Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

February 2017

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants February 2017
	Feb 2017	Jan 2017	Monthly Change	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,379,578	2,453,045	-73,467	2,599,799	-220,221	-8.5
Alaska	12,076	12,507	-431	12,715	-639	-5.0
Alabama	18,782	21,477	-2,695	22,486	-3,704	-16.5
Arkansas	15,216	17,439	-2,223	20,680	-5,464	-26.4
Arizona	25,458	26,035	-577	26,868	-1,410	-5.2
California	399,684	381,886	17,798	382,974	16,710	4.4
Colorado	27,663	31,133	-3,470	34,735	-7,072	-20.4
Connecticut	48,317	49,042	-725	49,624	-1,307	-2.6
District of Columbia	8,771	8,909	-138	8,512	259	3.0
Delaware	7,256	7,174	82	7,630	-374	-4.9
Florida	42,814	44,988	-2,174	50,981	-8,167	-16.0
Georgia	31,945	35,336	-3,391	36,830	-4,885	-13.3
Hawaii	7,701	8,227	-526	6,290	1,411	22.4
Iowa	33,054	33,284	-230	35,312	-2,258	-6.4
Idaho	12,898	14,517	-1,619	13,079	-181	-1.4
Illinois	151,764	163,545	-11,781	164,068	-12,304	-7.5
Indiana	31,821	32,090	-269	35,850	-4,029	-11.2
Kansas	14,339	17,320	-2,981	18,703	-4,364	-23.3
Kentucky	23,850	26,787	-2,937	30,809	-6,959	-22.6
Louisiana	20,199	22,893	-2,694	23,044	-2,845	-12.3
Massachusetts	82,931	76,514	6,417	81,255	1,676	2.1
Maryland	42,479	43,576	-1,097	47,586	-5,107	-10.7
Maine	9,636	9,556	80	12,163	-2,527	-20.8
Michigan	97,250	101,280	-4,030	108,075	-10,825	-10.0
Minnesota	64,523	66,782	-2,259	70,258	-5,735	-8.2
Missouri	34,658	37,432	-2,774	41,975	-7,317	-17.4
Mississippi	11,355	12,889	-1,534	13,515	-2,160	-16.0
Montana	10,788	11,158	-370	11,255	-467	-4.1
North Carolina	25,260	27,145	-1,885	30,191	-4,931	-16.3
North Dakota	8,775	9,027	-252	10,259	-1,484	-14.5
Nebraska	7,558	8,617	-1,059	8,276	-718	-8.7
New Hampshire	5,272	5,341	-69	6,422	-1,150	-17.9
New Jersey	119,887	117,467	2,420	127,128	-7,241	-5.7
New Mexico	12,146	12,363	-217	13,963	-1,817	-13.0
Nevada	24,457	24,830	-373	26,918	-2,461	-9.1
New York	182,958	185,160	-2,202	194,881	-11,923	-6.1
Ohio	80,924	82,292	-1,368	89,414	-8,490	-9.5
Oklahoma	17,061	18,663	-1,602	24,248	-7,187	-29.6
Oregon	33,274	37,968	-4,694	34,996	-1,722	-4.9
Pennsylvania	151,685	161,112	-9,427	182,999	-31,314	-17.1
Puerto Rico	18,384	17,869	515	19,608	-1,224	-6.2
Rhode Island	13,239	12,410	829	13,654	-415	-3.0
South Carolina	19,700	21,541	-1,841	22,709	-3,009	-13.3
South Dakota	3,723	3,786	-63	3,603	120	3.3
Tennessee	22,232	22,903	-671	29,409	-7,177	-24.4
Texas	152,102	160,973	-8,871	173,330	-21,228	-12.2
Utah	14,929	16,200	-1,271	16,794	-1,865	-11.1
Virginia	34,439	35,993	-1,554	41,537	-7,098	-17.1
Virgin Islands	186	301	-115	254	-68	-26.8
Vermont	6,005	6,065	-60	6,378	-373	-5.8
Washington	62,537	69,964	-7,427	60,970	1,567	2.6
Wisconsin	54,586	57,785	-3,199	63,994	-9,408	-14.7
West Virginia	15,753	17,698	-1,945	23,405	-7,652	-32.7
Wyoming	5,278	5,796	-518	7,187	-1,909	-26.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,379,578		2,453,045	2,599,799	-220,221	-8.5
Male	1,513,781	63.6%	1,562,404	1,692,472	-178,691	-10.6%
Female	848,870	35.7%	873,709	889,039	-40,169	-4.5%
Information Not Available	16,927	0.7%	16,932	18,288	-1,361	-7.4%

Ethnicity	2,379,578		2,453,045	2,599,799
Hispanic or Latino	472,894	19.9%	482,809	485,158	-12,264	-2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,633,704	68.7%	1,693,334	1,775,582	-141,878	-8.0%
Information Not Available	272,980	11.5%	276,902	332,568	-59,588	-17.9%

Race	2,379,578		2,453,045	2,599,799
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34,109	1.4%	34,668	31,864	2,245	7.0%
Asian	71,221	3.0%	71,487	67,840	3,381	5.0%
Black or African American	356,621	14.9%	367,668	373,307	-16,686	-4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13,817	0.6%	15,006	15,251	-1,434	-9.4%
White	1,338,474	55.9%	1,388,241	1,483,702	-145,228	-9.8%
Information Not Available	578,775	24.2%	589,257	625,908	-47,133	-7.5%

Years of Age	2,379,578		2,453,045	2,599,799
Younger than 22	46,506	2.0%	47,810	51,630	-5,124	-9.9%
22-24	110,337	4.6%	110,368	122,108	-11,771	-9.6%
25-34	549,124	23.1%	563,152	599,725	-50,601	-8.4%
35-44	511,195	21.5%	533,587	563,105	-51,910	-9.2%
45-54	551,757	23.2%	564,353	605,548	-53,791	-8.9%
55-59	268,679	11.3%	278,668	289,709	-21,030	-7.3%
60-64	188,390	7.9%	195,757	201,668	-13,278	-6.6%
65 and older	137,336	5.8%	143,050	146,755	-9,419	-6.4%
Information Not Available	16,254	0.7%	16,300	19,551	-3,297	-16.9%

Industry	2,379,578		2,453,045	2,599,799
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	112,902	4.7%	117,897	111,829	1,073	1.0%
Mining	21,245	0.9%	25,364	53,650	-32,405	-60.4%
Utilities	5,270	0.2%	5,102	4,892	378	7.7%
Construction	447,663	18.8%	458,584	471,425	-23,762	-5.0%
Manufacturing	220,791	9.3%	227,495	257,990	-37,199	-14.4%
Wholesale Trade	73,409	3.1%	74,513	80,408	-6,999	-8.7%
Retail Trade	173,198	7.3%	163,603	179,409	-6,211	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	84,532	3.6%	88,703	87,533	-3,001	-3.4%
Information	64,025	2.7%	66,678	61,196	2,829	4.6%
Finance and Insurance	57,808	2.4%	55,375	57,448	360	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	31,130	1.3%	31,145	34,995	-3,865	-11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	114,113	4.8%	116,673	116,892	-2,779	-2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14,585	0.6%	14,926	15,063	-478	-3.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	340,050	14.3%	341,338	355,159	-15,109	-4.3%
Educational Services	41,489	1.7%	51,197	43,685	-2,196	-5.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	148,309	6.2%	147,894	151,856	-3,547	-2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	57,806	2.4%	61,501	60,357	-2,551	-4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	127,268	5.3%	150,372	134,442	-7,174	-5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53,423	2.2%	54,630	56,545	-3,122	-5.5%
Public Administration	45,042	1.9%	45,915	47,437	-2,395	-5.0%
Information Not Available	145,520	6.1%	154,140	217,588	-72,068	-33.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,076		12,507	12,715	-639	-5.0
Male	8,144	67.4%	8,310	8,616	-472	-5.5%
Female	3,909	32.4%	4,162	4,062	-153	-3.8%
Information Not Available	23	0.2%	35	37	-14	-37.8%

Ethnicity	12,076		12,507	12,715
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.0%	7	10	-6	-60.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,534	95.5%	11,925	12,210	-676	-5.5%
Information Not Available	538	4.5%	575	495	43	8.7%

Race	12,076		12,507	12,715
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,553	29.4%	3,428	3,800	-247	-6.5%
Asian	465	3.9%	664	466	-1	-0.2%
Black or African American	428	3.5%	500	475	-47	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	193	1.6%	257	199	-6	-3.0%
White	6,895	57.1%	7,076	7,274	-379	-5.2%
Information Not Available	542	4.5%	582	501	41	8.2%

Years of Age	12,076		12,507	12,715
Younger than 22	286	1.6%	287	272	14	5.1%
22-24	631	3.5%	705	637	-6	-0.9%
25-34	3,462	19.1%	3,548	3,639	-177	-4.9%
35-44	2,696	14.9%	2,934	2,897	-201	-6.9%
45-54	2,582	14.2%	2,545	2,666	-84	-3.2%
55-59	1,196	6.6%	1,273	1,351	-155	-11.5%
60-64	838	4.6%	815	821	17	2.1%
65 and older	385	2.1%	400	432	-47	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,076		12,507	12,715
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.7%	105	125	-36	-28.8%
Mining	462	3.8%	549	795	-333	-41.9%
Utilities	90	0.7%	66	79	11	13.9%
Construction	3,187	26.2%	3,260	3,264	-77	-2.4%
Manufacturing	578	4.8%	1,005	727	-149	-20.5%
Wholesale Trade	181	1.5%	135	127	54	42.5%
Retail Trade	1,055	8.7%	1,004	1,032	23	2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	620	5.1%	722	618	2	0.3%
Information	112	0.9%	122	107	5	4.7%
Finance and Insurance	151	1.2%	161	130	21	16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	233	1.9%	220	245	-12	-4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	389	3.2%	383	405	-16	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	28	38	-7	-18.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	691	5.7%	638	741	-50	-6.7%
Educational Services	279	2.3%	346	315	-36	-11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	763	6.3%	744	729	34	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	1.7%	144	152	56	36.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,016	8.4%	1,020	971	45	4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	382	3.1%	332	442	-60	-13.6%
Public Administration	1,216	10.0%	1,140	1,276	-60	-4.7%
Information Not Available	343	2.8%	383	397	-54	-13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,782		21,477	22,486
Male	10,323	55.0%	12,101	13,099	-2,776	-21.2%
Female	8,432	44.9%	9,338	9,373	-941	-10.0%
Information Not Available	27	0.1%	38	14	13	92.9%

Ethnicity	18,782		21,477	22,486
Hispanic or Latino	263	1.4%	354	274	-11	-4.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,831	73.6%	16,048	16,253	-2,422	-14.9%
Information Not Available	4,688	25.0%	5,075	5,959	-1,271	-21.3%

Race	18,782		21,477	22,486
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,098	5.8%	1,503	1,330	-232	-17.4%
Asian	604	3.2%	700	695	-91	-13.1%
Black or African American	7,554	40.2%	8,442	8,650	-1,096	-12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	29	27	-11	-40.7%
White	8,565	45.6%	9,597	10,560	-1,995	-18.9%
Information Not Available	945	5.0%	1,206	1,224	-279	-22.8%

Years of Age	18,782		21,477	22,486
Younger than 22	52	0.2%	69	61	-9	-14.8%
22-24	70	0.3%	69	75	-5	-6.7%
25-34	781	3.1%	901	863	-82	-9.5%
35-44	3,212	12.9%	3,711	3,692	-480	-13.0%
45-54	4,293	17.2%	4,860	5,073	-780	-15.4%
55-59	2,097	8.4%	2,433	2,514	-417	-16.6%
60-64	2,433	9.8%	2,766	2,738	-305	-11.1%
65 and older	5,827	23.4%	6,646	7,452	-1,625	-21.8%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	22	18	-1	-5.6%

Industry	18,782		21,477	22,486
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	132	0.7%	241	159	-27	-17.0%
Mining	103	0.5%	115	847	-744	-87.8%
Utilities	75	0.4%	90	61	14	23.0%
Construction	2,147	11.4%	2,567	2,423	-276	-11.4%
Manufacturing	3,010	15.9%	3,726	3,837	-827	-21.6%
Wholesale Trade	677	3.6%	718	818	-141	-17.2%
Retail Trade	2,076	11.0%	2,205	2,273	-197	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	595	3.1%	645	704	-109	-15.5%
Information	352	1.9%	295	226	126	55.8%
Finance and Insurance	525	2.8%	608	680	-155	-22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	275	1.5%	298	298	-23	-7.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	829	4.4%	897	921	-92	-10.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	65	0.3%	50	40	25	62.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,719	14.4%	2,951	3,175	-456	-14.4%
Educational Services	395	2.1%	454	430	-35	-8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,400	7.4%	1,491	1,661	-261	-15.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	146	0.8%	161	143	3	2.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,242	6.6%	1,558	1,389	-147	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	417	2.2%	443	494	-77	-15.6%
Public Administration	325	1.7%	342	333	-8	-2.4%
Information Not Available	1,277	6.8%	1,622	1,574	-297	-18.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,216		17,439	20,680
Male	8,392	55.2%	9,824	11,955	-3,563	-29.8%
Female	5,655	37.2%	6,207	7,121	-1,466	-20.6%
Information Not Available	1,169	7.7%	1,408	1,604	-435	-27.1%

Ethnicity	15,216		17,439	20,680
Hispanic or Latino	93	0.6%	84	182	-89	-48.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,954	91.7%	15,947	18,894	-4,940	-26.1%
Information Not Available	1,169	7.7%	1,408	1,604	-435	-27.1%

Race	15,216		17,439	20,680
American Indian or Alaskan Native	166	1.1%	174	207	-41	-19.8%
Asian	12	0.1%	16	16	-4	-25.0%
Black or African American	3,669	24.1%	4,145	4,629	-960	-20.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	784	5.2%	905	969	-185	-19.1%
White	9,323	61.3%	10,707	13,073	-3,750	-28.7%
Information Not Available	1,262	8.3%	1,492	1,786	-524	-29.3%

Years of Age	15,216		17,439	20,680
Younger than 22	406	1.7%	507	541	-135	-25.0%
22-24	680	2.9%	821	987	-307	-31.1%
25-34	3,115	13.3%	3,636	4,298	-1,183	-27.5%
35-44	3,134	13.4%	3,577	4,495	-1,361	-30.3%
45-54	3,413	14.5%	3,777	4,637	-1,224	-26.4%
55-59	1,467	6.2%	1,695	1,965	-498	-25.3%
60-64	1,065	4.5%	1,177	1,258	-193	-15.3%
65 and older	767	3.3%	841	895	-128	-14.3%
Information Not Available	1,169	5.0%	1,408	1,604	-435	-27.1%

Industry	15,216		17,439	20,680
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	627	4.0%	770	732	-105	-14.3%
Mining	95	0.6%	127	641	-546	-85.2%
Utilities	19	0.1%	26	43	-24	-55.8%
Construction	1,721	10.9%	2,183	2,233	-512	-22.9%
Manufacturing	1,860	11.7%	2,108	2,991	-1,131	-37.8%
Wholesale Trade	626	4.0%	677	866	-240	-27.7%
Retail Trade	1,453	9.2%	1,531	1,705	-252	-14.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	567	3.6%	606	889	-322	-36.2%
Information	176	1.1%	163	190	-14	-7.4%
Finance and Insurance	255	1.6%	267	273	-18	-6.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	217	1.4%	208	230	-13	-5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	497	3.1%	550	680	-183	-26.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	107	0.7%	53	72	35	48.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,545	9.8%	1,730	2,081	-536	-25.8%
Educational Services	240	1.5%	264	285	-45	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,289	8.1%	1,415	1,663	-374	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	217	1.4%	257	224	-7	-3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	855	5.4%	1,207	1,025	-170	-16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	312	2.0%	353	453	-141	-31.1%
Public Administration	313	2.0%	367	337	-24	-7.1%
Information Not Available	2,225	14.0%	2,577	3,067	-842	-27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,458		26,035	26,868
Male	14,028	55.1%	14,257	15,198	-1,170	-7.7%
Female	11,405	44.8%	11,754	11,659	-254	-2.2%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	24	11	14	127.3%

Ethnicity	25,458		26,035	26,868
Hispanic or Latino	7,504	29.5%	7,433	7,808	-304	-3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,750	50.1%	13,408	13,706	-956	-7.0%
Information Not Available	5,204	20.4%	5,194	5,354	-150	-2.8%

Race	25,458		26,035	26,868
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,085	8.2%	2,236	2,057	28	1.4%
Asian	1,339	5.3%	1,241	1,115	224	20.1%
Black or African American	2,262	8.9%	2,296	2,230	32	1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	300	1.2%	330	317	-17	-5.4%
White	13,813	54.3%	14,260	15,619	-1,806	-11.6%
Information Not Available	5,659	22.2%	5,672	5,530	129	2.3%

Years of Age	25,458		26,035	26,868
Younger than 22	484	1.3%	495	482	2	0.4%
22-24	1,109	3.0%	1,150	1,246	-137	-11.0%
25-34	5,882	15.8%	6,111	6,101	-219	-3.6%
35-44	5,500	14.8%	5,679	5,912	-412	-7.0%
45-54	6,023	16.2%	6,108	6,452	-429	-6.6%
55-59	3,023	8.1%	3,035	3,180	-157	-4.9%
60-64	2,148	5.8%	2,115	2,110	38	1.8%
65 and older	1,289	3.5%	1,342	1,385	-96	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,458		26,035	26,868
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	999	3.8%	577	834	165	19.8%
Mining	82	0.3%	95	237	-155	-65.4%
Utilities	62	0.2%	72	70	-8	-11.4%
Construction	2,243	8.5%	2,386	2,398	-155	-6.5%
Manufacturing	1,430	5.4%	1,527	1,656	-226	-13.6%
Wholesale Trade	832	3.1%	880	964	-132	-13.7%
Retail Trade	2,108	8.0%	2,199	2,192	-84	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	609	2.3%	656	656	-47	-7.2%
Information	437	1.7%	456	412	25	6.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,134	4.3%	1,120	1,110	24	2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	410	1.5%	449	513	-103	-20.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,326	5.0%	1,299	1,298	28	2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	114	0.4%	113	137	-23	-16.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,738	14.1%	3,783	3,878	-140	-3.6%
Educational Services	595	2.2%	706	743	-148	-19.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,175	8.2%	2,198	2,220	-45	-2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	308	1.2%	339	338	-30	-8.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,233	4.7%	1,383	1,326	-93	-7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	502	1.9%	543	578	-76	-13.1%
Public Administration	647	2.4%	710	719	-72	-10.0%
Information Not Available	4,474	16.9%	4,544	4,589	-115	-2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	399,684		381,886	382,974
Male	233,841	58.5%	223,512	227,709	6,132	2.7%
Female	165,843	41.5%	158,085	154,971	10,872	7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	289	294	-294	-100.0%

Ethnicity	399,684		381,886	382,974
Hispanic or Latino	183,732	46.0%	179,156	178,858	4,874	2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	182,843	45.7%	173,191	169,656	13,187	7.8%
Information Not Available	33,109	8.3%	29,539	34,460	-1,351	-3.9%

Race	399,684		381,886	382,974
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,558	0.9%	3,368	3,329	229	6.9%
Asian	34,592	8.7%	33,965	30,936	3,656	11.8%
Black or African American	29,947	7.5%	28,384	26,139	3,808	14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	114,746	28.7%	107,475	109,253	5,493	5.0%
Information Not Available	216,841	54.3%	208,694	213,317	3,524	1.7%

Years of Age	399,684		381,886	382,974
Younger than 22	8,203	1.7%	7,890	8,517	-314	-3.7%
22-24	22,534	4.7%	17,800	20,167	2,367	11.7%
25-34	98,933	20.5%	92,657	96,428	2,505	2.6%
35-44	79,759	16.5%	81,015	80,472	-713	-0.9%
45-54	89,939	18.6%	82,554	82,136	7,803	9.5%
55-59	43,586	9.0%	42,528	40,236	3,350	8.3%
60-64	31,231	6.5%	32,233	31,523	-292	-0.9%
65 and older	25,400	5.3%	25,113	23,397	2,003	8.6%
Information Not Available	99	0.0%	96	98	1	1.0%

Industry	399,684		381,886	382,974
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83,416	17.3%	85,923	86,345	-2,929	-3.4%
Mining	1,581	0.3%	1,251	1,664	-83	-5.0%
Utilities	1,285	0.3%	866	1,371	-86	-6.3%
Construction	44,969	9.3%	35,408	40,529	4,440	11.0%
Manufacturing	34,394	7.1%	31,078	37,299	-2,905	-7.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,483	0.3%	1,347	1,273	210	16.5%
Retail Trade	26,784	5.5%	21,456	25,160	1,624	6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,738	2.8%	12,989	10,181	3,557	34.9%
Information	30,638	6.3%	33,291	29,369	1,269	4.3%
Finance and Insurance	6,227	1.3%	5,484	6,853	-626	-9.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,779	0.4%	2,021	2,643	-864	-32.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,017	1.5%	5,196	6,070	947	15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	70,765	14.6%	67,641	62,165	8,600	13.8%
Educational Services	9,192	1.9%	13,855	8,713	479	5.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21,743	4.5%	20,302	19,873	1,870	9.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,831	1.2%	6,158	4,895	936	19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,232	2.9%	13,278	13,901	331	2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,709	1.6%	7,697	8,321	-612	-7.4%
Public Administration	4,349	0.9%	4,618	4,014	335	8.3%
Information Not Available	12,552	2.6%	12,027	12,335	217	1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,663		31,133	34,735
Male	17,264	62.4%	19,802	22,716	-5,452	-24.0%
Female	10,398	37.6%	11,330	12,016	-1,618	-13.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	3	-2	-66.7%

Ethnicity	27,663		31,133	34,735
Hispanic or Latino	6,509	23.5%	7,576	8,527	-2,018	-23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,383	66.5%	20,376	23,018	-4,635	-20.1%
Information Not Available	2,771	10.0%	3,181	3,190	-419	-13.1%

Race	27,663		31,133	34,735
American Indian or Alaskan Native	554	2.0%	581	687	-133	-19.4%
Asian	558	2.0%	602	536	22	4.1%
Black or African American	1,572	5.7%	1,724	1,915	-343	-17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.4%	107	141	-34	-24.1%
White	19,121	69.1%	21,339	24,406	-5,285	-21.7%
Information Not Available	5,751	20.8%	6,780	7,050	-1,299	-18.4%

Years of Age	27,663		31,133	34,735
Younger than 22	436	1.0%	504	590	-154	-26.1%
22-24	905	2.1%	1,044	1,286	-381	-29.6%
25-34	5,840	13.2%	6,649	7,638	-1,798	-23.5%
35-44	5,998	13.6%	6,762	7,661	-1,663	-21.7%
45-54	6,706	15.2%	7,477	8,507	-1,801	-21.2%
55-59	3,642	8.3%	4,145	4,469	-827	-18.5%
60-64	2,647	6.0%	2,922	2,978	-331	-11.1%
65 and older	1,483	3.4%	1,620	1,597	-114	-7.1%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	10	9	-3	-33.3%

Industry	27,663		31,133	34,735
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	338	1.2%	391	374	-36	-9.6%
Mining	419	1.5%	537	1,526	-1,107	-72.5%
Utilities	51	0.2%	55	81	-30	-37.0%
Construction	5,069	18.1%	6,096	7,176	-2,107	-29.4%
Manufacturing	1,813	6.5%	1,991	2,136	-323	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,188	4.2%	1,337	1,531	-343	-22.4%
Retail Trade	2,098	7.5%	2,209	2,462	-364	-14.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	923	3.3%	992	1,109	-186	-16.8%
Information	1,084	3.9%	1,191	992	92	9.3%
Finance and Insurance	955	3.4%	980	1,060	-105	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	511	1.8%	545	558	-47	-8.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,413	8.6%	2,610	2,824	-411	-14.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	513	1.8%	651	627	-114	-18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,799	13.6%	4,203	4,628	-829	-17.9%
Educational Services	598	2.1%	788	806	-208	-25.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,874	6.7%	1,956	2,123	-249	-11.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	459	1.6%	524	518	-59	-11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,351	4.8%	1,545	1,507	-156	-10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	615	2.2%	677	730	-115	-15.8%
Public Administration	917	3.3%	1,048	1,051	-134	-12.7%
Information Not Available	675	2.4%	807	916	-241	-26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,317		49,042	49,624
Male	32,184	66.6%	31,885	33,339	-1,155	-3.5%
Female	16,133	33.4%	17,157	16,284	-151	-0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	48,317		49,042	49,624
Hispanic or Latino	8,782	18.2%	8,864	8,772	10	0.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,535	81.8%	40,178	40,852	-1,317	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	48,317		49,042	49,624
American Indian or Alaskan Native	189	0.4%	200	170	19	11.2%
Asian	779	1.6%	879	789	-10	-1.3%
Black or African American	6,475	13.4%	6,712	6,328	147	2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,489	59.0%	28,540	28,842	-353	-1.2%
Information Not Available	12,385	25.6%	12,711	13,495	-1,110	-8.2%

Years of Age	48,317		49,042	49,624
Younger than 22	725	1.0%	634	720	5	0.7%
22-24	1,972	2.7%	1,952	2,141	-169	-7.9%
25-34	10,791	14.9%	11,115	11,029	-238	-2.2%
35-44	9,895	13.7%	9,976	9,933	-38	-0.4%
45-54	11,283	15.6%	11,195	11,914	-631	-5.3%
55-59	5,700	7.9%	5,891	5,925	-225	-3.8%
60-64	4,378	6.0%	4,509	4,365	13	0.3%
65 and older	3,573	4.9%	3,770	3,597	-24	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,317		49,042	49,624
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	624	1.3%	643	736	-112	-15.2%
Mining	60	0.1%	53	81	-21	-25.9%
Utilities	78	0.2%	55	74	4	5.4%
Construction	10,194	20.8%	9,454	9,953	241	2.4%
Manufacturing	3,847	7.9%	3,985	4,327	-480	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,688	3.4%	1,688	1,808	-120	-6.6%
Retail Trade	4,703	9.6%	4,598	4,866	-163	-3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,011	4.1%	2,261	1,941	70	3.6%
Information	1,051	2.1%	1,107	677	374	55.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,431	2.9%	1,467	1,236	195	15.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	669	1.4%	661	693	-24	-3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,930	3.9%	1,876	1,826	104	5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	303	0.6%	314	252	51	20.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,856	16.1%	7,818	8,461	-605	-7.2%
Educational Services	1,000	2.0%	1,118	1,135	-135	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,938	8.0%	4,061	4,135	-197	-4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,915	3.9%	1,824	2,049	-134	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,506	5.1%	3,481	2,689	-183	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,291	2.6%	1,282	1,373	-82	-6.0%
Public Administration	499	1.0%	557	588	-89	-15.1%
Information Not Available	723	1.5%	739	724	-1	-0.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,771		8,909	8,512
Male	4,210	48.0%	4,248	3,987	223	5.6%
Female	4,560	52.0%	4,660	4,525	35	0.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,771		8,909	8,512
Hispanic or Latino	789	9.0%	818	751	38	5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,925	90.4%	8,054	7,724	201	2.6%
Information Not Available	57	0.6%	37	37	20	54.1%

Race	8,771		8,909	8,512
American Indian or Alaskan Native	40	0.5%	49	52	-12	-23.1%
Asian	253	2.9%	234	230	23	10.0%
Black or African American	5,684	64.8%	5,919	5,922	-238	-4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	25	17	7	41.2%
White	1,878	21.4%	1,793	1,630	248	15.2%
Information Not Available	892	10.2%	889	661	231	34.9%

Years of Age	8,771		8,909	8,512
Younger than 22	113	1.1%	121	156	-43	-27.6%
22-24	442	4.4%	473	442	0	0.0%
25-34	2,544	25.5%	2,529	2,358	186	7.9%
35-44	1,954	19.6%	1,988	1,883	71	3.8%
45-54	1,847	18.5%	1,904	1,958	-111	-5.7%
55-59	868	8.7%	891	851	17	2.0%
60-64	656	6.6%	669	541	115	21.3%
65 and older	347	3.5%	334	323	24	7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,771		8,909	8,512
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	20	0.2%	17	19	1	5.3%
Manufacturing	6	0.1%	5	2	4	200.0%
Wholesale Trade	5	0.1%	1	3	2	66.7%
Retail Trade	18	0.2%	14	18	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	9	0.1%	4	15	-6	-40.0%
Information	9	0.1%	13	14	-5	-35.7%
Finance and Insurance	8	0.1%	6	10	-2	-20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	0.1%	11	4	6	150.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	52	0.6%	52	54	-2	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	60	0.7%	61	76	-16	-21.1%
Educational Services	9	0.1%	14	13	-4	-30.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20	0.2%	20	14	6	42.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.1%	6	3	3	100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	21	0.2%	19	17	4	23.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	30	0.3%	28	11	19	172.7%
Public Administration	1	0.0%	5	3	-2	-66.7%
Information Not Available	8,484	96.7%	8,629	8,234	250	3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,256		7,174	7,630
Male	3,442	47.4%	3,329	3,774	-332	-8.8%
Female	3,289	45.3%	3,326	3,525	-236	-6.7%
Information Not Available	525	7.2%	519	331	194	58.6%

Ethnicity	7,256		7,174	7,630
Hispanic or Latino	470	6.5%	472	338	132	39.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,261	86.3%	6,183	269	5,992	2227.5%
Information Not Available	525	7.2%	519	331	194	58.6%

Race	7,256		7,174	7,630
American Indian or Alaskan Native	21	0.3%	19	33	-12	-36.4%
Asian	122	1.7%	136	131	-9	-6.9%
Black or African American	2,811	38.7%	2,750	2,947	-136	-4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	2	7	-3	-42.9%
White	3,856	53.1%	3,850	4,259	-403	-9.5%
Information Not Available	441	6.1%	416	253	188	74.3%

Years of Age	7,256		7,174	7,630
Younger than 22	141	1.3%	131	116	25	21.6%
22-24	321	3.0%	315	351	-30	-8.5%
25-34	1,690	16.0%	1,699	1,871	-181	-9.7%
35-44	1,551	14.7%	1,505	1,561	-10	-0.6%
45-54	1,736	16.4%	1,673	1,804	-68	-3.8%
55-59	791	7.5%	791	868	-77	-8.9%
60-64	537	5.1%	602	580	-43	-7.4%
65 and older	403	3.8%	380	396	7	1.8%
Information Not Available	86	0.8%	78	83	3	3.6%

Industry	7,256		7,174	7,630
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.2%	22	25	-10	-40.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	9	9	1	11.1%
Construction	575	7.9%	556	830	-255	-30.7%
Manufacturing	577	7.9%	489	427	150	35.1%
Wholesale Trade	216	3.0%	231	247	-31	-12.6%
Retail Trade	947	13.0%	932	1,081	-134	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	271	3.7%	282	282	-11	-3.9%
Information	90	1.2%	99	78	12	15.4%
Finance and Insurance	607	8.3%	671	523	84	16.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	126	1.7%	136	131	-5	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	499	6.9%	487	342	157	45.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	24	36	-19	-52.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,369	18.8%	1,303	1,386	-17	-1.2%
Educational Services	111	1.5%	134	149	-38	-25.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	701	9.6%	684	848	-147	-17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	1.8%	160	169	-37	-21.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	737	10.1%	722	749	-12	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	178	2.4%	147	209	-31	-14.8%
Public Administration	65	0.9%	67	84	-19	-22.6%
Information Not Available	11	0.2%	19	23	-12	-52.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,814		44,988	50,981
Male	21,439	50.1%	22,494	25,699	-4,260	-16.6%
Female	21,033	49.1%	22,138	25,210	-4,177	-16.6%
Information Not Available	342	0.8%	356	72	270	375.0%

Ethnicity	42,814		44,988	50,981
Hispanic or Latino	10,582	24.7%	10,873	12,576	-1,994	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,967	65.3%	29,569	33,622	-5,655	-16.8%
Information Not Available	4,265	10.0%	4,546	4,783	-518	-10.8%

Race	42,814		44,988	50,981
American Indian or Alaskan Native	300	0.7%	305	286	14	4.9%
Asian	706	1.6%	776	787	-81	-10.3%
Black or African American	10,605	24.8%	10,787	12,108	-1,503	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	228	0.5%	242	249	-21	-8.4%
White	25,496	59.6%	27,001	31,628	-6,132	-19.4%
Information Not Available	5,479	12.8%	5,877	5,923	-444	-7.5%

Years of Age	42,814		44,988	50,981
Younger than 22	418	0.6%	366	490	-72	-14.7%
22-24	1,135	1.7%	1,373	1,510	-375	-24.8%
25-34	8,130	12.5%	8,665	9,677	-1,547	-16.0%
35-44	8,257	12.7%	8,486	9,781	-1,524	-15.6%
45-54	8,898	13.7%	9,297	10,730	-1,832	-17.1%
55-59	4,303	6.6%	4,592	5,239	-936	-17.9%
60-64	3,313	5.1%	3,149	3,794	-481	-12.7%
65 and older	2,014	3.1%	2,179	2,491	-477	-19.1%
Information Not Available	6,346	9.8%	6,881	7,269	-923	-12.7%

Industry	42,814		44,988	50,981
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	537	1.2%	497	659	-122	-18.5%
Mining	85	0.2%	102	148	-63	-42.6%
Utilities	75	0.2%	69	72	3	4.2%
Construction	2,842	6.6%	3,121	3,397	-555	-16.3%
Manufacturing	2,086	4.8%	2,100	2,626	-540	-20.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,871	4.3%	1,854	2,318	-447	-19.3%
Retail Trade	4,128	9.5%	4,022	4,953	-825	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,214	2.8%	1,364	1,448	-234	-16.2%
Information	827	1.9%	861	926	-99	-10.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,989	4.6%	1,916	2,149	-160	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,008	2.3%	1,006	1,212	-204	-16.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,044	7.0%	3,321	3,870	-826	-21.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	563	1.3%	536	608	-45	-7.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,819	18.0%	8,016	8,444	-625	-7.4%
Educational Services	757	1.7%	991	1,193	-436	-36.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,772	8.7%	3,978	4,444	-672	-15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	736	1.7%	720	793	-57	-7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,866	6.6%	3,327	3,433	-567	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,160	2.7%	1,252	1,553	-393	-25.3%
Public Administration	609	1.4%	611	661	-52	-7.9%
Information Not Available	4,826	11.1%	5,324	6,074	-1,248	-20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,945		35,336	36,830
Male	15,274	47.8%	17,115	18,245	-2,971	-16.3%
Female	14,966	46.8%	16,360	17,365	-2,399	-13.8%
Information Not Available	1,705	5.3%	1,861	1,220	485	39.8%

Ethnicity	31,945		35,336	36,830
Hispanic or Latino	55	0.2%	74	62	-7	-11.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,185	94.5%	33,401	35,548	-5,363	-15.1%
Information Not Available	1,705	5.3%	1,861	1,220	485	39.8%

Race	31,945		35,336	36,830
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	0.5%	160	175	-23	-13.1%
Asian	526	1.6%	528	486	40	8.2%
Black or African American	17,754	55.6%	19,440	19,716	-1,962	-10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,808	37.0%	13,347	15,233	-3,425	-22.5%
Information Not Available	1,705	5.3%	1,861	1,220	485	39.8%

Years of Age	31,945		35,336	36,830
Younger than 22	492	1.2%	488	672	-180	-26.8%
22-24	1,246	3.0%	1,402	1,639	-393	-24.0%
25-34	7,769	18.7%	8,812	9,034	-1,265	-14.0%
35-44	7,819	18.8%	8,729	8,897	-1,078	-12.1%
45-54	7,793	18.7%	8,429	8,838	-1,045	-11.8%
55-59	3,377	8.1%	3,727	3,694	-317	-8.6%
60-64	2,189	5.3%	2,398	2,368	-179	-7.6%
65 and older	1,260	3.0%	1,351	1,403	-143	-10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	285	-285	-100.0%

Industry	31,945		35,336	36,830
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	531	1.6%	610	658	-127	-19.3%
Mining	16	0.0%	25	21	-5	-23.8%
Utilities	28	0.1%	26	31	-3	-9.7%
Construction	1,445	4.4%	1,559	1,759	-314	-17.9%
Manufacturing	2,017	6.2%	2,821	3,197	-1,180	-36.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,284	4.0%	1,457	1,336	-52	-3.9%
Retail Trade	2,164	6.7%	2,224	2,618	-454	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	627	1.9%	772	700	-73	-10.4%
Information	587	1.8%	601	612	-25	-4.1%
Finance and Insurance	835	2.6%	935	1,086	-251	-23.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	374	1.2%	440	466	-92	-19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,823	17.9%	6,284	6,272	-449	-7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.1%	32	34	2	5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	99	0.3%	89	91	8	8.8%
Educational Services	643	2.0%	655	795	-152	-19.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,476	4.5%	1,549	1,748	-272	-15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,208	3.7%	1,547	1,493	-285	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	214	0.7%	332	253	-39	-15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	256	0.8%	312	285	-29	-10.2%
Public Administration	331	1.0%	341	352	-21	-6.0%
Information Not Available	11,951	36.8%	12,725	13,023	-1,072	-8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,701		8,227	6,290
Male	5,727	74.4%	6,023	4,077	1,650	40.5%
Female	1,973	25.6%	2,203	2,212	-239	-10.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,701		8,227	6,290
Hispanic or Latino	532	6.9%	559	465	67	14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,126	66.6%	5,483	4,207	919	21.8%
Information Not Available	2,043	26.5%	2,185	1,618	425	26.3%

Race	7,701		8,227	6,290
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.8%	56	51	10	19.6%
Asian	2,456	31.9%	2,549	1,870	586	31.3%
Black or African American	126	1.6%	138	107	19	17.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,389	31.0%	2,594	1,752	637	36.4%
White	1,654	21.5%	1,758	1,577	77	4.9%
Information Not Available	1,015	13.2%	1,132	933	82	8.8%

Years of Age	7,701		8,227	6,290
Younger than 22	93	1.1%	104	59	34	57.6%
22-24	309	3.6%	314	172	137	79.7%
25-34	1,774	20.4%	1,908	1,362	412	30.2%
35-44	1,740	20.0%	1,893	1,463	277	18.9%
45-54	1,812	20.9%	1,881	1,446	366	25.3%
55-59	842	9.7%	923	728	114	15.7%
60-64	665	7.7%	732	600	65	10.8%
65 and older	466	5.4%	472	460	6	1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,701		8,227	6,290
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	263	3.3%	274	99	164	165.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	18	0.2%	16	19	-1	-5.3%
Construction	3,142	39.5%	3,277	1,639	1,503	91.7%
Manufacturing	202	2.5%	217	176	26	14.8%
Wholesale Trade	134	1.7%	112	108	26	24.1%
Retail Trade	318	4.0%	342	357	-39	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	234	2.9%	218	235	-1	-0.4%
Information	121	1.5%	169	215	-94	-43.7%
Finance and Insurance	63	0.8%	62	102	-39	-38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	109	1.4%	118	103	6	5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	179	2.2%	224	202	-23	-11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.7%	59	37	17	45.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	859	10.8%	886	784	75	9.6%
Educational Services	47	0.6%	61	77	-30	-39.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	306	3.8%	306	312	-6	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	88	1.1%	102	103	-15	-14.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	493	6.2%	596	574	-81	-14.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	125	1.6%	150	163	-38	-23.3%
Public Administration	94	1.2%	113	94	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	852	10.7%	923	889	-37	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,054		33,284	35,312
Male	25,331	76.6%	25,291	27,218	-1,887	-6.9%
Female	7,417	22.4%	7,706	7,723	-306	-4.0%
Information Not Available	306	0.9%	287	371	-65	-17.5%

Ethnicity	33,054		33,284	35,312
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	3,207	-3,207	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	30,438	-30,438	-100.0%
Information Not Available	33,054	100.0%	33,284	1,667	31,387	1882.8%

Race	33,054		33,284	35,312
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.3%	111	455	-355	-78.0%
Asian	66	0.2%	62	377	-311	-82.5%
Black or African American	394	1.2%	405	1,841	-1,447	-78.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,555	10.8%	3,677	27,765	-24,210	-87.2%
Information Not Available	28,939	87.6%	29,029	4,874	24,065	493.7%

Years of Age	33,054		33,284	35,312
Younger than 22	711	2.1%	743	716	-5	-0.7%
22-24	1,732	5.1%	1,740	1,827	-95	-5.2%
25-34	7,774	23.1%	7,853	8,413	-639	-7.6%
35-44	7,156	21.3%	7,300	7,603	-447	-5.9%
45-54	6,971	20.7%	6,954	7,654	-683	-8.9%
55-59	3,695	11.0%	3,735	4,068	-373	-9.2%
60-64	2,947	8.8%	2,899	2,896	51	1.8%
65 and older	2,066	6.1%	2,056	2,123	-57	-2.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	12	-10	-83.3%

Industry	33,054		33,284	35,312
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	300	0.9%	305	324	-24	-7.4%
Mining	749	2.2%	862	898	-149	-16.6%
Utilities	34	0.1%	38	32	2	6.3%
Construction	13,020	39.0%	12,475	13,617	-597	-4.4%
Manufacturing	4,797	14.4%	5,627	5,706	-909	-15.9%
Wholesale Trade	942	2.8%	982	1,142	-200	-17.5%
Retail Trade	1,774	5.3%	1,648	1,832	-58	-3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,088	3.3%	1,055	1,168	-80	-6.8%
Information	456	1.4%	494	531	-75	-14.1%
Finance and Insurance	695	2.1%	522	802	-107	-13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	0.8%	278	287	-8	-2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	736	2.2%	707	703	33	4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.2%	58	48	5	10.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,768	11.3%	3,782	3,928	-160	-4.1%
Educational Services	302	0.9%	317	362	-60	-16.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,259	3.8%	1,096	1,176	83	7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	526	1.6%	578	597	-71	-11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	967	2.9%	1,138	922	45	4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	514	1.5%	483	484	30	6.2%
Public Administration	542	1.6%	576	525	17	3.2%
Information Not Available	253	0.8%	263	228	25	11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,898		14,517	13,079
Male	9,512	73.7%	10,768	9,495	17	0.2%
Female	3,386	26.3%	3,748	3,580	-194	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%

Ethnicity	12,898		14,517	13,079
Hispanic or Latino	2,211	17.1%	2,406	2,048	163	8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,731	67.7%	9,787	8,146	585	7.2%
Information Not Available	1,956	15.2%	2,324	2,885	-929	-32.2%

Race	12,898		14,517	13,079
American Indian or Alaskan Native	772	3.0%	816	424	348	82.1%
Asian	179	0.7%	220	159	20	12.6%
Black or African American	216	0.8%	246	130	86	66.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	100	0.4%	133	90	10	11.1%
White	19,173	74.6%	20,798	9,971	9,202	92.3%
Information Not Available	5,278	20.5%	5,596	2,614	2,664	101.9%

Years of Age	12,898		14,517	13,079
Younger than 22	443	1.4%	502	390	53	13.6%
22-24	679	2.2%	725	578	101	17.5%
25-34	2,842	9.1%	3,063	2,670	172	6.4%
35-44	2,885	9.3%	3,009	2,538	347	13.7%
45-54	2,867	9.2%	3,217	3,026	-159	-5.3%
55-59	1,585	5.1%	1,766	1,565	20	1.3%
60-64	963	3.1%	1,114	1,025	-62	-6.0%
65 and older	633	2.0%	1,110	1,220	-587	-48.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	11	67	-66	-98.5%

Industry	12,898		14,517	13,079
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,137	8.1%	1,023	1,082	55	5.1%
Mining	116	0.8%	167	261	-145	-55.6%
Utilities	70	0.5%	73	70	0	0.0%
Construction	3,303	23.5%	3,839	2,644	659	24.9%
Manufacturing	1,310	9.3%	1,434	1,358	-48	-3.5%
Wholesale Trade	481	3.4%	516	516	-35	-6.8%
Retail Trade	1,120	8.0%	1,136	1,040	80	7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	391	2.8%	597	427	-36	-8.4%
Information	127	0.9%	123	127	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	214	1.5%	226	206	8	3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	107	0.8%	117	142	-35	-24.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	505	3.6%	476	436	69	15.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	15	16	-1	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,768	12.6%	1,791	1,670	98	5.9%
Educational Services	155	1.1%	166	138	17	12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	651	4.6%	719	684	-33	-4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	296	2.1%	330	300	-4	-1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	547	3.9%	596	504	43	8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	233	1.7%	223	222	11	5.0%
Public Administration	345	2.5%	388	405	-60	-14.8%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	562	831	-824	-99.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	151,764		163,545	164,068
Male	103,628	68.3%	113,255	112,833	-9,205	-8.2%
Female	47,170	31.1%	49,229	50,173	-3,003	-6.0%
Information Not Available	966	0.6%	1,061	1,062	-96	-9.0%

Ethnicity	151,764		163,545	164,068
Hispanic or Latino	32,060	21.1%	36,041	34,243	-2,183	-6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	103,481	68.2%	110,190	112,827	-9,346	-8.3%
Information Not Available	16,223	10.7%	17,314	16,998	-775	-4.6%

Race	151,764		163,545	164,068
American Indian or Alaskan Native	926	0.6%	994	895	31	3.5%
Asian	2,908	1.9%	3,090	3,376	-468	-13.9%
Black or African American	29,802	19.6%	29,471	31,106	-1,304	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	340	0.2%	324	300	40	13.3%
White	96,241	63.4%	105,735	105,250	-9,009	-8.6%
Information Not Available	21,547	14.2%	23,931	23,141	-1,594	-6.9%

Years of Age	151,764		163,545	164,068
Younger than 22	1,738	0.7%	1,747	2,025	-287	-14.2%
22-24	5,554	2.4%	5,714	6,085	-531	-8.7%
25-34	34,323	14.6%	35,302	35,128	-805	-2.3%
35-44	35,365	15.0%	38,995	38,660	-3,295	-8.5%
45-54	38,531	16.4%	42,032	42,721	-4,190	-9.8%
55-59	18,257	7.7%	20,000	20,271	-2,014	-9.9%
60-64	12,346	5.2%	13,352	12,786	-440	-3.4%
65 and older	5,650	2.4%	6,403	6,392	-742	-11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	151,764		163,545	164,068
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,164	0.8%	1,176	1,109	55	5.0%
Mining	637	0.4%	772	1,123	-486	-43.3%
Utilities	205	0.1%	349	174	31	17.8%
Construction	32,520	21.3%	39,361	36,266	-3,746	-10.3%
Manufacturing	18,639	12.2%	14,406	16,774	1,865	11.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,823	3.8%	6,089	6,527	-704	-10.8%
Retail Trade	9,422	6.2%	9,530	10,213	-791	-7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,554	4.3%	8,152	7,243	-689	-9.5%
Information	2,010	1.3%	2,157	2,103	-93	-4.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,702	2.4%	3,756	4,109	-407	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,747	1.1%	1,768	1,839	-92	-5.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,116	5.3%	9,068	8,673	-557	-6.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	982	0.6%	1,187	1,219	-237	-19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,244	17.2%	28,707	29,015	-2,771	-9.6%
Educational Services	2,655	1.7%	3,072	3,329	-674	-20.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,931	4.5%	6,974	7,827	-896	-11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,388	2.2%	3,766	3,723	-335	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,892	4.5%	8,390	7,577	-685	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,014	2.0%	3,256	3,546	-532	-15.0%
Public Administration	2,350	1.5%	2,310	2,545	-195	-7.7%
Information Not Available	8,769	5.7%	9,299	9,134	-365	-4.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,821		32,090	35,850
Male	22,671	71.2%	22,988	26,198	-3,527	-13.5%
Female	9,044	28.4%	8,973	9,594	-550	-5.7%
Information Not Available	106	0.3%	129	58	48	82.8%

Ethnicity	31,821		32,090	35,850
Hispanic or Latino	1,908	6.0%	1,886	2,185	-277	-12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,287	76.3%	24,570	27,097	-2,810	-10.4%
Information Not Available	5,626	17.7%	5,634	6,568	-942	-14.3%

Race	31,821		32,090	35,850
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	0.5%	149	151	-7	-4.6%
Asian	193	0.6%	198	172	21	12.2%
Black or African American	4,138	13.0%	4,053	4,347	-209	-4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.1%	33	53	-18	-34.0%
White	25,062	78.8%	25,352	28,697	-3,635	-12.7%
Information Not Available	2,249	7.1%	2,305	2,430	-181	-7.4%

Years of Age	31,821		32,090	35,850
Younger than 22	510	0.9%	538	554	-44	-7.9%
22-24	1,166	2.1%	1,224	1,323	-157	-11.9%
25-34	6,830	12.5%	6,836	7,597	-767	-10.1%
35-44	7,822	14.3%	7,923	8,800	-978	-11.1%
45-54	8,247	15.1%	8,267	9,590	-1,343	-14.0%
55-59	3,867	7.1%	3,864	4,331	-464	-10.7%
60-64	2,261	4.1%	2,329	2,458	-197	-8.0%
65 and older	1,118	2.0%	1,109	1,197	-79	-6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,821		32,090	35,850
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	0.4%	144	197	-59	-29.9%
Mining	172	0.5%	212	243	-71	-29.2%
Utilities	26	0.1%	25	35	-9	-25.7%
Construction	9,505	29.7%	9,812	11,111	-1,606	-14.5%
Manufacturing	4,036	12.6%	4,163	5,296	-1,260	-23.8%
Wholesale Trade	913	2.9%	921	1,094	-181	-16.5%
Retail Trade	1,885	5.9%	1,750	1,899	-14	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,780	5.6%	1,782	1,835	-55	-3.0%
Information	389	1.2%	331	284	105	37.0%
Finance and Insurance	661	2.1%	562	537	124	23.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	345	1.1%	338	407	-62	-15.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,118	3.5%	1,140	1,096	22	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	181	0.6%	166	176	5	2.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,801	11.9%	3,818	4,181	-380	-9.1%
Educational Services	486	1.5%	548	383	103	26.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,530	4.8%	1,460	1,560	-30	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	495	1.5%	520	557	-62	-11.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	817	2.6%	800	834	-17	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	666	2.1%	570	734	-68	-9.3%
Public Administration	216	0.7%	230	360	-144	-40.0%
Information Not Available	2,661	8.3%	2,798	3,031	-370	-12.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,339		17,320	18,703
Male	9,426	65.7%	11,913	12,816	-3,390	-26.5%
Female	4,913	34.3%	5,407	5,887	-974	-16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,339		17,320	18,703
Hispanic or Latino	1,522	10.6%	1,824	2,085	-563	-27.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,643	46.3%	9,070	9,200	-2,557	-27.8%
Information Not Available	6,174	43.1%	6,426	7,418	-1,244	-16.8%

Race	14,339		17,320	18,703
American Indian or Alaskan Native	210	1.5%	253	258	-48	-18.6%
Asian	242	1.7%	239	212	30	14.2%
Black or African American	2,548	17.8%	3,276	3,111	-563	-18.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.2%	36	44	-10	-22.7%
White	10,134	70.7%	12,193	13,402	-3,268	-24.4%
Information Not Available	1,171	8.2%	1,323	1,676	-505	-30.1%

Years of Age	14,339		17,320	18,703
Younger than 22	210	0.9%	220	340	-130	-38.2%
22-24	594	2.6%	697	909	-315	-34.7%
25-34	3,267	14.0%	3,952	4,500	-1,233	-27.4%
35-44	3,302	14.2%	4,176	4,278	-976	-22.8%
45-54	3,363	14.4%	4,038	4,263	-900	-21.1%
55-59	1,677	7.2%	1,995	2,088	-411	-19.7%
60-64	1,187	5.1%	1,444	1,437	-250	-17.4%
65 and older	739	3.2%	798	888	-149	-16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,339		17,320	18,703
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	61	0.4%	64	99	-38	-38.4%
Mining	122	0.8%	175	532	-410	-77.1%
Utilities	15	0.1%	21	14	1	7.1%
Construction	3,457	24.0%	4,124	4,702	-1,245	-26.5%
Manufacturing	1,821	12.6%	3,514	2,162	-341	-15.8%
Wholesale Trade	533	3.7%	677	698	-165	-23.6%
Retail Trade	958	6.7%	956	1,227	-269	-21.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	560	3.9%	635	711	-151	-21.2%
Information	276	1.9%	259	389	-113	-29.0%
Finance and Insurance	352	2.4%	354	442	-90	-20.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	214	1.5%	203	282	-68	-24.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	715	5.0%	799	865	-150	-17.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.5%	60	44	34	77.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,108	14.6%	2,300	2,656	-548	-20.6%
Educational Services	193	1.3%	190	283	-90	-31.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,080	7.5%	999	1,279	-199	-15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	117	0.8%	142	161	-44	-27.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	514	3.6%	511	588	-74	-12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	227	1.6%	283	342	-115	-33.6%
Public Administration	288	2.0%	322	353	-65	-18.4%
Information Not Available	650	4.5%	732	874	-224	-25.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,850		26,787	30,809
Male	16,079	67.4%	18,029	22,358	-6,279	-28.1%
Female	7,771	32.6%	8,758	8,451	-680	-8.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,850		26,787	30,809
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	34	14	-14	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19	0.1%	607	720	-701	-97.4%
Information Not Available	23,831	99.9%	26,146	30,075	-6,244	-20.8%

Race	23,850		26,787	30,809
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.4%	184	102	-12	-11.8%
Asian	100	0.4%	68	79	21	26.6%
Black or African American	3,014	12.6%	3,177	3,183	-169	-5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	9	14	-14	-100.0%
White	20,646	86.6%	23,028	27,083	-6,437	-23.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	321	348	-348	-100.0%

Years of Age	23,850		26,787	30,809
Younger than 22	284	0.7%	299	330	-46	-13.9%
22-24	867	2.0%	1,031	1,055	-188	-17.8%
25-34	4,886	11.5%	5,264	6,319	-1,433	-22.7%
35-44	5,739	13.5%	6,166	7,768	-2,029	-26.1%
45-54	5,810	13.7%	6,650	7,671	-1,861	-24.3%
55-59	2,748	6.5%	3,164	3,447	-699	-20.3%
60-64	2,118	5.0%	2,600	2,704	-586	-21.7%
65 and older	1,398	3.3%	1,604	1,510	-112	-7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	9	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	23,850		26,787	30,809
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.2%	192	135	-78	-57.8%
Mining	190	0.8%	393	2,012	-1,822	-90.6%
Utilities	19	0.1%	60	56	-37	-66.1%
Construction	5,431	22.7%	6,615	7,471	-2,040	-27.3%
Manufacturing	3,881	16.2%	4,216	4,981	-1,100	-22.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,005	4.2%	1,163	897	108	12.0%
Retail Trade	1,919	8.0%	1,646	1,905	14	0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,061	4.4%	937	1,134	-73	-6.4%
Information	280	1.2%	265	311	-31	-10.0%
Finance and Insurance	545	2.3%	530	655	-110	-16.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	303	1.3%	304	311	-8	-2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,014	4.2%	971	1,199	-185	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	104	0.4%	171	121	-17	-14.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,023	12.6%	2,750	3,192	-169	-5.3%
Educational Services	299	1.3%	530	376	-77	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,303	5.5%	1,544	1,617	-314	-19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	692	2.9%	663	492	200	40.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	900	3.8%	1,257	1,097	-197	-18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	564	2.4%	543	646	-82	-12.7%
Public Administration	313	1.3%	487	404	-91	-22.5%
Information Not Available	947	4.0%	1,550	1,797	-850	-47.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,199		22,893	23,044
Male	11,254	55.7%	12,888	14,478	-3,224	-22.3%
Female	8,935	44.2%	9,990	8,559	376	4.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	15	7	3	42.9%

Ethnicity	20,199		22,893	23,044
Hispanic or Latino	922	4.6%	1,047	1,093	-171	-15.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,996	94.0%	21,577	21,948	-2,952	-13.4%
Information Not Available	281	1.4%	269	3	278	9266.7%

Race	20,199		22,893	23,044
American Indian or Alaskan Native	135	0.7%	159	170	-35	-20.6%
Asian	231	1.1%	227	222	9	4.1%
Black or African American	9,933	49.2%	11,425	10,801	-868	-8.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	26	20	3	15.0%
White	8,614	42.6%	9,862	11,517	-2,903	-25.2%
Information Not Available	1,263	6.3%	1,194	314	949	302.2%

Years of Age	20,199		22,893	23,044
Younger than 22	392	1.4%	459	344	48	14.0%
22-24	790	2.9%	1,016	931	-141	-15.1%
25-34	4,912	18.0%	5,651	5,478	-566	-10.3%
35-44	4,753	17.4%	5,375	5,391	-638	-11.8%
45-54	4,644	17.0%	5,201	5,380	-736	-13.7%
55-59	2,264	8.3%	2,462	2,777	-513	-18.5%
60-64	1,521	5.6%	1,689	1,698	-177	-10.4%
65 and older	923	3.4%	1,040	1,045	-122	-11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,199		22,893	23,044
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	387	1.9%	409	365	22	6.0%
Mining	581	2.8%	687	1,525	-944	-61.9%
Utilities	54	0.3%	57	73	-19	-26.0%
Construction	3,352	16.3%	4,013	3,917	-565	-14.4%
Manufacturing	1,824	8.9%	2,066	2,891	-1,067	-36.9%
Wholesale Trade	651	3.2%	737	778	-127	-16.3%
Retail Trade	1,402	6.8%	1,384	1,536	-134	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	907	4.4%	1,003	1,196	-289	-24.2%
Information	249	1.2%	340	331	-82	-24.8%
Finance and Insurance	389	1.9%	401	424	-35	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	385	1.9%	411	521	-136	-26.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	854	4.1%	1,107	1,168	-314	-26.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.4%	83	96	-17	-17.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,728	8.4%	2,007	1,833	-105	-5.7%
Educational Services	334	1.6%	406	355	-21	-5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,043	9.9%	2,126	1,781	262	14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	284	1.4%	332	270	14	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,605	7.8%	1,846	1,232	373	30.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	505	2.5%	564	609	-104	-17.1%
Public Administration	332	1.6%	374	323	9	2.8%
Information Not Available	2,254	10.9%	2,540	1,820	434	23.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,931		76,514	81,255
Male	56,560	68.2%	50,831	55,717	843	1.5%
Female	26,367	31.8%	25,682	25,534	833	3.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	4	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	82,931		76,514	81,255
Hispanic or Latino	10,909	13.2%	10,249	10,473	436	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	67,248	81.1%	61,769	66,217	1,031	1.6%
Information Not Available	4,774	5.8%	4,496	4,565	209	4.6%

Race	82,931		76,514	81,255
American Indian or Alaskan Native	431	0.5%	379	384	47	12.2%
Asian	2,279	2.7%	2,308	2,324	-45	-1.9%
Black or African American	6,420	7.7%	6,143	6,239	181	2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	184	0.2%	196	197	-13	-6.6%
White	61,934	74.7%	56,550	61,433	501	0.8%
Information Not Available	11,683	14.1%	10,938	10,678	1,005	9.4%

Years of Age	82,931		76,514	81,255
Younger than 22	1,738	1.3%	1,656	1,932	-194	-10.0%
22-24	3,848	2.8%	3,666	3,973	-125	-3.1%
25-34	19,014	13.7%	17,594	18,941	73	0.4%
35-44	17,707	12.8%	16,134	17,278	429	2.5%
45-54	19,728	14.3%	17,985	19,424	304	1.6%
55-59	9,251	6.7%	8,522	8,790	461	5.2%
60-64	6,509	4.7%	6,106	6,040	469	7.8%
65 and older	5,136	3.7%	4,851	4,877	259	5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	82,931		76,514	81,255
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,081	1.3%	931	1,099	-18	-1.6%
Mining	238	0.3%	187	215	23	10.7%
Utilities	213	0.3%	207	145	68	46.9%
Construction	17,819	21.2%	14,869	17,332	487	2.8%
Manufacturing	5,715	6.8%	5,230	6,101	-386	-6.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,879	3.4%	2,747	2,756	123	4.5%
Retail Trade	5,929	7.1%	5,387	5,764	165	2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,436	2.9%	2,008	2,245	191	8.5%
Information	1,445	1.7%	1,357	1,477	-32	-2.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,100	2.5%	2,048	1,910	190	9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,355	1.6%	1,238	1,410	-55	-3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,043	7.2%	5,604	5,582	461	8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	354	0.4%	335	321	33	10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,327	14.7%	11,060	12,432	-105	-0.8%
Educational Services	1,177	1.4%	1,269	1,210	-33	-2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,348	6.4%	5,096	5,102	246	4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,932	3.5%	2,785	2,955	-23	-0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,348	7.6%	6,989	6,249	99	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,515	4.2%	3,298	3,627	-112	-3.1%
Public Administration	1,668	2.0%	1,756	1,356	312	23.0%
Information Not Available	2,009	2.4%	2,113	1,967	42	2.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,479		43,576	47,586
Male	20,553	48.4%	21,586	23,662	-3,109	-13.1%
Female	13,628	32.1%	14,524	14,130	-502	-3.6%
Information Not Available	8,298	19.5%	7,466	9,794	-1,496	-15.3%

Ethnicity	42,479		43,576	47,586
Hispanic or Latino	2,386	5.6%	2,545	2,902	-516	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,994	73.0%	32,752	34,124	-3,130	-9.2%
Information Not Available	9,099	21.4%	8,279	10,560	-1,461	-13.8%

Race	42,479		43,576	47,586
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.3%	133	106	4	3.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	13,813	32.5%	14,428	14,406	-593	-4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.1%	58	64	-13	-20.3%
White	17,020	40.1%	18,133	19,548	-2,528	-12.9%
Information Not Available	11,485	27.0%	10,824	13,462	-1,977	-14.7%

Years of Age	42,479		43,576	47,586
Younger than 22	541	1.0%	549	577	-36	-6.2%
22-24	1,382	2.4%	1,490	1,677	-295	-17.6%
25-34	8,107	14.3%	8,558	8,936	-829	-9.3%
35-44	6,984	12.3%	7,431	7,869	-885	-11.2%
45-54	7,667	13.6%	8,035	8,651	-984	-11.4%
55-59	4,024	7.1%	4,229	4,237	-213	-5.0%
60-64	2,918	5.2%	3,086	3,091	-173	-5.6%
65 and older	2,558	4.5%	2,732	2,754	-196	-7.1%
Information Not Available	8,298	14.7%	7,466	9,794	-1,496	-15.3%

Industry	42,479		43,576	47,586
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	152	0.4%	206	177	-25	-14.1%
Mining	39	0.1%	43	87	-48	-55.2%
Utilities	44	0.1%	51	32	12	37.5%
Construction	6,132	14.4%	6,256	7,442	-1,310	-17.6%
Manufacturing	360	0.8%	478	418	-58	-13.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,166	2.7%	1,160	1,267	-101	-8.0%
Retail Trade	1,289	3.0%	1,229	1,323	-34	-2.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	934	2.2%	934	831	103	12.4%
Information	467	1.1%	455	486	-19	-3.9%
Finance and Insurance	900	2.1%	883	942	-42	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	707	1.7%	662	749	-42	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,328	5.5%	2,663	2,712	-384	-14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	154	0.4%	164	216	-62	-28.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,287	12.4%	5,602	6,038	-751	-12.4%
Educational Services	804	1.9%	900	914	-110	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,529	5.9%	2,518	2,627	-98	-3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	970	2.3%	1,073	1,108	-138	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,018	7.1%	4,013	3,373	-355	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	846	2.0%	800	1,008	-162	-16.1%
Public Administration	834	2.0%	845	857	-23	-2.7%
Information Not Available	13,519	31.7%	12,641	14,979	-1,460	-9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,636		9,556	12,163
Male	6,490	67.4%	6,341	8,364	-1,874	-22.4%
Female	3,146	32.6%	3,215	3,799	-653	-17.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,636		9,556	12,163
Hispanic or Latino	231	2.4%	225	247	-16	-6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,334	86.5%	8,281	10,577	-2,243	-21.2%
Information Not Available	1,071	11.1%	1,050	1,339	-268	-20.0%

Race	9,636		9,556	12,163
American Indian or Alaskan Native	101	1.0%	102	140	-39	-27.9%
Asian	74	0.8%	75	66	8	12.1%
Black or African American	129	1.3%	131	197	-68	-34.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,837	91.7%	8,761	11,084	-2,247	-20.3%
Information Not Available	495	5.1%	487	676	-181	-26.8%

Years of Age	9,636		9,556	12,163
Younger than 22	196	1.1%	209	282	-86	-30.5%
22-24	399	2.3%	426	598	-199	-33.3%
25-34	2,157	12.3%	2,164	2,833	-676	-23.9%
35-44	1,919	10.9%	1,881	2,398	-479	-20.0%
45-54	2,088	11.9%	2,050	2,632	-544	-20.7%
55-59	1,157	6.6%	1,150	1,480	-323	-21.8%
60-64	946	5.4%	909	1,099	-153	-13.9%
65 and older	774	4.4%	767	841	-67	-8.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,636		9,556	12,163
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	185	1.9%	201	244	-59	-24.2%
Mining	20	0.2%	16	18	2	11.1%
Utilities	11	0.1%	9	12	-1	-8.3%
Construction	2,013	20.5%	1,809	2,708	-695	-25.7%
Manufacturing	956	9.7%	891	1,322	-366	-27.7%
Wholesale Trade	304	3.1%	265	341	-37	-10.9%
Retail Trade	700	7.1%	663	933	-233	-25.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	221	2.3%	220	250	-29	-11.6%
Information	60	0.6%	61	55	5	9.1%
Finance and Insurance	99	1.0%	91	121	-22	-18.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	87	0.9%	71	78	9	11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	237	2.4%	233	195	42	21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	22	15	3	20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	924	9.4%	950	1,135	-211	-18.6%
Educational Services	85	0.9%	85	78	7	9.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	375	3.8%	337	415	-40	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	192	2.0%	249	212	-20	-9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,180	12.0%	1,388	1,548	-368	-23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	178	1.8%	172	180	-2	-1.1%
Public Administration	141	1.4%	153	143	-2	-1.4%
Information Not Available	1,650	16.8%	1,670	2,160	-510	-23.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	97,250		101,280	108,075
Male	67,642	69.6%	69,320	76,575	-8,933	-11.7%
Female	27,465	28.2%	29,952	29,528	-2,063	-7.0%
Information Not Available	2,143	2.2%	2,008	1,972	171	8.7%

Ethnicity	97,250		101,280	108,075
Hispanic or Latino	8,176	8.4%	8,468	8,205	-29	-0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,321	76.4%	77,855	83,012	-8,691	-10.5%
Information Not Available	14,753	15.2%	14,957	16,858	-2,105	-12.5%

Race	97,250		101,280	108,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,167	1.2%	1,221	1,313	-146	-11.1%
Asian	620	0.6%	873	789	-169	-21.4%
Black or African American	12,042	12.4%	12,943	12,283	-241	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.1%	62	82	0	0.0%
White	61,673	63.4%	64,018	70,205	-8,532	-12.2%
Information Not Available	21,666	22.3%	22,163	23,403	-1,737	-7.4%

Years of Age	97,250		101,280	108,075
Younger than 22	2,647	1.7%	2,970	3,229	-582	-18.0%
22-24	5,198	3.4%	5,660	5,998	-800	-13.3%
25-34	22,758	15.0%	23,975	25,021	-2,263	-9.0%
35-44	20,997	13.8%	22,419	23,946	-2,949	-12.3%
45-54	23,591	15.5%	23,782	26,887	-3,296	-12.3%
55-59	11,283	7.4%	11,599	12,050	-767	-6.4%
60-64	6,853	4.5%	7,016	6,977	-124	-1.8%
65 and older	3,921	2.6%	3,855	3,961	-40	-1.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	6	-4	-66.7%

Industry	97,250		101,280	108,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,117	2.1%	2,308	2,270	-153	-6.7%
Mining	744	0.7%	1,081	1,038	-294	-28.3%
Utilities	209	0.2%	139	131	78	59.5%
Construction	22,767	22.9%	21,341	24,814	-2,047	-8.2%
Manufacturing	11,450	11.5%	12,814	14,102	-2,652	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,712	3.7%	3,299	3,155	557	17.7%
Retail Trade	5,416	5.5%	5,582	5,929	-513	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,179	3.2%	4,150	4,006	-827	-20.6%
Information	879	0.9%	901	887	-8	-0.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,326	1.3%	1,386	1,242	84	6.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,066	1.1%	1,019	1,230	-164	-13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,542	4.6%	5,309	5,376	-834	-15.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,271	2.3%	2,227	1,874	397	21.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,933	14.0%	15,295	16,063	-2,130	-13.3%
Educational Services	722	0.7%	1,022	995	-273	-27.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,249	4.3%	4,416	4,774	-525	-11.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,748	3.8%	4,060	4,180	-432	-10.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,129	4.2%	4,527	4,364	-235	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,386	2.4%	2,201	2,170	216	10.0%
Public Administration	1,795	1.8%	1,898	1,940	-145	-7.5%
Information Not Available	6,610	6.7%	6,305	7,535	-925	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,523		66,782	70,258
Male	50,623	78.5%	52,554	55,203	-4,580	-8.3%
Female	13,898	21.5%	14,194	15,051	-1,153	-7.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	34	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	64,523		66,782	70,258
Hispanic or Latino	2,875	4.5%	3,118	3,018	-143	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	55,404	85.9%	57,023	60,168	-4,764	-7.9%
Information Not Available	6,244	9.7%	6,641	7,072	-828	-11.7%

Race	64,523		66,782	70,258
American Indian or Alaskan Native	764	1.2%	829	837	-73	-8.7%
Asian	1,087	1.7%	1,049	1,148	-61	-5.3%
Black or African American	3,224	5.0%	3,302	3,309	-85	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	101	0.2%	115	125	-24	-19.2%
White	54,280	84.1%	56,006	59,459	-5,179	-8.7%
Information Not Available	5,067	7.9%	5,481	5,380	-313	-5.8%

Years of Age	64,523		66,782	70,258
Younger than 22	1,268	1.1%	1,300	1,406	-138	-9.8%
22-24	3,216	2.8%	3,403	3,786	-570	-15.1%
25-34	15,935	14.1%	16,523	17,574	-1,639	-9.3%
35-44	13,931	12.3%	14,375	14,936	-1,005	-6.7%
45-54	13,713	12.1%	14,234	15,349	-1,636	-10.7%
55-59	7,934	7.0%	8,134	8,364	-430	-5.1%
60-64	5,403	4.8%	5,530	5,696	-293	-5.1%
65 and older	3,110	2.7%	3,248	3,136	-26	-0.8%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	35	11	2	18.2%

Industry	64,523		66,782	70,258
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	974	1.5%	986	1,013	-39	-3.8%
Mining	722	1.1%	795	1,759	-1,037	-59.0%
Utilities	266	0.4%	260	221	45	20.4%
Construction	24,948	38.1%	25,970	26,593	-1,645	-6.2%
Manufacturing	7,209	11.0%	7,598	8,139	-930	-11.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,234	3.4%	2,239	2,371	-137	-5.8%
Retail Trade	3,211	4.9%	3,187	3,309	-98	-3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,822	2.8%	1,803	1,846	-24	-1.3%
Information	657	1.0%	688	619	38	6.1%
Finance and Insurance	932	1.4%	882	999	-67	-6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	656	1.0%	632	681	-25	-3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,771	4.2%	2,804	2,942	-171	-5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	895	1.4%	917	1,325	-430	-32.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,096	9.3%	6,101	6,528	-432	-6.6%
Educational Services	886	1.4%	970	918	-32	-3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,495	3.8%	2,463	2,744	-249	-9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,151	1.8%	1,195	1,204	-53	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,057	3.1%	2,325	2,262	-205	-9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,423	2.2%	1,534	1,506	-83	-5.5%
Public Administration	1,347	2.1%	1,463	1,409	-62	-4.4%
Information Not Available	1,771	2.7%	1,970	1,870	-99	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,658		37,432	41,975
Male	21,456	61.9%	23,168	27,006	-5,550	-20.6%
Female	13,155	38.0%	14,186	14,918	-1,763	-11.8%
Information Not Available	47	0.1%	78	51	-4	-7.8%

Ethnicity	34,658		37,432	41,975
Hispanic or Latino	1,490	4.3%	1,676	1,919	-429	-22.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,230	78.6%	30,172	33,390	-6,160	-18.4%
Information Not Available	5,938	17.1%	5,584	6,666	-728	-10.9%

Race	34,658		37,432	41,975
American Indian or Alaskan Native	194	0.6%	226	267	-73	-27.3%
Asian	314	0.9%	392	205	109	53.2%
Black or African American	5,913	17.1%	6,461	6,646	-733	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	503	1.5%	704	1,422	-919	-64.6%
White	23,973	69.2%	26,362	30,574	-6,601	-21.6%
Information Not Available	3,761	10.9%	3,287	2,861	900	31.5%

Years of Age	34,658		37,432	41,975
Younger than 22	529	0.9%	566	782	-253	-32.4%
22-24	1,392	2.5%	1,527	1,915	-523	-27.3%
25-34	7,631	13.7%	8,283	9,873	-2,242	-22.7%
35-44	7,822	14.0%	8,412	9,423	-1,601	-17.0%
45-54	8,106	14.5%	8,700	9,781	-1,675	-17.1%
55-59	4,131	7.4%	4,529	4,824	-693	-14.4%
60-64	2,744	4.9%	2,971	3,008	-264	-8.8%
65 and older	2,303	4.1%	2,444	2,368	-65	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	34,658		37,432	41,975
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	392	1.1%	482	494	-102	-20.6%
Mining	142	0.4%	162	270	-128	-47.4%
Utilities	47	0.1%	43	38	9	23.7%
Construction	6,124	17.5%	7,046	9,124	-3,000	-32.9%
Manufacturing	4,181	11.9%	3,851	4,312	-131	-3.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,202	3.4%	1,239	1,313	-111	-8.5%
Retail Trade	2,982	8.5%	3,042	3,384	-402	-11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,278	3.6%	1,440	1,385	-107	-7.7%
Information	572	1.6%	560	525	47	9.0%
Finance and Insurance	831	2.4%	766	806	25	3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	606	1.7%	597	649	-43	-6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,404	4.0%	1,460	1,539	-135	-8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	162	0.5%	167	199	-37	-18.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,458	12.7%	4,972	5,842	-1,384	-23.7%
Educational Services	494	1.4%	584	526	-32	-6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,498	7.1%	2,638	2,916	-418	-14.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,644	4.7%	1,724	1,990	-346	-17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,072	8.8%	3,695	3,947	-875	-22.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	760	2.2%	776	846	-86	-10.2%
Public Administration	389	1.1%	411	436	-47	-10.8%
Information Not Available	1,420	4.1%	1,777	1,434	-14	-1.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,355		12,889	13,515
Male	6,574	57.9%	7,525	8,278	-1,704	-20.6%
Female	4,765	42.0%	5,336	5,225	-460	-8.8%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	28	12	4	33.3%

Ethnicity	11,355		12,889	13,515
Hispanic or Latino	243	2.1%	267	270	-27	-10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,559	93.0%	12,015	12,196	-1,637	-13.4%
Information Not Available	553	4.9%	607	1,049	-496	-47.3%

Race	11,355		12,889	13,515
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48	0.4%	50	47	1	2.1%
Asian	159	1.4%	139	63	96	152.4%
Black or African American	6,520	57.4%	7,464	7,447	-927	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.2%	32	46	-22	-47.8%
White	4,303	37.9%	4,821	5,531	-1,228	-22.2%
Information Not Available	301	2.7%	383	381	-80	-21.0%

Years of Age	11,355		12,889	13,515
Younger than 22	113	0.8%	122	143	-30	-21.0%
22-24	441	3.0%	516	558	-117	-21.0%
25-34	2,590	17.6%	3,040	3,178	-588	-18.5%
35-44	2,700	18.4%	3,170	3,122	-422	-13.5%
45-54	2,642	18.0%	2,960	3,117	-475	-15.2%
55-59	1,261	8.6%	1,377	1,520	-259	-17.0%
60-64	967	6.6%	1,005	1,092	-125	-11.4%
65 and older	641	4.4%	699	785	-144	-18.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,355		12,889	13,515
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	795	6.5%	922	920	-125	-13.6%
Mining	36	0.3%	33	206	-170	-82.5%
Utilities	12	0.1%	10	23	-11	-47.8%
Construction	697	5.7%	825	945	-248	-26.2%
Manufacturing	1,279	10.5%	1,505	1,538	-259	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	239	2.0%	270	289	-50	-17.3%
Retail Trade	995	8.2%	1,023	985	10	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	256	2.1%	293	306	-50	-16.3%
Information	181	1.5%	201	110	71	64.5%
Finance and Insurance	173	1.4%	159	178	-5	-2.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	109	0.9%	142	140	-31	-22.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	241	2.0%	291	432	-191	-44.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	120	1.0%	126	131	-11	-8.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,038	8.5%	1,151	1,201	-163	-13.6%
Educational Services	251	2.1%	287	214	37	17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	880	7.2%	948	1,065	-185	-17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.7%	72	175	-96	-54.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	658	5.4%	833	713	-55	-7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	173	1.4%	171	185	-12	-6.5%
Public Administration	177	1.5%	199	292	-115	-39.4%
Information Not Available	2,966	24.4%	3,428	3,467	-501	-14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,788		11,158	11,255
Male	8,215	76.1%	8,465	8,617	-402	-4.7%
Female	2,567	23.8%	2,687	2,624	-57	-2.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	6	14	-8	-57.1%

Ethnicity	10,788		11,158	11,255
Hispanic or Latino	426	3.9%	491	442	-16	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,801	90.9%	10,115	10,337	-536	-5.2%
Information Not Available	561	5.2%	552	476	85	17.9%

Race	10,788		11,158	11,255
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,196	11.1%	1,112	1,041	155	14.9%
Asian	39	0.4%	40	37	2	5.4%
Black or African American	90	0.8%	104	96	-6	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.2%	25	25	-1	-4.0%
White	9,300	86.2%	9,729	9,924	-624	-6.3%
Information Not Available	139	1.3%	148	132	7	5.3%

Years of Age	10,788		11,158	11,255
Younger than 22	281	1.5%	336	307	-26	-8.5%
22-24	580	3.0%	644	636	-56	-8.8%
25-34	2,902	15.1%	3,046	2,973	-71	-2.4%
35-44	2,310	12.0%	2,374	2,319	-9	-0.4%
45-54	2,077	10.8%	2,065	2,327	-250	-10.7%
55-59	1,224	6.4%	1,299	1,295	-71	-5.5%
60-64	885	4.6%	877	880	5	0.6%
65 and older	529	2.8%	517	518	11	2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,788		11,158	11,255
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	263	2.4%	269	353	-90	-25.5%
Mining	305	2.8%	335	506	-201	-39.7%
Utilities	30	0.3%	26	46	-16	-34.8%
Construction	3,346	30.3%	3,580	3,356	-10	-0.3%
Manufacturing	532	4.8%	558	586	-54	-9.2%
Wholesale Trade	204	1.8%	214	258	-54	-20.9%
Retail Trade	826	7.5%	862	811	15	1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	292	2.6%	272	342	-50	-14.6%
Information	67	0.6%	54	73	-6	-8.2%
Finance and Insurance	130	1.2%	137	111	19	17.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	114	1.0%	109	112	2	1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	269	2.4%	286	327	-58	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	5	11	-9	-81.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,220	11.0%	1,192	1,317	-97	-7.4%
Educational Services	146	1.3%	155	157	-11	-7.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	389	3.5%	404	367	22	6.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	339	3.1%	348	362	-23	-6.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	932	8.4%	1,068	962	-30	-3.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	244	2.2%	259	226	18	8.0%
Public Administration	581	5.3%	516	413	168	40.7%
Information Not Available	557	5.0%	509	559	-2	-0.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,260		27,145	30,191
Male	12,878	51.0%	14,037	16,347	-3,469	-21.2%
Female	12,370	49.0%	13,093	13,828	-1,458	-10.5%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	15	16	-4	-25.0%

Ethnicity	25,260		27,145	30,191
Hispanic or Latino	1,230	4.9%	1,384	1,467	-237	-16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,540	93.2%	25,234	28,019	-4,479	-16.0%
Information Not Available	490	1.9%	527	705	-215	-30.5%

Race	25,260		27,145	30,191
American Indian or Alaskan Native	376	1.5%	416	425	-49	-11.5%
Asian	334	1.3%	357	442	-108	-24.4%
Black or African American	10,352	41.0%	11,148	11,979	-1,627	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	53	0.2%	48	55	-2	-3.6%
White	12,491	49.4%	13,369	15,511	-3,020	-19.5%
Information Not Available	1,654	6.5%	1,807	1,779	-125	-7.0%

Years of Age	25,260		27,145	30,191
Younger than 22	393	1.1%	426	556	-163	-29.3%
22-24	1,056	2.9%	1,133	1,411	-355	-25.2%
25-34	6,093	16.9%	6,799	7,361	-1,268	-17.2%
35-44	6,086	16.8%	6,593	7,304	-1,218	-16.7%
45-54	6,381	17.7%	6,746	7,473	-1,092	-14.6%
55-59	2,738	7.6%	2,805	3,185	-447	-14.0%
60-64	1,599	4.4%	1,700	1,796	-197	-11.0%
65 and older	914	2.5%	943	1,105	-191	-17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,260		27,145	30,191
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.5%	156	177	-44	-24.9%
Mining	9	0.0%	12	7	2	28.6%
Utilities	23	0.1%	30	21	2	9.5%
Construction	1,956	7.7%	2,085	2,833	-877	-31.0%
Manufacturing	3,043	12.0%	3,310	3,314	-271	-8.2%
Wholesale Trade	961	3.8%	996	1,136	-175	-15.4%
Retail Trade	2,364	9.3%	2,334	2,579	-215	-8.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	650	2.6%	693	807	-157	-19.5%
Information	488	1.9%	460	419	69	16.5%
Finance and Insurance	842	3.3%	753	833	9	1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	481	1.9%	543	568	-87	-15.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,493	5.9%	1,527	1,472	21	1.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	0.5%	135	142	-9	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,684	18.4%	4,922	6,015	-1,331	-22.1%
Educational Services	375	1.5%	446	439	-64	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,917	7.5%	2,030	2,195	-278	-12.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	490	1.9%	542	579	-89	-15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,128	8.4%	2,507	2,568	-440	-17.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	582	2.3%	612	578	4	0.7%
Public Administration	374	1.5%	426	497	-123	-24.7%
Information Not Available	2,134	8.4%	2,626	3,012	-878	-29.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,775		9,027	10,259
Male	7,683	87.6%	7,888	8,899	-1,216	-13.7%
Female	1,092	12.4%	1,139	1,359	-267	-19.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	8,775		9,027	10,259
Hispanic or Latino	582	6.6%	652	675	-93	-13.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,980	90.9%	8,181	9,326	-1,346	-14.4%
Information Not Available	213	2.4%	194	258	-45	-17.4%

Race	8,775		9,027	10,259
American Indian or Alaskan Native	494	5.6%	535	587	-93	-15.8%
Asian	29	0.3%	38	42	-13	-31.0%
Black or African American	309	3.5%	294	399	-90	-22.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.2%	16	18	0	0.0%
White	7,130	81.3%	7,298	8,280	-1,150	-13.9%
Information Not Available	795	9.1%	846	933	-138	-14.8%

Years of Age	8,775		9,027	10,259
Younger than 22	116	0.8%	118	149	-33	-22.1%
22-24	428	2.8%	471	573	-145	-25.3%
25-34	2,185	14.5%	2,274	2,646	-461	-17.4%
35-44	1,743	11.6%	1,800	2,023	-280	-13.8%
45-54	1,791	11.9%	1,833	2,171	-380	-17.5%
55-59	1,054	7.0%	1,061	1,196	-142	-11.9%
60-64	839	5.6%	878	885	-46	-5.2%
65 and older	619	4.1%	592	614	5	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	8,775		9,027	10,259
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	3.2%	297	308	-14	-4.5%
Mining	796	8.8%	820	1,422	-626	-44.0%
Utilities	12	0.1%	7	38	-26	-68.4%
Construction	4,072	44.9%	4,156	4,153	-81	-2.0%
Manufacturing	664	7.3%	714	727	-63	-8.7%
Wholesale Trade	377	4.2%	387	575	-198	-34.4%
Retail Trade	305	3.4%	300	332	-27	-8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	382	4.2%	414	664	-282	-42.5%
Information	35	0.4%	25	33	2	6.1%
Finance and Insurance	55	0.6%	50	52	3	5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	54	0.6%	65	111	-57	-51.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	294	3.2%	279	297	-3	-1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	15	16	5	31.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	442	4.9%	448	440	2	0.5%
Educational Services	7	0.1%	3	5	2	40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	140	1.5%	129	133	7	5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	39	0.4%	41	32	7	21.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	155	1.7%	192	194	-39	-20.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	79	0.9%	90	128	-49	-38.3%
Public Administration	249	2.7%	266	245	4	1.6%
Information Not Available	303	3.3%	329	354	-51	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,558		8,617	8,276
Male	5,223	69.1%	6,112	5,788	-565	-9.8%
Female	1,862	24.6%	2,015	2,002	-140	-7.0%
Information Not Available	473	6.3%	490	486	-13	-2.7%

Ethnicity	7,558		8,617	8,276
Hispanic or Latino	902	11.9%	1,088	922	-20	-2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,536	73.2%	6,325	6,015	-479	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1,120	14.8%	1,204	1,339	-219	-16.4%

Race	7,558		8,617	8,276
American Indian or Alaskan Native	120	1.6%	134	108	12	11.1%
Asian	214	2.8%	245	128	86	67.2%
Black or African American	589	7.8%	640	606	-17	-2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.2%	18	22	-9	-40.9%
White	5,172	68.4%	5,959	5,641	-469	-8.3%
Information Not Available	1,450	19.2%	1,621	1,771	-321	-18.1%

Years of Age	7,558		8,617	8,276
Younger than 22	74	0.6%	74	68	6	8.8%
22-24	248	2.1%	297	301	-53	-17.6%
25-34	1,648	13.8%	1,794	1,786	-138	-7.7%
35-44	1,640	13.7%	1,909	1,729	-89	-5.1%
45-54	1,733	14.5%	2,036	2,026	-293	-14.5%
55-59	942	7.9%	1,098	1,028	-86	-8.4%
60-64	752	6.3%	840	799	-47	-5.9%
65 and older	521	4.3%	569	539	-18	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,558		8,617	8,276
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	77	1.0%	80	67	10	14.9%
Mining	184	2.4%	198	209	-25	-12.0%
Utilities	15	0.2%	18	14	1	7.1%
Construction	2,449	32.1%	2,712	2,786	-337	-12.1%
Manufacturing	726	9.5%	1,373	965	-239	-24.8%
Wholesale Trade	249	3.3%	256	272	-23	-8.5%
Retail Trade	437	5.7%	448	398	39	9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	222	2.9%	240	222	0	0.0%
Information	88	1.2%	84	83	5	6.0%
Finance and Insurance	171	2.2%	161	186	-15	-8.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	90	1.2%	88	90	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	185	2.4%	182	200	-15	-7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.5%	43	41	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	963	12.6%	979	996	-33	-3.3%
Educational Services	75	1.0%	86	68	7	10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	358	4.7%	351	346	12	3.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	1.5%	114	106	7	6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	227	3.0%	247	206	21	10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	94	1.2%	91	100	-6	-6.0%
Public Administration	244	3.2%	251	248	-4	-1.6%
Information Not Available	550	7.2%	615	673	-123	-18.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,272		5,341	6,422
Male	3,448	65.4%	3,467	4,224	-776	-18.4%
Female	1,795	34.0%	1,840	2,162	-367	-17.0%
Information Not Available	29	0.6%	34	36	-7	-19.4%

Ethnicity	5,272		5,341	6,422
Hispanic or Latino	313	5.9%	277	292	21	7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,213	79.9%	4,330	5,251	-1,038	-19.8%
Information Not Available	746	14.2%	734	879	-133	-15.1%

Race	5,272		5,341	6,422
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32	0.6%	30	36	-4	-11.1%
Asian	55	1.0%	82	98	-43	-43.9%
Black or African American	97	1.8%	84	113	-16	-14.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.2%	10	11	0	0.0%
White	4,613	87.5%	4,708	5,665	-1,052	-18.6%
Information Not Available	464	8.8%	427	499	-35	-7.0%

Years of Age	5,272		5,341	6,422
Younger than 22	36	0.4%	47	60	-24	-40.0%
22-24	136	1.5%	152	175	-39	-22.3%
25-34	935	10.1%	973	1,147	-212	-18.5%
35-44	950	10.3%	977	1,241	-291	-23.4%
45-54	1,410	15.2%	1,395	1,706	-296	-17.4%
55-59	714	7.7%	732	886	-172	-19.4%
60-64	630	6.8%	624	724	-94	-13.0%
65 and older	461	5.0%	441	483	-22	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,272		5,341	6,422
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	0.7%	55	53	-17	-32.1%
Mining	32	0.6%	26	43	-11	-25.6%
Utilities	9	0.2%	10	10	-1	-10.0%
Construction	495	9.3%	508	623	-128	-20.5%
Manufacturing	421	7.9%	421	617	-196	-31.8%
Wholesale Trade	215	4.1%	239	266	-51	-19.2%
Retail Trade	314	5.9%	286	387	-73	-18.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	125	2.4%	127	138	-13	-9.4%
Information	46	0.9%	56	63	-17	-27.0%
Finance and Insurance	159	3.0%	150	141	18	12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55	1.0%	46	74	-19	-25.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	260	4.9%	233	272	-12	-4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.7%	35	36	1	2.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	835	15.7%	844	1,002	-167	-16.7%
Educational Services	125	2.4%	136	161	-36	-22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	326	6.1%	317	416	-90	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	152	2.9%	170	176	-24	-13.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	64	1.2%	124	109	-45	-41.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	116	2.2%	118	159	-43	-27.0%
Public Administration	80	1.5%	91	74	6	8.1%
Information Not Available	1,370	25.8%	1,349	1,602	-232	-14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	119,887		117,467	127,128
Male	76,430	63.8%	74,001	80,998	-4,568	-5.6%
Female	43,457	36.2%	43,466	46,130	-2,673	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	119,887		117,467	127,128
Hispanic or Latino	28,755	24.0%	27,847	29,370	-615	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,089	66.0%	77,751	84,984	-5,895	-6.9%
Information Not Available	12,043	10.0%	11,869	12,774	-731	-5.7%

Race	119,887		117,467	127,128
American Indian or Alaskan Native	648	0.5%	681	632	16	2.5%
Asian	3,820	3.2%	3,891	4,011	-191	-4.8%
Black or African American	21,478	17.9%	21,376	22,152	-674	-3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	719	0.6%	622	763	-44	-5.8%
White	74,615	62.2%	73,013	81,019	-6,404	-7.9%
Information Not Available	18,607	15.5%	17,884	18,551	56	0.3%

Years of Age	119,887		117,467	127,128
Younger than 22	3,593	1.9%	3,281	2,294	1,299	56.6%
22-24	6,921	3.7%	6,679	6,443	478	7.4%
25-34	27,784	15.0%	27,231	29,164	-1,380	-4.7%
35-44	24,243	13.1%	23,766	25,487	-1,244	-4.9%
45-54	27,391	14.8%	26,710	29,650	-2,259	-7.6%
55-59	12,988	7.0%	12,889	14,146	-1,158	-8.2%
60-64	9,143	4.9%	9,050	10,387	-1,244	-12.0%
65 and older	7,824	4.2%	7,861	9,557	-1,733	-18.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	119,887		117,467	127,128
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,346	1.1%	1,273	1,294	52	4.0%
Mining	136	0.1%	127	159	-23	-14.5%
Utilities	210	0.2%	217	178	32	18.0%
Construction	16,643	13.7%	15,897	18,407	-1,764	-9.6%
Manufacturing	6,549	5.4%	6,139	6,905	-356	-5.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,205	4.3%	5,024	5,813	-608	-10.5%
Retail Trade	12,212	10.1%	11,723	14,237	-2,025	-14.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,846	4.0%	4,674	4,929	-83	-1.7%
Information	1,635	1.3%	1,572	1,482	153	10.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,202	2.6%	3,217	3,038	164	5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,180	1.8%	2,069	2,239	-59	-2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,270	5.2%	6,205	6,409	-139	-2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,337	1.1%	1,320	1,444	-107	-7.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,712	17.1%	19,605	20,913	-201	-1.0%
Educational Services	2,023	1.7%	2,291	2,204	-181	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,082	6.7%	8,280	9,134	-1,052	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,018	4.1%	4,848	5,036	-18	-0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,794	9.7%	12,546	10,974	820	7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,574	2.1%	2,505	2,882	-308	-10.7%
Public Administration	1,589	1.3%	1,596	1,850	-261	-14.1%
Information Not Available	6,324	5.2%	6,339	7,601	-1,277	-16.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,146		12,363	13,963
Male	7,505	61.8%	7,588	9,112	-1,607	-17.6%
Female	4,641	38.2%	4,775	4,851	-210	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,146		12,363	13,963
Hispanic or Latino	6,414	52.8%	6,510	7,501	-1,087	-14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,619	38.0%	4,737	5,253	-634	-12.1%
Information Not Available	1,113	9.2%	1,116	1,209	-96	-7.9%

Race	12,146		12,363	13,963
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,509	12.4%	1,624	1,620	-111	-6.9%
Asian	77	0.6%	80	85	-8	-9.4%
Black or African American	321	2.6%	326	331	-10	-3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.3%	35	38	0	0.0%
White	6,439	53.0%	6,511	7,314	-875	-12.0%
Information Not Available	3,762	31.0%	3,787	4,575	-813	-17.8%

Years of Age	12,146		12,363	13,963
Younger than 22	340	1.9%	358	403	-63	-15.6%
22-24	589	3.3%	619	761	-172	-22.6%
25-34	2,829	16.0%	2,977	3,531	-702	-19.9%
35-44	2,622	14.8%	2,643	2,989	-367	-12.3%
45-54	2,813	15.9%	2,769	3,167	-354	-11.2%
55-59	1,439	8.1%	1,451	1,568	-129	-8.2%
60-64	917	5.2%	954	987	-70	-7.1%
65 and older	597	3.4%	592	557	40	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,146		12,363	13,963
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,205	9.0%	1,062	1,214	-9	-0.7%
Mining	286	2.1%	413	1,124	-838	-74.6%
Utilities	45	0.3%	37	26	19	73.1%
Construction	2,460	18.4%	2,549	2,697	-237	-8.8%
Manufacturing	726	5.4%	694	815	-89	-10.9%
Wholesale Trade	367	2.7%	373	416	-49	-11.8%
Retail Trade	1,109	8.3%	1,153	1,159	-50	-4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	314	2.4%	361	419	-105	-25.1%
Information	651	4.9%	483	864	-213	-24.7%
Finance and Insurance	239	1.8%	232	206	33	16.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	151	1.1%	154	203	-52	-25.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	539	4.0%	575	634	-95	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.1%	20	13	6	46.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	980	7.3%	992	991	-11	-1.1%
Educational Services	295	2.2%	312	278	17	6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	958	7.2%	1,009	1,024	-66	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	276	2.1%	262	290	-14	-4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	736	5.5%	880	730	6	0.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	356	2.7%	331	319	37	11.6%
Public Administration	342	2.6%	383	452	-110	-24.3%
Information Not Available	92	0.7%	88	89	3	3.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,457		24,830	26,918
Male	14,263	58.3%	14,583	16,059	-1,796	-11.2%
Female	10,079	41.2%	10,116	10,744	-665	-6.2%
Information Not Available	115	0.5%	131	115	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,457		24,830	26,918
Hispanic or Latino	5,615	23.0%	5,920	6,169	-554	-9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,151	61.9%	15,283	16,487	-1,336	-8.1%
Information Not Available	3,691	15.1%	3,627	4,262	-571	-13.4%

Race	24,457		24,830	26,918
American Indian or Alaskan Native	623	2.5%	675	754	-131	-17.4%
Asian	1,340	5.5%	1,275	1,492	-152	-10.2%
Black or African American	3,735	15.3%	3,545	3,657	78	2.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	585	2.4%	554	596	-11	-1.8%
White	13,646	55.8%	13,962	15,353	-1,707	-11.1%
Information Not Available	4,528	18.5%	4,819	5,066	-538	-10.6%

Years of Age	24,457		24,830	26,918
Younger than 22	612	1.7%	615	726	-114	-15.7%
22-24	1,225	3.4%	1,315	1,432	-207	-14.5%
25-34	6,074	16.7%	6,186	6,629	-555	-8.4%
35-44	5,497	15.1%	5,437	5,780	-283	-4.9%
45-54	5,561	15.3%	5,715	6,275	-714	-11.4%
55-59	2,528	6.9%	2,560	2,773	-245	-8.8%
60-64	1,706	4.7%	1,714	1,932	-226	-11.7%
65 and older	1,254	3.4%	1,288	1,371	-117	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,457		24,830	26,918
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78	0.3%	80	83	-5	-6.0%
Mining	128	0.5%	160	407	-279	-68.6%
Utilities	33	0.1%	32	36	-3	-8.3%
Construction	3,095	12.6%	3,638	3,447	-352	-10.2%
Manufacturing	701	2.9%	679	918	-217	-23.6%
Wholesale Trade	442	1.8%	436	621	-179	-28.8%
Retail Trade	1,659	6.8%	1,554	1,901	-242	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	969	3.9%	738	1,056	-87	-8.2%
Information	224	0.9%	217	289	-65	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	452	1.8%	433	510	-58	-11.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	663	2.7%	613	650	13	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	889	3.6%	922	1,018	-129	-12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	190	0.8%	202	181	9	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,995	12.2%	2,734	3,261	-266	-8.2%
Educational Services	185	0.8%	218	250	-65	-26.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,062	4.3%	1,036	1,110	-48	-4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	498	2.0%	540	565	-67	-11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,700	15.1%	3,979	4,677	-977	-20.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	477	1.9%	469	456	21	4.6%
Public Administration	362	1.5%	378	392	-30	-7.7%
Information Not Available	5,655	23.0%	5,772	5,090	565	11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	182,958		185,160	194,881
Male	119,311	65.2%	118,386	126,034	-6,723	-5.3%
Female	63,634	34.8%	66,750	68,834	-5,200	-7.6%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	24	13	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	182,958		185,160	194,881
Hispanic or Latino	34,690	19.0%	34,677	35,521	-831	-2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	126,315	69.0%	128,111	130,869	-4,554	-3.5%
Information Not Available	21,953	12.0%	22,372	28,491	-6,538	-22.9%

Race	182,958		185,160	194,881
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,722	0.9%	1,697	1,698	24	1.4%
Asian	5,949	3.3%	6,023	5,717	232	4.1%
Black or African American	28,650	15.7%	28,945	28,518	132	0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,003	0.5%	990	1,046	-43	-4.1%
White	107,482	58.7%	108,505	111,348	-3,866	-3.5%
Information Not Available	38,152	20.9%	39,000	46,554	-8,402	-18.0%

Years of Age	182,958		185,160	194,881
Younger than 22	4,606	1.7%	4,707	5,546	-940	-16.9%
22-24	10,360	3.7%	10,542	11,943	-1,583	-13.3%
25-34	47,831	17.2%	48,271	50,467	-2,636	-5.2%
35-44	38,102	13.7%	38,597	40,682	-2,580	-6.3%
45-54	40,841	14.7%	41,208	43,848	-3,007	-6.9%
55-59	19,026	6.8%	19,237	19,355	-329	-1.7%
60-64	12,306	4.4%	12,503	12,782	-476	-3.7%
65 and older	9,886	3.6%	10,095	10,258	-372	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	182,958		185,160	194,881
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,108	0.6%	1,108	1,162	-54	-4.6%
Mining	1,181	0.6%	1,283	1,359	-178	-13.1%
Utilities	152	0.1%	146	137	15	10.9%
Construction	35,837	19.5%	33,277	36,666	-829	-2.3%
Manufacturing	9,838	5.3%	10,617	10,864	-1,026	-9.4%
Wholesale Trade	6,160	3.3%	6,083	6,851	-691	-10.1%
Retail Trade	15,284	8.3%	14,851	18,237	-2,953	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,532	3.0%	5,420	6,124	-592	-9.7%
Information	5,563	3.0%	5,601	5,765	-202	-3.5%
Finance and Insurance	5,558	3.0%	5,670	5,780	-222	-3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,735	2.0%	3,601	3,968	-233	-5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,746	5.3%	9,859	9,599	147	1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	908	0.5%	928	908	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	27,474	14.9%	27,242	28,506	-1,032	-3.6%
Educational Services	3,606	2.0%	4,114	4,058	-452	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,471	6.8%	12,830	14,324	-1,853	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,679	4.7%	9,081	9,118	-439	-4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,863	7.5%	17,412	15,000	-1,137	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,815	2.6%	4,928	4,989	-174	-3.5%
Public Administration	5,317	2.9%	5,072	5,644	-327	-5.8%
Information Not Available	6,131	3.3%	6,037	5,822	309	5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	80,924		82,292	89,414
Male	58,657	72.5%	59,854	67,105	-8,448	-12.6%
Female	22,037	27.2%	22,232	22,062	-25	-0.1%
Information Not Available	230	0.3%	206	247	-17	-6.9%

Ethnicity	80,924		82,292	89,414
Hispanic or Latino	3,355	4.1%	3,292	3,340	15	0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,719	91.1%	75,124	81,896	-8,177	-10.0%
Information Not Available	3,850	4.8%	3,876	4,178	-328	-7.9%

Race	80,924		82,292	89,414
American Indian or Alaskan Native	356	0.4%	392	379	-23	-6.1%
Asian	451	0.6%	386	397	54	13.6%
Black or African American	10,559	13.0%	10,674	11,008	-449	-4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	0.1%	95	73	10	13.7%
White	65,342	80.7%	66,591	73,250	-7,908	-10.8%
Information Not Available	4,133	5.1%	4,154	4,307	-174	-4.0%

Years of Age	80,924		82,292	89,414
Younger than 22	1,859	1.3%	1,996	2,190	-331	-15.1%
22-24	3,468	2.5%	3,749	4,097	-629	-15.4%
25-34	17,129	12.2%	17,684	19,170	-2,041	-10.6%
35-44	18,666	13.3%	18,826	20,639	-1,973	-9.6%
45-54	20,715	14.8%	20,965	23,448	-2,733	-11.7%
55-59	10,131	7.2%	10,181	10,684	-553	-5.2%
60-64	6,134	4.4%	6,101	6,319	-185	-2.9%
65 and older	2,822	2.0%	2,790	2,867	-45	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	80,924		82,292	89,414
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	834	1.0%	818	795	39	4.9%
Mining	708	0.9%	842	1,510	-802	-53.1%
Utilities	70	0.1%	58	107	-37	-34.6%
Construction	25,319	31.0%	27,245	28,086	-2,767	-9.9%
Manufacturing	11,717	14.3%	10,046	13,315	-1,598	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,698	3.3%	2,696	3,335	-637	-19.1%
Retail Trade	3,077	3.8%	2,992	3,238	-161	-5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,651	4.5%	3,473	4,135	-484	-11.7%
Information	1,126	1.4%	1,203	799	327	40.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,665	2.0%	1,516	1,430	235	16.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,060	1.3%	1,078	1,223	-163	-13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,037	3.7%	3,253	3,194	-157	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,122	1.4%	1,130	1,135	-13	-1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,765	14.4%	11,754	13,305	-1,540	-11.6%
Educational Services	1,137	1.4%	1,292	1,069	68	6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,205	5.1%	4,331	4,234	-29	-0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,681	2.1%	1,798	1,948	-267	-13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,207	2.7%	2,881	2,365	-158	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,425	1.7%	1,473	1,546	-121	-7.8%
Public Administration	595	0.7%	638	718	-123	-17.1%
Information Not Available	1,825	2.2%	1,775	1,927	-102	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,061		18,663	24,248
Male	9,859	57.8%	10,843	15,836	-5,977	-37.7%
Female	7,156	41.9%	7,787	8,351	-1,195	-14.3%
Information Not Available	46	0.3%	33	61	-15	-24.6%

Ethnicity	17,061		18,663	24,248
Hispanic or Latino	1,341	7.9%	1,553	2,029	-688	-33.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,720	92.1%	17,110	22,219	-6,499	-29.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	17,061		18,663	24,248
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,915	11.2%	2,076	2,274	-359	-15.8%
Asian	158	0.9%	184	196	-38	-19.4%
Black or African American	2,513	14.7%	2,642	3,048	-535	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.2%	37	30	3	10.0%
White	10,406	61.0%	11,499	15,613	-5,207	-33.4%
Information Not Available	2,036	11.9%	2,225	3,087	-1,051	-34.0%

Years of Age	17,061		18,663	24,248
Younger than 22	189	0.7%	176	275	-86	-31.3%
22-24	598	2.3%	714	983	-385	-39.2%
25-34	3,816	14.7%	4,304	5,980	-2,164	-36.2%
35-44	4,133	15.9%	4,481	5,669	-1,536	-27.1%
45-54	4,003	15.4%	4,310	5,559	-1,556	-28.0%
55-59	1,947	7.5%	2,094	2,610	-663	-25.4%
60-64	1,424	5.5%	1,586	1,917	-493	-25.7%
65 and older	951	3.7%	998	1,255	-304	-24.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,061		18,663	24,248
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.4%	89	79	-8	-10.1%
Mining	633	3.7%	808	2,568	-1,935	-75.4%
Utilities	86	0.5%	89	96	-10	-10.4%
Construction	2,112	12.3%	2,284	2,567	-455	-17.7%
Manufacturing	1,756	10.2%	2,021	4,076	-2,320	-56.9%
Wholesale Trade	887	5.2%	914	1,242	-355	-28.6%
Retail Trade	1,762	10.3%	1,786	1,734	28	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	469	2.7%	530	691	-222	-32.1%
Information	417	2.4%	394	419	-2	-0.5%
Finance and Insurance	496	2.9%	500	456	40	8.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	352	2.1%	362	481	-129	-26.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	895	5.2%	992	1,206	-311	-25.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	180	1.1%	215	176	4	2.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,070	12.1%	2,316	2,897	-827	-28.5%
Educational Services	374	2.2%	503	352	22	6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,618	9.4%	1,786	1,732	-114	-6.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	203	1.2%	233	260	-57	-21.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	810	4.7%	893	820	-10	-1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	502	2.9%	498	728	-226	-31.0%
Public Administration	750	4.4%	757	816	-66	-8.1%
Information Not Available	618	3.6%	693	852	-234	-27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,274		37,968	34,996
Male	20,736	62.3%	24,541	21,489	-753	-3.5%
Female	12,531	37.7%	13,419	13,501	-970	-7.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	8	6	1	16.7%

Ethnicity	33,274		37,968	34,996
Hispanic or Latino	4,074	12.2%	5,042	4,152	-78	-1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,079	78.4%	29,527	26,948	-869	-3.2%
Information Not Available	3,121	9.4%	3,399	3,896	-775	-19.9%

Race	33,274		37,968	34,996
American Indian or Alaskan Native	434	1.3%	488	506	-72	-14.2%
Asian	724	2.2%	693	739	-15	-2.0%
Black or African American	600	1.8%	716	675	-75	-11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	261	0.8%	286	231	30	13.0%
White	20,103	60.4%	21,606	21,046	-943	-4.5%
Information Not Available	11,152	33.5%	14,179	11,799	-647	-5.5%

Years of Age	33,274		37,968	34,996
Younger than 22	420	0.8%	405	468	-48	-10.3%
22-24	1,133	2.3%	1,222	1,257	-124	-9.9%
25-34	7,456	14.8%	8,482	8,064	-608	-7.5%
35-44	7,698	15.3%	8,723	7,990	-292	-3.7%
45-54	7,786	15.5%	9,046	8,269	-483	-5.8%
55-59	3,895	7.7%	4,535	4,149	-254	-6.1%
60-64	3,052	6.1%	3,521	3,048	4	0.1%
65 and older	1,834	3.6%	2,034	1,751	83	4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,274		37,968	34,996
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,797	5.1%	2,128	1,552	245	15.8%
Mining	139	0.4%	202	113	26	23.0%
Utilities	76	0.2%	76	78	-2	-2.6%
Construction	4,977	14.2%	6,717	4,299	678	15.8%
Manufacturing	4,100	11.7%	4,884	4,587	-487	-10.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,091	3.1%	1,181	1,265	-174	-13.8%
Retail Trade	3,204	9.1%	3,078	3,659	-455	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,005	2.9%	1,282	980	25	2.6%
Information	843	2.4%	785	705	138	19.6%
Finance and Insurance	751	2.1%	757	808	-57	-7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	494	1.4%	522	531	-37	-7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,503	4.3%	1,610	1,459	44	3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	0.7%	241	244	-16	-6.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,428	9.8%	3,590	3,938	-510	-13.0%
Educational Services	528	1.5%	625	583	-55	-9.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,895	8.3%	2,988	3,126	-231	-7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	513	1.5%	587	548	-35	-6.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,439	7.0%	2,680	2,560	-121	-4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	848	2.4%	891	836	12	1.4%
Public Administration	915	2.6%	921	1,045	-130	-12.4%
Information Not Available	1,500	4.3%	2,223	2,080	-580	-27.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	151,685		161,112	182,999
Male	102,762	67.7%	107,646	127,602	-24,840	-19.5%
Female	48,909	32.2%	53,457	55,379	-6,470	-11.7%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	9	18	-4	-22.2%

Ethnicity	151,685		161,112	182,999
Hispanic or Latino	10,097	6.7%	9,710	10,790	-693	-6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	136,980	90.3%	146,384	167,152	-30,172	-18.1%
Information Not Available	4,608	3.0%	5,018	5,057	-449	-8.9%

Race	151,685		161,112	182,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	418	0.3%	419	463	-45	-9.7%
Asian	58	0.0%	47	58	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18,885	12.5%	19,305	20,267	-1,382	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,628	1.1%	1,657	1,868	-240	-12.8%
White	116,257	76.6%	125,251	144,777	-28,520	-19.7%
Information Not Available	14,439	9.5%	14,433	15,566	-1,127	-7.2%

Years of Age	151,685		161,112	182,999
Younger than 22	3,442	1.3%	3,644	4,478	-1,036	-23.1%
22-24	7,523	3.0%	7,803	9,306	-1,783	-19.2%
25-34	34,863	13.7%	36,346	41,477	-6,614	-15.9%
35-44	31,242	12.3%	32,832	37,427	-6,185	-16.5%
45-54	35,348	13.9%	37,784	43,605	-8,257	-18.9%
55-59	17,440	6.8%	19,383	21,842	-4,402	-20.2%
60-64	12,956	5.1%	13,697	15,065	-2,109	-14.0%
65 and older	8,871	3.5%	9,623	9,799	-928	-9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	151,685		161,112	182,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	803	0.5%	902	1,043	-240	-23.0%
Mining	2,332	1.5%	2,792	6,263	-3,931	-62.8%
Utilities	294	0.2%	301	239	55	23.0%
Construction	35,195	23.1%	36,898	42,265	-7,070	-16.7%
Manufacturing	16,303	10.7%	18,932	24,475	-8,172	-33.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,659	3.1%	4,500	5,491	-832	-15.2%
Retail Trade	12,430	8.2%	11,575	13,391	-961	-7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,208	4.7%	7,771	8,369	-1,161	-13.9%
Information	1,823	1.2%	1,678	2,225	-402	-18.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,265	2.1%	2,950	3,530	-265	-7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,705	1.1%	1,561	2,067	-362	-17.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,884	4.5%	6,505	7,296	-412	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	903	0.6%	885	953	-50	-5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,502	13.4%	19,759	23,315	-2,813	-12.1%
Educational Services	2,487	1.6%	2,662	2,920	-433	-14.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,619	8.3%	12,334	14,006	-1,387	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,890	3.2%	5,937	5,934	-1,044	-17.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,148	5.3%	12,350	9,364	-1,216	-13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,030	2.0%	2,948	3,457	-427	-12.4%
Public Administration	2,379	1.6%	2,629	1,940	439	22.6%
Information Not Available	3,826	2.5%	5,243	4,456	-630	-14.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,384		17,869	19,608
Male	10,176	55.4%	9,652	11,358	-1,182	-10.4%
Female	8,208	44.6%	8,217	8,250	-42	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,384		17,869	19,608
Hispanic or Latino	18,100	98.5%	17,615	19,308	-1,208	-6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	121	0.7%	101	95	26	27.4%
Information Not Available	163	0.9%	153	205	-42	-20.5%

Race	18,384		17,869	19,608
American Indian or Alaskan Native	211	1.1%	203	145	66	45.5%
Asian	14	0.1%	20	15	-1	-6.7%
Black or African American	939	5.1%	861	964	-25	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	8	14	-3	-21.4%
White	3,739	20.3%	3,786	4,773	-1,034	-21.7%
Information Not Available	13,470	73.3%	12,991	13,697	-227	-1.7%

Years of Age	18,384		17,869	19,608
Younger than 22	449	2.1%	408	582	-133	-22.9%
22-24	1,095	5.2%	1,004	1,441	-346	-24.0%
25-34	5,099	24.0%	4,984	5,559	-460	-8.3%
35-44	4,728	22.3%	4,677	5,034	-306	-6.1%
45-54	4,118	19.4%	4,009	4,083	35	0.9%
55-59	1,480	7.0%	1,450	1,488	-8	-0.5%
60-64	880	4.1%	844	840	40	4.8%
65 and older	526	2.5%	481	570	-44	-7.7%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	12	11	-2	-18.2%

Industry	18,384		17,869	19,608
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	485	2.6%	569	464	21	4.5%
Mining	10	0.1%	11	28	-18	-64.3%
Utilities	14	0.1%	15	26	-12	-46.2%
Construction	1,858	9.8%	1,744	2,477	-619	-25.0%
Manufacturing	2,947	15.6%	2,790	2,472	475	19.2%
Wholesale Trade	544	2.9%	504	613	-69	-11.3%
Retail Trade	1,667	8.8%	1,577	2,073	-406	-19.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	241	1.3%	256	275	-34	-12.4%
Information	227	1.2%	221	310	-83	-26.8%
Finance and Insurance	362	1.9%	369	465	-103	-22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	242	1.3%	220	270	-28	-10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	571	3.0%	585	773	-202	-26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	11	12	-2	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,721	14.4%	2,641	3,185	-464	-14.6%
Educational Services	744	3.9%	1,129	822	-78	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,295	6.9%	1,319	1,540	-245	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	134	0.7%	135	112	22	19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,043	5.5%	1,332	1,327	-284	-21.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	228	1.2%	225	303	-75	-24.8%
Public Administration	2,463	13.1%	1,616	1,182	1,281	108.4%
Information Not Available	578	3.1%	600	879	-301	-34.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,239		12,410	13,654
Male	8,765	66.2%	7,952	9,096	-331	-3.6%
Female	4,474	33.8%	4,458	4,558	-84	-1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,239		12,410	13,654
Hispanic or Latino	2,158	16.3%	2,054	1,980	178	9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,101	61.2%	7,615	8,492	-391	-4.6%
Information Not Available	2,980	22.5%	2,741	3,182	-202	-6.3%

Race	13,239		12,410	13,654
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.8%	100	120	-18	-15.0%
Asian	119	0.9%	127	164	-45	-27.4%
Black or African American	676	5.1%	688	699	-23	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.4%	62	57	2	3.5%
White	9,142	69.1%	8,551	9,524	-382	-4.0%
Information Not Available	3,141	23.7%	2,882	3,090	51	1.7%

Years of Age	13,239		12,410	13,654
Younger than 22	337	1.6%	301	307	30	9.8%
22-24	647	3.0%	589	680	-33	-4.9%
25-34	3,195	15.0%	3,016	3,194	1	0.0%
35-44	2,697	12.6%	2,533	2,875	-178	-6.2%
45-54	3,066	14.4%	2,851	3,169	-103	-3.3%
55-59	1,463	6.9%	1,344	1,520	-57	-3.8%
60-64	1,044	4.9%	973	1,072	-28	-2.6%
65 and older	790	3.7%	803	837	-47	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,239		12,410	13,654
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	173	1.3%	132	192	-19	-9.9%
Mining	48	0.4%	37	40	8	20.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	12	11	0	0.0%
Construction	2,829	21.1%	2,217	2,729	100	3.7%
Manufacturing	955	7.1%	1,012	1,081	-126	-11.7%
Wholesale Trade	362	2.7%	345	482	-120	-24.9%
Retail Trade	881	6.6%	858	966	-85	-8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	321	2.4%	285	316	5	1.6%
Information	84	0.6%	78	126	-42	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	393	2.9%	370	348	45	12.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	1.6%	241	225	-4	-1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	472	3.5%	472	468	4	0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	103	0.8%	99	96	7	7.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,587	19.3%	2,275	2,759	-172	-6.2%
Educational Services	163	1.2%	197	174	-11	-6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	996	7.4%	1,072	962	34	3.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	676	5.0%	621	630	46	7.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,256	9.4%	1,383	1,275	-19	-1.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	361	2.7%	339	366	-5	-1.4%
Public Administration	84	0.6%	93	101	-17	-16.8%
Information Not Available	263	2.0%	272	307	-44	-14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,700		21,541	22,709
Male	10,083	51.2%	10,990	11,937	-1,854	-15.5%
Female	9,617	48.8%	10,551	10,772	-1,155	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,700		21,541	22,709
Hispanic or Latino	704	3.6%	763	805	-101	-12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,661	94.7%	20,338	21,430	-2,769	-12.9%
Information Not Available	335	1.7%	440	474	-139	-29.3%

Race	19,700		21,541	22,709
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.6%	117	185	-64	-34.6%
Asian	178	0.9%	187	182	-4	-2.2%
Black or African American	8,789	44.6%	9,546	10,239	-1,450	-14.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.1%	30	31	-4	-12.9%
White	9,728	49.4%	10,704	11,179	-1,451	-13.0%
Information Not Available	857	4.4%	957	893	-36	-4.0%

Years of Age	19,700		21,541	22,709
Younger than 22	110	0.4%	116	95	15	15.8%
22-24	67	0.2%	67	58	9	15.5%
25-34	999	3.7%	1,049	1,045	-46	-4.4%
35-44	3,697	13.7%	4,077	4,232	-535	-12.6%
45-54	4,467	16.5%	4,886	5,397	-930	-17.2%
55-59	2,183	8.1%	2,382	2,452	-269	-11.0%
60-64	2,383	8.8%	2,565	2,798	-415	-14.8%
65 and older	5,774	21.3%	6,342	6,560	-786	-12.0%
Information Not Available	20	0.1%	57	72	-52	-72.2%

Industry	19,700		21,541	22,709
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	150	0.8%	175	186	-36	-19.4%
Mining	12	0.1%	11	24	-12	-50.0%
Utilities	31	0.2%	33	34	-3	-8.8%
Construction	1,434	7.2%	1,561	1,708	-274	-16.0%
Manufacturing	2,096	10.6%	2,270	3,041	-945	-31.1%
Wholesale Trade	721	3.6%	765	730	-9	-1.2%
Retail Trade	1,812	9.1%	1,800	1,900	-88	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	539	2.7%	650	599	-60	-10.0%
Information	361	1.8%	345	281	80	28.5%
Finance and Insurance	543	2.7%	545	523	20	3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	469	2.4%	485	471	-2	-0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,300	6.5%	1,206	1,222	78	6.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.5%	111	125	-23	-18.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,235	16.3%	3,471	3,983	-748	-18.8%
Educational Services	263	1.3%	325	273	-10	-3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,240	6.2%	1,286	1,406	-166	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	410	2.1%	525	445	-35	-7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,262	11.4%	2,921	2,613	-351	-13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	523	2.6%	630	657	-134	-20.4%
Public Administration	309	1.6%	328	313	-4	-1.3%
Information Not Available	1,888	9.5%	2,098	2,175	-287	-13.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,723		3,786	3,603
Male	3,012	80.9%	3,101	2,921	91	3.1%
Female	711	19.1%	685	682	29	4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,723		3,786	3,603
Hispanic or Latino	202	5.4%	199	166	36	21.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,183	85.5%	3,249	3,029	154	5.1%
Information Not Available	338	9.1%	338	408	-70	-17.2%

Race	3,723		3,786	3,603
American Indian or Alaskan Native	344	9.2%	364	317	27	8.5%
Asian	37	1.0%	37	9	28	311.1%
Black or African American	83	2.2%	84	77	6	7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
White	2,803	75.3%	2,849	2,800	3	0.1%
Information Not Available	455	12.2%	451	396	59	14.9%

Years of Age	3,723		3,786	3,603
Younger than 22	59	1.0%	66	65	-6	-9.2%
22-24	161	2.6%	164	135	26	19.3%
25-34	776	12.6%	760	710	66	9.3%
35-44	744	12.1%	760	706	38	5.4%
45-54	737	12.0%	785	771	-34	-4.4%
55-59	480	7.8%	497	478	2	0.4%
60-64	373	6.1%	366	384	-11	-2.9%
65 and older	393	6.4%	388	354	39	11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,723		3,786	3,603
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	1.1%	35	33	8	24.2%
Mining	113	3.0%	127	138	-25	-18.1%
Utilities	6	0.2%	8	7	-1	-14.3%
Construction	1,601	42.5%	1,650	1,503	98	6.5%
Manufacturing	427	11.3%	390	354	73	20.6%
Wholesale Trade	104	2.8%	102	114	-10	-8.8%
Retail Trade	226	6.0%	218	231	-5	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	110	2.9%	129	132	-22	-16.7%
Information	22	0.6%	27	29	-7	-24.1%
Finance and Insurance	90	2.4%	88	73	17	23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30	0.8%	23	25	5	20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	53	1.4%	55	60	-7	-11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	3	4	1	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	222	5.9%	224	207	15	7.2%
Educational Services	35	0.9%	53	46	-11	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	109	2.9%	103	109	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	43	1.1%	38	38	5	13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	178	4.7%	179	155	23	14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	51	1.4%	52	36	15	41.7%
Public Administration	147	3.9%	166	176	-29	-16.5%
Information Not Available	110	2.9%	116	133	-23	-17.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,232		22,903	29,409
Male	11,713	52.7%	12,262	16,796	-5,083	-30.3%
Female	10,518	47.3%	10,640	12,613	-2,095	-16.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,232		22,903	29,409
Hispanic or Latino	506	2.3%	548	629	-123	-19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,263	95.6%	21,873	28,780	-7,517	-26.1%
Information Not Available	463	2.1%	482	0	463	0.0%

Race	22,232		22,903	29,409
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.4%	101	81	15	18.5%
Asian	145	0.7%	141	0	145	0.0%
Black or African American	5,356	24.1%	5,389	6,249	-893	-14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.3%	25	157	-91	-58.0%
White	15,649	70.4%	16,243	22,336	-6,687	-29.9%
Information Not Available	920	4.1%	1,004	586	334	57.0%

Years of Age	22,232		22,903	29,409
Younger than 22	422	1.2%	481	389	33	8.5%
22-24	793	2.2%	828	904	-111	-12.3%
25-34	4,346	12.1%	4,553	5,437	-1,091	-20.1%
35-44	4,781	13.3%	4,900	6,104	-1,323	-21.7%
45-54	5,511	15.3%	5,624	7,094	-1,583	-22.3%
55-59	2,640	7.3%	2,693	3,665	-1,025	-28.0%
60-64	1,951	5.4%	1,999	2,965	-1,014	-34.2%
65 and older	1,788	5.0%	1,825	2,851	-1,063	-37.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,232		22,903	29,409
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	211	0.9%	241	243	-32	-13.2%
Mining	63	0.3%	53	111	-48	-43.2%
Utilities	58	0.3%	66	27	31	114.8%
Construction	2,754	12.3%	3,180	4,402	-1,648	-37.4%
Manufacturing	2,775	12.4%	2,881	3,962	-1,187	-30.0%
Wholesale Trade	897	4.0%	904	1,299	-402	-30.9%
Retail Trade	1,874	8.4%	1,791	2,318	-444	-19.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,028	4.6%	1,037	1,065	-37	-3.5%
Information	355	1.6%	324	479	-124	-25.9%
Finance and Insurance	560	2.5%	521	732	-172	-23.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	324	1.4%	291	438	-114	-26.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,114	5.0%	1,142	1,432	-318	-22.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	150	0.7%	168	158	-8	-5.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,449	10.9%	2,512	4,622	-2,173	-47.0%
Educational Services	359	1.6%	360	515	-156	-30.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,607	7.2%	1,500	2,116	-509	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,308	5.8%	1,311	1,536	-228	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,434	6.4%	1,473	2,185	-751	-34.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	645	2.9%	677	982	-337	-34.3%
Public Administration	423	1.9%	438	726	-303	-41.7%
Information Not Available	1,844	8.2%	2,033	61	1,783	2923.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	152,102		160,973	173,330
Male	90,264	59.3%	98,307	111,275	-21,011	-18.9%
Female	61,602	40.5%	62,397	61,785	-183	-0.3%
Information Not Available	236	0.2%	269	270	-34	-12.6%

Ethnicity	152,102		160,973	173,330
Hispanic or Latino	50,467	33.2%	55,335	59,340	-8,873	-15.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89,364	58.8%	93,018	99,916	-10,552	-10.6%
Information Not Available	12,271	8.1%	12,620	14,074	-1,803	-12.8%

Race	152,102		160,973	173,330
American Indian or Alaskan Native	603	0.4%	619	660	-57	-8.6%
Asian	3,949	2.6%	4,225	4,959	-1,010	-20.4%
Black or African American	32,227	21.2%	32,901	33,220	-993	-3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,103	2.0%	3,795	3,730	-627	-16.8%
White	51,595	33.9%	53,962	59,802	-8,207	-13.7%
Information Not Available	60,625	39.9%	65,471	70,959	-10,334	-14.6%

Years of Age	152,102		160,973	173,330
Younger than 22	2,846	1.5%	3,175	3,458	-612	-17.7%
22-24	6,771	3.5%	7,185	8,072	-1,301	-16.1%
25-34	36,278	18.8%	38,742	42,399	-6,121	-14.4%
35-44	35,736	18.6%	37,908	41,032	-5,296	-12.9%
45-54	35,729	18.6%	38,077	40,598	-4,869	-12.0%
55-59	16,587	8.6%	17,215	18,110	-1,523	-8.4%
60-64	11,220	5.8%	11,251	12,312	-1,092	-8.9%
65 and older	6,762	3.5%	7,223	7,162	-400	-5.6%
Information Not Available	173	0.1%	197	187	-14	-7.5%

Industry	152,102		160,973	173,330
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	787	0.5%	661	823	-36	-4.4%
Mining	4,962	3.2%	6,458	15,614	-10,652	-68.2%
Utilities	662	0.4%	785	505	157	31.1%
Construction	24,774	16.2%	28,349	23,231	1,543	6.6%
Manufacturing	13,382	8.8%	14,645	21,036	-7,654	-36.4%
Wholesale Trade	8,310	5.4%	8,992	10,163	-1,853	-18.2%
Retail Trade	11,014	7.2%	9,762	9,755	1,259	12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,421	3.5%	5,896	6,849	-1,428	-20.8%
Information	3,035	2.0%	3,089	2,828	207	7.3%
Finance and Insurance	7,731	5.1%	6,628	6,628	1,103	16.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,723	1.8%	2,848	3,669	-946	-25.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,430	8.8%	14,357	15,060	-1,630	-10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	976	0.6%	934	975	1	0.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,425	13.4%	21,034	21,688	-1,263	-5.8%
Educational Services	3,211	2.1%	3,585	2,916	295	10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,028	7.9%	11,228	10,727	1,301	12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	753	0.5%	877	817	-64	-7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,913	3.2%	6,987	4,780	133	2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,721	2.4%	4,364	3,993	-272	-6.8%
Public Administration	1,535	1.0%	1,621	1,452	83	5.7%
Information Not Available	8,309	5.4%	7,873	9,821	-1,512	-15.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,929		16,200	16,794
Male	10,409	69.7%	11,515	12,002	-1,593	-13.3%
Female	4,510	30.2%	4,676	4,772	-262	-5.5%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	9	20	-10	-50.0%

Ethnicity	14,929		16,200	16,794
Hispanic or Latino	2,109	14.1%	2,262	2,246	-137	-6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,767	72.1%	11,614	12,457	-1,690	-13.6%
Information Not Available	2,053	13.8%	2,324	2,091	-38	-1.8%

Race	14,929		16,200	16,794
American Indian or Alaskan Native	526	3.5%	536	639	-113	-17.7%
Asian	194	1.3%	218	242	-48	-19.8%
Black or African American	243	1.6%	233	269	-26	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	212	1.4%	228	255	-43	-16.9%
White	7,559	50.7%	8,086	10,065	-2,506	-24.9%
Information Not Available	6,183	41.4%	6,890	5,317	866	16.3%

Years of Age	14,929		16,200	16,794
Younger than 22	377	1.8%	446	437	-60	-13.7%
22-24	657	3.1%	706	843	-186	-22.1%
25-34	3,693	17.3%	4,095	4,225	-532	-12.6%
35-44	3,644	17.0%	4,063	4,094	-450	-11.0%
45-54	3,218	15.0%	3,443	3,647	-429	-11.8%
55-59	1,646	7.7%	1,708	1,781	-135	-7.6%
60-64	1,093	5.1%	1,151	1,135	-42	-3.7%
65 and older	601	2.8%	588	632	-31	-4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,929		16,200	16,794
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78	0.5%	64	89	-11	-12.4%
Mining	173	1.2%	226	685	-512	-74.7%
Utilities	19	0.1%	24	24	-5	-20.8%
Construction	3,679	24.5%	4,285	3,887	-208	-5.4%
Manufacturing	1,312	8.7%	1,376	1,623	-311	-19.2%
Wholesale Trade	459	3.1%	476	608	-149	-24.5%
Retail Trade	1,005	6.7%	1,075	1,115	-110	-9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	479	3.2%	527	733	-254	-34.7%
Information	319	2.1%	299	294	25	8.5%
Finance and Insurance	462	3.1%	482	430	32	7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	205	1.4%	211	197	8	4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	962	6.4%	924	906	56	6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.3%	49	45	-6	-13.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,367	15.8%	2,446	2,365	2	0.1%
Educational Services	230	1.5%	251	290	-60	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	508	3.4%	537	492	16	3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	162	1.1%	188	239	-77	-32.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	893	6.0%	1,010	905	-12	-1.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	232	1.5%	211	293	-61	-20.8%
Public Administration	345	2.3%	359	370	-25	-6.8%
Information Not Available	1,001	6.7%	1,180	1,204	-203	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,439		35,993	41,537
Male	20,073	58.3%	20,953	25,609	-5,536	-21.6%
Female	14,354	41.7%	15,026	15,917	-1,563	-9.8%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	14	11	1	9.1%

Ethnicity	34,439		35,993	41,537
Hispanic or Latino	1,943	5.6%	1,923	2,430	-487	-20.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,963	89.9%	32,424	37,396	-6,433	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1,533	4.5%	1,646	1,912	-379	-19.8%

Race	34,439		35,993	41,537
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,765	7.9%	2,108	201	2,564	1275.6%
Asian	822	2.3%	786	864	-42	-4.9%
Black or African American	13,904	39.6%	14,087	16,005	-2,101	-13.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,047	45.8%	17,366	20,326	-4,279	-21.1%
Information Not Available	1,533	4.4%	1,646	1,912	-379	-19.8%

Years of Age	34,439		35,993	41,537
Younger than 22	372	0.8%	405	487	-115	-23.6%
22-24	1,263	2.7%	1,318	1,663	-400	-24.1%
25-34	7,641	16.1%	7,909	9,304	-1,663	-17.9%
35-44	7,512	15.8%	7,729	9,081	-1,569	-17.3%
45-54	8,371	17.6%	8,882	10,381	-2,010	-19.4%
55-59	4,311	9.1%	4,398	5,082	-771	-15.2%
60-64	3,049	6.4%	3,315	3,476	-427	-12.3%
65 and older	1,920	4.0%	2,037	2,063	-143	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,439		35,993	41,537
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	178	0.5%	214	204	-26	-12.7%
Mining	124	0.4%	172	546	-422	-77.3%
Utilities	33	0.1%	27	20	13	65.0%
Construction	5,103	14.7%	4,978	6,242	-1,139	-18.2%
Manufacturing	2,470	7.1%	3,316	4,498	-2,028	-45.1%
Wholesale Trade	994	2.9%	995	1,170	-176	-15.0%
Retail Trade	2,562	7.4%	2,371	2,584	-22	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,229	3.6%	1,286	1,286	-57	-4.4%
Information	636	1.8%	652	743	-107	-14.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,021	2.9%	947	1,184	-163	-13.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	549	1.6%	529	604	-55	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,415	9.9%	3,377	3,489	-74	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	193	0.6%	185	261	-68	-26.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,494	13.0%	4,605	5,819	-1,325	-22.8%
Educational Services	562	1.6%	659	403	159	39.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,271	6.6%	2,264	2,349	-78	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	668	1.9%	724	675	-7	-1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,856	5.4%	2,474	2,073	-217	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	981	2.8%	1,024	987	-6	-0.6%
Public Administration	2,070	6.0%	1,983	6,083	-4,013	-66.0%
Information Not Available	3,030	8.8%	3,211	317	2,713	855.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	186		301	254
Male	127	68.3%	192	149	-22	-14.8%
Female	59	31.7%	109	105	-46	-43.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	186		301	254
Hispanic or Latino	47	25.3%	89	52	-5	-9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	136	73.1%	207	196	-60	-30.6%
Information Not Available	3	1.6%	5	6	-3	-50.0%

Race	186		301	254
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.5%	1	1	0	0.0%
Asian	1	0.5%	0	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	124	66.7%	194	181	-57	-31.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.5%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
White	10	5.4%	12	14	-4	-28.6%
Information Not Available	49	26.3%	92	55	-6	-10.9%

Years of Age	186		301	254
Younger than 22	1	0.6%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
22-24	5	2.8%	11	13	-8	-61.5%
25-34	35	19.9%	60	44	-9	-20.5%
35-44	38	21.6%	76	63	-25	-39.7%
45-54	58	33.0%	72	62	-4	-6.5%
55-59	19	10.8%	37	25	-6	-24.0%
60-64	20	11.4%	27	20	0	0.0%
65 and older	8	4.5%	15	23	-15	-65.2%
Information Not Available	2	1.1%	1	2	0	0.0%

Industry	186		301	254
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.5%	0	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.5%	2	0	1	0.0%
Construction	61	32.8%	109	33	28	84.8%
Manufacturing	5	2.7%	7	7	-2	-28.6%
Wholesale Trade	4	2.2%	0	9	-5	-55.6%
Retail Trade	20	10.8%	25	29	-9	-31.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.5%	6	10	-9	-90.0%
Information	0	0.0%	2	4	-4	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	1.1%	8	3	-1	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2	1.1%	5	7	-5	-71.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10	5.4%	16	15	-5	-33.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	1.6%	5	10	-7	-70.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4	2.2%	16	23	-19	-82.6%
Educational Services	1	0.5%	8	7	-6	-85.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17	9.1%	11	8	9	112.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	1.6%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	20	10.8%	31	44	-24	-54.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9	4.8%	11	13	-4	-30.8%
Public Administration	10	5.4%	17	10	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	12	6.5%	18	18	-6	-33.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,005		6,065	6,378
Male	4,535	75.5%	4,462	4,809	-274	-5.7%
Female	1,470	24.5%	1,603	1,569	-99	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,005		6,065	6,378
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.1%	3	3	1	33.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,023	17.0%	1,031	940	83	8.8%
Information Not Available	4,978	82.9%	5,031	5,435	-457	-8.4%

Race	6,005		6,065	6,378
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.0%	3	8	-6	-75.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14	0.2%	12	6	8	133.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
White	1,010	16.8%	1,018	929	81	8.7%
Information Not Available	4,978	82.9%	5,031	5,435	-457	-8.4%

Years of Age	6,005		6,065	6,378
Younger than 22	100	1.6%	106	131	-31	-23.7%
22-24	239	3.7%	249	270	-31	-11.5%
25-34	1,323	20.5%	1,319	1,462	-139	-9.5%
35-44	1,202	18.6%	1,225	1,203	-1	-0.1%
45-54	1,347	20.9%	1,357	1,464	-117	-8.0%
55-59	743	11.5%	741	810	-67	-8.3%
60-64	567	8.8%	576	572	-5	-0.9%
65 and older	484	7.5%	492	466	18	3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,005		6,065	6,378
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	1.4%	80	86	0	0.0%
Mining	62	1.0%	47	50	12	24.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	7	9	-3	-33.3%
Construction	2,103	34.5%	1,736	2,174	-71	-3.3%
Manufacturing	634	10.4%	741	708	-74	-10.5%
Wholesale Trade	221	3.6%	206	225	-4	-1.8%
Retail Trade	504	8.3%	495	485	19	3.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	150	2.5%	149	184	-34	-18.5%
Information	45	0.7%	42	58	-13	-22.4%
Finance and Insurance	28	0.5%	36	36	-8	-22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	68	1.1%	61	81	-13	-16.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	205	3.4%	225	187	18	9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	5	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	634	10.4%	675	678	-44	-6.5%
Educational Services	106	1.7%	133	135	-29	-21.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	342	5.6%	332	341	1	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	168	2.8%	144	157	11	7.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	360	5.9%	678	474	-114	-24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	125	2.1%	129	148	-23	-15.5%
Public Administration	153	2.5%	144	160	-7	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,537		69,964	60,970
Male	40,986	65.5%	47,104	39,300	1,686	4.3%
Female	21,551	34.5%	22,860	21,665	-114	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Ethnicity	62,537		69,964	60,970
Hispanic or Latino	10,390	16.6%	12,911	0	10,390	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,519	77.6%	53,398	0	48,519	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,628	5.8%	3,655	60,970	-57,342	-94.0%

Race	62,537		69,964	60,970
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,486	2.4%	1,494	0	1,486	0.0%
Asian	1,111	1.8%	548	0	1,111	0.0%
Black or African American	3,372	5.4%	3,592	0	3,372	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	275	0.4%	148	0	275	0.0%
White	41,466	66.3%	45,594	0	41,466	0.0%
Information Not Available	14,827	23.7%	18,588	60,970	-46,143	-75.7%

Years of Age	62,537		69,964	60,970
Younger than 22	1,082	1.1%	1,266	767	315	41.1%
22-24	2,457	2.5%	2,919	2,334	123	5.3%
25-34	13,976	14.1%	16,004	13,810	166	1.2%
35-44	14,211	14.3%	15,794	13,829	382	2.8%
45-54	15,586	15.7%	17,314	14,918	668	4.5%
55-59	7,596	7.7%	8,376	7,284	312	4.3%
60-64	4,952	5.0%	5,417	5,077	-125	-2.5%
65 and older	2,677	2.7%	2,874	2,951	-274	-9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	62,537		69,964	60,970
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,237	7.7%	6,947	0	5,237	0.0%
Mining	235	0.3%	287	0	235	0.0%
Utilities	150	0.2%	170	0	150	0.0%
Construction	12,900	19.0%	15,052	0	12,900	0.0%
Manufacturing	7,601	11.2%	8,676	0	7,601	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,654	3.9%	2,811	0	2,654	0.0%
Retail Trade	4,322	6.4%	4,491	0	4,322	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,304	3.4%	2,575	0	2,304	0.0%
Information	1,636	2.4%	1,649	0	1,636	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,288	1.9%	1,324	0	1,288	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	831	1.2%	821	0	831	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,884	5.7%	4,113	0	3,884	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	142	0.2%	127	0	142	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,547	8.2%	6,103	0	5,547	0.0%
Educational Services	1,006	1.5%	1,094	0	1,006	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,893	5.7%	4,071	0	3,893	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	965	1.4%	1,111	0	965	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,498	3.7%	2,646	0	2,498	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,103	3.1%	2,343	0	2,103	0.0%
Public Administration	2,137	3.2%	2,358	0	2,137	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,204	1.8%	1,195	60,970	-59,766	-98.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,586		57,785	63,994
Male	38,920	71.3%	41,320	46,025	-7,105	-15.4%
Female	15,666	28.7%	16,430	17,931	-2,265	-12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	35	38	-38	-100.0%

Ethnicity	54,586		57,785	63,994
Hispanic or Latino	3,352	6.1%	3,536	3,795	-443	-11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,508	92.5%	53,186	59,118	-8,610	-14.6%
Information Not Available	726	1.3%	1,063	1,081	-355	-32.8%

Race	54,586		57,785	63,994
American Indian or Alaskan Native	753	1.4%	711	883	-130	-14.7%
Asian	459	0.8%	572	614	-155	-25.2%
Black or African American	5,109	9.4%	5,449	5,587	-478	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.1%	64	58	-9	-15.5%
White	47,490	87.0%	49,926	55,771	-8,281	-14.8%
Information Not Available	726	1.3%	1,063	1,081	-355	-32.8%

Years of Age	54,586		57,785	63,994
Younger than 22	884	0.9%	982	1,113	-229	-20.6%
22-24	2,298	2.4%	2,496	2,861	-563	-19.7%
25-34	11,953	12.3%	13,007	14,399	-2,446	-17.0%
35-44	11,806	12.2%	12,551	13,548	-1,742	-12.9%
45-54	12,537	12.9%	13,107	15,198	-2,661	-17.5%
55-59	7,008	7.2%	7,275	8,006	-998	-12.5%
60-64	4,918	5.1%	5,102	5,484	-566	-10.3%
65 and older	3,171	3.3%	3,259	3,372	-201	-6.0%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	6	13	-2	-15.4%

Industry	54,586		57,785	63,994
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	786	1.4%	901	902	-116	-12.9%
Mining	338	0.6%	433	621	-283	-45.6%
Utilities	175	0.3%	179	173	2	1.2%
Construction	15,071	27.2%	16,009	17,032	-1,961	-11.5%
Manufacturing	8,434	15.2%	8,466	10,609	-2,175	-20.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,845	3.3%	1,832	2,054	-209	-10.2%
Retail Trade	3,925	7.1%	3,837	4,428	-503	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,462	4.4%	2,600	2,598	-136	-5.2%
Information	551	1.0%	543	614	-63	-10.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,032	1.9%	1,075	1,171	-139	-11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	426	0.8%	451	525	-99	-18.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,255	2.3%	1,398	1,344	-89	-6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	437	0.8%	462	346	91	26.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,642	13.8%	7,587	8,715	-1,073	-12.3%
Educational Services	551	1.0%	589	614	-63	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,204	5.8%	3,132	3,161	43	1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,430	2.6%	1,416	1,568	-138	-8.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,462	4.4%	3,068	3,085	-623	-20.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	846	1.5%	849	960	-114	-11.9%
Public Administration	966	1.7%	1,011	1,177	-211	-17.9%
Information Not Available	748	1.4%	1,947	2,297	-1,549	-67.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,753		17,698	23,405
Male	11,822	75.0%	13,543	18,925	-7,103	-37.5%
Female	3,925	24.9%	4,148	4,476	-551	-12.3%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	4	2	50.0%

Ethnicity	15,753		17,698	23,405
Hispanic or Latino	253	1.6%	326	389	-136	-35.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,343	72.0%	12,798	16,960	-5,617	-33.1%
Information Not Available	4,157	26.4%	4,574	6,056	-1,899	-31.4%

Race	15,753		17,698	23,405
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.2%	38	48	-10	-20.8%
Asian	44	0.3%	34	52	-8	-15.4%
Black or African American	519	3.3%	530	602	-83	-13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	10	11	0	0.0%
White	13,766	87.4%	15,410	20,625	-6,859	-33.3%
Information Not Available	1,375	8.7%	1,676	2,067	-692	-33.5%

Years of Age	15,753		17,698	23,405
Younger than 22	278	1.0%	308	454	-176	-38.8%
22-24	728	2.6%	884	1,187	-459	-38.7%
25-34	3,351	11.9%	3,653	5,253	-1,902	-36.2%
35-44	3,714	13.1%	4,195	5,810	-2,096	-36.1%
45-54	3,764	13.3%	4,300	5,465	-1,701	-31.1%
55-59	1,803	6.4%	2,041	2,545	-742	-29.2%
60-64	1,271	4.5%	1,419	1,739	-468	-26.9%
65 and older	844	3.0%	895	950	-106	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	15,753		17,698	23,405
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82	0.5%	114	104	-22	-21.2%
Mining	572	3.6%	695	3,020	-2,448	-81.1%
Utilities	22	0.1%	20	42	-20	-47.6%
Construction	5,061	32.0%	5,842	7,285	-2,224	-30.5%
Manufacturing	1,184	7.5%	1,463	1,587	-403	-25.4%
Wholesale Trade	409	2.6%	404	666	-257	-38.6%
Retail Trade	1,186	7.5%	1,115	1,137	49	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	517	3.3%	602	926	-409	-44.2%
Information	192	1.2%	204	124	68	54.8%
Finance and Insurance	170	1.1%	188	154	16	10.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	175	1.1%	206	240	-65	-27.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	423	2.7%	453	654	-231	-35.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.2%	27	43	-19	-44.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,474	9.3%	1,595	2,181	-707	-32.4%
Educational Services	143	0.9%	177	156	-13	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	920	5.8%	965	957	-37	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	358	2.3%	419	324	34	10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	922	5.8%	1,115	1,353	-431	-31.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	383	2.4%	388	554	-171	-30.9%
Public Administration	352	2.2%	359	329	23	7.0%
Information Not Available	1,184	7.5%	1,347	1,569	-385	-24.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Feb 2017	Percent	Jan 2017	Feb 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,278		5,796	7,187
Male	3,859	73.1%	4,283	5,545	-1,686	-30.4%
Female	1,419	26.9%	1,513	1,642	-223	-13.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,278		5,796	7,187
Hispanic or Latino	617	11.7%	746	813	-196	-24.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,469	84.7%	4,839	5,998	-1,529	-25.5%
Information Not Available	192	3.6%	211	376	-184	-48.9%

Race	5,278		5,796	7,187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	249	4.7%	309	327	-78	-23.9%
Asian	36	0.7%	21	48	-12	-25.0%
Black or African American	95	1.8%	141	148	-53	-35.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.2%	20	20	-10	-50.0%
White	4,385	83.1%	4,694	5,944	-1,559	-26.2%
Information Not Available	503	9.5%	611	700	-197	-28.1%

Years of Age	5,278		5,796	7,187
Younger than 22	59	0.6%	89	97	-38	-39.2%
22-24	279	3.1%	355	463	-184	-39.7%
25-34	1,177	12.9%	1,346	1,730	-553	-32.0%
35-44	1,156	12.7%	1,120	1,558	-402	-25.8%
45-54	1,105	12.1%	1,259	1,470	-365	-24.8%
55-59	628	6.9%	736	914	-286	-31.3%
60-64	543	6.0%	570	590	-47	-8.0%
65 and older	331	3.6%	321	365	-34	-9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,278		5,796	7,187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	1.0%	45	49	3	6.1%
Mining	250	4.7%	348	932	-682	-73.2%
Utilities	10	0.2%	14	22	-12	-54.5%
Construction	1,837	34.5%	2,087	2,231	-394	-17.7%
Manufacturing	215	4.0%	229	347	-132	-38.0%
Wholesale Trade	101	1.9%	137	191	-90	-47.1%
Retail Trade	363	6.8%	347	329	34	10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	180	3.4%	190	323	-143	-44.3%
Information	24	0.5%	31	34	-10	-29.4%
Finance and Insurance	42	0.8%	25	35	7	20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	44	0.8%	49	104	-60	-57.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	133	2.5%	111	217	-84	-38.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	5	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	357	6.7%	372	414	-57	-13.8%
Educational Services	43	0.8%	62	55	-12	-21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	211	4.0%	211	204	7	3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69	1.3%	56	54	15	27.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	498	9.3%	540	600	-102	-17.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	92	1.7%	85	132	-40	-30.3%
Public Administration	168	3.2%	167	164	4	2.4%
Information Not Available	585	11.0%	685	748	-163	-21.8%