34	2,392	13.9%	3,082	3,117	-725	-23.3%
35-44	2,544	14.8%	3,416	3,018	-474	-15.7%
45-54	2,598	15.1%	3,477	2,929	-331	-11.3%
55-59	1,236	7.2%	1,671	1,456	-220	-15.1%
60-64	883	5.1%	1,184	1,002	-119	-11.9%
65 and older	516	3.0%	681	605	-89	-14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,704		14,180	12,893
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.4%	46	44	-5	-11.4%
Mining	93	0.9%	86	370	-277	-74.9%
Utilities	24	0.2%	19	21	3	14.3%
Construction	1,869	17.4%	2,527	1,898	-29	-1.5%
Manufacturing	1,285	12.0%	3,363	1,891	-606	-32.0%
Wholesale Trade	461	4.3%	532	523	-62	-11.9%
Retail Trade	780	7.3%	870	933	-153	-16.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	420	3.9%	510	473	-53	-11.2%
Information	284	2.6%	265	342	-58	-17.0%
Finance and Insurance	361	3.4%	351	375	-14	-3.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	180	1.7%	189	201	-21	-10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	696	6.5%	779	867	-171	-19.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.7%	75	33	38	115.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,490	13.9%	1,773	1,660	-170	-10.2%
Educational Services	155	1.4%	165	241	-86	-35.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,102	10.3%	1,081	1,199	-97	-8.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69	0.6%	76	89	-20	-22.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	413	3.8%	455	505	-92	-18.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	200	1.9%	212	252	-52	-20.6%
Public Administration	195	1.8%	228	218	-23	-10.6%
Information Not Available	517	4.8%	578	758	-241	-31.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,691		20,656	22,729
Male	11,105	59.4%	13,371	15,104	-3,999	-26.5%
Female	7,586	40.6%	7,285	7,625	-39	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,691		20,656	22,729
Hispanic or Latino	28	0.1%	23	9	19	211.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	431	2.3%	457	481	-50	-10.4%
Information Not Available	18,232	97.5%	20,176	22,239	-4,007	-18.0%

Race	18,691		20,656	22,729
American Indian or Alaskan Native	75	0.4%	72	121	-46	-38.0%
Asian	28	0.1%	63	51	-23	-45.1%
Black or African American	2,831	15.1%	2,871	2,794	37	1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	19	-19	-100.0%
White	15,607	83.5%	17,436	19,501	-3,894	-20.0%
Information Not Available	150	0.8%	214	243	-93	-38.3%

Years of Age	18,691		20,656	22,729
Younger than 22	239	0.7%	280	285	-46	-16.1%
22-24	613	1.9%	696	832	-219	-26.3%
25-34	3,613	11.1%	4,165	4,658	-1,045	-22.4%
35-44	4,549	14.0%	4,712	5,359	-810	-15.1%
45-54	4,656	14.3%	5,232	6,102	-1,446	-23.7%
55-59	2,167	6.7%	2,410	2,560	-393	-15.4%
60-64	1,722	5.3%	1,963	1,794	-72	-4.0%
65 and older	1,128	3.5%	1,194	1,135	-7	-0.6%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%

Industry	18,691		20,656	22,729
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.1%	90	51	-28	-54.9%
Mining	154	0.8%	140	1,593	-1,439	-90.3%
Utilities	37	0.2%	45	65	-28	-43.1%
Construction	3,398	18.2%	4,295	2,859	539	18.9%
Manufacturing	3,201	17.1%	3,251	4,770	-1,569	-32.9%
Wholesale Trade	739	3.9%	882	1,051	-312	-29.7%
Retail Trade	1,624	8.7%	1,524	1,616	8	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	987	5.3%	1,140	1,233	-246	-20.0%
Information	290	1.5%	285	341	-51	-15.0%
Finance and Insurance	641	3.4%	565	631	10	1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	304	1.6%	280	332	-28	-8.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	749	4.0%	791	1,065	-316	-29.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	150	0.8%	109	65	85	130.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,026	10.8%	2,379	2,037	-11	-0.5%
Educational Services	201	1.1%	158	276	-75	-27.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,783	9.5%	1,506	1,640	143	8.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	197	1.1%	479	257	-60	-23.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	576	3.1%	864	892	-316	-35.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	402	2.1%	506	477	-75	-15.7%
Public Administration	197	1.1%	289	341	-144	-42.2%
Information Not Available	1,012	5.4%	1,078	1,137	-125	-11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,993		18,023	22,957
Male	9,656	53.7%	9,864	14,314	-4,658	-32.5%
Female	8,321	46.2%	8,146	8,635	-314	-3.6%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	13	8	8	100.0%

Ethnicity	17,993		18,023	22,957
Hispanic or Latino	832	4.6%	832	1,093	-261	-23.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,804	93.4%	16,878	21,860	-5,056	-23.1%
Information Not Available	357	2.0%	313	4	353	8825.0%

Race	17,993		18,023	22,957
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.6%	113	176	-65	-36.9%
Asian	195	1.1%	199	235	-40	-17.0%
Black or African American	8,925	49.6%	8,928	10,922	-1,997	-18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	15	34	-20	-58.8%
White	7,445	41.4%	7,524	11,224	-3,779	-33.7%
Information Not Available	1,303	7.2%	1,244	366	937	256.0%

Years of Age	17,993		18,023	22,957
Younger than 22	287	1.2%	313	343	-56	-16.3%
22-24	696	2.9%	688	975	-279	-28.6%
25-34	4,316	18.0%	4,310	5,550	-1,234	-22.2%
35-44	4,172	17.4%	4,168	5,441	-1,269	-23.3%
45-54	4,093	17.0%	4,193	5,353	-1,260	-23.5%
55-59	2,069	8.6%	2,061	2,701	-632	-23.4%
60-64	1,413	5.9%	1,434	1,584	-171	-10.8%
65 and older	947	3.9%	856	1,010	-63	-6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,993		18,023	22,957
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	266	1.5%	320	255	11	4.3%
Mining	413	2.3%	464	1,428	-1,015	-71.1%
Utilities	39	0.2%	43	51	-12	-23.5%
Construction	3,017	16.5%	3,062	3,968	-951	-24.0%
Manufacturing	1,579	8.6%	1,612	2,896	-1,317	-45.5%
Wholesale Trade	558	3.1%	554	799	-241	-30.2%
Retail Trade	1,334	7.3%	1,289	1,617	-283	-17.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	809	4.4%	781	1,086	-277	-25.5%
Information	197	1.1%	200	318	-121	-38.1%
Finance and Insurance	376	2.1%	361	412	-36	-8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	378	2.1%	351	565	-187	-33.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	960	5.3%	801	1,199	-239	-19.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.4%	80	99	-31	-31.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,598	8.8%	1,593	1,850	-252	-13.6%
Educational Services	286	1.6%	279	287	-1	-0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,797	9.8%	1,883	1,783	14	0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	270	1.5%	252	269	1	0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,307	7.2%	1,364	1,303	4	0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	454	2.5%	434	569	-115	-20.2%
Public Administration	298	1.6%	284	273	25	9.2%
Information Not Available	1,989	10.9%	2,016	1,930	59	3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,677		78,142	65,169
Male	39,889	63.6%	53,356	41,300	-1,411	-3.4%
Female	22,785	36.4%	24,781	23,866	-1,081	-4.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	62,677		78,142	65,169
Hispanic or Latino	8,084	12.9%	10,197	8,010	74	0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,908	81.2%	63,461	53,296	-2,388	-4.5%
Information Not Available	3,685	5.9%	4,484	3,863	-178	-4.6%

Race	62,677		78,142	65,169
American Indian or Alaskan Native	325	0.5%	397	322	3	0.9%
Asian	1,948	3.1%	2,094	2,165	-217	-10.0%
Black or African American	5,556	8.9%	6,067	5,806	-250	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	150	0.2%	177	148	2	1.4%
White	45,868	73.2%	58,447	48,283	-2,415	-5.0%
Information Not Available	8,830	14.1%	10,960	8,445	385	4.6%

Years of Age	62,677		78,142	65,169
Younger than 22	1,093	1.1%	1,577	1,140	-47	-4.1%
22-24	2,633	2.5%	3,510	2,811	-178	-6.3%
25-34	14,030	13.6%	17,898	14,190	-160	-1.1%
35-44	13,408	13.0%	16,633	14,215	-807	-5.7%
45-54	15,196	14.7%	18,581	16,571	-1,375	-8.3%
55-59	7,223	7.0%	8,865	7,465	-242	-3.2%
60-64	5,199	5.0%	6,230	5,071	128	2.5%
65 and older	3,895	3.8%	4,848	3,706	189	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	62,677		78,142	65,169
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	458	0.7%	925	508	-50	-9.8%
Mining	142	0.2%	232	118	24	20.3%
Utilities	173	0.3%	193	120	53	44.2%
Construction	11,594	18.4%	16,871	11,744	-150	-1.3%
Manufacturing	4,977	7.9%	5,307	5,311	-334	-6.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,538	4.0%	2,669	2,494	44	1.8%
Retail Trade	5,052	8.0%	5,721	4,957	95	1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,002	3.2%	2,130	1,860	142	7.6%
Information	1,345	2.1%	1,411	3,858	-2,513	-65.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,073	3.3%	2,033	2,155	-82	-3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,126	1.8%	1,296	1,130	-4	-0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,333	8.4%	5,892	5,060	273	5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	316	0.5%	336	288	28	9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,590	12.0%	11,485	7,683	-93	-1.2%
Educational Services	1,004	1.6%	1,123	1,102	-98	-8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,401	8.6%	5,419	5,154	247	4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,470	2.3%	2,635	1,409	61	4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,269	6.8%	5,818	4,220	49	1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,950	4.7%	3,353	3,455	-505	-14.6%
Public Administration	1,234	2.0%	1,432	972	262	27.0%
Information Not Available	1,630	2.6%	1,861	1,571	59	3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,078		40,012	36,868
Male	14,333	39.7%	17,431	15,578	-1,245	-8.0%
Female	11,818	32.8%	12,427	12,658	-840	-6.6%
Information Not Available	9,927	27.5%	10,154	8,632	1,295	15.0%

Ethnicity	36,078		40,012	36,868
Hispanic or Latino	1,386	3.8%	1,772	1,509	-123	-8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,986	66.5%	27,288	26,037	-2,051	-7.9%
Information Not Available	10,706	29.7%	10,952	9,322	1,384	14.8%

Race	36,078		40,012	36,868
American Indian or Alaskan Native	101	0.3%	110	85	16	18.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	11,901	33.0%	12,762	12,813	-912	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1%	46	48	-3	-6.3%
White	11,939	33.1%	14,370	13,091	-1,152	-8.8%
Information Not Available	12,092	33.5%	12,724	10,831	1,261	11.6%

Years of Age	36,078		40,012	36,868
Younger than 22	348	0.8%	419	431	-83	-19.3%
22-24	1,064	2.3%	1,152	1,252	-188	-15.0%
25-34	6,369	13.9%	7,006	7,004	-635	-9.1%
35-44	5,525	12.1%	6,127	6,154	-629	-10.2%
45-54	5,916	12.9%	6,747	6,449	-533	-8.3%
55-59	3,107	6.8%	3,590	3,047	60	2.0%
60-64	2,247	4.9%	2,631	2,184	63	2.9%
65 and older	1,575	3.4%	2,186	1,715	-140	-8.2%
Information Not Available	9,927	21.7%	10,154	8,632	1,295	15.0%

Industry	36,078		40,012	36,868
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.1%	74	66	-22	-33.3%
Mining	15	0.0%	33	44	-29	-65.9%
Utilities	30	0.1%	33	35	-5	-14.3%
Construction	3,602	10.0%	5,162	3,644	-42	-1.2%
Manufacturing	277	0.8%	313	353	-76	-21.5%
Wholesale Trade	984	2.7%	1,040	1,153	-169	-14.7%
Retail Trade	1,095	3.0%	1,139	1,254	-159	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	777	2.2%	781	660	117	17.7%
Information	454	1.3%	472	526	-72	-13.7%
Finance and Insurance	966	2.7%	871	953	13	1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	602	1.7%	635	624	-22	-3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,447	6.8%	2,526	2,486	-39	-1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	147	0.4%	148	82	65	79.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,946	10.9%	4,254	4,445	-499	-11.2%
Educational Services	694	1.9%	728	751	-57	-7.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,338	6.5%	2,289	2,640	-302	-11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	391	1.1%	759	366	25	6.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,972	5.5%	2,886	2,183	-211	-9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	711	2.0%	739	814	-103	-12.7%
Public Administration	577	1.6%	711	541	36	6.7%
Information Not Available	14,009	38.8%	14,419	13,248	761	5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,835		9,098	8,764
Male	5,310	67.8%	6,203	6,016	-706	-11.7%
Female	2,525	32.2%	2,895	2,748	-223	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,835		9,098	8,764
Hispanic or Latino	171	2.2%	216	169	2	1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,801	86.8%	7,893	7,665	-864	-11.3%
Information Not Available	863	11.0%	989	930	-67	-7.2%

Race	7,835		9,098	8,764
American Indian or Alaskan Native	83	1.1%	96	110	-27	-24.5%
Asian	50	0.6%	61	69	-19	-27.5%
Black or African American	106	1.4%	135	146	-40	-27.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	7,214	92.1%	8,334	7,966	-752	-9.4%
Information Not Available	382	4.9%	472	473	-91	-19.2%

Years of Age	7,835		9,098	8,764
Younger than 22	182	1.3%	192	181	1	0.6%
22-24	282	2.0%	353	414	-132	-31.9%
25-34	1,719	12.0%	2,013	1,779	-60	-3.4%
35-44	1,565	11.0%	1,836	1,723	-158	-9.2%
45-54	1,755	12.3%	1,974	2,058	-303	-14.7%
55-59	973	6.8%	1,097	1,165	-192	-16.5%
60-64	760	5.3%	903	854	-94	-11.0%
65 and older	599	4.2%	730	590	9	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,835		9,098	8,764
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	553	6.6%	209	662	-109	-16.5%
Mining	10	0.1%	17	3	7	233.3%
Utilities	10	0.1%	11	17	-7	-41.2%
Construction	1,313	15.7%	1,961	1,581	-268	-17.0%
Manufacturing	705	8.4%	863	934	-229	-24.5%
Wholesale Trade	225	2.7%	264	266	-41	-15.4%
Retail Trade	657	7.8%	665	728	-71	-9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	318	3.8%	234	352	-34	-9.7%
Information	53	0.6%	61	49	4	8.2%
Finance and Insurance	92	1.1%	90	118	-26	-22.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	61	0.7%	76	73	-12	-16.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	184	2.2%	202	191	-7	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	17	19	-9	-47.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	644	7.7%	877	611	33	5.4%
Educational Services	62	0.7%	89	72	-10	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	385	4.6%	379	412	-27	-6.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	1.5%	175	123	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	584	7.0%	981	715	-131	-18.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	132	1.6%	174	123	9	7.3%
Public Administration	96	1.1%	141	95	1	1.1%
Information Not Available	1,618	19.3%	1,612	1,620	-2	-0.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,746		89,176	75,189
Male	43,844	63.8%	61,434	49,194	-5,350	-10.9%
Female	23,305	33.9%	25,883	24,417	-1,112	-4.6%
Information Not Available	1,597	2.3%	1,859	1,578	19	1.2%

Ethnicity	68,746		89,176	75,189
Hispanic or Latino	4,709	6.8%	7,344	4,425	284	6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,659	76.6%	68,129	57,548	-4,889	-8.5%
Information Not Available	11,378	16.6%	13,703	13,216	-1,838	-13.9%

Race	68,746		89,176	75,189
American Indian or Alaskan Native	708	1.0%	1,093	757	-49	-6.5%
Asian	565	0.8%	568	653	-88	-13.5%
Black or African American	10,796	15.7%	11,710	11,974	-1,178	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	67	70	-23	-32.9%
White	41,171	59.9%	55,840	44,676	-3,505	-7.8%
Information Not Available	15,459	22.5%	19,898	17,059	-1,600	-9.4%

Years of Age	68,746		89,176	75,189
Younger than 22	1,714	1.6%	2,358	1,668	46	2.8%
22-24	3,519	3.4%	4,783	3,873	-354	-9.1%
25-34	16,159	15.4%	20,721	17,632	-1,473	-8.4%
35-44	15,102	14.4%	19,236	16,521	-1,419	-8.6%
45-54	16,384	15.6%	21,663	19,063	-2,679	-14.1%
55-59	8,100	7.7%	10,402	8,607	-507	-5.9%
60-64	5,027	4.8%	6,426	5,123	-96	-1.9%
65 and older	2,739	2.6%	3,585	2,698	41	1.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%

Industry	68,746		89,176	75,189
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,004	1.4%	1,766	1,055	-51	-4.8%
Mining	315	0.5%	621	519	-204	-39.3%
Utilities	132	0.2%	201	108	24	22.2%
Construction	13,867	19.9%	20,842	14,714	-847	-5.8%
Manufacturing	9,840	14.1%	10,275	14,408	-4,568	-31.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,264	3.2%	3,200	2,882	-618	-21.4%
Retail Trade	3,958	5.7%	4,920	3,793	165	4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,296	3.3%	2,777	2,171	125	5.8%
Information	801	1.1%	803	675	126	18.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,324	1.9%	1,307	1,287	37	2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	872	1.3%	989	947	-75	-7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,584	5.1%	4,214	3,928	-344	-8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,046	4.4%	3,499	1,264	1,782	141.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,911	12.8%	12,685	9,495	-584	-6.2%
Educational Services	694	1.0%	674	744	-50	-6.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,177	6.0%	4,054	4,365	-188	-4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,379	2.0%	3,156	1,426	-47	-3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,293	4.7%	3,804	3,408	-115	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,686	2.4%	2,125	1,752	-66	-3.8%
Public Administration	865	1.2%	1,476	964	-99	-10.3%
Information Not Available	4,438	6.4%	5,788	5,284	-846	-16.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,846		60,343	45,809
Male	32,390	72.2%	47,038	33,197	-807	-2.4%
Female	12,452	27.8%	13,302	12,607	-155	-1.2%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	44,846		60,343	45,809
Hispanic or Latino	1,891	4.2%	2,687	1,918	-27	-1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,418	85.7%	51,807	38,900	-482	-1.2%
Information Not Available	4,537	10.1%	5,849	4,991	-454	-9.1%

Race	44,846		60,343	45,809
American Indian or Alaskan Native	659	1.5%	813	599	60	10.0%
Asian	863	1.9%	956	907	-44	-4.9%
Black or African American	3,033	6.8%	3,185	2,864	169	5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	86	0.2%	98	90	-4	-4.4%
White	36,487	81.4%	50,448	37,690	-1,203	-3.2%
Information Not Available	3,718	8.3%	4,843	3,659	59	1.6%

Years of Age	44,846		60,343	45,809
Younger than 22	621	0.8%	1,078	628	-7	-1.1%
22-24	1,932	2.5%	2,939	2,040	-108	-5.3%
25-34	10,333	13.4%	14,616	11,004	-671	-6.1%
35-44	9,851	12.7%	13,246	9,737	114	1.2%
45-54	9,944	12.9%	12,971	10,496	-552	-5.3%
55-59	5,910	7.6%	7,495	5,828	82	1.4%
60-64	4,028	5.2%	5,081	3,924	104	2.7%
65 and older	2,217	2.9%	2,904	2,144	73	3.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	13	8	2	25.0%

Industry	44,846		60,343	45,809
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	721	1.6%	1,039	716	5	0.7%
Mining	430	0.9%	645	783	-353	-45.1%
Utilities	147	0.3%	264	132	15	11.4%
Construction	14,550	31.9%	23,248	14,705	-155	-1.1%
Manufacturing	5,462	12.0%	6,596	5,885	-423	-7.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,688	3.7%	2,038	1,740	-52	-3.0%
Retail Trade	2,656	5.8%	3,028	2,484	172	6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,525	3.3%	1,733	1,485	40	2.7%
Information	615	1.3%	656	543	72	13.3%
Finance and Insurance	934	2.0%	916	888	46	5.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	540	1.2%	599	489	51	10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,412	5.3%	2,733	2,459	-47	-1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	711	1.6%	804	999	-288	-28.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,776	8.3%	5,701	3,821	-45	-1.2%
Educational Services	751	1.6%	843	668	83	12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,487	5.5%	2,431	2,530	-43	-1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	534	1.2%	957	578	-44	-7.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,760	3.9%	2,096	1,675	85	5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,123	2.5%	1,329	1,101	22	2.0%
Public Administration	736	1.6%	1,099	692	44	6.4%
Information Not Available	1,288	2.8%	1,588	1,436	-148	-10.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,094		30,115	22,208
Male	13,553	56.3%	17,712	12,448	1,105	8.9%
Female	10,513	43.6%	12,368	9,721	792	8.1%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	35	39	-11	-28.2%

Ethnicity	24,094		30,115	22,208
Hispanic or Latino	952	4.0%	1,281	920	32	3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,957	78.7%	23,558	17,305	1,652	9.5%
Information Not Available	4,185	17.4%	5,276	3,983	202	5.1%

Race	24,094		30,115	22,208
American Indian or Alaskan Native	147	0.6%	168	139	8	5.8%
Asian	215	0.9%	271	153	62	40.5%
Black or African American	5,196	21.6%	6,207	4,883	313	6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	255	1.1%	412	932	-677	-72.6%
White	15,719	65.2%	19,899	14,699	1,020	6.9%
Information Not Available	2,562	10.6%	3,158	1,402	1,160	82.7%

Years of Age	24,094		30,115	22,208
Younger than 22	276	0.7%	320	258	18	7.0%
22-24	880	2.3%	1,082	838	42	5.0%
25-34	5,377	14.2%	6,380	5,151	226	4.4%
35-44	5,587	14.8%	6,873	5,193	394	7.6%
45-54	5,836	15.4%	7,345	5,378	458	8.5%
55-59	2,978	7.9%	3,813	2,655	323	12.2%
60-64	1,969	5.2%	2,530	1,742	227	13.0%
65 and older	1,191	3.1%	1,772	993	198	19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,094		30,115	22,208
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	136	0.6%	247	116	20	17.2%
Mining	60	0.2%	100	123	-63	-51.2%
Utilities	34	0.1%	41	30	4	13.3%
Construction	3,740	15.4%	5,151	2,883	857	29.7%
Manufacturing	2,706	11.2%	3,507	3,141	-435	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,022	4.2%	1,127	981	41	4.2%
Retail Trade	2,497	10.3%	2,630	2,171	326	15.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	900	3.7%	1,731	701	199	28.4%
Information	471	1.9%	504	346	125	36.1%
Finance and Insurance	822	3.4%	812	637	185	29.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	394	1.6%	447	368	26	7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,275	5.3%	1,390	1,125	150	13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	143	0.6%	144	108	35	32.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,016	12.4%	3,914	3,016	0	0.0%
Educational Services	415	1.7%	448	418	-3	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,537	10.5%	2,569	2,344	193	8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	355	1.5%	691	327	28	8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,687	7.0%	2,497	1,583	104	6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	579	2.4%	673	533	46	8.6%
Public Administration	271	1.1%	361	247	24	9.7%
Information Not Available	1,034	4.3%	1,131	1,010	24	2.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,355		10,563	12,313
Male	4,894	52.3%	5,599	7,042	-2,148	-30.5%
Female	4,449	47.6%	4,952	5,255	-806	-15.3%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	12	16	-4	-25.0%

Ethnicity	9,355		10,563	12,313
Hispanic or Latino	223	2.4%	236	211	12	5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,744	93.5%	9,931	11,206	-2,462	-22.0%
Information Not Available	388	4.1%	396	896	-508	-56.7%

Race	9,355		10,563	12,313
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.5%	44	41	5	12.2%
Asian	99	1.1%	120	81	18	22.2%
Black or African American	5,362	57.3%	6,218	6,767	-1,405	-20.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.4%	26	37	-2	-5.4%
White	3,540	37.8%	3,880	5,071	-1,531	-30.2%
Information Not Available	273	2.9%	275	316	-43	-13.6%

Years of Age	9,355		10,563	12,313
Younger than 22	108	0.9%	107	130	-22	-16.9%
22-24	370	3.0%	414	602	-232	-38.5%
25-34	2,184	18.0%	2,330	3,063	-879	-28.7%
35-44	2,284	18.8%	2,514	2,947	-663	-22.5%
45-54	2,173	17.9%	2,513	2,702	-529	-19.6%
55-59	1,035	8.5%	1,166	1,294	-259	-20.0%
60-64	756	6.2%	902	955	-199	-20.8%
65 and older	445	3.7%	617	620	-175	-28.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,355		10,563	12,313
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	2.0%	500	261	-73	-28.0%
Mining	28	0.3%	27	207	-179	-86.5%
Utilities	12	0.1%	6	15	-3	-20.0%
Construction	512	5.4%	595	814	-302	-37.1%
Manufacturing	1,206	12.6%	1,191	1,616	-410	-25.4%
Wholesale Trade	300	3.1%	296	331	-31	-9.4%
Retail Trade	799	8.4%	907	949	-150	-15.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	256	2.7%	399	255	1	0.4%
Information	165	1.7%	174	90	75	83.3%
Finance and Insurance	166	1.7%	147	194	-28	-14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	94	1.0%	108	124	-30	-24.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	222	2.3%	239	386	-164	-42.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	1.0%	113	135	-38	-28.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	892	9.3%	989	1,098	-206	-18.8%
Educational Services	216	2.3%	278	207	9	4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	902	9.5%	945	945	-43	-4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	0.6%	65	130	-68	-52.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	580	6.1%	766	702	-122	-17.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	153	1.6%	148	166	-13	-7.8%
Public Administration	134	1.4%	162	256	-122	-47.7%
Information Not Available	2,371	24.8%	2,508	3,432	-1,061	-30.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,602		9,379	6,978
Male	4,424	67.0%	7,024	4,773	-349	-7.3%
Female	2,176	33.0%	2,352	2,199	-23	-1.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	6	-4	-66.7%

Ethnicity	6,602		9,379	6,978
Hispanic or Latino	299	4.5%	387	318	-19	-6.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,940	90.0%	8,504	6,314	-374	-5.9%
Information Not Available	363	5.5%	488	346	17	4.9%

Race	6,602		9,379	6,978
American Indian or Alaskan Native	870	13.2%	1,106	756	114	15.1%
Asian	36	0.5%	41	29	7	24.1%
Black or African American	68	1.0%	82	70	-2	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	25	18	2	11.1%
White	5,515	83.5%	8,004	6,006	-491	-8.2%
Information Not Available	93	1.4%	121	99	-6	-6.1%

Years of Age	6,602		9,379	6,978
Younger than 22	118	1.0%	196	158	-40	-25.3%
22-24	356	3.1%	474	328	28	8.5%
25-34	1,675	14.5%	2,422	1,760	-85	-4.8%
35-44	1,343	11.7%	1,996	1,532	-189	-12.3%
45-54	1,375	11.9%	1,879	1,478	-103	-7.0%
55-59	773	6.7%	1,110	817	-44	-5.4%
60-64	592	5.1%	798	576	16	2.8%
65 and older	370	3.2%	504	329	41	12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,602		9,379	6,978
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	252	3.7%	351	218	34	15.6%
Mining	133	1.9%	250	328	-195	-59.5%
Utilities	13	0.2%	24	18	-5	-27.8%
Construction	1,385	20.2%	2,756	1,492	-107	-7.2%
Manufacturing	345	5.0%	521	382	-37	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	133	1.9%	162	168	-35	-20.8%
Retail Trade	560	8.2%	692	509	51	10.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	238	3.5%	297	296	-58	-19.6%
Information	83	1.2%	72	60	23	38.3%
Finance and Insurance	114	1.7%	110	84	30	35.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	105	1.5%	120	107	-2	-1.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	228	3.3%	246	270	-42	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	3	10	-7	-70.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	598	8.7%	995	611	-13	-2.1%
Educational Services	91	1.3%	122	103	-12	-11.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	376	5.5%	386	397	-21	-5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	166	2.4%	260	303	-137	-45.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	927	13.5%	868	954	-27	-2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	164	2.4%	200	162	2	1.2%
Public Administration	449	6.6%	538	290	159	54.8%
Information Not Available	239	3.5%	406	216	23	10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,183		22,525	24,347
Male	9,666	47.9%	11,132	12,363	-2,697	-21.8%
Female	10,508	52.1%	11,383	11,971	-1,463	-12.2%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	10	13	-4	-30.8%

Ethnicity	20,183		22,525	24,347
Hispanic or Latino	965	4.8%	1,126	1,176	-211	-17.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,811	93.2%	20,961	22,569	-3,758	-16.7%
Information Not Available	407	2.0%	438	602	-195	-32.4%

Race	20,183		22,525	24,347
American Indian or Alaskan Native	321	1.6%	359	319	2	0.6%
Asian	316	1.6%	330	324	-8	-2.5%
Black or African American	9,173	45.4%	9,622	11,259	-2,086	-18.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.2%	38	38	-3	-7.9%
White	9,055	44.9%	10,718	10,885	-1,830	-16.8%
Information Not Available	1,283	6.4%	1,458	1,522	-239	-15.7%

Years of Age	20,183		22,525	24,347
Younger than 22	271	1.0%	278	376	-105	-27.9%
22-24	793	2.8%	836	1,134	-341	-30.1%
25-34	5,009	17.9%	5,452	6,462	-1,453	-22.5%
35-44	4,917	17.6%	5,507	5,838	-921	-15.8%
45-54	5,048	18.1%	5,762	5,925	-877	-14.8%
55-59	2,135	7.6%	2,456	2,434	-299	-12.3%
60-64	1,294	4.6%	1,424	1,398	-104	-7.4%
65 and older	716	2.6%	810	780	-64	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,183		22,525	24,347
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70	0.3%	103	123	-53	-43.1%
Mining	7	0.0%	7	6	1	16.7%
Utilities	26	0.1%	25	25	1	4.0%
Construction	1,201	5.9%	1,563	1,586	-385	-24.3%
Manufacturing	2,952	14.6%	2,897	3,791	-839	-22.1%
Wholesale Trade	851	4.2%	905	987	-136	-13.8%
Retail Trade	1,935	9.6%	2,143	2,043	-108	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	596	2.9%	590	717	-121	-16.9%
Information	433	2.1%	481	357	76	21.3%
Finance and Insurance	839	4.1%	816	822	17	2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	291	1.4%	390	400	-109	-27.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,390	6.9%	1,440	1,347	43	3.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.5%	105	128	-34	-26.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,000	19.8%	4,283	4,737	-737	-15.6%
Educational Services	331	1.6%	352	357	-26	-7.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,608	7.9%	1,823	1,984	-376	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	0.7%	326	196	-45	-23.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	950	4.7%	1,506	1,259	-309	-24.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	407	2.0%	496	446	-39	-8.7%
Public Administration	320	1.6%	370	437	-117	-26.8%
Information Not Available	1,731	8.5%	1,904	2,599	-868	-33.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,543		7,539	6,138
Male	3,721	81.9%	6,526	5,005	-1,284	-25.7%
Female	822	18.1%	1,013	1,133	-311	-27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,543		7,539	6,138
Hispanic or Latino	274	6.0%	486	382	-108	-28.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,147	91.3%	6,874	5,595	-1,448	-25.9%
Information Not Available	122	2.7%	179	161	-39	-24.2%

Race	4,543		7,539	6,138
American Indian or Alaskan Native	281	6.2%	418	339	-58	-17.1%
Asian	18	0.4%	24	34	-16	-47.1%
Black or African American	188	4.1%	252	352	-164	-46.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.2%	14	17	-6	-35.3%
White	3,649	80.3%	6,166	4,853	-1,204	-24.8%
Information Not Available	396	8.7%	665	543	-147	-27.1%

Years of Age	4,543		7,539	6,138
Younger than 22	48	0.6%	101	69	-21	-30.4%
22-24	169	2.2%	331	287	-118	-41.1%
25-34	1,072	13.9%	1,879	1,630	-558	-34.2%
35-44	927	12.0%	1,479	1,290	-363	-28.1%
45-54	947	12.3%	1,556	1,332	-385	-28.9%
55-59	586	7.6%	898	725	-139	-19.2%
60-64	466	6.0%	742	483	-17	-3.5%
65 and older	328	4.2%	553	322	6	1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,543		7,539	6,138
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	124	2.7%	257	80	44	55.0%
Mining	422	9.0%	696	1,216	-794	-65.3%
Utilities	11	0.2%	9	41	-30	-73.2%
Construction	1,762	37.8%	3,360	1,641	121	7.4%
Manufacturing	351	7.5%	590	452	-101	-22.3%
Wholesale Trade	202	4.3%	336	521	-319	-61.2%
Retail Trade	215	4.6%	260	230	-15	-6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	215	4.6%	307	572	-357	-62.4%
Information	30	0.6%	31	41	-11	-26.8%
Finance and Insurance	62	1.3%	61	56	6	10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	43	0.9%	50	126	-83	-65.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	206	4.4%	273	236	-30	-12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.7%	43	12	21	175.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	180	3.9%	372	187	-7	-3.7%
Educational Services	3	0.1%	4	9	-6	-66.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	141	3.0%	138	137	4	2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	14	0.3%	34	12	2	16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	119	2.5%	163	141	-22	-15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52	1.1%	71	78	-26	-33.3%
Public Administration	182	3.9%	227	148	34	23.0%
Information Not Available	176	3.8%	257	202	-26	-12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,488		6,200	4,120
Male	2,335	52.0%	3,936	2,173	162	7.5%
Female	1,809	40.3%	1,889	1,633	176	10.8%
Information Not Available	344	7.7%	375	314	30	9.6%

Ethnicity	4,488		6,200	4,120
Hispanic or Latino	415	9.2%	672	346	69	19.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,340	74.4%	4,633	3,039	301	9.9%
Information Not Available	733	16.3%	895	735	-2	-0.3%

Race	4,488		6,200	4,120
American Indian or Alaskan Native	70	1.6%	102	65	5	7.7%
Asian	154	3.4%	170	74	80	108.1%
Black or African American	505	11.3%	605	448	57	12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.4%	16	17	1	5.9%
White	2,992	66.7%	4,208	2,721	271	10.0%
Information Not Available	749	16.7%	1,099	795	-46	-5.8%

Years of Age	4,488		6,200	4,120
Younger than 22	30	0.4%	46	20	10	50.0%
22-24	108	1.5%	159	97	11	11.3%
25-34	887	12.6%	1,204	864	23	2.7%
35-44	1,060	15.1%	1,352	923	137	14.8%
45-54	1,124	16.0%	1,495	1,066	58	5.4%
55-59	564	8.0%	814	561	3	0.5%
60-64	450	6.4%	659	381	69	18.1%
65 and older	265	3.8%	471	208	57	27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,488		6,200	4,120
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.9%	63	32	10	31.3%
Mining	29	0.6%	128	45	-16	-35.6%
Utilities	11	0.2%	16	7	4	57.1%
Construction	762	16.8%	1,683	719	43	6.0%
Manufacturing	702	15.5%	584	655	47	7.2%
Wholesale Trade	169	3.7%	212	169	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	382	8.4%	411	324	58	17.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	161	3.6%	352	156	5	3.2%
Information	100	2.2%	90	76	24	31.6%
Finance and Insurance	179	4.0%	192	194	-15	-7.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	72	1.6%	75	51	21	41.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	188	4.2%	199	160	28	17.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.9%	39	34	6	17.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	451	10.0%	704	437	14	3.2%
Educational Services	77	1.7%	81	52	25	48.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	401	8.9%	376	293	108	36.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	38	0.8%	80	33	5	15.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	185	4.1%	205	159	26	16.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	80	1.8%	87	75	5	6.7%
Public Administration	120	2.6%	185	97	23	23.7%
Information Not Available	299	6.6%	438	352	-53	-15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,245		4,966	4,969
Male	2,547	60.0%	3,190	2,867	-320	-11.2%
Female	1,676	39.5%	1,750	2,066	-390	-18.9%
Information Not Available	22	0.5%	26	36	-14	-38.9%

Ethnicity	4,245		4,966	4,969
Hispanic or Latino	266	6.3%	299	186	80	43.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,439	81.0%	3,969	4,150	-711	-17.1%
Information Not Available	540	12.7%	698	633	-93	-14.7%

Race	4,245		4,966	4,969
American Indian or Alaskan Native	29	0.7%	32	29	0	0.0%
Asian	69	1.6%	59	78	-9	-11.5%
Black or African American	77	1.8%	68	90	-13	-14.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	8	9	0	0.0%
White	3,693	87.0%	4,365	4,386	-693	-15.8%
Information Not Available	368	8.7%	434	377	-9	-2.4%

Years of Age	4,245		4,966	4,969
Younger than 22	31	0.4%	34	38	-7	-18.4%
22-24	103	1.4%	128	127	-24	-18.9%
25-34	732	9.9%	842	834	-102	-12.2%
35-44	771	10.4%	924	918	-147	-16.0%
45-54	1,107	14.9%	1,259	1,316	-209	-15.9%
55-59	603	8.1%	728	747	-144	-19.3%
60-64	532	7.2%	622	584	-52	-8.9%
65 and older	366	4.9%	429	405	-39	-9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,245		4,966	4,969
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	1.0%	23	59	-14	-23.7%
Mining	13	0.3%	28	9	4	44.4%
Utilities	8	0.2%	7	10	-2	-20.0%
Construction	198	4.6%	406	255	-57	-22.4%
Manufacturing	451	10.5%	424	568	-117	-20.6%
Wholesale Trade	221	5.2%	204	259	-38	-14.7%
Retail Trade	245	5.7%	313	306	-61	-19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	94	2.2%	105	129	-35	-27.1%
Information	60	1.4%	53	57	3	5.3%
Finance and Insurance	156	3.6%	154	143	13	9.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.1%	53	67	-19	-28.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	223	5.2%	231	268	-45	-16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.8%	32	24	11	45.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	647	15.1%	793	629	18	2.9%
Educational Services	104	2.4%	116	126	-22	-17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	318	7.4%	335	378	-60	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	89	2.1%	113	140	-51	-36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	86	2.0%	92	212	-126	-59.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	127	3.0%	123	124	3	2.4%
Public Administration	79	1.8%	80	77	2	2.6%
Information Not Available	998	23.3%	1,281	1,129	-131	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	101,416		117,135	99,552
Male	56,651	55.9%	73,514	57,411	-760	-1.3%
Female	44,765	44.1%	43,621	42,141	2,624	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	101,416		117,135	99,552
Hispanic or Latino	22,310	22.0%	27,730	21,220	1,090	5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	68,588	67.6%	77,445	68,053	535	0.8%
Information Not Available	10,518	10.4%	11,960	10,279	239	2.3%

Race	101,416		117,135	99,552
American Indian or Alaskan Native	607	0.6%	590	456	151	33.1%
Asian	3,841	3.8%	4,000	3,825	16	0.4%
Black or African American	21,155	20.9%	21,901	20,602	553	2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	501	0.5%	700	585	-84	-14.4%
White	60,290	59.4%	71,906	59,568	722	1.2%
Information Not Available	15,022	14.8%	18,038	14,516	506	3.5%

Years of Age	101,416		117,135	99,552
Younger than 22	2,776	1.8%	3,395	3,071	-295	-9.6%
22-24	5,500	3.6%	6,635	5,861	-361	-6.2%
25-34	22,434	14.6%	26,688	22,641	-207	-0.9%
35-44	19,836	12.9%	23,619	19,925	-89	-0.4%
45-54	23,245	15.2%	27,110	23,105	140	0.6%
55-59	11,376	7.4%	12,805	10,748	628	5.8%
60-64	8,434	5.5%	9,064	7,585	849	11.2%
65 and older	7,815	5.1%	7,819	6,616	1,199	18.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	101,416		117,135	99,552
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	634	0.6%	1,154	657	-23	-3.5%
Mining	61	0.1%	121	98	-37	-37.8%
Utilities	131	0.1%	194	126	5	4.0%
Construction	10,570	10.4%	16,245	11,037	-467	-4.2%
Manufacturing	6,026	5.9%	6,700	5,859	167	2.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,848	4.8%	5,143	5,221	-373	-7.1%
Retail Trade	10,640	10.4%	11,922	12,225	-1,585	-13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,275	7.1%	5,376	4,971	2,304	46.3%
Information	1,804	1.8%	1,690	1,825	-21	-1.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,289	3.2%	3,301	3,242	47	1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,693	1.7%	1,982	1,728	-35	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,874	5.8%	6,330	5,788	86	1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,487	1.5%	1,474	1,397	90	6.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,511	14.2%	19,741	14,251	260	1.8%
Educational Services	1,817	1.8%	1,781	1,772	45	2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,984	7.8%	8,093	8,773	-789	-9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,080	2.0%	4,216	2,104	-24	-1.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,171	10.9%	11,446	8,746	2,425	27.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,408	2.4%	2,622	2,448	-40	-1.6%
Public Administration	1,771	1.7%	1,493	1,455	316	21.7%
Information Not Available	5,342	5.2%	6,111	5,829	-487	-8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,599		11,379	13,043
Male	6,215	58.6%	6,905	8,398	-2,183	-26.0%
Female	4,384	41.4%	4,474	4,645	-261	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,599		11,379	13,043
Hispanic or Latino	5,791	54.6%	6,129	6,968	-1,177	-16.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,877	36.6%	4,219	4,926	-1,049	-21.3%
Information Not Available	931	8.8%	1,031	1,149	-218	-19.0%

Race	10,599		11,379	13,043
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,160	10.9%	1,331	1,552	-392	-25.3%
Asian	80	0.8%	82	90	-10	-11.1%
Black or African American	328	3.1%	322	337	-9	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.2%	34	38	-14	-36.8%
White	5,694	53.7%	6,048	6,768	-1,074	-15.9%
Information Not Available	3,313	31.3%	3,562	4,258	-945	-22.2%

Years of Age	10,599		11,379	13,043
Younger than 22	264	1.7%	292	337	-73	-21.7%
22-24	537	3.5%	565	689	-152	-22.1%
25-34	2,438	15.8%	2,611	3,307	-869	-26.3%
35-44	2,367	15.3%	2,511	2,874	-507	-17.6%
45-54	2,389	15.5%	2,591	2,936	-547	-18.6%
55-59	1,230	8.0%	1,344	1,447	-217	-15.0%
60-64	841	5.4%	887	921	-80	-8.7%
65 and older	533	3.4%	578	532	1	0.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,599		11,379	13,043
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,024	8.8%	1,122	968	56	5.8%
Mining	212	1.8%	233	1,340	-1,128	-84.2%
Utilities	45	0.4%	46	25	20	80.0%
Construction	1,750	15.1%	2,105	2,289	-539	-23.5%
Manufacturing	630	5.4%	696	727	-97	-13.3%
Wholesale Trade	345	3.0%	348	444	-99	-22.3%
Retail Trade	1,047	9.0%	1,027	1,131	-84	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	288	2.5%	292	443	-155	-35.0%
Information	489	4.2%	609	571	-82	-14.4%
Finance and Insurance	229	2.0%	220	221	8	3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	156	1.3%	152	224	-68	-30.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	488	4.2%	511	598	-110	-18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	20	37	-20	-54.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	936	8.1%	933	1,005	-69	-6.9%
Educational Services	252	2.2%	256	240	12	5.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	980	8.4%	959	1,015	-35	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	234	2.0%	233	270	-36	-13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	713	6.1%	742	724	-11	-1.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	218	1.9%	242	292	-74	-25.3%
Public Administration	380	3.3%	419	402	-22	-5.5%
Information Not Available	166	1.4%	214	77	89	115.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,533		22,072	23,550
Male	12,722	56.5%	12,507	13,709	-987	-7.2%
Female	9,707	43.1%	9,471	9,744	-37	-0.4%
Information Not Available	104	0.5%	94	97	7	7.2%

Ethnicity	22,533		22,072	23,550
Hispanic or Latino	4,621	20.5%	4,817	5,117	-496	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,408	63.9%	13,761	14,684	-276	-1.9%
Information Not Available	3,504	15.6%	3,494	3,749	-245	-6.5%

Race	22,533		22,072	23,550
American Indian or Alaskan Native	544	2.4%	550	583	-39	-6.7%
Asian	1,348	6.0%	1,266	1,310	38	2.9%
Black or African American	3,908	17.3%	3,570	3,506	402	11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	505	2.2%	517	594	-89	-15.0%
White	12,392	55.0%	12,154	13,312	-920	-6.9%
Information Not Available	3,836	17.0%	4,015	4,245	-409	-9.6%

Years of Age	22,533		22,072	23,550
Younger than 22	483	1.5%	509	540	-57	-10.6%
22-24	1,013	3.0%	1,020	1,164	-151	-13.0%
25-34	5,407	16.3%	5,393	5,576	-169	-3.0%
35-44	5,074	15.3%	4,967	5,360	-286	-5.3%
45-54	5,165	15.5%	5,016	5,533	-368	-6.7%
55-59	2,371	7.1%	2,346	2,509	-138	-5.5%
60-64	1,702	5.1%	1,633	1,683	19	1.1%
65 and older	1,318	4.0%	1,188	1,185	133	11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,533		22,072	23,550
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.1%	48	41	-16	-39.0%
Mining	107	0.5%	107	250	-143	-57.2%
Utilities	22	0.1%	32	22	0	0.0%
Construction	2,375	10.5%	2,580	3,144	-769	-24.5%
Manufacturing	655	2.9%	640	852	-197	-23.1%
Wholesale Trade	470	2.1%	472	575	-105	-18.3%
Retail Trade	1,674	7.4%	1,624	1,818	-144	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	908	4.0%	707	850	58	6.8%
Information	226	1.0%	217	249	-23	-9.2%
Finance and Insurance	448	2.0%	448	514	-66	-12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	705	3.1%	621	623	82	13.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	885	3.9%	846	928	-43	-4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	193	0.9%	182	165	28	17.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,202	14.2%	2,662	2,948	254	8.6%
Educational Services	198	0.9%	182	235	-37	-15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,031	4.6%	1,020	1,109	-78	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	341	1.5%	418	385	-44	-11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,976	13.2%	3,004	3,470	-494	-14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	462	2.0%	476	432	30	6.9%
Public Administration	328	1.5%	354	313	15	4.8%
Information Not Available	5,302	23.5%	5,432	4,627	675	14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	169,110		182,539	157,170
Male	98,146	58.0%	117,483	94,896	3,250	3.4%
Female	70,948	42.0%	65,051	62,266	8,682	13.9%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	5	8	8	100.0%

Ethnicity	169,110		182,539	157,170
Hispanic or Latino	32,571	19.3%	33,959	27,229	5,342	19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	114,899	67.9%	126,679	107,323	7,576	7.1%
Information Not Available	21,640	12.8%	21,901	22,618	-978	-4.3%

Race	169,110		182,539	157,170
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,546	0.9%	1,701	1,347	199	14.8%
Asian	6,087	3.6%	6,189	5,458	629	11.5%
Black or African American	30,347	17.9%	29,098	26,828	3,519	13.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,057	0.6%	994	904	153	16.9%
White	92,203	54.5%	106,603	86,035	6,168	7.2%
Information Not Available	37,870	22.4%	37,954	36,598	1,272	3.5%

Years of Age	169,110		182,539	157,170
Younger than 22	3,415	1.4%	4,399	4,043	-628	-15.5%
22-24	8,314	3.3%	9,909	9,195	-881	-9.6%
25-34	41,188	16.6%	46,655	41,555	-367	-0.9%
35-44	34,692	14.0%	38,127	33,060	1,632	4.9%
45-54	38,727	15.6%	40,873	34,714	4,013	11.6%
55-59	18,825	7.6%	19,306	15,694	3,131	20.0%
60-64	12,913	5.2%	12,674	10,505	2,408	22.9%
65 and older	11,036	4.4%	10,596	8,404	2,632	31.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	169,110		182,539	157,170
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	718	0.4%	1,006	752	-34	-4.5%
Mining	487	0.3%	999	603	-116	-19.2%
Utilities	132	0.1%	146	148	-16	-10.8%
Construction	24,716	14.6%	35,557	24,404	312	1.3%
Manufacturing	8,467	5.0%	9,587	9,738	-1,271	-13.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,518	3.2%	5,897	6,193	-675	-10.9%
Retail Trade	13,153	7.7%	14,852	15,970	-2,817	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	18,353	10.8%	7,373	4,799	13,554	282.4%
Information	6,414	3.8%	5,649	5,918	496	8.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,552	3.3%	5,614	6,008	-456	-7.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,246	1.9%	3,694	3,390	-144	-4.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,125	5.4%	9,573	8,914	211	2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	839	0.5%	902	901	-62	-6.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,762	12.2%	26,311	20,796	-34	-0.2%
Educational Services	4,601	2.7%	3,453	3,303	1,298	39.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,835	7.6%	12,666	14,081	-1,246	-8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,203	3.1%	7,842	5,359	-156	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,216	7.8%	15,366	11,610	1,606	13.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,149	2.4%	4,592	4,343	-194	-4.5%
Public Administration	5,393	3.2%	4,958	4,322	1,071	24.8%
Information Not Available	6,231	3.7%	6,502	5,618	613	10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,631		76,655	63,101
Male	39,341	64.9%	54,133	43,148	-3,807	-8.8%
Female	21,100	34.8%	22,339	19,763	1,337	6.8%
Information Not Available	190	0.3%	183	190	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	60,631		76,655	63,101
Hispanic or Latino	2,307	3.8%	2,920	2,080	227	10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	55,250	91.1%	69,968	58,055	-2,805	-4.8%
Information Not Available	3,074	5.1%	3,767	2,966	108	3.6%

Race	60,631		76,655	63,101
American Indian or Alaskan Native	312	0.5%	344	261	51	19.5%
Asian	401	0.7%	449	375	26	6.9%
Black or African American	9,982	16.5%	10,695	9,668	314	3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.1%	76	64	-6	-9.4%
White	46,551	76.8%	61,177	49,592	-3,041	-6.1%
Information Not Available	3,327	5.5%	3,914	3,141	186	5.9%

Years of Age	60,631		76,655	63,101
Younger than 22	1,045	1.0%	1,516	1,329	-284	-21.4%
22-24	2,341	2.3%	2,962	2,674	-333	-12.5%
25-34	12,883	12.6%	15,549	13,205	-322	-2.4%
35-44	13,991	13.7%	17,911	14,453	-462	-3.2%
45-54	15,426	15.1%	19,975	16,462	-1,036	-6.3%
55-59	7,749	7.6%	9,875	7,922	-173	-2.2%
60-64	4,969	4.9%	6,097	4,800	169	3.5%
65 and older	2,227	2.2%	2,770	2,256	-29	-1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	60,631		76,655	63,101
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	312	0.5%	501	337	-25	-7.4%
Mining	339	0.6%	511	1,010	-671	-66.4%
Utilities	53	0.1%	62	104	-51	-49.0%
Construction	14,146	23.2%	22,356	15,536	-1,390	-8.9%
Manufacturing	11,815	19.4%	13,597	11,078	737	6.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,638	4.3%	2,535	2,924	-286	-9.8%
Retail Trade	2,485	4.1%	2,855	2,460	25	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,017	5.0%	3,476	3,035	-18	-0.6%
Information	1,079	1.8%	1,137	726	353	48.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,667	2.7%	1,609	1,393	274	19.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	865	1.4%	1,008	1,060	-195	-18.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,749	4.5%	2,969	2,872	-123	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,077	1.8%	1,105	938	139	14.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,308	12.0%	10,450	8,107	-799	-9.9%
Educational Services	926	1.5%	1,001	866	60	6.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,180	6.9%	4,157	4,279	-99	-2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	795	1.3%	1,388	862	-67	-7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,802	3.0%	2,239	1,928	-126	-6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,186	1.9%	1,332	1,304	-118	-9.0%
Public Administration	402	0.7%	518	559	-157	-28.1%
Information Not Available	1,790	2.9%	1,849	1,723	67	3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,959		15,967	23,463
Male	8,349	55.8%	8,915	15,119	-6,770	-44.8%
Female	6,571	43.9%	7,012	8,292	-1,721	-20.8%
Information Not Available	39	0.3%	40	52	-13	-25.0%

Ethnicity	14,959		15,967	23,463
Hispanic or Latino	1,154	7.7%	1,268	2,147	-993	-46.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,805	92.3%	14,699	21,316	-7,511	-35.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,959		15,967	23,463
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,606	10.7%	1,726	2,207	-601	-27.2%
Asian	126	0.8%	156	231	-105	-45.5%
Black or African American	2,313	15.5%	2,397	3,037	-724	-23.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.2%	36	33	3	9.1%
White	9,147	61.1%	9,770	15,195	-6,048	-39.8%
Information Not Available	1,731	11.6%	1,882	2,760	-1,029	-37.3%

Years of Age	14,959		15,967	23,463
Younger than 22	167	0.7%	158	292	-125	-42.8%
22-24	493	2.2%	491	852	-359	-42.1%
25-34	3,319	14.5%	3,487	5,812	-2,493	-42.9%
35-44	3,650	16.0%	3,851	5,612	-1,962	-35.0%
45-54	3,498	15.3%	3,795	5,428	-1,930	-35.6%
55-59	1,776	7.8%	1,921	2,482	-706	-28.4%
60-64	1,238	5.4%	1,380	1,804	-566	-31.4%
65 and older	818	3.6%	884	1,181	-363	-30.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,959		15,967	23,463
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74	0.5%	70	56	18	32.1%
Mining	501	3.3%	579	2,702	-2,201	-81.5%
Utilities	75	0.5%	82	119	-44	-37.0%
Construction	1,803	12.0%	1,926	2,402	-599	-24.9%
Manufacturing	1,500	10.0%	1,570	4,142	-2,642	-63.8%
Wholesale Trade	757	5.0%	769	1,228	-471	-38.4%
Retail Trade	1,643	10.9%	1,677	1,630	13	0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	414	2.8%	450	566	-152	-26.9%
Information	381	2.5%	405	468	-87	-18.6%
Finance and Insurance	483	3.2%	492	440	43	9.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	313	2.1%	335	443	-130	-29.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	849	5.6%	831	1,221	-372	-30.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	174	1.2%	171	248	-74	-29.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,756	11.7%	2,133	2,638	-882	-33.4%
Educational Services	276	1.8%	312	371	-95	-25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,403	9.3%	1,513	1,536	-133	-8.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	139	0.9%	163	161	-22	-13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	709	4.7%	784	717	-8	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	419	2.8%	455	675	-256	-37.9%
Public Administration	732	4.9%	714	866	-134	-15.5%
Information Not Available	558	3.7%	536	834	-276	-33.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,305		31,216	28,839
Male	16,708	59.0%	19,101	17,385	-677	-3.9%
Female	11,590	40.9%	12,106	11,443	147	1.3%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	9	11	-4	-36.4%

Ethnicity	28,305		31,216	28,839
Hispanic or Latino	3,051	10.8%	3,698	3,194	-143	-4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,543	79.6%	24,602	22,308	235	1.1%
Information Not Available	2,711	9.6%	2,916	3,337	-626	-18.8%

Race	28,305		31,216	28,839
American Indian or Alaskan Native	386	1.4%	420	394	-8	-2.0%
Asian	661	2.3%	668	675	-14	-2.1%
Black or African American	598	2.1%	616	660	-62	-9.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	189	0.7%	220	218	-29	-13.3%
White	17,467	61.7%	19,119	17,110	357	2.1%
Information Not Available	9,004	31.8%	10,173	9,782	-778	-8.0%

Years of Age	28,305		31,216	28,839
Younger than 22	324	0.7%	368	359	-35	-9.7%
22-24	872	2.0%	1,051	1,032	-160	-15.5%
25-34	6,437	14.9%	6,989	6,510	-73	-1.1%
35-44	6,723	15.6%	7,219	6,735	-12	-0.2%
45-54	6,602	15.3%	7,265	6,911	-309	-4.5%
55-59	3,281	7.6%	3,696	3,412	-131	-3.8%
60-64	2,568	5.9%	2,892	2,436	132	5.4%
65 and older	1,498	3.5%	1,736	1,444	54	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,305		31,216	28,839
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,112	3.8%	1,525	1,104	8	0.7%
Mining	70	0.2%	123	91	-21	-23.1%
Utilities	65	0.2%	73	62	3	4.8%
Construction	3,597	12.2%	4,480	3,285	312	9.5%
Manufacturing	3,596	12.2%	3,731	3,979	-383	-9.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,117	3.8%	1,106	1,120	-3	-0.3%
Retail Trade	2,880	9.8%	3,077	2,890	-10	-0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	840	2.9%	1,007	858	-18	-2.1%
Information	901	3.1%	907	749	152	20.3%
Finance and Insurance	778	2.6%	763	773	5	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	487	1.7%	498	445	42	9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,441	4.9%	1,456	1,322	119	9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	187	0.6%	212	248	-61	-24.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,808	9.5%	3,134	3,203	-395	-12.3%
Educational Services	460	1.6%	508	497	-37	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,925	9.9%	2,897	2,702	223	8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	284	1.0%	436	298	-14	-4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,947	6.6%	2,259	1,994	-47	-2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	840	2.9%	823	719	121	16.8%
Public Administration	695	2.4%	844	723	-28	-3.9%
Information Not Available	1,275	4.3%	1,357	1,777	-502	-28.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	118,276		143,016	136,039
Male	72,262	61.1%	94,240	87,103	-14,841	-17.0%
Female	45,997	38.9%	48,756	48,924	-2,927	-6.0%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	20	12	5	41.7%

Ethnicity	118,276		143,016	136,039
Hispanic or Latino	8,022	6.8%	9,638	7,920	102	1.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	105,986	89.6%	128,768	123,935	-17,949	-14.5%
Information Not Available	4,268	3.6%	4,610	4,184	84	2.0%

Race	118,276		143,016	136,039
American Indian or Alaskan Native	290	0.2%	391	380	-90	-23.7%
Asian	54	0.0%	53	45	9	20.0%
Black or African American	18,079	15.3%	18,768	19,838	-1,759	-8.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,513	1.3%	1,593	1,673	-160	-9.6%
White	86,263	72.9%	108,220	102,229	-15,966	-15.6%
Information Not Available	12,077	10.2%	13,991	11,874	203	1.7%

Years of Age	118,276		143,016	136,039
Younger than 22	2,387	1.2%	2,933	2,911	-524	-18.0%
22-24	5,306	2.7%	6,799	6,640	-1,334	-20.1%
25-34	26,798	13.8%	32,442	31,312	-4,514	-14.4%
35-44	24,259	12.5%	29,345	27,975	-3,716	-13.3%
45-54	28,131	14.5%	33,940	32,214	-4,083	-12.7%
55-59	13,998	7.2%	16,783	16,124	-2,126	-13.2%
60-64	10,228	5.3%	12,229	11,484	-1,256	-10.9%
65 and older	7,169	3.7%	8,545	7,379	-210	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	118,276		143,016	136,039
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	399	0.3%	665	340	59	17.4%
Mining	1,100	0.9%	1,904	4,753	-3,653	-76.9%
Utilities	238	0.2%	258	312	-74	-23.7%
Construction	21,443	18.1%	31,516	22,806	-1,363	-6.0%
Manufacturing	14,050	11.8%	15,507	20,827	-6,777	-32.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,126	3.5%	4,427	5,005	-879	-17.6%
Retail Trade	11,832	10.0%	12,213	12,127	-295	-2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,435	5.4%	7,035	7,260	-825	-11.4%
Information	2,036	1.7%	1,990	1,782	254	14.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,478	2.9%	3,440	3,394	84	2.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,547	1.3%	1,672	1,810	-263	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,307	5.3%	6,622	6,610	-303	-4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	826	0.7%	843	929	-103	-11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,654	11.5%	18,685	14,542	-888	-6.1%
Educational Services	2,152	1.8%	2,324	2,501	-349	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,698	10.7%	12,508	13,881	-1,183	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,404	2.0%	4,356	2,515	-111	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,364	5.4%	8,578	7,039	-675	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,706	2.3%	2,853	2,769	-63	-2.3%
Public Administration	1,336	1.1%	1,990	1,169	167	14.3%
Information Not Available	3,145	2.7%	3,630	3,668	-523	-14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,199		19,338	18,071
Male	10,529	54.8%	10,716	10,598	-69	-0.7%
Female	8,670	45.2%	8,622	7,473	1,197	16.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,199		19,338	18,071
Hispanic or Latino	18,901	98.4%	19,040	17,790	1,111	6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	125	0.7%	121	97	28	28.9%
Information Not Available	173	0.9%	177	184	-11	-6.0%

Race	19,199		19,338	18,071
American Indian or Alaskan Native	204	1.1%	213	124	80	64.5%
Asian	13	0.1%	14	17	-4	-23.5%
Black or African American	1,065	5.5%	1,022	994	71	7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	14	16	0	0.0%
White	3,748	19.5%	3,844	4,300	-552	-12.8%
Information Not Available	14,153	73.7%	14,231	12,620	1,533	12.1%

Years of Age	19,199		19,338	18,071
Younger than 22	497	2.3%	499	563	-66	-11.7%
22-24	1,211	5.5%	1,217	1,327	-116	-8.7%
25-34	5,235	23.8%	5,319	5,073	162	3.2%
35-44	4,953	22.5%	4,903	4,644	309	6.7%
45-54	4,279	19.4%	4,297	3,789	490	12.9%
55-59	1,533	7.0%	1,571	1,373	160	11.7%
60-64	914	4.1%	933	808	106	13.1%
65 and older	571	2.6%	590	486	85	17.5%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	9	8	-2	-25.0%

Industry	19,199		19,338	18,071
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	562	2.8%	500	440	122	27.7%
Mining	9	0.0%	8	33	-24	-72.7%
Utilities	20	0.1%	18	23	-3	-13.0%
Construction	1,851	9.4%	1,980	2,269	-418	-18.4%
Manufacturing	2,811	14.2%	2,811	2,396	415	17.3%
Wholesale Trade	575	2.9%	577	577	-2	-0.3%
Retail Trade	1,942	9.8%	1,887	2,042	-100	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	192	1.0%	227	261	-69	-26.4%
Information	237	1.2%	229	355	-118	-33.2%
Finance and Insurance	353	1.8%	341	437	-84	-19.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	241	1.2%	233	296	-55	-18.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	648	3.3%	577	862	-214	-24.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	13	13	4	30.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,042	15.4%	2,931	3,137	-95	-3.0%
Educational Services	539	2.7%	620	486	53	10.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,301	6.6%	1,354	1,321	-20	-1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	96	0.5%	115	86	10	11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,010	5.1%	1,047	1,270	-260	-20.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	242	1.2%	247	260	-18	-6.9%
Public Administration	2,995	15.2%	3,075	805	2,190	272.0%
Information Not Available	516	2.6%	548	702	-186	-26.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,213		12,578	9,596
Male	5,507	59.8%	8,370	5,778	-271	-4.7%
Female	3,706	40.2%	4,208	3,818	-112	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,213		12,578	9,596
Hispanic or Latino	1,502	16.3%	2,022	1,452	50	3.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,744	62.3%	7,760	5,930	-186	-3.1%
Information Not Available	1,967	21.4%	2,796	2,214	-247	-11.2%

Race	9,213		12,578	9,596
American Indian or Alaskan Native	79	0.9%	100	98	-19	-19.4%
Asian	111	1.2%	116	148	-37	-25.0%
Black or African American	610	6.6%	663	634	-24	-3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.5%	51	46	3	6.5%
White	6,251	67.8%	8,695	6,518	-267	-4.1%
Information Not Available	2,113	22.9%	2,953	2,152	-39	-1.8%

Years of Age	9,213		12,578	9,596
Younger than 22	230	1.6%	295	195	35	17.9%
22-24	439	3.0%	586	462	-23	-5.0%
25-34	2,149	14.6%	2,962	2,277	-128	-5.6%
35-44	1,908	13.0%	2,567	2,050	-142	-6.9%
45-54	2,132	14.5%	2,937	2,156	-24	-1.1%
55-59	1,011	6.9%	1,396	1,057	-46	-4.4%
60-64	740	5.0%	1,036	795	-55	-6.9%
65 and older	604	4.1%	799	604	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,213		12,578	9,596
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78	0.8%	159	71	7	9.9%
Mining	11	0.1%	37	11	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	9	9	-4	-44.4%
Construction	1,684	18.1%	2,751	1,576	108	6.9%
Manufacturing	776	8.4%	876	979	-203	-20.7%
Wholesale Trade	312	3.4%	332	394	-82	-20.8%
Retail Trade	699	7.5%	808	812	-113	-13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	248	2.7%	330	240	8	3.3%
Information	102	1.1%	88	120	-18	-15.0%
Finance and Insurance	374	4.0%	385	327	47	14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	157	1.7%	215	163	-6	-3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	466	5.0%	506	413	53	12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	123	1.3%	111	103	20	19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,459	15.7%	2,426	1,466	-7	-0.5%
Educational Services	134	1.4%	145	151	-17	-11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	900	9.7%	944	948	-48	-5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	287	3.1%	579	260	27	10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	816	8.8%	1,206	918	-102	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	298	3.2%	331	331	-33	-10.0%
Public Administration	63	0.7%	85	67	-4	-6.0%
Information Not Available	221	2.4%	255	237	-16	-6.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,504		17,277	17,874
Male	8,084	49.0%	8,842	9,089	-1,005	-11.1%
Female	8,420	51.0%	8,435	8,785	-365	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,504		17,277	17,874
Hispanic or Latino	581	3.5%	627	565	16	2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,624	94.7%	16,330	16,916	-1,292	-7.6%
Information Not Available	299	1.8%	320	393	-94	-23.9%

Race	16,504		17,277	17,874
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	0.7%	100	102	7	6.9%
Asian	138	0.8%	147	128	10	7.8%
Black or African American	7,918	48.0%	7,851	8,346	-428	-5.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%	22	33	-13	-39.4%
White	7,626	46.2%	8,430	8,528	-902	-10.6%
Information Not Available	693	4.2%	727	737	-44	-6.0%

Years of Age	16,504		17,277	17,874
Younger than 22	70	0.3%	80	73	-3	-4.1%
22-24	45	0.2%	49	56	-11	-19.6%
25-34	772	3.5%	809	788	-16	-2.0%
35-44	3,107	14.1%	3,231	3,346	-239	-7.1%
45-54	3,884	17.6%	3,995	4,325	-441	-10.2%
55-59	1,852	8.4%	1,960	1,954	-102	-5.2%
60-64	2,028	9.2%	2,149	2,178	-150	-6.9%
65 and older	4,729	21.4%	4,980	5,112	-383	-7.5%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	24	42	-25	-59.5%

Industry	16,504		17,277	17,874
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.8%	142	119	6	5.0%
Mining	10	0.1%	12	21	-11	-52.4%
Utilities	32	0.2%	26	36	-4	-11.1%
Construction	1,181	7.1%	1,447	1,278	-97	-7.6%
Manufacturing	1,914	11.5%	1,872	2,494	-580	-23.3%
Wholesale Trade	733	4.4%	687	722	11	1.5%
Retail Trade	1,577	9.5%	1,677	1,581	-4	-0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	676	4.1%	513	652	24	3.7%
Information	376	2.3%	338	278	98	35.3%
Finance and Insurance	523	3.1%	531	451	72	16.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	338	2.0%	380	323	15	4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,187	7.1%	1,182	1,232	-45	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	76	0.5%	77	121	-45	-37.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,693	16.2%	2,831	3,217	-524	-16.3%
Educational Services	241	1.4%	231	265	-24	-9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,159	7.0%	1,108	1,287	-128	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	155	0.9%	245	154	1	0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,281	7.7%	1,623	1,223	58	4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	483	2.9%	441	494	-11	-2.2%
Public Administration	259	1.6%	267	263	-4	-1.5%
Information Not Available	1,485	8.9%	1,647	1,663	-178	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,808		3,225	1,630
Male	1,215	67.2%	2,554	1,101	114	10.4%
Female	593	32.8%	671	529	64	12.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,808		3,225	1,630
Hispanic or Latino	76	4.2%	174	66	10	15.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,536	85.0%	2,764	1,301	235	18.1%
Information Not Available	196	10.8%	287	263	-67	-25.5%

Race	1,808		3,225	1,630
American Indian or Alaskan Native	193	10.7%	305	184	9	4.9%
Asian	17	0.9%	29	6	11	183.3%
Black or African American	51	2.8%	80	41	10	24.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	1	2	0	0.0%
White	1,342	74.2%	2,413	1,187	155	13.1%
Information Not Available	203	11.2%	397	210	-7	-3.3%

Years of Age	1,808		3,225	1,630
Younger than 22	16	0.5%	47	19	-3	-15.8%
22-24	55	1.9%	131	49	6	12.2%
25-34	295	10.1%	600	271	24	8.9%
35-44	384	13.1%	648	338	46	13.6%
45-54	390	13.3%	688	394	-4	-1.0%
55-59	248	8.5%	423	214	34	15.9%
60-64	226	7.7%	340	212	14	6.6%
65 and older	194	6.6%	348	133	61	45.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,808		3,225	1,630
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.8%	38	18	-3	-16.7%
Mining	44	2.4%	97	78	-34	-43.6%
Utilities	1	0.1%	3	1	0	0.0%
Construction	536	29.4%	1,326	442	94	21.3%
Manufacturing	205	11.2%	364	178	27	15.2%
Wholesale Trade	58	3.2%	82	53	5	9.4%
Retail Trade	143	7.8%	227	135	8	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	66	3.6%	111	61	5	8.2%
Information	18	1.0%	21	23	-5	-21.7%
Finance and Insurance	79	4.3%	82	78	1	1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	19	1.0%	21	16	3	18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	39	2.1%	47	41	-2	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.3%	7	1	5	500.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	89	4.9%	183	85	4	4.7%
Educational Services	46	2.5%	32	26	20	76.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	118	6.5%	104	80	38	47.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8	0.4%	25	21	-13	-61.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	108	5.9%	175	73	35	47.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	31	1.7%	44	17	14	82.4%
Public Administration	96	5.3%	124	115	-19	-16.5%
Information Not Available	83	4.6%	112	88	-5	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,456		19,360	21,536
Male	8,371	48.0%	9,774	11,356	-2,985	-26.3%
Female	9,085	52.0%	9,586	10,180	-1,095	-10.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,456		19,360	21,536
Hispanic or Latino	386	2.2%	447	393	-7	-1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,676	95.5%	18,502	21,143	-4,467	-21.1%
Information Not Available	394	2.3%	411	0	394	0.0%

Race	17,456		19,360	21,536
American Indian or Alaskan Native	69	0.4%	71	79	-10	-12.7%
Asian	116	0.7%	120	1	115	11500.0%
Black or African American	5,050	28.9%	5,300	5,597	-547	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	91	0.5%	52	141	-50	-35.5%
White	11,283	64.6%	12,989	15,194	-3,911	-25.7%
Information Not Available	847	4.9%	828	524	323	61.6%

Years of Age	17,456		19,360	21,536
Younger than 22	235	0.9%	308	205	30	14.6%
22-24	592	2.2%	629	624	-32	-5.1%
25-34	3,742	13.7%	3,888	4,205	-463	-11.0%
35-44	4,173	15.3%	4,342	4,817	-644	-13.4%
45-54	4,338	15.9%	4,850	5,296	-958	-18.1%
55-59	1,988	7.3%	2,267	2,669	-681	-25.5%
60-64	1,460	5.4%	1,729	2,164	-704	-32.5%
65 and older	928	3.4%	1,347	1,556	-628	-40.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,456		19,360	21,536
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	101	0.6%	151	68	33	48.5%
Mining	28	0.2%	44	127	-99	-78.0%
Utilities	44	0.3%	42	17	27	158.8%
Construction	1,565	8.9%	2,169	2,557	-992	-38.8%
Manufacturing	2,494	14.2%	2,612	2,951	-457	-15.5%
Wholesale Trade	874	5.0%	815	1,156	-282	-24.4%
Retail Trade	1,576	9.0%	1,666	1,881	-305	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	799	4.6%	1,101	849	-50	-5.9%
Information	380	2.2%	354	487	-107	-22.0%
Finance and Insurance	586	3.3%	536	717	-131	-18.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	300	1.7%	291	378	-78	-20.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,009	5.7%	1,012	1,379	-370	-26.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	128	0.7%	213	159	-31	-19.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,157	12.3%	2,228	3,732	-1,575	-42.2%
Educational Services	313	1.8%	310	432	-119	-27.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,597	9.1%	1,580	2,014	-417	-20.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	210	1.2%	510	269	-59	-21.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	888	5.1%	1,120	1,201	-313	-26.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	472	2.7%	542	724	-252	-34.8%
Public Administration	266	1.5%	355	400	-134	-33.5%
Information Not Available	1,669	9.5%	1,709	38	1,631	4292.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	144,178		149,259	179,776
Male	82,049	56.9%	85,514	115,858	-33,809	-29.2%
Female	61,978	43.0%	63,549	63,648	-1,670	-2.6%
Information Not Available	151	0.1%	196	270	-119	-44.1%

Ethnicity	144,178		149,259	179,776
Hispanic or Latino	47,163	32.7%	48,684	61,248	-14,085	-23.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,450	59.3%	87,241	103,858	-18,408	-17.7%
Information Not Available	11,565	8.0%	13,334	14,670	-3,105	-21.2%

Race	144,178		149,259	179,776
American Indian or Alaskan Native	584	0.4%	591	728	-144	-19.8%
Asian	3,796	2.6%	3,839	5,337	-1,541	-28.9%
Black or African American	32,301	22.4%	32,012	35,211	-2,910	-8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,678	1.9%	2,861	3,174	-496	-15.6%
White	47,962	33.3%	49,892	61,726	-13,764	-22.3%
Information Not Available	56,857	39.4%	60,064	73,600	-16,743	-22.7%

Years of Age	144,178		149,259	179,776
Younger than 22	2,577	1.4%	2,612	3,049	-472	-15.5%
22-24	6,287	3.5%	6,414	8,413	-2,126	-25.3%
25-34	34,154	18.8%	34,853	44,745	-10,591	-23.7%
35-44	34,629	19.1%	35,293	43,312	-8,683	-20.0%
45-54	33,649	18.6%	35,196	41,155	-7,506	-18.2%
55-59	15,630	8.6%	16,397	18,863	-3,233	-17.1%
60-64	10,750	5.9%	11,331	12,658	-1,908	-15.1%
65 and older	6,415	3.5%	7,025	7,416	-1,001	-13.5%
Information Not Available	87	0.0%	138	165	-78	-47.3%

Industry	144,178		149,259	179,776
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	862	0.6%	865	884	-22	-2.5%
Mining	4,089	2.8%	4,565	19,430	-15,341	-79.0%
Utilities	688	0.5%	671	516	172	33.3%
Construction	22,237	15.3%	23,771	23,307	-1,070	-4.6%
Manufacturing	12,037	8.3%	12,245	22,697	-10,660	-47.0%
Wholesale Trade	8,066	5.6%	8,095	11,197	-3,131	-28.0%
Retail Trade	11,057	7.6%	10,918	10,107	950	9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,130	3.5%	6,850	7,422	-2,292	-30.9%
Information	3,592	2.5%	3,242	3,290	302	9.2%
Finance and Insurance	7,189	5.0%	7,491	6,782	407	6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,734	1.9%	2,728	3,584	-850	-23.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,852	8.9%	13,447	15,344	-2,492	-16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	914	0.6%	1,043	1,220	-306	-25.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,484	14.1%	19,307	22,352	-1,868	-8.4%
Educational Services	2,520	1.7%	2,945	2,557	-37	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,542	8.6%	12,403	10,766	1,776	16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	733	0.5%	753	726	7	1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,560	3.1%	6,279	4,227	333	7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,522	2.4%	3,413	3,500	22	0.6%
Public Administration	1,440	1.0%	1,376	1,300	140	10.8%
Information Not Available	6,930	4.8%	6,852	8,568	-1,638	-19.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,696		12,193	12,076
Male	6,094	62.9%	8,265	8,147	-2,053	-25.2%
Female	3,596	37.1%	3,920	3,921	-325	-8.3%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	8	8	-2	-25.0%

Ethnicity	9,696		12,193	12,076
Hispanic or Latino	1,260	13.0%	1,716	1,408	-148	-10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,259	74.9%	8,966	9,479	-2,220	-23.4%
Information Not Available	1,177	12.1%	1,511	1,189	-12	-1.0%

Race	9,696		12,193	12,076
American Indian or Alaskan Native	261	2.7%	398	449	-188	-41.9%
Asian	163	1.7%	175	184	-21	-11.4%
Black or African American	206	2.1%	217	258	-52	-20.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	147	1.5%	187	200	-53	-26.5%
White	5,438	56.2%	6,356	7,861	-2,423	-30.8%
Information Not Available	3,467	35.8%	4,849	3,119	348	11.2%

Years of Age	9,696		12,193	12,076
Younger than 22	196	1.4%	294	254	-58	-22.8%
22-24	389	2.7%	522	527	-138	-26.2%
25-34	2,437	17.0%	2,958	3,136	-699	-22.3%
35-44	2,371	16.5%	2,960	2,969	-598	-20.1%
45-54	2,131	14.8%	2,679	2,626	-495	-18.8%
55-59	1,040	7.2%	1,343	1,272	-232	-18.2%
60-64	773	5.4%	942	896	-123	-13.7%
65 and older	359	2.5%	495	396	-37	-9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,696		12,193	12,076
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.4%	64	56	-17	-30.4%
Mining	103	1.1%	128	720	-617	-85.7%
Utilities	11	0.1%	16	10	1	10.0%
Construction	1,618	16.6%	2,718	1,969	-351	-17.8%
Manufacturing	953	9.8%	1,116	1,229	-276	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	439	4.5%	431	539	-100	-18.6%
Retail Trade	844	8.7%	893	903	-59	-6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	322	3.3%	385	497	-175	-35.2%
Information	276	2.8%	310	291	-15	-5.2%
Finance and Insurance	447	4.6%	469	447	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	174	1.8%	183	220	-46	-20.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	851	8.7%	875	838	13	1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.4%	43	37	-1	-2.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,340	13.8%	1,877	1,413	-73	-5.2%
Educational Services	209	2.1%	212	256	-47	-18.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	432	4.4%	464	459	-27	-5.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	84	0.9%	93	193	-109	-56.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	496	5.1%	572	696	-200	-28.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	194	2.0%	216	256	-62	-24.2%
Public Administration	162	1.7%	293	183	-21	-11.5%
Information Not Available	666	6.8%	835	864	-198	-22.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,665		32,672	33,905
Male	14,689	53.1%	18,686	19,327	-4,638	-24.0%
Female	12,967	46.9%	13,974	14,551	-1,584	-10.9%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	12	27	-18	-66.7%

Ethnicity	27,665		32,672	33,905
Hispanic or Latino	1,262	4.6%	1,619	1,500	-238	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,998	90.4%	29,554	30,713	-5,715	-18.6%
Information Not Available	1,405	5.1%	1,499	1,692	-287	-17.0%

Race	27,665		32,672	33,905
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,402	5.1%	1,782	149	1,253	840.9%
Asian	760	2.7%	827	921	-161	-17.5%
Black or African American	11,534	41.7%	13,055	14,254	-2,720	-19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,564	45.4%	15,509	15,389	-2,825	-18.4%
Information Not Available	1,405	5.1%	1,499	1,692	-287	-17.0%

Years of Age	27,665		32,672	33,905
Younger than 22	254	0.7%	319	364	-110	-30.2%
22-24	973	2.6%	1,158	1,303	-330	-25.3%
25-34	6,206	16.4%	7,086	7,812	-1,606	-20.6%
35-44	6,153	16.3%	7,148	7,556	-1,403	-18.6%
45-54	6,749	17.9%	8,155	8,311	-1,562	-18.8%
55-59	3,374	8.9%	4,080	4,109	-735	-17.9%
60-64	2,434	6.4%	2,901	2,828	-394	-13.9%
65 and older	1,522	4.0%	1,825	1,622	-100	-6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,665		32,672	33,905
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	0.5%	143	123	7	5.7%
Mining	79	0.3%	115	530	-451	-85.1%
Utilities	28	0.1%	29	35	-7	-20.0%
Construction	2,396	8.6%	4,262	3,197	-801	-25.1%
Manufacturing	2,176	7.8%	3,269	3,858	-1,682	-43.6%
Wholesale Trade	894	3.2%	939	1,019	-125	-12.3%
Retail Trade	2,501	9.0%	2,595	2,521	-20	-0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,037	3.7%	1,170	1,151	-114	-9.9%
Information	661	2.4%	659	858	-197	-23.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,033	3.7%	1,026	1,273	-240	-18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	467	1.7%	519	559	-92	-16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,277	11.8%	3,384	3,644	-367	-10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	166	0.6%	184	229	-63	-27.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,625	13.0%	4,036	4,664	-1,039	-22.3%
Educational Services	530	1.9%	515	400	130	32.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,104	7.6%	2,131	2,251	-147	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	183	0.7%	444	221	-38	-17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,144	4.1%	1,580	1,262	-118	-9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	832	3.0%	940	761	71	9.3%
Public Administration	1,896	6.8%	1,977	2,032	-136	-6.7%
Information Not Available	2,506	9.0%	2,755	3,317	-811	-24.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185		193	269
Male	123	66.5%	128	157	-34	-21.7%
Female	62	33.5%	65	112	-50	-44.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	185		193	269
Hispanic or Latino	39	21.1%	43	66	-27	-40.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	141	76.2%	144	191	-50	-26.2%
Information Not Available	5	2.7%	6	12	-7	-58.3%

Race	185		193	269
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	1.1%	2	0	2	0.0%
Asian	1	0.5%	1	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	126	68.1%	131	170	-44	-25.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1.6%	4	7	-4	-57.1%
White	12	6.5%	10	21	-9	-42.9%
Information Not Available	41	22.2%	45	71	-30	-42.3%

Years of Age	185		193	269
Younger than 22	1	0.6%	2	5	-4	-80.0%
22-24	7	4.0%	8	10	-3	-30.0%
25-34	36	20.3%	40	55	-19	-34.5%
35-44	41	23.2%	35	59	-18	-30.5%
45-54	57	32.2%	53	63	-6	-9.5%
55-59	13	7.3%	21	33	-20	-60.6%
60-64	20	11.3%	25	25	-5	-20.0%
65 and older	9	5.1%	7	19	-10	-52.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.6%	2	0	1	0.0%

Industry	185		193	269
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.5%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	61	33.0%	62	50	11	22.0%
Manufacturing	6	3.2%	6	6	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.5%	2	9	-8	-88.9%
Retail Trade	22	11.9%	26	42	-20	-47.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3	1.6%	3	9	-6	-66.7%
Information	2	1.1%	1	3	-1	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	6	3.2%	2	4	2	50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2	1.1%	4	4	-2	-50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9	4.9%	10	23	-14	-60.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	1.1%	2	13	-11	-84.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4	2.2%	2	10	-6	-60.0%
Educational Services	1	0.5%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12	6.5%	14	7	5	71.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	1.1%	2	6	-4	-66.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	18	9.7%	21	38	-20	-52.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	8.1%	14	7	8	114.3%
Public Administration	7	3.8%	9	17	-10	-58.8%
Information Not Available	11	5.9%	11	17	-6	-35.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,962		6,095	5,546
Male	3,459	69.7%	4,420	3,589	-130	-3.6%
Female	1,503	30.3%	1,675	1,957	-454	-23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,962		6,095	5,546
Hispanic or Latino	5	0.1%	3	7	-2	-28.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	766	15.4%	1,076	826	-60	-7.3%
Information Not Available	4,191	84.5%	5,016	4,713	-522	-11.1%

Race	4,962		6,095	5,546
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.0%	3	7	-5	-71.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12	0.2%	16	9	3	33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
White	756	15.2%	1,058	813	-57	-7.0%
Information Not Available	4,191	84.5%	5,016	4,713	-522	-11.1%

Years of Age	4,962		6,095	5,546
Younger than 22	70	1.3%	94	105	-35	-33.3%
22-24	184	3.5%	245	237	-53	-22.4%
25-34	1,085	20.7%	1,317	1,268	-183	-14.4%
35-44	1,000	19.1%	1,218	1,102	-102	-9.3%
45-54	1,070	20.4%	1,365	1,202	-132	-11.0%
55-59	643	12.3%	752	717	-74	-10.3%
60-64	485	9.3%	592	518	-33	-6.4%
65 and older	425	8.1%	512	397	28	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,962		6,095	5,546
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	87	1.7%	76	76	11	14.5%
Mining	26	0.5%	51	15	11	73.3%
Utilities	3	0.1%	5	4	-1	-25.0%
Construction	1,392	27.6%	1,993	1,242	150	12.1%
Manufacturing	473	9.4%	536	632	-159	-25.2%
Wholesale Trade	157	3.1%	209	169	-12	-7.1%
Retail Trade	435	8.6%	504	425	10	2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	142	2.8%	205	165	-23	-13.9%
Information	51	1.0%	42	55	-4	-7.3%
Finance and Insurance	44	0.9%	31	47	-3	-6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	71	1.4%	61	83	-12	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	139	2.8%	186	126	13	10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	3	3	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	402	8.0%	626	369	33	8.9%
Educational Services	87	1.7%	118	125	-38	-30.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	305	6.0%	371	354	-49	-13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	100	2.0%	149	123	-23	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	806	16.0%	663	1,273	-467	-36.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	112	2.2%	123	126	-14	-11.1%
Public Administration	127	2.5%	143	134	-7	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,935		56,420	49,927
Male	33,406	63.1%	36,081	30,908	2,498	8.1%
Female	19,529	36.9%	20,339	19,011	518	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%

Ethnicity	52,935		56,420	49,927
Hispanic or Latino	6,781	12.8%	8,140	0	6,781	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,631	80.5%	44,777	0	42,631	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,523	6.7%	3,503	49,927	-46,404	-92.9%

Race	52,935		56,420	49,927
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,364	2.6%	1,454	0	1,364	0.0%
Asian	1,759	3.3%	1,407	0	1,759	0.0%
Black or African American	3,743	7.1%	3,317	0	3,743	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	433	0.8%	348	0	433	0.0%
White	35,401	66.9%	37,987	0	35,401	0.0%
Information Not Available	10,235	19.3%	11,907	49,927	-39,692	-79.5%

Years of Age	52,935		56,420	49,927
Younger than 22	739	0.9%	900	554	185	33.4%
22-24	1,931	2.3%	2,208	1,735	196	11.3%
25-34	12,020	14.3%	12,745	11,199	821	7.3%
35-44	12,114	14.4%	12,749	11,404	710	6.2%
45-54	13,185	15.7%	13,957	12,361	824	6.7%
55-59	6,291	7.5%	6,790	5,880	411	7.0%
60-64	4,311	5.1%	4,587	4,305	6	0.1%
65 and older	2,344	2.8%	2,484	2,489	-145	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	52,935		56,420	49,927
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,720	4.9%	3,575	0	2,720	0.0%
Mining	137	0.2%	200	0	137	0.0%
Utilities	93	0.2%	107	0	93	0.0%
Construction	9,617	17.3%	11,469	0	9,617	0.0%
Manufacturing	7,690	13.8%	7,182	0	7,690	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,435	4.4%	2,567	0	2,435	0.0%
Retail Trade	3,998	7.2%	4,019	0	3,998	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,963	3.5%	1,983	0	1,963	0.0%
Information	1,784	3.2%	1,666	0	1,784	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,254	2.3%	1,243	0	1,254	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	778	1.4%	830	0	778	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,697	6.6%	3,741	0	3,697	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	140	0.3%	136	0	140	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,497	8.1%	4,864	0	4,497	0.0%
Educational Services	880	1.6%	941	0	880	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,831	6.9%	3,841	0	3,831	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	701	1.3%	770	0	701	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,221	4.0%	2,391	0	2,221	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,689	3.0%	1,901	0	1,689	0.0%
Public Administration	1,685	3.0%	1,882	0	1,685	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,125	2.0%	1,112	49,927	-48,802	-97.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,081		49,414	39,786
Male	22,087	61.2%	34,803	25,248	-3,161	-12.5%
Female	13,958	38.7%	14,567	14,502	-544	-3.8%
Information Not Available	36	0.1%	44	36	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,081		49,414	39,786
Hispanic or Latino	1,916	5.3%	2,822	2,117	-201	-9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,433	92.7%	45,717	36,849	-3,416	-9.3%
Information Not Available	732	2.0%	875	820	-88	-10.7%

Race	36,081		49,414	39,786
American Indian or Alaskan Native	530	1.5%	702	633	-103	-16.3%
Asian	440	1.2%	499	462	-22	-4.8%
Black or African American	4,806	13.3%	4,709	4,770	36	0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.2%	64	44	17	38.6%
White	29,512	81.8%	42,565	33,057	-3,545	-10.7%
Information Not Available	732	2.0%	875	820	-88	-10.7%

Years of Age	36,081		49,414	39,786
Younger than 22	447	0.7%	687	533	-86	-16.1%
22-24	1,205	1.9%	1,878	1,512	-307	-20.3%
25-34	7,584	12.2%	10,730	8,589	-1,005	-11.7%
35-44	7,620	12.3%	10,715	8,247	-627	-7.6%
45-54	8,735	14.1%	11,590	9,722	-987	-10.2%
55-59	4,709	7.6%	6,435	5,191	-482	-9.3%
60-64	3,475	5.6%	4,503	3,704	-229	-6.2%
65 and older	2,302	3.7%	2,871	2,284	18	0.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	4	0	0.0%

Industry	36,081		49,414	39,786
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	350	1.0%	632	386	-36	-9.3%
Mining	144	0.4%	336	310	-166	-53.5%
Utilities	40	0.1%	84	72	-32	-44.4%
Construction	7,222	19.8%	13,675	7,690	-468	-6.1%
Manufacturing	6,004	16.5%	7,358	7,649	-1,645	-21.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,201	3.3%	1,566	1,369	-168	-12.3%
Retail Trade	2,876	7.9%	3,637	3,321	-445	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,425	6.7%	2,268	1,746	679	38.9%
Information	487	1.3%	524	569	-82	-14.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,003	2.8%	998	1,134	-131	-11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	318	0.9%	385	378	-60	-15.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,090	3.0%	1,161	1,134	-44	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	382	1.0%	415	275	107	38.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,749	10.3%	6,127	4,475	-726	-16.2%
Educational Services	483	1.3%	474	529	-46	-8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,915	8.0%	2,940	2,943	-28	-1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	603	1.7%	1,151	676	-73	-10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,158	5.9%	2,421	2,167	-9	-0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	664	1.8%	741	676	-12	-1.8%
Public Administration	686	1.9%	880	740	-54	-7.3%
Information Not Available	1,281	3.5%	1,641	1,547	-266	-17.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,462		14,393	17,281
Male	7,924	69.1%	10,675	13,382	-5,458	-40.8%
Female	3,533	30.8%	3,714	3,895	-362	-9.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	4	1	25.0%

Ethnicity	11,462		14,393	17,281
Hispanic or Latino	181	1.6%	232	282	-101	-35.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,452	73.7%	10,469	12,460	-4,008	-32.2%
Information Not Available	2,829	24.7%	3,692	4,539	-1,710	-37.7%

Race	11,462		14,393	17,281
American Indian or Alaskan Native	28	0.2%	35	42	-14	-33.3%
Asian	35	0.3%	37	39	-4	-10.3%
Black or African American	439	3.8%	469	528	-89	-16.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	9	16	-8	-50.0%
White	10,075	87.9%	12,496	15,379	-5,304	-34.5%
Information Not Available	877	7.7%	1,347	1,277	-400	-31.3%

Years of Age	11,462		14,393	17,281
Younger than 22	181	0.9%	240	316	-135	-42.7%
22-24	526	2.5%	656	863	-337	-39.0%
25-34	2,383	11.6%	2,988	4,117	-1,734	-42.1%
35-44	2,737	13.3%	3,340	4,155	-1,418	-34.1%
45-54	2,780	13.5%	3,491	4,073	-1,293	-31.7%
55-59	1,330	6.4%	1,716	1,751	-421	-24.0%
60-64	907	4.4%	1,166	1,282	-375	-29.3%
65 and older	618	3.0%	793	721	-103	-14.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	11,462		14,393	17,281
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.8%	103	56	33	58.9%
Mining	436	3.8%	504	2,691	-2,255	-83.8%
Utilities	22	0.2%	23	31	-9	-29.0%
Construction	2,967	25.7%	4,664	4,022	-1,055	-26.2%
Manufacturing	812	7.0%	1,040	1,299	-487	-37.5%
Wholesale Trade	343	3.0%	371	645	-302	-46.8%
Retail Trade	1,121	9.7%	1,090	1,077	44	4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	390	3.4%	530	776	-386	-49.7%
Information	160	1.4%	192	128	32	25.0%
Finance and Insurance	171	1.5%	164	157	14	8.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	159	1.4%	154	245	-86	-35.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	305	2.6%	347	602	-297	-49.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	27	60	-39	-65.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,091	9.4%	1,282	1,600	-509	-31.8%
Educational Services	120	1.0%	122	134	-14	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	901	7.8%	898	915	-14	-1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	191	1.7%	313	170	21	12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	799	6.9%	942	959	-160	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	311	2.7%	313	388	-77	-19.8%
Public Administration	247	2.1%	311	209	38	18.2%
Information Not Available	806	7.0%	1,003	1,117	-311	-27.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Apr 2017	Percent	Mar 2017	Apr 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,494		4,530	7,051
Male	2,278	65.2%	3,230	5,333	-3,055	-57.3%
Female	1,216	34.8%	1,300	1,718	-502	-29.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,494		4,530	7,051
Hispanic or Latino	406	11.6%	523	708	-302	-42.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,955	84.6%	3,849	6,052	-3,097	-51.2%
Information Not Available	133	3.8%	158	291	-158	-54.3%

Race	3,494		4,530	7,051
American Indian or Alaskan Native	133	3.8%	214	266	-133	-50.0%
Asian	28	0.8%	33	28	0	0.0%
Black or African American	85	2.4%	88	180	-95	-52.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	8	19	-15	-78.9%
White	2,902	83.1%	3,760	5,997	-3,095	-51.6%
Information Not Available	342	9.8%	427	561	-219	-39.0%

Years of Age	3,494		4,530	7,051
Younger than 22	31	0.5%	39	97	-66	-68.0%
22-24	148	2.4%	226	458	-310	-67.7%
25-34	788	13.0%	1,021	1,893	-1,105	-58.4%
35-44	773	12.8%	954	1,538	-765	-49.7%
45-54	752	12.4%	982	1,410	-658	-46.7%
55-59	457	7.6%	554	803	-346	-43.1%
60-64	350	5.8%	488	543	-193	-35.5%
65 and older	195	3.2%	266	309	-114	-36.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,494		4,530	7,051
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	1.0%	47	39	-5	-12.8%
Mining	166	4.7%	228	1,581	-1,415	-89.5%
Utilities	4	0.1%	7	17	-13	-76.5%
Construction	859	24.3%	1,488	1,373	-514	-37.4%
Manufacturing	164	4.6%	185	322	-158	-49.1%
Wholesale Trade	87	2.5%	93	333	-246	-73.9%
Retail Trade	259	7.3%	330	247	12	4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	171	4.8%	158	427	-256	-60.0%
Information	25	0.7%	20	17	8	47.1%
Finance and Insurance	39	1.1%	45	42	-3	-7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	41	1.2%	41	178	-137	-77.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	98	2.8%	119	221	-123	-55.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	2	4	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	194	5.5%	299	353	-159	-45.0%
Educational Services	35	1.0%	42	35	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	209	5.9%	198	193	16	8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	36	1.0%	61	45	-9	-20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	522	14.8%	458	784	-262	-33.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	99	2.8%	95	186	-87	-46.8%
Public Administration	84	2.4%	121	126	-42	-33.3%
Information Not Available	364	10.3%	493	528	-164	-31.1%