Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

January 2017

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants January 2017
	Jan 2017	Dec 2016	Monthly Change	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,453,045	2,100,779	352,266	2,643,806	-190,761	-7.2
Alaska	12,507	10,717	1,790	12,760	-253	-2.0
Alabama	21,477	20,396	1,081	23,845	-2,368	-9.9
Arkansas	17,439	15,699	1,740	21,772	-4,333	-19.9
Arizona	26,035	25,041	994	27,286	-1,251	-4.6
California	381,886	363,031	18,855	404,600	-22,714	-5.6
Colorado	31,133	27,197	3,936	34,092	-2,959	-8.7
Connecticut	49,042	37,949	11,093	47,251	1,791	3.8
District of Columbia	8,909	8,630	279	8,531	378	4.4
Delaware	7,174	5,644	1,530	7,903	-729	-9.2
Florida	44,988	41,717	3,271	51,918	-6,930	-13.3
Georgia	35,336	30,227	5,109	39,003	-3,667	-9.4
Hawaii	8,227	7,474	753	6,388	1,839	28.8
Iowa	33,284	25,292	7,992	35,168	-1,884	-5.4
Idaho	14,517	10,778	3,739	13,582	935	6.9
Illinois	163,545	126,833	36,712	166,802	-3,257	-2.0
Indiana	32,090	27,763	4,327	35,439	-3,349	-9.5
Kansas	17,320	13,215	4,105	19,059	-1,739	-9.1
Kentucky	26,787	20,097	6,690	29,578	-2,791	-9.4
Louisiana	22,893	24,014	-1,121	23,598	-705	-3.0
Massachusetts	76,514	57,931	18,583	78,891	-2,377	-3.0
Maryland	43,576	36,902	6,674	46,552	-2,976	-6.4
Maine	9,556	6,596	2,960	11,978	-2,422	-20.2
Michigan	101,280	73,138	28,142	119,959	-18,679	-15.6
Minnesota	66,782	60,810	5,972	70,462	-3,680	-5.2
Missouri	37,432	28,841	8,591	41,727	-4,295	-10.3
Mississippi	12,889	12,325	564	14,523	-1,634	-11.3
Montana	11,158	9,454	1,704	10,734	424	4.0
North Carolina	27,145	23,730	3,415	31,509	-4,364	-13.9
North Dakota	9,027	7,334	1,693	10,120	-1,093	-10.8
Nebraska	8,617	6,672	1,945	8,884	-267	-3.0
New Hampshire	5,341	4,185	1,156	6,306	-965	-15.3
New Jersey	117,467	97,621	19,846	121,620	-4,153	-3.4
New Mexico	12,363	11,758	605	13,636	-1,273	-9.3
Nevada	24,830	25,062	-232	27,326	-2,496	-9.1
New York	185,160	152,977	32,183	197,925	-12,765	-6.4
Ohio	82,292	68,023	14,269	91,833	-9,541	-10.4
Oklahoma	18,663	19,092	-429	23,631	-4,968	-21.0
Oregon	37,968	31,978	5,990	37,390	578	1.5
Pennsylvania	161,112	131,119	29,993	183,403	-22,291	-12.2
Puerto Rico	17,869	17,172	697	19,948	-2,079	-10.4
Rhode Island	12,410	8,819	3,591	12,203	207	1.7
South Carolina	21,541	19,636	1,905	24,097	-2,556	-10.6
South Dakota	3,786	3,185	601	3,621	165	4.6
Tennessee	22,903	18,863	4,040	28,954	-6,051	-20.9
Texas	160,973	152,287	8,686	174,003	-13,030	-7.5
Utah	16,200	13,578	2,622	17,245	-1,045	-6.1
Virginia	35,993	30,356	5,637	40,045	-4,052	-10.1
Virgin Islands	301	304	-3	285	16	5.6
Vermont	6,065	4,541	1,524	6,476	-411	-6.3
Washington	69,964	57,454	12,510	65,420	4,544	6.9
Wisconsin	57,785	48,650	9,135	65,963	-8,178	-12.4
West Virginia	17,698	13,922	3,776	22,408	-4,710	-21.0
Wyoming	5,796	4,750	1,046	6,154	-358	-5.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,453,045		2,100,779	2,643,806	-190,761	-7.2
Male	1,562,404	63.7%	1,294,272	1,696,387	-133,983	-7.9%
Female	873,709	35.6%	794,526	930,410	-56,701	-6.1%
Information Not Available	16,932	0.7%	11,981	17,009	-77	-0.5%

Ethnicity	2,453,045		2,100,779	2,643,806
Hispanic or Latino	482,809	19.7%	413,302	492,130	-9,321	-1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,693,334	85.9%	1,400,191	1,814,790	-121,456	-6.7%
Information Not Available	276,902	10.1%	287,286	336,886	-59,984	-17.8%

Race	2,453,045		2,100,779	2,643,806
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34,668	1.4%	28,705	34,780	-112	-0.3%
Asian	71,487	2.9%	65,583	72,513	-1,026	-1.4%
Black or African American	367,668	14.9%	332,685	390,896	-23,228	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15,006	0.6%	12,949	15,480	-474	-3.1%
White	1,388,241	56.3%	1,114,077	1,499,020	-110,779	-7.4%
Information Not Available	589,257	23.9%	555,374	642,716	-53,459	-8.3%

Years of Age	2,453,045		2,100,779	2,643,806
Younger than 22	47,810	1.9%	45,186	50,027	-2,217	-4.4%
22-24	110,368	4.5%	98,351	123,991	-13,623	-11.0%
25-34	563,152	23.0%	489,086	608,536	-45,384	-7.5%
35-44	533,587	21.8%	456,180	571,148	-37,561	-6.6%
45-54	564,353	23.0%	483,009	617,894	-53,541	-8.7%
55-59	278,668	11.4%	234,790	295,812	-17,144	-5.8%
60-64	195,757	8.0%	161,512	204,180	-8,423	-4.1%
65 and older	143,050	5.8%	120,672	151,099	-8,049	-5.3%
Information Not Available	16,300	0.7%	11,993	21,119	-4,819	-22.8%

Industry	2,453,045		2,100,779	2,643,806
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	117,897	4.8%	100,850	109,438	8,459	7.7%
Mining	25,364	1.0%	21,252	50,743	-25,379	-50.0%
Utilities	5,102	0.2%	4,743	4,678	424	9.1%
Construction	458,584	18.7%	325,943	453,224	5,360	1.2%
Manufacturing	227,495	9.3%	196,262	265,343	-37,848	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	74,513	3.0%	68,127	79,623	-5,110	-6.4%
Retail Trade	163,603	6.7%	142,328	177,559	-13,956	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	88,703	3.6%	68,154	90,180	-1,477	-1.6%
Information	66,678	2.7%	59,242	62,982	3,696	5.9%
Finance and Insurance	55,375	2.3%	53,435	55,872	-497	-0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	31,145	1.3%	27,444	34,038	-2,893	-8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	116,673	4.8%	105,935	115,610	1,063	0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14,926	0.6%	12,654	22,582	-7,656	-33.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	341,338	13.9%	277,232	358,049	-16,711	-4.7%
Educational Services	51,197	2.1%	47,511	52,794	-1,597	-3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	147,894	6.0%	144,705	156,923	-9,029	-5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61,501	2.5%	46,682	63,475	-1,974	-3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	150,372	6.1%	121,028	155,905	-5,533	-3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54,630	2.2%	49,361	58,356	-3,726	-6.4%
Public Administration	45,915	1.9%	37,505	45,103	812	1.8%
Information Not Available	154,140	6.3%	190,386	231,329	-77,189	-33.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,507		10,717	12,760	-253	-2.0
Male	8,310	66.4%	7,006	8,624	-314	-3.6%
Female	4,162	33.3%	3,677	4,108	54	1.3%
Information Not Available	35	0.3%	34	28	7	25.0%

Ethnicity	12,507		10,717	12,760
Hispanic or Latino	7	0.1%	7	15	-8	-53.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,925	95.3%	10,182	12,253	-328	-2.7%
Information Not Available	575	4.6%	528	492	83	16.9%

Race	12,507		10,717	12,760
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,428	27.4%	2,805	3,675	-247	-6.7%
Asian	664	5.3%	705	568	96	16.9%
Black or African American	500	4.0%	458	481	19	4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	257	2.1%	247	184	73	39.7%
White	7,076	56.6%	5,967	7,350	-274	-3.7%
Information Not Available	582	4.7%	535	502	80	15.9%

Years of Age	12,507		10,717	12,760
Younger than 22	287	1.5%	232	229	58	25.3%
22-24	705	3.8%	579	662	43	6.5%
25-34	3,548	18.9%	2,950	3,607	-59	-1.6%
35-44	2,934	15.6%	2,588	2,896	38	1.3%
45-54	2,545	13.6%	2,212	2,778	-233	-8.4%
55-59	1,273	6.8%	1,100	1,348	-75	-5.6%
60-64	815	4.3%	703	794	21	2.6%
65 and older	400	2.1%	353	446	-46	-10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,507		10,717	12,760
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	0.8%	77	148	-43	-29.1%
Mining	549	4.4%	426	746	-197	-26.4%
Utilities	66	0.5%	52	85	-19	-22.4%
Construction	3,260	25.8%	2,631	3,346	-86	-2.6%
Manufacturing	1,005	8.0%	1,002	827	178	21.5%
Wholesale Trade	135	1.1%	116	111	24	21.6%
Retail Trade	1,004	8.0%	844	972	32	3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	722	5.7%	576	647	75	11.6%
Information	122	1.0%	119	82	40	48.8%
Finance and Insurance	161	1.3%	145	138	23	16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	220	1.7%	189	223	-3	-1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	383	3.0%	363	435	-52	-12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	32	30	-2	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	638	5.1%	548	705	-67	-9.5%
Educational Services	346	2.7%	242	332	14	4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	744	5.9%	707	742	2	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	144	1.1%	124	160	-16	-10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,020	8.1%	951	956	64	6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	332	2.6%	260	405	-73	-18.0%
Public Administration	1,140	9.0%	954	1,264	-124	-9.8%
Information Not Available	383	3.0%	359	406	-23	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,477		20,396	23,845
Male	12,101	56.3%	11,008	13,776	-1,675	-12.2%
Female	9,338	43.5%	9,364	10,046	-708	-7.0%
Information Not Available	38	0.2%	24	23	15	65.2%

Ethnicity	21,477		20,396	23,845
Hispanic or Latino	354	1.6%	260	291	63	21.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,048	74.7%	14,953	17,330	-1,282	-7.4%
Information Not Available	5,075	23.6%	5,183	6,224	-1,149	-18.5%

Race	21,477		20,396	23,845
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,503	7.0%	1,307	1,408	95	6.7%
Asian	700	3.3%	613	708	-8	-1.1%
Black or African American	8,442	39.3%	8,428	9,349	-907	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.1%	19	24	5	20.8%
White	9,597	44.7%	8,976	11,177	-1,580	-14.1%
Information Not Available	1,206	5.6%	1,053	1,179	27	2.3%

Years of Age	21,477		20,396	23,845
Younger than 22	69	0.2%	33	64	5	7.8%
22-24	69	0.2%	62	74	-5	-6.8%
25-34	901	3.2%	646	933	-32	-3.4%
35-44	3,711	13.1%	2,985	3,930	-219	-5.6%
45-54	4,860	17.2%	4,569	5,233	-373	-7.1%
55-59	2,433	8.6%	2,253	2,707	-274	-10.1%
60-64	2,766	9.8%	2,452	2,995	-229	-7.6%
65 and older	6,646	23.5%	7,386	7,891	-1,245	-15.8%
Information Not Available	22	0.1%	10	18	4	22.2%

Industry	21,477		20,396	23,845
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	241	1.1%	217	207	34	16.4%
Mining	115	0.5%	134	944	-829	-87.8%
Utilities	90	0.4%	85	63	27	42.9%
Construction	2,567	11.8%	2,232	2,394	173	7.2%
Manufacturing	3,726	17.2%	3,159	4,185	-459	-11.0%
Wholesale Trade	718	3.3%	700	841	-123	-14.6%
Retail Trade	2,205	10.2%	2,276	2,438	-233	-9.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	645	3.0%	645	652	-7	-1.1%
Information	295	1.4%	198	232	63	27.2%
Finance and Insurance	608	2.8%	630	681	-73	-10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	298	1.4%	258	297	1	0.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	897	4.1%	946	943	-46	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.2%	59	42	8	19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,951	13.6%	2,801	3,432	-481	-14.0%
Educational Services	454	2.1%	476	475	-21	-4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,491	6.9%	1,486	1,770	-279	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	0.7%	161	157	4	2.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,558	7.2%	1,743	1,578	-20	-1.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	443	2.0%	455	532	-89	-16.7%
Public Administration	342	1.6%	297	320	22	6.9%
Information Not Available	1,622	7.5%	1,438	1,662	-40	-2.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,439		15,699	21,772
Male	9,824	56.3%	8,536	12,603	-2,779	-22.1%
Female	6,207	35.6%	5,948	7,555	-1,348	-17.8%
Information Not Available	1,408	8.1%	1,215	1,614	-206	-12.8%

Ethnicity	17,439		15,699	21,772
Hispanic or Latino	84	0.5%	85	201	-117	-58.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,947	91.4%	14,399	19,957	-4,010	-20.1%
Information Not Available	1,408	8.1%	1,215	1,614	-206	-12.8%

Race	17,439		15,699	21,772
American Indian or Alaskan Native	174	1.0%	161	216	-42	-19.4%
Asian	16	0.1%	17	21	-5	-23.8%
Black or African American	4,145	23.8%	4,016	4,990	-845	-16.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	905	5.2%	782	1,030	-125	-12.1%
White	10,707	61.4%	9,423	13,700	-2,993	-21.8%
Information Not Available	1,492	8.6%	1,300	1,815	-323	-17.8%

Years of Age	17,439		15,699	21,772
Younger than 22	507	1.9%	437	648	-141	-21.8%
22-24	821	3.0%	792	1,108	-287	-25.9%
25-34	3,636	13.5%	3,330	4,563	-927	-20.3%
35-44	3,577	13.3%	3,287	4,644	-1,067	-23.0%
45-54	3,777	14.0%	3,406	4,825	-1,048	-21.7%
55-59	1,695	6.3%	1,481	2,092	-397	-19.0%
60-64	1,177	4.4%	1,014	1,326	-149	-11.2%
65 and older	841	3.1%	737	951	-110	-11.6%
Information Not Available	1,408	5.2%	1,215	1,615	-207	-12.8%

Industry	17,439		15,699	21,772
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	770	4.2%	630	872	-102	-11.7%
Mining	127	0.7%	105	529	-402	-76.0%
Utilities	26	0.1%	24	38	-12	-31.6%
Construction	2,183	12.0%	1,727	2,380	-197	-8.3%
Manufacturing	2,108	11.6%	1,929	3,070	-962	-31.3%
Wholesale Trade	677	3.7%	653	1,025	-348	-34.0%
Retail Trade	1,531	8.4%	1,281	1,799	-268	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	606	3.3%	560	886	-280	-31.6%
Information	163	0.9%	152	174	-11	-6.3%
Finance and Insurance	267	1.5%	247	254	13	5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	208	1.1%	187	230	-22	-9.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	550	3.0%	512	686	-136	-19.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	49	58	-5	-8.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,730	9.5%	1,648	2,184	-454	-20.8%
Educational Services	264	1.4%	281	295	-31	-10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,415	7.8%	1,517	1,674	-259	-15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	257	1.4%	238	271	-14	-5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,207	6.6%	1,013	1,293	-86	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	353	1.9%	338	465	-112	-24.1%
Public Administration	367	2.0%	285	344	23	6.7%
Information Not Available	2,577	14.2%	2,323	3,245	-668	-20.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,035		25,041	27,286
Male	14,257	54.8%	13,560	15,284	-1,027	-6.7%
Female	11,754	45.1%	11,454	11,989	-235	-2.0%
Information Not Available	24	0.1%	27	13	11	84.6%

Ethnicity	26,035		25,041	27,286
Hispanic or Latino	7,433	28.6%	7,172	7,632	-199	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,408	51.5%	12,676	14,259	-851	-6.0%
Information Not Available	5,194	20.0%	5,193	5,395	-201	-3.7%

Race	26,035		25,041	27,286
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,236	8.6%	2,050	2,399	-163	-6.8%
Asian	1,241	4.8%	1,219	1,034	207	20.0%
Black or African American	2,296	8.8%	2,232	2,275	21	0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	330	1.3%	355	315	15	4.8%
White	14,260	54.8%	13,740	15,635	-1,375	-8.8%
Information Not Available	5,672	21.8%	5,445	5,628	44	0.8%

Years of Age	26,035		25,041	27,286
Younger than 22	495	1.3%	468	534	-39	-7.3%
22-24	1,150	3.0%	1,096	1,304	-154	-11.8%
25-34	6,111	16.0%	5,827	6,324	-213	-3.4%
35-44	5,679	14.9%	5,472	5,969	-290	-4.9%
45-54	6,108	16.0%	5,867	6,449	-341	-5.3%
55-59	3,035	7.9%	2,981	3,172	-137	-4.3%
60-64	2,115	5.5%	2,019	2,161	-46	-2.1%
65 and older	1,342	3.5%	1,311	1,373	-31	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,035		25,041	27,286
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	577	2.2%	482	493	84	17.0%
Mining	95	0.4%	78	204	-109	-53.4%
Utilities	72	0.3%	72	70	2	2.9%
Construction	2,386	9.0%	2,283	2,499	-113	-4.5%
Manufacturing	1,527	5.7%	1,454	1,612	-85	-5.3%
Wholesale Trade	880	3.3%	863	937	-57	-6.1%
Retail Trade	2,199	8.3%	2,081	2,246	-47	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	656	2.5%	596	674	-18	-2.7%
Information	456	1.7%	443	449	7	1.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,120	4.2%	1,051	1,062	58	5.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	449	1.7%	445	509	-60	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,299	4.9%	1,341	1,304	-5	-0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	0.4%	108	119	-6	-5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,783	14.2%	3,453	3,892	-109	-2.8%
Educational Services	706	2.7%	767	817	-111	-13.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,198	8.3%	2,191	2,329	-131	-5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	339	1.3%	317	360	-21	-5.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,383	5.2%	1,358	1,494	-111	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	543	2.0%	536	578	-35	-6.1%
Public Administration	710	2.7%	676	812	-102	-12.6%
Information Not Available	4,544	17.1%	4,446	4,826	-282	-5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	381,886		363,031	404,600
Male	223,512	58.5%	212,026	236,326	-12,814	-5.4%
Female	158,085	41.4%	150,714	167,982	-9,897	-5.9%
Information Not Available	289	0.1%	291	292	-3	-1.0%

Ethnicity	381,886		363,031	404,600
Hispanic or Latino	179,156	46.9%	169,311	185,629	-6,473	-3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	173,191	45.4%	163,693	187,090	-13,899	-7.4%
Information Not Available	29,539	7.7%	30,027	31,881	-2,342	-7.3%

Race	381,886		363,031	404,600
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,368	0.9%	3,390	3,315	53	1.6%
Asian	33,965	8.9%	32,061	35,390	-1,425	-4.0%
Black or African American	28,384	7.4%	28,671	29,053	-669	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	107,475	28.1%	99,572	119,333	-11,858	-9.9%
Information Not Available	208,694	54.6%	199,337	217,509	-8,815	-4.1%

Years of Age	381,886		363,031	404,600
Younger than 22	7,890	1.7%	10,461	6,727	1,163	17.3%
22-24	17,800	3.9%	20,050	20,864	-3,064	-14.7%
25-34	92,657	20.3%	90,080	99,152	-6,495	-6.6%
35-44	81,015	17.7%	77,101	82,285	-1,270	-1.5%
45-54	82,554	18.1%	77,875	91,644	-9,090	-9.9%
55-59	42,528	9.3%	39,809	44,652	-2,124	-4.8%
60-64	32,233	7.1%	27,508	33,245	-1,012	-3.0%
65 and older	25,113	5.5%	20,050	26,031	-918	-3.5%
Information Not Available	96	0.0%	97	0	96	0.0%

Industry	381,886		363,031	404,600
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85,923	18.4%	81,654	83,749	2,174	2.6%
Mining	1,251	0.3%	1,065	1,755	-504	-28.7%
Utilities	866	0.2%	1,065	1,072	-206	-19.2%
Construction	35,408	7.6%	30,027	41,727	-6,319	-15.1%
Manufacturing	31,078	6.6%	33,029	37,730	-6,652	-17.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,347	0.3%	872	1,462	-115	-7.9%
Retail Trade	21,456	4.6%	23,053	25,933	-4,477	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	12,989	2.8%	9,686	11,797	1,192	10.1%
Information	33,291	7.1%	30,414	31,588	1,703	5.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,484	1.2%	7,071	6,532	-1,048	-16.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,021	0.4%	1,840	2,437	-416	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,196	1.1%	5,908	6,337	-1,141	-18.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	67,641	14.5%	60,537	65,906	1,735	2.6%
Educational Services	13,855	3.0%	9,686	14,039	-184	-1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,302	4.3%	22,084	22,619	-2,317	-10.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,158	1.3%	6,005	7,117	-959	-13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,278	2.8%	15,788	15,307	-2,029	-13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,697	1.6%	7,846	9,847	-2,150	-21.8%
Public Administration	4,618	1.0%	3,487	4,387	231	5.3%
Information Not Available	12,027	2.6%	11,914	13,259	-1,232	-9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,133		27,197	34,092
Male	19,802	63.6%	16,690	21,982	-2,180	-9.9%
Female	11,330	36.4%	10,506	12,108	-778	-6.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	31,133		27,197	34,092
Hispanic or Latino	7,576	24.3%	6,385	8,523	-947	-11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,376	65.4%	18,041	22,426	-2,050	-9.1%
Information Not Available	3,181	10.2%	2,771	3,143	38	1.2%

Race	31,133		27,197	34,092
American Indian or Alaskan Native	581	1.9%	494	701	-120	-17.1%
Asian	602	1.9%	541	542	60	11.1%
Black or African American	1,724	5.5%	1,561	1,918	-194	-10.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.3%	92	134	-27	-20.1%
White	21,339	68.5%	18,618	23,764	-2,425	-10.2%
Information Not Available	6,780	21.8%	5,891	7,033	-253	-3.6%

Years of Age	31,133		27,197	34,092
Younger than 22	504	1.0%	384	618	-114	-18.4%
22-24	1,044	2.1%	827	1,291	-247	-19.1%
25-34	6,649	13.4%	5,845	7,496	-847	-11.3%
35-44	6,762	13.6%	5,974	7,492	-730	-9.7%
45-54	7,477	15.1%	6,624	8,367	-890	-10.6%
55-59	4,145	8.4%	3,565	4,403	-258	-5.9%
60-64	2,922	5.9%	2,531	2,869	53	1.8%
65 and older	1,620	3.3%	1,440	1,550	70	4.5%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	7	6	4	66.7%

Industry	31,133		27,197	34,092
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	391	1.2%	344	395	-4	-1.0%
Mining	537	1.7%	528	1,355	-818	-60.4%
Utilities	55	0.2%	48	89	-34	-38.2%
Construction	6,096	19.3%	4,615	6,892	-796	-11.5%
Manufacturing	1,991	6.3%	1,678	2,136	-145	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,337	4.2%	1,220	1,466	-129	-8.8%
Retail Trade	2,209	7.0%	2,058	2,303	-94	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	992	3.1%	824	1,098	-106	-9.7%
Information	1,191	3.8%	1,112	954	237	24.8%
Finance and Insurance	980	3.1%	887	1,057	-77	-7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	545	1.7%	521	518	27	5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,610	8.3%	2,401	2,769	-159	-5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	651	2.1%	576	572	79	13.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,203	13.3%	3,583	4,616	-413	-8.9%
Educational Services	788	2.5%	766	862	-74	-8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,956	6.2%	1,881	2,101	-145	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	524	1.7%	465	520	4	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,545	4.9%	1,454	1,626	-81	-5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	2.1%	643	691	-14	-2.0%
Public Administration	1,048	3.3%	870	1,088	-40	-3.7%
Information Not Available	807	2.6%	723	984	-177	-18.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,042		37,949	47,251
Male	31,885	65.0%	23,183	30,816	1,069	3.5%
Female	17,157	35.0%	14,766	16,435	722	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,042		37,949	47,251
Hispanic or Latino	8,864	18.1%	6,330	8,387	477	5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,178	81.9%	31,619	38,864	1,314	3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	49,042		37,949	47,251
American Indian or Alaskan Native	200	0.4%	163	147	53	36.1%
Asian	879	1.8%	708	812	67	8.3%
Black or African American	6,712	13.7%	5,599	6,111	601	9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,540	58.2%	21,998	26,904	1,636	6.1%
Information Not Available	12,711	25.9%	9,481	13,277	-566	-4.3%

Years of Age	49,042		37,949	47,251
Younger than 22	634	0.9%	773	596	38	6.4%
22-24	1,952	2.7%	1,697	1,936	16	0.8%
25-34	11,115	15.2%	8,630	10,311	804	7.8%
35-44	9,976	13.7%	7,568	9,445	531	5.6%
45-54	11,195	15.3%	8,814	11,350	-155	-1.4%
55-59	5,891	8.1%	4,507	5,655	236	4.2%
60-64	4,509	6.2%	3,252	4,275	234	5.5%
65 and older	3,770	5.2%	2,708	3,683	87	2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,042		37,949	47,251
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	643	1.3%	389	711	-68	-9.6%
Mining	53	0.1%	27	56	-3	-5.4%
Utilities	55	0.1%	47	71	-16	-22.5%
Construction	9,454	19.0%	5,914	8,224	1,230	15.0%
Manufacturing	3,985	8.0%	3,531	4,734	-749	-15.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,688	3.4%	1,451	1,700	-12	-0.7%
Retail Trade	4,598	9.3%	3,857	4,375	223	5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,261	4.6%	1,479	1,904	357	18.8%
Information	1,107	2.2%	1,001	656	451	68.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,467	3.0%	1,407	1,157	310	26.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	661	1.3%	531	640	21	3.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,876	3.8%	1,797	1,728	148	8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	314	0.6%	276	242	72	29.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,818	15.7%	5,391	7,821	-3	0.0%
Educational Services	1,118	2.3%	1,159	1,144	-26	-2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,061	8.2%	3,982	4,105	-44	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,824	3.7%	1,290	1,914	-90	-4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,481	7.0%	2,142	3,460	21	0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,282	2.6%	1,115	1,316	-34	-2.6%
Public Administration	557	1.1%	603	588	-31	-5.3%
Information Not Available	739	1.5%	560	705	34	4.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,909		8,630	8,531
Male	4,248	47.7%	4,074	3,943	305	7.7%
Female	4,660	52.3%	4,556	4,588	72	1.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,909		8,630	8,531
Hispanic or Latino	818	9.2%	723	744	74	9.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,054	90.4%	7,869	7,762	292	3.8%
Information Not Available	37	0.4%	38	25	12	48.0%

Race	8,909		8,630	8,531
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.6%	39	42	7	16.7%
Asian	234	2.6%	212	231	3	1.3%
Black or African American	5,919	66.4%	5,898	6,015	-96	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.3%	22	20	5	25.0%
White	1,793	20.1%	1,624	1,562	231	14.8%
Information Not Available	889	10.0%	835	661	228	34.5%

Years of Age	8,909		8,630	8,531
Younger than 22	121	1.2%	119	152	-31	-20.4%
22-24	473	4.7%	464	450	23	5.1%
25-34	2,529	25.2%	2,420	2,359	170	7.2%
35-44	1,988	19.8%	1,927	1,901	87	4.6%
45-54	1,904	19.0%	1,829	1,965	-61	-3.1%
55-59	891	8.9%	909	851	40	4.7%
60-64	669	6.7%	627	537	132	24.6%
65 and older	334	3.3%	335	316	18	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,909		8,630	8,531
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	17	0.2%	15	11	6	54.5%
Manufacturing	5	0.1%	6	1	4	400.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	14	0.2%	22	17	-3	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	0.0%	4	12	-8	-66.7%
Information	13	0.1%	15	5	8	160.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	0.1%	7	10	-4	-40.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	11	0.1%	7	1	10	1000.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	52	0.6%	47	33	19	57.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	3	0	3	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	61	0.7%	54	42	19	45.2%
Educational Services	14	0.2%	11	9	5	55.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20	0.2%	17	8	12	150.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.1%	3	3	3	100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	19	0.2%	16	14	5	35.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	28	0.3%	20	8	20	250.0%
Public Administration	5	0.1%	5	1	4	400.0%
Information Not Available	8,629	96.9%	8,376	8,355	274	3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,174		5,644	7,903
Male	3,329	46.4%	2,549	3,858	-529	-13.7%
Female	3,326	46.4%	2,675	3,683	-357	-9.7%
Information Not Available	519	7.2%	420	362	157	43.4%

Ethnicity	7,174		5,644	7,903
Hispanic or Latino	472	6.6%	357	609	-137	-22.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,183	86.2%	4,867	6,932	-749	-10.8%
Information Not Available	519	7.2%	420	362	157	43.4%

Race	7,174		5,644	7,903
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.3%	16	33	-14	-42.4%
Asian	136	1.9%	115	152	-16	-10.5%
Black or African American	2,750	38.3%	2,102	3,151	-401	-12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	7	6	-4	-66.7%
White	3,850	53.7%	3,070	4,300	-450	-10.5%
Information Not Available	416	5.8%	333	261	155	59.4%

Years of Age	7,174		5,644	7,903
Younger than 22	131	1.3%	68	106	25	23.6%
22-24	315	3.0%	216	371	-56	-15.1%
25-34	1,699	16.3%	1,294	1,944	-245	-12.6%
35-44	1,505	14.4%	1,188	1,615	-110	-6.8%
45-54	1,673	16.1%	1,323	1,878	-205	-10.9%
55-59	791	7.6%	618	896	-105	-11.7%
60-64	602	5.8%	510	594	8	1.3%
65 and older	380	3.6%	350	425	-45	-10.6%
Information Not Available	78	0.7%	77	74	4	5.4%

Industry	7,174		5,644	7,903
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.3%	9	25	-3	-12.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	13	-4	-30.8%
Construction	556	7.7%	407	769	-213	-27.7%
Manufacturing	489	6.8%	400	450	39	8.7%
Wholesale Trade	231	3.2%	211	265	-34	-12.8%
Retail Trade	932	13.0%	748	1,136	-204	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	282	3.9%	213	248	34	13.7%
Information	99	1.4%	78	73	26	35.6%
Finance and Insurance	671	9.3%	575	536	135	25.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	136	1.9%	126	150	-14	-9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	487	6.8%	415	379	108	28.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.3%	16	35	-11	-31.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,303	18.1%	914	1,463	-160	-10.9%
Educational Services	134	1.9%	123	175	-41	-23.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	684	9.5%	595	905	-221	-24.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	160	2.2%	108	160	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	722	10.0%	503	798	-76	-9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	147	2.0%	124	221	-74	-33.5%
Public Administration	67	0.9%	58	79	-12	-15.2%
Information Not Available	19	0.3%	10	23	-4	-17.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,988		41,717	51,918
Male	22,494	50.0%	20,966	26,100	-3,606	-13.8%
Female	22,138	49.2%	20,707	25,736	-3,598	-14.0%
Information Not Available	356	0.8%	44	82	274	334.1%

Ethnicity	44,988		41,717	51,918
Hispanic or Latino	10,873	24.2%	10,452	12,655	-1,782	-14.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,569	65.7%	27,045	34,391	-4,822	-14.0%
Information Not Available	4,546	10.1%	4,220	4,872	-326	-6.7%

Race	44,988		41,717	51,918
American Indian or Alaskan Native	305	0.7%	270	319	-14	-4.4%
Asian	776	1.7%	721	796	-20	-2.5%
Black or African American	10,787	24.0%	9,979	12,567	-1,780	-14.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	242	0.5%	253	240	2	0.8%
White	27,001	60.0%	25,320	31,911	-4,910	-15.4%
Information Not Available	5,877	13.1%	5,174	6,085	-208	-3.4%

Years of Age	44,988		41,717	51,918
Younger than 22	366	0.5%	360	473	-107	-22.6%
22-24	1,373	2.0%	1,240	1,504	-131	-8.7%
25-34	8,665	12.6%	8,149	10,160	-1,495	-14.7%
35-44	8,486	12.3%	7,961	10,152	-1,666	-16.4%
45-54	9,297	13.5%	8,708	10,674	-1,377	-12.9%
55-59	4,592	6.7%	4,383	5,201	-609	-11.7%
60-64	3,149	4.6%	2,973	3,675	-526	-14.3%
65 and older	2,179	3.2%	1,993	2,403	-224	-9.3%
Information Not Available	6,881	10.0%	5,950	7,676	-795	-10.4%

Industry	44,988		41,717	51,918
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	497	1.1%	320	491	6	1.2%
Mining	102	0.2%	105	138	-36	-26.1%
Utilities	69	0.2%	61	67	2	3.0%
Construction	3,121	6.9%	2,759	3,468	-347	-10.0%
Manufacturing	2,100	4.6%	2,182	2,586	-486	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,854	4.1%	1,655	2,246	-392	-17.5%
Retail Trade	4,022	8.8%	3,606	4,887	-865	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,364	3.0%	1,214	1,411	-47	-3.3%
Information	861	1.9%	887	941	-80	-8.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,916	4.2%	1,677	2,184	-268	-12.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,006	2.2%	1,025	1,258	-252	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,321	7.3%	2,998	3,797	-476	-12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	536	1.2%	421	498	38	7.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,016	17.6%	7,499	8,565	-549	-6.4%
Educational Services	991	2.2%	1,003	1,261	-270	-21.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,978	8.7%	3,767	4,639	-661	-14.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	720	1.6%	619	896	-176	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,327	7.3%	3,168	3,984	-657	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,252	2.8%	1,165	1,572	-320	-20.4%
Public Administration	611	1.3%	534	674	-63	-9.3%
Information Not Available	5,324	11.7%	5,052	6,355	-1,031	-16.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,336		30,227	39,003
Male	17,115	48.4%	14,961	19,685	-2,570	-13.1%
Female	16,360	46.3%	13,745	18,330	-1,970	-10.7%
Information Not Available	1,861	5.3%	1,521	988	873	88.4%

Ethnicity	35,336		30,227	39,003
Hispanic or Latino	74	0.2%	32	77	-3	-3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,401	94.5%	28,674	37,938	-4,537	-12.0%
Information Not Available	1,861	5.3%	1,521	988	873	88.4%

Race	35,336		30,227	39,003
American Indian or Alaskan Native	160	0.5%	125	202	-42	-20.8%
Asian	528	1.5%	453	536	-8	-1.5%
Black or African American	19,440	55.0%	16,889	21,188	-1,748	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,347	37.8%	11,239	16,089	-2,742	-17.0%
Information Not Available	1,861	5.3%	1,521	988	873	88.4%

Years of Age	35,336		30,227	39,003
Younger than 22	488	1.1%	670	578	-90	-15.6%
22-24	1,402	3.0%	1,427	1,643	-241	-14.7%
25-34	8,812	19.0%	7,801	9,323	-511	-5.5%
35-44	8,729	18.9%	7,409	8,937	-208	-2.3%
45-54	8,429	18.2%	7,282	8,728	-299	-3.4%
55-59	3,727	8.1%	2,947	3,646	81	2.2%
60-64	2,398	5.2%	1,685	2,285	113	4.9%
65 and older	1,351	2.9%	1,006	1,305	46	3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2,558	-2,558	-100.0%

Industry	35,336		30,227	39,003
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	610	1.7%	551	903	-293	-32.4%
Mining	25	0.1%	22	28	-3	-10.7%
Utilities	26	0.1%	14	30	-4	-13.3%
Construction	1,559	4.3%	1,307	1,860	-301	-16.2%
Manufacturing	2,821	7.8%	2,397	2,992	-171	-5.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,457	4.1%	1,317	1,446	11	0.8%
Retail Trade	2,224	6.2%	1,888	2,649	-425	-16.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	772	2.1%	632	749	23	3.1%
Information	601	1.7%	499	691	-90	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	935	2.6%	805	1,101	-166	-15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	440	1.2%	392	485	-45	-9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,284	17.5%	5,315	6,656	-372	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.1%	26	50	-18	-36.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	89	0.2%	78	93	-4	-4.3%
Educational Services	655	1.8%	604	873	-218	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,549	4.3%	1,419	1,833	-284	-15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,547	4.3%	1,272	1,720	-173	-10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	332	0.9%	258	400	-68	-17.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	312	0.9%	308	305	7	2.3%
Public Administration	341	0.9%	283	421	-80	-19.0%
Information Not Available	12,725	35.4%	10,840	13,718	-993	-7.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,227		7,474	6,388
Male	6,023	73.2%	5,332	4,105	1,918	46.7%
Female	2,203	26.8%	2,141	2,282	-79	-3.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,227		7,474	6,388
Hispanic or Latino	559	6.8%	532	488	71	14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,483	66.6%	4,941	4,278	1,205	28.2%
Information Not Available	2,185	26.6%	2,001	1,622	563	34.7%

Race	8,227		7,474	6,388
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.7%	57	46	10	21.7%
Asian	2,549	31.0%	2,233	1,851	698	37.7%
Black or African American	138	1.7%	114	109	29	26.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,594	31.5%	2,411	1,801	793	44.0%
White	1,758	21.4%	1,631	1,631	127	7.8%
Information Not Available	1,132	13.8%	1,028	950	182	19.2%

Years of Age	8,227		7,474	6,388
Younger than 22	104	1.1%	161	60	44	73.3%
22-24	314	3.4%	337	164	150	91.5%
25-34	1,908	20.6%	1,843	1,394	514	36.9%
35-44	1,893	20.5%	1,680	1,521	372	24.5%
45-54	1,881	20.3%	1,664	1,445	436	30.2%
55-59	923	10.0%	826	738	185	25.1%
60-64	732	7.9%	592	599	133	22.2%
65 and older	472	5.1%	371	467	5	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,227		7,474	6,388
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	274	3.2%	70	50	224	448.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	16	0.2%	10	19	-3	-15.8%
Construction	3,277	38.5%	2,983	1,626	1,651	101.5%
Manufacturing	217	2.6%	175	197	20	10.2%
Wholesale Trade	112	1.3%	109	120	-8	-6.7%
Retail Trade	342	4.0%	316	354	-12	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	218	2.6%	224	267	-49	-18.4%
Information	169	2.0%	158	191	-22	-11.5%
Finance and Insurance	62	0.7%	55	90	-28	-31.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	1.4%	110	95	23	24.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	224	2.6%	246	233	-9	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.7%	65	43	16	37.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	886	10.4%	754	824	62	7.5%
Educational Services	61	0.7%	63	93	-32	-34.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	306	3.6%	298	322	-16	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	102	1.2%	77	100	2	2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	596	7.0%	624	592	4	0.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	150	1.8%	124	148	2	1.4%
Public Administration	113	1.3%	108	124	-11	-8.9%
Information Not Available	923	10.9%	903	898	25	2.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,284		25,292	35,168
Male	25,291	76.0%	18,275	26,724	-1,433	-5.4%
Female	7,706	23.2%	6,772	8,063	-357	-4.4%
Information Not Available	287	0.9%	245	381	-94	-24.7%

Ethnicity	33,284		25,292	35,168
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	3,218	-3,218	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	30,235	-30,235	-100.0%
Information Not Available	33,284	100.0%	25,292	1,715	31,569	1840.8%

Race	33,284		25,292	35,168
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.3%	97	434	-323	-74.4%
Asian	62	0.2%	57	368	-306	-83.2%
Black or African American	405	1.2%	380	1,947	-1,542	-79.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,677	11.0%	4,965	27,486	-23,809	-86.6%
Information Not Available	29,029	87.2%	19,793	4,933	24,096	488.5%

Years of Age	33,284		25,292	35,168
Younger than 22	743	2.2%	536	725	18	2.5%
22-24	1,740	5.1%	1,329	1,834	-94	-5.1%
25-34	7,853	23.1%	6,089	8,477	-624	-7.4%
35-44	7,300	21.4%	5,500	7,602	-302	-4.0%
45-54	6,954	20.4%	5,304	7,616	-662	-8.7%
55-59	3,735	11.0%	2,843	4,017	-282	-7.0%
60-64	2,899	8.5%	2,151	2,778	121	4.4%
65 and older	2,056	6.0%	1,538	2,110	-54	-2.6%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	9	-5	-55.6%

Industry	33,284		25,292	35,168
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	305	0.9%	267	314	-9	-2.9%
Mining	862	2.6%	387	983	-121	-12.3%
Utilities	38	0.1%	28	34	4	11.8%
Construction	12,475	37.1%	8,123	12,662	-187	-1.5%
Manufacturing	5,627	16.8%	4,491	6,405	-778	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	982	2.9%	859	1,147	-165	-14.4%
Retail Trade	1,648	4.9%	1,441	1,673	-25	-1.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,055	3.1%	746	1,068	-13	-1.2%
Information	494	1.5%	446	495	-1	-0.2%
Finance and Insurance	522	1.6%	559	692	-170	-24.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	278	0.8%	211	283	-5	-1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	707	2.1%	681	703	4	0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.2%	45	38	20	52.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,782	11.3%	2,991	3,953	-171	-4.3%
Educational Services	317	0.9%	300	345	-28	-8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,096	3.3%	1,096	1,239	-143	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	578	1.7%	479	670	-92	-13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,138	3.4%	985	1,153	-15	-1.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	483	1.4%	446	487	-4	-0.8%
Public Administration	576	1.7%	508	558	18	3.2%
Information Not Available	263	0.8%	203	266	-3	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,517		10,778	13,582
Male	10,768	74.2%	7,612	9,947	821	8.3%
Female	3,748	25.8%	3,165	3,633	115	3.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	14,517		10,778	13,582
Hispanic or Latino	2,406	16.6%	1,696	2,227	179	8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,787	67.4%	7,070	8,421	1,366	16.2%
Information Not Available	2,324	16.0%	2,012	2,934	-610	-20.8%

Race	14,517		10,778	13,582
American Indian or Alaskan Native	816	2.9%	540	741	75	10.1%
Asian	220	0.8%	177	171	49	28.7%
Black or African American	246	0.9%	172	170	76	44.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	133	0.5%	106	137	-4	-2.9%
White	20,798	74.8%	14,566	19,044	1,754	9.2%
Information Not Available	5,596	20.1%	3,824	4,925	671	13.6%

Years of Age	14,517		10,778	13,582
Younger than 22	502	1.5%	317	425	77	18.1%
22-24	725	2.1%	485	641	84	13.1%
25-34	3,063	9.0%	2,215	2,830	233	8.2%
35-44	3,009	8.8%	2,150	2,666	343	12.9%
45-54	3,217	9.4%	2,489	3,033	184	6.1%
55-59	1,766	5.2%	1,336	1,587	179	11.3%
60-64	1,114	3.3%	865	1,024	90	8.8%
65 and older	1,110	3.2%	909	1,289	-179	-13.9%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	12	87	-76	-87.4%

Industry	14,517		10,778	13,582
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,023	6.6%	739	960	63	6.6%
Mining	167	1.1%	122	286	-119	-41.6%
Utilities	73	0.5%	33	69	4	5.8%
Construction	3,839	24.7%	2,291	2,914	925	31.7%
Manufacturing	1,434	9.2%	1,101	1,309	125	9.5%
Wholesale Trade	516	3.3%	393	539	-23	-4.3%
Retail Trade	1,136	7.3%	862	1,074	62	5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	597	3.8%	330	380	217	57.1%
Information	123	0.8%	108	112	11	9.8%
Finance and Insurance	226	1.5%	159	199	27	13.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	117	0.8%	101	148	-31	-20.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	476	3.1%	379	449	27	6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	16	16	-1	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,791	11.5%	1,382	1,807	-16	-0.9%
Educational Services	166	1.1%	158	156	10	6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	719	4.6%	650	727	-8	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	330	2.1%	278	319	11	3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	596	3.8%	483	572	24	4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	223	1.4%	176	223	0	0.0%
Public Administration	388	2.5%	326	408	-20	-4.9%
Information Not Available	562	3.6%	691	915	-353	-38.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	163,545		126,833	166,802
Male	113,255	69.3%	83,884	112,447	808	0.7%
Female	49,229	30.1%	42,213	53,266	-4,037	-7.6%
Information Not Available	1,061	0.6%	736	1,089	-28	-2.6%

Ethnicity	163,545		126,833	166,802
Hispanic or Latino	36,041	22.0%	27,445	34,362	1,679	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	110,190	67.4%	86,531	114,895	-4,705	-4.1%
Information Not Available	17,314	10.6%	12,857	17,545	-231	-1.3%

Race	163,545		126,833	166,802
American Indian or Alaskan Native	994	0.6%	852	925	69	7.5%
Asian	3,090	1.9%	2,575	3,268	-178	-5.4%
Black or African American	29,471	18.0%	25,894	32,851	-3,380	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	324	0.2%	268	343	-19	-5.5%
White	105,735	64.7%	79,040	106,172	-437	-0.4%
Information Not Available	23,931	14.6%	18,204	23,243	688	3.0%

Years of Age	163,545		126,833	166,802
Younger than 22	1,747	0.7%	2,361	2,009	-262	-13.0%
22-24	5,714	2.2%	5,266	6,125	-411	-6.7%
25-34	35,302	13.8%	28,943	35,946	-644	-1.8%
35-44	38,995	15.2%	29,840	39,645	-650	-1.6%
45-54	42,032	16.4%	32,365	43,312	-1,280	-3.0%
55-59	20,000	7.8%	14,563	20,462	-462	-2.3%
60-64	13,352	5.2%	9,214	12,901	451	3.5%
65 and older	6,403	2.5%	4,281	6,402	1	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	163,545		126,833	166,802
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,176	0.7%	900	1,136	40	3.5%
Mining	772	0.5%	391	1,342	-570	-42.5%
Utilities	349	0.2%	311	172	177	102.9%
Construction	39,361	23.9%	25,608	35,779	3,582	10.0%
Manufacturing	14,406	8.7%	10,935	17,063	-2,657	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	6,089	3.7%	5,209	6,313	-224	-3.5%
Retail Trade	9,530	5.8%	8,080	10,118	-588	-5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,152	4.9%	5,178	7,920	232	2.9%
Information	2,157	1.3%	1,953	2,036	121	5.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,756	2.3%	3,501	3,970	-214	-5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,768	1.1%	1,442	1,767	1	0.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,068	5.5%	7,830	8,732	336	3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,187	0.7%	939	1,144	43	3.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,707	17.4%	23,547	29,509	-802	-2.7%
Educational Services	3,072	1.9%	3,178	3,702	-630	-17.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,974	4.2%	6,943	8,211	-1,237	-15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,766	2.3%	2,844	3,670	96	2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,390	5.1%	5,652	8,434	-44	-0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,256	2.0%	2,997	3,764	-508	-13.5%
Public Administration	2,310	1.4%	2,033	2,655	-345	-13.0%
Information Not Available	9,299	5.6%	7,362	9,365	-66	-0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,090		27,763	35,439
Male	22,988	71.6%	18,705	25,670	-2,682	-10.4%
Female	8,973	28.0%	8,931	9,715	-742	-7.6%
Information Not Available	129	0.4%	127	54	75	138.9%

Ethnicity	32,090		27,763	35,439
Hispanic or Latino	1,886	5.9%	1,545	2,079	-193	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,570	76.6%	21,133	26,787	-2,217	-8.3%
Information Not Available	5,634	17.6%	5,085	6,573	-939	-14.3%

Race	32,090		27,763	35,439
American Indian or Alaskan Native	149	0.5%	145	151	-2	-1.3%
Asian	198	0.6%	180	171	27	15.8%
Black or African American	4,053	12.6%	3,815	4,282	-229	-5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.1%	32	46	-13	-28.3%
White	25,352	79.0%	21,612	28,417	-3,065	-10.8%
Information Not Available	2,305	7.2%	1,979	2,372	-67	-2.8%

Years of Age	32,090		27,763	35,439
Younger than 22	538	1.0%	415	550	-12	-2.2%
22-24	1,224	2.2%	1,051	1,363	-139	-10.2%
25-34	6,836	12.4%	5,949	7,492	-656	-8.8%
35-44	7,923	14.4%	6,877	8,768	-845	-9.6%
45-54	8,267	15.0%	7,196	9,443	-1,176	-12.5%
55-59	3,864	7.0%	3,236	4,225	-361	-8.5%
60-64	2,329	4.2%	2,099	2,404	-75	-3.1%
65 and older	1,109	2.0%	940	1,194	-85	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,090		27,763	35,439
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	144	0.4%	113	200	-56	-28.0%
Mining	212	0.7%	147	260	-48	-18.5%
Utilities	25	0.1%	21	30	-5	-16.7%
Construction	9,812	30.4%	6,710	10,878	-1,066	-9.8%
Manufacturing	4,163	12.9%	5,528	5,200	-1,037	-19.9%
Wholesale Trade	921	2.9%	914	1,022	-101	-9.9%
Retail Trade	1,750	5.4%	1,500	1,874	-124	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,782	5.5%	1,398	1,790	-8	-0.4%
Information	331	1.0%	341	279	52	18.6%
Finance and Insurance	562	1.7%	559	468	94	20.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	338	1.0%	315	405	-67	-16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,140	3.5%	1,036	1,068	72	6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	166	0.5%	132	151	15	9.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,818	11.8%	2,821	4,263	-445	-10.4%
Educational Services	548	1.7%	554	464	84	18.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,460	4.5%	1,419	1,592	-132	-8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	520	1.6%	416	608	-88	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	800	2.5%	713	892	-92	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	570	1.8%	530	695	-125	-18.0%
Public Administration	230	0.7%	193	272	-42	-15.4%
Information Not Available	2,798	8.7%	2,403	3,028	-230	-7.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,320		13,215	19,059
Male	11,913	68.8%	8,690	13,170	-1,257	-9.5%
Female	5,407	31.2%	4,525	5,889	-482	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,320		13,215	19,059
Hispanic or Latino	1,824	10.5%	1,316	2,166	-342	-15.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,070	52.4%	6,531	9,273	-203	-2.2%
Information Not Available	6,426	37.1%	5,368	7,620	-1,194	-15.7%

Race	17,320		13,215	19,059
American Indian or Alaskan Native	253	1.5%	223	277	-24	-8.7%
Asian	239	1.4%	182	249	-10	-4.0%
Black or African American	3,276	18.9%	2,331	3,122	154	4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.2%	30	68	-32	-47.1%
White	12,193	70.4%	9,442	13,680	-1,487	-10.9%
Information Not Available	1,323	7.6%	1,007	1,663	-340	-20.4%

Years of Age	17,320		13,215	19,059
Younger than 22	220	0.8%	292	322	-102	-31.7%
22-24	697	2.5%	600	917	-220	-24.0%
25-34	3,952	14.1%	3,154	4,558	-606	-13.3%
35-44	4,176	14.9%	3,029	4,381	-205	-4.7%
45-54	4,038	14.4%	3,066	4,373	-335	-7.7%
55-59	1,995	7.1%	1,540	2,140	-145	-6.8%
60-64	1,444	5.1%	1,020	1,460	-16	-1.1%
65 and older	798	2.8%	514	908	-110	-12.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,320		13,215	19,059
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	64	0.4%	54	100	-36	-36.0%
Mining	175	1.0%	111	440	-265	-60.2%
Utilities	21	0.1%	17	16	5	31.3%
Construction	4,124	23.7%	2,925	4,959	-835	-16.8%
Manufacturing	3,514	20.2%	1,568	2,306	1,208	52.4%
Wholesale Trade	677	3.9%	823	749	-72	-9.6%
Retail Trade	956	5.5%	853	1,242	-286	-23.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	635	3.7%	451	813	-178	-21.9%
Information	259	1.5%	273	338	-79	-23.4%
Finance and Insurance	354	2.0%	353	395	-41	-10.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	203	1.2%	185	246	-43	-17.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	799	4.6%	750	826	-27	-3.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.3%	38	52	8	15.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,300	13.2%	1,787	2,597	-297	-11.4%
Educational Services	190	1.1%	207	285	-95	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	999	5.7%	969	1,220	-221	-18.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	142	0.8%	94	161	-19	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	511	2.9%	500	663	-152	-22.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	283	1.6%	252	339	-56	-16.5%
Public Administration	322	1.9%	313	377	-55	-14.6%
Information Not Available	732	4.2%	692	935	-203	-21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,787		20,097	29,578
Male	18,029	67.3%	12,640	21,242	-3,213	-15.1%
Female	8,758	32.7%	7,457	8,336	422	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,787		20,097	29,578
Hispanic or Latino	34	0.1%	36	9	25	277.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	607	2.3%	636	835	-228	-27.3%
Information Not Available	26,146	97.6%	19,425	28,734	-2,588	-9.0%

Race	26,787		20,097	29,578
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	0.7%	99	107	77	72.0%
Asian	68	0.3%	54	33	35	106.1%
Black or African American	3,177	11.9%	2,226	3,116	61	2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	0	14	-5	-35.7%
White	23,028	86.0%	17,423	25,977	-2,949	-11.4%
Information Not Available	321	1.2%	295	331	-10	-3.0%

Years of Age	26,787		20,097	29,578
Younger than 22	299	0.6%	309	369	-70	-19.0%
22-24	1,031	2.2%	752	1,059	-28	-2.6%
25-34	5,264	11.1%	4,076	5,891	-627	-10.6%
35-44	6,166	13.1%	4,895	7,449	-1,283	-17.2%
45-54	6,650	14.1%	5,021	7,426	-776	-10.4%
55-59	3,164	6.7%	2,423	3,359	-195	-5.8%
60-64	2,600	5.5%	1,612	2,528	72	2.8%
65 and older	1,604	3.4%	999	1,488	116	7.8%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	10	9	0	0.0%

Industry	26,787		20,097	29,578
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	192	0.7%	99	154	38	24.7%
Mining	393	1.5%	345	1,693	-1,300	-76.8%
Utilities	60	0.2%	85	84	-24	-28.6%
Construction	6,615	24.5%	3,794	6,806	-191	-2.8%
Manufacturing	4,216	15.6%	3,225	5,341	-1,125	-21.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,163	4.3%	1,187	872	291	33.4%
Retail Trade	1,646	6.1%	1,362	1,735	-89	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	937	3.5%	815	1,101	-164	-14.9%
Information	265	1.0%	211	313	-48	-15.3%
Finance and Insurance	530	2.0%	546	541	-11	-2.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	304	1.1%	340	233	71	30.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	971	3.6%	945	1,208	-237	-19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	171	0.6%	99	70	101	144.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,750	10.2%	1,850	3,018	-268	-8.9%
Educational Services	530	2.0%	636	420	110	26.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,544	5.7%	1,384	1,418	126	8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	663	2.5%	340	485	178	36.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,257	4.7%	730	1,133	124	10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	543	2.0%	520	597	-54	-9.0%
Public Administration	487	1.8%	417	452	35	7.7%
Information Not Available	1,550	5.7%	1,167	1,904	-354	-18.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,893		24,014	23,598
Male	12,888	56.3%	13,492	14,584	-1,696	-11.6%
Female	9,990	43.6%	10,501	9,008	982	10.9%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	21	6	9	150.0%

Ethnicity	22,893		24,014	23,598
Hispanic or Latino	1,047	4.6%	1,065	1,104	-57	-5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,577	94.3%	22,711	22,492	-915	-4.1%
Information Not Available	269	1.2%	238	2	267	13350.0%

Race	22,893		24,014	23,598
American Indian or Alaskan Native	159	0.7%	159	159	0	0.0%
Asian	227	1.0%	214	197	30	15.2%
Black or African American	11,425	49.9%	12,056	11,399	26	0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	30	27	-1	-3.7%
White	9,862	43.1%	10,464	11,478	-1,616	-14.1%
Information Not Available	1,194	5.2%	1,091	338	856	253.3%

Years of Age	22,893		24,014	23,598
Younger than 22	459	1.5%	484	401	58	14.5%
22-24	1,016	3.3%	1,092	1,003	13	1.3%
25-34	5,651	18.2%	6,042	5,927	-276	-4.7%
35-44	5,375	17.3%	5,539	5,525	-150	-2.7%
45-54	5,201	16.7%	5,447	5,372	-171	-3.2%
55-59	2,462	7.9%	2,512	2,693	-231	-8.6%
60-64	1,689	5.4%	1,742	1,644	45	2.7%
65 and older	1,040	3.3%	1,156	1,033	7	0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,893		24,014	23,598
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	409	1.8%	339	400	9	2.3%
Mining	687	2.9%	792	1,404	-717	-51.1%
Utilities	57	0.2%	49	66	-9	-13.6%
Construction	4,013	17.2%	4,311	4,036	-23	-0.6%
Manufacturing	2,066	8.9%	2,167	2,896	-830	-28.7%
Wholesale Trade	737	3.2%	754	769	-32	-4.2%
Retail Trade	1,384	5.9%	2,031	1,623	-239	-14.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,003	4.3%	1,030	1,123	-120	-10.7%
Information	340	1.5%	396	328	12	3.7%
Finance and Insurance	401	1.7%	413	423	-22	-5.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	411	1.8%	469	504	-93	-18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,107	4.8%	1,348	1,102	5	0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.4%	87	94	-11	-11.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,007	8.6%	2,106	1,863	144	7.7%
Educational Services	406	1.7%	479	397	9	2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,126	9.1%	2,219	1,918	208	10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	332	1.4%	335	294	38	12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,846	7.9%	1,999	1,397	449	32.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	564	2.4%	571	603	-39	-6.5%
Public Administration	374	1.6%	413	297	77	25.9%
Information Not Available	2,540	10.9%	1,706	2,061	479	23.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,514		57,931	78,891
Male	50,831	66.4%	35,154	51,932	-1,101	-2.1%
Female	25,682	33.6%	22,777	26,955	-1,273	-4.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%

Ethnicity	76,514		57,931	78,891
Hispanic or Latino	10,249	13.4%	7,471	10,379	-130	-1.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,769	80.7%	46,942	64,041	-2,272	-3.5%
Information Not Available	4,496	5.9%	3,518	4,471	25	0.6%

Race	76,514		57,931	78,891
American Indian or Alaskan Native	379	0.5%	270	374	5	1.3%
Asian	2,308	3.0%	2,024	2,429	-121	-5.0%
Black or African American	6,143	8.0%	5,179	6,420	-277	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	196	0.3%	135	192	4	2.1%
White	56,550	73.9%	42,095	59,027	-2,477	-4.2%
Information Not Available	10,938	14.3%	8,228	10,449	489	4.7%

Years of Age	76,514		57,931	78,891
Younger than 22	1,656	1.3%	1,043	1,841	-185	-10.0%
22-24	3,666	2.9%	2,564	3,897	-231	-5.9%
25-34	17,594	13.9%	13,122	18,404	-810	-4.4%
35-44	16,134	12.7%	12,155	16,614	-480	-2.9%
45-54	17,985	14.2%	13,792	18,697	-712	-3.8%
55-59	8,522	6.7%	6,543	8,492	30	0.4%
60-64	6,106	4.8%	4,839	6,065	41	0.7%
65 and older	4,851	3.8%	3,873	4,881	-30	-0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,514		57,931	78,891
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	931	1.2%	513	1,062	-131	-12.3%
Mining	187	0.2%	53	188	-1	-0.5%
Utilities	207	0.3%	177	134	73	54.5%
Construction	14,869	19.2%	8,023	14,402	467	3.2%
Manufacturing	5,230	6.8%	4,815	5,902	-672	-11.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,747	3.5%	2,495	2,622	125	4.8%
Retail Trade	5,387	7.0%	4,397	5,617	-230	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,008	2.6%	1,537	2,068	-60	-2.9%
Information	1,357	1.8%	1,321	1,437	-80	-5.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,048	2.6%	2,022	1,902	146	7.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,238	1.6%	1,068	1,404	-166	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,604	7.2%	5,014	5,451	153	2.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	335	0.4%	289	297	38	12.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,060	14.3%	6,893	11,652	-592	-5.1%
Educational Services	1,269	1.6%	1,250	1,423	-154	-10.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,096	6.6%	4,998	5,365	-269	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,785	3.6%	1,980	2,952	-167	-5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,989	9.0%	4,759	7,546	-557	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,298	4.3%	2,897	3,684	-386	-10.5%
Public Administration	1,756	2.3%	1,609	1,608	148	9.2%
Information Not Available	2,113	2.7%	1,821	2,175	-62	-2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,576		36,902	46,552
Male	21,586	49.5%	18,710	23,044	-1,458	-6.3%
Female	14,524	33.3%	13,824	14,787	-263	-1.8%
Information Not Available	7,466	17.1%	4,368	8,721	-1,255	-14.4%

Ethnicity	43,576		36,902	46,552
Hispanic or Latino	2,545	5.8%	1,981	2,809	-264	-9.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,752	75.2%	29,776	34,251	-1,499	-4.4%
Information Not Available	8,279	19.0%	5,145	9,492	-1,213	-12.8%

Race	43,576		36,902	46,552
American Indian or Alaskan Native	133	0.3%	127	111	22	19.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14,428	33.1%	13,629	14,708	-280	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.1%	52	66	-8	-12.1%
White	18,133	41.6%	15,968	19,366	-1,233	-6.4%
Information Not Available	10,824	24.8%	7,126	12,301	-1,477	-12.0%

Years of Age	43,576		36,902	46,552
Younger than 22	549	0.9%	388	573	-24	-4.2%
22-24	1,490	2.5%	1,210	1,756	-266	-15.1%
25-34	8,558	14.6%	7,883	9,037	-479	-5.3%
35-44	7,431	12.7%	6,725	7,862	-431	-5.5%
45-54	8,035	13.7%	7,155	8,511	-476	-5.6%
55-59	4,229	7.2%	3,797	4,182	47	1.1%
60-64	3,086	5.3%	2,796	3,109	-23	-0.7%
65 and older	2,732	4.7%	2,580	2,801	-69	-2.5%
Information Not Available	7,466	12.7%	4,368	8,721	-1,255	-14.4%

Industry	43,576		36,902	46,552
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	206	0.5%	163	238	-32	-13.4%
Mining	43	0.1%	43	71	-28	-39.4%
Utilities	51	0.1%	38	38	13	34.2%
Construction	6,256	14.3%	4,801	6,641	-385	-5.8%
Manufacturing	478	1.1%	453	415	63	15.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,160	2.6%	1,327	1,255	-95	-7.6%
Retail Trade	1,229	2.8%	1,175	1,285	-56	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	934	2.1%	969	850	84	9.9%
Information	455	1.0%	418	517	-62	-12.0%
Finance and Insurance	883	2.0%	835	916	-33	-3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	662	1.5%	619	749	-87	-11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,663	6.1%	2,705	2,655	8	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	164	0.4%	139	218	-54	-24.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,602	12.8%	4,879	6,034	-432	-7.2%
Educational Services	900	2.1%	955	1,024	-124	-12.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,518	5.8%	2,489	2,629	-111	-4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,073	2.5%	870	1,122	-49	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,013	9.2%	3,639	4,201	-188	-4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	800	1.8%	818	996	-196	-19.7%
Public Administration	845	1.9%	764	890	-45	-5.1%
Information Not Available	12,641	28.9%	8,803	13,808	-1,167	-8.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,556		6,596	11,978
Male	6,341	66.4%	4,162	7,908	-1,567	-19.8%
Female	3,215	33.6%	2,434	4,070	-855	-21.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,556		6,596	11,978
Hispanic or Latino	225	2.4%	100	229	-4	-1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,281	86.7%	5,786	10,467	-2,186	-20.9%
Information Not Available	1,050	11.0%	710	1,282	-232	-18.1%

Race	9,556		6,596	11,978
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	1.1%	82	135	-33	-24.4%
Asian	75	0.8%	24	63	12	19.0%
Black or African American	131	1.4%	91	183	-52	-28.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,761	91.7%	6,120	10,935	-2,174	-19.9%
Information Not Available	487	5.1%	279	662	-175	-26.4%

Years of Age	9,556		6,596	11,978
Younger than 22	209	1.2%	218	269	-60	-22.3%
22-24	426	2.4%	295	580	-154	-26.6%
25-34	2,164	12.4%	1,462	2,776	-612	-22.0%
35-44	1,881	10.8%	1,284	2,378	-497	-20.9%
45-54	2,050	11.8%	1,496	2,581	-531	-20.6%
55-59	1,150	6.6%	825	1,436	-286	-19.9%
60-64	909	5.2%	589	1,139	-230	-20.2%
65 and older	767	4.4%	427	819	-52	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,556		6,596	11,978
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	2.1%	142	258	-57	-22.1%
Mining	16	0.2%	8	15	1	6.7%
Utilities	9	0.1%	13	11	-2	-18.2%
Construction	1,809	18.5%	985	2,378	-569	-23.9%
Manufacturing	891	9.1%	610	1,203	-312	-25.9%
Wholesale Trade	265	2.7%	169	307	-42	-13.7%
Retail Trade	663	6.8%	447	869	-206	-23.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	220	2.3%	155	266	-46	-17.3%
Information	61	0.6%	38	69	-8	-11.6%
Finance and Insurance	91	0.9%	84	126	-35	-27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	71	0.7%	51	84	-13	-15.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	233	2.4%	220	195	38	19.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.2%	12	17	5	29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	950	9.7%	584	1,139	-189	-16.6%
Educational Services	85	0.9%	73	97	-12	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	337	3.5%	357	449	-112	-24.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	249	2.6%	157	261	-12	-4.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,388	14.2%	941	1,843	-455	-24.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	172	1.8%	152	181	-9	-5.0%
Public Administration	153	1.6%	132	150	3	2.0%
Information Not Available	1,670	17.1%	1,266	2,060	-390	-18.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	101,280		73,138	119,959
Male	69,320	68.4%	47,852	84,162	-14,842	-17.6%
Female	29,952	29.6%	23,677	33,898	-3,946	-11.6%
Information Not Available	2,008	2.0%	1,609	1,899	109	5.7%

Ethnicity	101,280		73,138	119,959
Hispanic or Latino	8,468	8.4%	5,886	8,659	-191	-2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,855	76.9%	56,008	92,106	-14,251	-15.5%
Information Not Available	14,957	14.8%	11,244	19,194	-4,237	-22.1%

Race	101,280		73,138	119,959
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,221	1.2%	883	1,361	-140	-10.3%
Asian	873	0.9%	590	1,118	-245	-21.9%
Black or African American	12,943	12.8%	9,949	15,047	-2,104	-14.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	62	0.1%	50	76	-14	-18.4%
White	64,018	63.2%	45,265	76,311	-12,293	-16.1%
Information Not Available	22,163	21.9%	16,401	26,046	-3,883	-14.9%

Years of Age	101,280		73,138	119,959
Younger than 22	2,970	1.9%	1,899	3,356	-386	-11.5%
22-24	5,660	3.6%	3,970	6,251	-591	-9.5%
25-34	23,975	15.1%	16,971	27,054	-3,079	-11.4%
35-44	22,419	14.2%	16,183	26,877	-4,458	-16.6%
45-54	23,782	15.0%	17,800	29,839	-6,057	-20.3%
55-59	11,599	7.3%	8,266	14,223	-2,624	-18.4%
60-64	7,016	4.4%	5,058	8,126	-1,110	-13.7%
65 and older	3,855	2.4%	2,987	4,227	-372	-8.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	6	-2	-33.3%

Industry	101,280		73,138	119,959
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,308	2.2%	1,714	2,341	-33	-1.4%
Mining	1,081	1.0%	862	969	112	11.6%
Utilities	139	0.1%	139	119	20	16.8%
Construction	21,341	20.6%	12,941	23,164	-1,823	-7.9%
Manufacturing	12,814	12.4%	8,624	17,710	-4,896	-27.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,299	3.2%	5,250	3,362	-63	-1.9%
Retail Trade	5,582	5.4%	3,979	5,665	-83	-1.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,150	4.0%	2,053	4,621	-471	-10.2%
Information	901	0.9%	772	906	-5	-0.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,386	1.3%	1,152	1,215	171	14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,019	1.0%	813	1,159	-140	-12.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,309	5.1%	3,685	5,541	-232	-4.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,227	2.1%	1,191	9,693	-7,466	-77.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,295	14.8%	10,414	16,611	-1,316	-7.9%
Educational Services	1,022	1.0%	900	1,138	-116	-10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,416	4.3%	4,148	4,759	-343	-7.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,060	3.9%	2,841	4,135	-75	-1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,527	4.4%	3,623	4,808	-281	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,201	2.1%	1,722	2,052	149	7.3%
Public Administration	1,898	1.8%	1,582	1,993	-95	-4.8%
Information Not Available	6,305	6.1%	4,733	7,998	-1,693	-21.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,782		60,810	70,462
Male	52,554	78.7%	47,393	55,380	-2,826	-5.1%
Female	14,194	21.3%	13,406	15,075	-881	-5.8%
Information Not Available	34	0.1%	11	7	27	385.7%

Ethnicity	66,782		60,810	70,462
Hispanic or Latino	3,118	4.7%	2,762	3,112	6	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,023	85.4%	52,138	60,184	-3,161	-5.3%
Information Not Available	6,641	9.9%	5,910	7,166	-525	-7.3%

Race	66,782		60,810	70,462
American Indian or Alaskan Native	829	1.2%	748	865	-36	-4.2%
Asian	1,049	1.6%	1,004	1,121	-72	-6.4%
Black or African American	3,302	4.9%	2,975	3,245	57	1.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	115	0.2%	96	122	-7	-5.7%
White	56,006	83.9%	51,200	59,694	-3,688	-6.2%
Information Not Available	5,481	8.2%	4,787	5,415	66	1.2%

Years of Age	66,782		60,810	70,462
Younger than 22	1,300	1.1%	1,886	1,410	-110	-7.8%
22-24	3,403	2.9%	3,468	3,753	-350	-9.3%
25-34	16,523	14.1%	15,176	17,516	-993	-5.7%
35-44	14,375	12.3%	12,824	15,099	-724	-4.8%
45-54	14,234	12.1%	13,472	15,396	-1,162	-7.5%
55-59	8,134	6.9%	7,225	8,407	-273	-3.2%
60-64	5,530	4.7%	4,427	5,685	-155	-2.7%
65 and older	3,248	2.8%	2,321	3,186	62	1.9%
Information Not Available	35	0.0%	11	10	25	250.0%

Industry	66,782		60,810	70,462
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	986	1.5%	885	1,055	-69	-6.5%
Mining	795	1.2%	826	1,682	-887	-52.7%
Utilities	260	0.4%	263	265	-5	-1.9%
Construction	25,970	38.3%	23,138	26,564	-594	-2.2%
Manufacturing	7,598	11.2%	6,933	8,077	-479	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,239	3.3%	2,092	2,568	-329	-12.8%
Retail Trade	3,187	4.7%	2,760	3,299	-112	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,803	2.7%	1,645	1,887	-84	-4.5%
Information	688	1.0%	649	603	85	14.1%
Finance and Insurance	882	1.3%	848	938	-56	-6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	632	0.9%	574	668	-36	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,804	4.1%	2,611	2,891	-87	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	917	1.4%	750	1,273	-356	-28.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,101	9.0%	5,518	6,513	-412	-6.3%
Educational Services	970	1.4%	1,037	923	47	5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,463	3.6%	2,335	2,630	-167	-6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,195	1.8%	1,148	1,270	-75	-5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,325	3.4%	2,259	2,323	2	0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,534	2.3%	1,423	1,547	-13	-0.8%
Public Administration	1,463	2.2%	1,329	1,501	-38	-2.5%
Information Not Available	1,970	2.9%	1,787	1,985	-15	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,432		28,841	41,727
Male	23,168	61.9%	17,177	26,465	-3,297	-12.5%
Female	14,186	37.9%	11,626	15,202	-1,016	-6.7%
Information Not Available	78	0.2%	38	60	18	30.0%

Ethnicity	37,432		28,841	41,727
Hispanic or Latino	1,676	4.5%	1,191	1,762	-86	-4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,172	80.6%	23,429	32,501	-2,329	-7.2%
Information Not Available	5,584	14.9%	4,221	7,464	-1,880	-25.2%

Race	37,432		28,841	41,727
American Indian or Alaskan Native	226	0.6%	168	284	-58	-20.4%
Asian	392	1.0%	278	217	175	80.6%
Black or African American	6,461	17.3%	5,718	6,926	-465	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	704	1.9%	710	1,410	-706	-50.1%
White	26,362	70.4%	19,668	29,409	-3,047	-10.4%
Information Not Available	3,287	8.8%	2,299	3,481	-194	-5.6%

Years of Age	37,432		28,841	41,727
Younger than 22	566	0.9%	591	734	-168	-22.9%
22-24	1,527	2.5%	1,254	1,866	-339	-18.2%
25-34	8,283	13.6%	6,471	9,426	-1,143	-12.1%
35-44	8,412	13.8%	6,543	9,241	-829	-9.0%
45-54	8,700	14.3%	6,923	9,975	-1,275	-12.8%
55-59	4,529	7.4%	3,425	4,855	-326	-6.7%
60-64	2,971	4.9%	2,044	3,082	-111	-3.6%
65 and older	2,444	4.0%	1,590	2,546	-102	-4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	37,432		28,841	41,727
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	482	1.3%	366	557	-75	-13.5%
Mining	162	0.4%	141	223	-61	-27.4%
Utilities	43	0.1%	45	65	-22	-33.8%
Construction	7,046	18.6%	4,808	8,023	-977	-12.2%
Manufacturing	3,851	10.2%	3,011	6,148	-2,297	-37.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,239	3.3%	1,151	1,188	51	4.3%
Retail Trade	3,042	8.0%	2,418	2,992	50	1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,440	3.8%	1,122	1,541	-101	-6.6%
Information	560	1.5%	437	529	31	5.9%
Finance and Insurance	766	2.0%	748	708	58	8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	597	1.6%	495	596	1	0.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,460	3.9%	1,341	1,465	-5	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	167	0.4%	152	211	-44	-20.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,972	13.1%	3,589	5,375	-403	-7.5%
Educational Services	584	1.5%	594	567	17	3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,638	7.0%	2,525	2,572	66	2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,724	4.5%	728	2,140	-416	-19.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,695	9.7%	2,480	4,116	-421	-10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	776	2.0%	676	812	-36	-4.4%
Public Administration	411	1.1%	375	423	-12	-2.8%
Information Not Available	1,777	4.7%	1,639	1,476	301	20.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,889		12,325	14,523
Male	7,525	58.4%	7,083	8,801	-1,276	-14.5%
Female	5,336	41.4%	5,224	5,711	-375	-6.6%
Information Not Available	28	0.2%	18	11	17	154.5%

Ethnicity	12,889		12,325	14,523
Hispanic or Latino	267	2.1%	232	298	-31	-10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,015	93.2%	11,543	13,089	-1,074	-8.2%
Information Not Available	607	4.7%	550	1,136	-529	-46.6%

Race	12,889		12,325	14,523
American Indian or Alaskan Native	50	0.4%	42	48	2	4.2%
Asian	139	1.1%	125	50	89	178.0%
Black or African American	7,464	57.9%	7,192	8,201	-737	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.2%	31	49	-17	-34.7%
White	4,821	37.4%	4,589	5,748	-927	-16.1%
Information Not Available	383	3.0%	346	427	-44	-10.3%

Years of Age	12,889		12,325	14,523
Younger than 22	122	0.7%	230	150	-28	-18.7%
22-24	516	3.1%	656	621	-105	-16.9%
25-34	3,040	18.2%	3,082	3,522	-482	-13.7%
35-44	3,170	19.0%	2,940	3,379	-209	-6.2%
45-54	2,960	17.7%	2,773	3,367	-407	-12.1%
55-59	1,377	8.2%	1,262	1,642	-265	-16.1%
60-64	1,005	6.0%	806	1,078	-73	-6.8%
65 and older	699	4.2%	576	764	-65	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,889		12,325	14,523
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	922	6.7%	808	1,031	-109	-10.6%
Mining	33	0.2%	38	206	-173	-84.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	14	18	-8	-44.4%
Construction	825	6.0%	702	982	-157	-16.0%
Manufacturing	1,505	10.9%	1,473	1,587	-82	-5.2%
Wholesale Trade	270	2.0%	236	286	-16	-5.6%
Retail Trade	1,023	7.4%	940	1,031	-8	-0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	293	2.1%	259	317	-24	-7.6%
Information	201	1.5%	107	122	79	64.8%
Finance and Insurance	159	1.2%	152	171	-12	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	142	1.0%	130	138	4	2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	291	2.1%	337	398	-107	-26.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	126	0.9%	134	130	-4	-3.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,151	8.3%	1,100	1,352	-201	-14.9%
Educational Services	287	2.1%	245	256	31	12.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	948	6.9%	944	1,180	-232	-19.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	0.5%	85	190	-118	-62.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	833	6.0%	1,005	886	-53	-6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	171	1.2%	184	205	-34	-16.6%
Public Administration	199	1.4%	185	298	-99	-33.2%
Information Not Available	3,428	24.8%	3,247	3,739	-311	-8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,158		9,454	10,734
Male	8,465	75.9%	6,971	8,139	326	4.0%
Female	2,687	24.1%	2,476	2,581	106	4.1%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	7	14	-8	-57.1%

Ethnicity	11,158		9,454	10,734
Hispanic or Latino	491	4.4%	409	442	49	11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,115	90.7%	8,612	9,806	309	3.2%
Information Not Available	552	4.9%	433	486	66	13.6%

Race	11,158		9,454	10,734
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,112	10.0%	827	984	128	13.0%
Asian	40	0.4%	38	38	2	5.3%
Black or African American	104	0.9%	95	100	4	4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.2%	19	22	3	13.6%
White	9,729	87.2%	8,347	9,448	281	3.0%
Information Not Available	148	1.3%	128	142	6	4.2%

Years of Age	11,158		9,454	10,734
Younger than 22	336	1.7%	239	302	34	11.3%
22-24	644	3.2%	503	627	17	2.7%
25-34	3,046	15.2%	2,585	2,958	88	3.0%
35-44	2,374	11.9%	1,998	2,200	174	7.9%
45-54	2,065	10.3%	1,822	2,189	-124	-5.7%
55-59	1,299	6.5%	1,093	1,212	87	7.2%
60-64	877	4.4%	758	779	98	12.6%
65 and older	517	2.6%	456	467	50	10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,158		9,454	10,734
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	269	2.4%	221	230	39	17.0%
Mining	335	2.9%	292	478	-143	-29.9%
Utilities	26	0.2%	19	36	-10	-27.8%
Construction	3,580	31.3%	2,796	3,252	328	10.1%
Manufacturing	558	4.9%	486	543	15	2.8%
Wholesale Trade	214	1.9%	182	243	-29	-11.9%
Retail Trade	862	7.5%	700	781	81	10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	272	2.4%	242	299	-27	-9.0%
Information	54	0.5%	57	63	-9	-14.3%
Finance and Insurance	137	1.2%	110	124	13	10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	109	1.0%	81	111	-2	-1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	286	2.5%	254	285	1	0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.0%	4	8	-3	-37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,192	10.4%	1,011	1,246	-54	-4.3%
Educational Services	155	1.4%	152	148	7	4.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	404	3.5%	401	389	15	3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	348	3.0%	341	354	-6	-1.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,068	9.3%	1,044	1,056	12	1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	259	2.3%	225	216	43	19.9%
Public Administration	516	4.5%	358	375	141	37.6%
Information Not Available	509	4.5%	478	497	12	2.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,145		23,730	31,509
Male	14,037	51.7%	12,141	16,976	-2,939	-17.3%
Female	13,093	48.2%	11,576	14,522	-1,429	-9.8%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	13	11	4	36.4%

Ethnicity	27,145		23,730	31,509
Hispanic or Latino	1,384	5.1%	1,168	1,462	-78	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,234	93.0%	21,988	29,300	-4,066	-13.9%
Information Not Available	527	1.9%	574	747	-220	-29.5%

Race	27,145		23,730	31,509
American Indian or Alaskan Native	416	1.5%	414	415	1	0.2%
Asian	357	1.3%	339	481	-124	-25.8%
Black or African American	11,148	41.1%	9,879	12,484	-1,336	-10.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.2%	57	61	-13	-21.3%
White	13,369	49.3%	11,485	16,243	-2,874	-17.7%
Information Not Available	1,807	6.7%	1,556	1,825	-18	-1.0%

Years of Age	27,145		23,730	31,509
Younger than 22	426	1.1%	355	618	-192	-31.1%
22-24	1,133	2.9%	1,038	1,523	-390	-25.6%
25-34	6,799	17.5%	6,009	7,747	-948	-12.2%
35-44	6,593	17.0%	5,727	7,644	-1,051	-13.7%
45-54	6,746	17.4%	5,934	7,760	-1,014	-13.1%
55-59	2,805	7.2%	2,469	3,189	-384	-12.0%
60-64	1,700	4.4%	1,457	1,884	-184	-9.8%
65 and older	943	2.4%	741	1,144	-201	-17.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,145		23,730	31,509
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	156	0.6%	125	191	-35	-18.3%
Mining	12	0.0%	7	14	-2	-14.3%
Utilities	30	0.1%	23	31	-1	-3.2%
Construction	2,085	7.6%	1,529	2,702	-617	-22.8%
Manufacturing	3,310	12.1%	3,325	3,440	-130	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	996	3.6%	928	1,169	-173	-14.8%
Retail Trade	2,334	8.5%	1,974	2,605	-271	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	693	2.5%	539	759	-66	-8.7%
Information	460	1.7%	422	427	33	7.7%
Finance and Insurance	753	2.8%	691	790	-37	-4.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	543	2.0%	463	583	-40	-6.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,527	5.6%	1,394	1,596	-69	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.5%	121	123	12	9.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,922	18.0%	4,224	6,354	-1,432	-22.5%
Educational Services	446	1.6%	457	490	-44	-9.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,030	7.4%	2,022	2,309	-279	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	542	2.0%	372	646	-104	-16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,507	9.2%	1,969	2,913	-406	-13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	612	2.2%	532	616	-4	-0.6%
Public Administration	426	1.6%	395	520	-94	-18.1%
Information Not Available	2,626	9.6%	2,218	3,231	-605	-18.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,027		7,334	10,120
Male	7,888	87.4%	6,362	8,735	-847	-9.7%
Female	1,139	12.6%	972	1,384	-245	-17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,027		7,334	10,120
Hispanic or Latino	652	7.2%	534	654	-2	-0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,181	90.6%	6,640	9,228	-1,047	-11.3%
Information Not Available	194	2.1%	160	238	-44	-18.5%

Race	9,027		7,334	10,120
American Indian or Alaskan Native	535	5.9%	409	580	-45	-7.8%
Asian	38	0.4%	31	51	-13	-25.5%
Black or African American	294	3.3%	261	378	-84	-22.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	11	22	-6	-27.3%
White	7,298	80.8%	5,928	8,197	-899	-11.0%
Information Not Available	846	9.4%	694	892	-46	-5.2%

Years of Age	9,027		7,334	10,120
Younger than 22	118	0.8%	174	126	-8	-6.3%
22-24	471	3.0%	456	544	-73	-13.4%
25-34	2,274	14.7%	1,837	2,516	-242	-9.6%
35-44	1,800	11.7%	1,459	1,960	-160	-8.2%
45-54	1,833	11.9%	1,558	2,189	-356	-16.3%
55-59	1,061	6.9%	889	1,218	-157	-12.9%
60-64	878	5.7%	609	937	-59	-6.3%
65 and older	592	3.8%	352	626	-34	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	9,027		7,334	10,120
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	297	3.2%	189	301	-4	-1.3%
Mining	820	8.8%	697	1,255	-435	-34.7%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	25	-18	-72.0%
Construction	4,156	44.6%	3,181	3,893	263	6.8%
Manufacturing	714	7.7%	673	1,200	-486	-40.5%
Wholesale Trade	387	4.2%	352	522	-135	-25.9%
Retail Trade	300	3.2%	251	312	-12	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	414	4.4%	398	610	-196	-32.1%
Information	25	0.3%	17	34	-9	-26.5%
Finance and Insurance	50	0.5%	45	56	-6	-10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	65	0.7%	56	86	-21	-24.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	279	3.0%	199	265	14	5.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	11	7	8	114.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	448	4.8%	370	442	6	1.4%
Educational Services	3	0.0%	4	1	2	200.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	129	1.4%	112	142	-13	-9.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	41	0.4%	38	37	4	10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	192	2.1%	176	181	11	6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	90	1.0%	76	120	-30	-25.0%
Public Administration	266	2.9%	217	254	12	4.7%
Information Not Available	329	3.5%	265	377	-48	-12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,617		6,672	8,884
Male	6,112	70.9%	4,379	6,140	-28	-0.5%
Female	2,015	23.4%	1,819	2,218	-203	-9.2%
Information Not Available	490	5.7%	474	526	-36	-6.8%

Ethnicity	8,617		6,672	8,884
Hispanic or Latino	1,088	12.6%	854	1,006	82	8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,325	73.4%	4,741	6,470	-145	-2.2%
Information Not Available	1,204	14.0%	1,077	1,408	-204	-14.5%

Race	8,617		6,672	8,884
American Indian or Alaskan Native	134	1.6%	111	119	15	12.6%
Asian	245	2.8%	228	130	115	88.5%
Black or African American	640	7.4%	564	628	12	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.2%	10	24	-6	-25.0%
White	5,959	69.2%	4,410	6,103	-144	-2.4%
Information Not Available	1,621	18.8%	1,349	1,880	-259	-13.8%

Years of Age	8,617		6,672	8,884
Younger than 22	74	0.5%	68	71	3	4.2%
22-24	297	2.2%	225	309	-12	-3.9%
25-34	1,794	13.1%	1,471	1,957	-163	-8.3%
35-44	1,909	13.9%	1,518	1,875	34	1.8%
45-54	2,036	14.8%	1,540	2,178	-142	-6.5%
55-59	1,098	8.0%	780	1,096	2	0.2%
60-64	840	6.1%	622	843	-3	-0.4%
65 and older	569	4.1%	448	555	14	2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,617		6,672	8,884
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	0.9%	70	75	5	6.7%
Mining	198	2.3%	143	210	-12	-5.7%
Utilities	18	0.2%	16	12	6	50.0%
Construction	2,712	31.2%	1,961	2,678	34	1.3%
Manufacturing	1,373	15.8%	721	1,426	-53	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	256	2.9%	210	276	-20	-7.2%
Retail Trade	448	5.2%	372	451	-3	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	240	2.8%	166	235	5	2.1%
Information	84	1.0%	87	100	-16	-16.0%
Finance and Insurance	161	1.9%	170	206	-45	-21.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	88	1.0%	79	88	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	182	2.1%	197	220	-38	-17.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.5%	55	43	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	979	11.3%	812	1,002	-23	-2.3%
Educational Services	86	1.0%	89	72	14	19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	351	4.0%	354	367	-16	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	114	1.3%	107	128	-14	-10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	247	2.8%	212	236	11	4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	91	1.0%	85	95	-4	-4.2%
Public Administration	251	2.9%	239	261	-10	-3.8%
Information Not Available	615	7.1%	527	703	-88	-12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,341		4,185	6,306
Male	3,467	64.9%	2,521	4,055	-588	-14.5%
Female	1,840	34.5%	1,639	2,217	-377	-17.0%
Information Not Available	34	0.6%	25	34	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,341		4,185	6,306
Hispanic or Latino	277	5.2%	203	266	11	4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,330	81.1%	3,428	5,179	-849	-16.4%
Information Not Available	734	13.7%	554	861	-127	-14.8%

Race	5,341		4,185	6,306
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30	0.6%	20	36	-6	-16.7%
Asian	82	1.5%	63	80	2	2.5%
Black or African American	84	1.6%	76	109	-25	-22.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.2%	2	17	-7	-41.2%
White	4,708	88.1%	3,690	5,596	-888	-15.9%
Information Not Available	427	8.0%	334	468	-41	-8.8%

Years of Age	5,341		4,185	6,306
Younger than 22	47	0.5%	30	64	-17	-26.6%
22-24	152	1.6%	111	201	-49	-24.4%
25-34	973	10.3%	728	1,138	-165	-14.5%
35-44	977	10.4%	747	1,207	-230	-19.1%
45-54	1,395	14.8%	1,152	1,655	-260	-15.7%
55-59	732	7.8%	615	884	-152	-17.2%
60-64	624	6.6%	476	682	-58	-8.5%
65 and older	441	4.7%	326	475	-34	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,341		4,185	6,306
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55	1.0%	25	56	-1	-1.8%
Mining	26	0.5%	7	38	-12	-31.6%
Utilities	10	0.2%	9	11	-1	-9.1%
Construction	508	9.4%	194	568	-60	-10.6%
Manufacturing	421	7.8%	376	537	-116	-21.6%
Wholesale Trade	239	4.4%	214	259	-20	-7.7%
Retail Trade	286	5.3%	231	378	-92	-24.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	127	2.4%	107	139	-12	-8.6%
Information	56	1.0%	64	88	-32	-36.4%
Finance and Insurance	150	2.8%	144	130	20	15.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	46	0.9%	50	64	-18	-28.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	233	4.3%	230	301	-68	-22.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.6%	25	34	1	2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	844	15.6%	638	977	-133	-13.6%
Educational Services	136	2.5%	159	167	-31	-18.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	317	5.9%	310	429	-112	-26.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	170	3.2%	158	189	-19	-10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	124	2.3%	93	182	-58	-31.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	118	2.2%	119	145	-27	-18.6%
Public Administration	91	1.7%	78	82	9	11.0%
Information Not Available	1,349	25.0%	954	1,532	-183	-11.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	117,467		97,621	121,620
Male	74,001	63.0%	58,206	75,561	-1,560	-2.1%
Female	43,466	37.0%	39,415	46,059	-2,593	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	117,467		97,621	121,620
Hispanic or Latino	27,847	23.7%	21,922	27,913	-66	-0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,751	66.2%	65,779	81,422	-3,671	-4.5%
Information Not Available	11,869	10.1%	9,920	12,285	-416	-3.4%

Race	117,467		97,621	121,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	681	0.6%	507	620	61	9.8%
Asian	3,891	3.3%	3,542	3,838	53	1.4%
Black or African American	21,376	18.2%	19,127	21,965	-589	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	622	0.5%	607	762	-140	-18.4%
White	73,013	62.2%	59,392	76,821	-3,808	-5.0%
Information Not Available	17,884	15.2%	14,446	17,614	270	1.5%

Years of Age	117,467		97,621	121,620
Younger than 22	3,281	1.8%	2,483	2,083	1,198	57.5%
22-24	6,679	3.7%	5,409	6,054	625	10.3%
25-34	27,231	15.0%	23,045	27,905	-674	-2.4%
35-44	23,766	13.1%	19,733	24,290	-524	-2.2%
45-54	26,710	14.7%	21,807	28,223	-1,513	-5.4%
55-59	12,889	7.1%	10,626	13,527	-638	-4.7%
60-64	9,050	5.0%	7,729	10,104	-1,054	-10.4%
65 and older	7,861	4.3%	6,789	9,434	-1,573	-16.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	117,467		97,621	121,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,273	1.1%	933	1,234	39	3.2%
Mining	127	0.1%	53	124	3	2.4%
Utilities	217	0.2%	188	182	35	19.2%
Construction	15,897	13.4%	10,669	15,505	392	2.5%
Manufacturing	6,139	5.2%	5,310	6,662	-523	-7.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,024	4.2%	4,588	5,513	-489	-8.9%
Retail Trade	11,723	9.9%	9,996	13,655	-1,932	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,674	3.9%	3,938	4,590	84	1.8%
Information	1,572	1.3%	1,495	1,508	64	4.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,217	2.7%	2,973	2,860	357	12.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,069	1.7%	1,580	2,168	-99	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,205	5.2%	5,729	6,214	-9	-0.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,320	1.1%	1,172	1,438	-118	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,605	16.5%	14,905	19,879	-274	-1.4%
Educational Services	2,291	1.9%	2,877	2,481	-190	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,280	7.0%	8,282	8,955	-675	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,848	4.1%	3,312	4,752	96	2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,546	10.6%	10,146	11,582	964	8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,505	2.1%	2,252	2,739	-234	-8.5%
Public Administration	1,596	1.3%	1,442	1,788	-192	-10.7%
Information Not Available	6,339	5.3%	5,781	7,791	-1,452	-18.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,363		11,758	13,636
Male	7,588	61.4%	7,153	8,804	-1,216	-13.8%
Female	4,775	38.6%	4,605	4,832	-57	-1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,363		11,758	13,636
Hispanic or Latino	6,510	52.7%	6,200	7,300	-790	-10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,737	38.3%	4,480	5,174	-437	-8.4%
Information Not Available	1,116	9.0%	1,078	1,162	-46	-4.0%

Race	12,363		11,758	13,636
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,624	13.1%	1,559	1,747	-123	-7.0%
Asian	80	0.6%	78	90	-10	-11.1%
Black or African American	326	2.6%	314	356	-30	-8.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.3%	36	36	-1	-2.8%
White	6,511	52.7%	6,176	6,963	-452	-6.5%
Information Not Available	3,787	30.6%	3,595	4,444	-657	-14.8%

Years of Age	12,363		11,758	13,636
Younger than 22	358	2.0%	334	391	-33	-8.4%
22-24	619	3.5%	597	778	-159	-20.4%
25-34	2,977	16.6%	2,896	3,484	-507	-14.6%
35-44	2,643	14.7%	2,504	2,919	-276	-9.5%
45-54	2,769	15.5%	2,637	3,093	-324	-10.5%
55-59	1,451	8.1%	1,359	1,492	-41	-2.7%
60-64	954	5.3%	867	939	15	1.6%
65 and older	592	3.3%	564	540	52	9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,363		11,758	13,636
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,062	7.9%	884	1,115	-53	-4.8%
Mining	413	3.1%	514	954	-541	-56.7%
Utilities	37	0.3%	31	22	15	68.2%
Construction	2,549	19.0%	2,334	2,745	-196	-7.1%
Manufacturing	694	5.2%	684	756	-62	-8.2%
Wholesale Trade	373	2.8%	359	424	-51	-12.0%
Retail Trade	1,153	8.6%	1,105	1,102	51	4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	361	2.7%	314	404	-43	-10.6%
Information	483	3.6%	338	752	-269	-35.8%
Finance and Insurance	232	1.7%	238	216	16	7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	154	1.1%	155	212	-58	-27.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	575	4.3%	568	599	-24	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.1%	22	11	9	81.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	992	7.4%	952	1,025	-33	-3.2%
Educational Services	312	2.3%	346	288	24	8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,009	7.5%	1,031	1,054	-45	-4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	262	2.0%	235	284	-22	-7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	880	6.6%	832	833	47	5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	331	2.5%	375	289	42	14.5%
Public Administration	383	2.9%	363	459	-76	-16.6%
Information Not Available	88	0.7%	78	92	-4	-4.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,830		25,062	27,326
Male	14,583	58.7%	14,458	16,182	-1,599	-9.9%
Female	10,116	40.7%	10,455	11,036	-920	-8.3%
Information Not Available	131	0.5%	149	108	23	21.3%

Ethnicity	24,830		25,062	27,326
Hispanic or Latino	5,920	23.8%	5,782	6,512	-592	-9.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,283	61.6%	15,468	16,706	-1,423	-8.5%
Information Not Available	3,627	14.6%	3,812	4,108	-481	-11.7%

Race	24,830		25,062	27,326
American Indian or Alaskan Native	675	2.7%	641	748	-73	-9.8%
Asian	1,275	5.1%	1,455	1,606	-331	-20.6%
Black or African American	3,545	14.3%	3,775	3,544	1	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	554	2.2%	577	603	-49	-8.1%
White	13,962	56.2%	13,928	15,604	-1,642	-10.5%
Information Not Available	4,819	19.4%	4,686	5,221	-402	-7.7%

Years of Age	24,830		25,062	27,326
Younger than 22	615	1.7%	553	733	-118	-16.1%
22-24	1,315	3.5%	1,229	1,487	-172	-11.6%
25-34	6,186	16.7%	6,096	6,810	-624	-9.2%
35-44	5,437	14.7%	5,437	5,865	-428	-7.3%
45-54	5,715	15.4%	5,952	6,314	-599	-9.5%
55-59	2,560	6.9%	2,717	2,794	-234	-8.4%
60-64	1,714	4.6%	1,732	1,910	-196	-10.3%
65 and older	1,288	3.5%	1,346	1,413	-125	-8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,830		25,062	27,326
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	0.3%	67	91	-11	-12.1%
Mining	160	0.6%	135	432	-272	-63.0%
Utilities	32	0.1%	36	39	-7	-17.9%
Construction	3,638	14.6%	2,868	3,406	232	6.8%
Manufacturing	679	2.7%	667	903	-224	-24.8%
Wholesale Trade	436	1.8%	431	646	-210	-32.5%
Retail Trade	1,554	6.2%	1,426	1,865	-311	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	738	3.0%	1,091	961	-223	-23.2%
Information	217	0.9%	241	288	-71	-24.7%
Finance and Insurance	433	1.7%	457	521	-88	-16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	613	2.5%	710	642	-29	-4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	922	3.7%	908	1,014	-92	-9.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	202	0.8%	183	210	-8	-3.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,734	11.0%	3,152	3,193	-459	-14.4%
Educational Services	218	0.9%	216	241	-23	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,036	4.2%	1,046	1,112	-76	-6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	540	2.2%	531	611	-71	-11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,979	16.0%	4,634	5,300	-1,321	-24.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	469	1.9%	447	448	21	4.7%
Public Administration	378	1.5%	347	402	-24	-6.0%
Information Not Available	5,772	23.2%	5,469	5,001	771	15.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,160		152,977	197,925
Male	118,386	63.9%	93,142	125,410	-7,024	-5.6%
Female	66,750	36.0%	59,820	72,500	-5,750	-7.9%
Information Not Available	24	0.0%	15	15	9	60.0%

Ethnicity	185,160		152,977	197,925
Hispanic or Latino	34,677	18.7%	27,428	35,299	-622	-1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	128,111	69.2%	106,495	132,845	-4,734	-3.6%
Information Not Available	22,372	12.1%	19,054	29,781	-7,409	-24.9%

Race	185,160		152,977	197,925
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,697	0.9%	1,413	1,734	-37	-2.1%
Asian	6,023	3.3%	5,358	5,772	251	4.3%
Black or African American	28,945	15.6%	25,860	29,080	-135	-0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	990	0.5%	864	1,101	-111	-10.1%
White	108,505	58.6%	87,466	112,405	-3,900	-3.5%
Information Not Available	39,000	21.1%	32,016	47,833	-8,833	-18.5%

Years of Age	185,160		152,977	197,925
Younger than 22	4,707	1.7%	3,660	5,677	-970	-17.1%
22-24	10,542	3.7%	8,689	12,139	-1,597	-13.2%
25-34	48,271	17.2%	40,340	50,866	-2,595	-5.1%
35-44	38,597	13.7%	31,719	41,345	-2,748	-6.6%
45-54	41,208	14.7%	33,399	44,608	-3,400	-7.6%
55-59	19,237	6.8%	15,645	19,785	-548	-2.8%
60-64	12,503	4.4%	10,512	12,954	-451	-3.5%
65 and older	10,095	3.6%	9,013	10,551	-456	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	185,160		152,977	197,925
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,108	0.6%	752	1,140	-32	-2.8%
Mining	1,283	0.7%	687	1,397	-114	-8.2%
Utilities	146	0.1%	148	138	8	5.8%
Construction	33,277	17.9%	22,875	34,726	-1,449	-4.2%
Manufacturing	10,617	5.7%	9,237	10,798	-181	-1.7%
Wholesale Trade	6,083	3.3%	5,584	6,684	-601	-9.0%
Retail Trade	14,851	8.0%	12,287	18,201	-3,350	-18.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,420	2.9%	4,479	6,128	-708	-11.6%
Information	5,601	3.0%	4,992	5,804	-203	-3.5%
Finance and Insurance	5,670	3.0%	5,605	5,911	-241	-4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,601	1.9%	3,387	3,878	-277	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,859	5.3%	9,888	9,919	-60	-0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	928	0.5%	857	938	-10	-1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	27,242	14.6%	21,456	28,302	-1,060	-3.7%
Educational Services	4,114	2.2%	4,266	4,508	-394	-8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,830	6.9%	12,949	14,829	-1,999	-13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,081	4.9%	7,178	9,267	-186	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,412	9.3%	11,613	18,843	-1,431	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,928	2.6%	4,601	5,204	-276	-5.3%
Public Administration	5,072	2.7%	4,331	5,671	-599	-10.6%
Information Not Available	6,037	3.2%	5,805	5,639	398	7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,292		68,023	91,833
Male	59,854	72.7%	48,053	67,896	-8,042	-11.8%
Female	22,232	27.0%	19,781	23,722	-1,490	-6.3%
Information Not Available	206	0.3%	189	215	-9	-4.2%

Ethnicity	82,292		68,023	91,833
Hispanic or Latino	3,292	4.0%	2,760	3,527	-235	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,124	91.3%	62,097	84,099	-8,975	-10.7%
Information Not Available	3,876	4.7%	3,166	4,207	-331	-7.9%

Race	82,292		68,023	91,833
American Indian or Alaskan Native	392	0.5%	324	364	28	7.7%
Asian	386	0.5%	369	409	-23	-5.6%
Black or African American	10,674	13.0%	9,400	11,768	-1,094	-9.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	95	0.1%	82	69	26	37.7%
White	66,591	80.9%	54,329	74,739	-8,148	-10.9%
Information Not Available	4,154	5.0%	3,519	4,484	-330	-7.4%

Years of Age	82,292		68,023	91,833
Younger than 22	1,996	1.4%	1,620	2,313	-317	-13.7%
22-24	3,749	2.6%	2,891	4,313	-564	-13.1%
25-34	17,684	12.4%	14,651	19,820	-2,136	-10.8%
35-44	18,826	13.2%	15,581	21,519	-2,693	-12.5%
45-54	20,965	14.7%	17,413	23,658	-2,693	-11.4%
55-59	10,181	7.1%	8,252	10,900	-719	-6.6%
60-64	6,101	4.3%	5,151	6,361	-260	-4.1%
65 and older	2,790	2.0%	2,464	2,949	-159	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	82,292		68,023	91,833
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	818	1.0%	638	850	-32	-3.8%
Mining	842	1.0%	584	1,533	-691	-45.1%
Utilities	58	0.1%	66	104	-46	-44.2%
Construction	27,245	32.8%	20,015	27,164	81	0.3%
Manufacturing	10,046	12.1%	9,436	15,850	-5,804	-36.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,696	3.2%	2,563	3,316	-620	-18.7%
Retail Trade	2,992	3.6%	2,510	3,172	-180	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,473	4.2%	2,568	4,247	-774	-18.2%
Information	1,203	1.4%	939	778	425	54.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,516	1.8%	1,465	1,418	98	6.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,078	1.3%	968	1,219	-141	-11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,253	3.9%	3,078	3,153	100	3.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,130	1.4%	1,164	1,161	-31	-2.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,754	14.1%	9,434	13,445	-1,691	-12.6%
Educational Services	1,292	1.6%	1,340	1,190	102	8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,331	5.2%	4,238	4,252	79	1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,798	2.2%	1,479	2,054	-256	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,881	3.5%	2,220	2,766	115	4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,473	1.8%	1,299	1,507	-34	-2.3%
Public Administration	638	0.8%	530	681	-43	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,775	2.1%	1,489	1,973	-198	-10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,663		19,092	23,631
Male	10,843	58.1%	11,056	15,255	-4,412	-28.9%
Female	7,787	41.7%	8,000	8,307	-520	-6.3%
Information Not Available	33	0.2%	36	69	-36	-52.2%

Ethnicity	18,663		19,092	23,631
Hispanic or Latino	1,553	8.3%	1,548	2,016	-463	-23.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,110	91.7%	17,544	21,615	-4,505	-20.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	18,663		19,092	23,631
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,076	11.1%	2,119	2,220	-144	-6.5%
Asian	184	1.0%	195	176	8	4.5%
Black or African American	2,642	14.2%	2,726	2,951	-309	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.2%	42	35	2	5.7%
White	11,499	61.6%	11,821	15,144	-3,645	-24.1%
Information Not Available	2,225	11.9%	2,189	3,105	-880	-28.3%

Years of Age	18,663		19,092	23,631
Younger than 22	176	0.6%	164	269	-93	-34.6%
22-24	714	2.5%	701	983	-269	-27.4%
25-34	4,304	15.1%	4,300	5,813	-1,509	-26.0%
35-44	4,481	15.7%	4,594	5,551	-1,070	-19.3%
45-54	4,310	15.1%	4,462	5,365	-1,055	-19.7%
55-59	2,094	7.3%	2,151	2,607	-513	-19.7%
60-64	1,586	5.6%	1,632	1,813	-227	-12.5%
65 and older	998	3.5%	1,088	1,230	-232	-18.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,663		19,092	23,631
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.5%	84	71	18	25.4%
Mining	808	4.3%	880	2,408	-1,600	-66.4%
Utilities	89	0.5%	115	90	-1	-1.1%
Construction	2,284	12.2%	2,166	2,356	-72	-3.1%
Manufacturing	2,021	10.8%	2,024	3,771	-1,750	-46.4%
Wholesale Trade	914	4.9%	930	1,200	-286	-23.8%
Retail Trade	1,786	9.5%	1,756	1,869	-83	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	530	2.8%	469	605	-75	-12.4%
Information	394	2.1%	402	394	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	500	2.7%	496	442	58	13.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	362	1.9%	395	443	-81	-18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	992	5.3%	1,074	1,172	-180	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	215	1.1%	225	83	132	159.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,316	12.4%	2,407	2,934	-618	-21.1%
Educational Services	503	2.7%	621	395	108	27.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,786	9.5%	1,889	1,736	50	2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	233	1.2%	198	298	-65	-21.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	893	4.8%	870	911	-18	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	498	2.7%	582	733	-235	-32.1%
Public Administration	757	4.0%	809	820	-63	-7.7%
Information Not Available	693	3.7%	700	900	-207	-23.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,968		31,978	37,390
Male	24,541	64.6%	19,799	23,457	1,084	4.6%
Female	13,419	35.3%	12,176	13,921	-502	-3.6%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	3	12	-4	-33.3%

Ethnicity	37,968		31,978	37,390
Hispanic or Latino	5,042	13.3%	3,873	4,560	482	10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,527	77.8%	24,533	28,684	843	2.9%
Information Not Available	3,399	9.0%	3,572	4,146	-747	-18.0%

Race	37,968		31,978	37,390
American Indian or Alaskan Native	488	1.3%	383	491	-3	-0.6%
Asian	693	1.8%	773	741	-48	-6.5%
Black or African American	716	1.9%	570	690	26	3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	286	0.8%	255	268	18	6.7%
White	21,606	56.9%	18,055	21,232	374	1.8%
Information Not Available	14,179	37.3%	11,942	13,968	211	1.5%

Years of Age	37,968		31,978	37,390
Younger than 22	405	0.7%	542	451	-46	-10.2%
22-24	1,222	2.2%	1,261	1,386	-164	-11.8%
25-34	8,482	15.1%	7,466	8,726	-244	-2.8%
35-44	8,723	15.6%	7,297	8,461	262	3.1%
45-54	9,046	16.1%	7,615	8,914	132	1.5%
55-59	4,535	8.1%	3,735	4,380	155	3.5%
60-64	3,521	6.3%	2,600	3,209	312	9.7%
65 and older	2,034	3.6%	1,462	1,863	171	9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,968		31,978	37,390
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,128	5.3%	1,642	1,805	323	17.9%
Mining	202	0.5%	142	146	56	38.4%
Utilities	76	0.2%	64	71	5	7.0%
Construction	6,717	16.8%	4,556	5,224	1,493	28.6%
Manufacturing	4,884	12.2%	4,133	4,790	94	2.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,181	2.9%	1,078	1,276	-95	-7.4%
Retail Trade	3,078	7.7%	2,649	3,670	-592	-16.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,282	3.2%	900	1,031	251	24.3%
Information	785	2.0%	706	759	26	3.4%
Finance and Insurance	757	1.9%	696	788	-31	-3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	522	1.3%	456	572	-50	-8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,610	4.0%	1,513	1,430	180	12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	241	0.6%	250	301	-60	-19.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,590	9.0%	3,163	4,159	-569	-13.7%
Educational Services	625	1.6%	650	616	9	1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,988	7.5%	2,864	3,158	-170	-5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	587	1.5%	566	600	-13	-2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,680	6.7%	2,358	2,811	-131	-4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	891	2.2%	786	886	5	0.6%
Public Administration	921	2.3%	814	1,104	-183	-16.6%
Information Not Available	2,223	5.5%	1,992	2,193	30	1.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	161,112		131,119	183,403
Male	107,646	66.8%	83,542	125,244	-17,598	-14.1%
Female	53,457	33.2%	47,566	58,141	-4,684	-8.1%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	11	18	-9	-50.0%

Ethnicity	161,112		131,119	183,403
Hispanic or Latino	9,710	6.0%	7,628	10,565	-855	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	146,384	90.9%	119,217	167,791	-21,407	-12.8%
Information Not Available	5,018	3.1%	4,274	5,047	-29	-0.6%

Race	161,112		131,119	183,403
American Indian or Alaskan Native	419	0.3%	337	432	-13	-3.0%
Asian	47	0.0%	54	54	-7	-13.0%
Black or African American	19,305	12.0%	18,229	21,917	-2,612	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,657	1.0%	1,413	1,942	-285	-14.7%
White	125,251	77.7%	99,468	143,766	-18,515	-12.9%
Information Not Available	14,433	9.0%	11,618	15,292	-859	-5.6%

Years of Age	161,112		131,119	183,403
Younger than 22	3,644	1.3%	2,645	4,503	-859	-19.1%
22-24	7,803	2.9%	6,231	9,366	-1,563	-16.7%
25-34	36,346	13.3%	30,262	41,373	-5,027	-12.2%
35-44	32,832	12.0%	26,877	37,740	-4,908	-13.0%
45-54	37,784	13.9%	30,642	43,764	-5,980	-13.7%
55-59	19,383	7.1%	15,358	21,728	-2,345	-10.8%
60-64	13,697	5.0%	11,244	14,990	-1,293	-8.6%
65 and older	9,623	3.5%	7,860	9,939	-316	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	161,112		131,119	183,403
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	902	0.6%	545	1,008	-106	-10.5%
Mining	2,792	1.7%	2,054	6,474	-3,682	-56.9%
Utilities	301	0.2%	274	268	33	12.3%
Construction	36,898	22.8%	24,481	39,504	-2,606	-6.6%
Manufacturing	18,932	11.7%	17,463	24,299	-5,367	-22.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,500	2.8%	4,447	5,715	-1,215	-21.3%
Retail Trade	11,575	7.1%	10,351	12,773	-1,198	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,771	4.8%	6,475	8,417	-646	-7.7%
Information	1,678	1.0%	1,785	2,197	-519	-23.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,950	1.8%	3,143	3,323	-373	-11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,561	1.0%	1,517	2,087	-526	-25.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,505	4.0%	6,556	7,307	-802	-11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	885	0.5%	892	990	-105	-10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,759	12.2%	14,691	23,002	-3,243	-14.1%
Educational Services	2,662	1.6%	3,012	3,211	-549	-17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,334	7.6%	13,207	14,607	-2,273	-15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,937	3.7%	4,229	5,997	-60	-1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,350	7.6%	7,381	12,333	17	0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,948	1.8%	2,914	3,349	-401	-12.0%
Public Administration	2,629	1.6%	2,303	1,890	739	39.1%
Information Not Available	5,243	3.2%	3,399	4,652	591	12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,869		17,172	19,948
Male	9,652	54.0%	9,293	11,403	-1,751	-15.4%
Female	8,217	46.0%	7,879	8,545	-328	-3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,869		17,172	19,948
Hispanic or Latino	17,615	98.6%	16,940	19,607	-1,992	-10.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	101	0.6%	84	102	-1	-1.0%
Information Not Available	153	0.9%	148	239	-86	-36.0%

Race	17,869		17,172	19,948
American Indian or Alaskan Native	203	1.1%	209	165	38	23.0%
Asian	20	0.1%	24	15	5	33.3%
Black or African American	861	4.8%	758	975	-114	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.0%	6	16	-8	-50.0%
White	3,786	21.2%	3,579	4,783	-997	-20.8%
Information Not Available	12,991	72.7%	12,596	13,994	-1,003	-7.2%

Years of Age	17,869		17,172	19,948
Younger than 22	408	2.0%	433	611	-203	-33.2%
22-24	1,004	4.8%	1,019	1,407	-403	-28.6%
25-34	4,984	23.9%	4,850	5,796	-812	-14.0%
35-44	4,677	22.5%	4,449	5,188	-511	-9.8%
45-54	4,009	19.3%	3,741	4,089	-80	-2.0%
55-59	1,450	7.0%	1,375	1,465	-15	-1.0%
60-64	844	4.1%	819	821	23	2.8%
65 and older	481	2.3%	470	559	-78	-14.0%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	16	12	0	0.0%

Industry	17,869		17,172	19,948
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	569	3.1%	768	573	-4	-0.7%
Mining	11	0.1%	18	23	-12	-52.2%
Utilities	15	0.1%	11	21	-6	-28.6%
Construction	1,744	9.5%	1,681	2,465	-721	-29.2%
Manufacturing	2,790	15.1%	2,270	2,317	473	20.4%
Wholesale Trade	504	2.7%	479	630	-126	-20.0%
Retail Trade	1,577	8.6%	1,440	1,976	-399	-20.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	256	1.4%	386	261	-5	-1.9%
Information	221	1.2%	216	310	-89	-28.7%
Finance and Insurance	369	2.0%	329	498	-129	-25.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	220	1.2%	217	242	-22	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	585	3.2%	638	752	-167	-22.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	9	5	6	120.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,641	14.3%	2,465	3,189	-548	-17.2%
Educational Services	1,129	6.1%	1,385	1,216	-87	-7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,319	7.2%	1,430	1,567	-248	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	0.7%	150	91	44	48.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,332	7.2%	1,408	1,366	-34	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	225	1.2%	234	305	-80	-26.2%
Public Administration	1,616	8.8%	1,010	1,199	417	34.8%
Information Not Available	600	3.3%	628	942	-342	-36.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,410		8,819	12,203
Male	7,952	64.1%	5,221	7,708	244	3.2%
Female	4,458	35.9%	3,598	4,495	-37	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,410		8,819	12,203
Hispanic or Latino	2,054	16.6%	1,397	1,880	174	9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,615	61.4%	5,524	7,509	106	1.4%
Information Not Available	2,741	22.1%	1,898	2,814	-73	-2.6%

Race	12,410		8,819	12,203
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.8%	67	103	-3	-2.9%
Asian	127	1.0%	111	157	-30	-19.1%
Black or African American	688	5.5%	551	666	22	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	62	0.5%	45	56	6	10.7%
White	8,551	68.9%	6,078	8,394	157	1.9%
Information Not Available	2,882	23.2%	1,967	2,827	55	1.9%

Years of Age	12,410		8,819	12,203
Younger than 22	301	1.5%	206	247	54	21.9%
22-24	589	2.9%	417	629	-40	-6.4%
25-34	3,016	15.1%	2,101	2,864	152	5.3%
35-44	2,533	12.7%	1,800	2,541	-8	-0.3%
45-54	2,851	14.3%	1,988	2,806	45	1.6%
55-59	1,344	6.7%	972	1,347	-3	-0.2%
60-64	973	4.9%	720	979	-6	-0.6%
65 and older	803	4.0%	615	790	13	1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,410		8,819	12,203
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	132	1.1%	63	145	-13	-9.0%
Mining	37	0.3%	12	38	-1	-2.6%
Utilities	12	0.1%	9	12	0	0.0%
Construction	2,217	17.7%	1,165	2,017	200	9.9%
Manufacturing	1,012	8.1%	824	1,051	-39	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	345	2.8%	325	442	-97	-21.9%
Retail Trade	858	6.8%	690	922	-64	-6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	285	2.3%	181	276	9	3.3%
Information	78	0.6%	71	118	-40	-33.9%
Finance and Insurance	370	3.0%	322	331	39	11.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	241	1.9%	187	216	25	11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	472	3.8%	433	438	34	7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	99	0.8%	92	84	15	17.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,275	18.1%	1,375	2,425	-150	-6.2%
Educational Services	197	1.6%	166	192	5	2.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,072	8.5%	961	964	108	11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	621	5.0%	427	546	75	13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,383	11.0%	929	1,283	100	7.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	339	2.7%	305	340	-1	-0.3%
Public Administration	93	0.7%	69	91	2	2.2%
Information Not Available	272	2.2%	213	272	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,541		19,636	24,097
Male	10,990	51.0%	10,008	12,590	-1,600	-12.7%
Female	10,551	49.0%	9,628	11,507	-956	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,541		19,636	24,097
Hispanic or Latino	763	3.5%	785	844	-81	-9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,338	94.4%	18,424	22,686	-2,348	-10.3%
Information Not Available	440	2.0%	427	567	-127	-22.4%

Race	21,541		19,636	24,097
American Indian or Alaskan Native	117	0.5%	170	177	-60	-33.9%
Asian	187	0.9%	167	172	15	8.7%
Black or African American	9,546	44.3%	8,845	10,935	-1,389	-12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.1%	32	31	-1	-3.2%
White	10,704	49.7%	9,544	11,809	-1,105	-9.4%
Information Not Available	957	4.4%	878	973	-16	-1.6%

Years of Age	21,541		19,636	24,097
Younger than 22	116	0.4%	52	96	20	20.8%
22-24	67	0.2%	47	59	8	13.6%
25-34	1,049	3.5%	667	1,103	-54	-4.9%
35-44	4,077	13.7%	3,232	4,423	-346	-7.8%
45-54	4,886	16.5%	4,481	5,674	-788	-13.9%
55-59	2,382	8.0%	2,146	2,637	-255	-9.7%
60-64	2,565	8.6%	2,364	2,966	-401	-13.5%
65 and older	6,342	21.4%	6,614	7,032	-690	-9.8%
Information Not Available	57	0.2%	33	107	-50	-46.7%

Industry	21,541		19,636	24,097
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	175	0.8%	141	174	1	0.6%
Mining	11	0.1%	19	31	-20	-64.5%
Utilities	33	0.2%	31	41	-8	-19.5%
Construction	1,561	7.2%	1,510	1,675	-114	-6.8%
Manufacturing	2,270	10.5%	2,175	3,123	-853	-27.3%
Wholesale Trade	765	3.5%	863	729	36	4.9%
Retail Trade	1,800	8.3%	1,644	1,935	-135	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	650	3.0%	543	576	74	12.8%
Information	345	1.6%	307	268	77	28.7%
Finance and Insurance	545	2.5%	480	533	12	2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	485	2.2%	444	485	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,206	5.6%	1,152	1,308	-102	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	111	0.5%	100	134	-23	-17.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,471	16.0%	3,042	4,226	-755	-17.9%
Educational Services	325	1.5%	350	333	-8	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,286	5.9%	1,299	1,435	-149	-10.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	525	2.4%	411	643	-118	-18.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,921	13.5%	2,740	3,117	-196	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	630	2.9%	576	715	-85	-11.9%
Public Administration	328	1.5%	285	330	-2	-0.6%
Information Not Available	2,098	9.7%	1,524	2,286	-188	-8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,786		3,185	3,621
Male	3,101	81.9%	2,502	2,900	201	6.9%
Female	685	18.1%	683	721	-36	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,786		3,185	3,621
Hispanic or Latino	199	5.3%	160	161	38	23.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,249	85.8%	2,699	3,045	204	6.7%
Information Not Available	338	8.9%	326	415	-77	-18.6%

Race	3,786		3,185	3,621
American Indian or Alaskan Native	364	9.6%	322	318	46	14.5%
Asian	37	1.0%	36	11	26	236.4%
Black or African American	84	2.2%	80	81	3	3.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
White	2,849	75.3%	2,346	2,796	53	1.9%
Information Not Available	451	11.9%	399	411	40	9.7%

Years of Age	3,786		3,185	3,621
Younger than 22	66	1.1%	37	58	8	13.8%
22-24	164	2.6%	139	138	26	18.8%
25-34	760	12.1%	611	718	42	5.8%
35-44	760	12.1%	654	681	79	11.6%
45-54	785	12.5%	681	761	24	3.2%
55-59	497	7.9%	422	492	5	1.0%
60-64	366	5.8%	309	376	-10	-2.7%
65 and older	388	6.2%	332	397	-9	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,786		3,185	3,621
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.9%	24	28	7	25.0%
Mining	127	3.3%	117	142	-15	-10.6%
Utilities	8	0.2%	2	6	2	33.3%
Construction	1,650	43.2%	1,279	1,480	170	11.5%
Manufacturing	390	10.2%	311	368	22	6.0%
Wholesale Trade	102	2.7%	90	120	-18	-15.0%
Retail Trade	218	5.7%	183	212	6	2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	129	3.4%	98	120	9	7.5%
Information	27	0.7%	24	23	4	17.4%
Finance and Insurance	88	2.3%	98	78	10	12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	23	0.6%	19	15	8	53.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	55	1.4%	59	61	-6	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	1	5	-2	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	224	5.9%	194	216	8	3.7%
Educational Services	53	1.4%	53	64	-11	-17.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	103	2.7%	105	113	-10	-8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	38	1.0%	40	43	-5	-11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	179	4.7%	169	167	12	7.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52	1.4%	52	45	7	15.6%
Public Administration	166	4.3%	157	173	-7	-4.0%
Information Not Available	116	3.0%	110	142	-26	-18.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,903		18,863	28,954
Male	12,262	53.5%	9,856	16,694	-4,432	-26.5%
Female	10,640	46.5%	9,006	12,260	-1,620	-13.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,903		18,863	28,954
Hispanic or Latino	548	2.4%	440	640	-92	-14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,873	95.5%	17,997	28,314	-6,441	-22.7%
Information Not Available	482	2.1%	426	0	482	0.0%

Race	22,903		18,863	28,954
American Indian or Alaskan Native	101	0.4%	64	86	15	17.4%
Asian	141	0.6%	121	0	141	0.0%
Black or African American	5,389	23.5%	4,848	6,202	-813	-13.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.1%	23	153	-128	-83.7%
White	16,243	70.9%	12,938	21,932	-5,689	-25.9%
Information Not Available	1,004	4.4%	869	581	423	72.8%

Years of Age	22,903		18,863	28,954
Younger than 22	481	1.3%	325	374	107	28.6%
22-24	828	2.2%	681	902	-74	-8.2%
25-34	4,553	12.3%	3,802	5,366	-813	-15.2%
35-44	4,900	13.2%	4,192	6,090	-1,190	-19.5%
45-54	5,624	15.1%	4,698	7,076	-1,452	-20.5%
55-59	2,693	7.2%	2,222	3,600	-907	-25.2%
60-64	1,999	5.4%	1,671	2,889	-890	-30.8%
65 and older	1,825	4.9%	1,272	2,657	-832	-31.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,903		18,863	28,954
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	241	1.0%	174	275	-34	-12.4%
Mining	53	0.2%	31	102	-49	-48.0%
Utilities	66	0.3%	52	29	37	127.6%
Construction	3,180	13.7%	2,028	4,667	-1,487	-31.9%
Manufacturing	2,881	12.4%	2,774	3,935	-1,054	-26.8%
Wholesale Trade	904	3.9%	821	1,233	-329	-26.7%
Retail Trade	1,791	7.7%	1,534	2,185	-394	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,037	4.5%	856	1,130	-93	-8.2%
Information	324	1.4%	278	438	-114	-26.0%
Finance and Insurance	521	2.3%	504	709	-188	-26.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	291	1.3%	270	401	-110	-27.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,142	4.9%	938	1,446	-304	-21.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	168	0.7%	172	176	-8	-4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,512	10.9%	2,127	4,408	-1,896	-43.0%
Educational Services	360	1.6%	394	600	-240	-40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,500	6.5%	1,424	2,143	-643	-30.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,311	5.7%	395	1,291	20	1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,473	6.4%	1,192	2,106	-633	-30.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	2.9%	543	942	-265	-28.1%
Public Administration	438	1.9%	397	696	-258	-37.1%
Information Not Available	2,033	8.8%	1,959	42	1,991	4740.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	160,973		152,287	174,003
Male	98,307	61.1%	93,467	110,784	-12,477	-11.3%
Female	62,397	38.8%	58,583	62,972	-575	-0.9%
Information Not Available	269	0.2%	237	247	22	8.9%

Ethnicity	160,973		152,287	174,003
Hispanic or Latino	55,335	34.4%	51,972	60,315	-4,980	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,018	57.8%	88,303	99,433	-6,415	-6.5%
Information Not Available	12,620	7.8%	12,012	14,255	-1,635	-11.5%

Race	160,973		152,287	174,003
American Indian or Alaskan Native	619	0.4%	609	691	-72	-10.4%
Asian	4,225	2.6%	4,043	4,812	-587	-12.2%
Black or African American	32,901	20.4%	31,179	34,366	-1,465	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,795	2.4%	2,858	3,559	236	6.6%
White	53,962	33.5%	51,628	58,358	-4,396	-7.5%
Information Not Available	65,471	40.7%	61,970	72,217	-6,746	-9.3%

Years of Age	160,973		152,287	174,003
Younger than 22	3,175	1.6%	2,968	3,594	-419	-11.7%
22-24	7,185	3.5%	6,854	8,177	-992	-12.1%
25-34	38,742	19.0%	36,764	43,297	-4,555	-10.5%
35-44	37,908	18.6%	36,144	41,490	-3,582	-8.6%
45-54	38,077	18.7%	35,649	40,382	-2,305	-5.7%
55-59	17,215	8.5%	16,092	17,844	-629	-3.5%
60-64	11,251	5.5%	10,870	12,039	-788	-6.5%
65 and older	7,223	3.5%	6,772	6,992	231	3.3%
Information Not Available	197	0.1%	174	188	9	4.8%

Industry	160,973		152,287	174,003
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	661	0.4%	540	719	-58	-8.1%
Mining	6,458	4.0%	6,416	13,435	-6,977	-51.9%
Utilities	785	0.5%	717	490	295	60.2%
Construction	28,349	17.5%	26,366	24,917	3,432	13.8%
Manufacturing	14,645	9.1%	15,189	20,341	-5,696	-28.0%
Wholesale Trade	8,992	5.6%	8,010	9,897	-905	-9.1%
Retail Trade	9,762	6.0%	9,199	9,970	-208	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,896	3.6%	5,646	7,057	-1,161	-16.5%
Information	3,089	1.9%	2,645	2,705	384	14.2%
Finance and Insurance	6,628	4.1%	6,415	6,545	83	1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,848	1.8%	2,666	3,545	-697	-19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,357	8.9%	13,775	13,530	827	6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	934	0.6%	939	999	-65	-6.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,034	13.0%	20,045	21,870	-836	-3.8%
Educational Services	3,585	2.2%	3,357	3,181	404	12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,228	6.9%	11,274	10,748	480	4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	877	0.5%	787	839	38	4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,987	4.3%	5,228	6,374	613	9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,364	2.7%	4,575	4,200	164	3.9%
Public Administration	1,621	1.0%	1,393	1,571	50	3.2%
Information Not Available	7,873	4.9%	7,105	11,070	-3,197	-28.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,200		13,578	17,245
Male	11,515	71.1%	9,271	12,368	-853	-6.9%
Female	4,676	28.9%	4,300	4,850	-174	-3.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.1%	7	27	-18	-66.7%

Ethnicity	16,200		13,578	17,245
Hispanic or Latino	2,262	14.0%	1,837	2,271	-9	-0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,614	71.7%	9,764	12,696	-1,082	-8.5%
Information Not Available	2,324	14.3%	1,977	2,278	46	2.0%

Race	16,200		13,578	17,245
American Indian or Alaskan Native	536	3.3%	448	673	-137	-20.4%
Asian	218	1.3%	189	233	-15	-6.4%
Black or African American	233	1.4%	224	270	-37	-13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	228	1.4%	201	283	-55	-19.4%
White	8,086	49.9%	7,077	10,049	-1,963	-19.5%
Information Not Available	6,890	42.6%	5,427	5,730	1,160	20.2%

Years of Age	16,200		13,578	17,245
Younger than 22	446	1.9%	366	468	-22	-4.7%
22-24	706	3.1%	594	896	-190	-21.2%
25-34	4,095	17.7%	3,593	4,403	-308	-7.0%
35-44	4,063	17.6%	3,335	4,191	-128	-3.1%
45-54	3,443	14.9%	2,861	3,702	-259	-7.0%
55-59	1,708	7.4%	1,401	1,803	-95	-5.3%
60-64	1,151	5.0%	919	1,170	-19	-1.6%
65 and older	588	2.5%	509	612	-24	-3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,200		13,578	17,245
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	64	0.4%	44	79	-15	-19.0%
Mining	226	1.4%	231	648	-422	-65.1%
Utilities	24	0.1%	22	24	0	0.0%
Construction	4,285	26.3%	2,985	4,161	124	3.0%
Manufacturing	1,376	8.5%	1,166	1,573	-197	-12.5%
Wholesale Trade	476	2.9%	473	589	-113	-19.2%
Retail Trade	1,075	6.6%	952	1,151	-76	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	527	3.2%	443	762	-235	-30.8%
Information	299	1.8%	279	298	1	0.3%
Finance and Insurance	482	3.0%	427	387	95	24.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	211	1.3%	177	193	18	9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	924	5.7%	839	906	18	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.3%	51	53	-4	-7.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,446	15.0%	1,972	2,414	32	1.3%
Educational Services	251	1.5%	258	296	-45	-15.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	537	3.3%	462	456	81	17.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	188	1.2%	180	258	-70	-27.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,010	6.2%	957	1,000	10	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	211	1.3%	190	279	-68	-24.4%
Public Administration	359	2.2%	314	388	-29	-7.5%
Information Not Available	1,180	7.3%	1,156	1,330	-150	-11.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,993		30,356	40,045
Male	20,953	58.2%	16,893	23,738	-2,785	-11.7%
Female	15,026	41.7%	13,453	16,291	-1,265	-7.8%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	10	16	-2	-12.5%

Ethnicity	35,993		30,356	40,045
Hispanic or Latino	1,923	5.3%	1,360	2,105	-182	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,424	90.1%	27,436	36,015	-3,591	-10.0%
Information Not Available	1,646	4.6%	1,560	1,925	-279	-14.5%

Race	35,993		30,356	40,045
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,108	5.9%	1,513	2,320	-212	-9.1%
Asian	786	2.2%	747	866	-80	-9.2%
Black or African American	14,087	39.1%	12,207	15,688	-1,601	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,366	48.2%	14,329	19,246	-1,880	-9.8%
Information Not Available	1,646	4.6%	1,560	1,925	-279	-14.5%

Years of Age	35,993		30,356	40,045
Younger than 22	405	0.8%	288	466	-61	-13.1%
22-24	1,318	2.6%	1,013	1,520	-202	-13.3%
25-34	7,909	15.8%	6,841	9,103	-1,194	-13.1%
35-44	7,729	15.4%	6,676	8,856	-1,127	-12.7%
45-54	8,882	17.7%	7,358	9,759	-877	-9.0%
55-59	4,398	8.8%	3,640	4,909	-511	-10.4%
60-64	3,315	6.6%	2,788	3,386	-71	-2.1%
65 and older	2,037	4.1%	1,752	2,046	-9	-0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,993		30,356	40,045
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.6%	177	203	11	5.4%
Mining	172	0.5%	114	552	-380	-68.8%
Utilities	27	0.1%	28	29	-2	-6.9%
Construction	4,978	13.7%	3,230	5,422	-444	-8.2%
Manufacturing	3,316	9.2%	2,370	2,991	325	10.9%
Wholesale Trade	995	2.7%	934	1,140	-145	-12.7%
Retail Trade	2,371	6.5%	2,094	2,601	-230	-8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,286	3.6%	1,111	1,266	20	1.6%
Information	652	1.8%	622	701	-49	-7.0%
Finance and Insurance	947	2.6%	911	1,177	-230	-19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	529	1.5%	483	593	-64	-10.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,377	9.3%	3,269	3,287	90	2.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	185	0.5%	186	228	-43	-18.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,605	12.7%	3,882	5,871	-1,266	-21.6%
Educational Services	659	1.8%	708	454	205	45.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,264	6.3%	2,199	2,380	-116	-4.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	724	2.0%	492	744	-20	-2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,474	6.8%	1,694	2,605	-131	-5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,024	2.8%	947	1,069	-45	-4.2%
Public Administration	1,983	5.5%	1,723	2,426	-443	-18.3%
Information Not Available	3,211	8.9%	3,182	4,306	-1,095	-25.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	301		304	285
Male	192	63.8%	197	166	26	15.7%
Female	109	36.2%	107	119	-10	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	301		304	285
Hispanic or Latino	89	29.6%	99	60	29	48.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	207	68.8%	203	212	-5	-2.4%
Information Not Available	5	1.7%	2	13	-8	-61.5%

Race	301		304	285
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.3%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Black or African American	194	64.5%	189	193	1	0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.7%	1	8	-6	-75.0%
White	12	4.0%	13	14	-2	-14.3%
Information Not Available	92	30.6%	100	65	27	41.5%

Years of Age	301		304	285
Younger than 22	2	0.7%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
22-24	11	3.8%	11	13	-2	-15.4%
25-34	60	21.0%	54	56	4	7.1%
35-44	76	26.6%	82	61	15	24.6%
45-54	72	25.2%	78	72	0	0.0%
55-59	37	12.9%	37	31	6	19.4%
60-64	27	9.4%	23	31	-4	-12.9%
65 and older	15	5.2%	17	16	-1	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.3%	0	1	0	0.0%

Industry	301		304	285
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.7%	2	1	1	100.0%
Construction	109	36.2%	114	80	29	36.3%
Manufacturing	7	2.3%	8	6	1	16.7%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Retail Trade	25	8.3%	21	32	-7	-21.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	6	2.0%	8	4	2	50.0%
Information	2	0.7%	1	4	-2	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	8	2.7%	9	5	3	60.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	1.7%	4	9	-4	-44.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16	5.3%	16	27	-11	-40.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	1.7%	6	10	-5	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16	5.3%	19	12	4	33.3%
Educational Services	8	2.7%	6	6	2	33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11	3.7%	8	15	-4	-26.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	1.3%	4	3	1	33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	31	10.3%	33	31	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11	3.7%	8	13	-2	-15.4%
Public Administration	17	5.6%	12	13	4	30.8%
Information Not Available	18	6.0%	24	12	6	50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,065		4,541	6,476
Male	4,462	73.6%	3,191	4,604	-142	-3.1%
Female	1,603	26.4%	1,350	1,872	-269	-14.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,065		4,541	6,476
Hispanic or Latino	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,031	17.0%	508	1,066	-35	-3.3%
Information Not Available	5,031	83.0%	4,029	5,407	-376	-7.0%

Race	6,065		4,541	6,476
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	0.0%	1	9	-6	-66.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12	0.2%	10	9	3	33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
White	1,018	16.8%	501	1,051	-33	-3.1%
Information Not Available	5,031	83.0%	4,029	5,407	-376	-7.0%

Years of Age	6,065		4,541	6,476
Younger than 22	106	1.6%	109	126	-20	-15.9%
22-24	249	3.8%	215	305	-56	-18.4%
25-34	1,319	20.3%	1,018	1,459	-140	-9.6%
35-44	1,225	18.8%	914	1,222	3	0.2%
45-54	1,357	20.9%	1,035	1,465	-108	-7.4%
55-59	741	11.4%	529	823	-82	-10.0%
60-64	576	8.9%	409	584	-8	-1.4%
65 and older	492	7.6%	312	492	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,065		4,541	6,476
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	1.3%	57	91	-11	-12.1%
Mining	47	0.8%	26	39	8	20.5%
Utilities	7	0.1%	4	10	-3	-30.0%
Construction	1,736	28.3%	1,187	1,797	-61	-3.4%
Manufacturing	741	12.1%	457	775	-34	-4.4%
Wholesale Trade	206	3.4%	167	238	-32	-13.4%
Retail Trade	495	8.1%	368	529	-34	-6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	149	2.4%	118	175	-26	-14.9%
Information	42	0.7%	48	61	-19	-31.1%
Finance and Insurance	36	0.6%	42	33	3	9.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	61	1.0%	59	65	-4	-6.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	225	3.7%	169	198	27	13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	5	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	675	11.0%	557	658	17	2.6%
Educational Services	133	2.2%	111	157	-24	-15.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	332	5.4%	308	363	-31	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	144	2.3%	123	147	-3	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	678	11.0%	484	832	-154	-18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	129	2.1%	110	144	-15	-10.4%
Public Administration	144	2.3%	141	162	-18	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	69,964		57,454	65,420
Male	47,104	67.3%	37,755	43,142	3,962	9.2%
Female	22,860	32.7%	19,692	22,271	589	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	7	7	-7	-100.0%

Ethnicity	69,964		57,454	65,420
Hispanic or Latino	12,911	18.5%	0	0	12,911	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,398	76.3%	0	0	53,398	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,655	5.2%	57,454	65,420	-61,765	-94.4%

Race	69,964		57,454	65,420
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,494	2.1%	0	0	1,494	0.0%
Asian	548	0.8%	0	0	548	0.0%
Black or African American	3,592	5.1%	0	0	3,592	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	148	0.2%	0	0	148	0.0%
White	45,594	65.2%	0	0	45,594	0.0%
Information Not Available	18,588	26.6%	57,454	65,420	-46,832	-71.6%

Years of Age	69,964		57,454	65,420
Younger than 22	1,266	1.1%	596	817	449	55.0%
22-24	2,919	2.7%	1,896	2,555	364	14.2%
25-34	16,004	14.5%	12,461	15,030	974	6.5%
35-44	15,794	14.3%	13,082	14,810	984	6.6%
45-54	17,314	15.7%	14,205	16,024	1,290	8.1%
55-59	8,376	7.6%	7,022	7,695	681	8.8%
60-64	5,417	4.9%	4,994	5,362	55	1.0%
65 and older	2,874	2.6%	3,198	3,127	-253	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	69,964		57,454	65,420
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,947	9.0%	0	0	6,947	0.0%
Mining	287	0.4%	0	0	287	0.0%
Utilities	170	0.2%	0	0	170	0.0%
Construction	15,052	19.6%	0	0	15,052	0.0%
Manufacturing	8,676	11.3%	0	0	8,676	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,811	3.7%	0	0	2,811	0.0%
Retail Trade	4,491	5.8%	0	0	4,491	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,575	3.3%	0	0	2,575	0.0%
Information	1,649	2.1%	0	0	1,649	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,324	1.7%	0	0	1,324	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	821	1.1%	0	0	821	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,113	5.3%	0	0	4,113	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	127	0.2%	0	0	127	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,103	7.9%	0	0	6,103	0.0%
Educational Services	1,094	1.4%	0	0	1,094	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,071	5.3%	0	0	4,071	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,111	1.4%	0	0	1,111	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,646	3.4%	0	0	2,646	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,343	3.0%	0	0	2,343	0.0%
Public Administration	2,358	3.1%	0	0	2,358	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,195	1.6%	57,454	65,420	-64,225	-98.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,785		48,650	65,963
Male	41,320	71.5%	34,585	47,355	-6,035	-12.7%
Female	16,430	28.4%	14,031	18,562	-2,132	-11.5%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	34	46	-11	-23.9%

Ethnicity	57,785		48,650	65,963
Hispanic or Latino	3,536	6.1%	2,851	3,938	-402	-10.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,186	92.0%	44,914	60,923	-7,737	-12.7%
Information Not Available	1,063	1.8%	885	1,102	-39	-3.5%

Race	57,785		48,650	65,963
American Indian or Alaskan Native	711	1.2%	637	923	-212	-23.0%
Asian	572	1.0%	491	594	-22	-3.7%
Black or African American	5,449	9.4%	4,777	6,002	-553	-9.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.1%	54	73	-9	-12.3%
White	49,926	86.4%	41,806	57,269	-7,343	-12.8%
Information Not Available	1,063	1.8%	885	1,102	-39	-3.5%

Years of Age	57,785		48,650	65,963
Younger than 22	982	1.0%	1,309	1,161	-179	-15.4%
22-24	2,496	2.4%	2,369	3,061	-565	-18.5%
25-34	13,007	12.7%	11,069	15,185	-2,178	-14.3%
35-44	12,551	12.2%	10,543	13,918	-1,367	-9.8%
45-54	13,107	12.8%	11,410	15,396	-2,289	-14.9%
55-59	7,275	7.1%	5,985	8,080	-805	-10.0%
60-64	5,102	5.0%	3,683	5,653	-551	-9.7%
65 and older	3,259	3.2%	2,277	3,496	-237	-6.8%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	5	13	-7	-53.8%

Industry	57,785		48,650	65,963
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	901	1.5%	686	996	-95	-9.5%
Mining	433	0.7%	370	693	-260	-37.5%
Utilities	179	0.3%	112	198	-19	-9.6%
Construction	16,009	27.3%	13,301	17,368	-1,359	-7.8%
Manufacturing	8,466	14.4%	7,273	10,007	-1,541	-15.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,832	3.1%	1,532	1,985	-153	-7.7%
Retail Trade	3,837	6.5%	3,065	4,551	-714	-15.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,600	4.4%	2,092	2,935	-335	-11.4%
Information	543	0.9%	467	587	-44	-7.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,075	1.8%	978	1,161	-86	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	451	0.8%	389	534	-83	-15.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,398	2.4%	1,299	1,425	-27	-1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	462	0.8%	428	396	66	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,587	12.9%	6,067	9,162	-1,575	-17.2%
Educational Services	589	1.0%	550	693	-104	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,132	5.3%	2,982	3,285	-153	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,416	2.4%	1,255	1,616	-200	-12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,068	5.2%	2,345	3,734	-666	-17.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	849	1.4%	764	1,042	-193	-18.5%
Public Administration	1,011	1.7%	963	1,273	-262	-20.6%
Information Not Available	1,947	3.3%	1,732	2,322	-375	-16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,698		13,922	22,408
Male	13,543	76.5%	10,205	17,869	-4,326	-24.2%
Female	4,148	23.4%	3,706	4,535	-387	-8.5%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	11	4	3	75.0%

Ethnicity	17,698		13,922	22,408
Hispanic or Latino	326	1.8%	210	391	-65	-16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,798	72.3%	10,110	16,271	-3,473	-21.3%
Information Not Available	4,574	25.8%	3,602	5,746	-1,172	-20.4%

Race	17,698		13,922	22,408
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.2%	29	59	-21	-35.6%
Asian	34	0.2%	27	58	-24	-41.4%
Black or African American	530	3.0%	462	590	-60	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	10	14	-4	-28.6%
White	15,410	87.1%	12,245	19,885	-4,475	-22.5%
Information Not Available	1,676	9.5%	1,149	1,802	-126	-7.0%

Years of Age	17,698		13,922	22,408
Younger than 22	308	1.0%	439	397	-89	-22.4%
22-24	884	2.8%	689	1,158	-274	-23.7%
25-34	3,653	11.5%	3,009	5,199	-1,546	-29.7%
35-44	4,195	13.2%	3,329	5,518	-1,323	-24.0%
45-54	4,300	13.6%	3,374	5,227	-927	-17.7%
55-59	2,041	6.4%	1,476	2,380	-339	-14.2%
60-64	1,419	4.5%	981	1,634	-215	-13.2%
65 and older	895	2.8%	623	892	3	0.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	3	0	0.0%

Industry	17,698		13,922	22,408
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.6%	119	88	26	29.5%
Mining	695	3.9%	630	3,365	-2,670	-79.3%
Utilities	20	0.1%	22	32	-12	-37.5%
Construction	5,842	32.8%	4,013	6,199	-357	-5.8%
Manufacturing	1,463	8.2%	875	1,560	-97	-6.2%
Wholesale Trade	404	2.3%	396	594	-190	-32.0%
Retail Trade	1,115	6.3%	959	1,148	-33	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	602	3.4%	453	843	-241	-28.6%
Information	204	1.1%	160	125	79	63.2%
Finance and Insurance	188	1.1%	174	132	56	42.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	206	1.2%	139	265	-59	-22.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	453	2.5%	498	575	-122	-21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.2%	25	47	-20	-42.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,595	9.0%	1,266	2,048	-453	-22.1%
Educational Services	177	1.0%	167	144	33	22.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	965	5.4%	921	958	7	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	419	2.4%	347	318	101	31.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,115	6.3%	964	1,325	-210	-15.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	388	2.2%	404	547	-159	-29.1%
Public Administration	359	2.0%	322	338	21	6.2%
Information Not Available	1,347	7.6%	1,068	1,757	-410	-23.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jan 2017	Percent	Dec 2016	Jan 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,796		4,750	6,154
Male	4,283	73.9%	3,325	4,634	-351	-7.6%
Female	1,513	26.1%	1,425	1,520	-7	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,796		4,750	6,154
Hispanic or Latino	746	12.9%	566	729	17	2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,839	83.5%	4,010	5,142	-303	-5.9%
Information Not Available	211	3.6%	174	283	-72	-25.4%

Race	5,796		4,750	6,154
American Indian or Alaskan Native	309	5.3%	259	288	21	7.3%
Asian	21	0.4%	22	31	-10	-32.3%
Black or African American	141	2.4%	125	125	16	12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	14	17	3	17.6%
White	4,694	81.0%	3,903	5,073	-379	-7.5%
Information Not Available	611	10.5%	427	620	-9	-1.5%

Years of Age	5,796		4,750	6,154
Younger than 22	89	0.9%	54	88	1	1.1%
22-24	355	3.6%	287	424	-69	-16.3%
25-34	1,346	13.6%	1,110	1,422	-76	-5.3%
35-44	1,120	11.3%	933	1,310	-190	-14.5%
45-54	1,259	12.7%	1,045	1,274	-15	-1.2%
55-59	736	7.4%	607	813	-77	-9.5%
60-64	570	5.7%	445	507	63	12.4%
65 and older	321	3.2%	269	316	5	1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,796		4,750	6,154
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.8%	37	50	-5	-10.0%
Mining	348	6.0%	313	693	-345	-49.8%
Utilities	14	0.2%	14	18	-4	-22.2%
Construction	2,087	35.7%	1,399	1,869	218	11.7%
Manufacturing	229	3.9%	159	239	-10	-4.2%
Wholesale Trade	137	2.3%	143	162	-25	-15.4%
Retail Trade	347	5.9%	296	307	40	13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	190	3.3%	192	260	-70	-26.9%
Information	31	0.5%	33	32	-1	-3.1%
Finance and Insurance	25	0.4%	25	32	-7	-21.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	49	0.8%	49	95	-46	-48.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	111	1.9%	91	198	-87	-43.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	5	3	2	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	372	6.4%	285	361	11	3.0%
Educational Services	62	1.1%	70	78	-16	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	211	3.6%	207	201	10	5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	56	1.0%	53	64	-8	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	540	9.2%	551	549	-9	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	85	1.5%	62	95	-10	-10.5%
Public Administration	167	2.9%	154	152	15	9.9%
Information Not Available	685	11.7%	612	696	-11	-1.6%