Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

May 2017

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants May 2017
	May 2017	Apr 2017	Monthly Change	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,777,072	2,004,724	-227,652	1,997,302	-220,230	-11.0
Alaska	8,333	9,790	-1,457	9,482	-1,149	-12.1
Alabama	16,421	16,595	-174	20,357	-3,936	-19.3
Arkansas	12,208	12,391	-183	16,536	-4,328	-26.2
Arizona	30,534	27,992	2,542	33,320	-2,786	-8.4
California	350,150	383,248	-33,098	357,999	-7,849	-2.2
Colorado	24,175	24,334	-159	28,799	-4,624	-16.1
Connecticut	33,310	42,803	-9,493	35,106	-1,796	-5.1
District of Columbia	8,002	8,150	-148	7,145	857	12.0
Delaware	4,921	5,391	-470	5,596	-675	-12.1
Florida	43,661	42,952	709	46,954	-3,293	-7.0
Georgia	27,449	27,977	-528	30,948	-3,499	-11.3
Hawaii	7,497	7,577	-80	7,009	488	7.0
Iowa	15,841	19,695	-3,854	17,891	-2,050	-11.5
Idaho	5,853	7,581	-1,728	6,275	-422	-6.7
Illinois	107,145	124,852	-17,707	112,887	-5,742	-5.1
Indiana	19,112	21,649	-2,537	22,036	-2,924	-13.3
Kansas	10,026	10,704	-678	12,692	-2,666	-21.0
Kentucky	17,834	18,691	-857	21,576	-3,742	-17.3
Louisiana	17,553	17,993	-440	23,624	-6,071	-25.7
Massachusetts	51,656	62,677	-11,021	56,676	-5,020	-8.9
Maryland	32,168	36,078	-3,910	34,747	-2,579	-7.4
Maine	5,458	7,835	-2,377	6,064	-606	-10.0
Michigan	49,777	68,746	-18,969	66,692	-16,915	-25.4
Minnesota	32,004	44,846	-12,842	35,055	-3,051	-8.7
Missouri	23,441	24,094	-653	22,869	572	2.5
Mississippi	9,989	9,355	634	13,084	-3,095	-23.7
Montana	5,006	6,602	-1,596	5,817	-811	-13.9
North Carolina	20,435	20,183	252	24,916	-4,481	-18.0
North Dakota	2,508	4,543	-2,035	4,745	-2,237	-47.1
Nebraska	3,809	4,488	-679	3,979	-170	-4.3
New Hampshire	3,521	4,245	-724	4,188	-667	-15.9
New Jersey	84,914	101,416	-16,502	91,440	-6,526	-7.1
New Mexico	9,980	10,599	-619	12,544	-2,564	-20.4
Nevada	20,889	22,533	-1,644	23,050	-2,161	-9.4
New York	133,301	169,110	-35,809	145,057	-11,756	-8.1
Ohio	51,262	60,631	-9,369	56,034	-4,772	-8.5
Oklahoma	14,921	14,959	-38	23,686	-8,765	-37.0
Oregon	26,078	28,305	-2,227	27,076	-998	-3.7
Pennsylvania	103,323	118,276	-14,953	129,310	-25,987	-20.1
Puerto Rico	19,779	19,199	580	17,956	1,823	10.2
Rhode Island	7,651	9,213	-1,562	8,169	-518	-6.3
South Carolina	16,324	16,504	-180	18,376	-2,052	-11.2
South Dakota	1,231	1,808	-577	1,235	-4	-0.3
Tennessee	18,792	17,456	1,336	17,672	1,120	6.3
Texas	140,558	144,178	-3,620	180,507	-39,949	-22.1
Utah	9,050	9,696	-646	10,919	-1,869	-17.1
Virginia	27,920	27,665	255	33,116	-5,196	-15.7
Virgin Islands	194	185	9	270	-76	-28.1
Vermont	3,760	4,962	-1,202	4,206	-446	-10.6
Washington	48,388	52,935	-4,547	46,363	2,025	4.4
Wisconsin	26,148	36,081	-9,933	31,446	-5,298	-16.8
West Virginia	9,949	11,462	-1,513	17,275	-7,326	-42.4
Wyoming	2,863	3,494	-631	6,531	-3,668	-56.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,777,072		2,004,724	1,997,302	-220,230	-11.0
Male	985,379	55.4%	1,171,315	1,164,145	-178,766	-15.4%
Female	778,197	43.8%	817,290	818,909	-40,712	-5.0%
Information Not Available	13,496	0.8%	16,119	14,248	-752	-5.3%

Ethnicity	1,777,072		2,004,724	1,997,302
Hispanic or Latino	359,513	20.2%	412,588	378,353	-18,840	-5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,215,516	68.4%	1,363,496	1,358,242	-142,726	-10.5%
Information Not Available	202,123	11.4%	228,639	260,707	-58,584	-22.5%

Race	1,777,072		2,004,724	1,997,302
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23,545	1.3%	27,481	25,453	-1,908	-7.5%
Asian	67,174	3.8%	70,833	67,692	-518	-0.8%
Black or African American	328,084	18.4%	338,725	357,132	-29,048	-8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,500	0.6%	12,273	12,475	-975	-7.8%
White	914,444	51.3%	1,058,179	1,033,270	-118,826	-11.5%
Information Not Available	437,472	24.5%	500,281	503,983	-66,511	-13.2%

Years of Age	1,777,072		2,004,724	1,997,302
Younger than 22	29,778	1.7%	34,201	36,914	-7,136	-19.3%
22-24	78,363	4.4%	85,898	89,345	-10,982	-12.3%
25-34	415,886	23.4%	456,805	465,675	-49,789	-10.7%
35-44	386,591	21.8%	429,781	436,810	-50,219	-11.5%
45-54	406,477	22.9%	467,441	471,351	-64,874	-13.8%
55-59	200,987	11.3%	231,643	219,055	-18,068	-8.2%
60-64	144,852	8.2%	163,440	155,693	-10,841	-7.0%
65 and older	101,336	5.7%	120,009	107,977	-6,641	-6.2%
Information Not Available	12,802	0.7%	15,506	14,482	-1,680	-11.6%

Industry	1,777,072		2,004,724	1,997,302
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78,146	4.4%	97,961	67,627	10,519	15.6%
Mining	9,494	0.5%	12,676	47,622	-38,128	-80.1%
Utilities	4,330	0.2%	4,406	4,483	-153	-3.4%
Construction	212,511	12.0%	295,682	227,992	-15,481	-6.8%
Manufacturing	175,414	9.9%	193,995	226,152	-50,738	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	62,524	3.5%	65,632	70,117	-7,593	-10.8%
Retail Trade	150,838	8.5%	156,135	150,026	812	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	61,003	3.4%	94,021	68,881	-7,878	-11.4%
Information	65,604	3.7%	66,106	75,441	-9,837	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	58,987	3.3%	56,866	57,017	1,970	3.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27,049	1.5%	29,276	27,687	-638	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	109,663	6.2%	105,606	116,364	-6,701	-5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13,725	0.8%	14,535	17,296	-3,571	-20.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	244,703	13.8%	273,866	255,004	-10,301	-4.0%
Educational Services	34,243	1.9%	37,735	36,209	-1,966	-5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	150,285	8.5%	147,761	150,996	-711	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	26,649	1.5%	32,986	27,691	-1,042	-3.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	99,022	5.6%	106,857	104,327	-5,305	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41,532	2.3%	46,245	48,258	-6,726	-13.9%
Public Administration	31,744	1.8%	37,697	29,018	2,726	9.4%
Information Not Available	119,606	6.7%	128,680	189,094	-69,488	-36.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,333		9,790	9,482	-1,149	-12.1
Male	5,169	62.0%	6,443	5,958	-789	-13.2%
Female	3,140	37.7%	3,326	3,464	-324	-9.4%
Information Not Available	24	0.3%	21	60	-36	-60.0%

Ethnicity	8,333		9,790	9,482
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.0%	6	6	-2	-33.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,867	94.4%	9,307	9,000	-1,133	-12.6%
Information Not Available	462	5.5%	477	476	-14	-2.9%

Race	8,333		9,790	9,482
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,647	31.8%	3,001	3,074	-427	-13.9%
Asian	578	6.9%	505	516	62	12.0%
Black or African American	412	4.9%	403	447	-35	-7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	234	2.8%	221	196	38	19.4%
White	3,996	48.0%	5,179	4,767	-771	-16.2%
Information Not Available	466	5.6%	481	482	-16	-3.3%

Years of Age	8,333		9,790	9,482
Younger than 22	161	1.4%	189	170	-9	-5.3%
22-24	382	3.3%	452	468	-86	-18.4%
25-34	2,307	19.6%	2,764	2,738	-431	-15.7%
35-44	2,001	17.0%	2,320	2,158	-157	-7.3%
45-54	1,695	14.4%	2,053	2,082	-387	-18.6%
55-59	914	7.8%	1,045	953	-39	-4.1%
60-64	588	5.0%	661	606	-18	-3.0%
65 and older	285	2.4%	306	307	-22	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,333		9,790	9,482
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.3%	32	33	-12	-36.4%
Mining	316	3.8%	393	789	-473	-59.9%
Utilities	43	0.5%	63	52	-9	-17.3%
Construction	1,678	20.1%	2,399	1,658	20	1.2%
Manufacturing	643	7.7%	573	687	-44	-6.4%
Wholesale Trade	180	2.2%	171	143	37	25.9%
Retail Trade	848	10.2%	959	839	9	1.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	304	3.6%	392	373	-69	-18.5%
Information	82	1.0%	103	89	-7	-7.9%
Finance and Insurance	125	1.5%	148	133	-8	-6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	175	2.1%	192	197	-22	-11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	326	3.9%	318	425	-99	-23.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.2%	33	25	-5	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	509	6.1%	575	494	15	3.0%
Educational Services	245	2.9%	275	261	-16	-6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	703	8.4%	730	797	-94	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	80	1.0%	152	83	-3	-3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	712	8.5%	789	703	9	1.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	271	3.2%	295	394	-123	-31.2%
Public Administration	764	9.1%	869	917	-153	-16.7%
Information Not Available	288	3.4%	329	390	-102	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,421		16,595	20,357
Male	8,225	50.1%	8,774	10,905	-2,680	-24.6%
Female	8,179	49.8%	7,803	9,428	-1,249	-13.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	18	24	-7	-29.2%

Ethnicity	16,421		16,595	20,357
Hispanic or Latino	237	1.4%	240	239	-2	-0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,309	75.0%	12,350	14,797	-2,488	-16.8%
Information Not Available	3,875	23.6%	4,005	5,321	-1,446	-27.2%

Race	16,421		16,595	20,357
American Indian or Alaskan Native	860	5.2%	878	1,197	-337	-28.2%
Asian	430	2.6%	465	498	-68	-13.7%
Black or African American	6,980	42.5%	6,857	8,342	-1,362	-16.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	15	30	-18	-60.0%
White	7,382	45.0%	7,582	9,327	-1,945	-20.9%
Information Not Available	757	4.6%	798	963	-206	-21.4%

Years of Age	16,421		16,595	20,357
Younger than 22	47	0.2%	46	55	-8	-14.5%
22-24	64	0.3%	45	80	-16	-20.0%
25-34	710	3.3%	680	820	-110	-13.4%
35-44	2,828	13.1%	2,868	3,362	-534	-15.9%
45-54	3,654	16.9%	3,744	4,382	-728	-16.6%
55-59	1,810	8.4%	1,819	2,348	-538	-22.9%
60-64	2,164	10.0%	2,174	2,486	-322	-13.0%
65 and older	5,138	23.7%	5,206	6,817	-1,679	-24.6%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	13	7	-1	-14.3%

Industry	16,421		16,595	20,357
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	115	0.7%	127	127	-12	-9.4%
Mining	92	0.6%	114	525	-433	-82.5%
Utilities	64	0.4%	64	52	12	23.1%
Construction	1,561	9.4%	1,681	2,079	-518	-24.9%
Manufacturing	2,493	15.1%	2,791	3,415	-922	-27.0%
Wholesale Trade	567	3.4%	613	665	-98	-14.7%
Retail Trade	1,977	12.0%	2,025	2,096	-119	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	542	3.3%	522	727	-185	-25.4%
Information	329	2.0%	342	232	97	41.8%
Finance and Insurance	478	2.9%	480	589	-111	-18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	241	1.5%	253	240	1	0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	979	5.9%	792	1,100	-121	-11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.4%	58	66	-6	-9.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,251	13.6%	2,365	2,728	-477	-17.5%
Educational Services	244	1.5%	260	281	-37	-13.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,369	8.3%	1,324	1,628	-259	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	0.6%	100	90	3	3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,445	8.7%	1,066	1,652	-207	-12.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	353	2.1%	366	474	-121	-25.5%
Public Administration	231	1.4%	267	262	-31	-11.8%
Information Not Available	937	5.7%	985	1,329	-392	-29.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,208		12,391	16,536
Male	5,977	49.0%	7,114	8,975	-2,998	-33.4%
Female	5,447	44.6%	5,015	6,262	-815	-13.0%
Information Not Available	784	6.4%	262	1,299	-515	-39.6%

Ethnicity	12,208		12,391	16,536
Hispanic or Latino	104	0.9%	86	86	18	20.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,320	92.7%	12,043	15,151	-3,831	-25.3%
Information Not Available	784	6.4%	262	1,299	-515	-39.6%

Race	12,208		12,391	16,536
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	1.2%	161	162	-18	-11.1%
Asian	13	0.1%	10	20	-7	-35.0%
Black or African American	3,278	26.9%	3,278	4,215	-937	-22.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	602	4.9%	602	812	-210	-25.9%
White	7,283	59.7%	7,992	9,942	-2,659	-26.7%
Information Not Available	888	7.3%	348	1,385	-497	-35.9%

Years of Age	12,208		12,391	16,536
Younger than 22	276	1.5%	295	423	-147	-34.8%
22-24	492	2.6%	551	800	-308	-38.5%
25-34	2,489	13.4%	2,591	3,593	-1,104	-30.7%
35-44	2,763	14.8%	2,765	3,698	-935	-25.3%
45-54	2,735	14.7%	2,982	3,570	-835	-23.4%
55-59	1,252	6.7%	1,312	1,479	-227	-15.3%
60-64	848	4.5%	994	1,024	-176	-17.2%
65 and older	569	3.1%	639	649	-80	-12.3%
Information Not Available	784	4.2%	262	1,300	-516	-39.7%

Industry	12,208		12,391	16,536
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	189	1.5%	458	222	-33	-14.9%
Mining	49	0.4%	83	813	-764	-94.0%
Utilities	19	0.2%	20	29	-10	-34.5%
Construction	982	7.9%	1,473	1,501	-519	-34.6%
Manufacturing	1,568	12.6%	1,653	2,412	-844	-35.0%
Wholesale Trade	623	5.0%	555	832	-209	-25.1%
Retail Trade	1,659	13.4%	1,376	1,480	179	12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	410	3.3%	489	675	-265	-39.3%
Information	184	1.5%	158	173	11	6.4%
Finance and Insurance	264	2.1%	222	238	26	10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	164	1.3%	174	184	-20	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	492	4.0%	429	628	-136	-21.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	185	1.5%	162	66	119	180.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,127	9.1%	1,344	1,640	-513	-31.3%
Educational Services	167	1.3%	188	206	-39	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,359	11.0%	1,166	1,498	-139	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	76	0.6%	133	87	-11	-12.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	675	5.4%	673	919	-244	-26.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	241	1.9%	263	284	-43	-15.1%
Public Administration	242	2.0%	261	266	-24	-9.0%
Information Not Available	1,533	12.4%	1,111	2,383	-850	-35.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,534		27,992	33,320
Male	16,938	55.5%	15,225	19,040	-2,102	-11.0%
Female	13,582	44.5%	12,749	14,264	-682	-4.8%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	18	16	-2	-12.5%

Ethnicity	30,534		27,992	33,320
Hispanic or Latino	12,895	42.2%	10,996	13,997	-1,102	-7.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,368	37.2%	11,226	12,823	-1,455	-11.3%
Information Not Available	6,271	20.5%	5,770	6,500	-229	-3.5%

Race	30,534		27,992	33,320
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,556	5.1%	1,563	1,767	-211	-11.9%
Asian	2,656	8.7%	2,218	2,302	354	15.4%
Black or African American	2,248	7.4%	2,212	2,325	-77	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	241	0.8%	218	281	-40	-14.2%
White	13,715	44.9%	13,213	17,790	-4,075	-22.9%
Information Not Available	10,118	33.1%	8,568	8,855	1,263	14.3%

Years of Age	30,534		27,992	33,320
Younger than 22	686	1.6%	585	812	-126	-15.5%
22-24	1,492	3.6%	1,285	1,670	-178	-10.7%
25-34	6,844	16.4%	6,292	7,326	-482	-6.6%
35-44	6,200	14.9%	5,783	6,725	-525	-7.8%
45-54	7,332	17.6%	6,842	8,279	-947	-11.4%
55-59	3,817	9.1%	3,434	3,967	-150	-3.8%
60-64	2,526	6.1%	2,336	2,765	-239	-8.6%
65 and older	1,637	3.9%	1,435	1,776	-139	-7.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,534		27,992	33,320
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,182	16.8%	4,526	6,714	-532	-7.9%
Mining	48	0.1%	47	195	-147	-75.4%
Utilities	52	0.1%	56	61	-9	-14.8%
Construction	1,552	4.2%	1,636	1,972	-420	-21.3%
Manufacturing	1,592	4.3%	1,600	1,709	-117	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	829	2.3%	790	909	-80	-8.8%
Retail Trade	2,043	5.6%	2,003	2,191	-148	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	562	1.5%	592	687	-125	-18.2%
Information	421	1.1%	389	430	-9	-2.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,074	2.9%	1,084	1,098	-24	-2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	456	1.2%	397	543	-87	-16.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,411	3.8%	1,229	1,510	-99	-6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.3%	112	132	-30	-22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,496	9.5%	3,402	3,775	-279	-7.4%
Educational Services	519	1.4%	547	775	-256	-33.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,208	6.0%	2,159	2,215	-7	-0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	223	0.6%	233	248	-25	-10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,167	3.2%	1,074	1,238	-71	-5.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	489	1.3%	480	511	-22	-4.3%
Public Administration	502	1.4%	533	617	-115	-18.6%
Information Not Available	5,606	15.3%	5,103	5,790	-184	-3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	350,150		383,248	357,999
Male	196,173	56.0%	219,646	203,018	-6,845	-3.4%
Female	153,880	43.9%	163,602	154,787	-907	-0.6%
Information Not Available	97	0.0%	0	194	-97	-50.0%

Ethnicity	350,150		383,248	357,999
Hispanic or Latino	148,364	42.4%	170,444	147,217	1,147	0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	171,010	48.8%	180,104	177,593	-6,583	-3.7%
Information Not Available	30,776	8.8%	32,700	33,189	-2,413	-7.3%

Race	350,150		383,248	357,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,807	0.8%	4,125	2,329	478	20.5%
Asian	31,841	9.1%	34,713	31,248	593	1.9%
Black or African American	29,131	8.3%	30,487	31,928	-2,797	-8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	107,232	30.6%	110,779	112,087	-4,855	-4.3%
Information Not Available	179,139	51.2%	203,144	180,407	-1,268	-0.7%

Years of Age	350,150		383,248	357,999
Younger than 22	6,581	1.5%	7,144	7,958	-1,377	-17.3%
22-24	19,550	4.6%	19,620	18,633	917	4.9%
25-34	90,198	21.1%	95,888	90,833	-635	-0.7%
35-44	70,553	16.5%	74,959	73,269	-2,716	-3.7%
45-54	74,424	17.4%	86,027	84,235	-9,811	-11.6%
55-59	39,099	9.1%	44,774	36,198	2,901	8.0%
60-64	28,937	6.8%	30,185	28,434	503	1.8%
65 and older	20,808	4.9%	24,651	18,439	2,369	12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	350,150		383,248	357,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58,745	14.4%	76,269	50,075	8,670	17.3%
Mining	484	0.1%	402	2,911	-2,427	-83.4%
Utilities	1,258	0.3%	1,308	1,456	-198	-13.6%
Construction	33,486	8.2%	37,932	31,928	1,558	4.9%
Manufacturing	27,873	6.8%	31,493	35,907	-8,034	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,645	0.4%	2,113	1,456	189	13.0%
Retail Trade	24,969	6.1%	25,355	25,038	-69	-0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,162	2.5%	13,281	11,160	-998	-8.9%
Information	30,002	7.3%	31,392	31,248	-1,246	-4.0%
Finance and Insurance	6,871	1.7%	5,333	7,181	-310	-4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,291	0.8%	3,320	2,038	1,253	61.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,871	1.7%	6,741	8,055	-1,184	-14.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	70,843	17.3%	74,859	68,804	2,039	3.0%
Educational Services	8,033	2.0%	8,653	7,764	269	3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	23,711	5.8%	22,035	25,426	-1,715	-6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,581	1.6%	6,339	6,405	176	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,711	3.6%	13,281	16,109	-1,398	-8.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,710	1.4%	7,144	9,899	-4,189	-42.3%
Public Administration	3,194	0.8%	4,025	3,688	-494	-13.4%
Information Not Available	11,710	2.9%	11,973	11,451	259	2.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,175		24,334	28,799
Male	13,125	54.3%	13,748	16,930	-3,805	-22.5%
Female	11,050	45.7%	10,586	11,869	-819	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,175		24,334	28,799
Hispanic or Latino	4,397	18.2%	4,850	5,760	-1,363	-23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,235	71.3%	17,049	20,322	-3,087	-15.2%
Information Not Available	2,543	10.5%	2,435	2,717	-174	-6.4%

Race	24,175		24,334	28,799
American Indian or Alaskan Native	494	2.0%	477	530	-36	-6.8%
Asian	540	2.2%	535	559	-19	-3.4%
Black or African American	1,568	6.5%	1,600	1,751	-183	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	114	0.5%	99	106	8	7.5%
White	16,850	69.7%	16,937	20,448	-3,598	-17.6%
Information Not Available	4,609	19.1%	4,686	5,405	-796	-14.7%

Years of Age	24,175		24,334	28,799
Younger than 22	231	0.6%	287	334	-103	-30.8%
22-24	696	1.8%	712	953	-257	-27.0%
25-34	5,334	13.8%	5,205	6,732	-1,398	-20.8%
35-44	5,584	14.4%	5,513	6,658	-1,074	-16.1%
45-54	5,738	14.8%	5,865	6,875	-1,137	-16.5%
55-59	3,061	7.9%	3,128	3,552	-491	-13.8%
60-64	2,241	5.8%	2,285	2,393	-152	-6.4%
65 and older	1,289	3.3%	1,336	1,292	-3	-0.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	10	-9	-90.0%

Industry	24,175		24,334	28,799
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	137	0.6%	173	156	-19	-12.2%
Mining	254	1.0%	311	1,478	-1,224	-82.8%
Utilities	60	0.2%	60	56	4	7.1%
Construction	2,645	10.9%	3,331	3,529	-884	-25.0%
Manufacturing	1,640	6.7%	1,736	2,121	-481	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,133	4.7%	1,155	1,472	-339	-23.0%
Retail Trade	2,073	8.5%	2,042	2,254	-181	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	742	3.1%	802	964	-222	-23.0%
Information	1,111	4.6%	1,118	895	216	24.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,150	4.7%	1,087	1,081	69	6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	563	2.3%	525	693	-130	-18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,478	10.2%	2,415	2,823	-345	-12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	263	1.1%	334	438	-175	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,709	11.1%	2,775	3,139	-430	-13.7%
Educational Services	563	2.3%	555	643	-80	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,983	8.2%	1,916	2,010	-27	-1.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	857	3.5%	531	913	-56	-6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,104	8.7%	1,629	2,265	-161	-7.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	634	2.6%	662	676	-42	-6.2%
Public Administration	493	2.0%	583	480	13	2.7%
Information Not Available	583	2.4%	594	713	-130	-18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,310		42,803	35,106
Male	18,793	56.4%	24,629	19,934	-1,141	-5.7%
Female	14,517	43.6%	18,174	15,172	-655	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,310		42,803	35,106
Hispanic or Latino	5,246	15.7%	7,362	5,476	-230	-4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,064	84.3%	35,441	29,630	-1,566	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	33,310		42,803	35,106
American Indian or Alaskan Native	128	0.4%	170	108	20	18.5%
Asian	665	2.0%	761	703	-38	-5.4%
Black or African American	5,639	16.9%	6,615	5,643	-4	-0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,905	56.8%	24,413	19,590	-685	-3.5%
Information Not Available	7,973	23.9%	10,844	9,062	-1,089	-12.0%

Years of Age	33,310		42,803	35,106
Younger than 22	488	1.0%	568	496	-8	-1.6%
22-24	1,287	2.6%	1,539	496	791	159.5%
25-34	7,463	15.2%	9,171	7,935	-472	-5.9%
35-44	6,648	13.6%	8,569	6,878	-230	-3.3%
45-54	7,666	15.6%	10,191	8,239	-573	-7.0%
55-59	3,929	8.0%	5,110	4,094	-165	-4.0%
60-64	3,216	6.6%	4,103	3,317	-101	-3.0%
65 and older	2,613	5.3%	3,552	3,651	-1,038	-28.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,310		42,803	35,106
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	144	0.4%	216	190	-46	-24.2%
Mining	23	0.1%	44	16	7	43.8%
Utilities	56	0.2%	51	59	-3	-5.1%
Construction	4,526	13.5%	6,770	4,225	301	7.1%
Manufacturing	3,197	9.6%	3,418	3,929	-732	-18.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,343	4.0%	1,501	1,463	-120	-8.2%
Retail Trade	4,179	12.5%	4,308	4,235	-56	-1.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,403	4.2%	5,064	1,671	-268	-16.0%
Information	1,062	3.2%	1,338	686	376	54.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,528	4.6%	1,520	1,409	119	8.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	522	1.6%	632	529	-7	-1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,995	6.0%	1,784	1,972	23	1.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	325	1.0%	308	270	55	20.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,769	11.3%	5,080	4,279	-510	-11.9%
Educational Services	760	2.3%	960	928	-168	-18.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,899	11.7%	3,935	4,072	-173	-4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	659	2.0%	980	718	-59	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,115	6.3%	2,803	2,403	-288	-12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,000	3.0%	1,135	1,062	-62	-5.8%
Public Administration	316	0.9%	456	496	-180	-36.3%
Information Not Available	489	1.5%	500	494	-5	-1.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,002		8,150	7,145
Male	3,744	46.8%	3,925	3,259	485	14.9%
Female	4,254	53.2%	4,225	3,886	368	9.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,002		8,150	7,145
Hispanic or Latino	598	7.5%	649	534	64	12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,349	91.8%	7,445	6,561	788	12.0%
Information Not Available	55	0.7%	56	50	5	10.0%

Race	8,002		8,150	7,145
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36	0.4%	34	31	5	16.1%
Asian	210	2.6%	235	204	6	2.9%
Black or African American	5,251	65.6%	5,320	4,964	287	5.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.3%	24	14	8	57.1%
White	1,712	21.4%	1,745	1,389	323	23.3%
Information Not Available	771	9.6%	792	543	228	42.0%

Years of Age	8,002		8,150	7,145
Younger than 22	125	1.4%	136	119	6	5.0%
22-24	393	4.3%	423	408	-15	-3.7%
25-34	2,271	24.9%	2,305	1,965	306	15.6%
35-44	1,769	19.4%	1,875	1,604	165	10.3%
45-54	1,716	18.8%	1,709	1,590	126	7.9%
55-59	776	8.5%	760	724	52	7.2%
60-64	605	6.6%	613	473	132	27.9%
65 and older	347	3.8%	329	262	85	32.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,002		8,150	7,145
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%
Construction	12	0.1%	29	10	2	20.0%
Manufacturing	7	0.1%	6	2	5	250.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Retail Trade	19	0.2%	16	18	1	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	15	0.2%	4	19	-4	-21.1%
Information	7	0.1%	8	7	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	10	0.1%	7	9	1	11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	0.0%	4	8	-5	-62.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	55	0.7%	39	44	11	25.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	44	0.5%	49	41	3	7.3%
Educational Services	9	0.1%	7	8	1	12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	0.2%	20	21	-7	-33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.0%	1	2	1	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	20	0.2%	22	24	-4	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	16	0.2%	15	12	4	33.3%
Public Administration	2	0.0%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Information Not Available	7,763	97.0%	7,918	6,911	852	12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,921		5,391	5,596
Male	2,184	44.4%	2,420	2,602	-418	-16.1%
Female	2,417	49.1%	2,596	2,718	-301	-11.1%
Information Not Available	320	6.5%	375	276	44	15.9%

Ethnicity	4,921		5,391	5,596
Hispanic or Latino	351	7.0%	360	366	-15	-4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,338	86.6%	4,656	4,954	-616	-12.4%
Information Not Available	320	6.4%	375	276	44	15.9%

Race	4,921		5,391	5,596
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.3%	17	15	0	0.0%
Asian	71	1.4%	87	101	-30	-29.7%
Black or African American	1,980	40.2%	2,127	2,318	-338	-14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
White	2,561	52.0%	2,814	2,952	-391	-13.2%
Information Not Available	293	6.0%	342	207	86	41.5%

Years of Age	4,921		5,391	5,596
Younger than 22	80	1.1%	87	75	5	6.7%
22-24	201	2.8%	236	261	-60	-23.0%
25-34	1,170	16.6%	1,205	1,380	-210	-15.2%
35-44	1,074	15.2%	1,158	1,170	-96	-8.2%
45-54	1,094	15.5%	1,237	1,294	-200	-15.5%
55-59	558	7.9%	603	629	-71	-11.3%
60-64	429	6.1%	455	443	-14	-3.2%
65 and older	263	3.7%	342	278	-15	-5.4%
Information Not Available	52	0.7%	68	66	-14	-21.2%

Industry	4,921		5,391	5,596
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.3%	14	21	-6	-28.6%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	15	0.3%	13	7	8	114.3%
Construction	272	5.5%	325	456	-184	-40.4%
Manufacturing	381	7.7%	445	341	40	11.7%
Wholesale Trade	137	2.8%	165	168	-31	-18.5%
Retail Trade	774	15.7%	776	833	-59	-7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	203	4.1%	206	201	2	1.0%
Information	66	1.3%	65	72	-6	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	485	9.8%	478	515	-30	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	75	1.5%	101	100	-25	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	386	7.8%	399	368	18	4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.3%	16	18	-3	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	855	17.3%	961	969	-114	-11.8%
Educational Services	69	1.4%	87	77	-8	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	536	10.9%	542	681	-145	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69	1.4%	84	78	-9	-11.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	407	8.2%	518	456	-49	-10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	116	2.4%	135	158	-42	-26.6%
Public Administration	41	0.8%	55	56	-15	-26.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	6	19	-15	-78.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,661		42,952	46,954
Male	20,186	46.2%	20,376	22,461	-2,275	-10.1%
Female	23,391	53.6%	22,432	24,365	-974	-4.0%
Information Not Available	84	0.2%	144	128	-44	-34.4%

Ethnicity	43,661		42,952	46,954
Hispanic or Latino	11,671	26.7%	11,718	11,574	97	0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,352	64.9%	27,324	31,034	-2,682	-8.6%
Information Not Available	3,638	8.3%	3,910	4,346	-708	-16.3%

Race	43,661		42,952	46,954
American Indian or Alaskan Native	229	0.5%	237	309	-80	-25.9%
Asian	709	1.6%	677	722	-13	-1.8%
Black or African American	11,321	25.9%	10,772	11,878	-557	-4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	165	0.4%	196	204	-39	-19.1%
White	26,400	60.5%	25,796	28,364	-1,964	-6.9%
Information Not Available	4,837	11.1%	5,274	5,477	-640	-11.7%

Years of Age	43,661		42,952	46,954
Younger than 22	463	0.7%	411	482	-19	-3.9%
22-24	1,368	2.0%	1,279	1,371	-3	-0.2%
25-34	8,924	13.4%	8,375	9,232	-308	-3.3%
35-44	9,059	13.6%	8,712	9,544	-485	-5.1%
45-54	9,286	13.9%	9,134	10,044	-758	-7.5%
55-59	4,546	6.8%	4,467	4,889	-343	-7.0%
60-64	3,282	4.9%	3,280	3,287	-5	-0.2%
65 and older	2,293	3.4%	2,196	2,355	-62	-2.6%
Information Not Available	4,440	6.6%	5,098	5,750	-1,310	-22.8%

Industry	43,661		42,952	46,954
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	592	1.3%	509	759	-167	-22.0%
Mining	91	0.2%	73	186	-95	-51.1%
Utilities	70	0.2%	59	74	-4	-5.4%
Construction	2,619	5.9%	2,723	2,812	-193	-6.9%
Manufacturing	1,899	4.3%	2,022	2,229	-330	-14.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,794	4.1%	1,837	2,111	-317	-15.0%
Retail Trade	4,490	10.1%	4,289	4,488	2	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,219	2.8%	1,297	1,311	-92	-7.0%
Information	904	2.0%	848	1,055	-151	-14.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,175	4.9%	2,125	2,214	-39	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,034	2.3%	1,042	1,115	-81	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,538	8.0%	3,389	3,847	-309	-8.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	521	1.2%	454	496	25	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,309	18.8%	8,354	8,045	264	3.3%
Educational Services	885	2.0%	826	1,073	-188	-17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,419	10.0%	4,112	4,199	220	5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	656	1.5%	609	834	-178	-21.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,634	6.0%	2,398	3,146	-512	-16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,187	2.7%	1,100	1,339	-152	-11.4%
Public Administration	632	1.4%	525	624	8	1.3%
Information Not Available	3,993	9.0%	4,361	4,997	-1,004	-20.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,449		27,977	30,948
Male	11,913	43.4%	12,644	13,962	-2,049	-14.7%
Female	14,046	51.2%	13,771	15,486	-1,440	-9.3%
Information Not Available	1,490	5.4%	1,562	1,500	-10	-0.7%

Ethnicity	27,449		27,977	30,948
Hispanic or Latino	32	0.1%	73	45	-13	-28.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,927	94.5%	26,342	29,403	-3,476	-11.8%
Information Not Available	1,490	5.4%	1,562	1,500	-10	-0.7%

Race	27,449		27,977	30,948
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	0.4%	100	119	-10	-8.4%
Asian	496	1.8%	475	561	-65	-11.6%
Black or African American	15,353	55.9%	15,438	17,163	-1,810	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,001	36.4%	10,402	11,605	-1,604	-13.8%
Information Not Available	1,490	5.4%	1,562	1,500	-10	-0.7%

Years of Age	27,449		27,977	30,948
Younger than 22	378	1.1%	381	488	-110	-22.5%
22-24	1,032	2.9%	1,023	1,382	-350	-25.3%
25-34	6,652	18.7%	6,610	7,635	-983	-12.9%
35-44	6,989	19.7%	6,950	7,605	-616	-8.1%
45-54	6,521	18.3%	6,808	7,390	-869	-11.8%
55-59	2,858	8.0%	3,005	3,235	-377	-11.7%
60-64	1,908	5.4%	2,093	2,031	-123	-6.1%
65 and older	1,111	3.1%	1,107	1,180	-69	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	27,449		27,977	30,948
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	278	1.0%	361	290	-12	-4.1%
Mining	10	0.0%	8	13	-3	-23.1%
Utilities	42	0.2%	25	25	17	68.0%
Construction	1,042	3.8%	1,132	1,217	-175	-14.4%
Manufacturing	1,583	5.7%	1,886	2,469	-886	-35.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,087	3.9%	1,177	1,151	-64	-5.6%
Retail Trade	2,087	7.5%	2,036	2,350	-263	-11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	458	1.7%	471	584	-126	-21.6%
Information	557	2.0%	492	491	66	13.4%
Finance and Insurance	937	3.4%	878	879	58	6.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	347	1.3%	354	387	-40	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,990	18.0%	5,190	5,756	-766	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.1%	40	42	-1	-2.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	90	0.3%	84	79	11	13.9%
Educational Services	451	1.6%	493	508	-57	-11.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,371	4.9%	1,215	1,738	-367	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	999	3.6%	984	1,208	-209	-17.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	184	0.7%	208	175	9	5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	288	1.0%	230	376	-88	-23.4%
Public Administration	303	1.1%	323	316	-13	-4.1%
Information Not Available	10,304	37.2%	10,390	10,894	-590	-5.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,497		7,577	7,009
Male	5,294	70.6%	5,517	4,563	731	16.0%
Female	2,202	29.4%	2,060	2,444	-242	-9.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	7,497		7,577	7,009
Hispanic or Latino	574	7.7%	566	556	18	3.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,016	66.9%	5,046	4,639	377	8.1%
Information Not Available	1,907	25.4%	1,964	1,814	93	5.1%

Race	7,497		7,577	7,009
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	0.7%	61	51	2	3.9%
Asian	2,392	31.9%	2,338	2,177	215	9.9%
Black or African American	115	1.5%	123	120	-5	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,330	31.1%	2,355	2,090	240	11.5%
White	1,609	21.5%	1,660	1,555	54	3.5%
Information Not Available	998	13.3%	1,040	1,016	-18	-1.8%

Years of Age	7,497		7,577	7,009
Younger than 22	98	1.2%	107	71	27	38.0%
22-24	293	3.5%	279	219	74	33.8%
25-34	1,723	20.4%	1,757	1,432	291	20.3%
35-44	1,752	20.7%	1,777	1,661	91	5.5%
45-54	1,722	20.4%	1,744	1,683	39	2.3%
55-59	807	9.5%	805	781	26	3.3%
60-64	645	7.6%	670	653	-8	-1.2%
65 and older	457	5.4%	438	509	-52	-10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,497		7,577	7,009
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	288	3.7%	307	197	91	46.2%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	14	7	1	14.3%
Construction	2,989	38.4%	3,142	2,040	949	46.5%
Manufacturing	176	2.3%	151	246	-70	-28.5%
Wholesale Trade	93	1.2%	118	119	-26	-21.8%
Retail Trade	329	4.2%	337	356	-27	-7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	169	2.2%	181	218	-49	-22.5%
Information	205	2.6%	148	338	-133	-39.3%
Finance and Insurance	72	0.9%	69	82	-10	-12.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	92	1.2%	96	100	-8	-8.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	223	2.9%	189	271	-48	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.6%	55	36	13	36.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	819	10.5%	789	760	59	7.8%
Educational Services	54	0.7%	47	35	19	54.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	297	3.8%	305	302	-5	-1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	71	0.9%	72	83	-12	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	506	6.5%	476	660	-154	-23.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	121	1.6%	134	165	-44	-26.7%
Public Administration	68	0.9%	80	81	-13	-16.0%
Information Not Available	867	11.1%	866	913	-46	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,841		19,695	17,891
Male	9,432	59.5%	13,093	10,910	-1,478	-13.5%
Female	6,228	39.3%	6,383	6,739	-511	-7.6%
Information Not Available	181	1.1%	219	242	-61	-25.2%

Ethnicity	15,841		19,695	17,891
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	1,011	-1,011	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	15,805	-15,805	-100.0%
Information Not Available	15,841	100.0%	19,695	1,075	14,766	1373.6%

Race	15,841		19,695	17,891
American Indian or Alaskan Native	159	1.0%	118	261	-102	-39.1%
Asian	153	1.0%	158	295	-142	-48.1%
Black or African American	850	5.4%	717	1,473	-623	-42.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,726	42.5%	5,730	13,776	-7,050	-51.2%
Information Not Available	7,953	50.2%	12,972	2,086	5,867	281.3%

Years of Age	15,841		19,695	17,891
Younger than 22	259	1.2%	333	270	-11	-4.1%
22-24	615	2.9%	828	740	-125	-16.9%
25-34	3,534	16.8%	4,391	3,924	-390	-9.9%
35-44	3,650	17.3%	4,477	4,086	-436	-10.7%
45-54	3,594	17.0%	4,405	4,126	-532	-12.9%
55-59	1,868	8.9%	2,323	2,231	-363	-16.3%
60-64	1,473	7.0%	1,812	1,582	-109	-6.9%
65 and older	848	4.0%	1,126	927	-79	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	15,841		19,695	17,891
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	112	0.7%	148	130	-18	-13.8%
Mining	74	0.5%	257	69	5	7.2%
Utilities	21	0.1%	19	26	-5	-19.2%
Construction	3,326	20.8%	5,982	3,202	124	3.9%
Manufacturing	3,315	20.8%	3,672	4,568	-1,253	-27.4%
Wholesale Trade	635	4.0%	693	827	-192	-23.2%
Retail Trade	1,205	7.6%	1,328	1,397	-192	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	531	3.3%	710	739	-208	-28.1%
Information	396	2.5%	377	513	-117	-22.8%
Finance and Insurance	536	3.4%	562	801	-265	-33.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	174	1.1%	195	192	-18	-9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	786	4.9%	613	730	56	7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.4%	60	64	-6	-9.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,501	9.4%	1,771	1,598	-97	-6.1%
Educational Services	287	1.8%	276	291	-4	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,251	7.8%	1,277	1,120	131	11.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	0.8%	177	171	-36	-21.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	792	5.0%	730	838	-46	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	384	2.4%	439	336	48	14.3%
Public Administration	178	1.1%	223	146	32	21.9%
Information Not Available	144	0.9%	186	133	11	8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,853		7,581	6,275
Male	3,282	56.1%	4,757	3,586	-304	-8.5%
Female	2,570	43.9%	2,823	2,688	-118	-4.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,853		7,581	6,275
Hispanic or Latino	628	10.7%	820	775	-147	-19.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,278	73.1%	5,465	4,095	183	4.5%
Information Not Available	947	16.2%	1,296	1,405	-458	-32.6%

Race	5,853		7,581	6,275
American Indian or Alaskan Native	311	2.8%	395	265	46	17.4%
Asian	118	1.1%	147	98	20	20.4%
Black or African American	121	1.1%	149	99	22	22.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.5%	65	57	-5	-8.8%
White	8,802	79.8%	7,805	7,008	1,794	25.6%
Information Not Available	1,620	14.7%	2,083	1,456	164	11.3%

Years of Age	5,853		7,581	6,275
Younger than 22	105	0.7%	183	119	-14	-11.8%
22-24	230	1.6%	308	230	0	0.0%
25-34	1,103	7.8%	1,481	1,200	-97	-8.1%
35-44	1,223	8.7%	1,566	1,204	19	1.6%
45-54	1,420	10.1%	1,792	1,452	-32	-2.2%
55-59	748	5.3%	1,008	766	-18	-2.3%
60-64	552	3.9%	695	588	-36	-6.1%
65 and older	469	3.3%	544	703	-234	-33.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	13	-10	-76.9%

Industry	5,853		7,581	6,275
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	365	5.9%	779	260	105	40.4%
Mining	39	0.6%	85	131	-92	-70.2%
Utilities	9	0.1%	17	8	1	12.5%
Construction	595	9.6%	1,058	562	33	5.9%
Manufacturing	655	10.5%	948	805	-150	-18.6%
Wholesale Trade	265	4.3%	298	353	-88	-24.9%
Retail Trade	644	10.4%	710	634	10	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	330	5.3%	386	315	15	4.8%
Information	124	2.0%	134	102	22	21.6%
Finance and Insurance	198	3.2%	209	163	35	21.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	53	0.9%	75	88	-35	-39.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	310	5.0%	357	306	4	1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	24	24	-9	-37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	573	9.2%	716	568	5	0.9%
Educational Services	101	1.6%	123	112	-11	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	606	9.7%	561	623	-17	-2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	91	1.5%	110	75	16	21.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	350	5.6%	385	320	30	9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	128	2.1%	137	133	-5	-3.8%
Public Administration	136	2.2%	164	136	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	266	4.3%	305	557	-291	-52.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	107,145		124,852	112,887
Male	63,159	58.9%	79,455	66,573	-3,414	-5.1%
Female	43,246	40.4%	44,541	45,546	-2,300	-5.0%
Information Not Available	740	0.7%	856	768	-28	-3.6%

Ethnicity	107,145		124,852	112,887
Hispanic or Latino	15,183	14.2%	21,705	15,536	-353	-2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80,499	75.1%	89,682	85,452	-4,953	-5.8%
Information Not Available	11,463	10.7%	13,465	11,899	-436	-3.7%

Race	107,145		124,852	112,887
American Indian or Alaskan Native	579	0.5%	656	614	-35	-5.7%
Asian	2,534	2.4%	2,608	2,741	-207	-7.6%
Black or African American	27,588	25.7%	28,368	29,211	-1,623	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	227	0.2%	294	241	-14	-5.8%
White	64,876	60.5%	77,765	69,008	-4,132	-6.0%
Information Not Available	11,341	10.6%	15,161	11,072	269	2.4%

Years of Age	107,145		124,852	112,887
Younger than 22	1,118	0.7%	1,307	1,327	-209	-15.7%
22-24	3,931	2.4%	4,375	4,392	-461	-10.5%
25-34	24,603	15.1%	27,741	25,463	-860	-3.4%
35-44	24,991	15.3%	28,944	26,183	-1,192	-4.6%
45-54	26,412	16.2%	31,766	27,899	-1,487	-5.3%
55-59	12,820	7.9%	15,310	13,349	-529	-4.0%
60-64	8,800	5.4%	10,359	9,302	-502	-5.4%
65 and older	4,470	2.7%	5,050	4,972	-502	-10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	107,145		124,852	112,887
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	431	0.4%	535	410	21	5.1%
Mining	306	0.3%	372	836	-530	-63.4%
Utilities	120	0.1%	152	162	-42	-25.9%
Construction	15,970	14.8%	23,182	15,633	337	2.2%
Manufacturing	13,375	12.4%	16,948	13,791	-416	-3.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,965	4.6%	5,296	5,421	-456	-8.4%
Retail Trade	8,735	8.1%	8,826	8,239	496	6.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,999	4.6%	5,939	4,789	210	4.4%
Information	2,172	2.0%	1,974	2,268	-96	-4.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,967	3.7%	3,915	3,913	54	1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,556	1.4%	1,701	1,457	99	6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,025	6.5%	7,262	7,418	-393	-5.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	899	0.8%	899	926	-27	-2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,795	14.7%	18,992	17,442	-1,647	-9.4%
Educational Services	1,997	1.9%	2,151	2,811	-814	-29.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,870	6.4%	6,808	7,697	-827	-10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,337	1.2%	2,071	1,432	-95	-6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,240	4.9%	5,737	5,665	-425	-7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,441	2.3%	2,646	2,911	-470	-16.1%
Public Administration	2,570	2.4%	2,370	2,600	-30	-1.2%
Information Not Available	6,375	5.9%	7,076	7,066	-691	-9.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,112		21,649	22,036
Male	11,025	57.7%	13,410	13,493	-2,468	-18.3%
Female	7,990	41.8%	8,140	8,499	-509	-6.0%
Information Not Available	97	0.5%	99	44	53	120.5%

Ethnicity	19,112		21,649	22,036
Hispanic or Latino	869	4.5%	1,026	1,057	-188	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,665	76.7%	16,606	17,165	-2,500	-14.6%
Information Not Available	3,578	18.7%	4,017	3,814	-236	-6.2%

Race	19,112		21,649	22,036
American Indian or Alaskan Native	95	0.5%	94	110	-15	-13.6%
Asian	171	0.9%	153	127	44	34.6%
Black or African American	3,497	18.3%	3,691	3,729	-232	-6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	24	27	-6	-22.2%
White	14,056	73.5%	16,197	16,668	-2,612	-15.7%
Information Not Available	1,272	6.7%	1,490	1,375	-103	-7.5%

Years of Age	19,112		21,649	22,036
Younger than 22	215	0.7%	240	268	-53	-19.8%
22-24	560	1.8%	653	691	-131	-19.0%
25-34	4,178	13.2%	4,692	4,612	-434	-9.4%
35-44	4,729	14.9%	5,385	5,490	-761	-13.9%
45-54	4,942	15.6%	5,676	5,837	-895	-15.3%
55-59	2,239	7.1%	2,556	2,690	-451	-16.8%
60-64	1,513	4.8%	1,621	1,680	-167	-9.9%
65 and older	736	2.3%	826	768	-32	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,112		21,649	22,036
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43	0.2%	52	56	-13	-23.2%
Mining	54	0.3%	62	109	-55	-50.5%
Utilities	33	0.2%	25	33	0	0.0%
Construction	3,046	15.9%	4,531	4,025	-979	-24.3%
Manufacturing	3,199	16.7%	3,360	4,122	-923	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	754	3.9%	799	898	-144	-16.0%
Retail Trade	1,586	8.3%	1,556	1,455	131	9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	724	3.8%	997	986	-262	-26.6%
Information	346	1.8%	358	277	69	24.9%
Finance and Insurance	657	3.4%	619	514	143	27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	300	1.6%	294	344	-44	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,012	5.3%	978	977	35	3.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	198	1.0%	198	102	96	94.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,957	10.2%	2,222	2,244	-287	-12.8%
Educational Services	334	1.7%	383	362	-28	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,496	7.8%	1,541	1,537	-41	-2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	181	0.9%	233	207	-26	-12.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	620	3.2%	635	689	-69	-10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	471	2.5%	492	561	-90	-16.0%
Public Administration	146	0.8%	158	229	-83	-36.2%
Information Not Available	1,955	10.2%	2,156	2,309	-354	-15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,026		10,704	12,692
Male	5,561	55.5%	6,263	7,427	-1,866	-25.1%
Female	4,465	44.5%	4,441	5,265	-800	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,026		10,704	12,692
Hispanic or Latino	804	8.0%	906	1,001	-197	-19.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,656	46.4%	4,879	6,398	-1,742	-27.2%
Information Not Available	4,566	45.5%	4,919	5,293	-727	-13.7%

Race	10,026		10,704	12,692
American Indian or Alaskan Native	149	1.5%	157	190	-41	-21.6%
Asian	192	1.9%	217	171	21	12.3%
Black or African American	2,047	20.4%	2,195	2,702	-655	-24.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.3%	36	26	1	3.8%
White	6,987	69.7%	7,397	8,742	-1,755	-20.1%
Information Not Available	624	6.2%	702	861	-237	-27.5%

Years of Age	10,026		10,704	12,692
Younger than 22	113	0.7%	131	182	-69	-37.9%
22-24	348	2.2%	404	612	-264	-43.1%
25-34	2,219	13.7%	2,392	3,092	-873	-28.2%
35-44	2,388	14.8%	2,544	2,952	-564	-19.1%
45-54	2,444	15.1%	2,598	2,870	-426	-14.8%
55-59	1,177	7.3%	1,236	1,434	-257	-17.9%
60-64	832	5.1%	883	965	-133	-13.8%
65 and older	505	3.1%	516	585	-80	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,026		10,704	12,692
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.4%	39	50	-11	-22.0%
Mining	87	0.9%	93	275	-188	-68.4%
Utilities	19	0.2%	24	11	8	72.7%
Construction	1,484	14.7%	1,869	1,851	-367	-19.8%
Manufacturing	1,140	11.3%	1,285	1,729	-589	-34.1%
Wholesale Trade	404	4.0%	461	511	-107	-20.9%
Retail Trade	761	7.6%	780	972	-211	-21.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	360	3.6%	420	500	-140	-28.0%
Information	258	2.6%	284	348	-90	-25.9%
Finance and Insurance	377	3.7%	361	365	12	3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	162	1.6%	180	187	-25	-13.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	776	7.7%	696	973	-197	-20.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.6%	71	39	22	56.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,448	14.4%	1,490	1,660	-212	-12.8%
Educational Services	159	1.6%	155	296	-137	-46.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,078	10.7%	1,102	1,164	-86	-7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	56	0.6%	69	75	-19	-25.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	440	4.4%	413	499	-59	-11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	220	2.2%	200	267	-47	-17.6%
Public Administration	204	2.0%	195	217	-13	-6.0%
Information Not Available	493	4.9%	517	703	-210	-29.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,834		18,691	21,576
Male	10,401	58.3%	11,105	13,740	-3,339	-24.3%
Female	7,433	41.7%	7,586	7,836	-403	-5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,834		18,691	21,576
Hispanic or Latino	18	0.1%	28	5	13	260.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	422	2.4%	431	394	28	7.1%
Information Not Available	17,394	97.5%	18,232	21,177	-3,783	-17.9%

Race	17,834		18,691	21,576
American Indian or Alaskan Native	60	0.3%	75	134	-74	-55.2%
Asian	78	0.4%	28	60	18	30.0%
Black or African American	2,753	15.4%	2,831	2,660	93	3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	0	19	-14	-73.7%
White	14,796	83.0%	15,607	18,462	-3,666	-19.9%
Information Not Available	142	0.8%	150	241	-99	-41.1%

Years of Age	17,834		18,691	21,576
Younger than 22	156	0.5%	239	264	-108	-40.9%
22-24	596	1.9%	613	728	-132	-18.1%
25-34	3,597	11.6%	3,613	4,657	-1,060	-22.8%
35-44	4,359	14.1%	4,549	5,375	-1,016	-18.9%
45-54	4,538	14.6%	4,656	5,399	-861	-15.9%
55-59	2,000	6.5%	2,167	2,428	-428	-17.6%
60-64	1,629	5.3%	1,722	1,650	-21	-1.3%
65 and older	959	3.1%	1,128	1,070	-111	-10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	17,834		18,691	21,576
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.1%	23	37	-19	-51.4%
Mining	184	1.0%	154	1,529	-1,345	-88.0%
Utilities	69	0.4%	37	46	23	50.0%
Construction	2,822	15.8%	3,398	2,845	-23	-0.8%
Manufacturing	3,221	18.0%	3,201	4,245	-1,024	-24.1%
Wholesale Trade	615	3.4%	739	876	-261	-29.8%
Retail Trade	1,542	8.6%	1,624	1,469	73	5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	775	4.3%	987	1,103	-328	-29.7%
Information	358	2.0%	290	306	52	17.0%
Finance and Insurance	716	4.0%	641	630	86	13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	179	1.0%	304	334	-155	-46.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,000	5.6%	749	1,237	-237	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	92	0.5%	150	60	32	53.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,808	10.1%	2,026	2,081	-273	-13.1%
Educational Services	229	1.3%	201	283	-54	-19.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,748	9.8%	1,783	1,548	200	12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	229	1.3%	197	246	-17	-6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	652	3.7%	576	876	-224	-25.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	344	1.9%	402	556	-212	-38.1%
Public Administration	225	1.3%	197	283	-58	-20.5%
Information Not Available	1,008	5.6%	1,012	986	22	2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,553		17,993	23,624
Male	9,133	52.0%	9,656	14,270	-5,137	-36.0%
Female	8,398	47.8%	8,321	9,341	-943	-10.1%
Information Not Available	22	0.1%	16	13	9	69.2%

Ethnicity	17,553		17,993	23,624
Hispanic or Latino	784	4.5%	832	1,073	-289	-26.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,416	93.5%	16,804	22,546	-6,130	-27.2%
Information Not Available	353	2.0%	357	5	348	6960.0%

Race	17,553		17,993	23,624
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.6%	111	191	-84	-44.0%
Asian	166	0.9%	195	237	-71	-30.0%
Black or African American	8,950	51.0%	8,925	11,456	-2,506	-21.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	14	28	-17	-60.7%
White	7,002	39.9%	7,445	11,340	-4,338	-38.3%
Information Not Available	1,317	7.5%	1,303	372	945	254.0%

Years of Age	17,553		17,993	23,624
Younger than 22	281	1.2%	287	396	-115	-29.0%
22-24	694	3.0%	696	1,023	-329	-32.2%
25-34	4,321	18.6%	4,316	5,881	-1,560	-26.5%
35-44	4,144	17.8%	4,172	5,599	-1,455	-26.0%
45-54	4,002	17.2%	4,093	5,418	-1,416	-26.1%
55-59	1,936	8.3%	2,069	2,697	-761	-28.2%
60-64	1,324	5.7%	1,413	1,607	-283	-17.6%
65 and older	851	3.7%	947	1,003	-152	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,553		17,993	23,624
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	186	1.0%	266	188	-2	-1.1%
Mining	347	2.0%	413	1,379	-1,032	-74.8%
Utilities	40	0.2%	39	61	-21	-34.4%
Construction	2,966	16.7%	3,017	3,955	-989	-25.0%
Manufacturing	1,437	8.1%	1,579	2,808	-1,371	-48.8%
Wholesale Trade	540	3.0%	558	815	-275	-33.7%
Retail Trade	1,307	7.4%	1,334	1,722	-415	-24.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	708	4.0%	809	1,001	-293	-29.3%
Information	204	1.2%	197	377	-173	-45.9%
Finance and Insurance	398	2.2%	376	402	-4	-1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	373	2.1%	378	547	-174	-31.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	911	5.1%	960	1,370	-459	-33.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.4%	68	100	-25	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,604	9.0%	1,598	1,879	-275	-14.6%
Educational Services	314	1.8%	286	328	-14	-4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,769	10.0%	1,797	1,866	-97	-5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	261	1.5%	270	355	-94	-26.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,435	8.1%	1,307	1,540	-105	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	415	2.3%	454	619	-204	-33.0%
Public Administration	277	1.6%	298	300	-23	-7.7%
Information Not Available	1,986	11.2%	1,989	2,012	-26	-1.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,656		62,677	56,676
Male	30,100	58.3%	39,889	33,488	-3,388	-10.1%
Female	21,552	41.7%	22,785	23,185	-1,633	-7.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	51,656		62,677	56,676
Hispanic or Latino	6,794	13.2%	8,084	7,218	-424	-5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,785	80.9%	50,908	45,966	-4,181	-9.1%
Information Not Available	3,077	6.0%	3,685	3,492	-415	-11.9%

Race	51,656		62,677	56,676
American Indian or Alaskan Native	291	0.6%	325	276	15	5.4%
Asian	1,955	3.8%	1,948	2,265	-310	-13.7%
Black or African American	5,164	10.0%	5,556	5,584	-420	-7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	127	0.2%	150	122	5	4.1%
White	36,681	71.0%	45,868	40,657	-3,976	-9.8%
Information Not Available	7,438	14.4%	8,830	7,772	-334	-4.3%

Years of Age	51,656		62,677	56,676
Younger than 22	812	1.0%	1,093	927	-115	-12.4%
22-24	2,137	2.6%	2,633	2,393	-256	-10.7%
25-34	11,548	13.8%	14,030	12,148	-600	-4.9%
35-44	10,933	13.0%	13,408	12,355	-1,422	-11.5%
45-54	12,460	14.9%	15,196	14,689	-2,229	-15.2%
55-59	6,068	7.2%	7,223	6,587	-519	-7.9%
60-64	4,547	5.4%	5,199	4,483	64	1.4%
65 and older	3,151	3.8%	3,895	3,094	57	1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	51,656		62,677	56,676
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	331	0.6%	458	288	43	14.9%
Mining	50	0.1%	142	37	13	35.1%
Utilities	165	0.3%	173	136	29	21.3%
Construction	7,060	13.6%	11,594	7,528	-468	-6.2%
Manufacturing	4,625	8.9%	4,977	4,891	-266	-5.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,437	4.7%	2,538	2,419	18	0.7%
Retail Trade	4,592	8.8%	5,052	4,478	114	2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,458	2.8%	2,002	1,392	66	4.7%
Information	1,329	2.6%	1,345	4,689	-3,360	-71.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,088	4.0%	2,073	2,127	-39	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	950	1.8%	1,126	990	-40	-4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,078	9.8%	5,333	4,911	167	3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	294	0.6%	316	293	1	0.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,568	10.7%	7,590	6,201	-633	-10.2%
Educational Services	980	1.9%	1,004	1,072	-92	-8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,290	10.2%	5,401	5,136	154	3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	780	1.5%	1,470	751	29	3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,640	7.0%	4,269	3,846	-206	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,619	5.0%	2,950	3,173	-554	-17.5%
Public Administration	931	1.8%	1,234	780	151	19.4%
Information Not Available	1,391	2.7%	1,630	1,538	-147	-9.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,168		36,078	34,747
Male	13,322	41.4%	14,333	14,920	-1,598	-10.7%
Female	11,419	35.5%	11,818	12,685	-1,266	-10.0%
Information Not Available	7,427	23.1%	9,927	7,142	285	4.0%

Ethnicity	32,168		36,078	34,747
Hispanic or Latino	1,199	3.7%	1,386	1,425	-226	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,771	70.8%	23,986	25,474	-2,703	-10.6%
Information Not Available	8,198	25.5%	10,706	7,848	350	4.5%

Race	32,168		36,078	34,747
American Indian or Alaskan Native	82	0.3%	101	95	-13	-13.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	11,694	36.4%	11,901	13,020	-1,326	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.1%	45	47	-1	-2.1%
White	10,949	34.0%	11,939	12,312	-1,363	-11.1%
Information Not Available	9,397	29.2%	12,092	9,273	124	1.3%

Years of Age	32,168		36,078	34,747
Younger than 22	342	0.8%	348	451	-109	-24.2%
22-24	1,010	2.5%	1,064	1,273	-263	-20.7%
25-34	6,085	14.8%	6,369	6,841	-756	-11.1%
35-44	5,247	12.8%	5,525	6,021	-774	-12.9%
45-54	5,582	13.6%	5,916	6,341	-759	-12.0%
55-59	2,863	7.0%	3,107	2,886	-23	-0.8%
60-64	2,125	5.2%	2,247	2,155	-30	-1.4%
65 and older	1,487	3.6%	1,575	1,636	-149	-9.1%
Information Not Available	7,427	18.1%	9,927	7,143	284	4.0%

Industry	32,168		36,078	34,747
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	38	0.1%	44	50	-12	-24.0%
Mining	10	0.0%	15	48	-38	-79.2%
Utilities	31	0.1%	30	39	-8	-20.5%
Construction	3,050	9.5%	3,602	3,353	-303	-9.0%
Manufacturing	238	0.7%	277	336	-98	-29.2%
Wholesale Trade	903	2.8%	984	1,192	-289	-24.2%
Retail Trade	1,029	3.2%	1,095	1,230	-201	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	722	2.2%	777	658	64	9.7%
Information	502	1.6%	454	567	-65	-11.5%
Finance and Insurance	957	3.0%	966	923	34	3.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	596	1.9%	602	569	27	4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,552	7.9%	2,447	2,539	13	0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	138	0.4%	147	87	51	58.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,684	11.4%	3,946	4,312	-628	-14.6%
Educational Services	680	2.1%	694	752	-72	-9.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,301	7.1%	2,338	2,672	-371	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	328	1.0%	391	286	42	14.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,727	5.4%	1,972	2,256	-529	-23.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	688	2.1%	711	817	-129	-15.8%
Public Administration	514	1.6%	577	485	29	6.0%
Information Not Available	11,480	35.6%	14,009	11,576	-96	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,458		7,835	6,064
Male	3,416	62.6%	5,310	3,877	-461	-11.9%
Female	2,042	37.4%	2,525	2,187	-145	-6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,458		7,835	6,064
Hispanic or Latino	95	1.7%	171	92	3	3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,772	87.4%	6,801	5,323	-551	-10.4%
Information Not Available	591	10.8%	863	649	-58	-8.9%

Race	5,458		7,835	6,064
American Indian or Alaskan Native	58	1.1%	83	72	-14	-19.4%
Asian	47	0.9%	50	46	1	2.2%
Black or African American	97	1.8%	106	106	-9	-8.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	5,011	91.8%	7,214	5,513	-502	-9.1%
Information Not Available	245	4.5%	382	327	-82	-25.1%

Years of Age	5,458		7,835	6,064
Younger than 22	136	1.4%	182	144	-8	-5.6%
22-24	175	1.8%	282	246	-71	-28.9%
25-34	1,202	12.1%	1,719	1,188	14	1.2%
35-44	1,077	10.8%	1,565	1,255	-178	-14.2%
45-54	1,255	12.6%	1,755	1,429	-174	-12.2%
55-59	706	7.1%	973	817	-111	-13.6%
60-64	542	5.5%	760	599	-57	-9.5%
65 and older	365	3.7%	599	386	-21	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,458		7,835	6,064
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	508	8.5%	553	533	-25	-4.7%
Mining	3	0.1%	10	0	3	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	10	17	-10	-58.8%
Construction	588	9.9%	1,313	656	-68	-10.4%
Manufacturing	501	8.4%	705	669	-168	-25.1%
Wholesale Trade	160	2.7%	225	177	-17	-9.6%
Retail Trade	536	9.0%	657	587	-51	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	232	3.9%	318	255	-23	-9.0%
Information	51	0.9%	53	39	12	30.8%
Finance and Insurance	86	1.4%	92	101	-15	-14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	38	0.6%	61	55	-17	-30.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	149	2.5%	184	175	-26	-14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	10	16	-9	-56.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	349	5.8%	644	384	-35	-9.1%
Educational Services	60	1.0%	62	68	-8	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	390	6.5%	385	425	-35	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	1.7%	123	137	-33	-24.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	324	5.4%	584	361	-37	-10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	98	1.6%	132	98	0	0.0%
Public Administration	65	1.1%	96	76	-11	-14.5%
Information Not Available	1,202	20.1%	1,618	1,235	-33	-2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,777		68,746	66,692
Male	27,642	55.5%	43,844	39,977	-12,335	-30.9%
Female	20,766	41.7%	23,305	25,244	-4,478	-17.7%
Information Not Available	1,369	2.8%	1,597	1,471	-102	-6.9%

Ethnicity	49,777		68,746	66,692
Hispanic or Latino	2,153	4.3%	4,709	2,760	-607	-22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,556	77.5%	52,659	51,705	-13,149	-25.4%
Information Not Available	9,068	18.2%	11,378	12,227	-3,159	-25.8%

Race	49,777		68,746	66,692
American Indian or Alaskan Native	412	0.8%	708	537	-125	-23.3%
Asian	518	1.0%	565	820	-302	-36.8%
Black or African American	9,853	19.8%	10,796	13,273	-3,420	-25.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1%	47	59	-14	-23.7%
White	27,690	55.6%	41,171	36,964	-9,274	-25.1%
Information Not Available	11,259	22.6%	15,459	15,039	-3,780	-25.1%

Years of Age	49,777		68,746	66,692
Younger than 22	992	1.3%	1,714	1,261	-269	-21.3%
22-24	2,392	3.2%	3,519	3,319	-927	-27.9%
25-34	12,139	16.5%	16,159	15,655	-3,516	-22.5%
35-44	10,904	14.8%	15,102	15,126	-4,222	-27.9%
45-54	11,988	16.2%	16,384	16,981	-4,993	-29.4%
55-59	5,848	7.9%	8,100	7,696	-1,848	-24.0%
60-64	3,681	5.0%	5,027	4,545	-864	-19.0%
65 and older	1,831	2.5%	2,739	2,107	-276	-13.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%

Industry	49,777		68,746	66,692
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	487	1.0%	1,004	485	2	0.4%
Mining	77	0.2%	315	280	-203	-72.5%
Utilities	83	0.2%	132	81	2	2.5%
Construction	5,544	11.0%	13,867	6,436	-892	-13.9%
Manufacturing	8,678	17.3%	9,840	16,220	-7,542	-46.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,569	5.1%	2,264	3,232	-663	-20.5%
Retail Trade	3,157	6.3%	3,958	3,164	-7	-0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,483	3.0%	2,296	2,274	-791	-34.8%
Information	841	1.7%	801	650	191	29.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,324	2.6%	1,324	1,301	23	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	691	1.4%	872	865	-174	-20.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,489	6.9%	3,584	4,310	-821	-19.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,440	4.9%	3,046	5,665	-3,225	-56.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,592	11.1%	8,911	6,598	-1,006	-15.2%
Educational Services	644	1.3%	694	732	-88	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,094	8.1%	4,177	4,176	-82	-2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	659	1.3%	1,379	679	-20	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,561	5.1%	3,293	2,643	-82	-3.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,370	2.7%	1,686	1,387	-17	-1.2%
Public Administration	611	1.2%	865	656	-45	-6.9%
Information Not Available	3,383	6.7%	4,438	4,858	-1,475	-30.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,004		44,846	35,055
Male	20,186	63.1%	32,390	22,932	-2,746	-12.0%
Female	11,814	36.9%	12,452	12,122	-308	-2.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	1	3	300.0%

Ethnicity	32,004		44,846	35,055
Hispanic or Latino	1,291	4.0%	1,891	1,410	-119	-8.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,291	85.3%	38,418	29,706	-2,415	-8.1%
Information Not Available	3,422	10.7%	4,537	3,939	-517	-13.1%

Race	32,004		44,846	35,055
American Indian or Alaskan Native	457	1.4%	659	504	-47	-9.3%
Asian	795	2.5%	863	932	-137	-14.7%
Black or African American	2,863	8.9%	3,033	2,750	113	4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.2%	86	71	-7	-9.9%
White	24,878	77.7%	36,487	27,702	-2,824	-10.2%
Information Not Available	2,947	9.2%	3,718	3,096	-149	-4.8%

Years of Age	32,004		44,846	35,055
Younger than 22	357	0.7%	621	412	-55	-13.3%
22-24	1,170	2.2%	1,932	1,376	-206	-15.0%
25-34	7,117	13.2%	10,333	8,200	-1,083	-13.2%
35-44	7,060	13.1%	9,851	7,505	-445	-5.9%
45-54	7,411	13.7%	9,944	8,266	-855	-10.3%
55-59	4,250	7.9%	5,910	4,477	-227	-5.1%
60-64	2,983	5.5%	4,028	3,135	-152	-4.8%
65 and older	1,648	3.1%	2,217	1,676	-28	-1.7%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	10	8	0	0.0%

Industry	32,004		44,846	35,055
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	472	1.5%	721	459	13	2.8%
Mining	117	0.4%	430	324	-207	-63.9%
Utilities	117	0.4%	147	137	-20	-14.6%
Construction	6,572	20.2%	14,550	7,962	-1,390	-17.5%
Manufacturing	3,743	11.5%	5,462	5,116	-1,373	-26.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,534	4.7%	1,688	1,528	6	0.4%
Retail Trade	2,352	7.2%	2,656	2,221	131	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,158	3.6%	1,525	1,139	19	1.7%
Information	634	2.0%	615	567	67	11.8%
Finance and Insurance	980	3.0%	934	893	87	9.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	440	1.4%	540	460	-20	-4.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,359	7.3%	2,412	2,365	-6	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	609	1.9%	711	878	-269	-30.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,841	8.7%	3,776	2,963	-122	-4.1%
Educational Services	702	2.2%	751	701	1	0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,492	7.7%	2,487	2,512	-20	-0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	465	1.4%	534	431	34	7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,717	5.3%	1,760	1,694	23	1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,047	3.2%	1,123	1,016	31	3.1%
Public Administration	500	1.5%	736	497	3	0.6%
Information Not Available	1,153	3.6%	1,288	1,192	-39	-3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,441		24,094	22,869
Male	12,529	53.4%	13,553	12,805	-276	-2.2%
Female	10,876	46.4%	10,513	10,034	842	8.4%
Information Not Available	36	0.2%	28	30	6	20.0%

Ethnicity	23,441		24,094	22,869
Hispanic or Latino	960	4.1%	952	921	39	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,388	78.4%	18,957	16,470	1,918	11.6%
Information Not Available	4,093	17.5%	4,185	5,478	-1,385	-25.3%

Race	23,441		24,094	22,869
American Indian or Alaskan Native	143	0.6%	147	136	7	5.1%
Asian	209	0.9%	215	128	81	63.3%
Black or African American	5,262	22.4%	5,196	5,006	256	5.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	265	1.1%	255	938	-673	-71.7%
White	14,930	63.7%	15,719	13,851	1,079	7.8%
Information Not Available	2,632	11.2%	2,562	2,810	-178	-6.3%

Years of Age	23,441		24,094	22,869
Younger than 22	257	0.7%	276	343	-86	-25.1%
22-24	929	2.6%	880	1,106	-177	-16.0%
25-34	5,201	14.3%	5,377	5,431	-230	-4.2%
35-44	5,342	14.7%	5,587	5,250	92	1.8%
45-54	5,746	15.8%	5,836	5,552	194	3.5%
55-59	2,872	7.9%	2,978	2,653	219	8.3%
60-64	1,942	5.3%	1,969	1,613	329	20.4%
65 and older	1,152	3.2%	1,191	920	232	25.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	23,441		24,094	22,869
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	109	0.5%	136	102	7	6.9%
Mining	48	0.2%	60	101	-53	-52.5%
Utilities	34	0.1%	34	23	11	47.8%
Construction	3,175	13.5%	3,740	2,253	922	40.9%
Manufacturing	2,753	11.7%	2,706	5,405	-2,652	-49.1%
Wholesale Trade	936	4.0%	1,022	759	177	23.3%
Retail Trade	2,402	10.2%	2,497	1,906	496	26.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	813	3.5%	900	701	112	16.0%
Information	475	2.0%	471	367	108	29.4%
Finance and Insurance	803	3.4%	822	628	175	27.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	370	1.6%	394	296	74	25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,484	6.3%	1,275	1,245	239	19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	147	0.6%	143	117	30	25.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,922	12.4%	3,016	2,832	90	3.2%
Educational Services	418	1.8%	415	403	15	3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,680	11.4%	2,537	2,314	366	15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	236	1.0%	355	204	32	15.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,784	7.6%	1,687	1,389	395	28.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	584	2.5%	579	655	-71	-10.8%
Public Administration	239	1.0%	271	188	51	27.1%
Information Not Available	1,029	4.4%	1,034	981	48	4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,989		9,355	13,084
Male	4,829	48.3%	4,894	6,912	-2,083	-30.1%
Female	5,149	51.5%	4,449	6,150	-1,001	-16.3%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	12	22	-11	-50.0%

Ethnicity	9,989		9,355	13,084
Hispanic or Latino	244	2.4%	223	197	47	23.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,348	93.6%	8,744	12,265	-2,917	-23.8%
Information Not Available	397	4.0%	388	622	-225	-36.2%

Race	9,989		9,355	13,084
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.4%	46	51	-13	-25.5%
Asian	63	0.6%	99	59	4	6.8%
Black or African American	5,848	58.5%	5,362	7,324	-1,476	-20.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.5%	35	41	8	19.5%
White	3,717	37.2%	3,540	5,248	-1,531	-29.2%
Information Not Available	274	2.7%	273	361	-87	-24.1%

Years of Age	9,989		9,355	13,084
Younger than 22	118	0.9%	108	145	-27	-18.6%
22-24	424	3.3%	370	613	-189	-30.8%
25-34	2,418	18.7%	2,184	3,233	-815	-25.2%
35-44	2,385	18.5%	2,284	3,175	-790	-24.9%
45-54	2,308	17.9%	2,173	2,960	-652	-22.0%
55-59	1,060	8.2%	1,035	1,299	-239	-18.4%
60-64	805	6.2%	756	1,002	-197	-19.7%
65 and older	471	3.7%	445	657	-186	-28.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,989		9,355	13,084
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	149	1.5%	188	172	-23	-13.4%
Mining	18	0.2%	28	174	-156	-89.7%
Utilities	22	0.2%	12	10	12	120.0%
Construction	474	4.7%	512	734	-260	-35.4%
Manufacturing	1,209	11.9%	1,206	1,547	-338	-21.8%
Wholesale Trade	335	3.3%	300	350	-15	-4.3%
Retail Trade	912	9.0%	799	947	-35	-3.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	239	2.4%	256	282	-43	-15.2%
Information	175	1.7%	165	96	79	82.3%
Finance and Insurance	157	1.5%	166	189	-32	-16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	109	1.1%	94	112	-3	-2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	346	3.4%	222	453	-107	-23.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	1.1%	97	181	-68	-37.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	906	8.9%	892	1,089	-183	-16.8%
Educational Services	236	2.3%	216	208	28	13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,073	10.6%	902	1,527	-454	-29.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	51	0.5%	62	104	-53	-51.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	861	8.5%	580	1,013	-152	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	137	1.4%	153	181	-44	-24.3%
Public Administration	124	1.2%	134	260	-136	-52.3%
Information Not Available	2,343	23.1%	2,371	3,455	-1,112	-32.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,006		6,602	5,817
Male	3,059	61.1%	4,424	3,695	-636	-17.2%
Female	1,945	38.9%	2,176	2,116	-171	-8.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	6	-4	-66.7%

Ethnicity	5,006		6,602	5,817
Hispanic or Latino	192	3.8%	299	281	-89	-31.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,546	90.8%	5,940	5,259	-713	-13.6%
Information Not Available	268	5.4%	363	277	-9	-3.2%

Race	5,006		6,602	5,817
American Indian or Alaskan Native	746	14.9%	870	646	100	15.5%
Asian	27	0.5%	36	30	-3	-10.0%
Black or African American	40	0.8%	68	81	-41	-50.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.3%	20	15	1	6.7%
White	4,116	82.2%	5,515	4,956	-840	-16.9%
Information Not Available	61	1.2%	93	89	-28	-31.5%

Years of Age	5,006		6,602	5,817
Younger than 22	95	1.1%	118	118	-23	-19.5%
22-24	250	2.9%	356	262	-12	-4.6%
25-34	1,247	14.4%	1,675	1,401	-154	-11.0%
35-44	1,044	12.1%	1,343	1,236	-192	-15.5%
45-54	1,038	12.0%	1,375	1,296	-258	-19.9%
55-59	583	6.7%	773	740	-157	-21.2%
60-64	474	5.5%	592	484	-10	-2.1%
65 and older	275	3.2%	370	280	-5	-1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,006		6,602	5,817
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	194	3.7%	252	125	69	55.2%
Mining	83	1.6%	133	252	-169	-67.1%
Utilities	10	0.2%	13	17	-7	-41.2%
Construction	745	14.3%	1,385	1,070	-325	-30.4%
Manufacturing	302	5.8%	345	354	-52	-14.7%
Wholesale Trade	117	2.3%	133	172	-55	-32.0%
Retail Trade	452	8.7%	560	478	-26	-5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	161	3.1%	238	299	-138	-46.2%
Information	72	1.4%	83	58	14	24.1%
Finance and Insurance	105	2.0%	114	76	29	38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	91	1.8%	105	68	23	33.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	238	4.6%	228	259	-21	-8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	3	8	-4	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	427	8.2%	598	470	-43	-9.1%
Educational Services	93	1.8%	91	116	-23	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	371	7.1%	376	412	-41	-10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	124	2.4%	166	283	-159	-56.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	741	14.3%	927	799	-58	-7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	126	2.4%	164	148	-22	-14.9%
Public Administration	422	8.1%	449	258	164	63.6%
Information Not Available	128	2.5%	239	95	33	34.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,435		20,183	24,916
Male	9,477	46.4%	9,666	12,320	-2,843	-23.1%
Female	10,950	53.6%	10,508	12,585	-1,635	-13.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	9	11	-3	-27.3%

Ethnicity	20,435		20,183	24,916
Hispanic or Latino	926	4.5%	965	1,120	-194	-17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,110	93.5%	18,811	23,179	-4,069	-17.6%
Information Not Available	399	2.0%	407	617	-218	-35.3%

Race	20,435		20,183	24,916
American Indian or Alaskan Native	314	1.5%	321	365	-51	-14.0%
Asian	317	1.6%	316	301	16	5.3%
Black or African American	9,637	47.2%	9,173	11,915	-2,278	-19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.1%	35	51	-22	-43.1%
White	8,883	43.5%	9,055	10,779	-1,896	-17.6%
Information Not Available	1,255	6.1%	1,283	1,505	-250	-16.6%

Years of Age	20,435		20,183	24,916
Younger than 22	309	1.1%	271	416	-107	-25.7%
22-24	821	2.9%	793	1,160	-339	-29.2%
25-34	5,087	18.2%	5,009	6,641	-1,554	-23.4%
35-44	4,940	17.7%	4,917	6,073	-1,133	-18.7%
45-54	5,037	18.1%	5,048	5,918	-881	-14.9%
55-59	2,100	7.5%	2,135	2,484	-384	-15.5%
60-64	1,416	5.1%	1,294	1,424	-8	-0.6%
65 and older	725	2.6%	716	800	-75	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,435		20,183	24,916
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.4%	70	109	-24	-22.0%
Mining	8	0.0%	7	5	3	60.0%
Utilities	29	0.1%	26	28	1	3.6%
Construction	1,091	5.3%	1,201	1,411	-320	-22.7%
Manufacturing	3,095	15.1%	2,952	4,283	-1,188	-27.7%
Wholesale Trade	849	4.1%	851	993	-144	-14.5%
Retail Trade	1,835	8.9%	1,935	2,008	-173	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	572	2.8%	596	724	-152	-21.0%
Information	451	2.2%	433	362	89	24.6%
Finance and Insurance	808	3.9%	839	857	-49	-5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	298	1.5%	291	379	-81	-21.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,417	6.9%	1,390	1,536	-119	-7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.6%	94	128	2	1.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,181	20.4%	4,000	4,903	-722	-14.7%
Educational Services	327	1.6%	331	475	-148	-31.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,652	8.1%	1,608	2,025	-373	-18.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	118	0.6%	151	164	-46	-28.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,009	4.9%	950	1,384	-375	-27.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	363	1.8%	407	460	-97	-21.1%
Public Administration	377	1.8%	320	415	-38	-9.2%
Information Not Available	1,740	8.5%	1,731	2,267	-527	-23.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,508		4,543	4,745
Male	1,768	70.5%	3,721	3,662	-1,894	-51.7%
Female	740	29.5%	822	1,083	-343	-31.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,508		4,543	4,745
Hispanic or Latino	126	5.0%	274	272	-146	-53.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,302	91.8%	4,147	4,329	-2,027	-46.8%
Information Not Available	80	3.2%	122	144	-64	-44.4%

Race	2,508		4,543	4,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	207	8.3%	281	246	-39	-15.9%
Asian	22	0.9%	18	38	-16	-42.1%
Black or African American	127	5.1%	188	311	-184	-59.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	11	12	-7	-58.3%
White	1,941	77.4%	3,649	3,722	-1,781	-47.9%
Information Not Available	206	8.2%	396	416	-210	-50.5%

Years of Age	2,508		4,543	4,745
Younger than 22	18	0.4%	48	59	-41	-69.5%
22-24	85	2.0%	169	217	-132	-60.8%
25-34	556	13.2%	1,072	1,313	-757	-57.7%
35-44	535	12.7%	927	1,017	-482	-47.4%
45-54	604	14.4%	947	1,067	-463	-43.4%
55-59	303	7.2%	586	519	-216	-41.6%
60-64	252	6.0%	466	351	-99	-28.2%
65 and older	155	3.7%	328	202	-47	-23.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,508		4,543	4,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	1.8%	124	33	12	36.4%
Mining	151	5.9%	422	926	-775	-83.7%
Utilities	17	0.7%	11	31	-14	-45.2%
Construction	649	25.4%	1,762	833	-184	-22.1%
Manufacturing	272	10.7%	351	521	-249	-47.8%
Wholesale Trade	146	5.7%	202	484	-338	-69.8%
Retail Trade	175	6.9%	215	212	-37	-17.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	132	5.2%	215	511	-379	-74.2%
Information	29	1.1%	30	29	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	58	2.3%	62	59	-1	-1.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	37	1.4%	43	111	-74	-66.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	131	5.1%	206	187	-56	-29.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.9%	33	11	11	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	75	2.9%	180	144	-69	-47.9%
Educational Services	3	0.1%	3	7	-4	-57.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	133	5.2%	141	133	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	0.3%	14	5	2	40.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	100	3.9%	119	142	-42	-29.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	49	1.9%	52	68	-19	-27.9%
Public Administration	157	6.1%	182	135	22	16.3%
Information Not Available	120	4.7%	176	163	-43	-26.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,809		4,488	3,979
Male	1,788	46.9%	2,335	1,937	-149	-7.7%
Female	1,796	47.2%	1,809	1,704	92	5.4%
Information Not Available	225	5.9%	344	338	-113	-33.4%

Ethnicity	3,809		4,488	3,979
Hispanic or Latino	279	7.3%	415	313	-34	-10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,954	77.6%	3,340	2,958	-4	-0.1%
Information Not Available	576	15.1%	733	708	-132	-18.6%

Race	3,809		4,488	3,979
American Indian or Alaskan Native	62	1.6%	70	65	-3	-4.6%
Asian	92	2.4%	154	77	15	19.5%
Black or African American	463	12.2%	505	434	29	6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.3%	18	12	-1	-8.3%
White	2,565	67.3%	2,992	2,728	-163	-6.0%
Information Not Available	616	16.2%	749	663	-47	-7.1%

Years of Age	3,809		4,488	3,979
Younger than 22	22	0.4%	30	20	2	10.0%
22-24	82	1.4%	108	105	-23	-21.9%
25-34	820	13.7%	887	810	10	1.2%
35-44	875	14.6%	1,060	907	-32	-3.5%
45-54	935	15.6%	1,124	1,028	-93	-9.0%
55-59	481	8.0%	564	551	-70	-12.7%
60-64	367	6.1%	450	352	15	4.3%
65 and older	227	3.8%	265	206	21	10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,809		4,488	3,979
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.8%	42	27	2	7.4%
Mining	8	0.2%	29	12	-4	-33.3%
Utilities	12	0.3%	11	4	8	200.0%
Construction	461	12.0%	762	543	-82	-15.1%
Manufacturing	406	10.6%	702	628	-222	-35.4%
Wholesale Trade	169	4.4%	169	172	-3	-1.7%
Retail Trade	406	10.6%	382	323	83	25.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	115	3.0%	161	139	-24	-17.3%
Information	112	2.9%	100	78	34	43.6%
Finance and Insurance	189	4.9%	179	197	-8	-4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	49	1.3%	72	51	-2	-3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	200	5.2%	188	180	20	11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.9%	40	35	-1	-2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	369	9.6%	451	395	-26	-6.6%
Educational Services	77	2.0%	77	82	-5	-6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	413	10.8%	401	350	63	18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	47	1.2%	38	30	17	56.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	261	6.8%	185	236	25	10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	81	2.1%	80	76	5	6.6%
Public Administration	96	2.5%	120	89	7	7.9%
Information Not Available	275	7.2%	299	332	-57	-17.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,521		4,245	4,188
Male	1,956	55.6%	2,547	2,206	-250	-11.3%
Female	1,547	43.9%	1,676	1,945	-398	-20.5%
Information Not Available	18	0.5%	22	37	-19	-51.4%

Ethnicity	3,521		4,245	4,188
Hispanic or Latino	172	4.9%	266	164	8	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,908	82.6%	3,439	3,482	-574	-16.5%
Information Not Available	441	12.5%	540	542	-101	-18.6%

Race	3,521		4,245	4,188
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.5%	29	23	-4	-17.4%
Asian	59	1.7%	69	87	-28	-32.2%
Black or African American	80	2.3%	77	71	9	12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.3%	9	8	2	25.0%
White	3,060	86.9%	3,693	3,657	-597	-16.3%
Information Not Available	293	8.3%	368	342	-49	-14.3%

Years of Age	3,521		4,245	4,188
Younger than 22	20	0.3%	31	19	1	5.3%
22-24	85	1.4%	103	104	-19	-18.3%
25-34	554	9.1%	732	657	-103	-15.7%
35-44	658	10.8%	771	761	-103	-13.5%
45-54	908	14.9%	1,107	1,103	-195	-17.7%
55-59	543	8.9%	603	654	-111	-17.0%
60-64	472	7.7%	532	551	-79	-14.3%
65 and older	281	4.6%	366	339	-58	-17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,521		4,245	4,188
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	1.0%	45	45	-11	-24.4%
Mining	5	0.1%	13	3	2	66.7%
Utilities	9	0.3%	8	11	-2	-18.2%
Construction	112	3.2%	198	123	-11	-8.9%
Manufacturing	413	11.6%	451	531	-118	-22.2%
Wholesale Trade	225	6.3%	221	228	-3	-1.3%
Retail Trade	224	6.3%	245	239	-15	-6.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	70	2.0%	94	90	-20	-22.2%
Information	46	1.3%	60	69	-23	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	149	4.2%	156	140	9	6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40	1.1%	48	60	-20	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	215	6.0%	223	284	-69	-24.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	1.1%	35	32	6	18.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	478	13.4%	647	535	-57	-10.7%
Educational Services	97	2.7%	104	123	-26	-21.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	293	8.2%	318	357	-64	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	1.7%	89	85	-24	-28.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	109	3.1%	86	166	-57	-34.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	107	3.0%	127	110	-3	-2.7%
Public Administration	69	1.9%	79	55	14	25.5%
Information Not Available	727	20.5%	998	902	-175	-19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	84,914		101,416	91,440
Male	47,415	55.8%	56,651	52,147	-4,732	-9.1%
Female	37,499	44.2%	44,765	39,293	-1,794	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	84,914		101,416	91,440
Hispanic or Latino	17,696	20.8%	22,310	18,539	-843	-4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,448	68.8%	68,588	63,233	-4,785	-7.6%
Information Not Available	8,770	10.3%	10,518	9,668	-898	-9.3%

Race	84,914		101,416	91,440
American Indian or Alaskan Native	413	0.5%	607	433	-20	-4.6%
Asian	3,534	4.2%	3,841	3,732	-198	-5.3%
Black or African American	19,723	23.2%	21,155	20,201	-478	-2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	531	0.6%	501	510	21	4.1%
White	48,002	56.5%	60,290	53,024	-5,022	-9.5%
Information Not Available	12,711	15.0%	15,022	13,540	-829	-6.1%

Years of Age	84,914		101,416	91,440
Younger than 22	2,543	2.0%	2,776	2,854	-311	-10.9%
22-24	4,996	4.0%	5,500	5,255	-259	-4.9%
25-34	20,127	15.9%	22,434	21,016	-889	-4.2%
35-44	17,173	13.6%	19,836	18,839	-1,666	-8.8%
45-54	18,937	15.0%	23,245	21,556	-2,619	-12.1%
55-59	9,172	7.3%	11,376	9,738	-566	-5.8%
60-64	6,653	5.3%	8,434	6,891	-238	-3.5%
65 and older	5,313	4.2%	7,815	5,291	22	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	84,914		101,416	91,440
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	312	0.4%	634	320	-8	-2.5%
Mining	50	0.1%	61	70	-20	-28.6%
Utilities	125	0.1%	131	127	-2	-1.6%
Construction	8,186	9.6%	10,570	9,160	-974	-10.6%
Manufacturing	5,686	6.7%	6,026	5,674	12	0.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,804	5.6%	4,848	4,817	-13	-0.3%
Retail Trade	10,026	11.8%	10,640	11,501	-1,475	-12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,043	4.7%	7,275	4,150	-107	-2.6%
Information	1,789	2.1%	1,804	4,419	-2,630	-59.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,273	3.8%	3,289	3,237	36	1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,417	1.7%	1,693	1,464	-47	-3.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,049	7.1%	5,874	6,033	16	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,511	1.8%	1,487	1,348	163	12.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,201	14.3%	14,511	12,264	-63	-0.5%
Educational Services	1,546	1.8%	1,817	1,655	-109	-6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,852	9.2%	7,984	8,437	-585	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,282	1.5%	2,080	1,314	-32	-2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,785	8.0%	11,171	6,766	19	0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,157	2.5%	2,408	2,272	-115	-5.1%
Public Administration	853	1.0%	1,771	897	-44	-4.9%
Information Not Available	4,967	5.8%	5,342	5,515	-548	-9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,980		10,599	12,544
Male	5,628	56.4%	6,215	7,962	-2,334	-29.3%
Female	4,352	43.6%	4,384	4,582	-230	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,980		10,599	12,544
Hispanic or Latino	5,204	52.1%	5,791	6,399	-1,195	-18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,845	38.5%	3,877	5,011	-1,166	-23.3%
Information Not Available	931	9.3%	931	1,134	-203	-17.9%

Race	9,980		10,599	12,544
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,109	11.1%	1,160	1,668	-559	-33.5%
Asian	74	0.7%	80	92	-18	-19.6%
Black or African American	308	3.1%	328	327	-19	-5.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.3%	24	36	-10	-27.8%
White	5,495	55.1%	5,694	6,441	-946	-14.7%
Information Not Available	2,968	29.7%	3,313	3,980	-1,012	-25.4%

Years of Age	9,980		10,599	12,544
Younger than 22	247	1.7%	264	305	-58	-19.0%
22-24	467	3.2%	537	626	-159	-25.4%
25-34	2,353	16.0%	2,438	3,179	-826	-26.0%
35-44	2,251	15.3%	2,367	2,818	-567	-20.1%
45-54	2,224	15.2%	2,389	2,799	-575	-20.5%
55-59	1,137	7.7%	1,230	1,359	-222	-16.3%
60-64	801	5.5%	841	917	-116	-12.6%
65 and older	500	3.4%	533	541	-41	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,980		10,599	12,544
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	696	6.5%	1,024	714	-18	-2.5%
Mining	198	1.9%	212	1,270	-1,072	-84.4%
Utilities	47	0.4%	45	17	30	176.5%
Construction	1,498	14.0%	1,750	2,261	-763	-33.7%
Manufacturing	513	4.8%	630	632	-119	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	294	2.8%	345	467	-173	-37.0%
Retail Trade	1,022	9.6%	1,047	1,102	-80	-7.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	263	2.5%	288	427	-164	-38.4%
Information	580	5.4%	489	534	46	8.6%
Finance and Insurance	233	2.2%	229	238	-5	-2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	162	1.5%	156	215	-53	-24.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	600	5.6%	488	674	-74	-11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.1%	17	29	-13	-44.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	899	8.4%	936	948	-49	-5.2%
Educational Services	226	2.1%	252	233	-7	-3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,006	9.4%	980	1,008	-2	-0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	290	2.7%	234	289	1	0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	684	6.4%	713	728	-44	-6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	232	2.2%	218	404	-172	-42.6%
Public Administration	358	3.4%	380	287	71	24.7%
Information Not Available	163	1.5%	166	67	96	143.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,889		22,533	23,050
Male	11,492	55.0%	12,722	13,328	-1,836	-13.8%
Female	9,294	44.5%	9,707	9,620	-326	-3.4%
Information Not Available	103	0.5%	104	102	1	1.0%

Ethnicity	20,889		22,533	23,050
Hispanic or Latino	4,247	20.3%	4,621	4,753	-506	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,309	63.7%	14,408	14,650	-1,341	-9.2%
Information Not Available	3,333	16.0%	3,504	3,647	-314	-8.6%

Race	20,889		22,533	23,050
American Indian or Alaskan Native	488	2.3%	544	570	-82	-14.4%
Asian	1,265	6.1%	1,348	1,312	-47	-3.6%
Black or African American	3,728	17.8%	3,908	3,545	183	5.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	439	2.1%	505	538	-99	-18.4%
White	11,385	54.5%	12,392	13,072	-1,687	-12.9%
Information Not Available	3,584	17.2%	3,836	4,013	-429	-10.7%

Years of Age	20,889		22,533	23,050
Younger than 22	466	1.5%	483	517	-51	-9.9%
22-24	972	3.2%	1,013	1,069	-97	-9.1%
25-34	5,217	16.9%	5,407	5,406	-189	-3.5%
35-44	4,724	15.3%	5,074	5,237	-513	-9.8%
45-54	4,728	15.4%	5,165	5,524	-796	-14.4%
55-59	2,190	7.1%	2,371	2,451	-261	-10.6%
60-64	1,486	4.8%	1,702	1,670	-184	-11.0%
65 and older	1,106	3.6%	1,318	1,176	-70	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,889		22,533	23,050
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.1%	25	33	-14	-42.4%
Mining	86	0.4%	107	208	-122	-58.7%
Utilities	34	0.2%	22	27	7	25.9%
Construction	2,150	10.3%	2,375	2,951	-801	-27.1%
Manufacturing	576	2.8%	655	814	-238	-29.2%
Wholesale Trade	442	2.1%	470	577	-135	-23.4%
Retail Trade	1,597	7.6%	1,674	1,737	-140	-8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	801	3.8%	908	1,073	-272	-25.3%
Information	206	1.0%	226	248	-42	-16.9%
Finance and Insurance	470	2.2%	448	518	-48	-9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	596	2.9%	705	621	-25	-4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	970	4.6%	885	1,013	-43	-4.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	194	0.9%	193	159	35	22.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,571	12.3%	3,202	2,937	-366	-12.5%
Educational Services	179	0.9%	198	204	-25	-12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,042	5.0%	1,031	1,111	-69	-6.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	309	1.5%	341	386	-77	-19.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,688	12.9%	2,976	3,178	-490	-15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	437	2.1%	462	417	20	4.8%
Public Administration	298	1.4%	328	324	-26	-8.0%
Information Not Available	5,224	25.0%	5,302	4,514	710	15.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	133,301		169,110	145,057
Male	76,571	57.4%	98,146	83,232	-6,661	-8.0%
Female	56,717	42.5%	70,948	61,815	-5,098	-8.2%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	16	10	3	30.0%

Ethnicity	133,301		169,110	145,057
Hispanic or Latino	24,446	18.3%	32,571	25,493	-1,047	-4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,928	69.0%	114,899	97,898	-5,970	-6.1%
Information Not Available	16,919	12.7%	21,640	21,666	-4,747	-21.9%

Race	133,301		169,110	145,057
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,275	1.0%	1,546	1,295	-20	-1.5%
Asian	5,521	4.1%	6,087	5,544	-23	-0.4%
Black or African American	26,335	19.8%	30,347	26,921	-586	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	823	0.6%	1,057	836	-13	-1.6%
White	70,786	53.1%	92,203	75,994	-5,208	-6.9%
Information Not Available	28,553	21.4%	37,870	34,467	-5,914	-17.2%

Years of Age	133,301		169,110	145,057
Younger than 22	2,890	1.5%	3,415	3,387	-497	-14.7%
22-24	7,222	3.7%	8,314	8,189	-967	-11.8%
25-34	35,983	18.5%	41,188	37,834	-1,851	-4.9%
35-44	28,504	14.6%	34,692	31,291	-2,787	-8.9%
45-54	29,030	14.9%	38,727	32,738	-3,708	-11.3%
55-59	13,676	7.0%	18,825	14,592	-916	-6.3%
60-64	9,141	4.7%	12,913	9,850	-709	-7.2%
65 and older	6,855	3.5%	11,036	7,176	-321	-4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	133,301		169,110	145,057
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	484	0.4%	718	456	28	6.1%
Mining	160	0.1%	487	279	-119	-42.7%
Utilities	115	0.1%	132	180	-65	-36.1%
Construction	17,899	13.4%	24,716	18,127	-228	-1.3%
Manufacturing	7,581	5.7%	8,467	8,995	-1,414	-15.7%
Wholesale Trade	5,492	4.1%	5,518	5,797	-305	-5.3%
Retail Trade	12,341	9.2%	13,153	14,775	-2,434	-16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,964	3.0%	18,353	4,265	-301	-7.1%
Information	7,293	5.5%	6,414	10,004	-2,711	-27.1%
Finance and Insurance	5,556	4.2%	5,552	6,077	-521	-8.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,085	2.3%	3,246	3,039	46	1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,896	7.4%	9,125	10,201	-305	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	830	0.6%	839	1,077	-247	-22.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,524	13.1%	20,762	17,870	-346	-1.9%
Educational Services	2,908	2.2%	4,601	3,234	-326	-10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,399	9.3%	12,835	13,785	-1,386	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,696	2.8%	5,203	4,294	-598	-13.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,748	7.3%	13,216	10,353	-605	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,567	2.7%	4,149	3,924	-357	-9.1%
Public Administration	3,419	2.6%	5,393	3,320	99	3.0%
Information Not Available	5,344	4.0%	6,231	5,005	339	6.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,262		60,631	56,034
Male	30,505	59.5%	39,341	35,851	-5,346	-14.9%
Female	20,571	40.1%	21,100	20,025	546	2.7%
Information Not Available	186	0.4%	190	158	28	17.7%

Ethnicity	51,262		60,631	56,034
Hispanic or Latino	1,881	3.7%	2,307	1,713	168	9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,672	91.0%	55,250	51,702	-5,030	-9.7%
Information Not Available	2,709	5.3%	3,074	2,619	90	3.4%

Race	51,262		60,631	56,034
American Indian or Alaskan Native	208	0.4%	312	232	-24	-10.3%
Asian	407	0.8%	401	382	25	6.5%
Black or African American	9,599	18.7%	9,982	9,494	105	1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.1%	58	63	-9	-14.3%
White	37,988	74.1%	46,551	43,067	-5,079	-11.8%
Information Not Available	3,006	5.9%	3,327	2,796	210	7.5%

Years of Age	51,262		60,631	56,034
Younger than 22	788	0.9%	1,045	1,131	-343	-30.3%
22-24	1,892	2.2%	2,341	2,290	-398	-17.4%
25-34	11,212	13.2%	12,883	11,795	-583	-4.9%
35-44	11,759	13.8%	13,991	12,866	-1,107	-8.6%
45-54	12,918	15.2%	15,426	14,386	-1,468	-10.2%
55-59	6,554	7.7%	7,749	7,041	-487	-6.9%
60-64	4,179	4.9%	4,969	4,422	-243	-5.5%
65 and older	1,960	2.3%	2,227	2,103	-143	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	51,262		60,631	56,034
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	185	0.4%	312	215	-30	-14.0%
Mining	258	0.5%	339	889	-631	-71.0%
Utilities	60	0.1%	53	110	-50	-45.5%
Construction	8,124	15.8%	14,146	10,587	-2,463	-23.3%
Manufacturing	11,303	22.0%	11,815	11,355	-52	-0.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,465	4.8%	2,638	2,790	-325	-11.6%
Retail Trade	2,363	4.6%	2,485	2,351	12	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,089	4.1%	3,017	2,368	-279	-11.8%
Information	1,077	2.1%	1,079	745	332	44.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,705	3.3%	1,667	1,396	309	22.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	768	1.5%	865	859	-91	-10.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,236	6.3%	2,749	3,306	-70	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,009	2.0%	1,077	907	102	11.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,959	11.6%	7,308	6,874	-915	-13.3%
Educational Services	853	1.7%	926	885	-32	-3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,151	8.1%	4,180	4,261	-110	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	561	1.1%	795	578	-17	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,977	3.8%	1,802	2,072	-95	-4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,099	2.1%	1,186	1,205	-106	-8.8%
Public Administration	334	0.6%	402	467	-133	-28.5%
Information Not Available	1,686	3.3%	1,790	1,814	-128	-7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,921		14,959	23,686
Male	8,049	53.9%	8,349	15,057	-7,008	-46.5%
Female	6,843	45.9%	6,571	8,572	-1,729	-20.2%
Information Not Available	29	0.2%	39	57	-28	-49.1%

Ethnicity	14,921		14,959	23,686
Hispanic or Latino	1,161	7.8%	1,154	2,150	-989	-46.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,760	92.2%	13,805	21,536	-7,776	-36.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,921		14,959	23,686
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,553	10.4%	1,606	2,160	-607	-28.1%
Asian	126	0.8%	126	239	-113	-47.3%
Black or African American	2,372	15.9%	2,313	3,157	-785	-24.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.2%	36	28	-2	-7.1%
White	9,067	60.8%	9,147	15,320	-6,253	-40.8%
Information Not Available	1,777	11.9%	1,731	2,782	-1,005	-36.1%

Years of Age	14,921		14,959	23,686
Younger than 22	196	0.9%	167	310	-114	-36.8%
22-24	499	2.2%	493	884	-385	-43.6%
25-34	3,366	14.8%	3,319	5,842	-2,476	-42.4%
35-44	3,606	15.8%	3,650	5,735	-2,129	-37.1%
45-54	3,435	15.1%	3,498	5,425	-1,990	-36.7%
55-59	1,773	7.8%	1,776	2,517	-744	-29.6%
60-64	1,216	5.3%	1,238	1,827	-611	-33.4%
65 and older	830	3.6%	818	1,146	-316	-27.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,921		14,959	23,686
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.5%	74	58	13	22.4%
Mining	434	2.9%	501	2,703	-2,269	-83.9%
Utilities	59	0.4%	75	118	-59	-50.0%
Construction	1,699	11.3%	1,803	2,347	-648	-27.6%
Manufacturing	1,485	9.9%	1,500	4,062	-2,577	-63.4%
Wholesale Trade	738	4.9%	757	1,228	-490	-39.9%
Retail Trade	1,632	10.9%	1,643	1,716	-84	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	374	2.5%	414	545	-171	-31.4%
Information	398	2.7%	381	471	-73	-15.5%
Finance and Insurance	484	3.2%	483	430	54	12.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	299	2.0%	313	442	-143	-32.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	962	6.4%	849	1,298	-336	-25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	109	0.7%	174	235	-126	-53.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,836	12.2%	1,756	2,694	-858	-31.8%
Educational Services	261	1.7%	276	397	-136	-34.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,433	9.6%	1,403	1,621	-188	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	156	1.0%	139	185	-29	-15.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	832	5.5%	709	766	66	8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	413	2.8%	419	647	-234	-36.2%
Public Administration	699	4.7%	732	865	-166	-19.2%
Information Not Available	547	3.6%	558	858	-311	-36.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,078		28,305	27,076
Male	14,714	56.4%	16,708	15,700	-986	-6.3%
Female	11,358	43.6%	11,590	11,371	-13	-0.1%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	5	1	20.0%

Ethnicity	26,078		28,305	27,076
Hispanic or Latino	2,796	10.7%	3,051	2,949	-153	-5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,679	79.3%	22,543	20,971	-292	-1.4%
Information Not Available	2,603	10.0%	2,711	3,156	-553	-17.5%

Race	26,078		28,305	27,076
American Indian or Alaskan Native	330	1.3%	386	356	-26	-7.3%
Asian	597	2.3%	661	687	-90	-13.1%
Black or African American	613	2.4%	598	628	-15	-2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	163	0.6%	189	213	-50	-23.5%
White	15,972	61.2%	17,467	15,682	290	1.8%
Information Not Available	8,403	32.2%	9,004	9,510	-1,107	-11.6%

Years of Age	26,078		28,305	27,076
Younger than 22	314	0.8%	324	299	15	5.0%
22-24	854	2.2%	872	929	-75	-8.1%
25-34	5,986	15.1%	6,437	6,187	-201	-3.2%
35-44	6,244	15.7%	6,723	6,300	-56	-0.9%
45-54	5,978	15.1%	6,602	6,492	-514	-7.9%
55-59	3,004	7.6%	3,281	3,251	-247	-7.6%
60-64	2,332	5.9%	2,568	2,293	39	1.7%
65 and older	1,366	3.4%	1,498	1,325	41	3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,078		28,305	27,076
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	900	3.3%	1,112	890	10	1.1%
Mining	55	0.2%	70	79	-24	-30.4%
Utilities	47	0.2%	65	52	-5	-9.6%
Construction	2,757	10.2%	3,597	2,622	135	5.1%
Manufacturing	3,289	12.2%	3,596	3,874	-585	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,081	4.0%	1,117	1,118	-37	-3.3%
Retail Trade	2,758	10.2%	2,880	2,735	23	0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	791	2.9%	840	780	11	1.4%
Information	830	3.1%	901	757	73	9.6%
Finance and Insurance	788	2.9%	778	787	1	0.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	460	1.7%	487	413	47	11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,549	5.7%	1,441	1,515	34	2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	205	0.8%	187	234	-29	-12.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,687	10.0%	2,808	3,098	-411	-13.3%
Educational Services	401	1.5%	460	460	-59	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,901	10.8%	2,925	2,730	171	6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	248	0.9%	284	270	-22	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,814	6.7%	1,947	1,717	97	5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	774	2.9%	840	665	109	16.4%
Public Administration	566	2.1%	695	608	-42	-6.9%
Information Not Available	1,177	4.4%	1,275	1,672	-495	-29.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	103,323		118,276	129,310
Male	57,482	55.6%	72,262	79,879	-22,397	-28.0%
Female	45,824	44.4%	45,997	49,421	-3,597	-7.3%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	17	10	7	70.0%

Ethnicity	103,323		118,276	129,310
Hispanic or Latino	7,477	7.2%	8,022	7,588	-111	-1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,831	88.9%	105,986	117,601	-25,770	-21.9%
Information Not Available	4,015	3.9%	4,268	4,121	-106	-2.6%

Race	103,323		118,276	129,310
American Indian or Alaskan Native	259	0.3%	290	353	-94	-26.6%
Asian	51	0.0%	54	42	9	21.4%
Black or African American	17,720	17.2%	18,079	20,405	-2,685	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,521	1.5%	1,513	1,656	-135	-8.2%
White	72,441	70.1%	86,263	95,416	-22,975	-24.1%
Information Not Available	11,331	11.0%	12,077	11,438	-107	-0.9%

Years of Age	103,323		118,276	129,310
Younger than 22	2,051	1.2%	2,387	2,657	-606	-22.8%
22-24	4,631	2.8%	5,306	6,051	-1,420	-23.5%
25-34	23,474	14.1%	26,798	29,481	-6,007	-20.4%
35-44	21,479	12.9%	24,259	26,631	-5,152	-19.3%
45-54	24,226	14.5%	28,131	31,138	-6,912	-22.2%
55-59	12,136	7.3%	13,998	15,237	-3,101	-20.4%
60-64	9,057	5.4%	10,228	10,926	-1,869	-17.1%
65 and older	6,269	3.8%	7,169	7,189	-920	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	103,323		118,276	129,310
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	0.3%	399	237	57	24.1%
Mining	693	0.7%	1,100	4,293	-3,600	-83.9%
Utilities	310	0.3%	238	289	21	7.3%
Construction	13,182	12.7%	21,443	18,981	-5,799	-30.6%
Manufacturing	12,901	12.5%	14,050	19,892	-6,991	-35.1%
Wholesale Trade	3,748	3.6%	4,126	4,631	-883	-19.1%
Retail Trade	11,456	11.1%	11,832	11,549	-93	-0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,633	5.4%	6,435	6,623	-990	-14.9%
Information	2,062	2.0%	2,036	3,884	-1,822	-46.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,537	3.4%	3,478	3,350	187	5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,389	1.3%	1,547	1,606	-217	-13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,250	6.0%	6,307	6,974	-724	-10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	881	0.9%	826	941	-60	-6.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,575	11.2%	13,654	12,977	-1,402	-10.8%
Educational Services	2,057	2.0%	2,152	2,290	-233	-10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,702	12.3%	12,698	13,865	-1,163	-8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,582	1.5%	2,404	1,752	-170	-9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,532	6.3%	6,364	7,796	-1,264	-16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,437	2.4%	2,706	2,687	-250	-9.3%
Public Administration	1,134	1.1%	1,336	1,141	-7	-0.6%
Information Not Available	2,968	2.9%	3,145	3,552	-584	-16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,779		19,199	17,956
Male	10,756	54.4%	10,529	10,424	332	3.2%
Female	9,023	45.6%	8,670	7,532	1,491	19.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,779		19,199	17,956
Hispanic or Latino	19,497	98.6%	18,901	17,680	1,817	10.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115	0.6%	125	95	20	21.1%
Information Not Available	167	0.8%	173	181	-14	-7.7%

Race	19,779		19,199	17,956
American Indian or Alaskan Native	201	1.0%	204	127	74	58.3%
Asian	13	0.1%	13	15	-2	-13.3%
Black or African American	1,046	5.3%	1,065	1,016	30	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	16	16	3	18.8%
White	3,814	19.3%	3,748	4,250	-436	-10.3%
Information Not Available	14,686	74.3%	14,153	12,532	2,154	17.2%

Years of Age	19,779		19,199	17,956
Younger than 22	508	2.2%	497	566	-58	-10.2%
22-24	1,265	5.6%	1,211	1,290	-25	-1.9%
25-34	5,433	24.0%	5,235	5,053	380	7.5%
35-44	5,110	22.5%	4,953	4,610	500	10.8%
45-54	4,362	19.2%	4,279	3,821	541	14.2%
55-59	1,580	7.0%	1,533	1,352	228	16.9%
60-64	913	4.0%	914	777	136	17.5%
65 and older	602	2.7%	571	482	120	24.9%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	6	5	1	20.0%

Industry	19,779		19,199	17,956
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	725	3.5%	562	655	70	10.7%
Mining	9	0.0%	9	30	-21	-70.0%
Utilities	23	0.1%	20	19	4	21.1%
Construction	1,809	8.8%	1,851	2,185	-376	-17.2%
Manufacturing	2,664	13.0%	2,811	2,222	442	19.9%
Wholesale Trade	575	2.8%	575	529	46	8.7%
Retail Trade	2,090	10.2%	1,942	2,003	87	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	301	1.5%	192	379	-78	-20.6%
Information	232	1.1%	237	380	-148	-38.9%
Finance and Insurance	344	1.7%	353	429	-85	-19.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	240	1.2%	241	267	-27	-10.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	757	3.7%	648	935	-178	-19.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	17	14	1	7.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,225	15.7%	3,042	3,097	128	4.1%
Educational Services	615	3.0%	539	562	53	9.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,280	6.2%	1,301	1,307	-27	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	0.4%	96	86	-12	-14.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,087	5.3%	1,010	1,219	-132	-10.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	265	1.3%	242	243	22	9.1%
Public Administration	2,915	14.2%	2,995	708	2,207	311.7%
Information Not Available	534	2.6%	516	687	-153	-22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,651		9,213	8,169
Male	4,043	52.8%	5,507	4,602	-559	-12.1%
Female	3,608	47.2%	3,706	3,567	41	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,651		9,213	8,169
Hispanic or Latino	1,314	17.2%	1,502	1,218	96	7.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,838	63.2%	5,744	5,119	-281	-5.5%
Information Not Available	1,499	19.6%	1,967	1,832	-333	-18.2%

Race	7,651		9,213	8,169
American Indian or Alaskan Native	63	0.8%	79	75	-12	-16.0%
Asian	116	1.5%	111	144	-28	-19.4%
Black or African American	577	7.5%	610	554	23	4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.6%	49	34	10	29.4%
White	5,137	67.1%	6,251	5,530	-393	-7.1%
Information Not Available	1,714	22.4%	2,113	1,832	-118	-6.4%

Years of Age	7,651		9,213	8,169
Younger than 22	183	1.5%	230	150	33	22.0%
22-24	342	2.8%	439	366	-24	-6.6%
25-34	1,773	14.6%	2,149	1,792	-19	-1.1%
35-44	1,588	13.1%	1,908	1,794	-206	-11.5%
45-54	1,763	14.5%	2,132	1,984	-221	-11.1%
55-59	862	7.1%	1,011	900	-38	-4.2%
60-64	643	5.3%	740	661	-18	-2.7%
65 and older	497	4.1%	604	522	-25	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,651		9,213	8,169
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.4%	78	20	9	45.0%
Mining	11	0.1%	11	3	8	266.7%
Utilities	16	0.2%	5	5	11	220.0%
Construction	987	12.9%	1,684	887	100	11.3%
Manufacturing	833	10.8%	776	888	-55	-6.2%
Wholesale Trade	278	3.6%	312	314	-36	-11.5%
Retail Trade	689	9.0%	699	692	-3	-0.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	213	2.8%	248	154	59	38.3%
Information	86	1.1%	102	843	-757	-89.8%
Finance and Insurance	376	4.9%	374	332	44	13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	103	1.3%	157	125	-22	-17.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	501	6.5%	466	419	82	19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	145	1.9%	123	100	45	45.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,050	13.7%	1,459	1,034	16	1.5%
Educational Services	128	1.7%	134	137	-9	-6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	941	12.3%	900	878	63	7.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	148	1.9%	287	136	12	8.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	626	8.2%	816	707	-81	-11.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	249	3.2%	298	245	4	1.6%
Public Administration	43	0.6%	63	53	-10	-18.9%
Information Not Available	199	2.6%	221	197	2	1.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,324		16,504	18,376
Male	7,761	47.5%	8,084	9,041	-1,280	-14.2%
Female	8,563	52.5%	8,420	9,335	-772	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,324		16,504	18,376
Hispanic or Latino	569	3.5%	581	548	21	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,458	94.7%	15,624	17,469	-2,011	-11.5%
Information Not Available	297	1.8%	299	359	-62	-17.3%

Race	16,324		16,504	18,376
American Indian or Alaskan Native	114	0.7%	109	115	-1	-0.9%
Asian	137	0.8%	138	131	6	4.6%
Black or African American	7,678	47.0%	7,918	8,738	-1,060	-12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	20	30	-9	-30.0%
White	7,699	47.2%	7,626	8,644	-945	-10.9%
Information Not Available	675	4.1%	693	718	-43	-6.0%

Years of Age	16,324		16,504	18,376
Younger than 22	68	0.3%	70	70	-2	-2.9%
22-24	46	0.2%	45	60	-14	-23.3%
25-34	704	3.2%	772	809	-105	-13.0%
35-44	3,037	13.8%	3,107	3,530	-493	-14.0%
45-54	3,814	17.4%	3,884	4,393	-579	-13.2%
55-59	1,838	8.4%	1,852	1,960	-122	-6.2%
60-64	2,056	9.4%	2,028	2,169	-113	-5.2%
65 and older	4,753	21.6%	4,729	5,357	-604	-11.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	17	28	-20	-71.4%

Industry	16,324		16,504	18,376
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	108	0.7%	125	102	6	5.9%
Mining	11	0.1%	10	21	-10	-47.6%
Utilities	30	0.2%	32	32	-2	-6.3%
Construction	1,121	6.8%	1,181	1,226	-105	-8.6%
Manufacturing	1,902	11.6%	1,914	2,519	-617	-24.5%
Wholesale Trade	729	4.4%	733	689	40	5.8%
Retail Trade	1,564	9.5%	1,577	1,668	-104	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	484	2.9%	676	516	-32	-6.2%
Information	375	2.3%	376	284	91	32.0%
Finance and Insurance	644	3.9%	523	455	189	41.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	274	1.7%	338	307	-33	-10.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,247	7.6%	1,187	1,383	-136	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.6%	76	97	-3	-3.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,630	16.0%	2,693	3,207	-577	-18.0%
Educational Services	266	1.6%	241	262	4	1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,205	7.3%	1,159	1,436	-231	-16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	0.9%	155	151	-11	-7.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,346	8.2%	1,281	1,439	-93	-6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	434	2.6%	483	546	-112	-20.5%
Public Administration	281	1.7%	259	276	5	1.8%
Information Not Available	1,439	8.8%	1,485	1,760	-321	-18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,231		1,808	1,235
Male	699	56.8%	1,215	713	-14	-2.0%
Female	532	43.2%	593	522	10	1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,231		1,808	1,235
Hispanic or Latino	37	3.0%	76	31	6	19.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,059	86.0%	1,536	999	60	6.0%
Information Not Available	135	11.0%	196	205	-70	-34.1%

Race	1,231		1,808	1,235
American Indian or Alaskan Native	163	13.2%	193	166	-3	-1.8%
Asian	10	0.8%	17	4	6	150.0%
Black or African American	34	2.8%	51	35	-1	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.2%	2	1	1	100.0%
White	902	73.3%	1,342	884	18	2.0%
Information Not Available	120	9.7%	203	145	-25	-17.2%

Years of Age	1,231		1,808	1,235
Younger than 22	10	0.5%	16	9	1	11.1%
22-24	26	1.3%	55	29	-3	-10.3%
25-34	179	9.1%	295	226	-47	-20.8%
35-44	273	13.8%	384	283	-10	-3.5%
45-54	305	15.4%	390	288	17	5.9%
55-59	186	9.4%	248	154	32	20.8%
60-64	158	8.0%	226	145	13	9.0%
65 and older	94	4.8%	194	101	-7	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,231		1,808	1,235
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.7%	15	15	-6	-40.0%
Mining	13	1.0%	44	48	-35	-72.9%
Utilities	1	0.1%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	219	17.7%	536	190	29	15.3%
Manufacturing	138	11.1%	205	132	6	4.5%
Wholesale Trade	39	3.1%	58	40	-1	-2.5%
Retail Trade	125	10.1%	143	109	16	14.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	28	2.3%	66	37	-9	-24.3%
Information	23	1.9%	18	20	3	15.0%
Finance and Insurance	64	5.2%	79	87	-23	-26.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	1.3%	19	26	-10	-38.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	43	3.5%	39	39	4	10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.4%	6	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	72	5.8%	89	73	-1	-1.4%
Educational Services	37	3.0%	46	29	8	27.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	95	7.7%	118	86	9	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	1.3%	8	15	1	6.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	102	8.2%	108	94	8	8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	24	1.9%	31	15	9	60.0%
Public Administration	94	7.6%	96	107	-13	-12.1%
Information Not Available	68	5.5%	83	71	-3	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,792		17,456	17,672
Male	8,509	45.3%	8,371	8,759	-250	-2.9%
Female	10,283	54.7%	9,085	8,913	1,370	15.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,792		17,456	17,672
Hispanic or Latino	414	2.2%	386	340	74	21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,903	95.3%	16,676	16,965	938	5.5%
Information Not Available	475	2.5%	394	367	108	29.4%

Race	18,792		17,456	17,672
American Indian or Alaskan Native	62	0.3%	69	49	13	26.5%
Asian	138	0.7%	116	119	19	16.0%
Black or African American	5,569	29.6%	5,050	4,847	722	14.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.4%	91	9	65	722.2%
White	11,960	63.6%	11,283	12,066	-106	-0.9%
Information Not Available	989	5.3%	847	582	407	69.9%

Years of Age	18,792		17,456	17,672
Younger than 22	260	0.9%	235	919	-659	-71.7%
22-24	669	2.3%	592	812	-143	-17.6%
25-34	3,969	13.6%	3,742	3,864	105	2.7%
35-44	4,458	15.3%	4,173	3,864	594	15.4%
45-54	4,696	16.1%	4,338	4,048	648	16.0%
55-59	2,174	7.4%	1,988	1,853	321	17.3%
60-64	1,561	5.3%	1,460	1,364	197	14.4%
65 and older	1,005	3.4%	928	948	57	6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,792		17,456	17,672
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.3%	101	8	57	712.5%
Mining	23	0.1%	28	15	8	53.3%
Utilities	36	0.2%	44	7	29	414.3%
Construction	1,456	7.7%	1,565	817	639	78.2%
Manufacturing	2,971	15.8%	2,494	518	2,453	473.6%
Wholesale Trade	856	4.5%	874	137	719	524.8%
Retail Trade	1,629	8.6%	1,576	292	1,337	457.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	794	4.2%	799	148	646	436.5%
Information	412	2.2%	380	38	374	984.2%
Finance and Insurance	589	3.1%	586	91	498	547.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	289	1.5%	300	31	258	832.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,304	6.9%	1,009	390	914	234.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	142	0.8%	128	27	115	425.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,197	11.7%	2,157	753	1,444	191.8%
Educational Services	396	2.1%	313	87	309	355.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,820	9.7%	1,597	303	1,517	500.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	170	0.9%	210	28	142	507.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,087	5.8%	888	242	845	349.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	504	2.7%	472	167	337	201.8%
Public Administration	277	1.5%	266	65	212	326.2%
Information Not Available	1,775	9.4%	1,669	13,508	-11,733	-86.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	140,558		144,178	180,507
Male	77,791	55.3%	82,049	114,965	-37,174	-32.3%
Female	62,653	44.6%	61,978	65,326	-2,673	-4.1%
Information Not Available	114	0.1%	151	216	-102	-47.2%

Ethnicity	140,558		144,178	180,507
Hispanic or Latino	45,733	32.5%	47,163	61,076	-15,343	-25.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,583	59.5%	85,450	104,568	-20,985	-20.1%
Information Not Available	11,242	8.0%	11,565	14,863	-3,621	-24.4%

Race	140,558		144,178	180,507
American Indian or Alaskan Native	567	0.4%	584	650	-83	-12.8%
Asian	3,712	2.6%	3,796	5,477	-1,765	-32.2%
Black or African American	32,145	22.9%	32,301	35,363	-3,218	-9.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,364	1.7%	2,678	2,731	-367	-13.4%
White	46,431	33.0%	47,962	62,025	-15,594	-25.1%
Information Not Available	55,339	39.4%	56,857	74,261	-18,922	-25.5%

Years of Age	140,558		144,178	180,507
Younger than 22	2,324	1.3%	2,577	3,162	-838	-26.5%
22-24	6,097	3.5%	6,287	8,295	-2,198	-26.5%
25-34	33,620	19.0%	34,154	44,753	-11,133	-24.9%
35-44	33,864	19.2%	34,629	43,374	-9,510	-21.9%
45-54	32,961	18.7%	33,649	41,432	-8,471	-20.4%
55-59	15,174	8.6%	15,630	18,982	-3,808	-20.1%
60-64	10,359	5.9%	10,750	13,025	-2,666	-20.5%
65 and older	6,099	3.5%	6,415	7,352	-1,253	-17.0%
Information Not Available	60	0.0%	87	132	-72	-54.5%

Industry	140,558		144,178	180,507
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	988	0.7%	862	1,054	-66	-6.3%
Mining	3,741	2.6%	4,089	18,692	-14,951	-80.0%
Utilities	725	0.5%	688	570	155	27.2%
Construction	21,021	14.9%	22,237	23,660	-2,639	-11.2%
Manufacturing	11,268	8.0%	12,037	22,683	-11,415	-50.3%
Wholesale Trade	7,853	5.5%	8,066	11,240	-3,387	-30.1%
Retail Trade	11,002	7.8%	11,057	10,012	990	9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,996	3.5%	5,130	6,938	-1,942	-28.0%
Information	3,330	2.4%	3,592	3,235	95	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	7,189	5.1%	7,189	6,911	278	4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,590	1.8%	2,734	3,444	-854	-24.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,949	9.1%	12,852	16,808	-3,859	-23.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	871	0.6%	914	1,194	-323	-27.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,184	14.3%	20,484	22,900	-2,716	-11.9%
Educational Services	2,381	1.7%	2,520	2,491	-110	-4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,212	9.3%	12,542	10,859	2,353	21.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	699	0.5%	733	701	-2	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,746	3.4%	4,560	4,376	370	8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,420	2.4%	3,522	3,576	-156	-4.4%
Public Administration	1,333	0.9%	1,440	1,264	69	5.5%
Information Not Available	6,060	4.3%	6,930	7,899	-1,839	-23.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,050		9,696	10,919
Male	5,377	59.4%	6,094	7,061	-1,684	-23.8%
Female	3,666	40.5%	3,596	3,852	-186	-4.8%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	6	6	1	16.7%

Ethnicity	9,050		9,696	10,919
Hispanic or Latino	1,039	11.5%	1,260	1,190	-151	-12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,953	76.8%	7,259	8,687	-1,734	-20.0%
Information Not Available	1,058	11.7%	1,177	1,042	16	1.5%

Race	9,050		9,696	10,919
American Indian or Alaskan Native	235	2.6%	261	389	-154	-39.6%
Asian	155	1.7%	163	184	-29	-15.8%
Black or African American	222	2.5%	206	242	-20	-8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	133	1.5%	147	179	-46	-25.7%
White	5,166	57.2%	5,438	7,179	-2,013	-28.0%
Information Not Available	3,122	34.6%	3,467	2,741	381	13.9%

Years of Age	9,050		9,696	10,919
Younger than 22	167	1.2%	196	211	-44	-20.9%
22-24	376	2.8%	389	491	-115	-23.4%
25-34	2,374	17.5%	2,437	2,899	-525	-18.1%
35-44	2,206	16.3%	2,371	2,739	-533	-19.5%
45-54	1,997	14.7%	2,131	2,332	-335	-14.4%
55-59	938	6.9%	1,040	1,144	-206	-18.0%
60-64	659	4.9%	773	744	-85	-11.4%
65 and older	333	2.5%	359	359	-26	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,050		9,696	10,919
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.4%	39	37	-2	-5.4%
Mining	96	1.1%	103	637	-541	-84.9%
Utilities	13	0.1%	11	15	-2	-13.3%
Construction	913	10.0%	1,618	1,367	-454	-33.2%
Manufacturing	842	9.3%	953	1,118	-276	-24.7%
Wholesale Trade	439	4.8%	439	524	-85	-16.2%
Retail Trade	814	9.0%	844	868	-54	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	299	3.3%	322	403	-104	-25.8%
Information	293	3.2%	276	289	4	1.4%
Finance and Insurance	420	4.6%	447	390	30	7.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	180	2.0%	174	210	-30	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	915	10.1%	851	965	-50	-5.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.5%	36	39	10	25.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,255	13.8%	1,340	1,212	43	3.5%
Educational Services	223	2.5%	209	270	-47	-17.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	438	4.8%	432	425	13	3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	194	2.1%	84	237	-43	-18.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	717	7.9%	496	715	2	0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	177	1.9%	194	228	-51	-22.4%
Public Administration	129	1.4%	162	143	-14	-9.8%
Information Not Available	609	6.7%	666	827	-218	-26.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,920		27,665	33,116
Male	14,616	52.3%	14,689	18,233	-3,617	-19.8%
Female	13,297	47.6%	12,967	14,874	-1,577	-10.6%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	9	9	-2	-22.2%

Ethnicity	27,920		27,665	33,116
Hispanic or Latino	1,158	4.1%	1,262	1,434	-276	-19.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,381	90.9%	24,998	30,116	-4,735	-15.7%
Information Not Available	1,381	4.9%	1,405	1,566	-185	-11.8%

Race	27,920		27,665	33,116
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,290	4.6%	1,402	1,587	-297	-18.7%
Asian	790	2.8%	760	927	-137	-14.8%
Black or African American	11,968	42.9%	11,534	13,789	-1,821	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,491	44.7%	12,564	15,247	-2,756	-18.1%
Information Not Available	1,381	4.9%	1,405	1,566	-185	-11.8%

Years of Age	27,920		27,665	33,116
Younger than 22	275	0.7%	254	384	-109	-28.4%
22-24	978	2.6%	973	1,294	-316	-24.4%
25-34	6,230	16.4%	6,206	7,566	-1,336	-17.7%
35-44	6,255	16.5%	6,153	7,408	-1,153	-15.6%
45-54	6,731	17.8%	6,749	8,091	-1,360	-16.8%
55-59	3,406	9.0%	3,374	3,932	-526	-13.4%
60-64	2,509	6.6%	2,434	2,815	-306	-10.9%
65 and older	1,536	4.1%	1,522	1,626	-90	-5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,920		27,665	33,116
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.4%	130	89	13	14.6%
Mining	70	0.2%	79	453	-383	-84.5%
Utilities	25	0.1%	28	35	-10	-28.6%
Construction	2,213	7.9%	2,396	2,711	-498	-18.4%
Manufacturing	2,275	8.1%	2,176	3,806	-1,531	-40.2%
Wholesale Trade	868	3.1%	894	974	-106	-10.9%
Retail Trade	2,377	8.5%	2,501	2,397	-20	-0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	983	3.5%	1,037	1,083	-100	-9.2%
Information	707	2.5%	661	973	-266	-27.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,042	3.7%	1,033	1,266	-224	-17.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	449	1.6%	467	519	-70	-13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,599	12.8%	3,277	3,732	-133	-3.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	169	0.6%	166	201	-32	-15.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,578	12.8%	3,625	4,450	-872	-19.6%
Educational Services	500	1.8%	530	432	68	15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,110	7.5%	2,104	2,289	-179	-7.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	148	0.5%	183	190	-42	-22.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,455	5.2%	1,144	1,661	-206	-12.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	853	3.0%	832	754	99	13.1%
Public Administration	1,928	6.9%	1,896	1,906	22	1.2%
Information Not Available	2,469	8.8%	2,506	3,195	-726	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	194		185	270
Male	116	59.8%	123	151	-35	-23.2%
Female	78	40.2%	62	119	-41	-34.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	194		185	270
Hispanic or Latino	34	17.5%	39	66	-32	-48.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	156	80.4%	141	197	-41	-20.8%
Information Not Available	4	2.1%	5	7	-3	-42.9%

Race	194		185	270
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.5%	2	0	1	0.0%
Asian	3	1.5%	1	0	3	0.0%
Black or African American	142	73.2%	126	188	-46	-24.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1.0%	3	5	-3	-60.0%
White	10	5.2%	12	9	1	11.1%
Information Not Available	36	18.6%	41	68	-32	-47.1%

Years of Age	194		185	270
Younger than 22	5	2.6%	1	2	3	150.0%
22-24	9	4.7%	7	5	4	80.0%
25-34	46	24.0%	36	46	0	0.0%
35-44	40	20.8%	41	61	-21	-34.4%
45-54	49	25.5%	57	76	-27	-35.5%
55-59	18	9.4%	13	37	-19	-51.4%
60-64	12	6.3%	20	24	-12	-50.0%
65 and older	14	7.3%	9	18	-4	-22.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.5%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	194		185	270
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	2	1.0%	1	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	53	27.3%	61	65	-12	-18.5%
Manufacturing	5	2.6%	6	2	3	150.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.5%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
Retail Trade	29	14.9%	22	29	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	6	3.1%	3	7	-1	-14.3%
Information	1	0.5%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	1.0%	6	5	-3	-60.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	2.1%	2	6	-2	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6	3.1%	9	18	-12	-66.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	1.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7	3.6%	4	9	-2	-22.2%
Educational Services	1	0.5%	1	1	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	4.1%	12	14	-6	-42.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.5%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	35	18.0%	18	51	-16	-31.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	7.7%	15	17	-2	-11.8%
Public Administration	2	1.0%	7	18	-16	-88.9%
Information Not Available	14	7.2%	11	16	-2	-12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,760		4,962	4,206
Male	2,184	58.1%	3,459	2,411	-227	-9.4%
Female	1,576	41.9%	1,503	1,795	-219	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,760		4,962	4,206
Hispanic or Latino	6	0.2%	5	8	-2	-25.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	342	9.1%	766	446	-104	-23.3%
Information Not Available	3,412	90.7%	4,191	3,752	-340	-9.1%

Race	3,760		4,962	4,206
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	10	0.3%	12	8	2	25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	1	2	0	0.0%
White	335	8.9%	756	443	-108	-24.4%
Information Not Available	3,412	90.7%	4,191	3,752	-340	-9.1%

Years of Age	3,760		4,962	4,206
Younger than 22	54	1.4%	70	75	-21	-28.0%
22-24	141	3.8%	184	183	-42	-23.0%
25-34	891	23.9%	1,085	1,008	-117	-11.6%
35-44	748	20.0%	1,000	809	-61	-7.5%
45-54	776	20.8%	1,070	918	-142	-15.5%
55-59	481	12.9%	643	525	-44	-8.4%
60-64	364	9.8%	485	380	-16	-4.2%
65 and older	305	8.2%	425	308	-3	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,760		4,962	4,206
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	1.2%	87	47	0	0.0%
Mining	9	0.2%	26	6	3	50.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	3	5	-4	-80.0%
Construction	508	13.3%	1,392	493	15	3.0%
Manufacturing	402	10.6%	473	472	-70	-14.8%
Wholesale Trade	125	3.3%	157	154	-29	-18.8%
Retail Trade	379	10.0%	435	390	-11	-2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	90	2.4%	142	124	-34	-27.4%
Information	54	1.4%	51	52	2	3.8%
Finance and Insurance	40	1.1%	44	30	10	33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	61	1.6%	71	68	-7	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	118	3.1%	139	134	-16	-11.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	213	5.6%	402	219	-6	-2.7%
Educational Services	96	2.5%	87	131	-35	-26.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	307	8.1%	305	344	-37	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	1.6%	100	73	-12	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,088	28.6%	806	1,288	-200	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	74	1.9%	112	94	-20	-21.3%
Public Administration	85	2.2%	127	79	6	7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,388		52,935	46,363
Male	29,730	61.4%	33,406	28,197	1,533	5.4%
Female	18,658	38.6%	19,529	18,156	502	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	10	-10	-100.0%

Ethnicity	48,388		52,935	46,363
Hispanic or Latino	5,849	12.1%	6,781	0	5,849	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,178	81.0%	42,631	0	39,178	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,361	6.9%	3,523	46,363	-43,002	-92.8%

Race	48,388		52,935	46,363
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,304	2.7%	1,364	0	1,304	0.0%
Asian	1,956	4.0%	1,759	0	1,956	0.0%
Black or African American	3,551	7.3%	3,743	0	3,551	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	469	1.0%	433	0	469	0.0%
White	32,288	66.7%	35,401	0	32,288	0.0%
Information Not Available	8,820	18.2%	10,235	46,363	-37,543	-81.0%

Years of Age	48,388		52,935	46,363
Younger than 22	622	0.8%	739	538	84	15.6%
22-24	1,694	2.2%	1,931	1,577	117	7.4%
25-34	10,975	14.3%	12,020	10,466	509	4.9%
35-44	11,067	14.4%	12,114	10,650	417	3.9%
45-54	11,959	15.6%	13,185	11,446	513	4.5%
55-59	5,880	7.7%	6,291	5,436	444	8.2%
60-64	3,958	5.2%	4,311	3,944	14	0.4%
65 and older	2,233	2.9%	2,344	2,306	-73	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,388		52,935	46,363
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,410	4.7%	2,720	0	2,410	0.0%
Mining	93	0.2%	137	0	93	0.0%
Utilities	75	0.1%	93	0	75	0.0%
Construction	7,891	15.5%	9,617	0	7,891	0.0%
Manufacturing	7,008	13.8%	7,690	0	7,008	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,290	4.5%	2,435	0	2,290	0.0%
Retail Trade	3,862	7.6%	3,998	0	3,862	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,666	3.3%	1,963	0	1,666	0.0%
Information	1,698	3.3%	1,784	0	1,698	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,252	2.5%	1,254	0	1,252	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	751	1.5%	778	0	751	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,808	7.5%	3,697	0	3,808	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	147	0.3%	140	0	147	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,197	8.3%	4,497	0	4,197	0.0%
Educational Services	832	1.6%	880	0	832	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,595	7.1%	3,831	0	3,595	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	722	1.4%	701	0	722	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,035	4.0%	2,221	0	2,035	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,407	2.8%	1,689	0	1,407	0.0%
Public Administration	1,550	3.1%	1,685	0	1,550	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,099	2.2%	1,125	46,363	-45,264	-97.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,148		36,081	31,446
Male	13,942	53.3%	22,087	17,769	-3,827	-21.5%
Female	12,177	46.6%	13,958	13,642	-1,465	-10.7%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	36	35	-6	-17.1%

Ethnicity	26,148		36,081	31,446
Hispanic or Latino	1,305	5.0%	1,916	1,758	-453	-25.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,218	92.6%	33,433	28,984	-4,766	-16.4%
Information Not Available	625	2.4%	732	704	-79	-11.2%

Race	26,148		36,081	31,446
American Indian or Alaskan Native	384	1.5%	530	469	-85	-18.1%
Asian	397	1.5%	440	475	-78	-16.4%
Black or African American	4,025	15.4%	4,806	4,594	-569	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.2%	61	44	0	0.0%
White	20,673	79.1%	29,512	25,160	-4,487	-17.8%
Information Not Available	625	2.4%	732	704	-79	-11.2%

Years of Age	26,148		36,081	31,446
Younger than 22	306	0.7%	447	368	-62	-16.8%
22-24	826	1.9%	1,205	1,104	-278	-25.2%
25-34	5,596	12.7%	7,584	6,748	-1,152	-17.1%
35-44	5,465	12.4%	7,620	6,446	-981	-15.2%
45-54	6,372	14.4%	8,735	7,692	-1,320	-17.2%
55-59	3,423	7.7%	4,709	4,211	-788	-18.7%
60-64	2,599	5.9%	3,475	3,063	-464	-15.1%
65 and older	1,558	3.5%	2,302	1,811	-253	-14.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%

Industry	26,148		36,081	31,446
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	0.7%	350	214	-23	-10.7%
Mining	44	0.2%	144	123	-79	-64.2%
Utilities	26	0.1%	40	66	-40	-60.6%
Construction	3,093	11.7%	7,222	3,979	-886	-22.3%
Manufacturing	5,124	19.5%	6,004	6,845	-1,721	-25.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,017	3.9%	1,201	1,230	-213	-17.3%
Retail Trade	2,513	9.5%	2,876	2,903	-390	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	889	3.4%	2,425	1,101	-212	-19.3%
Information	471	1.8%	487	613	-142	-23.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,059	4.0%	1,003	1,063	-4	-0.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	280	1.1%	318	321	-41	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,239	4.7%	1,090	1,380	-141	-10.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	348	1.3%	382	267	81	30.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,829	10.7%	3,749	3,460	-631	-18.2%
Educational Services	439	1.7%	483	478	-39	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,816	10.7%	2,915	2,941	-125	-4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	353	1.3%	603	377	-24	-6.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,336	5.1%	2,158	1,619	-283	-17.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	562	2.1%	664	651	-89	-13.7%
Public Administration	544	2.1%	686	563	-19	-3.4%
Information Not Available	975	3.7%	1,281	1,252	-277	-22.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,949		11,462	17,275
Male	6,456	64.9%	7,924	13,411	-6,955	-51.9%
Female	3,488	35.1%	3,533	3,862	-374	-9.7%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	5	2	3	150.0%

Ethnicity	9,949		11,462	17,275
Hispanic or Latino	165	1.7%	181	262	-97	-37.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,581	76.2%	8,452	12,499	-4,918	-39.3%
Information Not Available	2,203	22.1%	2,829	4,514	-2,311	-51.2%

Race	9,949		11,462	17,275
American Indian or Alaskan Native	20	0.2%	28	38	-18	-47.4%
Asian	34	0.3%	35	38	-4	-10.5%
Black or African American	453	4.6%	439	561	-108	-19.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	8	19	-10	-52.6%
White	8,705	87.5%	10,075	15,361	-6,656	-43.3%
Information Not Available	728	7.3%	877	1,258	-530	-42.1%

Years of Age	9,949		11,462	17,275
Younger than 22	130	0.7%	181	291	-161	-55.3%
22-24	441	2.5%	526	848	-407	-48.0%
25-34	2,069	11.6%	2,383	4,019	-1,950	-48.5%
35-44	2,405	13.5%	2,737	4,181	-1,776	-42.5%
45-54	2,430	13.6%	2,780	4,085	-1,655	-40.5%
55-59	1,142	6.4%	1,330	1,832	-690	-37.7%
60-64	796	4.5%	907	1,284	-488	-38.0%
65 and older	535	3.0%	618	734	-199	-27.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Industry	9,949		11,462	17,275
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.7%	89	92	-21	-22.8%
Mining	300	3.0%	436	2,647	-2,347	-88.7%
Utilities	22	0.2%	22	30	-8	-26.7%
Construction	2,109	21.0%	2,967	3,959	-1,850	-46.7%
Manufacturing	869	8.7%	812	1,296	-427	-32.9%
Wholesale Trade	301	3.0%	343	623	-322	-51.7%
Retail Trade	1,024	10.2%	1,121	1,104	-80	-7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	360	3.6%	390	820	-460	-56.1%
Information	160	1.6%	160	148	12	8.1%
Finance and Insurance	171	1.7%	171	172	-1	-0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	135	1.3%	159	247	-112	-45.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	351	3.5%	305	653	-302	-46.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.2%	21	56	-34	-60.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	955	9.5%	1,091	1,553	-598	-38.5%
Educational Services	122	1.2%	120	142	-20	-14.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	901	9.0%	901	936	-35	-3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	136	1.4%	191	116	20	17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	800	8.0%	799	878	-78	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	259	2.6%	311	397	-138	-34.8%
Public Administration	184	1.8%	247	203	-19	-9.4%
Information Not Available	697	7.0%	806	1,203	-506	-42.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	May 2017	Percent	Apr 2017	May 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,863		3,494	6,531
Male	1,757	61.4%	2,278	4,915	-3,158	-64.3%
Female	1,106	38.6%	1,216	1,616	-510	-31.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,863		3,494	6,531
Hispanic or Latino	295	10.3%	406	671	-376	-56.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,457	85.8%	2,955	5,618	-3,161	-56.3%
Information Not Available	111	3.9%	133	242	-131	-54.1%

Race	2,863		3,494	6,531
American Indian or Alaskan Native	138	4.8%	133	247	-109	-44.1%
Asian	21	0.7%	28	25	-4	-16.0%
Black or African American	56	2.0%	85	220	-164	-74.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	4	15	-13	-86.7%
White	2,385	83.3%	2,902	5,547	-3,162	-57.0%
Information Not Available	261	9.1%	342	477	-216	-45.3%

Years of Age	2,863		3,494	6,531
Younger than 22	32	0.6%	31	85	-53	-62.4%
22-24	136	2.7%	148	367	-231	-62.9%
25-34	695	14.0%	788	1,718	-1,023	-59.5%
35-44	631	12.7%	773	1,442	-811	-56.2%
45-54	579	11.7%	752	1,393	-814	-58.4%
55-59	351	7.1%	457	744	-393	-52.8%
60-64	282	5.7%	350	522	-240	-46.0%
65 and older	157	3.2%	195	260	-103	-39.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,863		3,494	6,531
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.8%	34	28	-4	-14.3%
Mining	101	3.5%	166	1,738	-1,637	-94.2%
Utilities	4	0.1%	4	19	-15	-78.9%
Construction	529	18.3%	859	1,015	-486	-47.9%
Manufacturing	150	5.2%	164	317	-167	-52.7%
Wholesale Trade	99	3.4%	87	336	-237	-70.5%
Retail Trade	247	8.6%	259	234	13	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	165	5.7%	171	453	-288	-63.6%
Information	22	0.8%	25	24	-2	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	27	0.9%	39	46	-19	-41.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	32	1.1%	41	158	-126	-79.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	92	3.2%	98	240	-148	-61.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	160	5.5%	194	324	-164	-50.6%
Educational Services	39	1.4%	35	48	-9	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	202	7.0%	209	179	23	12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	26	0.9%	36	40	-14	-35.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	459	15.9%	522	556	-97	-17.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	75	2.6%	99	182	-107	-58.8%
Public Administration	89	3.1%	84	113	-24	-21.2%
Information Not Available	317	11.0%	364	475	-158	-33.3%