Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

July 2017

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants July 2017
	Jul 2017	Jun 2017	Monthly Change	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,967,473	1,803,734	163,739	2,135,165	-167,692	-7.9
Alaska	6,286	6,902	-616	7,201	-915	-12.7
Alabama	22,280	19,197	3,083	24,874	-2,594	-10.4
Arkansas	15,044	14,553	491	17,830	-2,786	-15.6
Arizona	34,464	31,106	3,358	38,289	-3,825	-10.0
California	340,363	327,103	13,260	349,744	-9,381	-2.7
Colorado	22,116	22,298	-182	26,413	-4,297	-16.3
Connecticut	40,958	33,470	7,488	43,569	-2,611	-6.0
District of Columbia	9,209	8,431	778	8,652	557	6.4
Delaware	6,072	5,813	259	6,531	-459	-7.0
Florida	53,298	49,425	3,873	57,794	-4,496	-7.8
Georgia	30,826	29,530	1,296	33,948	-3,122	-9.2
Hawaii	7,955	7,960	-5	7,374	581	7.9
Iowa	16,154	16,300	-146	18,606	-2,452	-13.2
Idaho	5,148	5,380	-232	6,174	-1,026	-16.6
Illinois	108,182	103,113	5,069	118,368	-10,186	-8.6
Indiana	14,831	16,212	-1,381	22,159	-7,328	-33.1
Kansas	11,227	10,673	554	14,388	-3,161	-22.0
Kentucky	21,949	18,809	3,140	23,364	-1,415	-6.1
Louisiana	20,840	20,693	147	27,996	-7,156	-25.6
Massachusetts	58,624	52,347	6,277	58,680	-56	-0.1
Maryland	36,660	35,087	1,573	38,396	-1,736	-4.5
Maine	4,089	4,150	-61	4,442	-353	-7.9
Michigan	72,128	46,398	25,730	76,618	-4,490	-5.9
Minnesota	28,961	29,934	-973	32,215	-3,254	-10.1
Missouri	31,841	27,686	4,155	32,154	-313	-1.0
Mississippi	15,225	14,013	1,212	17,778	-2,553	-14.4
Montana	4,301	4,448	-147	4,668	-367	-7.9
North Carolina	22,789	22,094	695	26,776	-3,987	-14.9
North Dakota	2,651	2,648	3	4,174	-1,523	-36.5
Nebraska	4,930	4,722	208	4,708	222	4.7
New Hampshire	4,204	3,476	728	4,775	-571	-12.0
New Jersey	106,024	83,446	22,578	104,984	1,040	1.0
New Mexico	10,596	10,591	5	13,172	-2,576	-19.6
Nevada	20,681	21,553	-872	23,111	-2,430	-10.5
New York	155,273	133,489	21,784	159,029	-3,756	-2.4
Ohio	58,274	53,148	5,126	57,629	645	1.1
Oklahoma	15,829	15,782	47	24,488	-8,659	-35.4
Oregon	26,550	25,021	1,529	28,107	-1,557	-5.5
Pennsylvania	130,888	115,192	15,696	144,904	-14,016	-9.7
Puerto Rico	29,983	24,395	5,588	25,911	4,072	15.7
Rhode Island	9,726	7,238	2,488	10,063	-337	-3.3
South Carolina	21,471	18,212	3,259	22,032	-561	-2.5
South Dakota	1,234	1,252	-18	1,566	-332	-21.2
Tennessee	22,298	22,133	165	22,980	-682	-3.0
Texas	152,196	150,652	1,544	190,278	-38,082	-20.0
Utah	8,616	8,681	-65	10,335	-1,719	-16.6
Virginia	30,790	29,516	1,274	34,083	-3,293	-9.7
Virgin Islands	245	224	21	315	-70	-22.2
Vermont	3,489	3,181	308	3,846	-357	-9.3
Washington	46,787	44,318	2,469	42,588	4,199	9.9
Wisconsin	29,984	29,325	659	35,675	-5,691	-16.0
West Virginia	10,561	10,103	458	16,444	-5,883	-35.8
Wyoming	2,373	2,311	62	4,967	-2,594	-52.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,967,473		1,803,734	2,135,165	-167,692	-7.9
Male	961,758	48.9%	923,601	1,107,607	-145,849	-13.2%
Female	992,171	50.4%	868,807	1,012,675	-20,504	-2.0%
Information Not Available	13,544	0.7%	11,326	14,883	-1,339	-9.0%

Ethnicity	1,967,473		1,803,734	2,135,165
Hispanic or Latino	387,661	19.7%	347,621	387,036	625	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,372,633	69.8%	1,252,734	1,459,916	-87,283	-6.0%
Information Not Available	207,174	10.5%	203,375	288,213	-81,039	-28.1%

Race	1,967,473		1,803,734	2,135,165
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25,712	1.3%	25,032	27,992	-2,280	-8.1%
Asian	71,960	3.7%	66,591	72,451	-491	-0.7%
Black or African American	399,499	20.3%	361,612	414,197	-14,698	-3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,696	0.6%	11,539	12,501	-805	-6.4%
White	998,585	50.7%	920,206	1,097,091	-98,506	-9.0%
Information Not Available	462,963	23.5%	422,002	517,687	-54,724	-10.6%

Years of Age	1,967,473		1,803,734	2,135,165
Younger than 22	31,421	1.6%	29,827	36,385	-4,964	-13.6%
22-24	78,344	4.0%	73,578	88,456	-10,112	-11.4%
25-34	438,779	22.3%	412,974	478,895	-40,116	-8.4%
35-44	429,932	21.9%	397,838	465,899	-35,967	-7.7%
45-54	455,966	23.2%	414,426	500,122	-44,156	-8.8%
55-59	225,143	11.4%	203,349	240,952	-15,809	-6.6%
60-64	160,800	8.2%	146,763	172,446	-11,646	-6.8%
65 and older	133,786	6.8%	113,983	137,323	-3,537	-2.6%
Information Not Available	13,302	0.7%	10,996	14,687	-1,385	-9.4%

Industry	1,967,473		1,803,734	2,135,165
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56,650	2.9%	55,078	53,060	3,590	6.8%
Mining	8,243	0.4%	8,831	35,569	-27,326	-76.8%
Utilities	3,718	0.2%	3,658	5,468	-1,750	-32.0%
Construction	161,392	8.2%	171,974	178,065	-16,673	-9.4%
Manufacturing	197,764	10.1%	165,162	239,075	-41,311	-17.3%
Wholesale Trade	66,513	3.4%	61,381	73,157	-6,644	-9.1%
Retail Trade	151,455	7.7%	148,970	150,641	814	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	125,429	6.4%	87,191	130,960	-5,531	-4.2%
Information	68,183	3.5%	68,167	61,863	6,320	10.2%
Finance and Insurance	57,933	2.9%	57,174	56,934	999	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25,875	1.3%	25,699	26,989	-1,114	-4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	118,325	6.0%	110,860	124,220	-5,895	-4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14,704	0.7%	13,209	14,466	238	1.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	254,280	12.9%	245,619	259,362	-5,082	-2.0%
Educational Services	85,900	4.4%	58,469	90,205	-4,305	-4.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	188,918	9.6%	171,638	185,732	3,186	1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	25,950	1.3%	25,500	27,626	-1,676	-6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	139,398	7.1%	125,506	143,438	-4,040	-2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52,325	2.7%	49,961	55,270	-2,945	-5.3%
Public Administration	41,316	2.1%	31,718	38,353	2,963	7.7%
Information Not Available	123,202	6.3%	117,969	184,712	-61,510	-33.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,286		6,902	7,201	-915	-12.7
Male	2,990	47.6%	3,628	3,745	-755	-20.2%
Female	3,281	52.2%	3,251	3,427	-146	-4.3%
Information Not Available	15	0.2%	23	29	-14	-48.3%

Ethnicity	6,286		6,902	7,201
Hispanic or Latino	3	0.0%	2	14	-11	-78.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,001	95.5%	6,558	6,843	-842	-12.3%
Information Not Available	282	4.5%	342	344	-62	-18.0%

Race	6,286		6,902	7,201
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,162	34.4%	2,360	2,286	-124	-5.4%
Asian	273	4.3%	354	317	-44	-13.9%
Black or African American	334	5.3%	379	354	-20	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	146	2.3%	148	171	-25	-14.6%
White	3,086	49.1%	3,317	3,715	-629	-16.9%
Information Not Available	285	4.5%	344	358	-73	-20.4%

Years of Age	6,286		6,902	7,201
Younger than 22	130	1.5%	126	96	34	35.4%
22-24	275	3.1%	293	404	-129	-31.9%
25-34	1,770	19.9%	1,896	2,032	-262	-12.9%
35-44	1,434	16.1%	1,675	1,576	-142	-9.0%
45-54	1,252	14.1%	1,399	1,515	-263	-17.4%
55-59	657	7.4%	696	741	-84	-11.3%
60-64	476	5.4%	520	519	-43	-8.3%
65 and older	292	3.3%	297	318	-26	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,286		6,902	7,201
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.2%	15	18	-6	-33.3%
Mining	214	3.4%	207	529	-315	-59.5%
Utilities	25	0.4%	35	33	-8	-24.2%
Construction	578	9.2%	829	786	-208	-26.5%
Manufacturing	219	3.5%	354	300	-81	-27.0%
Wholesale Trade	82	1.3%	104	117	-35	-29.9%
Retail Trade	724	11.5%	738	679	45	6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	530	8.4%	572	564	-34	-6.0%
Information	92	1.5%	80	76	16	21.1%
Finance and Insurance	140	2.2%	149	140	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	136	2.2%	133	179	-43	-24.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	238	3.8%	259	318	-80	-25.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.2%	8	20	-6	-30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	347	5.5%	366	353	-6	-1.7%
Educational Services	372	5.9%	442	335	37	11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	760	12.1%	714	779	-19	-2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	1.4%	79	79	8	10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	514	8.2%	557	555	-41	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	367	5.8%	365	397	-30	-7.6%
Public Administration	625	9.9%	665	661	-36	-5.4%
Information Not Available	210	3.3%	231	283	-73	-25.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,280		19,197	24,874
Male	10,253	46.0%	8,697	12,148	-1,895	-15.6%
Female	12,013	53.9%	10,469	12,702	-689	-5.4%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	31	24	-10	-41.7%

Ethnicity	22,280		19,197	24,874
Hispanic or Latino	280	1.3%	279	387	-107	-27.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,266	77.5%	14,582	18,609	-1,343	-7.2%
Information Not Available	4,734	21.2%	4,336	5,878	-1,144	-19.5%

Race	22,280		19,197	24,874
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,052	4.7%	1,011	1,506	-454	-30.1%
Asian	502	2.3%	491	641	-139	-21.7%
Black or African American	10,876	48.8%	8,654	11,137	-261	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	20	33	-12	-36.4%
White	8,558	38.4%	8,106	10,282	-1,724	-16.8%
Information Not Available	1,271	5.7%	915	1,275	-4	-0.3%

Years of Age	22,280		19,197	24,874
Younger than 22	62	0.2%	63	63	-1	-1.6%
22-24	89	0.3%	81	85	4	4.7%
25-34	907	3.2%	891	1,041	-134	-12.9%
35-44	3,692	13.2%	3,334	4,060	-368	-9.1%
45-54	4,761	17.0%	4,288	5,501	-740	-13.5%
55-59	2,487	8.9%	2,152	2,797	-310	-11.1%
60-64	2,859	10.2%	2,519	2,974	-115	-3.9%
65 and older	7,416	26.5%	5,862	8,346	-930	-11.1%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	7	7	0	0.0%

Industry	22,280		19,197	24,874
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	135	0.6%	133	158	-23	-14.6%
Mining	75	0.3%	83	317	-242	-76.3%
Utilities	55	0.2%	55	43	12	27.9%
Construction	1,735	7.7%	1,707	2,455	-720	-29.3%
Manufacturing	4,243	18.9%	2,575	4,438	-195	-4.4%
Wholesale Trade	664	3.0%	590	732	-68	-9.3%
Retail Trade	2,193	9.8%	2,074	2,363	-170	-7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	770	3.4%	663	828	-58	-7.0%
Information	340	1.5%	323	226	114	50.4%
Finance and Insurance	530	2.4%	498	614	-84	-13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	208	0.9%	219	256	-48	-18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,090	4.9%	1,039	1,228	-138	-11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.2%	51	78	-24	-30.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,246	14.5%	2,525	3,325	-79	-2.4%
Educational Services	453	2.0%	435	491	-38	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,438	10.9%	2,295	2,499	-61	-2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	0.5%	101	126	-18	-14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,658	7.4%	1,619	1,926	-268	-13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	767	3.4%	724	942	-175	-18.6%
Public Administration	221	1.0%	215	261	-40	-15.3%
Information Not Available	1,297	5.8%	1,273	1,568	-271	-17.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,044		14,553	17,830
Male	6,302	41.9%	6,180	8,174	-1,872	-22.9%
Female	7,900	52.5%	7,525	8,322	-422	-5.1%
Information Not Available	842	5.6%	848	1,334	-492	-36.9%

Ethnicity	15,044		14,553	17,830
Hispanic or Latino	132	0.9%	129	105	27	25.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,070	93.5%	13,576	16,391	-2,321	-14.2%
Information Not Available	842	5.6%	848	1,334	-492	-36.9%

Race	15,044		14,553	17,830
American Indian or Alaskan Native	153	1.0%	155	154	-1	-0.6%
Asian	15	0.1%	11	38	-23	-60.5%
Black or African American	4,352	28.9%	4,303	5,161	-809	-15.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	737	4.9%	709	850	-113	-13.3%
White	8,813	58.6%	8,398	10,188	-1,375	-13.5%
Information Not Available	974	6.5%	977	1,439	-465	-32.3%

Years of Age	15,044		14,553	17,830
Younger than 22	289	1.3%	345	372	-83	-22.3%
22-24	623	2.7%	567	818	-195	-23.8%
25-34	3,062	13.4%	2,921	3,889	-827	-21.3%
35-44	3,412	15.0%	3,262	3,957	-545	-13.8%
45-54	3,344	14.7%	3,254	3,878	-534	-13.8%
55-59	1,570	6.9%	1,524	1,694	-124	-7.3%
60-64	1,072	4.7%	1,030	1,128	-56	-5.0%
65 and older	830	3.6%	802	760	70	9.2%
Information Not Available	842	3.7%	848	1,334	-492	-36.9%

Industry	15,044		14,553	17,830
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	116	0.8%	133	138	-22	-15.9%
Mining	43	0.3%	51	525	-482	-91.8%
Utilities	22	0.1%	17	27	-5	-18.5%
Construction	983	6.5%	921	1,228	-245	-20.0%
Manufacturing	1,655	10.9%	1,585	2,444	-789	-32.3%
Wholesale Trade	581	3.8%	795	644	-63	-9.8%
Retail Trade	1,584	10.4%	1,520	1,459	125	8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	463	3.1%	468	663	-200	-30.2%
Information	157	1.0%	161	173	-16	-9.2%
Finance and Insurance	237	1.6%	256	208	29	13.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	143	0.9%	144	187	-44	-23.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	598	3.9%	635	688	-90	-13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	139	0.9%	159	47	92	195.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,895	12.5%	1,695	2,028	-133	-6.6%
Educational Services	429	2.8%	349	675	-246	-36.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,308	15.2%	2,131	2,185	123	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	96	0.6%	81	85	11	12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,249	8.2%	1,259	1,338	-89	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	372	2.5%	311	389	-17	-4.4%
Public Administration	246	1.6%	230	297	-51	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1,728	11.4%	1,652	2,402	-674	-28.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,464		31,106	38,289
Male	17,613	51.1%	16,188	20,305	-2,692	-13.3%
Female	16,845	48.9%	14,911	17,959	-1,114	-6.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	25	-19	-76.0%

Ethnicity	34,464		31,106	38,289
Hispanic or Latino	15,829	45.9%	13,174	17,258	-1,429	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,564	36.5%	12,053	14,151	-1,587	-11.2%
Information Not Available	6,071	17.6%	5,879	6,880	-809	-11.8%

Race	34,464		31,106	38,289
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,834	5.3%	1,811	2,259	-425	-18.8%
Asian	2,225	6.5%	2,103	2,202	23	1.0%
Black or African American	2,521	7.3%	2,366	2,503	18	0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	239	0.7%	255	299	-60	-20.1%
White	14,962	43.4%	14,250	18,969	-4,007	-21.1%
Information Not Available	12,683	36.8%	10,321	12,057	626	5.2%

Years of Age	34,464		31,106	38,289
Younger than 22	745	1.6%	623	875	-130	-14.9%
22-24	1,658	3.6%	1,435	1,919	-261	-13.6%
25-34	7,483	16.1%	6,852	8,193	-710	-8.7%
35-44	6,953	15.0%	6,505	7,814	-861	-11.0%
45-54	8,339	18.0%	7,473	9,525	-1,186	-12.5%
55-59	4,284	9.2%	3,751	4,662	-378	-8.1%
60-64	3,038	6.5%	2,713	3,196	-158	-4.9%
65 and older	1,964	4.2%	1,754	2,105	-141	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,464		31,106	38,289
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7,547	18.0%	5,766	8,081	-534	-6.6%
Mining	44	0.1%	45	132	-88	-66.7%
Utilities	32	0.1%	39	62	-30	-48.4%
Construction	1,347	3.2%	1,378	1,865	-518	-27.8%
Manufacturing	1,682	4.0%	1,615	1,832	-150	-8.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,094	2.6%	900	1,244	-150	-12.1%
Retail Trade	2,118	5.0%	2,042	2,498	-380	-15.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	777	1.8%	655	825	-48	-5.8%
Information	426	1.0%	417	475	-49	-10.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,170	2.8%	1,117	1,146	24	2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	503	1.2%	480	584	-81	-13.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,573	3.7%	1,526	1,665	-92	-5.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	110	0.3%	111	110	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,746	8.9%	3,536	4,002	-256	-6.4%
Educational Services	990	2.4%	923	1,281	-291	-22.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,780	6.6%	2,610	2,797	-17	-0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	310	0.7%	285	364	-54	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,756	4.2%	1,617	1,941	-185	-9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	548	1.3%	522	633	-85	-13.4%
Public Administration	666	1.6%	641	831	-165	-19.9%
Information Not Available	5,245	12.5%	4,881	5,921	-676	-11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	340,363		327,103	349,744
Male	169,992	49.9%	173,575	188,828	-18,836	-10.0%
Female	170,371	50.1%	153,436	160,821	9,550	5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	92	95	-95	-100.0%

Ethnicity	340,363		327,103	349,744
Hispanic or Latino	137,451	40.4%	128,218	130,537	6,914	5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	170,276	50.0%	166,831	184,745	-14,469	-7.8%
Information Not Available	32,636	9.6%	32,054	34,462	-1,826	-5.3%

Race	340,363		327,103	349,744
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,406	1.0%	3,510	3,797	-391	-10.3%
Asian	33,582	9.9%	31,315	33,323	259	0.8%
Black or African American	31,217	9.2%	31,131	33,038	-1,821	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	102,071	30.0%	100,874	114,588	-12,517	-10.9%
Information Not Available	170,087	50.0%	160,273	164,998	5,089	3.1%

Years of Age	340,363		327,103	349,744
Younger than 22	6,716	1.6%	6,928	7,975	-1,259	-15.8%
22-24	15,419	3.7%	15,242	16,614	-1,195	-7.2%
25-34	84,002	20.0%	82,308	85,536	-1,534	-1.8%
35-44	75,111	17.9%	71,776	76,613	-1,502	-2.0%
45-54	78,138	18.6%	72,607	78,797	-659	-0.8%
55-59	37,934	9.0%	34,456	37,785	149	0.4%
60-64	22,893	5.5%	24,110	26,962	-4,069	-15.1%
65 and older	20,055	4.8%	19,676	19,462	593	3.0%
Information Not Available	95	0.0%	0	0	95	0.0%

Industry	340,363		327,103	349,744
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	38,312	10.1%	38,798	33,702	4,610	13.7%
Mining	662	0.2%	831	1,804	-1,142	-63.3%
Utilities	757	0.2%	739	2,278	-1,521	-66.8%
Construction	22,609	6.0%	23,925	27,531	-4,922	-17.9%
Manufacturing	29,325	7.7%	25,958	35,126	-5,801	-16.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,797	0.5%	2,032	1,614	183	11.3%
Retail Trade	23,839	6.3%	23,279	26,297	-2,458	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,744	2.6%	8,776	11,297	-1,553	-13.7%
Information	33,109	8.7%	32,332	31,519	1,590	5.0%
Finance and Insurance	6,622	1.7%	5,912	6,076	546	9.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,743	0.7%	2,402	1,709	1,034	60.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,095	1.9%	6,743	7,690	-595	-7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	73,218	19.3%	74,917	67,595	5,623	8.3%
Educational Services	26,866	7.1%	16,351	26,012	854	3.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24,028	6.3%	22,355	21,076	2,952	14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,108	1.3%	5,727	7,215	-2,107	-29.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,190	3.7%	13,117	15,475	-1,285	-8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,379	1.9%	9,330	8,259	-880	-10.7%
Public Administration	2,838	0.7%	3,048	4,937	-2,099	-42.5%
Information Not Available	10,122	2.7%	10,531	12,532	-2,410	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,116		22,298	26,413
Male	10,779	48.7%	11,146	14,043	-3,264	-23.2%
Female	11,336	51.3%	11,151	12,370	-1,034	-8.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,116		22,298	26,413
Hispanic or Latino	4,244	19.2%	4,237	5,147	-903	-17.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,550	70.3%	15,738	18,740	-3,190	-17.0%
Information Not Available	2,322	10.5%	2,323	2,526	-204	-8.1%

Race	22,116		22,298	26,413
American Indian or Alaskan Native	443	2.0%	464	482	-39	-8.1%
Asian	513	2.3%	479	572	-59	-10.3%
Black or African American	1,533	6.9%	1,546	1,717	-184	-10.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	105	0.5%	103	112	-7	-6.3%
White	15,326	69.3%	15,471	18,647	-3,321	-17.8%
Information Not Available	4,196	19.0%	4,235	4,883	-687	-14.1%

Years of Age	22,116		22,298	26,413
Younger than 22	207	0.6%	217	273	-66	-24.2%
22-24	513	1.5%	566	761	-248	-32.6%
25-34	4,632	13.1%	4,708	5,897	-1,265	-21.5%
35-44	5,092	14.4%	5,161	5,971	-879	-14.7%
45-54	5,222	14.8%	5,248	6,379	-1,157	-18.1%
55-59	2,944	8.3%	2,939	3,328	-384	-11.5%
60-64	2,127	6.0%	2,146	2,409	-282	-11.7%
65 and older	1,377	3.9%	1,309	1,385	-8	-0.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	10	-8	-80.0%

Industry	22,116		22,298	26,413
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	153	0.7%	122	192	-39	-20.3%
Mining	170	0.8%	194	1,118	-948	-84.8%
Utilities	50	0.2%	57	45	5	11.1%
Construction	1,734	7.8%	2,011	2,390	-656	-27.4%
Manufacturing	1,595	7.2%	1,618	1,994	-399	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,083	4.9%	1,072	1,462	-379	-25.9%
Retail Trade	1,888	8.5%	1,925	2,316	-428	-18.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	744	3.3%	756	926	-182	-19.7%
Information	986	4.4%	1,013	910	76	8.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,091	4.9%	1,058	1,038	53	5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	500	2.2%	496	574	-74	-12.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,471	11.1%	2,345	2,669	-198	-7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	1.0%	230	368	-140	-38.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,473	11.1%	2,443	2,729	-256	-9.4%
Educational Services	877	3.9%	759	1,012	-135	-13.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,497	11.2%	2,359	2,684	-187	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	411	1.8%	536	411	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,580	7.1%	1,702	1,693	-113	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	547	2.5%	581	682	-135	-19.8%
Public Administration	440	2.0%	448	521	-81	-15.5%
Information Not Available	598	2.7%	573	679	-81	-11.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,958		33,470	43,569
Male	19,227	46.9%	17,749	20,734	-1,507	-7.3%
Female	21,731	53.1%	15,721	22,835	-1,104	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,958		33,470	43,569
Hispanic or Latino	7,045	17.2%	5,342	7,009	36	0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,913	82.8%	28,128	36,560	-2,647	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,958		33,470	43,569
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	0.4%	128	151	-7	-4.6%
Asian	766	1.9%	683	811	-45	-5.5%
Black or African American	7,038	17.2%	5,786	7,154	-116	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,620	55.2%	18,616	23,658	-1,038	-4.4%
Information Not Available	10,390	25.4%	8,257	11,795	-1,405	-11.9%

Years of Age	40,958		33,470	43,569
Younger than 22	572	1.0%	488	546	26	4.8%
22-24	1,440	2.4%	1,280	1,629	-189	-11.6%
25-34	8,615	14.5%	7,307	9,239	-624	-6.8%
35-44	7,991	13.4%	6,619	8,646	-655	-7.6%
45-54	9,625	16.2%	7,792	10,373	-748	-7.2%
55-59	5,011	8.4%	4,044	5,231	-220	-4.2%
60-64	4,043	6.8%	3,229	4,157	-114	-2.7%
65 and older	3,661	6.1%	2,711	3,748	-87	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,958		33,470	43,569
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	118	0.3%	124	113	5	4.4%
Mining	12	0.0%	19	6	6	100.0%
Utilities	51	0.1%	49	58	-7	-12.1%
Construction	2,926	7.1%	3,488	3,112	-186	-6.0%
Manufacturing	3,543	8.6%	3,201	3,749	-206	-5.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,456	3.5%	1,362	1,638	-182	-11.1%
Retail Trade	4,225	10.3%	4,085	4,370	-145	-3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,440	15.7%	1,583	6,695	-255	-3.8%
Information	866	2.1%	980	756	110	14.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,464	3.6%	1,492	1,494	-30	-2.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	476	1.2%	485	546	-70	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,086	5.1%	2,019	2,176	-90	-4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	340	0.8%	308	255	85	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,745	9.1%	3,543	4,261	-516	-12.1%
Educational Services	1,607	3.9%	867	1,725	-118	-6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,536	11.0%	3,983	4,944	-408	-8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	610	1.5%	604	651	-41	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,310	10.5%	3,432	4,348	-38	-0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,111	2.7%	1,004	1,156	-45	-3.9%
Public Administration	539	1.3%	327	1,022	-483	-47.3%
Information Not Available	497	1.2%	515	494	3	0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,209		8,431	8,652
Male	3,983	43.3%	3,832	3,669	314	8.6%
Female	5,226	56.7%	4,599	4,982	244	4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,209		8,431	8,652
Hispanic or Latino	751	8.2%	639	623	128	20.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,421	91.4%	7,760	7,987	434	5.4%
Information Not Available	37	0.4%	32	42	-5	-11.9%

Race	9,209		8,431	8,652
American Indian or Alaskan Native	44	0.5%	33	42	2	4.8%
Asian	241	2.6%	238	244	-3	-1.2%
Black or African American	6,235	67.7%	5,652	6,185	50	0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	27	16	8	50.0%
White	1,787	19.4%	1,687	1,522	265	17.4%
Information Not Available	878	9.5%	794	643	235	36.5%

Years of Age	9,209		8,431	8,652
Younger than 22	158	1.5%	143	137	21	15.3%
22-24	460	4.5%	431	509	-49	-9.6%
25-34	2,616	25.4%	2,434	2,362	254	10.8%
35-44	2,047	19.8%	1,883	1,838	209	11.4%
45-54	1,872	18.1%	1,701	1,823	49	2.7%
55-59	937	9.1%	866	914	23	2.5%
60-64	677	6.6%	603	656	21	3.2%
65 and older	442	4.3%	370	413	29	7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,209		8,431	8,652
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%
Construction	6	0.1%	9	15	-9	-60.0%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Retail Trade	28	0.3%	32	26	2	7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	11	0.1%	9	16	-5	-31.3%
Information	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	0.1%	7	6	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	0.0%	3	6	-3	-50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	53	0.6%	52	43	10	23.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	2	5	-3	-60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	40	0.4%	46	41	-1	-2.4%
Educational Services	10	0.1%	8	10	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	0.2%	17	19	-1	-5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	34	0.4%	35	30	4	13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	18	0.2%	22	12	6	50.0%
Public Administration	5	0.1%	2	5	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	8,965	97.4%	8,176	8,411	554	6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,072		5,813	6,531
Male	2,520	41.5%	2,448	2,790	-270	-9.7%
Female	3,165	52.1%	2,977	3,381	-216	-6.4%
Information Not Available	387	6.4%	388	360	27	7.5%

Ethnicity	6,072		5,813	6,531
Hispanic or Latino	422	7.0%	412	406	16	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,262	86.7%	5,013	5,765	-503	-8.7%
Information Not Available	387	6.4%	388	360	27	7.5%

Race	6,072		5,813	6,531
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.3%	17	26	-9	-34.6%
Asian	81	1.3%	73	125	-44	-35.2%
Black or African American	2,653	43.7%	2,462	2,824	-171	-6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	4	6	0	0.0%
White	3,020	49.7%	2,928	3,297	-277	-8.4%
Information Not Available	296	4.9%	328	253	43	17.0%

Years of Age	6,072		5,813	6,531
Younger than 22	112	1.3%	91	78	34	43.6%
22-24	266	3.1%	224	324	-58	-17.9%
25-34	1,466	17.1%	1,372	1,585	-119	-7.5%
35-44	1,301	15.2%	1,215	1,308	-7	-0.5%
45-54	1,330	15.5%	1,320	1,519	-189	-12.4%
55-59	676	7.9%	669	805	-129	-16.0%
60-64	520	6.1%	522	499	21	4.2%
65 and older	345	4.0%	341	334	11	3.3%
Information Not Available	56	0.7%	59	79	-23	-29.1%

Industry	6,072		5,813	6,531
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.1%	15	14	-5	-35.7%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	15	0.2%	17	12	3	25.0%
Construction	252	4.1%	285	348	-96	-27.6%
Manufacturing	423	7.0%	406	382	41	10.7%
Wholesale Trade	187	3.1%	162	201	-14	-7.0%
Retail Trade	884	14.5%	884	939	-55	-5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	231	3.8%	255	294	-63	-21.4%
Information	96	1.6%	91	70	26	37.1%
Finance and Insurance	536	8.8%	546	620	-84	-13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	103	1.7%	103	119	-16	-13.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	483	7.9%	445	477	6	1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.6%	26	26	9	34.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,121	18.4%	1,076	1,201	-80	-6.7%
Educational Services	195	3.2%	103	145	50	34.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	705	11.6%	679	855	-150	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	1.2%	69	70	2	2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	520	8.6%	468	483	37	7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	141	2.3%	123	179	-38	-21.2%
Public Administration	57	0.9%	50	72	-15	-20.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	8	24	-19	-79.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,298		49,425	57,794
Male	23,578	44.2%	22,007	26,224	-2,646	-10.1%
Female	29,671	55.7%	27,372	31,414	-1,743	-5.5%
Information Not Available	49	0.1%	46	156	-107	-68.6%

Ethnicity	53,298		49,425	57,794
Hispanic or Latino	14,148	26.5%	13,146	15,206	-1,058	-7.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,208	66.1%	32,591	37,866	-2,658	-7.0%
Information Not Available	3,942	7.4%	3,688	4,722	-780	-16.5%

Race	53,298		49,425	57,794
American Indian or Alaskan Native	311	0.6%	308	307	4	1.3%
Asian	743	1.4%	731	815	-72	-8.8%
Black or African American	15,350	28.8%	13,999	15,560	-210	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	227	0.4%	198	303	-76	-25.1%
White	31,131	58.4%	28,882	34,531	-3,400	-9.8%
Information Not Available	5,536	10.4%	5,307	6,278	-742	-11.8%

Years of Age	53,298		49,425	57,794
Younger than 22	495	0.6%	459	522	-27	-5.2%
22-24	1,530	1.9%	1,538	1,632	-102	-6.3%
25-34	10,278	12.8%	9,450	11,249	-971	-8.6%
35-44	10,842	13.5%	10,392	11,563	-721	-6.2%
45-54	11,879	14.8%	10,915	12,940	-1,061	-8.2%
55-59	5,858	7.3%	5,433	6,016	-158	-2.6%
60-64	4,296	5.4%	3,777	4,421	-125	-2.8%
65 and older	3,383	4.2%	2,925	3,599	-216	-6.0%
Information Not Available	4,737	5.9%	4,536	5,852	-1,115	-19.1%

Industry	53,298		49,425	57,794
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,070	3.7%	1,457	2,675	-605	-22.6%
Mining	72	0.1%	99	192	-120	-62.5%
Utilities	77	0.1%	54	69	8	11.6%
Construction	3,053	5.5%	2,984	2,758	295	10.7%
Manufacturing	2,187	3.9%	2,056	2,565	-378	-14.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,809	3.3%	1,698	2,397	-588	-24.5%
Retail Trade	4,872	8.8%	4,793	4,736	136	2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,134	3.9%	2,247	1,884	250	13.3%
Information	832	1.5%	867	986	-154	-15.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,006	3.6%	1,987	2,100	-94	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,034	1.9%	958	1,246	-212	-17.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,800	6.9%	3,556	4,237	-437	-10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	493	0.9%	501	522	-29	-5.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,795	15.9%	8,184	9,355	-560	-6.0%
Educational Services	2,077	3.8%	1,576	2,369	-292	-12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,493	9.9%	5,008	5,523	-30	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,282	2.3%	1,101	1,573	-291	-18.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,298	7.8%	4,046	4,672	-374	-8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,509	2.7%	1,353	1,653	-144	-8.7%
Public Administration	633	1.1%	580	758	-125	-16.5%
Information Not Available	4,772	8.6%	4,320	5,524	-752	-13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,826		29,530	33,948
Male	12,972	42.1%	12,376	14,974	-2,002	-13.4%
Female	16,329	53.0%	15,628	17,358	-1,029	-5.9%
Information Not Available	1,525	4.9%	1,526	1,616	-91	-5.6%

Ethnicity	30,826		29,530	33,948
Hispanic or Latino	58	0.2%	19	190	-132	-69.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,243	94.9%	27,985	32,142	-2,899	-9.0%
Information Not Available	1,525	4.9%	1,526	1,616	-91	-5.6%

Race	30,826		29,530	33,948
American Indian or Alaskan Native	160	0.5%	124	155	5	3.2%
Asian	549	1.8%	510	516	33	6.4%
Black or African American	17,754	57.6%	16,901	18,654	-900	-4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,838	35.2%	10,469	13,007	-2,169	-16.7%
Information Not Available	1,525	4.9%	1,526	1,616	-91	-5.6%

Years of Age	30,826		29,530	33,948
Younger than 22	517	1.3%	403	552	-35	-6.3%
22-24	1,295	3.3%	1,183	1,407	-112	-8.0%
25-34	7,544	19.1%	7,305	8,554	-1,010	-11.8%
35-44	7,558	19.1%	7,427	8,358	-800	-9.6%
45-54	7,421	18.7%	7,021	8,135	-714	-8.8%
55-59	3,138	7.9%	2,947	3,409	-271	-7.9%
60-64	2,081	5.3%	1,997	2,224	-143	-6.4%
65 and older	1,272	3.2%	1,247	1,306	-34	-2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	30,826		29,530	33,948
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	299	1.0%	294	375	-76	-20.3%
Mining	8	0.0%	11	15	-7	-46.7%
Utilities	38	0.1%	38	15	23	153.3%
Construction	944	3.0%	999	1,165	-221	-19.0%
Manufacturing	2,218	7.1%	1,939	3,042	-824	-27.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,203	3.9%	1,180	1,294	-91	-7.0%
Retail Trade	2,295	7.4%	2,401	2,488	-193	-7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	480	1.5%	453	581	-101	-17.4%
Information	492	1.6%	557	631	-139	-22.0%
Finance and Insurance	896	2.9%	867	915	-19	-2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	334	1.1%	352	344	-10	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,317	17.1%	5,049	6,105	-788	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.1%	36	42	-19	-45.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	103	0.3%	93	84	19	22.6%
Educational Services	698	2.2%	650	817	-119	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,648	5.3%	1,694	2,029	-381	-18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,470	4.7%	1,333	1,262	208	16.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	327	1.1%	228	274	53	19.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	419	1.3%	353	624	-205	-32.9%
Public Administration	292	0.9%	312	317	-25	-7.9%
Information Not Available	11,322	36.4%	10,691	11,529	-207	-1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,955		7,960	7,374
Male	5,230	65.7%	5,314	4,408	822	18.6%
Female	2,725	34.3%	2,645	2,964	-239	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,955		7,960	7,374
Hispanic or Latino	592	7.4%	599	522	70	13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,329	67.0%	5,341	4,998	331	6.6%
Information Not Available	2,034	25.6%	2,020	1,854	180	9.7%

Race	7,955		7,960	7,374
American Indian or Alaskan Native	65	0.8%	74	58	7	12.1%
Asian	2,444	30.7%	2,395	2,334	110	4.7%
Black or African American	142	1.8%	140	113	29	25.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,598	32.7%	2,666	2,249	349	15.5%
White	1,675	21.1%	1,660	1,646	29	1.8%
Information Not Available	1,031	13.0%	1,025	974	57	5.9%

Years of Age	7,955		7,960	7,374
Younger than 22	108	1.2%	106	97	11	11.3%
22-24	332	3.7%	327	264	68	25.8%
25-34	1,802	20.2%	1,788	1,587	215	13.5%
35-44	1,811	20.3%	1,811	1,634	177	10.8%
45-54	1,817	20.4%	1,810	1,656	161	9.7%
55-59	835	9.4%	858	864	-29	-3.4%
60-64	723	8.1%	722	716	7	1.0%
65 and older	527	5.9%	538	556	-29	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,955		7,960	7,374
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	206	2.5%	282	298	-92	-30.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	13	0.2%	9	7	6	85.7%
Construction	2,797	34.3%	2,882	1,922	875	45.5%
Manufacturing	138	1.7%	181	135	3	2.2%
Wholesale Trade	97	1.2%	98	98	-1	-1.0%
Retail Trade	355	4.3%	317	363	-8	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	326	4.0%	377	364	-38	-10.4%
Information	114	1.4%	174	114	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	75	0.9%	67	76	-1	-1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	94	1.2%	97	80	14	17.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	265	3.2%	238	294	-29	-9.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.5%	43	30	13	43.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	878	10.8%	803	762	116	15.2%
Educational Services	75	0.9%	64	65	10	15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	554	6.8%	504	524	30	5.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	57	0.7%	59	74	-17	-23.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	565	6.9%	551	829	-264	-31.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	160	2.0%	140	163	-3	-1.8%
Public Administration	119	1.5%	110	153	-34	-22.2%
Information Not Available	1,024	12.5%	964	1,022	2	0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,154		16,300	18,606
Male	8,042	49.8%	8,477	9,933	-1,891	-19.0%
Female	7,935	49.1%	7,648	8,452	-517	-6.1%
Information Not Available	177	1.1%	175	221	-44	-19.9%

Ethnicity	16,154		16,300	18,606
Hispanic or Latino	4,310	26.7%	0	0	4,310	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,167	69.1%	0	0	11,167	0.0%
Information Not Available	677	4.2%	16,300	18,606	-17,929	-96.4%

Race	16,154		16,300	18,606
American Indian or Alaskan Native	226	1.4%	206	228	-2	-0.9%
Asian	234	1.4%	212	236	-2	-0.8%
Black or African American	1,195	7.4%	1,105	1,233	-38	-3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,512	58.9%	8,570	11,688	-2,176	-18.6%
Information Not Available	4,987	30.9%	6,207	5,221	-234	-4.5%

Years of Age	16,154		16,300	18,606
Younger than 22	251	1.0%	256	281	-30	-10.7%
22-24	611	2.5%	636	695	-84	-12.1%
25-34	3,403	14.1%	3,433	3,935	-532	-13.5%
35-44	3,629	15.0%	3,732	4,217	-588	-13.9%
45-54	3,626	15.0%	3,611	4,316	-690	-16.0%
55-59	2,010	8.3%	1,982	2,300	-290	-12.6%
60-64	1,519	6.3%	1,543	1,696	-177	-10.4%
65 and older	1,104	4.6%	1,107	1,162	-58	-5.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%

Industry	16,154		16,300	18,606
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	159	1.0%	149	155	4	2.6%
Mining	10	0.1%	25	33	-23	-69.7%
Utilities	27	0.2%	26	27	0	0.0%
Construction	1,866	11.4%	2,287	1,742	124	7.1%
Manufacturing	3,071	18.8%	2,977	4,998	-1,927	-38.6%
Wholesale Trade	671	4.1%	659	812	-141	-17.4%
Retail Trade	1,294	7.9%	1,270	1,301	-7	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,017	6.2%	1,030	1,244	-227	-18.2%
Information	496	3.0%	487	542	-46	-8.5%
Finance and Insurance	507	3.1%	546	744	-237	-31.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	164	1.0%	165	186	-22	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	912	5.6%	906	827	85	10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.3%	60	65	-8	-12.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,479	9.1%	1,506	1,555	-76	-4.9%
Educational Services	473	2.9%	429	503	-30	-6.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,736	10.6%	1,610	1,667	69	4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	150	0.9%	144	148	2	1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,222	7.5%	1,205	1,248	-26	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	487	3.0%	491	481	6	1.2%
Public Administration	208	1.3%	187	184	24	13.0%
Information Not Available	148	0.9%	141	144	4	2.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,148		5,380	6,174
Male	2,428	47.2%	2,586	3,075	-647	-21.0%
Female	2,720	52.8%	2,793	3,097	-377	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	5,148		5,380	6,174
Hispanic or Latino	501	9.7%	562	693	-192	-27.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,866	75.1%	4,009	4,188	-322	-7.7%
Information Not Available	781	15.2%	809	1,293	-512	-39.6%

Race	5,148		5,380	6,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	271	3.3%	288	273	-2	-0.7%
Asian	123	1.5%	130	121	2	1.7%
Black or African American	121	1.5%	113	91	30	33.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.8%	66	65	-2	-3.1%
White	6,135	75.7%	6,569	9,024	-2,889	-32.0%
Information Not Available	1,393	17.2%	1,478	2,755	-1,362	-49.4%

Years of Age	5,148		5,380	6,174
Younger than 22	84	0.8%	102	106	-22	-20.8%
22-24	165	1.5%	182	204	-39	-19.1%
25-34	896	8.3%	952	1,089	-193	-17.7%
35-44	1,096	10.2%	1,095	1,182	-86	-7.3%
45-54	1,223	11.3%	1,243	1,479	-256	-17.3%
55-59	669	6.2%	718	807	-138	-17.1%
60-64	488	4.5%	542	615	-127	-20.7%
65 and older	526	4.9%	544	683	-157	-23.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	9	-8	-88.9%

Industry	5,148		5,380	6,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	115	2.2%	151	174	-59	-33.9%
Mining	26	0.5%	30	97	-71	-73.2%
Utilities	5	0.1%	8	11	-6	-54.5%
Construction	379	7.2%	425	393	-14	-3.6%
Manufacturing	506	9.6%	528	722	-216	-29.9%
Wholesale Trade	222	4.2%	242	278	-56	-20.1%
Retail Trade	554	10.5%	549	564	-10	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	610	11.6%	628	595	15	2.5%
Information	69	1.3%	90	99	-30	-30.3%
Finance and Insurance	178	3.4%	172	180	-2	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	0.9%	48	66	-18	-27.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	321	6.1%	290	374	-53	-14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.3%	17	14	4	28.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	470	8.9%	502	576	-106	-18.4%
Educational Services	135	2.6%	130	148	-13	-8.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	622	11.8%	657	695	-73	-10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	43	0.8%	47	37	6	16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	277	5.3%	331	292	-15	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	191	3.6%	183	219	-28	-12.8%
Public Administration	132	2.5%	123	167	-35	-21.0%
Information Not Available	227	4.3%	229	473	-246	-52.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	108,182		103,113	118,368
Male	55,303	51.1%	54,130	61,772	-6,469	-10.5%
Female	52,199	48.3%	48,320	55,819	-3,620	-6.5%
Information Not Available	680	0.6%	663	777	-97	-12.5%

Ethnicity	108,182		103,113	118,368
Hispanic or Latino	13,339	12.3%	13,445	14,205	-866	-6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,059	76.8%	78,715	91,688	-8,629	-9.4%
Information Not Available	11,784	10.9%	10,953	12,475	-691	-5.5%

Race	108,182		103,113	118,368
American Indian or Alaskan Native	505	0.5%	460	546	-41	-7.5%
Asian	2,698	2.5%	2,591	2,979	-281	-9.4%
Black or African American	30,594	28.3%	27,943	31,877	-1,283	-4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	232	0.2%	235	219	13	5.9%
White	63,697	58.9%	61,696	72,053	-8,356	-11.6%
Information Not Available	10,456	9.7%	10,188	10,694	-238	-2.2%

Years of Age	108,182		103,113	118,368
Younger than 22	1,200	0.7%	1,069	1,444	-244	-16.9%
22-24	3,610	2.2%	3,566	4,274	-664	-15.5%
25-34	23,473	14.5%	22,765	26,026	-2,553	-9.8%
35-44	25,315	15.6%	24,129	26,964	-1,649	-6.1%
45-54	26,353	16.2%	24,802	29,256	-2,903	-9.9%
55-59	13,023	8.0%	12,293	14,536	-1,513	-10.4%
60-64	9,540	5.9%	9,071	10,055	-515	-5.1%
65 and older	5,668	3.5%	5,418	5,813	-145	-2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	108,182		103,113	118,368
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	320	0.3%	361	333	-13	-3.9%
Mining	299	0.3%	252	552	-253	-45.8%
Utilities	141	0.1%	147	224	-83	-37.1%
Construction	11,556	10.7%	11,207	11,353	203	1.8%
Manufacturing	9,960	9.2%	9,232	14,938	-4,978	-33.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,240	4.8%	4,953	5,173	67	1.3%
Retail Trade	9,066	8.4%	8,857	8,641	425	4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,591	7.9%	8,059	8,641	-50	-0.6%
Information	2,100	1.9%	2,065	2,422	-322	-13.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,355	4.0%	4,175	4,161	194	4.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,469	1.4%	1,514	1,338	131	9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,314	6.7%	7,219	7,576	-262	-3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,056	1.0%	921	788	268	34.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,526	13.4%	14,160	16,333	-1,807	-11.1%
Educational Services	3,678	3.4%	2,682	4,768	-1,090	-22.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,805	7.2%	7,336	9,110	-1,305	-14.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,198	1.1%	1,225	1,189	9	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,155	7.5%	7,939	8,465	-310	-3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,950	2.7%	2,671	3,204	-254	-7.9%
Public Administration	2,263	2.1%	1,966	2,489	-226	-9.1%
Information Not Available	6,140	5.7%	6,172	6,670	-530	-7.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,831		16,212	22,159
Male	7,700	51.9%	8,760	12,626	-4,926	-39.0%
Female	7,048	47.5%	7,360	9,457	-2,409	-25.5%
Information Not Available	83	0.6%	92	76	7	9.2%

Ethnicity	14,831		16,212	22,159
Hispanic or Latino	603	4.1%	657	1,028	-425	-41.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,353	76.5%	12,470	17,116	-5,763	-33.7%
Information Not Available	2,875	19.4%	3,085	4,015	-1,140	-28.4%

Race	14,831		16,212	22,159
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	0.5%	82	83	-2	-2.4%
Asian	115	0.8%	127	134	-19	-14.2%
Black or African American	2,760	18.6%	2,850	3,879	-1,119	-28.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	17	21	-5	-23.8%
White	10,881	73.4%	12,139	16,635	-5,754	-34.6%
Information Not Available	978	6.6%	997	1,407	-429	-30.5%

Years of Age	14,831		16,212	22,159
Younger than 22	131	0.5%	147	272	-141	-51.8%
22-24	413	1.7%	467	660	-247	-37.4%
25-34	3,085	12.6%	3,525	4,778	-1,693	-35.4%
35-44	3,678	15.1%	4,139	5,554	-1,876	-33.8%
45-54	3,772	15.4%	4,048	5,725	-1,953	-34.1%
55-59	1,839	7.5%	1,941	2,743	-904	-33.0%
60-64	1,291	5.3%	1,298	1,615	-324	-20.1%
65 and older	622	2.5%	647	812	-190	-23.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,831		16,212	22,159
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.2%	36	63	-30	-47.6%
Mining	17	0.1%	25	69	-52	-75.4%
Utilities	30	0.2%	26	31	-1	-3.2%
Construction	1,624	10.9%	1,983	2,850	-1,226	-43.0%
Manufacturing	2,446	16.5%	3,427	5,180	-2,734	-52.8%
Wholesale Trade	607	4.1%	665	910	-303	-33.3%
Retail Trade	1,725	11.6%	1,571	1,471	254	17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	488	3.3%	520	779	-291	-37.4%
Information	296	2.0%	303	301	-5	-1.7%
Finance and Insurance	514	3.5%	540	691	-177	-25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	245	1.6%	245	326	-81	-24.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	872	5.9%	855	1,057	-185	-17.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	175	1.2%	166	133	42	31.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,491	10.0%	1,519	2,146	-655	-30.5%
Educational Services	524	3.5%	463	593	-69	-11.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,229	8.3%	1,238	1,633	-404	-24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	0.9%	141	175	-43	-24.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	538	3.6%	538	755	-217	-28.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	372	2.5%	366	584	-212	-36.3%
Public Administration	130	0.9%	127	213	-83	-39.0%
Information Not Available	1,343	9.0%	1,458	2,199	-856	-38.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,227		10,673	14,388
Male	5,843	52.0%	5,408	7,835	-1,992	-25.4%
Female	5,384	48.0%	5,265	6,553	-1,169	-17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,227		10,673	14,388
Hispanic or Latino	858	7.6%	854	1,047	-189	-18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,835	52.0%	5,153	7,780	-1,945	-25.0%
Information Not Available	4,534	40.4%	4,666	5,561	-1,027	-18.5%

Race	11,227		10,673	14,388
American Indian or Alaskan Native	181	1.6%	166	212	-31	-14.6%
Asian	153	1.4%	181	204	-51	-25.0%
Black or African American	2,228	19.8%	2,228	3,157	-929	-29.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.2%	27	24	1	4.2%
White	7,971	71.0%	7,411	9,946	-1,975	-19.9%
Information Not Available	669	6.0%	660	845	-176	-20.8%

Years of Age	11,227		10,673	14,388
Younger than 22	163	0.9%	141	233	-70	-30.0%
22-24	423	2.3%	384	672	-249	-37.1%
25-34	2,392	13.1%	2,360	3,423	-1,031	-30.1%
35-44	2,690	14.7%	2,531	3,266	-576	-17.6%
45-54	2,630	14.4%	2,521	3,248	-618	-19.0%
55-59	1,399	7.7%	1,280	1,687	-288	-17.1%
60-64	932	5.1%	884	1,141	-209	-18.3%
65 and older	598	3.3%	572	718	-120	-16.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,227		10,673	14,388
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.4%	42	66	-22	-33.3%
Mining	66	0.6%	66	187	-121	-64.7%
Utilities	18	0.2%	18	19	-1	-5.3%
Construction	1,187	10.5%	1,217	1,157	30	2.6%
Manufacturing	1,362	12.1%	1,336	2,342	-980	-41.8%
Wholesale Trade	862	7.6%	431	1,193	-331	-27.7%
Retail Trade	781	6.9%	766	996	-215	-21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	469	4.2%	496	634	-165	-26.0%
Information	243	2.2%	261	330	-87	-26.4%
Finance and Insurance	336	3.0%	377	374	-38	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	186	1.7%	172	184	2	1.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	776	6.9%	746	1,053	-277	-26.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.4%	51	35	8	22.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,379	12.2%	1,358	1,705	-326	-19.1%
Educational Services	318	2.8%	271	527	-209	-39.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,370	12.2%	1,302	1,483	-113	-7.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	54	0.5%	62	76	-22	-28.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	713	6.3%	696	780	-67	-8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	224	2.0%	230	260	-36	-13.8%
Public Administration	252	2.2%	214	248	4	1.6%
Information Not Available	544	4.8%	561	739	-195	-26.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,949		18,809	23,364
Male	12,059	54.9%	9,713	13,783	-1,724	-12.5%
Female	9,890	45.1%	9,096	9,581	309	3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,949		18,809	23,364
Hispanic or Latino	24	0.1%	22	34	-10	-29.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	489	2.2%	520	659	-170	-25.8%
Information Not Available	21,436	97.7%	18,267	22,671	-1,235	-5.4%

Race	21,949		18,809	23,364
American Indian or Alaskan Native	153	0.7%	141	69	84	121.7%
Asian	41	0.2%	75	99	-58	-58.6%
Black or African American	4,047	18.4%	3,029	3,600	447	12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	9	9	-5	-55.6%
White	17,444	79.5%	15,352	19,290	-1,846	-9.6%
Information Not Available	260	1.2%	203	297	-37	-12.5%

Years of Age	21,949		18,809	23,364
Younger than 22	336	0.9%	194	271	65	24.0%
22-24	1,232	3.3%	750	633	599	94.6%
25-34	4,804	12.7%	4,044	5,034	-230	-4.6%
35-44	5,517	14.6%	4,638	5,499	18	0.3%
45-54	5,011	13.3%	4,638	6,033	-1,022	-16.9%
55-59	2,331	6.2%	2,028	2,846	-515	-18.1%
60-64	1,639	4.3%	1,446	1,847	-208	-11.3%
65 and older	1,079	2.9%	1,071	1,193	-114	-9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%

Industry	21,949		18,809	23,364
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.0%	35	9	-1	-11.1%
Mining	116	0.5%	141	1,076	-960	-89.2%
Utilities	25	0.1%	35	30	-5	-16.7%
Construction	1,780	8.1%	2,222	2,523	-743	-29.4%
Manufacturing	7,401	33.7%	3,210	5,387	2,014	37.4%
Wholesale Trade	784	3.6%	723	835	-51	-6.1%
Retail Trade	1,369	6.2%	1,693	1,309	60	4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	834	3.8%	776	1,158	-324	-28.0%
Information	348	1.6%	265	271	77	28.4%
Finance and Insurance	772	3.5%	772	599	173	28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	249	1.1%	295	276	-27	-9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,017	4.6%	1,032	1,240	-223	-18.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	128	0.6%	101	121	7	5.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,713	7.8%	1,843	2,174	-461	-21.2%
Educational Services	573	2.6%	516	969	-396	-40.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,751	8.0%	1,834	1,852	-101	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	257	1.2%	212	267	-10	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,020	4.6%	1,230	1,059	-39	-3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	356	1.6%	503	521	-165	-31.7%
Public Administration	336	1.5%	295	366	-30	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,112	5.1%	1,076	1,322	-210	-15.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,840		20,693	27,996
Male	9,136	43.8%	9,412	14,640	-5,504	-37.6%
Female	11,675	56.0%	11,257	13,337	-1,662	-12.5%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	24	19	10	52.6%

Ethnicity	20,840		20,693	27,996
Hispanic or Latino	764	3.7%	842	1,076	-312	-29.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,675	94.4%	19,450	26,916	-7,241	-26.9%
Information Not Available	401	1.9%	401	4	397	9925.0%

Race	20,840		20,693	27,996
American Indian or Alaskan Native	124	0.6%	108	157	-33	-21.0%
Asian	126	0.6%	142	226	-100	-44.2%
Black or African American	11,754	56.4%	11,593	15,048	-3,294	-21.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	16	27	-15	-55.6%
White	7,345	35.2%	7,438	12,727	-5,382	-42.3%
Information Not Available	1,479	7.1%	1,396	411	1,068	259.9%

Years of Age	20,840		20,693	27,996
Younger than 22	356	1.3%	348	511	-155	-30.3%
22-24	886	3.3%	829	1,197	-311	-26.0%
25-34	5,174	19.4%	5,077	6,909	-1,735	-25.1%
35-44	4,865	18.3%	4,799	6,668	-1,803	-27.0%
45-54	4,582	17.2%	4,668	6,391	-1,809	-28.3%
55-59	2,311	8.7%	2,340	3,001	-690	-23.0%
60-64	1,553	5.8%	1,571	1,990	-437	-22.0%
65 and older	1,113	4.2%	1,061	1,329	-216	-16.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,840		20,693	27,996
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	157	0.7%	167	166	-9	-5.4%
Mining	260	1.2%	311	1,183	-923	-78.0%
Utilities	31	0.1%	43	90	-59	-65.6%
Construction	3,123	14.9%	3,254	4,082	-959	-23.5%
Manufacturing	1,368	6.5%	1,426	2,775	-1,407	-50.7%
Wholesale Trade	498	2.4%	529	849	-351	-41.3%
Retail Trade	1,549	7.4%	1,477	2,050	-501	-24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,075	5.1%	1,029	1,358	-283	-20.8%
Information	285	1.4%	246	385	-100	-26.0%
Finance and Insurance	447	2.1%	422	486	-39	-8.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	316	1.5%	340	591	-275	-46.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	959	4.6%	955	1,565	-606	-38.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.3%	67	93	-25	-26.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,741	8.3%	1,724	2,230	-489	-21.9%
Educational Services	1,002	4.8%	892	1,059	-57	-5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,617	12.5%	2,542	2,977	-360	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	293	1.4%	298	395	-102	-25.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,803	8.6%	1,775	2,136	-333	-15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	777	3.7%	760	977	-200	-20.5%
Public Administration	434	2.1%	415	507	-73	-14.4%
Information Not Available	2,037	9.7%	2,021	2,042	-5	-0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,624		52,347	58,680
Male	29,297	50.0%	28,476	29,741	-444	-1.5%
Female	29,321	50.0%	23,868	28,935	386	1.3%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	3	4	2	50.0%

Ethnicity	58,624		52,347	58,680
Hispanic or Latino	7,835	13.4%	7,080	7,525	310	4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,413	80.9%	42,072	47,493	-80	-0.2%
Information Not Available	3,376	5.8%	3,195	3,662	-286	-7.8%

Race	58,624		52,347	58,680
American Indian or Alaskan Native	274	0.5%	260	263	11	4.2%
Asian	2,276	3.9%	2,352	2,472	-196	-7.9%
Black or African American	6,225	10.6%	5,605	6,397	-172	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	131	0.2%	118	141	-10	-7.1%
White	41,234	70.3%	36,564	41,351	-117	-0.3%
Information Not Available	8,484	14.5%	7,448	8,056	428	5.3%

Years of Age	58,624		52,347	58,680
Younger than 22	790	0.8%	844	785	5	0.6%
22-24	2,133	2.3%	2,217	2,209	-76	-3.4%
25-34	12,193	13.0%	11,694	12,092	101	0.8%
35-44	12,082	12.8%	11,111	12,231	-149	-1.2%
45-54	14,175	15.1%	12,777	14,642	-467	-3.2%
55-59	7,078	7.5%	6,067	7,169	-91	-1.3%
60-64	5,709	6.1%	4,426	5,261	448	8.5%
65 and older	4,464	4.7%	3,211	4,291	173	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	58,624		52,347	58,680
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	229	0.4%	187	200	29	14.5%
Mining	29	0.0%	25	27	2	7.4%
Utilities	185	0.3%	130	132	53	40.2%
Construction	4,466	7.6%	5,725	4,970	-504	-10.1%
Manufacturing	4,723	8.0%	4,602	4,863	-140	-2.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,615	4.4%	2,394	2,461	154	6.3%
Retail Trade	4,750	8.1%	4,392	4,594	156	3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,951	8.4%	1,600	5,093	-142	-2.8%
Information	1,554	2.6%	1,405	1,471	83	5.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,107	3.6%	2,191	2,173	-66	-3.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	874	1.5%	883	883	-9	-1.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,298	9.0%	4,942	5,048	250	5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	304	0.5%	264	282	22	7.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,256	8.9%	5,576	5,443	-187	-3.4%
Educational Services	1,661	2.8%	1,228	1,606	55	3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,425	10.9%	5,592	6,100	325	5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	748	1.3%	660	676	72	10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,604	9.5%	4,944	5,550	54	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,966	5.0%	2,958	3,144	-178	-5.7%
Public Administration	1,884	3.2%	847	1,985	-101	-5.1%
Information Not Available	1,995	3.4%	1,802	1,979	16	0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,660		35,087	38,396
Male	13,710	37.4%	14,187	15,008	-1,298	-8.6%
Female	15,498	42.3%	15,474	16,206	-708	-4.4%
Information Not Available	7,452	20.3%	5,426	7,182	270	3.8%

Ethnicity	36,660		35,087	38,396
Hispanic or Latino	1,286	3.5%	1,286	1,347	-61	-4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,990	73.6%	27,467	29,103	-2,113	-7.3%
Information Not Available	8,384	22.9%	6,334	7,946	438	5.5%

Race	36,660		35,087	38,396
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	0.3%	108	106	3	2.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14,049	38.3%	14,254	14,876	-827	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1%	51	51	-6	-11.8%
White	12,787	34.9%	13,054	14,070	-1,283	-9.1%
Information Not Available	9,670	26.4%	7,620	9,293	377	4.1%

Years of Age	36,660		35,087	38,396
Younger than 22	444	0.9%	436	509	-65	-12.8%
22-24	1,206	2.6%	1,222	1,321	-115	-8.7%
25-34	6,829	14.6%	6,960	7,505	-676	-9.0%
35-44	6,050	12.9%	6,125	6,486	-436	-6.7%
45-54	6,547	14.0%	6,604	7,161	-614	-8.6%
55-59	3,379	7.2%	3,452	3,402	-23	-0.7%
60-64	2,558	5.5%	2,600	2,600	-42	-1.6%
65 and older	2,195	4.7%	2,262	2,229	-34	-1.5%
Information Not Available	7,452	15.9%	5,426	7,183	269	3.7%

Industry	36,660		35,087	38,396
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.1%	36	45	-6	-13.3%
Mining	8	0.0%	10	37	-29	-78.4%
Utilities	37	0.1%	33	47	-10	-21.3%
Construction	2,545	6.9%	2,791	2,755	-210	-7.6%
Manufacturing	237	0.6%	253	388	-151	-38.9%
Wholesale Trade	958	2.6%	915	1,214	-256	-21.1%
Retail Trade	1,155	3.1%	1,143	1,200	-45	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,651	7.2%	2,997	2,482	169	6.8%
Information	510	1.4%	506	414	96	23.2%
Finance and Insurance	999	2.7%	988	881	118	13.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	586	1.6%	587	581	5	0.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,692	7.3%	2,645	2,873	-181	-6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	0.4%	140	78	55	70.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,833	10.4%	3,905	4,322	-489	-11.3%
Educational Services	1,425	3.9%	1,339	1,426	-1	-0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,174	8.6%	2,948	3,409	-235	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	415	1.1%	413	321	94	29.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,422	6.6%	2,472	2,733	-311	-11.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	774	2.1%	732	954	-180	-18.9%
Public Administration	543	1.5%	545	563	-20	-3.6%
Information Not Available	11,524	31.4%	9,689	11,673	-149	-1.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,089		4,150	4,442
Male	2,027	49.6%	2,248	2,263	-236	-10.4%
Female	2,062	50.4%	1,902	2,179	-117	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,089		4,150	4,442
Hispanic or Latino	47	1.1%	46	46	1	2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,618	88.5%	3,662	3,962	-344	-8.7%
Information Not Available	424	10.4%	442	434	-10	-2.3%

Race	4,089		4,150	4,442
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	1.4%	52	61	-5	-8.2%
Asian	31	0.8%	32	31	0	0.0%
Black or African American	61	1.5%	69	65	-4	-6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,786	92.6%	3,826	4,066	-280	-6.9%
Information Not Available	155	3.8%	171	219	-64	-29.2%

Years of Age	4,089		4,150	4,442
Younger than 22	87	1.2%	89	94	-7	-7.4%
22-24	116	1.6%	105	156	-40	-25.6%
25-34	810	10.9%	901	835	-25	-3.0%
35-44	815	10.9%	824	911	-96	-10.5%
45-54	982	13.2%	996	1,070	-88	-8.2%
55-59	560	7.5%	579	606	-46	-7.6%
60-64	425	5.7%	402	465	-40	-8.6%
65 and older	294	3.9%	254	305	-11	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,089		4,150	4,442
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	2.5%	235	156	-53	-34.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	17	-13	-76.5%
Construction	202	4.8%	274	287	-85	-29.6%
Manufacturing	461	11.0%	340	461	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	120	2.9%	117	121	-1	-0.8%
Retail Trade	440	10.5%	449	423	17	4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	174	4.2%	116	198	-24	-12.1%
Information	40	1.0%	45	31	9	29.0%
Finance and Insurance	70	1.7%	86	85	-15	-17.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	34	0.8%	42	38	-4	-10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	141	3.4%	135	179	-38	-21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	4	10	-6	-60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	278	6.6%	311	276	2	0.7%
Educational Services	145	3.5%	89	120	25	20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	490	11.7%	435	570	-80	-14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	1.1%	57	38	8	21.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	232	5.5%	250	250	-18	-7.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	104	2.5%	80	112	-8	-7.1%
Public Administration	73	1.7%	65	74	-1	-1.4%
Information Not Available	928	22.1%	1,014	995	-67	-6.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,128		46,398	76,618
Male	35,808	49.6%	22,893	39,947	-4,139	-10.4%
Female	34,885	48.4%	22,387	34,834	51	0.1%
Information Not Available	1,435	2.0%	1,118	1,837	-402	-21.9%

Ethnicity	72,128		46,398	76,618
Hispanic or Latino	3,097	4.3%	1,829	2,942	155	5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,076	79.1%	36,538	60,224	-3,148	-5.2%
Information Not Available	11,955	16.6%	8,031	13,452	-1,497	-11.1%

Race	72,128		46,398	76,618
American Indian or Alaskan Native	493	0.7%	345	563	-70	-12.4%
Asian	2,114	2.9%	561	1,884	230	12.2%
Black or African American	16,979	23.5%	10,294	16,479	500	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.1%	29	57	-16	-28.1%
White	36,903	51.2%	25,355	40,694	-3,791	-9.3%
Information Not Available	15,598	21.6%	9,814	16,941	-1,343	-7.9%

Years of Age	72,128		46,398	76,618
Younger than 22	1,301	1.3%	899	1,377	-76	-5.5%
22-24	3,310	3.2%	2,000	3,667	-357	-9.7%
25-34	17,138	16.6%	11,200	18,052	-914	-5.1%
35-44	16,211	15.7%	10,574	17,605	-1,394	-7.9%
45-54	17,578	17.0%	10,947	19,307	-1,729	-9.0%
55-59	8,493	8.2%	5,409	8,936	-443	-5.0%
60-64	5,517	5.3%	3,534	5,219	298	5.7%
65 and older	2,580	2.5%	1,831	2,453	127	5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	72,128		46,398	76,618
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	310	0.4%	331	372	-62	-16.7%
Mining	62	0.1%	55	206	-144	-69.9%
Utilities	71	0.1%	64	64	7	10.9%
Construction	2,792	3.9%	3,155	3,933	-1,141	-29.0%
Manufacturing	18,741	25.9%	9,204	20,644	-1,903	-9.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,461	7.5%	1,763	4,807	654	13.6%
Retail Trade	3,192	4.4%	3,173	2,978	214	7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,844	3.9%	1,373	2,878	-34	-1.2%
Information	899	1.2%	897	744	155	20.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,279	1.8%	1,317	1,412	-133	-9.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	633	0.9%	670	731	-98	-13.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,614	9.1%	3,632	6,728	-114	-1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,492	3.4%	1,644	2,336	156	6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,596	10.5%	5,098	7,743	-147	-1.9%
Educational Services	1,435	2.0%	698	1,737	-302	-17.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,129	8.5%	5,265	6,947	-818	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	736	1.0%	697	731	5	0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,461	3.4%	2,199	2,543	-82	-3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,909	4.0%	1,243	3,150	-241	-7.7%
Public Administration	973	1.3%	686	878	95	10.8%
Information Not Available	4,499	6.2%	3,234	5,056	-557	-11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,961		29,934	32,215
Male	15,235	52.6%	16,382	17,922	-2,687	-15.0%
Female	13,722	47.4%	13,544	14,288	-566	-4.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	8	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	28,961		29,934	32,215
Hispanic or Latino	1,140	3.9%	1,192	1,296	-156	-12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,776	85.5%	25,696	27,468	-2,692	-9.8%
Information Not Available	3,045	10.5%	3,046	3,451	-406	-11.8%

Race	28,961		29,934	32,215
American Indian or Alaskan Native	431	1.5%	429	463	-32	-6.9%
Asian	868	3.0%	841	1,057	-189	-17.9%
Black or African American	2,823	9.7%	2,892	2,922	-99	-3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.2%	67	61	3	4.9%
White	22,057	76.2%	22,978	24,909	-2,852	-11.4%
Information Not Available	2,718	9.4%	2,727	2,803	-85	-3.0%

Years of Age	28,961		29,934	32,215
Younger than 22	289	0.6%	330	360	-71	-19.7%
22-24	863	1.8%	932	1,140	-277	-24.3%
25-34	6,404	13.3%	6,603	7,222	-818	-11.3%
35-44	6,290	13.1%	6,561	7,033	-743	-10.6%
45-54	6,788	14.1%	6,976	7,742	-954	-12.3%
55-59	3,918	8.1%	4,051	4,123	-205	-5.0%
60-64	2,831	5.9%	2,876	2,954	-123	-4.2%
65 and older	1,573	3.3%	1,601	1,632	-59	-3.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	9	-4	-44.4%

Industry	28,961		29,934	32,215
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	247	0.8%	300	349	-102	-29.2%
Mining	51	0.2%	72	208	-157	-75.5%
Utilities	138	0.5%	147	175	-37	-21.1%
Construction	2,926	10.0%	3,843	3,745	-819	-21.9%
Manufacturing	3,599	12.3%	3,663	5,289	-1,690	-32.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,434	4.9%	1,451	1,530	-96	-6.3%
Retail Trade	2,348	8.0%	2,372	2,212	136	6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	945	3.2%	995	978	-33	-3.4%
Information	668	2.3%	636	587	81	13.8%
Finance and Insurance	997	3.4%	989	906	91	10.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	413	1.4%	425	422	-9	-2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,262	7.7%	2,194	2,283	-21	-0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	600	2.1%	588	726	-126	-17.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,510	8.6%	2,576	2,692	-182	-6.8%
Educational Services	1,274	4.4%	1,107	1,437	-163	-11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,793	9.6%	2,818	2,813	-20	-0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	397	1.4%	393	399	-2	-0.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,190	7.5%	2,221	2,166	24	1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,630	5.6%	1,620	1,656	-26	-1.6%
Public Administration	566	1.9%	514	534	32	6.0%
Information Not Available	973	3.3%	1,010	1,108	-135	-12.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,841		27,686	32,154
Male	14,138	44.4%	12,125	14,711	-573	-3.9%
Female	17,663	55.5%	15,521	17,387	276	1.6%
Information Not Available	40	0.1%	40	56	-16	-28.6%

Ethnicity	31,841		27,686	32,154
Hispanic or Latino	1,308	4.1%	1,108	1,323	-15	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,232	76.1%	21,465	23,344	888	3.8%
Information Not Available	6,301	19.8%	5,113	7,487	-1,186	-15.8%

Race	31,841		27,686	32,154
American Indian or Alaskan Native	176	0.6%	178	200	-24	-12.0%
Asian	267	0.8%	217	155	112	72.3%
Black or African American	7,512	23.6%	6,459	7,626	-114	-1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	375	1.2%	307	1,319	-944	-71.6%
White	19,189	60.3%	17,337	19,114	75	0.4%
Information Not Available	4,322	13.6%	3,188	3,740	582	15.6%

Years of Age	31,841		27,686	32,154
Younger than 22	421	0.9%	310	565	-144	-25.5%
22-24	1,229	2.5%	913	1,518	-289	-19.0%
25-34	7,026	14.5%	5,709	7,376	-350	-4.7%
35-44	7,200	14.9%	6,157	7,183	17	0.2%
45-54	7,355	15.2%	6,662	7,403	-48	-0.6%
55-59	3,741	7.7%	3,477	3,728	13	0.3%
60-64	2,729	5.6%	2,501	2,430	299	12.3%
65 and older	2,140	4.4%	1,957	1,951	189	9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,841		27,686	32,154
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.3%	82	111	-26	-23.4%
Mining	28	0.1%	35	103	-75	-72.8%
Utilities	32	0.1%	39	25	7	28.0%
Construction	2,060	6.5%	2,392	1,763	297	16.8%
Manufacturing	5,092	15.9%	2,665	6,594	-1,502	-22.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,099	3.4%	933	951	148	15.6%
Retail Trade	2,756	8.6%	2,637	2,231	525	23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,292	10.3%	2,468	3,509	-217	-6.2%
Information	580	1.8%	550	545	35	6.4%
Finance and Insurance	741	2.3%	790	669	72	10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	565	1.8%	547	528	37	7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,584	5.0%	1,547	1,423	161	11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	114	0.4%	121	146	-32	-21.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,130	9.8%	2,978	3,301	-171	-5.2%
Educational Services	832	2.6%	714	755	77	10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,525	11.0%	3,428	3,211	314	9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	280	0.9%	233	276	4	1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,798	11.9%	3,401	3,868	-70	-1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	847	2.7%	779	784	63	8.0%
Public Administration	257	0.8%	239	210	47	22.4%
Information Not Available	1,144	3.6%	1,108	1,151	-7	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,225		14,013	17,778
Male	5,655	37.1%	5,359	7,394	-1,739	-23.5%
Female	9,562	62.8%	8,645	10,366	-804	-7.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	9	18	-10	-55.6%

Ethnicity	15,225		14,013	17,778
Hispanic or Latino	256	1.7%	266	244	12	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,544	95.5%	13,313	16,854	-2,310	-13.7%
Information Not Available	425	2.8%	434	680	-255	-37.5%

Race	15,225		14,013	17,778
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.3%	44	52	-7	-13.5%
Asian	42	0.3%	55	67	-25	-37.3%
Black or African American	10,343	67.9%	9,323	11,576	-1,233	-10.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	24	39	-16	-41.0%
White	4,462	29.3%	4,258	5,631	-1,169	-20.8%
Information Not Available	310	2.0%	309	413	-103	-24.9%

Years of Age	15,225		14,013	17,778
Younger than 22	164	0.9%	139	218	-54	-24.8%
22-24	564	3.1%	481	797	-233	-29.2%
25-34	3,659	19.8%	3,344	4,347	-688	-15.8%
35-44	3,689	20.0%	3,439	4,305	-616	-14.3%
45-54	3,400	18.4%	3,105	3,978	-578	-14.5%
55-59	1,627	8.8%	1,489	1,784	-157	-8.8%
60-64	1,202	6.5%	1,162	1,362	-160	-11.7%
65 and older	920	5.0%	854	987	-67	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,225		14,013	17,778
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	109	0.7%	128	149	-40	-26.8%
Mining	31	0.2%	30	126	-95	-75.4%
Utilities	21	0.1%	21	12	9	75.0%
Construction	518	3.4%	452	654	-136	-20.8%
Manufacturing	1,654	10.8%	1,230	2,177	-523	-24.0%
Wholesale Trade	341	2.2%	328	365	-24	-6.6%
Retail Trade	1,104	7.2%	996	1,098	6	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	513	3.3%	500	508	5	1.0%
Information	170	1.1%	186	97	73	75.3%
Finance and Insurance	153	1.0%	163	208	-55	-26.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	105	0.7%	102	110	-5	-4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	433	2.8%	399	530	-97	-18.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	149	1.0%	139	191	-42	-22.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,323	8.6%	1,161	1,527	-204	-13.4%
Educational Services	483	3.1%	440	455	28	6.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,789	24.7%	3,481	4,143	-354	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	66	0.4%	61	85	-19	-22.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,174	7.7%	1,184	1,321	-147	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	152	1.0%	127	197	-45	-22.8%
Public Administration	173	1.1%	135	267	-94	-35.2%
Information Not Available	2,764	18.0%	2,750	3,558	-794	-22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,301		4,448	4,668
Male	2,035	47.3%	2,229	2,356	-321	-13.6%
Female	2,263	52.6%	2,214	2,303	-40	-1.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	5	9	-6	-66.7%

Ethnicity	4,301		4,448	4,668
Hispanic or Latino	199	4.6%	207	220	-21	-9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,880	90.2%	4,008	4,196	-316	-7.5%
Information Not Available	222	5.2%	233	252	-30	-11.9%

Race	4,301		4,448	4,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	735	17.1%	762	702	33	4.7%
Asian	23	0.5%	26	22	1	4.5%
Black or African American	52	1.2%	48	56	-4	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.3%	14	9	6	66.7%
White	3,411	79.3%	3,537	3,810	-399	-10.5%
Information Not Available	65	1.5%	61	69	-4	-5.8%

Years of Age	4,301		4,448	4,668
Younger than 22	58	0.8%	63	78	-20	-25.6%
22-24	141	1.9%	162	139	2	1.4%
25-34	869	12.0%	946	991	-122	-12.3%
35-44	960	13.2%	925	1,047	-87	-8.3%
45-54	946	13.0%	1,012	1,059	-113	-10.7%
55-59	543	7.5%	571	602	-59	-9.8%
60-64	454	6.3%	469	414	40	9.7%
65 and older	330	4.5%	300	338	-8	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,301		4,448	4,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.7%	65	40	-11	-27.5%
Mining	65	1.5%	78	131	-66	-50.4%
Utilities	13	0.3%	13	10	3	30.0%
Construction	543	12.5%	531	606	-63	-10.4%
Manufacturing	240	5.5%	247	286	-46	-16.1%
Wholesale Trade	103	2.4%	107	121	-18	-14.9%
Retail Trade	350	8.1%	361	419	-69	-16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	211	4.9%	199	317	-106	-33.4%
Information	85	2.0%	89	55	30	54.5%
Finance and Insurance	95	2.2%	94	73	22	30.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	54	1.2%	73	38	16	42.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	235	5.4%	227	246	-11	-4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.2%	6	5	2	40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	257	5.9%	301	403	-146	-36.2%
Educational Services	176	4.1%	155	205	-29	-14.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	680	15.7%	645	620	60	9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	2.1%	95	120	-30	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	422	9.7%	486	488	-66	-13.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	122	2.8%	122	116	6	5.2%
Public Administration	449	10.4%	464	294	155	52.7%
Information Not Available	75	1.7%	90	75	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,789		22,094	26,776
Male	10,205	44.8%	10,092	12,431	-2,226	-17.9%
Female	12,577	55.2%	11,990	14,330	-1,753	-12.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	12	15	-8	-53.3%

Ethnicity	22,789		22,094	26,776
Hispanic or Latino	1,050	4.6%	1,032	1,204	-154	-12.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,270	93.3%	20,623	24,941	-3,671	-14.7%
Information Not Available	469	2.1%	439	631	-162	-25.7%

Race	22,789		22,094	26,776
American Indian or Alaskan Native	324	1.4%	321	376	-52	-13.8%
Asian	297	1.3%	314	303	-6	-2.0%
Black or African American	10,778	47.3%	10,471	12,904	-2,126	-16.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.2%	38	55	-10	-18.2%
White	9,895	43.4%	9,565	11,558	-1,663	-14.4%
Information Not Available	1,450	6.4%	1,385	1,580	-130	-8.2%

Years of Age	22,789		22,094	26,776
Younger than 22	288	0.9%	298	442	-154	-34.8%
22-24	877	2.8%	827	1,199	-322	-26.9%
25-34	5,549	17.8%	5,508	6,805	-1,256	-18.5%
35-44	5,500	17.7%	5,307	6,565	-1,065	-16.2%
45-54	5,696	18.3%	5,443	6,509	-813	-12.5%
55-59	2,384	7.7%	2,298	2,716	-332	-12.2%
60-64	1,570	5.0%	1,532	1,580	-10	-0.6%
65 and older	925	3.0%	881	960	-35	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,789		22,094	26,776
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.5%	111	105	20	19.0%
Mining	9	0.0%	7	3	6	200.0%
Utilities	26	0.1%	23	28	-2	-7.1%
Construction	1,091	4.8%	1,085	1,256	-165	-13.1%
Manufacturing	2,958	12.9%	2,932	4,175	-1,217	-29.1%
Wholesale Trade	916	4.0%	867	1,105	-189	-17.1%
Retail Trade	1,799	7.9%	1,801	2,131	-332	-15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	593	2.6%	629	748	-155	-20.7%
Information	555	2.4%	528	433	122	28.2%
Finance and Insurance	821	3.6%	855	821	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	287	1.3%	301	388	-101	-26.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,588	6.9%	1,475	1,740	-152	-8.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	156	0.7%	170	159	-3	-1.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,289	18.7%	4,478	4,883	-594	-12.2%
Educational Services	930	4.1%	654	1,275	-345	-27.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,029	8.9%	1,862	2,328	-299	-12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	157	0.7%	122	194	-37	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,504	6.6%	1,424	1,764	-260	-14.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	464	2.0%	419	465	-1	-0.2%
Public Administration	409	1.8%	399	450	-41	-9.1%
Information Not Available	2,083	9.1%	1,952	2,325	-242	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,651		2,648	4,174
Male	1,544	58.2%	1,582	2,877	-1,333	-46.3%
Female	1,107	41.8%	1,066	1,297	-190	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,651		2,648	4,174
Hispanic or Latino	139	5.2%	137	247	-108	-43.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,435	91.9%	2,439	3,795	-1,360	-35.8%
Information Not Available	77	2.9%	72	132	-55	-41.7%

Race	2,651		2,648	4,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	332	12.5%	320	336	-4	-1.2%
Asian	11	0.4%	14	38	-27	-71.1%
Black or African American	127	4.8%	121	245	-118	-48.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	3	8	-4	-50.0%
White	1,961	74.0%	1,981	3,168	-1,207	-38.1%
Information Not Available	216	8.1%	209	379	-163	-43.0%

Years of Age	2,651		2,648	4,174
Younger than 22	29	0.7%	25	53	-24	-45.3%
22-24	65	1.5%	81	136	-71	-52.2%
25-34	548	12.6%	568	1,072	-524	-48.9%
35-44	575	13.2%	541	920	-345	-37.5%
45-54	630	14.5%	617	949	-319	-33.6%
55-59	364	8.4%	369	485	-121	-24.9%
60-64	263	6.0%	255	346	-83	-24.0%
65 and older	177	4.1%	192	213	-36	-16.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,651		2,648	4,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	62	2.3%	61	89	-27	-30.3%
Mining	82	3.0%	86	602	-520	-86.4%
Utilities	19	0.7%	19	23	-4	-17.4%
Construction	466	17.2%	500	573	-107	-18.7%
Manufacturing	312	11.5%	318	505	-193	-38.2%
Wholesale Trade	123	4.5%	125	368	-245	-66.6%
Retail Trade	180	6.6%	184	197	-17	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	187	6.9%	185	436	-249	-57.1%
Information	32	1.2%	31	43	-11	-25.6%
Finance and Insurance	60	2.2%	61	42	18	42.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	1.3%	29	92	-56	-60.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	138	5.1%	130	148	-10	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.7%	24	8	10	125.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	79	2.9%	79	135	-56	-41.5%
Educational Services	3	0.1%	4	7	-4	-57.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	165	6.1%	166	160	5	3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.2%	8	18	-12	-66.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	143	5.3%	122	159	-16	-10.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	68	2.5%	66	77	-9	-11.7%
Public Administration	287	10.6%	276	250	37	14.8%
Information Not Available	185	6.8%	174	242	-57	-23.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,930		4,722	4,708
Male	2,009	40.8%	1,965	1,932	77	4.0%
Female	2,689	54.5%	2,521	2,472	217	8.8%
Information Not Available	232	4.7%	236	304	-72	-23.7%

Ethnicity	4,930		4,722	4,708
Hispanic or Latino	366	7.4%	334	323	43	13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,912	79.4%	3,728	3,616	296	8.2%
Information Not Available	652	13.2%	660	769	-117	-15.2%

Race	4,930		4,722	4,708
American Indian or Alaskan Native	85	1.7%	74	80	5	6.3%
Asian	74	1.5%	86	96	-22	-22.9%
Black or African American	640	13.0%	586	549	91	16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.2%	11	13	-3	-23.1%
White	3,384	68.6%	3,251	3,195	189	5.9%
Information Not Available	737	14.9%	714	775	-38	-4.9%

Years of Age	4,930		4,722	4,708
Younger than 22	27	0.3%	19	33	-6	-18.2%
22-24	99	1.3%	94	104	-5	-4.8%
25-34	985	12.6%	949	918	67	7.3%
35-44	1,122	14.4%	1,038	1,011	111	11.0%
45-54	1,124	14.4%	1,108	1,126	-2	-0.2%
55-59	651	8.3%	612	669	-18	-2.7%
60-64	507	6.5%	500	453	54	11.9%
65 and older	415	5.3%	402	394	21	5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,930		4,722	4,708
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	1.0%	41	34	15	44.1%
Mining	6	0.1%	7	8	-2	-25.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	4	5	0	0.0%
Construction	378	7.6%	414	299	79	26.4%
Manufacturing	486	9.8%	466	612	-126	-20.6%
Wholesale Trade	164	3.3%	160	178	-14	-7.9%
Retail Trade	388	7.8%	385	350	38	10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	522	10.5%	436	548	-26	-4.7%
Information	102	2.0%	110	78	24	30.8%
Finance and Insurance	202	4.1%	196	208	-6	-2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.0%	49	41	7	17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	231	4.6%	218	221	10	4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	1.2%	55	45	16	35.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	364	7.3%	340	338	26	7.7%
Educational Services	112	2.2%	130	133	-21	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	631	12.7%	577	506	125	24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69	1.4%	65	62	7	11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	601	12.1%	550	503	98	19.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	97	1.9%	109	113	-16	-14.2%
Public Administration	94	1.9%	96	108	-14	-13.0%
Information Not Available	320	6.4%	314	318	2	0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,204		3,476	4,775
Male	1,959	46.6%	1,817	2,168	-209	-9.6%
Female	2,214	52.7%	1,634	2,557	-343	-13.4%
Information Not Available	31	0.7%	25	50	-19	-38.0%

Ethnicity	4,204		3,476	4,775
Hispanic or Latino	149	3.5%	143	166	-17	-10.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,512	83.5%	2,887	4,027	-515	-12.8%
Information Not Available	543	12.9%	446	582	-39	-6.7%

Race	4,204		3,476	4,775
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.4%	14	22	-7	-31.8%
Asian	72	1.7%	72	94	-22	-23.4%
Black or African American	85	2.0%	73	91	-6	-6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	7	8	0	0.0%
White	3,736	88.9%	3,036	4,198	-462	-11.0%
Information Not Available	288	6.9%	274	362	-74	-20.4%

Years of Age	4,204		3,476	4,775
Younger than 22	25	0.3%	20	22	3	13.6%
22-24	68	0.9%	56	101	-33	-32.7%
25-34	593	8.0%	546	695	-102	-14.7%
35-44	836	11.3%	682	883	-47	-5.3%
45-54	1,091	14.8%	917	1,254	-163	-13.0%
55-59	697	9.4%	555	786	-89	-11.3%
60-64	551	7.5%	444	614	-63	-10.3%
65 and older	343	4.6%	256	420	-77	-18.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,204		3,476	4,775
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.3%	13	12	-1	-8.3%
Mining	4	0.1%	3	2	2	100.0%
Utilities	14	0.3%	14	12	2	16.7%
Construction	77	1.8%	74	89	-12	-13.5%
Manufacturing	437	10.4%	412	522	-85	-16.3%
Wholesale Trade	207	4.9%	214	266	-59	-22.2%
Retail Trade	215	5.1%	226	236	-21	-8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	483	11.5%	74	547	-64	-11.7%
Information	59	1.4%	59	56	3	5.4%
Finance and Insurance	132	3.1%	145	154	-22	-14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39	0.9%	36	41	-2	-4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	247	5.9%	236	302	-55	-18.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	1.0%	37	28	13	46.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	471	11.2%	458	558	-87	-15.6%
Educational Services	213	5.1%	125	235	-22	-9.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	412	9.8%	368	469	-57	-12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	53	1.3%	44	38	15	39.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	148	3.5%	97	201	-53	-26.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	163	3.9%	116	136	27	19.9%
Public Administration	58	1.4%	52	46	12	26.1%
Information Not Available	720	17.1%	673	825	-105	-12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	106,024		83,446	104,984
Male	48,403	45.7%	44,335	48,152	251	0.5%
Female	57,621	54.3%	39,111	56,832	789	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	106,024		83,446	104,984
Hispanic or Latino	21,511	20.3%	16,645	21,103	408	1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,470	69.3%	58,081	72,966	504	0.7%
Information Not Available	11,043	10.4%	8,720	10,915	128	1.2%

Race	106,024		83,446	104,984
American Indian or Alaskan Native	492	0.5%	383	414	78	18.8%
Asian	4,159	3.9%	3,623	3,877	282	7.3%
Black or African American	25,415	24.0%	20,377	24,619	796	3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	642	0.6%	523	557	85	15.3%
White	60,730	57.3%	46,464	61,341	-611	-1.0%
Information Not Available	14,586	13.8%	12,076	14,176	410	2.9%

Years of Age	106,024		83,446	104,984
Younger than 22	2,731	1.7%	2,489	2,866	-135	-4.7%
22-24	5,283	3.3%	4,722	5,377	-94	-1.7%
25-34	22,811	14.5%	19,592	22,360	451	2.0%
35-44	20,494	13.0%	16,745	20,408	86	0.4%
45-54	24,143	15.3%	18,736	24,637	-494	-2.0%
55-59	11,939	7.6%	9,075	11,638	301	2.6%
60-64	8,949	5.7%	6,648	8,486	463	5.5%
65 and older	9,674	6.1%	5,439	9,212	462	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	106,024		83,446	104,984
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	161	0.2%	143	150	11	7.3%
Mining	44	0.0%	47	50	-6	-12.0%
Utilities	155	0.1%	146	146	9	6.2%
Construction	6,516	6.1%	7,139	6,717	-201	-3.0%
Manufacturing	5,664	5.3%	5,454	5,460	204	3.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,927	4.6%	4,756	4,895	32	0.7%
Retail Trade	10,460	9.9%	9,891	10,411	49	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,266	8.7%	4,205	9,062	204	2.3%
Information	1,825	1.7%	1,721	1,505	320	21.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,269	3.1%	3,136	3,260	9	0.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,473	1.4%	1,341	1,440	33	2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,617	6.2%	6,136	6,455	162	2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,682	1.6%	1,547	1,541	141	9.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,279	12.5%	11,299	12,956	323	2.5%
Educational Services	5,774	5.4%	1,789	5,858	-84	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,911	9.3%	8,089	10,530	-619	-5.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	984	0.9%	953	1,055	-71	-6.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,669	11.9%	7,612	12,219	450	3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,369	2.2%	2,143	2,394	-25	-1.0%
Public Administration	3,530	3.3%	830	3,431	99	2.9%
Information Not Available	5,449	5.1%	5,069	5,449	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,596		10,591	13,172
Male	5,015	47.3%	5,154	7,428	-2,413	-32.5%
Female	5,581	52.7%	5,437	5,744	-163	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,596		10,591	13,172
Hispanic or Latino	5,329	50.3%	5,363	6,455	-1,126	-17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,321	40.8%	4,293	5,486	-1,165	-21.2%
Information Not Available	946	8.9%	935	1,231	-285	-23.2%

Race	10,596		10,591	13,172
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,362	12.9%	1,344	1,946	-584	-30.0%
Asian	80	0.8%	87	105	-25	-23.8%
Black or African American	347	3.3%	341	368	-21	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.2%	22	38	-17	-44.7%
White	5,874	55.4%	5,839	6,832	-958	-14.0%
Information Not Available	2,912	27.5%	2,958	3,883	-971	-25.0%

Years of Age	10,596		10,591	13,172
Younger than 22	216	1.4%	230	268	-52	-19.4%
22-24	428	2.8%	461	590	-162	-27.5%
25-34	2,460	15.8%	2,412	3,178	-718	-22.6%
35-44	2,325	14.9%	2,343	2,967	-642	-21.6%
45-54	2,349	15.1%	2,365	2,994	-645	-21.5%
55-59	1,235	7.9%	1,236	1,511	-276	-18.3%
60-64	913	5.9%	900	988	-75	-7.6%
65 and older	670	4.3%	644	676	-6	-0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,596		10,591	13,172
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	174	1.6%	216	178	-4	-2.2%
Mining	180	1.7%	161	1,254	-1,074	-85.6%
Utilities	41	0.4%	44	26	15	57.7%
Construction	1,287	11.9%	1,396	2,121	-834	-39.3%
Manufacturing	400	3.7%	437	565	-165	-29.2%
Wholesale Trade	254	2.4%	253	391	-137	-35.0%
Retail Trade	1,072	10.0%	1,032	1,136	-64	-5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	575	5.3%	594	674	-99	-14.7%
Information	458	4.3%	445	455	3	0.7%
Finance and Insurance	250	2.3%	241	221	29	13.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	148	1.4%	172	237	-89	-37.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	635	5.9%	630	667	-32	-4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	13	34	-17	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	881	8.2%	924	932	-51	-5.5%
Educational Services	495	4.6%	379	509	-14	-2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,494	13.9%	1,477	1,523	-29	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	245	2.3%	266	268	-23	-8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,014	9.4%	1,032	1,054	-40	-3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	315	2.9%	250	444	-129	-29.1%
Public Administration	478	4.4%	462	405	73	18.0%
Information Not Available	183	1.7%	167	78	105	134.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,681		21,553	23,111
Male	11,118	53.8%	11,690	12,751	-1,633	-12.8%
Female	9,473	45.8%	9,763	10,233	-760	-7.4%
Information Not Available	90	0.4%	100	127	-37	-29.1%

Ethnicity	20,681		21,553	23,111
Hispanic or Latino	4,296	20.8%	4,389	4,524	-228	-5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,417	64.9%	13,944	14,902	-1,485	-10.0%
Information Not Available	2,968	14.4%	3,220	3,685	-717	-19.5%

Race	20,681		21,553	23,111
American Indian or Alaskan Native	537	2.6%	496	595	-58	-9.7%
Asian	1,163	5.6%	1,270	1,203	-40	-3.3%
Black or African American	3,821	18.5%	3,929	3,760	61	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	460	2.2%	494	503	-43	-8.5%
White	11,250	54.4%	11,760	13,160	-1,910	-14.5%
Information Not Available	3,450	16.7%	3,604	3,890	-440	-11.3%

Years of Age	20,681		21,553	23,111
Younger than 22	452	1.5%	458	484	-32	-6.6%
22-24	899	3.0%	920	1,008	-109	-10.8%
25-34	4,855	16.0%	5,157	5,293	-438	-8.3%
35-44	4,689	15.4%	4,966	5,171	-482	-9.3%
45-54	4,716	15.5%	4,892	5,409	-693	-12.8%
55-59	2,129	7.0%	2,217	2,468	-339	-13.7%
60-64	1,509	5.0%	1,553	1,686	-177	-10.5%
65 and older	1,432	4.7%	1,390	1,592	-160	-10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,681		21,553	23,111
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.1%	19	30	-11	-36.7%
Mining	87	0.4%	86	134	-47	-35.1%
Utilities	23	0.1%	28	22	1	4.5%
Construction	2,085	10.1%	2,132	2,445	-360	-14.7%
Manufacturing	559	2.7%	551	800	-241	-30.1%
Wholesale Trade	417	2.0%	442	516	-99	-19.2%
Retail Trade	1,428	6.9%	1,575	1,624	-196	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,030	5.0%	1,106	1,211	-181	-14.9%
Information	178	0.9%	210	275	-97	-35.3%
Finance and Insurance	447	2.2%	464	539	-92	-17.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	620	3.0%	667	642	-22	-3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	970	4.7%	970	1,081	-111	-10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	180	0.9%	200	161	19	11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,519	12.2%	2,746	3,334	-815	-24.4%
Educational Services	231	1.1%	234	293	-62	-21.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,073	5.2%	1,112	1,125	-52	-4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	326	1.6%	344	428	-102	-23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,678	12.9%	2,722	2,968	-290	-9.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	372	1.8%	398	409	-37	-9.0%
Public Administration	431	2.1%	425	664	-233	-35.1%
Information Not Available	5,008	24.2%	5,122	4,410	598	13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	155,273		133,489	159,029
Male	78,077	50.3%	73,326	79,420	-1,343	-1.7%
Female	77,180	49.7%	60,149	79,597	-2,417	-3.0%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	14	12	4	33.3%

Ethnicity	155,273		133,489	159,029
Hispanic or Latino	30,925	19.9%	25,446	30,434	491	1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,656	67.4%	90,932	106,321	-1,665	-1.6%
Information Not Available	19,688	12.7%	17,107	22,274	-2,586	-11.6%

Race	155,273		133,489	159,029
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,328	0.9%	1,214	1,352	-24	-1.8%
Asian	6,044	3.9%	5,616	5,901	143	2.4%
Black or African American	32,006	20.6%	27,351	30,802	1,204	3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	942	0.6%	824	979	-37	-3.8%
White	79,743	51.4%	69,163	81,517	-1,774	-2.2%
Information Not Available	35,206	22.7%	29,317	38,478	-3,272	-8.5%

Years of Age	155,273		133,489	159,029
Younger than 22	2,777	1.2%	2,768	3,084	-307	-10.0%
22-24	7,690	3.4%	7,109	8,362	-672	-8.0%
25-34	39,240	17.6%	36,013	39,912	-672	-1.7%
35-44	32,147	14.4%	28,474	32,894	-747	-2.3%
45-54	34,367	15.4%	29,123	35,518	-1,151	-3.2%
55-59	16,589	7.4%	13,702	16,718	-129	-0.8%
60-64	11,876	5.3%	9,323	12,022	-146	-1.2%
65 and older	10,587	4.7%	6,977	10,519	68	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	155,273		133,489	159,029
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	451	0.3%	425	434	17	3.9%
Mining	86	0.1%	94	129	-43	-33.3%
Utilities	147	0.1%	136	200	-53	-26.5%
Construction	13,307	8.5%	15,054	12,732	575	4.5%
Manufacturing	7,234	4.6%	7,077	8,331	-1,097	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,161	3.3%	5,267	5,842	-681	-11.7%
Retail Trade	12,771	8.2%	12,498	13,497	-726	-5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	16,180	10.4%	3,952	16,350	-170	-1.0%
Information	7,063	4.5%	7,893	5,528	1,535	27.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,433	3.5%	5,308	6,052	-619	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,827	1.8%	2,826	2,898	-71	-2.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,251	6.6%	10,191	10,540	-289	-2.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	940	0.6%	818	942	-2	-0.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,987	11.6%	16,606	17,980	7	0.0%
Educational Services	6,643	4.3%	3,506	7,441	-798	-10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,795	10.8%	12,996	17,145	-350	-2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,938	2.5%	3,677	3,894	44	1.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,334	9.8%	13,396	15,263	71	0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,031	2.6%	3,460	4,616	-585	-12.7%
Public Administration	3,865	2.5%	2,895	3,783	82	2.2%
Information Not Available	4,829	3.1%	5,414	5,432	-603	-11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,274		53,148	57,629
Male	30,558	52.4%	27,691	32,165	-1,607	-5.0%
Female	27,507	47.2%	25,256	25,265	2,242	8.9%
Information Not Available	209	0.4%	201	199	10	5.0%

Ethnicity	58,274		53,148	57,629
Hispanic or Latino	2,118	3.6%	1,816	1,772	346	19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,135	91.2%	48,526	53,052	83	0.2%
Information Not Available	3,021	5.2%	2,806	2,805	216	7.7%

Race	58,274		53,148	57,629
American Indian or Alaskan Native	263	0.5%	243	255	8	3.1%
Asian	453	0.8%	415	396	57	14.4%
Black or African American	11,370	19.5%	10,662	10,521	849	8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.1%	43	58	15	25.9%
White	42,802	73.4%	38,789	43,505	-703	-1.6%
Information Not Available	3,313	5.7%	2,996	2,894	419	14.5%

Years of Age	58,274		53,148	57,629
Younger than 22	827	0.9%	771	954	-127	-13.3%
22-24	1,971	2.1%	1,890	2,108	-137	-6.5%
25-34	11,949	12.4%	11,214	11,896	53	0.4%
35-44	13,363	13.9%	11,968	13,177	186	1.4%
45-54	15,073	15.7%	13,489	14,839	234	1.6%
55-59	7,708	8.0%	6,981	7,340	368	5.0%
60-64	4,956	5.2%	4,561	4,927	29	0.6%
65 and older	2,427	2.5%	2,274	2,388	39	1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	58,274		53,148	57,629
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.2%	114	126	7	5.6%
Mining	104	0.2%	134	524	-420	-80.2%
Utilities	97	0.2%	85	94	3	3.2%
Construction	5,390	9.2%	5,880	7,296	-1,906	-26.1%
Manufacturing	15,830	27.1%	10,842	12,308	3,522	28.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,382	4.1%	2,526	2,847	-465	-16.3%
Retail Trade	2,277	3.9%	2,418	2,312	-35	-1.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,936	6.7%	3,388	3,431	505	14.7%
Information	983	1.7%	991	729	254	34.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,809	3.1%	1,776	1,375	434	31.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	728	1.2%	776	837	-109	-13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,322	5.7%	3,298	3,533	-211	-6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,130	1.9%	1,076	1,019	111	10.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,901	10.1%	5,830	6,463	-562	-8.7%
Educational Services	1,784	3.1%	1,535	1,749	35	2.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,292	10.8%	6,121	6,362	-70	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	467	0.8%	531	482	-15	-3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,323	4.0%	2,461	2,221	102	4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,319	2.3%	1,221	1,483	-164	-11.1%
Public Administration	324	0.6%	334	405	-81	-20.0%
Information Not Available	1,743	3.0%	1,811	2,033	-290	-14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,829		15,782	24,488
Male	7,883	49.8%	8,030	14,513	-6,630	-45.7%
Female	7,916	50.0%	7,725	9,914	-1,998	-20.2%
Information Not Available	30	0.2%	27	61	-31	-50.8%

Ethnicity	15,829		15,782	24,488
Hispanic or Latino	1,177	7.4%	1,253	2,230	-1,053	-47.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,652	92.6%	14,529	22,258	-7,606	-34.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,829		15,782	24,488
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,719	10.9%	1,738	2,302	-583	-25.3%
Asian	190	1.2%	184	226	-36	-15.9%
Black or African American	2,495	15.8%	2,469	3,284	-789	-24.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	28	30	-7	-23.3%
White	9,631	60.8%	9,547	15,871	-6,240	-39.3%
Information Not Available	1,771	11.2%	1,816	2,775	-1,004	-36.2%

Years of Age	15,829		15,782	24,488
Younger than 22	214	0.9%	188	338	-124	-36.7%
22-24	587	2.4%	564	871	-284	-32.6%
25-34	3,508	14.5%	3,526	5,781	-2,273	-39.3%
35-44	3,765	15.6%	3,741	5,902	-2,137	-36.2%
45-54	3,747	15.5%	3,712	5,623	-1,876	-33.4%
55-59	1,834	7.6%	1,863	2,700	-866	-32.1%
60-64	1,254	5.2%	1,259	2,009	-755	-37.6%
65 and older	920	3.8%	929	1,264	-344	-27.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,829		15,782	24,488
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	59	0.4%	59	61	-2	-3.3%
Mining	409	2.6%	413	2,086	-1,677	-80.4%
Utilities	56	0.4%	49	141	-85	-60.3%
Construction	1,482	9.3%	1,588	2,134	-652	-30.6%
Manufacturing	1,378	8.7%	1,471	4,377	-2,999	-68.5%
Wholesale Trade	831	5.2%	786	1,273	-442	-34.7%
Retail Trade	1,670	10.5%	1,633	1,699	-29	-1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	298	1.9%	320	515	-217	-42.1%
Information	388	2.4%	419	464	-76	-16.4%
Finance and Insurance	480	3.0%	497	452	28	6.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	285	1.8%	290	480	-195	-40.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	977	6.1%	976	1,319	-342	-25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	77	0.5%	87	184	-107	-58.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,221	14.0%	2,171	2,874	-653	-22.7%
Educational Services	506	3.2%	437	885	-379	-42.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,619	10.2%	1,565	1,730	-111	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	200	1.3%	172	212	-12	-5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	960	6.0%	960	892	68	7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	538	3.4%	550	722	-184	-25.5%
Public Administration	849	5.3%	822	1,205	-356	-29.5%
Information Not Available	546	3.4%	517	783	-237	-30.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,550		25,021	28,107
Male	13,120	49.4%	13,221	14,731	-1,611	-10.9%
Female	13,430	50.6%	11,798	13,365	65	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	11	-11	-100.0%

Ethnicity	26,550		25,021	28,107
Hispanic or Latino	3,168	11.9%	2,778	3,090	78	2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,840	78.5%	19,815	21,998	-1,158	-5.3%
Information Not Available	2,542	9.6%	2,428	3,019	-477	-15.8%

Race	26,550		25,021	28,107
American Indian or Alaskan Native	295	1.1%	289	336	-41	-12.2%
Asian	631	2.4%	616	760	-129	-17.0%
Black or African American	632	2.4%	612	657	-25	-3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	177	0.7%	134	191	-14	-7.3%
White	16,167	60.9%	15,232	15,797	370	2.3%
Information Not Available	8,648	32.6%	8,138	10,366	-1,718	-16.6%

Years of Age	26,550		25,021	28,107
Younger than 22	298	0.7%	262	293	5	1.7%
22-24	789	2.0%	800	860	-71	-8.3%
25-34	5,996	14.9%	5,665	6,225	-229	-3.7%
35-44	6,263	15.5%	6,000	6,493	-230	-3.5%
45-54	6,219	15.4%	5,843	6,749	-530	-7.9%
55-59	3,119	7.7%	2,877	3,454	-335	-9.7%
60-64	2,415	6.0%	2,279	2,479	-64	-2.6%
65 and older	1,451	3.6%	1,295	1,554	-103	-6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,550		25,021	28,107
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	441	1.6%	637	646	-205	-31.7%
Mining	41	0.2%	37	59	-18	-30.5%
Utilities	44	0.2%	46	47	-3	-6.4%
Construction	2,024	7.5%	2,311	2,014	10	0.5%
Manufacturing	3,282	12.2%	2,958	4,076	-794	-19.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,100	4.1%	1,032	1,128	-28	-2.5%
Retail Trade	2,481	9.2%	2,559	2,504	-23	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,218	4.5%	746	1,292	-74	-5.7%
Information	764	2.8%	851	754	10	1.3%
Finance and Insurance	735	2.7%	737	800	-65	-8.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	387	1.4%	390	406	-19	-4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,561	5.8%	1,490	1,590	-29	-1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	227	0.8%	214	310	-83	-26.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,443	9.1%	2,460	2,696	-253	-9.4%
Educational Services	810	3.0%	448	801	9	1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,099	15.2%	3,621	3,859	240	6.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	277	1.0%	251	317	-40	-12.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,955	7.2%	1,681	1,965	-10	-0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	758	2.8%	763	728	30	4.1%
Public Administration	664	2.5%	546	600	64	10.7%
Information Not Available	1,239	4.6%	1,243	1,515	-276	-18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	130,888		115,192	144,904
Male	62,540	47.8%	57,443	73,761	-11,221	-15.2%
Female	68,334	52.2%	57,737	71,131	-2,797	-3.9%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	12	12	2	16.7%

Ethnicity	130,888		115,192	144,904
Hispanic or Latino	8,310	6.3%	7,314	8,029	281	3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	117,895	90.1%	103,557	132,202	-14,307	-10.8%
Information Not Available	4,683	3.6%	4,321	4,673	10	0.2%

Race	130,888		115,192	144,904
American Indian or Alaskan Native	317	0.2%	309	367	-50	-13.6%
Asian	54	0.0%	58	49	5	10.2%
Black or African American	22,863	17.5%	19,253	22,782	81	0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,644	1.3%	1,526	1,806	-162	-9.0%
White	93,192	71.2%	82,578	107,488	-14,296	-13.3%
Information Not Available	12,818	9.8%	11,468	12,412	406	3.3%

Years of Age	130,888		115,192	144,904
Younger than 22	2,117	1.0%	1,957	2,449	-332	-13.6%
22-24	4,898	2.3%	4,625	5,855	-957	-16.3%
25-34	26,640	12.6%	24,734	29,911	-3,271	-10.9%
35-44	25,718	12.2%	22,777	28,310	-2,592	-9.2%
45-54	30,155	14.3%	26,349	34,388	-4,233	-12.3%
55-59	16,023	7.6%	13,972	17,523	-1,500	-8.6%
60-64	12,523	5.9%	10,701	13,684	-1,161	-8.5%
65 and older	12,814	6.1%	10,077	12,784	30	0.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	130,888		115,192	144,904
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	358	0.3%	224	330	28	8.5%
Mining	609	0.5%	520	2,614	-2,005	-76.7%
Utilities	263	0.2%	271	291	-28	-9.6%
Construction	10,195	7.8%	10,259	12,429	-2,234	-18.0%
Manufacturing	14,674	11.2%	12,516	19,908	-5,234	-26.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,748	2.9%	3,585	4,395	-647	-14.7%
Retail Trade	11,415	8.7%	11,203	10,794	621	5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	20,011	15.2%	14,547	20,298	-287	-1.4%
Information	1,719	1.3%	1,786	1,549	170	11.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,350	2.6%	3,297	3,557	-207	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,370	1.0%	1,329	1,555	-185	-11.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,050	5.4%	6,515	7,328	-278	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	780	0.6%	738	1,098	-318	-29.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,138	10.0%	11,808	13,818	-680	-4.9%
Educational Services	4,178	3.2%	2,736	4,475	-297	-6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,922	12.1%	14,276	16,412	-490	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,688	1.3%	1,521	1,485	203	13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,419	10.2%	11,312	14,375	-956	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,727	2.1%	2,508	2,872	-145	-5.0%
Public Administration	1,218	0.9%	1,199	1,377	-159	-11.5%
Information Not Available	3,056	2.3%	3,042	3,944	-888	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,983		24,395	25,911
Male	12,923	43.1%	11,347	11,979	944	7.9%
Female	17,060	56.9%	13,048	13,932	3,128	22.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,983		24,395	25,911
Hispanic or Latino	29,509	98.4%	24,032	25,512	3,997	15.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	133	0.4%	136	108	25	23.1%
Information Not Available	341	1.1%	227	291	50	17.2%

Race	29,983		24,395	25,911
American Indian or Alaskan Native	336	1.1%	248	388	-52	-13.4%
Asian	80	0.3%	19	18	62	344.4%
Black or African American	1,604	5.3%	1,330	1,258	346	27.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.1%	19	16	14	87.5%
White	6,499	21.7%	4,938	6,083	416	6.8%
Information Not Available	21,434	71.5%	17,841	18,148	3,286	18.1%

Years of Age	29,983		24,395	25,911
Younger than 22	529	1.5%	488	569	-40	-7.0%
22-24	1,521	4.3%	1,351	1,538	-17	-1.1%
25-34	8,516	24.3%	6,956	7,661	855	11.2%
35-44	7,888	22.5%	6,437	6,877	1,011	14.7%
45-54	6,681	19.1%	5,361	5,487	1,194	21.8%
55-59	2,353	6.7%	1,874	1,902	451	23.7%
60-64	1,500	4.3%	1,146	1,164	336	28.9%
65 and older	983	2.8%	772	699	284	40.6%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	10	14	-2	-14.3%

Industry	29,983		24,395	25,911
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	967	3.1%	743	1,028	-61	-5.9%
Mining	11	0.0%	7	28	-17	-60.7%
Utilities	27	0.1%	23	18	9	50.0%
Construction	1,805	5.8%	1,727	2,113	-308	-14.6%
Manufacturing	2,142	6.9%	2,388	2,069	73	3.5%
Wholesale Trade	578	1.9%	594	513	65	12.7%
Retail Trade	2,055	6.6%	1,994	1,885	170	9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	848	2.7%	819	920	-72	-7.8%
Information	297	1.0%	244	408	-111	-27.2%
Finance and Insurance	313	1.0%	350	431	-118	-27.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	234	0.8%	215	220	14	6.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	909	2.9%	832	939	-30	-3.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	72	0.2%	11	15	57	380.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,564	11.5%	3,449	3,316	248	7.5%
Educational Services	5,813	18.8%	4,946	6,434	-621	-9.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,968	6.4%	1,374	2,048	-80	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	0.3%	67	89	-8	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,025	3.3%	1,007	1,238	-213	-17.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	345	1.1%	298	342	3	0.9%
Public Administration	6,149	19.9%	2,715	1,048	5,101	486.7%
Information Not Available	780	2.5%	592	809	-29	-3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,726		7,238	10,063
Male	3,807	39.1%	3,555	4,032	-225	-5.6%
Female	5,919	60.9%	3,683	6,031	-112	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,726		7,238	10,063
Hispanic or Latino	1,681	17.3%	1,314	1,631	50	3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,991	61.6%	4,546	6,178	-187	-3.0%
Information Not Available	2,054	21.1%	1,378	2,254	-200	-8.9%

Race	9,726		7,238	10,063
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	0.7%	68	65	7	10.8%
Asian	111	1.1%	102	159	-48	-30.2%
Black or African American	723	7.4%	586	619	104	16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.5%	42	43	2	4.7%
White	6,486	66.7%	4,800	6,857	-371	-5.4%
Information Not Available	2,289	23.5%	1,640	2,320	-31	-1.3%

Years of Age	9,726		7,238	10,063
Younger than 22	128	0.8%	133	147	-19	-12.9%
22-24	354	2.3%	313	367	-13	-3.5%
25-34	1,842	12.1%	1,603	2,023	-181	-8.9%
35-44	1,862	12.2%	1,492	1,877	-15	-0.8%
45-54	2,294	15.1%	1,654	2,458	-164	-6.7%
55-59	1,283	8.4%	862	1,260	23	1.8%
60-64	989	6.5%	622	992	-3	-0.3%
65 and older	974	6.4%	559	939	35	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,726		7,238	10,063
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.1%	21	6	3	50.0%
Mining	15	0.2%	7	0	15	0.0%
Utilities	15	0.2%	19	7	8	114.3%
Construction	540	5.5%	714	544	-4	-0.7%
Manufacturing	844	8.7%	812	1,068	-224	-21.0%
Wholesale Trade	317	3.3%	275	293	24	8.2%
Retail Trade	716	7.4%	656	733	-17	-2.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,368	14.1%	205	1,343	25	1.9%
Information	91	0.9%	89	84	7	8.3%
Finance and Insurance	366	3.8%	367	329	37	11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	122	1.3%	105	124	-2	-1.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	503	5.2%	496	503	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	1.4%	143	85	50	58.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	902	9.3%	919	991	-89	-9.0%
Educational Services	314	3.2%	134	367	-53	-14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,187	12.2%	996	1,227	-40	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	153	1.6%	126	143	10	7.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,639	16.8%	724	1,609	30	1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	238	2.4%	218	299	-61	-20.4%
Public Administration	70	0.7%	40	91	-21	-23.1%
Information Not Available	182	1.9%	172	217	-35	-16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,471		18,212	22,032
Male	9,552	44.5%	7,928	9,720	-168	-1.7%
Female	11,919	55.5%	10,284	12,312	-393	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,471		18,212	22,032
Hispanic or Latino	758	3.5%	638	658	100	15.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,088	93.6%	17,268	20,956	-868	-4.1%
Information Not Available	625	2.9%	306	418	207	49.5%

Race	21,471		18,212	22,032
American Indian or Alaskan Native	210	1.0%	133	133	77	57.9%
Asian	146	0.7%	129	149	-3	-2.0%
Black or African American	10,796	50.3%	8,945	11,539	-743	-6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.2%	28	33	18	54.5%
White	9,191	42.8%	8,264	9,383	-192	-2.0%
Information Not Available	1,077	5.0%	713	795	282	35.5%

Years of Age	21,471		18,212	22,032
Younger than 22	80	0.3%	82	86	-6	-7.0%
22-24	49	0.2%	54	63	-14	-22.2%
25-34	998	3.5%	961	1,044	-46	-4.4%
35-44	3,953	14.1%	3,530	4,031	-78	-1.9%
45-54	5,050	18.0%	4,243	5,157	-107	-2.1%
55-59	2,337	8.3%	1,998	2,457	-120	-4.9%
60-64	2,546	9.1%	2,175	2,586	-40	-1.5%
65 and older	6,441	22.9%	5,156	6,543	-102	-1.6%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	13	65	-48	-73.8%

Industry	21,471		18,212	22,032
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	0.4%	91	92	-1	-1.1%
Mining	13	0.1%	11	19	-6	-31.6%
Utilities	34	0.2%	32	43	-9	-20.9%
Construction	990	4.6%	1,040	1,104	-114	-10.3%
Manufacturing	3,688	17.1%	1,753	2,897	791	27.3%
Wholesale Trade	820	3.8%	742	789	31	3.9%
Retail Trade	1,644	7.6%	1,629	1,740	-96	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	733	3.4%	630	867	-134	-15.5%
Information	297	1.4%	331	249	48	19.3%
Finance and Insurance	530	2.5%	585	473	57	12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.2%	246	319	-69	-21.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,559	7.2%	1,410	1,435	124	8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	158	0.7%	105	111	47	42.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,382	15.7%	2,808	3,829	-447	-11.7%
Educational Services	518	2.4%	452	539	-21	-3.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,765	8.2%	1,596	2,062	-297	-14.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	150	0.7%	144	166	-16	-9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,972	9.1%	1,963	2,041	-69	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	929	4.3%	861	930	-1	-0.1%
Public Administration	356	1.7%	305	357	-1	-0.3%
Information Not Available	1,592	7.4%	1,478	1,970	-378	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,234		1,252	1,566
Male	568	46.0%	590	801	-233	-29.1%
Female	666	54.0%	662	765	-99	-12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,234		1,252	1,566
Hispanic or Latino	41	3.3%	41	36	5	13.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,064	86.2%	1,067	1,270	-206	-16.2%
Information Not Available	129	10.5%	144	260	-131	-50.4%

Race	1,234		1,252	1,566
American Indian or Alaskan Native	256	20.7%	244	254	2	0.8%
Asian	8	0.6%	10	10	-2	-20.0%
Black or African American	40	3.2%	43	44	-4	-9.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.6%	4	2	5	250.0%
White	790	64.0%	823	1,080	-290	-26.9%
Information Not Available	133	10.8%	128	176	-43	-24.4%

Years of Age	1,234		1,252	1,566
Younger than 22	11	0.6%	14	13	-2	-15.4%
22-24	26	1.4%	35	37	-11	-29.7%
25-34	190	10.1%	183	293	-103	-35.2%
35-44	254	13.5%	273	354	-100	-28.2%
45-54	308	16.4%	308	368	-60	-16.3%
55-59	172	9.2%	177	207	-35	-16.9%
60-64	147	7.8%	147	184	-37	-20.1%
65 and older	126	6.7%	115	110	16	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,234		1,252	1,566
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	1.4%	18	9	9	100.0%
Mining	4	0.3%	4	43	-39	-90.7%
Utilities	1	0.1%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	90	7.2%	137	139	-49	-35.3%
Manufacturing	114	9.1%	117	191	-77	-40.3%
Wholesale Trade	51	4.1%	44	53	-2	-3.8%
Retail Trade	106	8.5%	116	131	-25	-19.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	28	2.2%	23	24	4	16.7%
Information	22	1.8%	19	15	7	46.7%
Finance and Insurance	73	5.8%	59	88	-15	-17.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	19	1.5%	20	22	-3	-13.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	46	3.7%	58	55	-9	-16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.3%	3	4	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	62	5.0%	65	101	-39	-38.6%
Educational Services	50	4.0%	44	74	-24	-32.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	137	10.9%	120	122	15	12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	18	1.4%	15	22	-4	-18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	131	10.5%	136	149	-18	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	21	1.7%	24	23	-2	-8.7%
Public Administration	177	14.1%	164	193	-16	-8.3%
Information Not Available	62	5.0%	65	108	-46	-42.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,298		22,133	22,980
Male	8,967	40.2%	9,055	9,710	-743	-7.7%
Female	13,321	59.7%	13,075	13,270	51	0.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	3	0	10	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,298		22,133	22,980
Hispanic or Latino	448	2.0%	458	480	-32	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,350	95.7%	21,183	22,058	-708	-3.2%
Information Not Available	500	2.2%	492	442	58	13.1%

Race	22,298		22,133	22,980
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	0.4%	79	70	19	27.1%
Asian	126	0.6%	135	148	-22	-14.9%
Black or African American	6,900	30.9%	6,843	6,817	83	1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.3%	79	13	48	369.2%
White	14,019	62.9%	13,914	15,025	-1,006	-6.7%
Information Not Available	1,103	4.9%	1,083	907	196	21.6%

Years of Age	22,298		22,133	22,980
Younger than 22	318	0.9%	302	539	-221	-41.0%
22-24	736	2.1%	689	858	-122	-14.2%
25-34	4,613	13.4%	4,549	4,697	-84	-1.8%
35-44	5,113	14.9%	5,218	5,238	-125	-2.4%
45-54	5,355	15.6%	5,331	5,660	-305	-5.4%
55-59	2,618	7.6%	2,627	2,615	3	0.1%
60-64	1,957	5.7%	1,911	1,821	136	7.5%
65 and older	1,588	4.6%	1,506	1,552	36	2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,298		22,133	22,980
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.3%	66	49	14	28.6%
Mining	15	0.1%	14	33	-18	-54.5%
Utilities	52	0.2%	53	36	16	44.4%
Construction	1,374	6.1%	1,518	1,260	114	9.0%
Manufacturing	2,715	12.1%	2,597	2,377	338	14.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,013	4.5%	969	600	413	68.8%
Retail Trade	1,665	7.4%	1,739	972	693	71.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,560	7.0%	1,574	1,380	180	13.0%
Information	418	1.9%	401	152	266	175.0%
Finance and Insurance	523	2.3%	587	349	174	49.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	285	1.3%	300	149	136	91.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,613	7.2%	1,469	1,015	598	58.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	398	1.8%	386	242	156	64.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,702	12.1%	2,496	1,861	841	45.2%
Educational Services	849	3.8%	803	846	3	0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,578	11.5%	2,580	1,826	752	41.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	165	0.7%	167	121	44	36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,193	5.3%	1,277	862	331	38.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	881	3.9%	910	751	130	17.3%
Public Administration	400	1.8%	376	213	187	87.8%
Information Not Available	1,836	8.2%	1,851	7,886	-6,050	-76.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	152,196		150,652	190,278
Male	80,237	52.7%	80,785	114,188	-33,951	-29.7%
Female	71,859	47.2%	69,746	75,909	-4,050	-5.3%
Information Not Available	100	0.1%	121	181	-81	-44.8%

Ethnicity	152,196		150,652	190,278
Hispanic or Latino	51,554	33.9%	50,578	63,583	-12,029	-18.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	86,726	57.0%	86,336	108,614	-21,888	-20.2%
Information Not Available	13,916	9.1%	13,738	18,081	-4,165	-23.0%

Race	152,196		150,652	190,278
American Indian or Alaskan Native	542	0.4%	586	752	-210	-27.9%
Asian	3,518	2.3%	3,574	5,576	-2,058	-36.9%
Black or African American	35,188	23.1%	34,430	38,432	-3,244	-8.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,625	1.1%	1,960	1,802	-177	-9.8%
White	46,847	30.8%	47,015	62,870	-16,023	-25.5%
Information Not Available	64,476	42.4%	63,087	80,846	-16,370	-20.2%

Years of Age	152,196		150,652	190,278
Younger than 22	2,641	1.4%	2,514	3,223	-582	-18.1%
22-24	6,777	3.6%	6,622	8,245	-1,468	-17.8%
25-34	36,452	19.4%	36,322	45,886	-9,434	-20.6%
35-44	36,768	19.6%	35,907	45,974	-9,206	-20.0%
45-54	35,078	18.7%	34,880	44,469	-9,391	-21.1%
55-59	16,160	8.6%	16,181	19,836	-3,676	-18.5%
60-64	11,047	5.9%	11,003	13,772	-2,725	-19.8%
65 and older	7,203	3.8%	7,146	8,772	-1,569	-17.9%
Information Not Available	70	0.0%	77	101	-31	-30.7%

Industry	152,196		150,652	190,278
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	949	0.6%	1,051	1,026	-77	-7.5%
Mining	3,550	2.3%	3,859	15,622	-12,072	-77.3%
Utilities	575	0.4%	627	610	-35	-5.7%
Construction	22,211	14.5%	21,707	24,534	-2,323	-9.5%
Manufacturing	11,017	7.2%	10,906	22,206	-11,189	-50.4%
Wholesale Trade	7,379	4.8%	7,711	10,870	-3,491	-32.1%
Retail Trade	10,648	7.0%	10,780	10,419	229	2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,277	4.8%	7,113	9,261	-1,984	-21.4%
Information	3,665	2.4%	3,689	3,021	644	21.3%
Finance and Insurance	6,905	4.5%	7,023	6,712	193	2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,654	1.7%	2,860	3,537	-883	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,045	8.5%	12,620	17,332	-4,287	-24.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,118	0.7%	1,125	1,217	-99	-8.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,589	13.4%	20,359	23,805	-3,216	-13.5%
Educational Services	3,802	2.5%	3,341	4,305	-503	-11.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,525	10.1%	14,767	13,359	2,166	16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	879	0.6%	762	859	20	2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,560	5.6%	8,412	8,344	216	2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,438	2.9%	4,172	4,222	216	5.1%
Public Administration	1,798	1.2%	1,835	1,755	43	2.5%
Information Not Available	5,612	3.7%	5,933	7,262	-1,650	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,616		8,681	10,335
Male	4,634	53.8%	4,814	6,149	-1,515	-24.6%
Female	3,977	46.2%	3,859	4,179	-202	-4.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	8	7	-2	-28.6%

Ethnicity	8,616		8,681	10,335
Hispanic or Latino	984	11.4%	977	1,166	-182	-15.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,648	77.2%	6,684	8,232	-1,584	-19.2%
Information Not Available	984	11.4%	1,020	937	47	5.0%

Race	8,616		8,681	10,335
American Indian or Alaskan Native	220	2.6%	237	408	-188	-46.1%
Asian	162	1.9%	164	195	-33	-16.9%
Black or African American	200	2.3%	194	237	-37	-15.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	129	1.5%	130	187	-58	-31.0%
White	4,939	57.4%	4,992	6,725	-1,786	-26.6%
Information Not Available	2,953	34.3%	2,953	2,582	371	14.4%

Years of Age	8,616		8,681	10,335
Younger than 22	172	1.3%	157	185	-13	-7.0%
22-24	336	2.6%	347	435	-99	-22.8%
25-34	2,171	16.8%	2,143	2,635	-464	-17.6%
35-44	2,257	17.4%	2,219	2,638	-381	-14.4%
45-54	1,864	14.4%	1,916	2,277	-413	-18.1%
55-59	871	6.7%	926	1,106	-235	-21.2%
60-64	620	4.8%	637	707	-87	-12.3%
65 and older	325	2.5%	336	352	-27	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,616		8,681	10,335
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.2%	23	19	-2	-10.5%
Mining	77	0.9%	79	497	-420	-84.5%
Utilities	11	0.1%	12	24	-13	-54.2%
Construction	658	7.6%	693	1,224	-566	-46.2%
Manufacturing	840	9.7%	782	1,120	-280	-25.0%
Wholesale Trade	407	4.7%	407	511	-104	-20.4%
Retail Trade	806	9.3%	832	908	-102	-11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	303	3.5%	339	372	-69	-18.5%
Information	252	2.9%	259	305	-53	-17.4%
Finance and Insurance	396	4.6%	380	394	2	0.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	128	1.5%	148	163	-35	-21.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	942	10.9%	953	899	43	4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.4%	29	50	-13	-26.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,214	14.1%	1,251	1,141	73	6.4%
Educational Services	288	3.3%	268	286	2	0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	682	7.9%	648	720	-38	-5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	121	1.4%	146	110	11	10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	365	4.2%	470	375	-10	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	149	1.7%	159	201	-52	-25.9%
Public Administration	182	2.1%	151	184	-2	-1.1%
Information Not Available	741	8.6%	652	832	-91	-10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,790		29,516	34,083
Male	14,933	48.5%	14,736	17,222	-2,289	-13.3%
Female	15,848	51.5%	14,767	16,844	-996	-5.9%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	13	17	-8	-47.1%

Ethnicity	30,790		29,516	34,083
Hispanic or Latino	1,145	3.7%	1,117	1,387	-242	-17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,163	91.5%	26,976	31,093	-2,930	-9.4%
Information Not Available	1,482	4.8%	1,423	1,603	-121	-7.5%

Race	30,790		29,516	34,083
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,291	4.2%	1,241	1,536	-245	-16.0%
Asian	859	2.8%	833	951	-92	-9.7%
Black or African American	13,486	43.8%	12,836	14,500	-1,014	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,672	44.4%	13,183	15,493	-1,821	-11.8%
Information Not Available	1,482	4.8%	1,423	1,603	-121	-7.5%

Years of Age	30,790		29,516	34,083
Younger than 22	322	0.8%	316	407	-85	-20.9%
22-24	1,031	2.5%	984	1,247	-216	-17.3%
25-34	6,855	16.4%	6,561	7,677	-822	-10.7%
35-44	6,881	16.5%	6,596	7,521	-640	-8.5%
45-54	7,546	18.1%	7,119	8,369	-823	-9.8%
55-59	3,745	9.0%	3,674	4,150	-405	-9.8%
60-64	2,782	6.7%	2,650	2,950	-168	-5.7%
65 and older	1,628	3.9%	1,616	1,761	-133	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	30,790		29,516	34,083
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.2%	77	77	-2	-2.6%
Mining	62	0.2%	65	261	-199	-76.2%
Utilities	31	0.1%	31	35	-4	-11.4%
Construction	1,866	6.0%	2,000	2,314	-448	-19.4%
Manufacturing	2,817	9.1%	2,489	3,222	-405	-12.6%
Wholesale Trade	946	3.1%	905	1,026	-80	-7.8%
Retail Trade	2,318	7.5%	2,319	2,393	-75	-3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,018	3.3%	1,098	1,067	-49	-4.6%
Information	683	2.2%	682	791	-108	-13.7%
Finance and Insurance	983	3.2%	988	1,258	-275	-21.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	477	1.5%	452	534	-57	-10.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,785	12.3%	3,674	4,028	-243	-6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	173	0.6%	167	213	-40	-18.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,699	12.0%	3,573	4,184	-485	-11.6%
Educational Services	932	3.0%	647	919	13	1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,796	9.1%	2,519	2,969	-173	-5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	191	0.6%	189	186	5	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,268	7.3%	2,265	2,314	-46	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,098	3.6%	1,027	1,106	-8	-0.7%
Public Administration	1,935	6.3%	1,839	1,908	27	1.4%
Information Not Available	2,637	8.5%	2,510	3,278	-641	-19.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	245		224	315
Male	124	50.6%	125	183	-59	-32.2%
Female	121	49.4%	99	132	-11	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	245		224	315
Hispanic or Latino	26	10.6%	32	60	-34	-56.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	214	87.3%	184	244	-30	-12.3%
Information Not Available	5	2.0%	8	11	-6	-54.5%

Race	245		224	315
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Asian	1	0.4%	1	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	199	81.2%	167	233	-34	-14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1.6%	7	8	-4	-50.0%
White	14	5.7%	15	11	3	27.3%
Information Not Available	27	11.0%	33	63	-36	-57.1%

Years of Age	245		224	315
Younger than 22	2	0.9%	3	5	-3	-60.0%
22-24	16	6.9%	12	6	10	166.7%
25-34	44	19.0%	49	56	-12	-21.4%
35-44	40	17.3%	43	55	-15	-27.3%
45-54	66	28.6%	55	98	-32	-32.7%
55-59	26	11.3%	25	36	-10	-27.8%
60-64	28	12.1%	21	33	-5	-15.2%
65 and older	22	9.5%	13	24	-2	-8.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.4%	3	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	245		224	315
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	5	2.0%	6	0	5	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.4%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Construction	38	15.5%	47	79	-41	-51.9%
Manufacturing	10	4.1%	6	3	7	233.3%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.4%	0	6	-5	-83.3%
Retail Trade	33	13.5%	37	25	8	32.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	40	16.3%	7	34	6	17.6%
Information	0	0.0%	1	3	-3	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	1.2%	3	5	-2	-40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4	1.6%	5	23	-19	-82.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	2.9%	4	3	4	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7	2.9%	8	7	0	0.0%
Educational Services	7	2.9%	1	8	-1	-12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	7.3%	14	14	4	28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	1.6%	4	8	-4	-50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	21	8.6%	30	44	-23	-52.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	20	8.2%	23	18	2	11.1%
Public Administration	19	7.8%	19	19	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	7	2.9%	8	12	-5	-41.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,489		3,181	3,846
Male	1,601	45.9%	1,669	1,818	-217	-11.9%
Female	1,888	54.1%	1,512	2,028	-140	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,489		3,181	3,846
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.1%	2	1	3	300.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	393	11.3%	312	462	-69	-14.9%
Information Not Available	3,092	88.6%	2,867	3,383	-291	-8.6%

Race	3,489		3,181	3,846
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.1%	1	4	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	8	0.2%	6	2	6	300.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	3	1	2	200.0%
White	382	10.9%	304	456	-74	-16.2%
Information Not Available	3,092	88.6%	2,867	3,383	-291	-8.6%

Years of Age	3,489		3,181	3,846
Younger than 22	28	0.8%	43	49	-21	-42.9%
22-24	119	3.4%	127	123	-4	-3.3%
25-34	685	19.5%	680	768	-83	-10.8%
35-44	692	19.7%	616	775	-83	-10.7%
45-54	798	22.8%	729	865	-67	-7.7%
55-59	431	12.3%	418	498	-67	-13.5%
60-64	367	10.5%	308	397	-30	-7.6%
65 and older	369	10.5%	260	371	-2	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,489		3,181	3,846
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.4%	10	16	-1	-6.3%
Mining	3	0.1%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
Utilities	7	0.2%	3	8	-1	-12.5%
Construction	198	5.7%	267	226	-28	-12.4%
Manufacturing	382	10.9%	423	496	-114	-23.0%
Wholesale Trade	104	3.0%	114	145	-41	-28.3%
Retail Trade	385	11.0%	362	381	4	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	365	10.4%	71	346	19	5.5%
Information	50	1.4%	59	46	4	8.7%
Finance and Insurance	40	1.1%	37	38	2	5.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	0.8%	42	47	-18	-38.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	112	3.2%	119	133	-21	-15.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	186	5.3%	176	191	-5	-2.6%
Educational Services	226	6.4%	125	235	-9	-3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	453	12.9%	351	465	-12	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	27	0.8%	27	47	-20	-42.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	725	20.7%	818	853	-128	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	91	2.6%	89	97	-6	-6.2%
Public Administration	88	2.5%	81	68	20	29.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,787		44,318	42,588
Male	26,921	57.5%	26,166	24,151	2,770	11.5%
Female	19,866	42.5%	18,152	18,434	1,432	7.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	46,787		44,318	42,588
Hispanic or Latino	4,598	9.8%	4,378	0	4,598	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,727	82.8%	36,709	0	38,727	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,462	7.4%	3,231	42,588	-39,126	-91.9%

Race	46,787		44,318	42,588
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,331	2.8%	1,254	0	1,331	0.0%
Asian	2,246	4.8%	1,941	0	2,246	0.0%
Black or African American	3,411	7.3%	3,261	0	3,411	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	486	1.0%	461	0	486	0.0%
White	32,217	68.9%	30,465	0	32,217	0.0%
Information Not Available	7,096	15.2%	6,936	42,588	-35,492	-83.3%

Years of Age	46,787		44,318	42,588
Younger than 22	494	0.7%	473	424	70	16.5%
22-24	1,527	2.0%	1,551	1,232	295	23.9%
25-34	10,602	14.1%	10,178	9,487	1,115	11.8%
35-44	10,742	14.3%	10,052	9,804	938	9.6%
45-54	11,431	15.2%	10,850	10,491	940	9.0%
55-59	5,714	7.6%	5,344	5,123	591	11.5%
60-64	3,991	5.3%	3,771	3,753	238	6.3%
65 and older	2,286	3.0%	2,099	2,274	12	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,787		44,318	42,588
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,099	2.3%	1,168	0	1,099	0.0%
Mining	64	0.1%	73	0	64	0.0%
Utilities	102	0.2%	79	0	102	0.0%
Construction	6,723	14.0%	6,839	0	6,723	0.0%
Manufacturing	6,064	12.7%	5,740	0	6,064	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,198	4.6%	2,064	0	2,198	0.0%
Retail Trade	3,736	7.8%	3,603	0	3,736	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,053	4.3%	1,802	0	2,053	0.0%
Information	1,556	3.2%	1,535	0	1,556	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,237	2.6%	1,209	0	1,237	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	759	1.6%	724	0	759	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,922	8.2%	3,596	0	3,922	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.3%	145	0	130	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,009	8.4%	3,891	0	4,009	0.0%
Educational Services	1,352	2.8%	1,032	0	1,352	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,361	9.1%	3,958	0	4,361	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	729	1.5%	696	0	729	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,236	4.7%	2,087	0	2,236	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,602	3.3%	1,420	0	1,602	0.0%
Public Administration	1,652	3.4%	1,536	0	1,652	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,203	2.5%	1,121	42,588	-41,385	-97.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,984		29,325	35,675
Male	13,604	45.4%	13,580	17,442	-3,838	-22.0%
Female	16,347	54.5%	15,722	18,201	-1,854	-10.2%
Information Not Available	33	0.1%	23	32	1	3.1%

Ethnicity	29,984		29,325	35,675
Hispanic or Latino	1,373	4.6%	1,419	1,655	-282	-17.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,921	93.1%	27,273	33,267	-5,346	-16.1%
Information Not Available	690	2.3%	633	753	-63	-8.4%

Race	29,984		29,325	35,675
American Indian or Alaskan Native	393	1.3%	381	503	-110	-21.9%
Asian	387	1.3%	358	510	-123	-24.1%
Black or African American	5,043	16.8%	5,018	5,815	-772	-13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.2%	35	39	9	23.1%
White	23,423	78.1%	22,900	28,055	-4,632	-16.5%
Information Not Available	690	2.3%	633	753	-63	-8.4%

Years of Age	29,984		29,325	35,675
Younger than 22	327	0.7%	311	417	-90	-21.6%
22-24	867	1.7%	842	1,085	-218	-20.1%
25-34	5,733	11.4%	5,613	7,049	-1,316	-18.7%
35-44	6,180	12.3%	6,017	7,463	-1,283	-17.2%
45-54	7,063	14.1%	6,926	8,420	-1,357	-16.1%
55-59	4,015	8.0%	4,015	4,905	-890	-18.1%
60-64	3,256	6.5%	3,152	3,560	-304	-8.5%
65 and older	2,540	5.1%	2,446	2,776	-236	-8.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	0	3	0.0%

Industry	29,984		29,325	35,675
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	252	0.8%	232	285	-33	-11.6%
Mining	24	0.1%	29	86	-62	-72.1%
Utilities	30	0.1%	23	57	-27	-47.4%
Construction	1,745	5.8%	2,006	2,347	-602	-25.6%
Manufacturing	4,777	15.8%	4,939	7,071	-2,294	-32.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,064	3.5%	1,023	1,213	-149	-12.3%
Retail Trade	2,501	8.3%	2,484	2,776	-275	-9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,817	12.6%	3,317	4,070	-253	-6.2%
Information	546	1.8%	534	535	11	2.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,025	3.4%	1,070	1,095	-70	-6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	0.9%	243	296	-17	-5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,310	4.3%	1,284	1,516	-206	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	306	1.0%	320	407	-101	-24.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,789	9.2%	2,663	3,293	-504	-15.3%
Educational Services	834	2.8%	686	878	-44	-5.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,556	11.8%	3,463	3,777	-221	-5.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	396	1.3%	361	457	-61	-13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,555	8.5%	2,457	2,872	-317	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	687	2.3%	698	760	-73	-9.6%
Public Administration	594	2.0%	569	667	-73	-10.9%
Information Not Available	897	3.0%	924	1,217	-320	-26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,561		10,103	16,444
Male	6,250	59.2%	6,013	11,281	-5,031	-44.6%
Female	4,309	40.8%	4,088	5,159	-850	-16.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	10,561		10,103	16,444
Hispanic or Latino	183	1.7%	149	292	-109	-37.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,630	81.7%	8,010	11,910	-3,280	-27.5%
Information Not Available	1,748	16.6%	1,944	4,242	-2,494	-58.8%

Race	10,561		10,103	16,444
American Indian or Alaskan Native	20	0.2%	22	32	-12	-37.5%
Asian	36	0.3%	36	50	-14	-28.0%
Black or African American	502	4.8%	517	599	-97	-16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%	4	10	-7	-70.0%
White	9,230	87.4%	8,787	14,318	-5,088	-35.5%
Information Not Available	770	7.3%	737	1,435	-665	-46.3%

Years of Age	10,561		10,103	16,444
Younger than 22	174	0.9%	138	287	-113	-39.4%
22-24	434	2.3%	383	732	-298	-40.7%
25-34	2,149	11.3%	2,087	3,592	-1,443	-40.2%
35-44	2,619	13.8%	2,501	4,008	-1,389	-34.7%
45-54	2,614	13.8%	2,498	4,031	-1,417	-35.2%
55-59	1,168	6.2%	1,135	1,736	-568	-32.7%
60-64	852	4.5%	822	1,303	-451	-34.6%
65 and older	550	2.9%	539	751	-201	-26.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%

Industry	10,561		10,103	16,444
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	0.7%	61	78	-2	-2.6%
Mining	244	2.3%	247	1,768	-1,524	-86.2%
Utilities	26	0.2%	24	24	2	8.3%
Construction	1,869	17.6%	1,831	2,872	-1,003	-34.9%
Manufacturing	947	8.9%	825	1,444	-497	-34.4%
Wholesale Trade	282	2.7%	271	572	-290	-50.7%
Retail Trade	1,062	10.0%	1,031	1,104	-42	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	305	2.9%	299	609	-304	-49.9%
Information	287	2.7%	217	116	171	147.4%
Finance and Insurance	184	1.7%	179	174	10	5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	127	1.2%	114	233	-106	-45.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	407	3.8%	375	665	-258	-38.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.2%	15	53	-28	-52.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	905	8.5%	917	1,304	-399	-30.6%
Educational Services	400	3.8%	292	327	73	22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,296	12.2%	1,302	1,545	-249	-16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	0.8%	107	90	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	711	6.7%	743	1,685	-974	-57.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	374	3.5%	325	486	-112	-23.0%
Public Administration	213	2.0%	204	183	30	16.4%
Information Not Available	731	6.9%	724	1,112	-381	-34.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jul 2017	Percent	Jun 2017	Jul 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,373		2,311	4,967
Male	1,351	56.9%	1,367	3,554	-2,203	-62.0%
Female	1,022	43.1%	944	1,413	-391	-27.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,373		2,311	4,967
Hispanic or Latino	297	12.5%	244	568	-271	-47.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,994	84.0%	2,002	4,172	-2,178	-52.2%
Information Not Available	82	3.5%	65	227	-145	-63.9%

Race	2,373		2,311	4,967
American Indian or Alaskan Native	228	9.6%	168	265	-37	-14.0%
Asian	7	0.3%	9	12	-5	-41.7%
Black or African American	72	3.0%	67	238	-166	-69.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.3%	4	20	-14	-70.0%
White	1,810	76.3%	1,859	4,047	-2,237	-55.3%
Information Not Available	250	10.5%	204	385	-135	-35.1%

Years of Age	2,373		2,311	4,967
Younger than 22	8	0.2%	9	58	-50	-86.2%
22-24	95	2.4%	106	269	-174	-64.7%
25-34	463	11.7%	460	1,203	-740	-61.5%
35-44	555	14.1%	516	1,094	-539	-49.3%
45-54	540	13.7%	524	1,126	-586	-52.0%
55-59	326	8.3%	324	597	-271	-45.4%
60-64	240	6.1%	230	425	-185	-43.5%
65 and older	146	3.7%	142	195	-49	-25.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,373		2,311	4,967
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.5%	10	28	-16	-57.1%
Mining	125	5.2%	134	1,068	-943	-88.3%
Utilities	2	0.1%	2	5	-3	-60.0%
Construction	456	19.1%	440	816	-360	-44.1%
Manufacturing	102	4.3%	120	221	-119	-53.8%
Wholesale Trade	54	2.3%	44	299	-245	-81.9%
Retail Trade	186	7.8%	187	262	-76	-29.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	100	4.2%	112	246	-146	-59.3%
Information	36	1.5%	33	35	1	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	47	2.0%	48	35	12	34.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	43	1.8%	41	155	-112	-72.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	82	3.4%	74	161	-79	-49.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	9	7	-7	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	109	4.6%	100	210	-101	-48.1%
Educational Services	53	2.2%	41	81	-28	-34.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	254	10.6%	240	305	-51	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	18	0.8%	20	32	-14	-43.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	217	9.1%	246	250	-33	-13.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	32	1.3%	41	128	-96	-75.0%
Public Administration	122	5.1%	98	129	-7	-5.4%
Information Not Available	323	13.5%	271	494	-171	-34.6%