Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

December 2017

The Virgin Islands data are estimated for the month of December 2017 due to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants December 2017
	Dec 2017	Nov 2017	Monthly Change	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,949,448	1,612,778	336,670	2,100,779	-151,331	-7.2
Alaska	9,672	8,542	1,130	10,717	-1,045	-9.8
Alabama	16,770	15,944	826	20,396	-3,626	-17.8
Arkansas	13,761	12,255	1,506	15,699	-1,938	-12.3
Arizona	22,013	22,185	-172	25,041	-3,028	-12.1
California	347,829	253,566	94,263	363,031	-15,202	-4.2
Colorado	21,575	19,760	1,815	27,197	-5,622	-20.7
Connecticut	36,777	29,910	6,867	37,949	-1,172	-3.1
District of Columbia	8,796	8,423	373	8,630	166	1.9
Delaware	5,304	4,682	622	5,644	-340	-6.0
Florida	41,649	37,980	3,669	41,717	-68	-0.2
Georgia	28,012	23,481	4,531	30,227	-2,215	-7.3
Hawaii	7,117	7,162	-45	7,474	-357	-4.8
Iowa	21,765	14,144	7,621	25,292	-3,527	-13.9
Idaho	8,844	5,845	2,999	10,778	-1,934	-17.9
Illinois	117,495	89,182	28,313	126,833	-9,338	-7.4
Indiana	17,658	13,325	4,333	27,763	-10,105	-36.4
Kansas	11,079	9,558	1,521	13,215	-2,136	-16.2
Kentucky	17,903	15,373	2,530	20,097	-2,194	-10.9
Louisiana	19,108	18,547	561	24,014	-4,906	-20.4
Massachusetts	56,288	48,313	7,975	57,931	-1,643	-2.8
Maryland	34,152	31,373	2,779	36,902	-2,750	-7.5
Maine	5,738	4,528	1,210	6,596	-858	-13.0
Michigan	70,901	46,573	24,328	73,138	-2,237	-3.1
Minnesota	54,204	36,246	17,958	60,810	-6,606	-10.9
Missouri	26,310	24,858	1,452	28,841	-2,531	-8.8
Mississippi	10,295	9,089	1,206	12,325	-2,030	-16.5
Montana	8,830	7,308	1,522	9,454	-624	-6.6
North Carolina	20,633	19,203	1,430	23,730	-3,097	-13.1
North Dakota	5,706	3,134	2,572	7,334	-1,628	-22.2
Nebraska	5,518	3,866	1,652	6,672	-1,154	-17.3
New Hampshire	3,676	3,293	383	4,185	-509	-12.2
New Jersey	95,173	82,561	12,612	97,621	-2,448	-2.5
New Mexico	10,321	9,699	622	11,758	-1,437	-12.2
Nevada	23,633	20,338	3,295	25,062	-1,429	-5.7
New York	143,618	132,207	11,411	152,977	-9,359	-6.1
Ohio	62,882	46,220	16,662	68,023	-5,141	-7.6
Oklahoma	14,591	13,856	735	19,092	-4,501	-23.6
Oregon	28,928	26,316	2,612	31,978	-3,050	-9.5
Pennsylvania	121,354	101,816	19,538	131,119	-9,765	-7.4
Puerto Rico	22,632	20,391	2,241	17,172	5,460	31.8
Rhode Island	8,351	6,412	1,939	8,819	-468	-5.3
South Carolina	19,430	18,129	1,301	19,636	-206	-1.0
South Dakota	2,577	1,429	1,148	3,185	-608	-19.1
Tennessee	20,602	17,601	3,001	18,863	1,739	9.2
Texas	139,363	134,057	5,306	152,287	-12,924	-8.5
Utah	11,462	9,346	2,116	13,578	-2,116	-15.6
Virginia	27,565	26,771	794	30,356	-2,791	-9.2
Virgin Islands	194	208	-14	304	-110	-36.2
Vermont	3,674	3,072	602	4,541	-867	-19.1
Washington	63,917	56,818	7,099	57,454	6,463	11.2
Wisconsin	39,093	26,058	13,035	48,650	-9,557	-19.6
West Virginia	11,747	9,282	2,465	13,922	-2,175	-15.6
Wyoming	2,963	2,543	420	4,750	-1,787	-37.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,949,448		1,612,778	2,100,779	-151,331	-7.2
Male	1,134,707	58.2%	876,726	1,294,272	-159,565	-12.3%
Female	801,001	41.1%	724,869	794,526	6,475	0.8%
Information Not Available	13,740	0.7%	11,183	11,981	1,759	14.7%

Ethnicity	1,949,448		1,612,778	2,100,779
Hispanic or Latino	399,649	20.5%	302,069	413,302	-13,653	-3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,336,206	68.5%	1,133,230	1,400,191	-63,985	-4.6%
Information Not Available	213,587	11.0%	177,477	287,286	-73,699	-25.7%

Race	1,949,448		1,612,778	2,100,779
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27,749	1.4%	23,809	28,705	-956	-3.3%
Asian	64,327	3.3%	56,328	65,583	-1,256	-1.9%
Black or African American	333,814	17.1%	306,732	332,685	1,129	0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13,606	0.7%	11,950	12,949	657	5.1%
White	1,041,698	53.3%	853,349	1,114,077	-72,379	-6.5%
Information Not Available	471,413	24.1%	365,072	555,374	-83,961	-15.1%

Years of Age	1,949,448		1,612,778	2,100,779
Younger than 22	42,652	2.2%	30,308	45,186	-2,534	-5.6%
22-24	87,062	4.5%	69,769	98,351	-11,289	-11.5%
25-34	449,344	23.0%	378,834	489,086	-39,742	-8.1%
35-44	432,288	22.2%	359,781	456,180	-23,892	-5.2%
45-54	445,482	22.9%	364,655	483,009	-37,527	-7.8%
55-59	217,957	11.2%	179,936	234,790	-16,833	-7.2%
60-64	153,039	7.9%	127,307	161,512	-8,473	-5.2%
65 and older	109,528	5.6%	91,328	120,672	-11,144	-9.2%
Information Not Available	12,096	0.6%	10,858	11,993	103	0.9%

Industry	1,949,448		1,612,778	2,100,779
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	101,084	5.2%	61,675	100,850	234	0.2%
Mining	12,406	0.6%	8,298	21,252	-8,846	-41.6%
Utilities	4,184	0.2%	3,358	4,743	-559	-11.8%
Construction	286,846	14.7%	185,968	325,943	-39,097	-12.0%
Manufacturing	169,241	8.7%	146,877	196,262	-27,021	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	63,143	3.2%	57,409	68,127	-4,984	-7.3%
Retail Trade	138,316	7.1%	126,227	142,328	-4,012	-2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	63,375	3.3%	52,396	68,154	-4,779	-7.0%
Information	56,487	2.9%	49,023	59,242	-2,755	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	53,568	2.7%	49,880	53,435	133	0.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26,803	1.4%	24,592	27,444	-641	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	103,801	5.3%	97,269	105,935	-2,134	-2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,966	0.7%	11,094	12,654	312	2.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	272,049	14.0%	217,576	277,232	-5,183	-1.9%
Educational Services	49,297	2.5%	46,620	47,511	1,786	3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	151,449	7.8%	143,917	144,705	6,744	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	43,015	2.2%	33,802	46,682	-3,667	-7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	117,563	6.0%	102,899	121,028	-3,465	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	49,358	2.5%	42,856	49,361	-3	0.0%
Public Administration	39,709	2.0%	34,129	37,505	2,204	5.9%
Information Not Available	134,801	6.9%	116,914	190,386	-55,585	-29.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,672		8,542	10,717	-1,045	-9.8
Male	6,085	62.9%	5,076	7,006	-921	-13.1%
Female	3,573	36.9%	3,444	3,677	-104	-2.8%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	22	34	-20	-58.8%

Ethnicity	9,672		8,542	10,717
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.1%	6	7	3	42.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,275	95.9%	8,188	10,182	-907	-8.9%
Information Not Available	387	4.0%	348	528	-141	-26.7%

Race	9,672		8,542	10,717
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,717	28.1%	2,621	2,805	-88	-3.1%
Asian	666	6.9%	475	705	-39	-5.5%
Black or African American	450	4.7%	402	458	-8	-1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	264	2.7%	215	247	17	6.9%
White	5,180	53.6%	4,475	5,967	-787	-13.2%
Information Not Available	395	4.1%	354	535	-140	-26.2%

Years of Age	9,672		8,542	10,717
Younger than 22	161	1.1%	149	232	-71	-30.6%
22-24	441	3.1%	371	579	-138	-23.8%
25-34	2,719	19.2%	2,492	2,950	-231	-7.8%
35-44	2,306	16.3%	2,015	2,588	-282	-10.9%
45-54	1,930	13.6%	1,712	2,212	-282	-12.7%
55-59	1,064	7.5%	857	1,100	-36	-3.3%
60-64	673	4.7%	607	703	-30	-4.3%
65 and older	378	2.7%	339	353	25	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,672		8,542	10,717
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	77	0.8%	29	77	0	0.0%
Mining	311	3.2%	295	426	-115	-27.0%
Utilities	61	0.6%	38	52	9	17.3%
Construction	2,092	21.5%	1,602	2,631	-539	-20.5%
Manufacturing	966	9.9%	758	1,002	-36	-3.6%
Wholesale Trade	142	1.5%	111	116	26	22.4%
Retail Trade	749	7.7%	769	844	-95	-11.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	545	5.6%	468	576	-31	-5.4%
Information	90	0.9%	88	119	-29	-24.4%
Finance and Insurance	142	1.5%	141	145	-3	-2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	196	2.0%	162	189	7	3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	283	2.9%	284	363	-80	-22.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	17	32	-25	-78.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	556	5.7%	485	548	8	1.5%
Educational Services	255	2.6%	232	242	13	5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	662	6.8%	678	707	-45	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	185	1.9%	182	124	61	49.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	753	7.7%	746	951	-198	-20.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	313	3.2%	312	260	53	20.4%
Public Administration	963	9.9%	889	954	9	0.9%
Information Not Available	324	3.3%	256	359	-35	-9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,770		15,944	20,396
Male	8,646	51.6%	7,887	11,008	-2,362	-21.5%
Female	8,105	48.3%	8,002	9,364	-1,259	-13.4%
Information Not Available	19	0.1%	55	24	-5	-20.8%

Ethnicity	16,770		15,944	20,396
Hispanic or Latino	237	1.4%	236	260	-23	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,339	73.6%	11,794	14,953	-2,614	-17.5%
Information Not Available	4,194	25.0%	3,914	5,183	-989	-19.1%

Race	16,770		15,944	20,396
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,055	6.3%	848	1,307	-252	-19.3%
Asian	500	3.0%	437	613	-113	-18.4%
Black or African American	7,120	42.5%	6,783	8,428	-1,308	-15.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	12	19	-5	-26.3%
White	7,210	43.0%	6,994	8,976	-1,766	-19.7%
Information Not Available	871	5.2%	870	1,053	-182	-17.3%

Years of Age	16,770		15,944	20,396
Younger than 22	43	0.2%	44	33	10	30.3%
22-24	51	0.2%	53	62	-11	-17.7%
25-34	602	2.8%	594	646	-44	-6.8%
35-44	2,631	12.0%	2,571	2,985	-354	-11.9%
45-54	3,606	16.5%	3,411	4,569	-963	-21.1%
55-59	1,825	8.3%	1,773	2,253	-428	-19.0%
60-64	2,109	9.6%	2,019	2,452	-343	-14.0%
65 and older	5,890	26.9%	5,433	7,386	-1,496	-20.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	46	10	3	30.0%

Industry	16,770		15,944	20,396
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.9%	148	217	-69	-31.8%
Mining	39	0.2%	55	134	-95	-70.9%
Utilities	53	0.3%	52	85	-32	-37.6%
Construction	1,595	9.4%	1,309	2,232	-637	-28.5%
Manufacturing	2,538	15.0%	2,582	3,159	-621	-19.7%
Wholesale Trade	611	3.6%	603	700	-89	-12.7%
Retail Trade	1,839	10.9%	1,829	2,276	-437	-19.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	417	2.5%	403	645	-228	-35.3%
Information	243	1.4%	242	198	45	22.7%
Finance and Insurance	540	3.2%	502	630	-90	-14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	228	1.3%	209	258	-30	-11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	793	4.7%	819	946	-153	-16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55	0.3%	53	59	-4	-6.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,375	14.0%	2,274	2,801	-426	-15.2%
Educational Services	423	2.5%	448	476	-53	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,440	8.5%	1,497	1,486	-46	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	0.8%	114	161	-29	-18.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,332	7.9%	1,087	1,743	-411	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	422	2.5%	404	455	-33	-7.3%
Public Administration	252	1.5%	207	297	-45	-15.2%
Information Not Available	1,295	7.7%	1,107	1,438	-143	-9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,761		12,255	15,699
Male	7,515	54.6%	6,315	8,536	-1,021	-12.0%
Female	5,563	40.4%	4,913	5,948	-385	-6.5%
Information Not Available	683	5.0%	1,027	1,215	-532	-43.8%

Ethnicity	13,761		12,255	15,699
Hispanic or Latino	121	0.9%	97	85	36	42.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,957	94.2%	11,131	14,399	-1,442	-10.0%
Information Not Available	683	5.0%	1,027	1,215	-532	-43.8%

Race	13,761		12,255	15,699
American Indian or Alaskan Native	160	1.2%	160	161	-1	-0.6%
Asian	14	0.1%	17	17	-3	-17.6%
Black or African American	3,601	26.2%	3,107	4,016	-415	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	728	5.3%	593	782	-54	-6.9%
White	8,454	61.4%	7,254	9,423	-969	-10.3%
Information Not Available	804	5.8%	1,124	1,300	-496	-38.2%

Years of Age	13,761		12,255	15,699
Younger than 22	370	1.7%	254	437	-67	-15.3%
22-24	649	3.1%	547	792	-143	-18.1%
25-34	2,938	13.8%	2,486	3,330	-392	-11.8%
35-44	3,076	14.5%	2,676	3,287	-211	-6.4%
45-54	2,991	14.1%	2,556	3,406	-415	-12.2%
55-59	1,388	6.5%	1,227	1,481	-93	-6.3%
60-64	959	4.5%	843	1,014	-55	-5.4%
65 and older	707	3.3%	639	737	-30	-4.1%
Information Not Available	683	3.2%	1,027	1,215	-532	-43.8%

Industry	13,761		12,255	15,699
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	398	2.8%	280	630	-232	-36.8%
Mining	86	0.6%	73	105	-19	-18.1%
Utilities	29	0.2%	35	24	5	20.8%
Construction	1,348	9.5%	1,108	1,727	-379	-21.9%
Manufacturing	2,151	15.2%	1,631	1,929	222	11.5%
Wholesale Trade	657	4.6%	624	653	4	0.6%
Retail Trade	1,289	9.1%	1,202	1,281	8	0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	390	2.8%	388	560	-170	-30.4%
Information	182	1.3%	157	152	30	19.7%
Finance and Insurance	223	1.6%	193	247	-24	-9.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	156	1.1%	161	187	-31	-16.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	453	3.2%	450	512	-59	-11.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.7%	90	49	45	91.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,484	10.5%	1,318	1,648	-164	-10.0%
Educational Services	192	1.4%	222	281	-89	-31.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,222	8.6%	1,188	1,517	-295	-19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	180	1.3%	136	238	-58	-24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	908	6.4%	607	1,013	-105	-10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	366	2.6%	320	338	28	8.3%
Public Administration	240	1.7%	212	285	-45	-15.8%
Information Not Available	1,713	12.1%	1,860	2,323	-610	-26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,013		22,185	25,041
Male	11,238	51.1%	11,160	13,560	-2,322	-17.1%
Female	10,767	48.9%	11,015	11,454	-687	-6.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	10	27	-19	-70.4%

Ethnicity	22,013		22,185	25,041
Hispanic or Latino	6,173	28.0%	7,001	7,172	-999	-13.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,265	51.2%	10,916	12,676	-1,411	-11.1%
Information Not Available	4,575	20.8%	4,268	5,193	-618	-11.9%

Race	22,013		22,185	25,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,688	7.7%	1,484	2,050	-362	-17.7%
Asian	1,066	4.8%	1,090	1,219	-153	-12.6%
Black or African American	1,998	9.1%	1,981	2,232	-234	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	284	1.3%	234	355	-71	-20.0%
White	12,200	55.4%	11,983	13,740	-1,540	-11.2%
Information Not Available	4,777	21.7%	5,413	5,445	-668	-12.3%

Years of Age	22,013		22,185	25,041
Younger than 22	413	1.3%	390	468	-55	-11.8%
22-24	914	2.8%	972	1,096	-182	-16.6%
25-34	5,058	15.6%	5,167	5,827	-769	-13.2%
35-44	4,876	15.1%	4,951	5,472	-596	-10.9%
45-54	5,071	15.7%	5,077	5,867	-796	-13.6%
55-59	2,585	8.0%	2,553	2,981	-396	-13.3%
60-64	1,870	5.8%	1,887	2,019	-149	-7.4%
65 and older	1,226	3.8%	1,188	1,311	-85	-6.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,013		22,185	25,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	473	2.1%	1,093	482	-9	-1.9%
Mining	51	0.2%	57	78	-27	-34.6%
Utilities	42	0.2%	40	72	-30	-41.7%
Construction	1,638	7.3%	1,423	2,283	-645	-28.3%
Manufacturing	1,143	5.1%	1,247	1,454	-311	-21.4%
Wholesale Trade	731	3.3%	750	863	-132	-15.3%
Retail Trade	1,722	7.7%	1,779	2,081	-359	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	542	2.4%	525	596	-54	-9.1%
Information	385	1.7%	387	443	-58	-13.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,120	5.0%	1,093	1,051	69	6.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	393	1.7%	402	445	-52	-11.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,167	5.2%	1,201	1,341	-174	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.4%	77	108	-24	-22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,276	14.6%	3,099	3,453	-177	-5.1%
Educational Services	600	2.7%	629	767	-167	-21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,209	9.8%	2,228	2,191	18	0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	306	1.4%	304	317	-11	-3.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,286	5.7%	1,205	1,358	-72	-5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	474	2.1%	499	536	-62	-11.6%
Public Administration	565	2.5%	556	676	-111	-16.4%
Information Not Available	3,806	16.9%	3,591	4,446	-640	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	347,829		253,566	363,031
Male	188,460	54.2%	132,357	212,026	-23,566	-11.1%
Female	159,075	45.7%	121,115	150,714	8,361	5.5%
Information Not Available	294	0.1%	94	291	3	1.0%

Ethnicity	347,829		253,566	363,031
Hispanic or Latino	159,075	45.7%	102,692	169,311	-10,236	-6.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	159,858	46.0%	128,578	163,693	-3,835	-2.3%
Information Not Available	28,896	8.3%	22,296	30,027	-1,131	-3.8%

Race	347,829		253,566	363,031
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,939	0.8%	2,834	3,390	-451	-13.3%
Asian	30,267	8.7%	25,508	32,061	-1,794	-5.6%
Black or African American	30,659	8.8%	24,563	28,671	1,988	6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	95,993	27.6%	75,673	99,572	-3,579	-3.6%
Information Not Available	187,971	54.0%	124,988	199,337	-11,366	-5.7%

Years of Age	347,829		253,566	363,031
Younger than 22	9,110	2.2%	5,007	10,461	-1,351	-12.9%
22-24	16,260	3.9%	12,848	20,050	-3,790	-18.9%
25-34	79,146	19.0%	63,109	90,080	-10,934	-12.1%
35-44	77,480	18.6%	57,534	77,101	379	0.5%
45-54	80,615	19.3%	55,928	77,875	2,740	3.5%
55-59	38,691	9.3%	27,964	39,809	-1,118	-2.8%
60-64	26,447	6.3%	17,666	27,508	-1,061	-3.9%
65 and older	19,982	4.8%	13,510	20,050	-68	-0.3%
Information Not Available	98	0.0%	0	97	1	1.0%

Industry	347,829		253,566	363,031
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79,342	18.6%	45,253	81,654	-2,312	-2.8%
Mining	784	0.2%	283	1,065	-281	-26.4%
Utilities	1,077	0.3%	567	1,065	12	1.1%
Construction	26,153	6.1%	18,139	30,027	-3,874	-12.9%
Manufacturing	28,014	6.6%	20,217	33,029	-5,015	-15.2%
Wholesale Trade	980	0.2%	850	872	108	12.4%
Retail Trade	18,023	4.2%	14,171	23,053	-5,030	-21.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,795	2.3%	6,613	9,686	109	1.1%
Information	26,055	6.1%	19,745	30,414	-4,359	-14.3%
Finance and Insurance	5,779	1.4%	4,629	7,071	-1,292	-18.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,155	0.5%	2,173	1,840	315	17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,367	1.5%	5,290	5,908	459	7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	66,412	15.5%	56,496	60,537	5,875	9.7%
Educational Services	12,538	2.9%	10,203	9,686	2,852	29.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,570	4.8%	16,533	22,084	-1,514	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,485	1.3%	4,346	6,005	-520	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,595	3.4%	11,809	15,788	-1,193	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,228	1.9%	5,668	7,846	382	4.9%
Public Administration	4,212	1.0%	2,551	3,487	725	20.8%
Information Not Available	11,265	2.6%	8,030	11,914	-649	-5.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,575		19,760	27,197
Male	12,235	56.7%	10,401	16,690	-4,455	-26.7%
Female	9,340	43.3%	9,358	10,506	-1,166	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	21,575		19,760	27,197
Hispanic or Latino	4,778	22.1%	3,890	6,385	-1,607	-25.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,522	67.3%	13,866	18,041	-3,519	-19.5%
Information Not Available	2,275	10.5%	2,004	2,771	-496	-17.9%

Race	21,575		19,760	27,197
American Indian or Alaskan Native	362	1.7%	349	494	-132	-26.7%
Asian	451	2.1%	432	541	-90	-16.6%
Black or African American	1,347	6.2%	1,307	1,561	-214	-13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.4%	60	92	-16	-17.4%
White	14,827	68.7%	13,764	18,618	-3,791	-20.4%
Information Not Available	4,512	20.9%	3,848	5,891	-1,379	-23.4%

Years of Age	21,575		19,760	27,197
Younger than 22	300	0.9%	212	384	-84	-21.9%
22-24	650	1.9%	496	827	-177	-21.4%
25-34	4,619	13.4%	4,254	5,845	-1,226	-21.0%
35-44	4,791	13.9%	4,472	5,974	-1,183	-19.8%
45-54	5,127	14.9%	4,732	6,624	-1,497	-22.6%
55-59	2,775	8.1%	2,490	3,565	-790	-22.2%
60-64	2,035	5.9%	1,943	2,531	-496	-19.6%
65 and older	1,270	3.7%	1,155	1,440	-170	-11.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	6	7	1	14.3%

Industry	21,575		19,760	27,197
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	288	1.3%	218	344	-56	-16.3%
Mining	165	0.8%	157	528	-363	-68.8%
Utilities	41	0.2%	38	48	-7	-14.6%
Construction	3,135	14.3%	1,995	4,615	-1,480	-32.1%
Manufacturing	1,413	6.5%	1,343	1,678	-265	-15.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,044	4.8%	994	1,220	-176	-14.4%
Retail Trade	1,561	7.1%	1,512	2,058	-497	-24.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	513	2.3%	517	824	-311	-37.7%
Information	806	3.7%	825	1,112	-306	-27.5%
Finance and Insurance	899	4.1%	903	887	12	1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	471	2.2%	484	521	-50	-9.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,065	9.4%	2,024	2,401	-336	-14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	316	1.4%	232	576	-260	-45.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,869	13.1%	2,303	3,583	-714	-19.9%
Educational Services	632	2.9%	645	766	-134	-17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,850	8.5%	1,873	1,881	-31	-1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	440	2.0%	577	465	-25	-5.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,245	5.7%	1,510	1,454	-209	-14.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	545	2.5%	528	643	-98	-15.2%
Public Administration	718	3.3%	602	870	-152	-17.5%
Information Not Available	559	2.6%	480	723	-164	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,777		29,910	37,949
Male	22,185	60.3%	16,393	23,183	-998	-4.3%
Female	14,592	39.7%	13,517	14,766	-174	-1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,777		29,910	37,949
Hispanic or Latino	6,576	17.9%	4,993	6,330	246	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,201	82.1%	24,917	31,619	-1,418	-4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	36,777		29,910	37,949
American Indian or Alaskan Native	141	0.4%	121	163	-22	-13.5%
Asian	627	1.7%	561	708	-81	-11.4%
Black or African American	5,595	15.2%	5,055	5,599	-4	-0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,189	57.6%	16,952	21,998	-809	-3.7%
Information Not Available	9,225	25.1%	7,221	9,481	-256	-2.7%

Years of Age	36,777		29,910	37,949
Younger than 22	781	1.4%	590	773	8	1.0%
22-24	1,662	3.0%	1,295	1,697	-35	-2.1%
25-34	8,226	15.1%	6,697	8,630	-404	-4.7%
35-44	7,398	13.5%	5,895	7,568	-170	-2.2%
45-54	8,351	15.3%	6,782	8,814	-463	-5.3%
55-59	4,367	8.0%	3,587	4,507	-140	-3.1%
60-64	3,359	6.2%	2,849	3,252	107	3.3%
65 and older	2,633	4.8%	2,215	2,708	-75	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,777		29,910	37,949
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	339	0.9%	193	389	-50	-12.9%
Mining	24	0.1%	12	27	-3	-11.1%
Utilities	49	0.1%	38	47	2	4.3%
Construction	5,717	15.4%	3,406	5,914	-197	-3.3%
Manufacturing	3,336	9.0%	3,023	3,531	-195	-5.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,399	3.8%	1,289	1,451	-52	-3.6%
Retail Trade	3,783	10.2%	3,457	3,857	-74	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,277	3.4%	1,144	1,479	-202	-13.7%
Information	576	1.6%	536	1,001	-425	-42.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,312	3.5%	1,215	1,407	-95	-6.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	524	1.4%	451	531	-7	-1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,910	5.1%	1,742	1,797	113	6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	316	0.9%	296	276	40	14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,389	14.5%	3,602	5,391	-2	0.0%
Educational Services	1,168	3.1%	1,124	1,159	9	0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,011	10.8%	3,828	3,982	29	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,227	3.3%	772	1,290	-63	-4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,292	6.2%	1,887	2,142	150	7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,132	3.0%	1,012	1,115	17	1.5%
Public Administration	429	1.2%	396	603	-174	-28.9%
Information Not Available	567	1.5%	487	560	7	1.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,796		8,423	8,630
Male	4,025	45.8%	3,843	4,074	-49	-1.2%
Female	4,769	54.2%	4,580	4,556	213	4.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,796		8,423	8,630
Hispanic or Latino	745	8.5%	615	723	22	3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,013	91.1%	7,792	7,869	144	1.8%
Information Not Available	38	0.4%	16	38	0	0.0%

Race	8,796		8,423	8,630
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.4%	38	39	-5	-12.8%
Asian	220	2.5%	203	212	8	3.8%
Black or African American	5,992	68.1%	5,787	5,898	94	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.2%	19	22	-3	-13.6%
White	1,535	17.5%	1,528	1,624	-89	-5.5%
Information Not Available	996	11.3%	848	835	161	19.3%

Years of Age	8,796		8,423	8,630
Younger than 22	152	1.6%	151	119	33	27.7%
22-24	432	4.4%	435	464	-32	-6.9%
25-34	2,437	25.1%	2,354	2,420	17	0.7%
35-44	2,074	21.3%	1,987	1,927	147	7.6%
45-54	1,825	18.8%	1,747	1,829	-4	-0.2%
55-59	903	9.3%	832	909	-6	-0.7%
60-64	604	6.2%	557	627	-23	-3.7%
65 and older	369	3.8%	360	335	34	10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,796		8,423	8,630
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%	0	1	0	0.0%
Construction	17	0.2%	17	15	2	13.3%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	6	-5	-83.3%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	18	0.2%	19	22	-4	-18.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	16	0.2%	13	4	12	300.0%
Information	11	0.1%	10	15	-4	-26.7%
Finance and Insurance	11	0.1%	11	7	4	57.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	7	7	-2	-28.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	72	0.8%	56	47	25	53.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	47	0.5%	45	54	-7	-13.0%
Educational Services	5	0.1%	9	11	-6	-54.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17	0.2%	16	17	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.0%	1	3	1	33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	21	0.2%	17	16	5	31.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	19	0.2%	10	20	-1	-5.0%
Public Administration	4	0.0%	2	5	-1	-20.0%
Information Not Available	8,526	96.9%	8,188	8,376	150	1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,304		4,682	5,644
Male	2,316	43.7%	1,981	2,549	-233	-9.1%
Female	2,647	49.9%	2,406	2,675	-28	-1.0%
Information Not Available	341	6.4%	295	420	-79	-18.8%

Ethnicity	5,304		4,682	5,644
Hispanic or Latino	372	7.0%	326	357	15	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,591	86.6%	4,061	4,867	-276	-5.7%
Information Not Available	341	6.4%	295	420	-79	-18.8%

Race	5,304		4,682	5,644
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.3%	15	16	-1	-6.3%
Asian	97	1.8%	95	115	-18	-15.7%
Black or African American	2,241	42.3%	2,004	2,102	139	6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%
White	2,666	50.3%	2,323	3,070	-404	-13.2%
Information Not Available	284	5.4%	244	333	-49	-14.7%

Years of Age	5,304		4,682	5,644
Younger than 22	67	0.9%	105	68	-1	-1.5%
22-24	219	2.9%	216	216	3	1.4%
25-34	1,298	17.3%	1,121	1,294	4	0.3%
35-44	1,195	15.9%	1,019	1,188	7	0.6%
45-54	1,079	14.4%	945	1,323	-244	-18.4%
55-59	581	7.8%	511	618	-37	-6.0%
60-64	474	6.3%	444	510	-36	-7.1%
65 and older	322	4.3%	268	350	-28	-8.0%
Information Not Available	69	0.9%	53	77	-8	-10.4%

Industry	5,304		4,682	5,644
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.2%	10	9	2	22.2%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	11	0.2%	12	9	2	22.2%
Construction	330	6.2%	266	407	-77	-18.9%
Manufacturing	353	6.6%	301	400	-47	-11.8%
Wholesale Trade	137	2.6%	126	211	-74	-35.1%
Retail Trade	678	12.8%	632	748	-70	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	183	3.4%	181	213	-30	-14.1%
Information	65	1.2%	63	78	-13	-16.7%
Finance and Insurance	509	9.6%	406	575	-66	-11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	128	2.4%	105	126	2	1.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	396	7.5%	353	415	-19	-4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.5%	28	16	11	68.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	892	16.8%	785	914	-22	-2.4%
Educational Services	130	2.4%	135	123	7	5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	635	11.9%	607	595	40	6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	1.7%	58	108	-18	-16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	532	10.0%	441	503	29	5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	128	2.4%	111	124	4	3.2%
Public Administration	57	1.1%	47	58	-1	-1.7%
Information Not Available	12	0.2%	15	10	2	20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,649		37,980	41,717
Male	19,832	47.6%	17,549	20,966	-1,134	-5.4%
Female	21,783	52.3%	20,403	20,707	1,076	5.2%
Information Not Available	34	0.1%	28	44	-10	-22.7%

Ethnicity	41,649		37,980	41,717
Hispanic or Latino	10,330	24.8%	9,525	10,452	-122	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,487	66.0%	25,115	27,045	442	1.6%
Information Not Available	3,832	9.2%	3,340	4,220	-388	-9.2%

Race	41,649		37,980	41,717
American Indian or Alaskan Native	256	0.6%	261	270	-14	-5.2%
Asian	632	1.5%	584	721	-89	-12.3%
Black or African American	10,647	25.6%	9,868	9,979	668	6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	283	0.7%	231	253	30	11.9%
White	24,526	58.9%	22,341	25,320	-794	-3.1%
Information Not Available	5,305	12.7%	4,695	5,174	131	2.5%

Years of Age	41,649		37,980	41,717
Younger than 22	381	0.6%	328	360	21	5.8%
22-24	1,126	1.8%	1,006	1,240	-114	-9.2%
25-34	7,902	12.5%	7,682	8,149	-247	-3.0%
35-44	8,333	13.2%	7,742	7,961	372	4.7%
45-54	8,745	13.9%	7,956	8,708	37	0.4%
55-59	4,244	6.7%	3,853	4,383	-139	-3.2%
60-64	3,106	4.9%	2,880	2,973	133	4.5%
65 and older	2,056	3.3%	1,858	1,993	63	3.2%
Information Not Available	5,756	9.1%	4,675	5,950	-194	-3.3%

Industry	41,649		37,980	41,717
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	354	0.8%	378	320	34	10.6%
Mining	27	0.1%	25	105	-78	-74.3%
Utilities	65	0.2%	54	61	4	6.6%
Construction	2,592	6.2%	2,110	2,759	-167	-6.1%
Manufacturing	1,749	4.2%	1,616	2,182	-433	-19.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,734	4.1%	1,528	1,655	79	4.8%
Retail Trade	3,683	8.8%	3,452	3,606	77	2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,009	2.4%	1,018	1,214	-205	-16.9%
Information	700	1.7%	664	887	-187	-21.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,832	4.4%	1,574	1,677	155	9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	970	2.3%	922	1,025	-55	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,048	7.3%	2,744	2,998	50	1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	493	1.2%	439	421	72	17.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,278	17.3%	6,659	7,499	-221	-2.9%
Educational Services	876	2.1%	923	1,003	-127	-12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,070	9.7%	4,054	3,767	303	8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	819	1.9%	825	619	200	32.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,266	7.8%	3,171	3,168	98	3.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,151	2.7%	1,059	1,165	-14	-1.2%
Public Administration	558	1.3%	551	534	24	4.5%
Information Not Available	5,375	12.8%	4,214	5,052	323	6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,012		23,481	30,227
Male	13,098	46.8%	10,402	14,961	-1,863	-12.5%
Female	13,386	47.8%	11,809	13,745	-359	-2.6%
Information Not Available	1,528	5.5%	1,270	1,521	7	0.5%

Ethnicity	28,012		23,481	30,227
Hispanic or Latino	48	0.2%	41	32	16	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,436	94.4%	22,170	28,674	-2,238	-7.8%
Information Not Available	1,528	5.5%	1,270	1,521	7	0.5%

Race	28,012		23,481	30,227
American Indian or Alaskan Native	118	0.4%	86	125	-7	-5.6%
Asian	426	1.5%	398	453	-27	-6.0%
Black or African American	15,762	56.3%	13,186	16,889	-1,127	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,178	36.3%	8,541	11,239	-1,061	-9.4%
Information Not Available	1,528	5.5%	1,270	1,521	7	0.5%

Years of Age	28,012		23,481	30,227
Younger than 22	519	1.4%	412	670	-151	-22.5%
22-24	1,236	3.4%	911	1,427	-191	-13.4%
25-34	6,844	18.8%	5,725	7,801	-957	-12.3%
35-44	6,971	19.2%	5,848	7,409	-438	-5.9%
45-54	6,674	18.4%	5,534	7,282	-608	-8.3%
55-59	2,938	8.1%	2,489	2,947	-9	-0.3%
60-64	1,832	5.0%	1,656	1,685	147	8.7%
65 and older	998	2.7%	906	1,006	-8	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,012		23,481	30,227
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	493	1.7%	302	551	-58	-10.5%
Mining	23	0.1%	7	22	1	4.5%
Utilities	24	0.1%	18	14	10	71.4%
Construction	1,093	3.8%	871	1,307	-214	-16.4%
Manufacturing	2,140	7.5%	1,731	2,397	-257	-10.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,061	3.7%	919	1,317	-256	-19.4%
Retail Trade	1,848	6.5%	1,517	1,888	-40	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	547	1.9%	475	632	-85	-13.4%
Information	483	1.7%	399	499	-16	-3.2%
Finance and Insurance	770	2.7%	630	805	-35	-4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	347	1.2%	295	392	-45	-11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,053	17.7%	4,298	5,315	-262	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.2%	32	26	18	69.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	66	0.2%	71	78	-12	-15.4%
Educational Services	506	1.8%	459	604	-98	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,241	4.4%	1,180	1,419	-178	-12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,116	3.9%	906	1,272	-156	-12.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	184	0.6%	119	258	-74	-28.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	265	0.9%	254	308	-43	-14.0%
Public Administration	269	0.9%	241	283	-14	-4.9%
Information Not Available	10,439	36.6%	8,757	10,840	-401	-3.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,117		7,162	7,474
Male	4,985	70.0%	4,965	5,332	-347	-6.5%
Female	2,131	29.9%	2,197	2,141	-10	-0.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,117		7,162	7,474
Hispanic or Latino	507	7.1%	483	532	-25	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,827	67.8%	4,902	4,941	-114	-2.3%
Information Not Available	1,783	25.1%	1,777	2,001	-218	-10.9%

Race	7,117		7,162	7,474
American Indian or Alaskan Native	37	0.5%	38	57	-20	-35.1%
Asian	2,234	31.4%	2,263	2,233	1	0.0%
Black or African American	116	1.6%	123	114	2	1.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,352	33.0%	2,342	2,411	-59	-2.4%
White	1,464	20.6%	1,521	1,631	-167	-10.2%
Information Not Available	914	12.8%	875	1,028	-114	-11.1%

Years of Age	7,117		7,162	7,474
Younger than 22	146	1.8%	156	161	-15	-9.3%
22-24	299	3.7%	277	337	-38	-11.3%
25-34	1,652	20.6%	1,667	1,843	-191	-10.4%
35-44	1,664	20.8%	1,630	1,680	-16	-1.0%
45-54	1,650	20.6%	1,667	1,664	-14	-0.8%
55-59	718	9.0%	735	826	-108	-13.1%
60-64	574	7.2%	614	592	-18	-3.0%
65 and older	414	5.2%	416	371	43	11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,117		7,162	7,474
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.7%	67	70	-18	-25.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	12	0.2%	9	10	2	20.0%
Construction	2,703	37.7%	2,635	2,983	-280	-9.4%
Manufacturing	146	2.0%	133	175	-29	-16.6%
Wholesale Trade	99	1.4%	82	109	-10	-9.2%
Retail Trade	280	3.9%	295	316	-36	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	420	5.9%	461	224	196	87.5%
Information	158	2.2%	172	158	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	61	0.9%	60	55	6	10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	84	1.2%	84	110	-26	-23.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	240	3.3%	246	246	-6	-2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.6%	47	65	-21	-32.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	769	10.7%	777	754	15	2.0%
Educational Services	49	0.7%	48	63	-14	-22.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	277	3.9%	294	298	-21	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	0.8%	60	77	-18	-23.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	564	7.9%	610	624	-60	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	136	1.9%	138	124	12	9.7%
Public Administration	79	1.1%	88	108	-29	-26.9%
Information Not Available	885	12.3%	856	903	-18	-2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,765		14,144	25,292
Male	15,321	70.4%	8,216	18,275	-2,954	-16.2%
Female	6,242	28.7%	5,759	6,772	-530	-7.8%
Information Not Available	202	0.9%	169	245	-43	-17.6%

Ethnicity	21,765		14,144	25,292
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	21,765	100.0%	14,144	25,292	-3,527	-13.9%

Race	21,765		14,144	25,292
American Indian or Alaskan Native	269	1.2%	202	97	172	177.3%
Asian	228	1.0%	183	57	171	300.0%
Black or African American	1,148	5.3%	972	380	768	202.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,225	60.8%	9,061	4,965	8,260	166.4%
Information Not Available	6,895	31.7%	3,726	19,793	-12,898	-65.2%

Years of Age	21,765		14,144	25,292
Younger than 22	412	1.2%	368	536	-124	-23.1%
22-24	1,024	3.1%	648	1,329	-305	-22.9%
25-34	4,935	14.9%	3,069	6,089	-1,154	-19.0%
35-44	4,737	14.3%	3,090	5,500	-763	-13.9%
45-54	4,590	13.9%	3,171	5,304	-714	-13.5%
55-59	2,567	7.8%	1,755	2,843	-276	-9.7%
60-64	1,971	6.0%	1,221	2,151	-180	-8.4%
65 and older	1,521	4.6%	813	1,538	-17	-1.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	9	2	6	300.0%

Industry	21,765		14,144	25,292
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	211	1.0%	132	267	-56	-21.0%
Mining	263	1.2%	45	387	-124	-32.0%
Utilities	22	0.1%	21	28	-6	-21.4%
Construction	7,081	32.2%	2,688	8,123	-1,042	-12.8%
Manufacturing	3,560	16.2%	2,726	4,491	-931	-20.7%
Wholesale Trade	749	3.4%	639	859	-110	-12.8%
Retail Trade	1,317	6.0%	1,161	1,441	-124	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	554	2.5%	396	746	-192	-25.7%
Information	325	1.5%	349	446	-121	-27.1%
Finance and Insurance	426	1.9%	447	559	-133	-23.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	183	0.8%	151	211	-28	-13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	604	2.7%	570	681	-77	-11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.2%	42	45	4	8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,591	11.8%	1,455	2,991	-400	-13.4%
Educational Services	288	1.3%	272	300	-12	-4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,160	5.3%	1,154	1,096	64	5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	480	2.2%	355	479	1	0.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	850	3.9%	719	985	-135	-13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	375	1.7%	326	446	-71	-15.9%
Public Administration	520	2.4%	379	508	12	2.4%
Information Not Available	157	0.7%	117	203	-46	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,844		5,845	10,778
Male	6,041	68.3%	3,479	7,612	-1,571	-20.6%
Female	2,798	31.6%	2,364	3,165	-367	-11.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	2	1	4	400.0%

Ethnicity	8,844		5,845	10,778
Hispanic or Latino	1,466	16.6%	735	1,696	-230	-13.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,041	68.3%	4,210	7,070	-1,029	-14.6%
Information Not Available	1,337	15.1%	900	2,012	-675	-33.5%

Race	8,844		5,845	10,778
American Indian or Alaskan Native	584	4.9%	359	540	44	8.1%
Asian	137	1.1%	109	177	-40	-22.6%
Black or African American	170	1.4%	132	172	-2	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.6%	57	106	-30	-28.3%
White	7,291	60.7%	7,805	14,566	-7,275	-49.9%
Information Not Available	3,758	31.3%	1,855	3,824	-66	-1.7%

Years of Age	8,844		5,845	10,778
Younger than 22	284	1.8%	141	317	-33	-10.4%
22-24	454	2.9%	228	485	-31	-6.4%
25-34	1,931	12.5%	1,185	2,215	-284	-12.8%
35-44	1,862	12.1%	1,259	2,150	-288	-13.4%
45-54	1,887	12.3%	1,301	2,489	-602	-24.2%
55-59	1,002	6.5%	694	1,336	-334	-25.0%
60-64	745	4.8%	563	865	-120	-13.9%
65 and older	675	4.4%	469	909	-234	-25.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	12	-8	-66.7%

Industry	8,844		5,845	10,778
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	591	6.3%	319	739	-148	-20.0%
Mining	133	1.4%	52	122	11	9.0%
Utilities	26	0.3%	19	33	-7	-21.2%
Construction	1,710	18.1%	753	2,291	-581	-25.4%
Manufacturing	777	8.2%	636	1,101	-324	-29.4%
Wholesale Trade	328	3.5%	245	393	-65	-16.5%
Retail Trade	777	8.2%	544	862	-85	-9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	235	2.5%	189	330	-95	-28.8%
Information	96	1.0%	94	108	-12	-11.1%
Finance and Insurance	165	1.7%	172	159	6	3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	100	1.1%	62	101	-1	-1.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	299	3.2%	249	379	-80	-21.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	13	16	1	6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,317	14.0%	656	1,382	-65	-4.7%
Educational Services	117	1.2%	122	158	-41	-25.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	665	7.0%	563	650	15	2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	271	2.9%	190	278	-7	-2.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	448	4.7%	393	483	-35	-7.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	161	1.7%	120	176	-15	-8.5%
Public Administration	280	3.0%	198	326	-46	-14.1%
Information Not Available	331	3.5%	256	691	-360	-52.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	117,495		89,182	126,833
Male	75,541	64.3%	50,224	83,884	-8,343	-9.9%
Female	41,176	35.0%	38,301	42,213	-1,037	-2.5%
Information Not Available	778	0.7%	657	736	42	5.7%

Ethnicity	117,495		89,182	126,833
Hispanic or Latino	26,294	22.4%	13,811	27,445	-1,151	-4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,173	67.4%	65,883	86,531	-7,358	-8.5%
Information Not Available	12,028	10.2%	9,488	12,857	-829	-6.4%

Race	117,495		89,182	126,833
American Indian or Alaskan Native	764	0.7%	518	852	-88	-10.3%
Asian	2,431	2.1%	2,089	2,575	-144	-5.6%
Black or African American	25,288	21.5%	23,805	25,894	-606	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	267	0.2%	199	268	-1	-0.4%
White	71,335	60.7%	52,588	79,040	-7,705	-9.7%
Information Not Available	17,410	14.8%	9,983	18,204	-794	-4.4%

Years of Age	117,495		89,182	126,833
Younger than 22	2,041	1.1%	1,354	2,361	-320	-13.6%
22-24	4,729	2.6%	3,406	5,266	-537	-10.2%
25-34	26,166	14.6%	20,505	28,943	-2,777	-9.6%
35-44	27,347	15.2%	20,852	29,840	-2,493	-8.4%
45-54	29,478	16.4%	21,422	32,365	-2,887	-8.9%
55-59	13,942	7.8%	10,529	14,563	-621	-4.3%
60-64	9,442	5.3%	7,332	9,214	228	2.5%
65 and older	4,350	2.4%	3,782	4,281	69	1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	117,495		89,182	126,833
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	839	0.7%	416	900	-61	-6.8%
Mining	302	0.3%	221	391	-89	-22.8%
Utilities	133	0.1%	116	311	-178	-57.2%
Construction	21,673	18.3%	11,161	25,608	-3,935	-15.4%
Manufacturing	9,407	7.9%	8,041	10,935	-1,528	-14.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,174	4.4%	4,631	5,209	-35	-0.7%
Retail Trade	7,901	6.7%	7,456	8,080	-179	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,722	4.0%	3,860	5,178	-456	-8.8%
Information	1,918	1.6%	1,881	1,953	-35	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,766	3.2%	3,665	3,501	265	7.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,555	1.3%	1,404	1,442	113	7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,090	6.0%	6,179	7,830	-740	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,036	0.9%	843	939	97	10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,577	19.1%	13,698	23,547	-970	-4.1%
Educational Services	2,717	2.3%	2,710	3,178	-461	-14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,759	5.7%	6,419	6,943	-184	-2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,803	2.4%	1,864	2,844	-41	-1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,815	4.9%	4,889	5,652	163	2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,655	2.2%	2,505	2,997	-342	-11.4%
Public Administration	1,900	1.6%	1,770	2,033	-133	-6.5%
Information Not Available	6,753	5.7%	5,453	7,362	-609	-8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,658		13,325	27,763
Male	11,053	62.6%	7,317	18,705	-7,652	-40.9%
Female	6,532	37.0%	5,955	8,931	-2,399	-26.9%
Information Not Available	73	0.4%	53	127	-54	-42.5%

Ethnicity	17,658		13,325	27,763
Hispanic or Latino	979	5.5%	576	1,545	-566	-36.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,466	76.3%	10,234	21,133	-7,667	-36.3%
Information Not Available	3,213	18.2%	2,515	5,085	-1,872	-36.8%

Race	17,658		13,325	27,763
American Indian or Alaskan Native	80	0.5%	57	145	-65	-44.8%
Asian	140	0.8%	96	180	-40	-22.2%
Black or African American	2,572	14.6%	2,167	3,815	-1,243	-32.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	22	32	-15	-46.9%
White	13,520	76.6%	10,114	21,612	-8,092	-37.4%
Information Not Available	1,329	7.5%	869	1,979	-650	-32.8%

Years of Age	17,658		13,325	27,763
Younger than 22	231	0.8%	118	415	-184	-44.3%
22-24	499	1.7%	340	1,051	-552	-52.5%
25-34	3,625	12.2%	2,691	5,949	-2,324	-39.1%
35-44	4,314	14.5%	3,281	6,877	-2,563	-37.3%
45-54	4,578	15.4%	3,462	7,196	-2,618	-36.4%
55-59	2,245	7.6%	1,718	3,236	-991	-30.6%
60-64	1,467	4.9%	1,150	2,099	-632	-30.1%
65 and older	699	2.4%	565	940	-241	-25.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,658		13,325	27,763
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.5%	47	113	-28	-24.8%
Mining	51	0.3%	15	147	-96	-65.3%
Utilities	28	0.2%	20	21	7	33.3%
Construction	4,036	22.7%	1,815	6,710	-2,674	-39.9%
Manufacturing	3,034	17.1%	2,663	5,528	-2,494	-45.1%
Wholesale Trade	647	3.6%	576	914	-267	-29.2%
Retail Trade	1,353	7.6%	1,342	1,500	-147	-9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	644	3.6%	389	1,398	-754	-53.9%
Information	273	1.5%	250	341	-68	-19.9%
Finance and Insurance	405	2.3%	362	559	-154	-27.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	252	1.4%	205	315	-63	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	756	4.3%	665	1,036	-280	-27.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	128	0.7%	108	132	-4	-3.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,782	10.0%	1,299	2,821	-1,039	-36.8%
Educational Services	312	1.8%	326	554	-242	-43.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,179	6.6%	1,070	1,419	-240	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	265	1.5%	141	416	-151	-36.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	460	2.6%	420	713	-253	-35.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	450	2.5%	403	530	-80	-15.1%
Public Administration	152	0.9%	131	193	-41	-21.2%
Information Not Available	1,366	7.7%	1,078	2,403	-1,037	-43.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,079		9,558	13,215
Male	6,816	61.5%	5,555	8,690	-1,874	-21.6%
Female	4,263	38.5%	4,003	4,525	-262	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,079		9,558	13,215
Hispanic or Latino	1,170	10.6%	754	1,316	-146	-11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,722	51.6%	4,723	6,531	-809	-12.4%
Information Not Available	4,187	37.8%	4,081	5,368	-1,181	-22.0%

Race	11,079		9,558	13,215
American Indian or Alaskan Native	148	1.3%	119	223	-75	-33.6%
Asian	119	1.1%	78	182	-63	-34.6%
Black or African American	2,225	20.1%	2,420	2,331	-106	-4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.2%	17	30	-12	-40.0%
White	7,701	69.5%	6,338	9,442	-1,741	-18.4%
Information Not Available	868	7.8%	586	1,007	-139	-13.8%

Years of Age	11,079		9,558	13,215
Younger than 22	216	1.2%	161	292	-76	-26.0%
22-24	498	2.8%	354	600	-102	-17.0%
25-34	2,638	14.7%	2,211	3,154	-516	-16.4%
35-44	2,568	14.3%	2,303	3,029	-461	-15.2%
45-54	2,560	14.2%	2,205	3,066	-506	-16.5%
55-59	1,310	7.3%	1,135	1,540	-230	-14.9%
60-64	810	4.5%	766	1,020	-210	-20.6%
65 and older	479	2.7%	423	514	-35	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,079		9,558	13,215
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.4%	42	54	-5	-9.3%
Mining	76	0.7%	54	111	-35	-31.5%
Utilities	76	0.7%	69	17	59	347.1%
Construction	2,189	19.7%	1,316	2,925	-736	-25.2%
Manufacturing	1,379	12.4%	1,208	1,568	-189	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	527	4.7%	437	823	-296	-36.0%
Retail Trade	739	6.6%	641	853	-114	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	353	3.2%	319	451	-98	-21.7%
Information	174	1.6%	170	273	-99	-36.3%
Finance and Insurance	287	2.6%	264	353	-66	-18.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	227	2.0%	194	185	42	22.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	581	5.2%	536	750	-169	-22.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.3%	35	38	-5	-13.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,500	13.5%	1,156	1,787	-287	-16.1%
Educational Services	153	1.4%	166	207	-54	-26.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,002	9.0%	950	969	33	3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	80	0.7%	65	94	-14	-14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	489	4.4%	400	500	-11	-2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	231	2.1%	211	252	-21	-8.3%
Public Administration	303	2.7%	246	313	-10	-3.2%
Information Not Available	631	5.7%	1,079	692	-61	-8.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,903		15,373	20,097
Male	10,659	59.5%	8,985	12,640	-1,981	-15.7%
Female	7,244	40.5%	6,388	7,457	-213	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,903		15,373	20,097
Hispanic or Latino	35	0.2%	24	36	-1	-2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	580	3.2%	494	636	-56	-8.8%
Information Not Available	17,288	96.6%	14,855	19,425	-2,137	-11.0%

Race	17,903		15,373	20,097
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.7%	115	99	26	26.3%
Asian	95	0.5%	54	54	41	75.9%
Black or African American	2,138	11.9%	1,896	2,226	-88	-4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	9	0	9	0.0%
White	15,293	85.4%	13,111	17,423	-2,130	-12.2%
Information Not Available	243	1.4%	188	295	-52	-17.6%

Years of Age	17,903		15,373	20,097
Younger than 22	372	1.2%	183	309	63	20.4%
22-24	632	2.0%	458	752	-120	-16.0%
25-34	3,523	11.1%	3,151	4,076	-553	-13.6%
35-44	4,566	14.4%	3,966	4,895	-329	-6.7%
45-54	4,358	13.7%	3,490	5,021	-663	-13.2%
55-59	1,999	6.3%	1,937	2,423	-424	-17.5%
60-64	1,428	4.5%	1,378	1,612	-184	-11.4%
65 and older	1,013	3.2%	792	999	14	1.4%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	18	10	2	20.0%

Industry	17,903		15,373	20,097
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.4%	100	99	-34	-34.3%
Mining	169	0.9%	215	345	-176	-51.0%
Utilities	26	0.1%	32	85	-59	-69.4%
Construction	2,830	15.8%	1,895	3,794	-964	-25.4%
Manufacturing	2,912	16.2%	2,601	3,225	-313	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	866	4.8%	765	1,187	-321	-27.0%
Retail Trade	1,264	7.0%	1,319	1,362	-98	-7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	671	3.7%	582	815	-144	-17.7%
Information	385	2.1%	316	211	174	82.5%
Finance and Insurance	524	2.9%	531	546	-22	-4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	229	1.3%	142	340	-111	-32.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	762	4.2%	1,062	945	-183	-19.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	177	1.0%	110	99	78	78.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,748	9.7%	1,584	1,850	-102	-5.5%
Educational Services	485	2.7%	403	636	-151	-23.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,541	8.6%	1,392	1,384	157	11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	286	1.6%	183	340	-54	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	930	5.2%	577	730	200	27.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	441	2.5%	344	520	-79	-15.2%
Public Administration	407	2.3%	293	417	-10	-2.4%
Information Not Available	1,185	6.6%	927	1,167	18	1.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,108		18,547	24,014
Male	9,108	47.7%	8,674	13,492	-4,384	-32.5%
Female	9,948	52.1%	9,819	10,501	-553	-5.3%
Information Not Available	52	0.3%	54	21	31	147.6%

Ethnicity	19,108		18,547	24,014
Hispanic or Latino	747	3.9%	710	1,065	-318	-29.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,929	93.8%	17,397	22,711	-4,782	-21.1%
Information Not Available	432	2.3%	440	238	194	81.5%

Race	19,108		18,547	24,014
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	0.6%	104	159	-47	-29.6%
Asian	106	0.6%	112	214	-108	-50.5%
Black or African American	9,331	48.8%	9,165	12,056	-2,725	-22.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	465	2.4%	369	30	435	1450.0%
White	7,624	39.9%	7,388	10,464	-2,840	-27.1%
Information Not Available	1,470	7.7%	1,409	1,091	379	34.7%

Years of Age	19,108		18,547	24,014
Younger than 22	350	1.4%	352	484	-134	-27.7%
22-24	827	3.3%	795	1,092	-265	-24.3%
25-34	4,659	18.4%	4,555	6,042	-1,383	-22.9%
35-44	4,593	18.2%	4,462	5,539	-946	-17.1%
45-54	4,182	16.6%	4,066	5,447	-1,265	-23.2%
55-59	2,104	8.3%	2,001	2,512	-408	-16.2%
60-64	1,467	5.8%	1,408	1,742	-275	-15.8%
65 and older	926	3.7%	908	1,156	-230	-19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,108		18,547	24,014
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	284	1.5%	215	339	-55	-16.2%
Mining	286	1.5%	274	792	-506	-63.9%
Utilities	40	0.2%	43	49	-9	-18.4%
Construction	3,654	18.8%	3,307	4,311	-657	-15.2%
Manufacturing	1,358	7.0%	1,316	2,167	-809	-37.3%
Wholesale Trade	469	2.4%	459	754	-285	-37.8%
Retail Trade	1,357	7.0%	1,383	2,031	-674	-33.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	589	3.0%	644	1,030	-441	-42.8%
Information	230	1.2%	221	396	-166	-41.9%
Finance and Insurance	413	2.1%	402	413	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	261	1.3%	246	469	-208	-44.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	744	3.8%	796	1,348	-604	-44.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	0.3%	63	87	-25	-28.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,601	8.3%	1,505	2,106	-505	-24.0%
Educational Services	400	2.1%	424	479	-79	-16.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,833	9.5%	1,920	2,219	-386	-17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	249	1.3%	244	335	-86	-25.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,412	7.3%	1,292	1,999	-587	-29.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	439	2.3%	448	571	-132	-23.1%
Public Administration	291	1.5%	300	413	-122	-29.5%
Information Not Available	3,136	16.2%	3,045	1,706	1,430	83.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,288		48,313	57,931
Male	32,927	58.5%	26,352	35,154	-2,227	-6.3%
Female	23,357	41.5%	21,959	22,777	580	2.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	56,288		48,313	57,931
Hispanic or Latino	7,355	13.1%	6,176	7,471	-116	-1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,494	80.8%	39,229	46,942	-1,448	-3.1%
Information Not Available	3,439	6.1%	2,908	3,518	-79	-2.2%

Race	56,288		48,313	57,931
American Indian or Alaskan Native	300	0.5%	247	270	30	11.1%
Asian	1,993	3.5%	1,837	2,024	-31	-1.5%
Black or African American	5,214	9.3%	4,828	5,179	35	0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	138	0.2%	107	135	3	2.2%
White	40,457	71.9%	34,326	42,095	-1,638	-3.9%
Information Not Available	8,186	14.5%	6,968	8,228	-42	-0.5%

Years of Age	56,288		48,313	57,931
Younger than 22	1,042	1.1%	767	1,043	-1	-0.1%
22-24	2,311	2.5%	1,861	2,564	-253	-9.9%
25-34	12,717	13.9%	10,817	13,122	-405	-3.1%
35-44	11,689	12.7%	10,044	12,155	-466	-3.8%
45-54	13,001	14.2%	11,334	13,792	-791	-5.7%
55-59	6,452	7.0%	5,620	6,543	-91	-1.4%
60-64	5,061	5.5%	4,554	4,839	222	4.6%
65 and older	4,015	4.4%	3,316	3,873	142	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,288		48,313	57,931
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	502	0.9%	348	513	-11	-2.1%
Mining	42	0.1%	27	53	-11	-20.8%
Utilities	214	0.4%	217	177	37	20.9%
Construction	7,023	12.4%	4,400	8,023	-1,000	-12.5%
Manufacturing	4,136	7.3%	4,049	4,815	-679	-14.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,593	4.6%	2,545	2,495	98	3.9%
Retail Trade	4,555	8.0%	4,226	4,397	158	3.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,523	2.7%	1,338	1,537	-14	-0.9%
Information	1,425	2.5%	1,418	1,321	104	7.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,232	3.9%	2,146	2,022	210	10.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,009	1.8%	874	1,068	-59	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,063	8.9%	4,931	5,014	49	1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	295	0.5%	296	289	6	2.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,421	11.3%	4,624	6,893	-472	-6.8%
Educational Services	1,280	2.3%	1,238	1,250	30	2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,368	9.5%	5,375	4,998	370	7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,790	3.2%	944	1,980	-190	-9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,681	8.2%	3,668	4,759	-78	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,004	5.3%	2,723	2,897	107	3.7%
Public Administration	1,228	2.2%	1,179	1,609	-381	-23.7%
Information Not Available	1,904	3.4%	1,747	1,821	83	4.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,152		31,373	36,902
Male	16,388	48.0%	14,167	18,710	-2,322	-12.4%
Female	12,595	36.9%	12,388	13,824	-1,229	-8.9%
Information Not Available	5,169	15.1%	4,818	4,368	801	18.3%

Ethnicity	34,152		31,373	36,902
Hispanic or Latino	1,957	5.7%	1,630	1,981	-24	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,148	76.6%	24,042	29,776	-3,628	-12.2%
Information Not Available	6,047	17.7%	5,701	5,145	902	17.5%

Race	34,152		31,373	36,902
American Indian or Alaskan Native	126	0.4%	121	127	-1	-0.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12,599	36.9%	11,824	13,629	-1,030	-7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.1%	50	52	-6	-11.5%
White	13,377	39.2%	12,047	15,968	-2,591	-16.2%
Information Not Available	8,004	23.4%	7,331	7,126	878	12.3%

Years of Age	34,152		31,373	36,902
Younger than 22	320	0.7%	540	388	-68	-17.5%
22-24	1,011	2.2%	1,138	1,210	-199	-16.4%
25-34	7,029	15.6%	6,576	7,883	-854	-10.8%
35-44	6,155	13.7%	5,547	6,725	-570	-8.5%
45-54	6,163	13.7%	5,759	7,155	-992	-13.9%
55-59	3,468	7.7%	3,030	3,797	-329	-8.7%
60-64	2,540	5.6%	2,045	2,796	-256	-9.2%
65 and older	2,297	5.1%	1,920	2,580	-283	-11.0%
Information Not Available	5,169	11.5%	4,818	4,368	801	18.3%

Industry	34,152		31,373	36,902
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	0.4%	103	163	-25	-15.3%
Mining	19	0.1%	11	43	-24	-55.8%
Utilities	34	0.1%	35	38	-4	-10.5%
Construction	4,021	11.7%	3,162	4,801	-780	-16.2%
Manufacturing	461	1.3%	273	453	8	1.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,028	3.0%	980	1,327	-299	-22.5%
Retail Trade	957	2.8%	959	1,175	-218	-18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	638	1.9%	705	969	-331	-34.2%
Information	427	1.2%	431	418	9	2.2%
Finance and Insurance	824	2.4%	861	835	-11	-1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	763	2.2%	742	619	144	23.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,355	6.9%	2,373	2,705	-350	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.2%	88	139	-68	-48.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,218	12.3%	3,659	4,879	-661	-13.5%
Educational Services	864	2.5%	921	955	-91	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,379	6.9%	2,508	2,489	-110	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	787	2.3%	665	870	-83	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,353	9.8%	2,554	3,639	-286	-7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	727	2.1%	742	818	-91	-11.1%
Public Administration	705	2.1%	702	764	-59	-7.7%
Information Not Available	9,383	27.4%	8,899	8,803	580	6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,738		4,528	6,596
Male	3,248	56.6%	2,316	4,162	-914	-22.0%
Female	2,109	36.8%	2,191	2,434	-325	-13.4%
Information Not Available	381	6.6%	21	0	381	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,738		4,528	6,596
Hispanic or Latino	95	1.7%	63	100	-5	-5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,177	90.2%	3,954	5,786	-609	-10.5%
Information Not Available	466	8.1%	511	710	-244	-34.4%

Race	5,738		4,528	6,596
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	1.4%	55	82	-1	-1.2%
Asian	30	0.5%	28	24	6	25.0%
Black or African American	91	1.6%	79	91	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	1	0	8	0.0%
White	5,301	92.4%	4,195	6,120	-819	-13.4%
Information Not Available	227	4.0%	170	279	-52	-18.6%

Years of Age	5,738		4,528	6,596
Younger than 22	98	0.9%	75	218	-120	-55.0%
22-24	231	2.2%	178	295	-64	-21.7%
25-34	1,244	11.9%	966	1,462	-218	-14.9%
35-44	1,122	10.7%	908	1,284	-162	-12.6%
45-54	1,348	12.9%	1,082	1,496	-148	-9.9%
55-59	735	7.0%	568	825	-90	-10.9%
60-64	560	5.3%	455	589	-29	-4.9%
65 and older	400	3.8%	296	427	-27	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,738		4,528	6,596
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	1.9%	71	142	-28	-19.7%
Mining	6	0.1%	3	8	-2	-25.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	6	13	-7	-53.8%
Construction	890	15.2%	344	985	-95	-9.6%
Manufacturing	569	9.7%	445	610	-41	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	158	2.7%	155	169	-11	-6.5%
Retail Trade	380	6.5%	388	447	-67	-15.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	134	2.3%	111	155	-21	-13.5%
Information	35	0.6%	35	38	-3	-7.9%
Finance and Insurance	90	1.5%	107	84	6	7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	51	0.9%	50	51	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	205	3.5%	218	220	-15	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	11	12	1	8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	480	8.2%	334	584	-104	-17.8%
Educational Services	125	2.1%	122	73	52	71.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	377	6.4%	444	357	20	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	2.3%	107	157	-25	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	892	15.2%	769	941	-49	-5.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133	2.3%	117	152	-19	-12.5%
Public Administration	118	2.0%	102	132	-14	-10.6%
Information Not Available	830	14.2%	589	1,266	-436	-34.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	70,901		46,573	73,138
Male	44,985	63.4%	25,710	47,852	-2,867	-6.0%
Female	23,150	32.7%	19,304	23,677	-527	-2.2%
Information Not Available	2,766	3.9%	1,559	1,609	1,157	71.9%

Ethnicity	70,901		46,573	73,138
Hispanic or Latino	5,847	8.2%	2,460	5,886	-39	-0.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,212	75.1%	36,383	56,008	-2,796	-5.0%
Information Not Available	11,842	16.7%	7,730	11,244	598	5.3%

Race	70,901		46,573	73,138
American Indian or Alaskan Native	852	1.2%	537	883	-31	-3.5%
Asian	562	0.8%	483	590	-28	-4.7%
Black or African American	9,462	13.3%	8,199	9,949	-487	-4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.1%	44	50	-8	-16.0%
White	42,608	60.1%	26,797	45,265	-2,657	-5.9%
Information Not Available	17,375	24.5%	10,513	16,401	974	5.9%

Years of Age	70,901		46,573	73,138
Younger than 22	1,854	1.7%	1,023	1,899	-45	-2.4%
22-24	3,476	3.2%	2,076	3,970	-494	-12.4%
25-34	16,615	15.3%	10,756	16,971	-356	-2.1%
35-44	15,979	14.7%	10,273	16,183	-204	-1.3%
45-54	16,761	15.5%	11,118	17,800	-1,039	-5.8%
55-59	7,951	7.3%	5,418	8,266	-315	-3.8%
60-64	5,121	4.7%	3,578	5,058	63	1.2%
65 and older	3,140	2.9%	2,327	2,987	153	5.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%

Industry	70,901		46,573	73,138
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,602	2.2%	694	1,714	-112	-6.5%
Mining	522	0.7%	124	862	-340	-39.4%
Utilities	144	0.2%	81	139	5	3.6%
Construction	13,055	18.0%	5,241	12,941	114	0.9%
Manufacturing	7,953	11.0%	6,447	8,624	-671	-7.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,781	3.8%	2,135	5,250	-2,469	-47.0%
Retail Trade	4,562	6.3%	3,271	3,979	583	14.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,849	2.6%	1,265	2,053	-204	-9.9%
Information	913	1.3%	787	772	141	18.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,417	2.0%	1,172	1,152	265	23.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	883	1.2%	756	813	70	8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,150	5.7%	3,209	3,685	465	12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,687	2.3%	1,065	1,191	496	41.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,176	14.0%	5,544	10,414	-238	-2.3%
Educational Services	854	1.2%	881	900	-46	-5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,235	5.8%	3,690	4,148	87	2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,727	3.8%	1,585	2,841	-114	-4.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,547	4.9%	2,977	3,623	-76	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,729	2.4%	1,278	1,722	7	0.4%
Public Administration	1,568	2.2%	1,086	1,582	-14	-0.9%
Information Not Available	4,547	6.3%	3,285	4,733	-186	-3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,204		36,246	60,810
Male	41,385	76.4%	24,987	47,393	-6,008	-12.7%
Female	12,806	23.6%	11,251	13,406	-600	-4.5%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	8	11	2	18.2%

Ethnicity	54,204		36,246	60,810
Hispanic or Latino	2,525	4.7%	1,526	2,762	-237	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,089	85.0%	31,135	52,138	-6,049	-11.6%
Information Not Available	5,590	10.3%	3,585	5,910	-320	-5.4%

Race	54,204		36,246	60,810
American Indian or Alaskan Native	692	1.3%	506	748	-56	-7.5%
Asian	844	1.6%	711	1,004	-160	-15.9%
Black or African American	2,816	5.2%	2,383	2,975	-159	-5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.2%	71	96	1	1.0%
White	45,164	83.3%	29,443	51,200	-6,036	-11.8%
Information Not Available	4,591	8.5%	3,132	4,787	-196	-4.1%

Years of Age	54,204		36,246	60,810
Younger than 22	1,685	1.8%	814	1,886	-201	-10.7%
22-24	3,034	3.2%	1,749	3,468	-434	-12.5%
25-34	13,232	13.9%	8,527	15,176	-1,944	-12.8%
35-44	11,550	12.2%	7,778	12,824	-1,274	-9.9%
45-54	11,412	12.0%	7,832	13,472	-2,060	-15.3%
55-59	6,505	6.8%	4,548	7,225	-720	-10.0%
60-64	4,327	4.6%	3,222	4,427	-100	-2.3%
65 and older	2,442	2.6%	1,768	2,321	121	5.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	8	11	6	54.5%

Industry	54,204		36,246	60,810
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	828	1.5%	425	885	-57	-6.4%
Mining	486	0.9%	182	826	-340	-41.2%
Utilities	129	0.2%	83	263	-134	-51.0%
Construction	19,708	35.8%	10,302	23,138	-3,430	-14.8%
Manufacturing	5,744	10.4%	3,910	6,933	-1,189	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,819	3.3%	1,457	2,092	-273	-13.0%
Retail Trade	2,712	4.9%	2,231	2,760	-48	-1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,466	2.7%	907	1,645	-179	-10.9%
Information	631	1.1%	657	649	-18	-2.8%
Finance and Insurance	916	1.7%	917	848	68	8.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	572	1.0%	424	574	-2	-0.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,451	4.5%	2,009	2,611	-160	-6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	615	1.1%	562	750	-135	-18.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,152	9.4%	3,173	5,518	-366	-6.6%
Educational Services	935	1.7%	872	1,037	-102	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,408	4.4%	2,322	2,335	73	3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,081	2.0%	885	1,148	-67	-5.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,211	4.0%	1,781	2,259	-48	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,344	2.4%	1,018	1,423	-79	-5.6%
Public Administration	1,204	2.2%	950	1,329	-125	-9.4%
Information Not Available	1,792	3.3%	1,179	1,787	5	0.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,310		24,858	28,841
Male	14,951	56.8%	13,799	17,177	-2,226	-13.0%
Female	11,330	43.1%	11,042	11,626	-296	-2.5%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	17	38	-9	-23.7%

Ethnicity	26,310		24,858	28,841
Hispanic or Latino	1,085	4.1%	1,022	1,191	-106	-8.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,658	78.5%	18,631	23,429	-2,771	-11.8%
Information Not Available	4,567	17.4%	5,205	4,221	346	8.2%

Race	26,310		24,858	28,841
American Indian or Alaskan Native	179	0.7%	147	168	11	6.5%
Asian	182	0.7%	183	278	-96	-34.5%
Black or African American	5,287	20.1%	5,265	5,718	-431	-7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	222	0.8%	212	710	-488	-68.7%
White	17,362	66.0%	15,182	19,668	-2,306	-11.7%
Information Not Available	3,078	11.7%	3,869	2,299	779	33.9%

Years of Age	26,310		24,858	28,841
Younger than 22	531	1.3%	422	591	-60	-10.2%
22-24	1,085	2.6%	999	1,254	-169	-13.5%
25-34	5,726	13.8%	5,455	6,471	-745	-11.5%
35-44	5,971	14.4%	5,671	6,543	-572	-8.7%
45-54	6,245	15.0%	6,053	6,923	-678	-9.8%
55-59	3,188	7.7%	2,972	3,425	-237	-6.9%
60-64	2,104	5.1%	1,952	2,044	60	2.9%
65 and older	1,460	3.5%	1,334	1,590	-130	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,310		24,858	28,841
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	267	1.0%	149	366	-99	-27.0%
Mining	81	0.3%	58	141	-60	-42.6%
Utilities	35	0.1%	30	45	-10	-22.2%
Construction	4,192	15.8%	2,802	4,808	-616	-12.8%
Manufacturing	2,449	9.2%	4,902	3,011	-562	-18.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,085	4.1%	1,025	1,151	-66	-5.7%
Retail Trade	2,299	8.7%	2,033	2,418	-119	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	823	3.1%	712	1,122	-299	-26.6%
Information	692	2.6%	537	437	255	58.4%
Finance and Insurance	760	2.9%	704	748	12	1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	396	1.5%	371	495	-99	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,333	5.0%	1,387	1,341	-8	-0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	0.5%	112	152	-20	-13.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,172	11.9%	2,615	3,589	-417	-11.6%
Educational Services	471	1.8%	478	594	-123	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,514	9.5%	2,432	2,525	-11	-0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	586	2.2%	390	728	-142	-19.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,241	8.4%	1,760	2,480	-239	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	587	2.2%	508	676	-89	-13.2%
Public Administration	336	1.3%	288	375	-39	-10.4%
Information Not Available	1,859	7.0%	1,565	1,639	220	13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,295		9,089	12,325
Male	5,403	52.5%	4,416	7,083	-1,680	-23.7%
Female	4,879	47.4%	4,663	5,224	-345	-6.6%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	10	18	-5	-27.8%

Ethnicity	10,295		9,089	12,325
Hispanic or Latino	220	2.1%	191	232	-12	-5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,583	93.1%	8,530	11,543	-1,960	-17.0%
Information Not Available	492	4.8%	368	550	-58	-10.5%

Race	10,295		9,089	12,325
American Indian or Alaskan Native	43	0.4%	38	42	1	2.4%
Asian	68	0.7%	51	125	-57	-45.6%
Black or African American	6,006	58.3%	5,324	7,192	-1,186	-16.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.3%	23	31	-3	-9.7%
White	3,744	36.4%	3,335	4,589	-845	-18.4%
Information Not Available	406	3.9%	318	346	60	17.3%

Years of Age	10,295		9,089	12,325
Younger than 22	141	1.1%	133	230	-89	-38.7%
22-24	484	3.6%	419	656	-172	-26.2%
25-34	2,464	18.6%	2,201	3,082	-618	-20.1%
35-44	2,504	18.9%	2,244	2,940	-436	-14.8%
45-54	2,321	17.5%	1,999	2,773	-452	-16.3%
55-59	1,069	8.0%	949	1,262	-193	-15.3%
60-64	756	5.7%	653	806	-50	-6.2%
65 and older	556	4.2%	491	576	-20	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,295		9,089	12,325
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	548	5.1%	280	808	-260	-32.2%
Mining	28	0.3%	31	38	-10	-26.3%
Utilities	24	0.2%	22	14	10	71.4%
Construction	528	4.9%	417	702	-174	-24.8%
Manufacturing	1,152	10.6%	1,090	1,473	-321	-21.8%
Wholesale Trade	207	1.9%	250	236	-29	-12.3%
Retail Trade	719	6.6%	646	940	-221	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	213	2.0%	200	259	-46	-17.8%
Information	62	0.6%	64	107	-45	-42.1%
Finance and Insurance	129	1.2%	120	152	-23	-15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	108	1.0%	97	130	-22	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	318	2.9%	318	337	-19	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	108	1.0%	126	134	-26	-19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	862	7.9%	865	1,100	-238	-21.6%
Educational Services	270	2.5%	283	245	25	10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	880	8.1%	862	944	-64	-6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	0.7%	59	85	-13	-15.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	911	8.4%	600	1,005	-94	-9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	127	1.2%	123	184	-57	-31.0%
Public Administration	148	1.4%	146	185	-37	-20.0%
Information Not Available	2,881	26.6%	2,490	3,247	-366	-11.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,830		7,308	9,454
Male	6,374	72.2%	4,973	6,971	-597	-8.6%
Female	2,449	27.7%	2,328	2,476	-27	-1.1%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	7	7	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,830		7,308	9,454
Hispanic or Latino	399	4.5%	333	409	-10	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,024	90.9%	6,655	8,612	-588	-6.8%
Information Not Available	407	4.6%	320	433	-26	-6.0%

Race	8,830		7,308	9,454
American Indian or Alaskan Native	770	8.7%	594	827	-57	-6.9%
Asian	38	0.4%	43	38	0	0.0%
Black or African American	80	0.9%	81	95	-15	-15.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.3%	20	19	7	36.8%
White	7,789	88.2%	6,458	8,347	-558	-6.7%
Information Not Available	127	1.4%	112	128	-1	-0.8%

Years of Age	8,830		7,308	9,454
Younger than 22	239	1.5%	175	239	0	0.0%
22-24	470	3.0%	378	503	-33	-6.6%
25-34	2,312	14.6%	1,832	2,585	-273	-10.6%
35-44	1,860	11.7%	1,580	1,998	-138	-6.9%
45-54	1,726	10.9%	1,456	1,822	-96	-5.3%
55-59	976	6.2%	854	1,093	-117	-10.7%
60-64	765	4.8%	617	758	7	0.9%
65 and older	482	3.0%	416	456	26	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,830		7,308	9,454
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	194	2.1%	150	221	-27	-12.2%
Mining	209	2.3%	162	292	-83	-28.4%
Utilities	21	0.2%	15	19	2	10.5%
Construction	2,721	30.2%	1,816	2,796	-75	-2.7%
Manufacturing	385	4.3%	329	486	-101	-20.8%
Wholesale Trade	167	1.9%	141	182	-15	-8.2%
Retail Trade	625	6.9%	498	700	-75	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	225	2.5%	223	242	-17	-7.0%
Information	56	0.6%	64	57	-1	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	106	1.2%	106	110	-4	-3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	95	1.1%	95	81	14	17.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	274	3.0%	284	254	20	7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.1%	15	4	5	125.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	963	10.7%	814	1,011	-48	-4.7%
Educational Services	171	1.9%	161	152	19	12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	422	4.7%	412	401	21	5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	269	3.0%	232	341	-72	-21.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	954	10.6%	998	1,044	-90	-8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	169	1.9%	141	225	-56	-24.9%
Public Administration	363	4.0%	305	358	5	1.4%
Information Not Available	432	4.8%	347	478	-46	-9.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,633		19,203	23,730
Male	10,457	50.7%	9,408	12,141	-1,684	-13.9%
Female	10,165	49.3%	9,780	11,576	-1,411	-12.2%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	15	13	-2	-15.4%

Ethnicity	20,633		19,203	23,730
Hispanic or Latino	1,018	4.9%	955	1,168	-150	-12.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,099	92.6%	17,778	21,988	-2,889	-13.1%
Information Not Available	516	2.5%	470	574	-58	-10.1%

Race	20,633		19,203	23,730
American Indian or Alaskan Native	307	1.5%	263	414	-107	-25.8%
Asian	357	1.7%	360	339	18	5.3%
Black or African American	8,300	40.2%	7,924	9,879	-1,579	-16.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	200	1.0%	187	57	143	250.9%
White	9,980	48.4%	9,119	11,485	-1,505	-13.1%
Information Not Available	1,489	7.2%	1,350	1,556	-67	-4.3%

Years of Age	20,633		19,203	23,730
Younger than 22	298	1.0%	277	355	-57	-16.1%
22-24	766	2.6%	664	1,038	-272	-26.2%
25-34	4,863	16.7%	4,518	6,009	-1,146	-19.1%
35-44	5,127	17.6%	4,814	5,727	-600	-10.5%
45-54	5,098	17.5%	4,838	5,934	-836	-14.1%
55-59	2,223	7.6%	2,083	2,469	-246	-10.0%
60-64	1,466	5.0%	1,336	1,457	9	0.6%
65 and older	792	2.7%	673	741	51	6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,633		19,203	23,730
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.5%	91	125	-26	-20.8%
Mining	10	0.0%	9	7	3	42.9%
Utilities	23	0.1%	18	23	0	0.0%
Construction	1,363	6.6%	1,169	1,529	-166	-10.9%
Manufacturing	2,622	12.6%	2,576	3,325	-703	-21.1%
Wholesale Trade	913	4.4%	921	928	-15	-1.6%
Retail Trade	1,661	8.0%	1,650	1,974	-313	-15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	398	1.9%	387	539	-141	-26.2%
Information	410	2.0%	380	422	-12	-2.8%
Finance and Insurance	671	3.2%	723	691	-20	-2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	398	1.9%	353	463	-65	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,352	6.5%	1,226	1,394	-42	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	121	0.6%	117	121	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,646	17.6%	3,230	4,224	-578	-13.7%
Educational Services	440	2.1%	447	457	-17	-3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,742	8.4%	1,724	2,022	-280	-13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	291	1.4%	200	372	-81	-21.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,591	7.7%	1,106	1,969	-378	-19.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	495	2.4%	462	532	-37	-7.0%
Public Administration	386	1.9%	381	395	-9	-2.3%
Information Not Available	2,001	9.7%	2,033	2,218	-217	-9.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,706		3,134	7,334
Male	4,822	84.5%	2,368	6,362	-1,540	-24.2%
Female	883	15.5%	766	972	-89	-9.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,706		3,134	7,334
Hispanic or Latino	389	6.8%	220	534	-145	-27.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,156	90.4%	2,812	6,640	-1,484	-22.3%
Information Not Available	161	2.8%	102	160	1	0.6%

Race	5,706		3,134	7,334
American Indian or Alaskan Native	331	5.8%	208	409	-78	-19.1%
Asian	26	0.5%	16	31	-5	-16.1%
Black or African American	234	4.1%	173	261	-27	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	9	11	3	27.3%
White	4,551	79.8%	2,406	5,928	-1,377	-23.2%
Information Not Available	550	9.6%	322	694	-144	-20.7%

Years of Age	5,706		3,134	7,334
Younger than 22	154	1.6%	61	174	-20	-11.5%
22-24	325	3.3%	161	456	-131	-28.7%
25-34	1,481	15.2%	772	1,837	-356	-19.4%
35-44	1,129	11.6%	655	1,459	-330	-22.6%
45-54	1,138	11.7%	668	1,558	-420	-27.0%
55-59	651	6.7%	361	889	-238	-26.8%
60-64	520	5.3%	316	609	-89	-14.6%
65 and older	308	3.2%	140	352	-44	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,706		3,134	7,334
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	3.2%	97	189	-1	-0.5%
Mining	390	6.6%	126	697	-307	-44.0%
Utilities	14	0.2%	22	7	7	100.0%
Construction	2,359	40.0%	961	3,181	-822	-25.8%
Manufacturing	449	7.6%	209	673	-224	-33.3%
Wholesale Trade	242	4.1%	172	352	-110	-31.3%
Retail Trade	239	4.1%	208	251	-12	-4.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	214	3.6%	144	398	-184	-46.2%
Information	28	0.5%	25	17	11	64.7%
Finance and Insurance	63	1.1%	59	45	18	40.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40	0.7%	42	56	-16	-28.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	214	3.6%	148	199	15	7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	4	11	-5	-45.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	350	5.9%	217	370	-20	-5.4%
Educational Services	7	0.1%	8	4	3	75.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	127	2.2%	133	112	15	13.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	41	0.7%	33	38	3	7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	129	2.2%	112	176	-47	-26.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	70	1.2%	58	76	-6	-7.9%
Public Administration	218	3.7%	175	217	1	0.5%
Information Not Available	318	5.4%	181	265	53	20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,518		3,866	6,672
Male	3,381	61.3%	1,980	4,379	-998	-22.8%
Female	1,780	32.3%	1,640	1,819	-39	-2.1%
Information Not Available	357	6.5%	246	474	-117	-24.7%

Ethnicity	5,518		3,866	6,672
Hispanic or Latino	708	12.8%	360	854	-146	-17.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,063	73.6%	2,997	4,741	-678	-14.3%
Information Not Available	747	13.5%	509	1,077	-330	-30.6%

Race	5,518		3,866	6,672
American Indian or Alaskan Native	88	1.6%	72	111	-23	-20.7%
Asian	93	1.7%	62	228	-135	-59.2%
Black or African American	552	10.0%	460	564	-12	-2.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.3%	9	10	4	40.0%
White	3,787	68.6%	2,696	4,410	-623	-14.1%
Information Not Available	984	17.8%	567	1,349	-365	-27.1%

Years of Age	5,518		3,866	6,672
Younger than 22	41	0.5%	45	68	-27	-39.7%
22-24	154	1.7%	112	225	-71	-31.6%
25-34	1,204	13.7%	845	1,471	-267	-18.2%
35-44	1,276	14.5%	882	1,518	-242	-15.9%
45-54	1,191	13.5%	863	1,540	-349	-22.7%
55-59	745	8.5%	526	780	-35	-4.5%
60-64	501	5.7%	334	622	-121	-19.5%
65 and older	406	4.6%	259	448	-42	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,518		3,866	6,672
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55	1.0%	51	70	-15	-21.4%
Mining	95	1.7%	19	143	-48	-33.6%
Utilities	11	0.2%	10	16	-5	-31.3%
Construction	1,336	24.0%	534	1,961	-625	-31.9%
Manufacturing	480	8.6%	415	721	-241	-33.4%
Wholesale Trade	203	3.6%	157	210	-7	-3.3%
Retail Trade	388	7.0%	348	372	16	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	127	2.3%	100	166	-39	-23.5%
Information	104	1.9%	99	87	17	19.5%
Finance and Insurance	170	3.1%	169	170	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	59	1.1%	51	79	-20	-25.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	176	3.2%	159	197	-21	-10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.9%	37	55	-7	-12.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	733	13.2%	416	812	-79	-9.7%
Educational Services	69	1.2%	78	89	-20	-22.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	415	7.4%	423	354	61	17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	100	1.8%	80	107	-7	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	193	3.5%	160	212	-19	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	88	1.6%	87	85	3	3.5%
Public Administration	211	3.8%	165	239	-28	-11.7%
Information Not Available	457	8.2%	308	527	-70	-13.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,676		3,293	4,185
Male	2,088	56.8%	1,717	2,521	-433	-17.2%
Female	1,562	42.5%	1,550	1,639	-77	-4.7%
Information Not Available	26	0.7%	26	25	1	4.0%

Ethnicity	3,676		3,293	4,185
Hispanic or Latino	189	5.1%	138	203	-14	-6.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,998	81.6%	2,725	3,428	-430	-12.5%
Information Not Available	489	13.3%	430	554	-65	-11.7%

Race	3,676		3,293	4,185
American Indian or Alaskan Native	11	0.3%	5	20	-9	-45.0%
Asian	59	1.6%	72	63	-4	-6.3%
Black or African American	75	2.0%	66	76	-1	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	2	2	2	100.0%
White	3,216	87.5%	2,877	3,690	-474	-12.8%
Information Not Available	311	8.5%	271	334	-23	-6.9%

Years of Age	3,676		3,293	4,185
Younger than 22	32	0.5%	24	30	2	6.7%
22-24	81	1.3%	60	111	-30	-27.0%
25-34	605	9.4%	528	728	-123	-16.9%
35-44	676	10.6%	621	747	-71	-9.5%
45-54	959	15.0%	876	1,152	-193	-16.8%
55-59	556	8.7%	539	615	-59	-9.6%
60-64	488	7.6%	411	476	12	2.5%
65 and older	279	4.4%	234	326	-47	-14.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,676		3,293	4,185
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.6%	17	25	-3	-12.0%
Mining	6	0.2%	6	7	-1	-14.3%
Utilities	4	0.1%	3	9	-5	-55.6%
Construction	126	3.4%	64	194	-68	-35.1%
Manufacturing	376	10.2%	367	376	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	184	5.0%	198	214	-30	-14.0%
Retail Trade	221	6.0%	214	231	-10	-4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	117	3.2%	90	107	10	9.3%
Information	47	1.3%	49	64	-17	-26.6%
Finance and Insurance	111	3.0%	120	144	-33	-22.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	35	0.9%	33	50	-15	-30.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	224	6.1%	214	230	-6	-2.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	1.1%	38	25	16	64.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	548	14.8%	446	638	-90	-14.1%
Educational Services	107	2.9%	121	159	-52	-32.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	294	8.0%	294	310	-16	-5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	2.9%	74	158	-50	-31.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	81	2.2%	62	93	-12	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	94	2.5%	98	119	-25	-21.0%
Public Administration	58	1.6%	57	78	-20	-25.6%
Information Not Available	872	23.6%	728	954	-82	-8.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	95,173		82,561	97,621
Male	50,543	53.1%	45,393	58,206	-7,663	-13.2%
Female	44,630	46.9%	37,168	39,415	5,215	13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	95,173		82,561	97,621
Hispanic or Latino	18,649	19.6%	16,622	21,922	-3,273	-14.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	66,602	70.0%	57,459	65,779	823	1.3%
Information Not Available	9,922	10.4%	8,480	9,920	2	0.0%

Race	95,173		82,561	97,621
American Indian or Alaskan Native	501	0.5%	456	507	-6	-1.2%
Asian	3,969	4.2%	3,040	3,542	427	12.1%
Black or African American	23,289	24.5%	18,749	19,127	4,162	21.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	639	0.7%	541	607	32	5.3%
White	52,999	55.7%	48,025	59,392	-6,393	-10.8%
Information Not Available	13,776	14.5%	11,750	14,446	-670	-4.6%

Years of Age	95,173		82,561	97,621
Younger than 22	3,517	2.5%	2,010	2,483	1,034	41.6%
22-24	5,772	4.1%	4,354	5,409	363	6.7%
25-34	23,507	16.7%	20,148	23,045	462	2.0%
35-44	19,137	13.6%	16,655	19,733	-596	-3.0%
45-54	20,719	14.7%	17,614	21,807	-1,088	-5.0%
55-59	9,921	7.0%	8,818	10,626	-705	-6.6%
60-64	6,991	5.0%	6,701	7,729	-738	-9.5%
65 and older	5,609	4.0%	6,261	6,789	-1,180	-17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	95,173		82,561	97,621
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	253	0.3%	590	933	-680	-72.9%
Mining	36	0.0%	22	53	-17	-32.1%
Utilities	169	0.2%	135	188	-19	-10.1%
Construction	7,463	7.8%	7,081	10,669	-3,206	-30.0%
Manufacturing	5,955	6.2%	4,665	5,310	645	12.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,457	5.7%	4,455	4,588	869	18.9%
Retail Trade	11,112	11.6%	9,097	9,996	1,116	11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,141	5.4%	4,011	3,938	1,203	30.5%
Information	1,853	1.9%	1,363	1,495	358	23.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,569	3.7%	2,834	2,973	596	20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,539	1.6%	1,327	1,580	-41	-2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,893	7.2%	5,347	5,729	1,164	20.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,367	1.4%	975	1,172	195	16.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,129	12.7%	10,904	14,905	-2,776	-18.6%
Educational Services	3,733	3.9%	2,857	2,877	856	29.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,942	10.4%	7,820	8,282	1,660	20.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,249	1.3%	2,145	3,312	-2,063	-62.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,902	7.2%	7,704	10,146	-3,244	-32.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,455	2.6%	2,113	2,252	203	9.0%
Public Administration	1,106	1.2%	1,165	1,442	-336	-23.3%
Information Not Available	6,850	7.2%	5,951	5,781	1,069	18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,321		9,699	11,758
Male	5,786	56.1%	5,234	7,153	-1,367	-19.1%
Female	4,535	43.9%	4,465	4,605	-70	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,321		9,699	11,758
Hispanic or Latino	5,333	51.7%	4,952	6,200	-867	-14.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,124	40.0%	3,909	4,480	-356	-7.9%
Information Not Available	864	8.4%	838	1,078	-214	-19.9%

Race	10,321		9,699	11,758
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,241	12.0%	1,164	1,559	-318	-20.4%
Asian	73	0.7%	62	78	-5	-6.4%
Black or African American	302	2.9%	292	314	-12	-3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.4%	32	36	5	13.9%
White	5,767	55.9%	5,425	6,176	-409	-6.6%
Information Not Available	2,897	28.1%	2,724	3,595	-698	-19.4%

Years of Age	10,321		9,699	11,758
Younger than 22	221	1.5%	212	334	-113	-33.8%
22-24	537	3.5%	488	597	-60	-10.1%
25-34	2,508	16.5%	2,327	2,896	-388	-13.4%
35-44	2,229	14.6%	2,108	2,504	-275	-11.0%
45-54	2,245	14.7%	2,097	2,637	-392	-14.9%
55-59	1,190	7.8%	1,131	1,359	-169	-12.4%
60-64	852	5.6%	786	867	-15	-1.7%
65 and older	539	3.5%	550	564	-25	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,321		9,699	11,758
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	861	7.7%	767	884	-23	-2.6%
Mining	183	1.6%	188	514	-331	-64.4%
Utilities	31	0.3%	30	31	0	0.0%
Construction	1,642	14.7%	1,360	2,334	-692	-29.6%
Manufacturing	474	4.2%	452	684	-210	-30.7%
Wholesale Trade	294	2.6%	287	359	-65	-18.1%
Retail Trade	1,006	9.0%	996	1,105	-99	-9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	212	1.9%	216	314	-102	-32.5%
Information	709	6.3%	566	338	371	109.8%
Finance and Insurance	250	2.2%	257	238	12	5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	134	1.2%	122	155	-21	-13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	481	4.3%	484	568	-87	-15.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.2%	22	22	4	18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	838	7.5%	799	952	-114	-12.0%
Educational Services	298	2.7%	311	346	-48	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,147	10.3%	1,174	1,031	116	11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	217	1.9%	218	235	-18	-7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	732	6.5%	684	832	-100	-12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	213	1.9%	203	375	-162	-43.2%
Public Administration	388	3.5%	405	363	25	6.9%
Information Not Available	185	1.7%	158	78	107	137.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,633		20,338	25,062
Male	13,539	57.3%	11,429	14,458	-919	-6.4%
Female	9,960	42.1%	8,801	10,455	-495	-4.7%
Information Not Available	134	0.6%	108	149	-15	-10.1%

Ethnicity	23,633		20,338	25,062
Hispanic or Latino	5,632	23.8%	4,423	5,782	-150	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,665	62.1%	13,001	15,468	-803	-5.2%
Information Not Available	3,336	14.1%	2,914	3,812	-476	-12.5%

Race	23,633		20,338	25,062
American Indian or Alaskan Native	652	2.8%	545	641	11	1.7%
Asian	1,450	6.1%	1,203	1,455	-5	-0.3%
Black or African American	3,739	15.8%	3,384	3,775	-36	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	553	2.3%	501	577	-24	-4.2%
White	12,759	54.0%	11,114	13,928	-1,169	-8.4%
Information Not Available	4,480	19.0%	3,591	4,686	-206	-4.4%

Years of Age	23,633		20,338	25,062
Younger than 22	537	1.5%	429	553	-16	-2.9%
22-24	1,149	3.3%	938	1,229	-80	-6.5%
25-34	5,734	16.5%	4,983	6,096	-362	-5.9%
35-44	5,269	15.2%	4,637	5,437	-168	-3.1%
45-54	5,495	15.8%	4,599	5,952	-457	-7.7%
55-59	2,475	7.1%	2,125	2,717	-242	-8.9%
60-64	1,692	4.9%	1,470	1,732	-40	-2.3%
65 and older	1,282	3.7%	1,157	1,346	-64	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,633		20,338	25,062
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.2%	32	67	-20	-29.9%
Mining	123	0.5%	79	135	-12	-8.9%
Utilities	26	0.1%	30	36	-10	-27.8%
Construction	2,572	10.9%	2,180	2,868	-296	-10.3%
Manufacturing	627	2.6%	576	667	-40	-6.0%
Wholesale Trade	420	1.8%	407	431	-11	-2.6%
Retail Trade	1,213	5.1%	1,184	1,426	-213	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,242	5.2%	1,053	1,091	151	13.8%
Information	254	1.1%	201	241	13	5.4%
Finance and Insurance	358	1.5%	360	457	-99	-21.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	603	2.5%	462	710	-107	-15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	785	3.3%	771	908	-123	-13.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.7%	152	183	-28	-15.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,605	11.0%	2,127	3,152	-547	-17.4%
Educational Services	178	0.8%	185	216	-38	-17.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	935	3.9%	921	1,046	-111	-10.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	394	1.7%	319	531	-137	-25.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,507	19.0%	3,374	4,634	-127	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	385	1.6%	382	447	-62	-13.9%
Public Administration	336	1.4%	318	347	-11	-3.2%
Information Not Available	5,868	24.8%	5,225	5,469	399	7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	143,618		132,207	152,977
Male	85,848	59.8%	74,295	93,142	-7,294	-7.8%
Female	57,762	40.2%	57,900	59,820	-2,058	-3.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	12	15	-7	-46.7%

Ethnicity	143,618		132,207	152,977
Hispanic or Latino	26,713	18.6%	25,209	27,428	-715	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,924	69.6%	90,942	106,495	-6,571	-6.2%
Information Not Available	16,981	11.8%	16,056	19,054	-2,073	-10.9%

Race	143,618		132,207	152,977
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,478	1.0%	1,335	1,413	65	4.6%
Asian	4,994	3.5%	4,952	5,358	-364	-6.8%
Black or African American	26,520	18.5%	26,715	25,860	660	2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	867	0.6%	840	864	3	0.3%
White	80,102	55.8%	70,209	87,466	-7,364	-8.4%
Information Not Available	29,657	20.6%	28,156	32,016	-2,359	-7.4%

Years of Age	143,618		132,207	152,977
Younger than 22	3,535	1.7%	3,041	3,660	-125	-3.4%
22-24	7,753	3.6%	6,933	8,689	-936	-10.8%
25-34	38,181	17.9%	35,468	40,340	-2,159	-5.4%
35-44	30,218	14.2%	27,950	31,719	-1,501	-4.7%
45-54	30,328	14.2%	27,947	33,399	-3,071	-9.2%
55-59	14,641	6.9%	13,245	15,645	-1,004	-6.4%
60-64	10,199	4.8%	9,476	10,512	-313	-3.0%
65 and older	8,763	4.1%	8,147	9,013	-250	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	143,618		132,207	152,977
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	643	0.4%	405	752	-109	-14.5%
Mining	545	0.4%	145	687	-142	-20.7%
Utilities	148	0.1%	155	148	0	0.0%
Construction	21,159	14.7%	15,362	22,875	-1,716	-7.5%
Manufacturing	7,220	5.0%	6,672	9,237	-2,017	-21.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,928	3.4%	4,874	5,584	-656	-11.7%
Retail Trade	11,825	8.2%	11,344	12,287	-462	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,114	2.9%	4,641	4,479	-365	-8.1%
Information	4,956	3.4%	5,301	4,992	-36	-0.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,757	3.3%	4,888	5,605	-848	-15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,855	2.0%	2,681	3,387	-532	-15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,304	6.4%	9,445	9,888	-584	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	800	0.6%	814	857	-57	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,763	14.4%	18,037	21,456	-693	-3.2%
Educational Services	4,010	2.8%	4,220	4,266	-256	-6.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,275	9.2%	13,550	12,949	326	2.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,709	4.7%	5,436	7,178	-469	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,792	8.2%	11,043	11,613	179	1.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,264	3.0%	3,974	4,601	-337	-7.3%
Public Administration	4,412	3.1%	3,927	4,331	81	1.9%
Information Not Available	5,139	3.6%	5,293	5,805	-666	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,882		46,220	68,023
Male	43,186	68.7%	27,930	48,053	-4,867	-10.1%
Female	19,495	31.0%	18,143	19,781	-286	-1.4%
Information Not Available	201	0.3%	147	189	12	6.3%

Ethnicity	62,882		46,220	68,023
Hispanic or Latino	2,659	4.2%	1,592	2,760	-101	-3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,161	90.9%	42,236	62,097	-4,936	-7.9%
Information Not Available	3,062	4.9%	2,392	3,166	-104	-3.3%

Race	62,882		46,220	68,023
American Indian or Alaskan Native	331	0.5%	227	324	7	2.2%
Asian	395	0.6%	334	369	26	7.0%
Black or African American	8,909	14.2%	7,704	9,400	-491	-5.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	102	0.2%	89	82	20	24.4%
White	49,765	79.1%	35,363	54,329	-4,564	-8.4%
Information Not Available	3,380	5.4%	2,503	3,519	-139	-3.9%

Years of Age	62,882		46,220	68,023
Younger than 22	1,468	1.4%	910	1,620	-152	-9.4%
22-24	2,657	2.5%	1,705	2,891	-234	-8.1%
25-34	13,339	12.4%	9,617	14,651	-1,312	-9.0%
35-44	14,391	13.4%	10,603	15,581	-1,190	-7.6%
45-54	15,659	14.6%	11,632	17,413	-1,754	-10.1%
55-59	7,869	7.3%	5,820	8,252	-383	-4.6%
60-64	5,043	4.7%	3,973	5,151	-108	-2.1%
65 and older	2,456	2.3%	1,960	2,464	-8	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	62,882		46,220	68,023
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	628	1.0%	349	638	-10	-1.6%
Mining	381	0.6%	167	584	-203	-34.8%
Utilities	89	0.1%	100	66	23	34.8%
Construction	18,969	29.9%	9,310	20,015	-1,046	-5.2%
Manufacturing	7,840	12.3%	7,180	9,436	-1,596	-16.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,352	3.7%	2,194	2,563	-211	-8.2%
Retail Trade	2,290	3.6%	2,143	2,510	-220	-8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,215	3.5%	1,542	2,568	-353	-13.7%
Information	830	1.3%	771	939	-109	-11.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,594	2.5%	1,554	1,465	129	8.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	869	1.4%	752	968	-99	-10.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,871	4.5%	2,691	3,078	-207	-6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,258	2.0%	921	1,164	94	8.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,838	13.9%	5,684	9,434	-596	-6.3%
Educational Services	1,156	1.8%	1,099	1,340	-184	-13.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,210	6.6%	4,228	4,238	-28	-0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,334	2.1%	930	1,479	-145	-9.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,207	3.5%	1,905	2,220	-13	-0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,113	1.8%	989	1,299	-186	-14.3%
Public Administration	521	0.8%	438	530	-9	-1.7%
Information Not Available	1,317	2.1%	1,273	1,489	-172	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,591		13,856	19,092
Male	7,775	53.3%	7,224	11,056	-3,281	-29.7%
Female	6,775	46.4%	6,589	8,000	-1,225	-15.3%
Information Not Available	41	0.3%	43	36	5	13.9%

Ethnicity	14,591		13,856	19,092
Hispanic or Latino	1,079	7.4%	998	1,548	-469	-30.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,512	92.6%	12,858	17,544	-4,032	-23.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,591		13,856	19,092
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,646	11.3%	1,527	2,119	-473	-22.3%
Asian	141	1.0%	153	195	-54	-27.7%
Black or African American	2,331	16.0%	2,268	2,726	-395	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.2%	26	42	-15	-35.7%
White	8,691	59.6%	8,272	11,821	-3,130	-26.5%
Information Not Available	1,755	12.0%	1,610	2,189	-434	-19.8%

Years of Age	14,591		13,856	19,092
Younger than 22	158	0.7%	267	164	-6	-3.7%
22-24	513	2.3%	518	701	-188	-26.8%
25-34	3,225	14.7%	3,168	4,300	-1,075	-25.0%
35-44	3,554	16.2%	3,414	4,594	-1,040	-22.6%
45-54	3,298	15.0%	3,170	4,462	-1,164	-26.1%
55-59	1,658	7.5%	1,479	2,151	-493	-22.9%
60-64	1,317	6.0%	1,123	1,632	-315	-19.3%
65 and older	868	4.0%	717	1,088	-220	-20.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,591		13,856	19,092
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.4%	67	84	-19	-22.6%
Mining	448	3.1%	463	880	-432	-49.1%
Utilities	49	0.3%	40	115	-66	-57.4%
Construction	1,430	9.8%	1,281	2,166	-736	-34.0%
Manufacturing	1,337	9.1%	1,303	2,024	-687	-33.9%
Wholesale Trade	839	5.7%	737	930	-91	-9.8%
Retail Trade	1,523	10.4%	1,513	1,756	-233	-13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	315	2.1%	280	469	-154	-32.8%
Information	345	2.4%	328	402	-57	-14.2%
Finance and Insurance	497	3.4%	505	496	1	0.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	272	1.9%	260	395	-123	-31.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	999	6.8%	998	1,074	-75	-7.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.4%	67	225	-164	-72.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,917	13.1%	1,770	2,407	-490	-20.4%
Educational Services	352	2.4%	325	621	-269	-43.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,670	11.4%	1,639	1,889	-219	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	165	1.1%	137	198	-33	-16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	803	5.5%	712	870	-67	-7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	478	3.3%	414	582	-104	-17.9%
Public Administration	626	4.3%	591	809	-183	-22.6%
Information Not Available	400	2.7%	426	700	-300	-42.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,928		26,316	31,978
Male	16,853	58.3%	14,857	19,799	-2,946	-14.9%
Female	12,068	41.7%	11,457	12,176	-108	-0.9%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	2	3	4	133.3%

Ethnicity	28,928		26,316	31,978
Hispanic or Latino	3,450	11.9%	2,798	3,873	-423	-10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,518	77.8%	20,876	24,533	-2,015	-8.2%
Information Not Available	2,960	10.2%	2,642	3,572	-612	-17.1%

Race	28,928		26,316	31,978
American Indian or Alaskan Native	406	1.4%	351	383	23	6.0%
Asian	666	2.3%	621	773	-107	-13.8%
Black or African American	543	1.9%	547	570	-27	-4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	164	0.6%	139	255	-91	-35.7%
White	17,305	59.8%	15,522	18,055	-750	-4.2%
Information Not Available	9,844	34.0%	9,136	11,942	-2,098	-17.6%

Years of Age	28,928		26,316	31,978
Younger than 22	518	1.2%	390	542	-24	-4.4%
22-24	1,090	2.5%	928	1,261	-171	-13.6%
25-34	6,867	15.7%	6,129	7,466	-599	-8.0%
35-44	6,786	15.5%	6,402	7,297	-511	-7.0%
45-54	6,710	15.3%	6,044	7,615	-905	-11.9%
55-59	3,195	7.3%	2,929	3,735	-540	-14.5%
60-64	2,398	5.5%	2,212	2,600	-202	-7.8%
65 and older	1,364	3.1%	1,282	1,462	-98	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,928		26,316	31,978
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,152	3.8%	851	1,642	-490	-29.8%
Mining	51	0.2%	37	142	-91	-64.1%
Utilities	60	0.2%	58	64	-4	-6.3%
Construction	3,322	11.0%	2,721	4,556	-1,234	-27.1%
Manufacturing	3,454	11.5%	3,162	4,133	-679	-16.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,007	3.3%	1,008	1,078	-71	-6.6%
Retail Trade	2,571	8.5%	2,358	2,649	-78	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	774	2.6%	727	900	-126	-14.0%
Information	897	3.0%	914	706	191	27.1%
Finance and Insurance	768	2.6%	763	696	72	10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	422	1.4%	395	456	-34	-7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,491	5.0%	1,505	1,513	-22	-1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	413	1.4%	427	250	163	65.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,966	9.9%	2,534	3,163	-197	-6.2%
Educational Services	658	2.2%	655	650	8	1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,024	10.1%	3,013	2,864	160	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	552	1.8%	485	566	-14	-2.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,294	7.6%	1,961	2,358	-64	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	754	2.5%	741	786	-32	-4.1%
Public Administration	804	2.7%	740	814	-10	-1.2%
Information Not Available	1,494	5.0%	1,261	1,992	-498	-25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	121,354		101,816	131,119
Male	73,906	60.9%	56,758	83,542	-9,636	-11.5%
Female	47,435	39.1%	45,044	47,566	-131	-0.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	14	11	2	18.2%

Ethnicity	121,354		101,816	131,119
Hispanic or Latino	8,173	6.7%	7,385	7,628	545	7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	108,721	89.6%	90,310	119,217	-10,496	-8.8%
Information Not Available	4,460	3.7%	4,121	4,274	186	4.4%

Race	121,354		101,816	131,119
American Indian or Alaskan Native	309	0.3%	290	337	-28	-8.3%
Asian	50	0.0%	54	54	-4	-7.4%
Black or African American	18,515	15.3%	17,552	18,229	286	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,586	1.3%	1,576	1,413	173	12.2%
White	88,491	72.9%	71,032	99,468	-10,977	-11.0%
Information Not Available	12,403	10.2%	11,312	11,618	785	6.8%

Years of Age	121,354		101,816	131,119
Younger than 22	2,776	1.4%	2,201	2,645	131	5.0%
22-24	5,624	2.8%	4,607	6,231	-607	-9.7%
25-34	27,880	14.0%	23,590	30,262	-2,382	-7.9%
35-44	25,083	12.6%	21,000	26,877	-1,794	-6.7%
45-54	27,912	14.0%	23,234	30,642	-2,730	-8.9%
55-59	14,066	7.0%	11,984	15,358	-1,292	-8.4%
60-64	10,314	5.2%	8,835	11,244	-930	-8.3%
65 and older	7,699	3.9%	6,365	7,860	-161	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	121,354		101,816	131,119
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	621	0.5%	378	545	76	13.9%
Mining	1,318	1.1%	726	2,054	-736	-35.8%
Utilities	229	0.2%	213	274	-45	-16.4%
Construction	21,105	17.3%	12,893	24,481	-3,376	-13.8%
Manufacturing	14,263	11.7%	12,236	17,463	-3,200	-18.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,802	3.1%	3,576	4,447	-645	-14.5%
Retail Trade	10,254	8.4%	10,285	10,351	-97	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,892	4.8%	5,038	6,475	-583	-9.0%
Information	1,704	1.4%	1,689	1,785	-81	-4.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,459	2.8%	3,453	3,143	316	10.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,388	1.1%	1,293	1,517	-129	-8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,312	5.2%	6,039	6,556	-244	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	830	0.7%	880	892	-62	-7.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,329	11.7%	11,172	14,691	-362	-2.5%
Educational Services	2,549	2.1%	2,657	3,012	-463	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,999	10.7%	13,037	13,207	-208	-1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,308	3.5%	2,887	4,229	79	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,280	6.0%	6,349	7,381	-101	-1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,706	2.2%	2,609	2,914	-208	-7.1%
Public Administration	2,221	1.8%	1,439	2,303	-82	-3.6%
Information Not Available	3,785	3.1%	2,967	3,399	386	11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,632		20,391	17,172
Male	9,671	42.7%	8,373	9,293	378	4.1%
Female	12,961	57.3%	12,018	7,879	5,082	64.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,632		20,391	17,172
Hispanic or Latino	22,068	97.5%	19,919	16,940	5,128	30.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	230	1.0%	153	84	146	173.8%
Information Not Available	334	1.5%	319	148	186	125.7%

Race	22,632		20,391	17,172
American Indian or Alaskan Native	363	1.6%	259	209	154	73.7%
Asian	282	1.2%	107	24	258	1075.0%
Black or African American	1,203	5.3%	938	758	445	58.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	22	6	16	266.7%
White	4,688	20.7%	4,573	3,579	1,109	31.0%
Information Not Available	16,074	71.0%	14,492	12,596	3,478	27.6%

Years of Age	22,632		20,391	17,172
Younger than 22	401	1.5%	371	433	-32	-7.4%
22-24	1,018	3.9%	942	1,019	-1	-0.1%
25-34	5,550	21.3%	5,255	4,850	700	14.4%
35-44	6,044	23.2%	5,607	4,449	1,595	35.9%
45-54	5,358	20.6%	4,707	3,741	1,617	43.2%
55-59	2,068	7.9%	1,763	1,375	693	50.4%
60-64	1,252	4.8%	1,040	819	433	52.9%
65 and older	916	3.5%	693	470	446	94.9%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	13	16	9	56.3%

Industry	22,632		20,391	17,172
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	934	4.0%	813	768	166	21.6%
Mining	16	0.1%	15	18	-2	-11.1%
Utilities	9	0.0%	14	11	-2	-18.2%
Construction	857	3.6%	774	1,681	-824	-49.0%
Manufacturing	1,552	6.6%	1,311	2,270	-718	-31.6%
Wholesale Trade	479	2.0%	486	479	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	2,456	10.4%	2,169	1,440	1,016	70.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	264	1.1%	310	386	-122	-31.6%
Information	350	1.5%	307	216	134	62.0%
Finance and Insurance	232	1.0%	206	329	-97	-29.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	1.0%	214	217	13	6.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	927	3.9%	876	638	289	45.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.2%	37	9	39	433.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,869	7.9%	1,779	2,465	-596	-24.2%
Educational Services	1,986	8.4%	2,134	1,385	601	43.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,515	10.7%	2,260	1,430	1,085	75.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	280	1.2%	234	150	130	86.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,383	10.1%	2,132	1,408	975	69.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	444	1.9%	355	234	210	89.7%
Public Administration	2,432	10.3%	2,547	1,010	1,422	140.8%
Information Not Available	2,369	10.1%	1,418	628	1,741	277.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,351		6,412	8,819
Male	4,926	59.0%	3,367	5,221	-295	-5.7%
Female	3,425	41.0%	3,045	3,598	-173	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,351		6,412	8,819
Hispanic or Latino	1,368	16.4%	1,017	1,397	-29	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,178	62.0%	4,090	5,524	-346	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,805	21.6%	1,305	1,898	-93	-4.9%

Race	8,351		6,412	8,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	60	0.7%	46	67	-7	-10.4%
Asian	111	1.3%	106	111	0	0.0%
Black or African American	562	6.7%	481	551	11	2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.5%	34	45	-6	-13.3%
White	5,615	67.2%	4,334	6,078	-463	-7.6%
Information Not Available	1,964	23.5%	1,411	1,967	-3	-0.2%

Years of Age	8,351		6,412	8,819
Younger than 22	194	1.5%	147	206	-12	-5.8%
22-24	382	2.9%	281	417	-35	-8.4%
25-34	1,931	14.6%	1,441	2,101	-170	-8.1%
35-44	1,738	13.1%	1,299	1,800	-62	-3.4%
45-54	1,821	13.7%	1,431	1,988	-167	-8.4%
55-59	932	7.0%	743	972	-40	-4.1%
60-64	700	5.3%	558	720	-20	-2.8%
65 and older	653	4.9%	512	615	38	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,351		6,412	8,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.7%	23	63	-5	-7.9%
Mining	3	0.0%	1	12	-9	-75.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	6	9	-2	-22.2%
Construction	1,144	13.6%	638	1,165	-21	-1.8%
Manufacturing	635	7.6%	650	824	-189	-22.9%
Wholesale Trade	277	3.3%	254	325	-48	-14.8%
Retail Trade	831	9.9%	633	690	141	20.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	181	2.2%	150	181	0	0.0%
Information	86	1.0%	77	71	15	21.1%
Finance and Insurance	342	4.1%	324	322	20	6.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	180	2.1%	137	187	-7	-3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	378	4.5%	369	433	-55	-12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	1.1%	88	92	2	2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,306	15.5%	760	1,375	-69	-5.0%
Educational Services	181	2.2%	172	166	15	9.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	819	9.7%	812	961	-142	-14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	394	4.7%	213	427	-33	-7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	910	10.8%	669	929	-19	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	262	3.1%	217	305	-43	-14.1%
Public Administration	62	0.7%	52	69	-7	-10.1%
Information Not Available	201	2.4%	167	213	-12	-5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,430		18,129	19,636
Male	9,651	49.7%	9,084	10,008	-357	-3.6%
Female	9,595	49.4%	8,909	9,628	-33	-0.3%
Information Not Available	184	0.9%	136	0	184	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,430		18,129	19,636
Hispanic or Latino	645	3.3%	564	785	-140	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,586	90.5%	16,572	18,424	-838	-4.5%
Information Not Available	1,199	6.2%	993	427	772	180.8%

Race	19,430		18,129	19,636
American Indian or Alaskan Native	211	1.1%	175	170	41	24.1%
Asian	133	0.7%	130	167	-34	-20.4%
Black or African American	8,981	46.2%	8,401	8,845	136	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.3%	42	32	23	71.9%
White	9,124	47.0%	8,533	9,544	-420	-4.4%
Information Not Available	926	4.8%	848	878	48	5.5%

Years of Age	19,430		18,129	19,636
Younger than 22	394	1.5%	335	52	342	657.7%
22-24	795	3.0%	700	47	748	1591.5%
25-34	4,548	16.9%	4,206	667	3,881	581.9%
35-44	4,411	16.4%	4,217	3,232	1,179	36.5%
45-54	4,472	16.6%	4,298	4,481	-9	-0.2%
55-59	2,099	7.8%	1,965	2,146	-47	-2.2%
60-64	1,629	6.1%	1,470	2,364	-735	-31.1%
65 and older	1,082	4.0%	938	6,614	-5,532	-83.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	33	-33	-100.0%

Industry	19,430		18,129	19,636
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	107	0.5%	89	141	-34	-24.1%
Mining	10	0.1%	8	19	-9	-47.4%
Utilities	78	0.4%	87	31	47	151.6%
Construction	1,114	5.7%	1,021	1,510	-396	-26.2%
Manufacturing	2,393	12.2%	2,358	2,175	218	10.0%
Wholesale Trade	768	3.9%	744	863	-95	-11.0%
Retail Trade	1,592	8.1%	1,460	1,644	-52	-3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	479	2.5%	455	543	-64	-11.8%
Information	255	1.3%	262	307	-52	-16.9%
Finance and Insurance	378	1.9%	366	480	-102	-21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	335	1.7%	292	444	-109	-24.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,679	8.6%	1,822	1,152	527	45.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	112	0.6%	88	100	12	12.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,557	13.1%	2,376	3,042	-485	-15.9%
Educational Services	305	1.6%	332	350	-45	-12.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,070	5.5%	1,104	1,299	-229	-17.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	289	1.5%	208	411	-122	-29.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,302	11.8%	1,500	2,740	-438	-16.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	516	2.6%	418	576	-60	-10.4%
Public Administration	239	1.2%	263	285	-46	-16.1%
Information Not Available	2,852	14.6%	2,876	1,524	1,328	87.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,577		1,429	3,185
Male	1,969	76.4%	909	2,502	-533	-21.3%
Female	608	23.6%	520	683	-75	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,577		1,429	3,185
Hispanic or Latino	148	5.7%	58	160	-12	-7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,202	85.4%	1,225	2,699	-497	-18.4%
Information Not Available	227	8.8%	146	326	-99	-30.4%

Race	2,577		1,429	3,185
American Indian or Alaskan Native	273	10.6%	178	322	-49	-15.2%
Asian	6	0.2%	1	36	-30	-83.3%
Black or African American	68	2.6%	44	80	-12	-15.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	4	2	3	150.0%
White	1,932	75.0%	1,052	2,346	-414	-17.6%
Information Not Available	293	11.4%	150	399	-106	-26.6%

Years of Age	2,577		1,429	3,185
Younger than 22	26	0.6%	17	37	-11	-29.7%
22-24	80	1.9%	34	139	-59	-42.4%
25-34	464	11.0%	251	611	-147	-24.1%
35-44	511	12.1%	288	654	-143	-21.9%
45-54	515	12.2%	304	681	-166	-24.4%
55-59	386	9.2%	211	422	-36	-8.5%
60-64	299	7.1%	159	309	-10	-3.2%
65 and older	296	7.0%	165	332	-36	-10.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,577		1,429	3,185
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.8%	9	24	-4	-16.7%
Mining	91	3.5%	21	117	-26	-22.2%
Utilities	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	937	36.1%	317	1,279	-342	-26.7%
Manufacturing	227	8.7%	143	311	-84	-27.0%
Wholesale Trade	81	3.1%	55	90	-9	-10.0%
Retail Trade	164	6.3%	120	183	-19	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	80	3.1%	30	98	-18	-18.4%
Information	27	1.0%	21	24	3	12.5%
Finance and Insurance	64	2.5%	64	98	-34	-34.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	22	0.8%	15	19	3	15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	49	1.9%	48	59	-10	-16.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.3%	4	1	7	700.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	193	7.4%	88	194	-1	-0.5%
Educational Services	40	1.5%	42	53	-13	-24.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	101	3.9%	92	105	-4	-3.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	51	2.0%	46	40	11	27.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	150	5.8%	99	169	-19	-11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	22	0.8%	17	52	-30	-57.7%
Public Administration	140	5.4%	114	157	-17	-10.8%
Information Not Available	110	4.2%	83	110	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,602		17,601	18,863
Male	9,966	48.4%	8,006	9,856	110	1.1%
Female	10,576	51.3%	9,564	9,006	1,570	17.4%
Information Not Available	60	0.3%	31	1	59	5900.0%

Ethnicity	20,602		17,601	18,863
Hispanic or Latino	439	2.1%	347	440	-1	-0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,683	95.5%	16,862	17,997	1,686	9.4%
Information Not Available	480	2.3%	392	426	54	12.7%

Race	20,602		17,601	18,863
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	0.3%	60	64	8	12.5%
Asian	150	0.7%	150	121	29	24.0%
Black or African American	5,862	28.5%	5,407	4,848	1,014	20.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	300	1.5%	226	23	277	1204.3%
White	13,276	64.4%	10,916	12,938	338	2.6%
Information Not Available	942	4.6%	842	869	73	8.4%

Years of Age	20,602		17,601	18,863
Younger than 22	378	1.2%	293	325	53	16.3%
22-24	742	2.3%	602	681	61	9.0%
25-34	4,342	13.5%	3,743	3,802	540	14.2%
35-44	4,721	14.7%	4,078	4,192	529	12.6%
45-54	4,969	15.5%	4,313	4,698	271	5.8%
55-59	2,426	7.5%	2,036	2,222	204	9.2%
60-64	1,729	5.4%	1,500	1,671	58	3.5%
65 and older	1,295	4.0%	1,036	1,272	23	1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,602		17,601	18,863
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	118	0.6%	95	174	-56	-32.2%
Mining	35	0.2%	19	31	4	12.9%
Utilities	66	0.3%	36	52	14	26.9%
Construction	2,081	10.0%	1,473	2,028	53	2.6%
Manufacturing	3,160	15.3%	2,627	2,774	386	13.9%
Wholesale Trade	988	4.8%	886	821	167	20.3%
Retail Trade	1,376	6.6%	1,244	1,534	-158	-10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	728	3.5%	649	856	-128	-15.0%
Information	321	1.5%	321	278	43	15.5%
Finance and Insurance	498	2.4%	475	504	-6	-1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	293	1.4%	276	270	23	8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,039	5.0%	951	938	101	10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	148	0.7%	152	172	-24	-14.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,287	11.0%	1,969	2,127	160	7.5%
Educational Services	335	1.6%	362	394	-59	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,543	7.4%	1,464	1,424	119	8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	379	1.8%	237	395	-16	-4.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,009	4.9%	823	1,192	-183	-15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	705	3.4%	538	543	162	29.8%
Public Administration	740	3.6%	609	397	343	86.4%
Information Not Available	2,753	13.3%	2,395	1,959	794	40.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	139,363		134,057	152,287
Male	76,123	54.6%	70,302	93,467	-17,344	-18.6%
Female	63,029	45.2%	63,571	58,583	4,446	7.6%
Information Not Available	211	0.2%	184	237	-26	-11.0%

Ethnicity	139,363		134,057	152,287
Hispanic or Latino	44,930	32.2%	41,825	51,972	-7,042	-13.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,664	59.3%	80,940	88,303	-5,639	-6.4%
Information Not Available	11,769	8.4%	11,292	12,012	-243	-2.0%

Race	139,363		134,057	152,287
American Indian or Alaskan Native	591	0.4%	562	609	-18	-3.0%
Asian	3,248	2.3%	3,166	4,043	-795	-19.7%
Black or African American	33,936	24.4%	33,791	31,179	2,757	8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,465	1.8%	1,861	2,858	-393	-13.8%
White	44,056	31.6%	42,678	51,628	-7,572	-14.7%
Information Not Available	55,067	39.5%	51,999	61,970	-6,903	-11.1%

Years of Age	139,363		134,057	152,287
Younger than 22	2,743	1.6%	2,673	2,968	-225	-7.6%
22-24	6,361	3.7%	6,261	6,854	-493	-7.2%
25-34	34,487	19.8%	33,854	36,764	-2,277	-6.2%
35-44	34,080	19.6%	32,487	36,144	-2,064	-5.7%
45-54	31,693	18.2%	30,281	35,649	-3,956	-11.1%
55-59	14,060	8.1%	13,314	16,092	-2,032	-12.6%
60-64	9,656	5.6%	9,371	10,870	-1,214	-11.2%
65 and older	6,113	3.5%	5,668	6,772	-659	-9.7%
Information Not Available	170	0.1%	148	174	-4	-2.3%

Industry	139,363		134,057	152,287
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	802	0.6%	661	540	262	48.5%
Mining	3,302	2.4%	3,027	6,416	-3,114	-48.5%
Utilities	398	0.3%	405	717	-319	-44.5%
Construction	21,875	15.6%	19,202	26,366	-4,491	-17.0%
Manufacturing	9,465	6.8%	9,184	15,189	-5,724	-37.7%
Wholesale Trade	7,122	5.1%	6,536	8,010	-888	-11.1%
Retail Trade	9,624	6.9%	10,350	9,199	425	4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,917	3.5%	4,259	5,646	-729	-12.9%
Information	2,897	2.1%	2,772	2,645	252	9.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,392	4.6%	5,797	6,415	-23	-0.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,644	1.9%	2,644	2,666	-22	-0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,374	7.4%	10,497	13,775	-3,401	-24.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	856	0.6%	821	939	-83	-8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,815	14.1%	18,879	20,045	-230	-1.1%
Educational Services	3,257	2.3%	3,409	3,357	-100	-3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,207	10.1%	14,594	11,274	2,933	26.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,012	0.7%	1,074	787	225	28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,111	5.1%	7,624	5,228	1,883	36.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,176	3.0%	3,826	4,575	-399	-8.7%
Public Administration	1,563	1.1%	1,454	1,393	170	12.2%
Information Not Available	7,554	5.4%	7,042	7,105	449	6.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,462		9,346	13,578
Male	7,516	65.6%	5,650	9,271	-1,755	-18.9%
Female	3,916	34.2%	3,686	4,300	-384	-8.9%
Information Not Available	30	0.3%	10	7	23	328.6%

Ethnicity	11,462		9,346	13,578
Hispanic or Latino	1,501	13.1%	1,061	1,837	-336	-18.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,303	72.4%	6,980	9,764	-1,461	-15.0%
Information Not Available	1,658	14.5%	1,305	1,977	-319	-16.1%

Race	11,462		9,346	13,578
American Indian or Alaskan Native	330	2.9%	247	448	-118	-26.3%
Asian	155	1.4%	154	189	-34	-18.0%
Black or African American	210	1.8%	193	224	-14	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	196	1.7%	146	201	-5	-2.5%
White	5,986	52.2%	5,218	7,077	-1,091	-15.4%
Information Not Available	4,580	40.0%	3,383	5,427	-847	-15.6%

Years of Age	11,462		9,346	13,578
Younger than 22	303	1.8%	218	366	-63	-17.2%
22-24	553	3.3%	409	594	-41	-6.9%
25-34	2,838	17.1%	2,456	3,593	-755	-21.0%
35-44	2,895	17.4%	2,366	3,335	-440	-13.2%
45-54	2,411	14.5%	1,948	2,861	-450	-15.7%
55-59	1,149	6.9%	932	1,401	-252	-18.0%
60-64	850	5.1%	651	919	-69	-7.5%
65 and older	463	2.8%	366	509	-46	-9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,462		9,346	13,578
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.4%	24	44	1	2.3%
Mining	102	0.9%	85	231	-129	-55.8%
Utilities	14	0.1%	11	22	-8	-36.4%
Construction	2,067	18.0%	1,068	2,985	-918	-30.8%
Manufacturing	999	8.7%	854	1,166	-167	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	392	3.4%	383	473	-81	-17.1%
Retail Trade	848	7.4%	788	952	-104	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	454	3.9%	343	443	11	2.5%
Information	311	2.7%	282	279	32	11.5%
Finance and Insurance	335	2.9%	357	427	-92	-21.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	163	1.4%	142	177	-14	-7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	778	6.8%	763	839	-61	-7.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.5%	62	51	6	11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,892	16.4%	1,394	1,972	-80	-4.1%
Educational Services	230	2.0%	246	258	-28	-10.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	437	3.8%	429	462	-25	-5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	137	1.2%	157	180	-43	-23.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	904	7.9%	764	957	-53	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	152	1.3%	141	190	-38	-20.0%
Public Administration	318	2.8%	264	314	4	1.3%
Information Not Available	827	7.2%	789	1,156	-329	-28.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,565		26,771	30,356
Male	14,814	53.7%	13,961	16,893	-2,079	-12.3%
Female	12,744	46.2%	12,803	13,453	-709	-5.3%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	7	10	-3	-30.0%

Ethnicity	27,565		26,771	30,356
Hispanic or Latino	1,176	4.3%	1,023	1,360	-184	-13.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,974	90.6%	24,340	27,436	-2,462	-9.0%
Information Not Available	1,415	5.1%	1,408	1,560	-145	-9.3%

Race	27,565		26,771	30,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,327	4.8%	1,161	1,513	-186	-12.3%
Asian	728	2.6%	776	747	-19	-2.5%
Black or African American	11,274	40.9%	11,337	12,207	-933	-7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,821	46.5%	12,089	14,329	-1,508	-10.5%
Information Not Available	1,415	5.1%	1,408	1,560	-145	-9.3%

Years of Age	27,565		26,771	30,356
Younger than 22	247	0.7%	360	288	-41	-14.2%
22-24	815	2.2%	968	1,013	-198	-19.5%
25-34	6,007	15.9%	6,000	6,841	-834	-12.2%
35-44	6,159	16.3%	6,004	6,676	-517	-7.7%
45-54	6,528	17.3%	6,515	7,358	-830	-11.3%
55-59	3,483	9.2%	3,285	3,640	-157	-4.3%
60-64	2,555	6.8%	2,283	2,788	-233	-8.4%
65 and older	1,771	4.7%	1,355	1,752	19	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,565		26,771	30,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.5%	117	177	-44	-24.9%
Mining	72	0.3%	52	114	-42	-36.8%
Utilities	35	0.1%	30	28	7	25.0%
Construction	2,489	9.0%	1,935	3,230	-741	-22.9%
Manufacturing	1,939	7.0%	1,953	2,370	-431	-18.2%
Wholesale Trade	899	3.2%	921	934	-35	-3.7%
Retail Trade	2,116	7.6%	2,223	2,094	22	1.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	958	3.5%	919	1,111	-153	-13.8%
Information	558	2.0%	632	622	-64	-10.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,003	3.6%	997	911	92	10.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	499	1.8%	529	483	16	3.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,060	11.0%	3,308	3,269	-209	-6.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	165	0.6%	170	186	-21	-11.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,671	13.3%	3,433	3,882	-211	-5.4%
Educational Services	569	2.1%	663	708	-139	-19.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,938	7.0%	2,058	2,199	-261	-11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	467	1.7%	338	492	-25	-5.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,568	5.7%	1,218	1,694	-126	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	871	3.1%	878	947	-76	-8.0%
Public Administration	1,715	6.2%	1,650	1,723	-8	-0.5%
Information Not Available	2,840	10.3%	2,747	3,182	-342	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	194		208	304
Male	99	51.0%	95	197	-98	-49.7%
Female	95	49.0%	113	107	-12	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	194		208	304
Hispanic or Latino	26	13.8%	24	99	-73	-73.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	159	84.6%	178	203	-44	-21.7%
Information Not Available	3	1.6%	4	2	1	50.0%

Race	194		208	304
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	152	81.3%	170	189	-37	-19.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1.6%	3	1	2	200.0%
White	6	3.2%	7	13	-7	-53.8%
Information Not Available	26	13.9%	24	100	-74	-74.0%

Years of Age	194		208	304
Younger than 22	1	0.6%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
22-24	9	5.0%	11	11	-2	-18.2%
25-34	35	19.4%	40	54	-19	-35.2%
35-44	44	24.4%	37	82	-38	-46.3%
45-54	50	27.8%	54	78	-28	-35.9%
55-59	23	12.8%	27	37	-14	-37.8%
60-64	20	11.1%	23	23	-3	-13.0%
65 and older	12	6.7%	12	17	-5	-29.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	194		208	304
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	34	16.4%	32	114	-80	-70.2%
Manufacturing	15	7.2%	16	8	7	87.5%
Wholesale Trade	2	1.0%	1	1	1	100.0%
Retail Trade	17	8.2%	17	21	-4	-19.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	11	5.3%	7	8	3	37.5%
Information	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	9	-9	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	1.4%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5	2.4%	5	16	-11	-68.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	3.4%	6	6	1	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2	1.0%	2	19	-17	-89.5%
Educational Services	4	1.9%	3	6	-2	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22	10.6%	24	8	14	175.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	1.4%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	19	9.2%	32	33	-14	-42.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	36	17.4%	34	8	28	350.0%
Public Administration	17	8.2%	15	12	5	41.7%
Information Not Available	10	4.8%	8	24	-14	-58.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,674		3,072	4,541
Male	2,551	69.4%	1,831	3,191	-640	-20.1%
Female	1,123	30.6%	1,241	1,350	-227	-16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,674		3,072	4,541
Hispanic or Latino	14	0.4%	12	4	10	250.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	957	26.0%	680	508	449	88.4%
Information Not Available	2,703	73.6%	2,380	4,029	-1,326	-32.9%

Race	3,674		3,072	4,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5	0.1%	4	1	4	400.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	40	1.1%	29	10	30	300.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.2%	3	0	6	0.0%
White	920	25.0%	656	501	419	83.6%
Information Not Available	2,703	73.6%	2,380	4,029	-1,326	-32.9%

Years of Age	3,674		3,072	4,541
Younger than 22	86	2.0%	54	109	-23	-21.1%
22-24	150	3.5%	117	215	-65	-30.2%
25-34	783	18.4%	643	1,018	-235	-23.1%
35-44	738	17.4%	618	914	-176	-19.3%
45-54	809	19.0%	655	1,035	-226	-21.8%
55-59	453	10.7%	381	529	-76	-14.4%
60-64	344	8.1%	330	409	-65	-15.9%
65 and older	311	7.3%	274	312	-1	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,674		3,072	4,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	1.5%	28	57	-1	-1.8%
Mining	18	0.5%	2	26	-8	-30.8%
Utilities	5	0.1%	1	4	1	25.0%
Construction	909	24.4%	394	1,187	-278	-23.4%
Manufacturing	321	8.6%	371	457	-136	-29.8%
Wholesale Trade	135	3.6%	117	167	-32	-19.2%
Retail Trade	301	8.1%	291	368	-67	-18.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	92	2.5%	79	118	-26	-22.0%
Information	46	1.2%	37	48	-2	-4.2%
Finance and Insurance	37	1.0%	43	42	-5	-11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	60	1.6%	50	59	1	1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	139	3.7%	113	169	-30	-17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	3	5	-4	-80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	457	12.3%	230	557	-100	-18.0%
Educational Services	110	2.9%	116	111	-1	-0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	291	7.8%	293	308	-17	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	2.9%	111	123	-15	-12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	403	10.8%	630	484	-81	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	2.2%	70	110	-29	-26.4%
Public Administration	104	2.8%	93	141	-37	-26.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,917		56,818	57,454
Male	41,408	64.8%	36,438	37,755	3,653	9.7%
Female	22,509	35.2%	20,380	19,692	2,817	14.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Ethnicity	63,917		56,818	57,454
Hispanic or Latino	11,167	17.5%	9,019	0	11,167	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,294	75.6%	43,818	0	48,294	0.0%
Information Not Available	4,456	7.0%	3,981	57,454	-52,998	-92.2%

Race	63,917		56,818	57,454
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,820	2.8%	1,549	0	1,820	0.0%
Asian	2,662	4.2%	2,343	0	2,662	0.0%
Black or African American	3,801	5.9%	3,562	0	3,801	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	761	1.2%	673	0	761	0.0%
White	42,676	66.8%	38,086	0	42,676	0.0%
Information Not Available	12,197	19.1%	10,605	57,454	-45,257	-78.8%

Years of Age	63,917		56,818	57,454
Younger than 22	1,044	1.0%	852	596	448	75.2%
22-24	2,379	2.3%	2,031	1,896	483	25.5%
25-34	14,712	14.5%	12,901	12,461	2,251	18.1%
35-44	14,637	14.4%	13,128	13,082	1,555	11.9%
45-54	15,505	15.3%	13,971	14,205	1,300	9.2%
55-59	7,710	7.6%	6,841	7,022	688	9.8%
60-64	5,117	5.0%	4,588	4,994	123	2.5%
65 and older	2,813	2.8%	2,506	3,198	-385	-12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,917		56,818	57,454
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,273	7.6%	4,331	0	5,273	0.0%
Mining	210	0.3%	161	0	210	0.0%
Utilities	186	0.3%	168	0	186	0.0%
Construction	13,110	18.9%	11,716	0	13,110	0.0%
Manufacturing	7,912	11.4%	7,215	0	7,912	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,554	3.7%	2,345	0	2,554	0.0%
Retail Trade	3,780	5.5%	3,472	0	3,780	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,223	3.2%	1,734	0	2,223	0.0%
Information	1,448	2.1%	1,383	0	1,448	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,261	1.8%	1,162	0	1,261	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	853	1.2%	820	0	853	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,876	5.6%	3,749	0	3,876	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	131	0.2%	135	0	131	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,407	7.8%	4,583	0	5,407	0.0%
Educational Services	1,151	1.7%	996	0	1,151	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,307	6.2%	3,951	0	4,307	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,021	1.5%	935	0	1,021	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,710	3.9%	2,257	0	2,710	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,283	3.3%	2,081	0	2,283	0.0%
Public Administration	2,095	3.0%	1,893	0	2,095	0.0%
Information Not Available	2,126	3.1%	1,731	57,454	-55,328	-96.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,093		26,058	48,650
Male	27,021	69.1%	15,263	34,585	-7,564	-21.9%
Female	12,041	30.8%	10,772	14,031	-1,990	-14.2%
Information Not Available	31	0.1%	23	34	-3	-8.8%

Ethnicity	39,093		26,058	48,650
Hispanic or Latino	2,502	6.4%	1,246	2,851	-349	-12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,715	91.4%	24,215	44,914	-9,199	-20.5%
Information Not Available	876	2.2%	597	885	-9	-1.0%

Race	39,093		26,058	48,650
American Indian or Alaskan Native	614	1.6%	435	637	-23	-3.6%
Asian	360	0.9%	297	491	-131	-26.7%
Black or African American	3,894	10.0%	3,322	4,777	-883	-18.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.1%	55	54	-11	-20.4%
White	33,306	85.2%	21,352	41,806	-8,500	-20.3%
Information Not Available	876	2.2%	597	885	-9	-1.0%

Years of Age	39,093		26,058	48,650
Younger than 22	977	1.4%	462	1,309	-332	-25.4%
22-24	1,912	2.8%	967	2,369	-457	-19.3%
25-34	8,827	12.8%	5,537	11,069	-2,242	-20.3%
35-44	8,460	12.2%	5,474	10,543	-2,083	-19.8%
45-54	8,854	12.8%	6,024	11,410	-2,556	-22.4%
55-59	4,746	6.9%	3,480	5,985	-1,239	-20.7%
60-64	3,307	4.8%	2,560	3,683	-376	-10.2%
65 and older	1,951	2.8%	1,528	2,277	-326	-14.3%
Information Not Available	59	0.1%	26	5	54	1080.0%

Industry	39,093		26,058	48,650
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	512	1.3%	237	686	-174	-25.4%
Mining	219	0.6%	52	370	-151	-40.8%
Utilities	78	0.2%	47	112	-34	-30.4%
Construction	9,860	24.9%	3,964	13,301	-3,441	-25.9%
Manufacturing	5,203	13.1%	4,390	7,273	-2,070	-28.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,278	3.2%	1,084	1,532	-254	-16.6%
Retail Trade	2,674	6.8%	2,187	3,065	-391	-12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,575	4.0%	886	2,092	-517	-24.7%
Information	403	1.0%	425	467	-64	-13.7%
Finance and Insurance	915	2.3%	881	978	-63	-6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	395	1.0%	302	389	6	1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,138	2.9%	1,037	1,299	-161	-12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	278	0.7%	245	428	-150	-35.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,551	14.0%	2,849	6,067	-516	-8.5%
Educational Services	539	1.4%	485	550	-11	-2.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,478	6.3%	2,333	2,982	-504	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,118	2.8%	836	1,255	-137	-10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,103	5.3%	1,699	2,345	-242	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	622	1.6%	513	764	-142	-18.6%
Public Administration	797	2.0%	631	963	-166	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1,357	3.4%	975	1,732	-375	-21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,747		9,282	13,922
Male	8,077	68.8%	5,897	10,205	-2,128	-20.9%
Female	3,668	31.2%	3,385	3,706	-38	-1.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	11	-9	-81.8%

Ethnicity	11,747		9,282	13,922
Hispanic or Latino	180	1.5%	139	210	-30	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,127	86.2%	8,136	10,110	17	0.2%
Information Not Available	1,440	12.3%	1,007	3,602	-2,162	-60.0%

Race	11,747		9,282	13,922
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.3%	35	29	4	13.8%
Asian	33	0.3%	31	27	6	22.2%
Black or African American	498	4.2%	445	462	36	7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	19	10	7	70.0%
White	10,200	86.8%	8,103	12,245	-2,045	-16.7%
Information Not Available	966	8.2%	649	1,149	-183	-15.9%

Years of Age	11,747		9,282	13,922
Younger than 22	309	1.5%	205	439	-130	-29.6%
22-24	605	2.9%	421	689	-84	-12.2%
25-34	2,554	12.1%	1,995	3,009	-455	-15.1%
35-44	2,785	13.2%	2,305	3,329	-544	-16.3%
45-54	2,858	13.5%	2,241	3,374	-516	-15.3%
55-59	1,256	6.0%	1,003	1,476	-220	-14.9%
60-64	851	4.0%	687	981	-130	-13.3%
65 and older	528	2.5%	424	623	-95	-15.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	11,747		9,282	13,922
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.6%	65	119	-51	-42.9%
Mining	494	4.2%	363	630	-136	-21.6%
Utilities	22	0.2%	21	22	0	0.0%
Construction	2,920	24.7%	1,802	4,013	-1,093	-27.2%
Manufacturing	1,014	8.6%	724	875	139	15.9%
Wholesale Trade	264	2.2%	243	396	-132	-33.3%
Retail Trade	1,062	9.0%	1,022	959	103	10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	274	2.3%	212	453	-179	-39.5%
Information	232	2.0%	241	160	72	45.0%
Finance and Insurance	148	1.3%	145	174	-26	-14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	146	1.2%	97	139	7	5.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	363	3.1%	342	498	-135	-27.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	23	25	-7	-28.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,170	9.9%	837	1,266	-96	-7.6%
Educational Services	164	1.4%	170	167	-3	-1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	833	7.1%	863	921	-88	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	310	2.6%	230	347	-37	-10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	833	7.1%	616	964	-131	-13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	271	2.3%	262	404	-133	-32.9%
Public Administration	251	2.1%	249	322	-71	-22.0%
Information Not Available	890	7.5%	755	1,068	-178	-16.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Dec 2017	Percent	Nov 2017	Dec 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,963		2,543	4,750
Male	1,911	64.5%	1,458	3,325	-1,414	-42.5%
Female	1,052	35.5%	1,085	1,425	-373	-26.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,963		2,543	4,750
Hispanic or Latino	347	11.7%	247	566	-219	-38.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,524	85.2%	2,208	4,010	-1,486	-37.1%
Information Not Available	92	3.1%	88	174	-82	-47.1%

Race	2,963		2,543	4,750
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	3.4%	81	259	-157	-60.6%
Asian	13	0.4%	18	22	-9	-40.9%
Black or African American	69	2.3%	72	125	-56	-44.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	4	14	-10	-71.4%
White	2,466	83.2%	2,155	3,903	-1,437	-36.8%
Information Not Available	309	10.4%	213	427	-118	-27.6%

Years of Age	2,963		2,543	4,750
Younger than 22	35	0.7%	28	54	-19	-35.2%
22-24	136	2.7%	103	287	-151	-52.6%
25-34	615	12.1%	574	1,110	-495	-44.6%
35-44	578	11.4%	534	933	-355	-38.0%
45-54	613	12.1%	534	1,045	-432	-41.3%
55-59	384	7.6%	316	607	-223	-36.7%
60-64	343	6.7%	255	445	-102	-22.9%
65 and older	259	5.1%	199	269	-10	-3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,963		2,543	4,750
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	1.1%	26	37	-5	-13.5%
Mining	65	2.2%	67	313	-248	-79.2%
Utilities	10	0.3%	7	14	-4	-28.6%
Construction	879	29.3%	416	1,399	-520	-37.2%
Manufacturing	83	2.8%	49	159	-76	-47.8%
Wholesale Trade	69	2.3%	51	143	-74	-51.7%
Retail Trade	182	6.1%	179	296	-114	-38.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	85	2.8%	88	192	-107	-55.7%
Information	20	0.7%	15	33	-13	-39.4%
Finance and Insurance	38	1.3%	45	25	13	52.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25	0.8%	31	49	-24	-49.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	62	2.1%	69	91	-29	-31.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.2%	6	5	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	237	7.9%	166	285	-48	-16.8%
Educational Services	53	1.8%	71	70	-17	-24.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	182	6.1%	195	207	-25	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	57	1.9%	46	53	4	7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	475	15.9%	658	551	-76	-13.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	51	1.7%	54	62	-11	-17.7%
Public Administration	80	2.7%	77	154	-74	-48.1%
Information Not Available	273	9.1%	227	612	-339	-55.4%