Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

November 2017

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

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants November 2017
	Nov 2017	Oct 2017	Monthly Change	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,612,778	1,595,318	17,460	1,840,087	-227,309	-12.4
Alaska	8,542	6,485	2,057	10,084	-1,542	-15.3
Alabama	15,944	15,999	-55	19,351	-3,407	-17.6
Arkansas	12,255	11,844	411	14,398	-2,143	-14.9
Arizona	22,185	26,438	-4,253	28,167	-5,982	-21.2
California	253,566	301,414	-47,848	352,407	-98,841	-28.0
Colorado	19,760	19,324	436	25,055	-5,295	-21.1
Connecticut	29,910	29,495	415	34,290	-4,380	-12.8
District of Columbia	8,423	8,270	153	8,409	14	0.2
Delaware	4,682	3,980	702	3,622	1,060	29.3
Florida	37,980	50,116	-12,136	44,371	-6,391	-14.4
Georgia	23,481	28,597	-5,116	29,871	-6,390	-21.4
Hawaii	7,162	7,620	-458	7,644	-482	-6.3
Iowa	14,144	12,111	2,033	15,549	-1,405	-9.0
Idaho	5,845	4,099	1,746	6,676	-831	-12.4
Illinois	89,182	87,968	1,214	97,193	-8,011	-8.2
Indiana	13,325	13,472	-147	19,612	-6,287	-32.1
Kansas	9,558	11,376	-1,818	10,641	-1,083	-10.2
Kentucky	15,373	15,782	-409	19,103	-3,730	-19.5
Louisiana	18,547	18,119	428	23,278	-4,731	-20.3
Massachusetts	48,313	45,640	2,673	46,636	1,677	3.6
Maryland	31,373	30,435	938	33,384	-2,011	-6.0
Maine	4,528	3,176	1,352	4,779	-251	-5.3
Michigan	46,573	45,797	776	51,757	-5,184	-10.0
Minnesota	36,246	25,020	11,226	35,408	838	2.4
Missouri	24,858	25,132	-274	23,104	1,754	7.6
Mississippi	9,089	9,206	-117	11,283	-2,194	-19.4
Montana	7,308	4,327	2,981	6,729	579	8.6
North Carolina	19,203	19,249	-46	22,574	-3,371	-14.9
North Dakota	3,134	1,752	1,382	2,966	168	5.7
Nebraska	3,866	3,560	306	3,868	-2	-0.1
New Hampshire	3,293	3,128	165	3,595	-302	-8.4
New Jersey	82,561	80,071	2,490	92,313	-9,752	-10.6
New Mexico	9,699	8,839	860	12,381	-2,682	-21.7
Nevada	20,338	18,693	1,645	21,956	-1,618	-7.4
New York	132,207	122,451	9,756	137,256	-5,049	-3.7
Ohio	46,220	42,007	4,213	49,321	-3,101	-6.3
Oklahoma	13,856	13,876	-20	19,287	-5,431	-28.2
Oregon	26,316	23,364	2,952	27,769	-1,453	-5.2
Pennsylvania	101,816	94,144	7,672	109,825	-8,009	-7.3
Puerto Rico	20,391	17,011	3,380	18,577	1,814	9.8
Rhode Island	6,412	6,174	238	7,258	-846	-11.7
South Carolina	18,129	16,884	1,245	18,449	-320	-1.7
South Dakota	1,429	913	516	1,496	-67	-4.5
Tennessee	17,601	18,803	-1,202	16,903	698	4.1
Texas	134,057	128,471	5,586	157,889	-23,832	-15.1
Utah	9,346	8,071	1,275	9,961	-615	-6.2
Virginia	26,771	26,354	417	27,822	-1,051	-3.8
Virgin Islands	208	271	-63	289	-81	-28.0
Vermont	3,072	2,202	870	3,336	-264	-7.9
Washington	56,818	46,532	10,286	46,721	10,097	21.6
Wisconsin	26,058	21,506	4,552	29,721	-3,663	-12.3
West Virginia	9,282	8,018	1,264	11,598	-2,316	-20.0
Wyoming	2,543	1,732	811	4,155	-1,612	-38.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,612,778		1,595,318	1,840,087	-227,309	-12.4
Male	876,726	54.4%	827,439	1,031,143	-154,417	-15.0%
Female	724,869	44.9%	755,021	794,624	-69,755	-8.8%
Information Not Available	11,183	0.7%	12,858	14,320	-3,137	-21.9%

Ethnicity	1,612,778		1,595,318	1,840,087
Hispanic or Latino	302,069	18.7%	307,069	351,840	-49,771	-14.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,133,230	70.3%	1,109,267	1,236,055	-102,825	-8.3%
Information Not Available	177,477	11.0%	178,978	252,190	-74,713	-29.6%

Race	1,612,778		1,595,318	1,840,087
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23,809	1.5%	20,524	25,019	-1,210	-4.8%
Asian	56,328	3.5%	61,741	66,342	-10,014	-15.1%
Black or African American	306,732	19.0%	323,872	328,752	-22,020	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,950	0.7%	11,515	12,010	-60	-0.5%
White	853,349	52.8%	804,593	929,314	-75,965	-8.2%
Information Not Available	365,072	22.6%	375,537	480,428	-115,356	-24.0%

Years of Age	1,612,778		1,595,318	1,840,087
Younger than 22	30,308	1.9%	28,397	36,073	-5,765	-16.0%
22-24	69,769	4.3%	68,457	81,829	-12,060	-14.7%
25-34	378,834	23.5%	375,879	433,764	-54,930	-12.7%
35-44	359,781	22.3%	354,322	394,069	-34,288	-8.7%
45-54	364,655	22.6%	361,633	424,575	-59,920	-14.1%
55-59	179,936	11.2%	177,365	201,539	-21,603	-10.7%
60-64	127,307	7.9%	128,723	146,946	-19,639	-13.4%
65 and older	91,328	5.7%	88,058	107,423	-16,095	-15.0%
Information Not Available	10,858	0.7%	12,474	13,869	-3,011	-21.7%

Industry	1,612,778		1,595,318	1,840,087
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	61,675	3.8%	52,157	65,568	-3,893	-5.9%
Mining	8,298	0.5%	7,079	18,750	-10,452	-55.7%
Utilities	3,358	0.2%	3,907	4,139	-781	-18.9%
Construction	185,968	11.5%	145,995	192,941	-6,973	-3.6%
Manufacturing	146,877	9.1%	157,673	189,521	-42,644	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	57,409	3.6%	61,693	64,990	-7,581	-11.7%
Retail Trade	126,227	7.8%	135,969	141,197	-14,970	-10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	52,396	3.2%	53,068	59,504	-7,108	-11.9%
Information	49,023	3.0%	58,081	59,084	-10,061	-17.0%
Finance and Insurance	49,880	3.1%	51,759	54,188	-4,308	-8.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24,592	1.5%	23,297	26,381	-1,789	-6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	97,269	6.0%	104,965	107,003	-9,734	-9.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,094	0.7%	12,131	11,651	-557	-4.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	217,576	13.5%	219,788	243,520	-25,944	-10.7%
Educational Services	46,620	2.9%	50,719	54,592	-7,972	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	143,917	8.9%	152,145	148,775	-4,858	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	33,802	2.1%	22,952	34,742	-940	-2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	102,899	6.4%	91,762	106,993	-4,094	-3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	42,856	2.7%	42,372	47,605	-4,749	-10.0%
Public Administration	34,129	2.1%	31,413	35,562	-1,433	-4.0%
Information Not Available	116,914	7.2%	116,350	173,381	-56,467	-32.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,542		6,485	10,084	-1,542	-15.3
Male	5,076	59.4%	3,548	6,333	-1,257	-19.8%
Female	3,444	40.3%	2,923	3,725	-281	-7.5%
Information Not Available	22	0.3%	14	26	-4	-15.4%

Ethnicity	8,542		6,485	10,084
Hispanic or Latino	6	0.1%	0	12	-6	-50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,188	95.9%	6,174	9,565	-1,377	-14.4%
Information Not Available	348	4.1%	311	507	-159	-31.4%

Race	8,542		6,485	10,084
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,621	30.7%	1,775	2,627	-6	-0.2%
Asian	475	5.6%	497	632	-157	-24.8%
Black or African American	402	4.7%	338	452	-50	-11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	215	2.5%	200	218	-3	-1.4%
White	4,475	52.4%	3,364	5,638	-1,163	-20.6%
Information Not Available	354	4.1%	311	517	-163	-31.5%

Years of Age	8,542		6,485	10,084
Younger than 22	149	1.2%	115	218	-69	-31.7%
22-24	371	3.0%	274	482	-111	-23.0%
25-34	2,492	20.1%	1,784	2,920	-428	-14.7%
35-44	2,015	16.2%	1,448	2,226	-211	-9.5%
45-54	1,712	13.8%	1,395	2,159	-447	-20.7%
55-59	857	6.9%	654	1,004	-147	-14.6%
60-64	607	4.9%	553	717	-110	-15.3%
65 and older	339	2.7%	262	358	-19	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,542		6,485	10,084
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.3%	43	75	-46	-61.3%
Mining	295	3.4%	264	425	-130	-30.6%
Utilities	38	0.4%	15	55	-17	-30.9%
Construction	1,602	18.7%	806	2,189	-587	-26.8%
Manufacturing	758	8.8%	709	859	-101	-11.8%
Wholesale Trade	111	1.3%	122	162	-51	-31.5%
Retail Trade	769	9.0%	613	810	-41	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	468	5.5%	343	535	-67	-12.5%
Information	88	1.0%	75	95	-7	-7.4%
Finance and Insurance	141	1.6%	88	150	-9	-6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	162	1.9%	100	202	-40	-19.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	284	3.3%	216	356	-72	-20.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	18	32	-15	-46.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	485	5.7%	343	607	-122	-20.1%
Educational Services	232	2.7%	217	229	3	1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	678	7.9%	624	623	55	8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	182	2.1%	129	173	9	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	746	8.7%	652	930	-184	-19.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	312	3.6%	193	299	13	4.3%
Public Administration	889	10.4%	655	949	-60	-6.3%
Information Not Available	256	3.0%	260	329	-73	-22.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,944		15,999	19,351
Male	7,887	49.5%	7,672	10,129	-2,242	-22.1%
Female	8,002	50.2%	8,311	9,199	-1,197	-13.0%
Information Not Available	55	0.3%	16	23	32	139.1%

Ethnicity	15,944		15,999	19,351
Hispanic or Latino	236	1.5%	210	250	-14	-5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,794	74.0%	11,929	14,117	-2,323	-16.5%
Information Not Available	3,914	24.5%	3,860	4,984	-1,070	-21.5%

Race	15,944		15,999	19,351
American Indian or Alaskan Native	848	5.3%	738	1,131	-283	-25.0%
Asian	437	2.7%	382	552	-115	-20.8%
Black or African American	6,783	42.5%	7,069	8,060	-1,277	-15.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	18	10	2	20.0%
White	6,994	43.9%	6,987	8,663	-1,669	-19.3%
Information Not Available	870	5.5%	805	935	-65	-7.0%

Years of Age	15,944		15,999	19,351
Younger than 22	44	0.2%	36	33	11	33.3%
22-24	53	0.3%	46	69	-16	-23.2%
25-34	594	2.8%	633	615	-21	-3.4%
35-44	2,571	12.3%	2,588	3,019	-448	-14.8%
45-54	3,411	16.3%	3,460	4,225	-814	-19.3%
55-59	1,773	8.5%	1,864	2,122	-349	-16.4%
60-64	2,019	9.7%	2,015	2,377	-358	-15.1%
65 and older	5,433	26.0%	5,351	6,880	-1,447	-21.0%
Information Not Available	46	0.2%	6	11	35	318.2%

Industry	15,944		15,999	19,351
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.9%	139	185	-37	-20.0%
Mining	55	0.3%	50	142	-87	-61.3%
Utilities	52	0.3%	57	70	-18	-25.7%
Construction	1,309	8.1%	1,267	1,901	-592	-31.1%
Manufacturing	2,582	16.0%	2,533	3,197	-615	-19.2%
Wholesale Trade	603	3.7%	605	747	-144	-19.3%
Retail Trade	1,829	11.4%	1,942	2,303	-474	-20.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	403	2.5%	419	520	-117	-22.5%
Information	242	1.5%	255	200	42	21.0%
Finance and Insurance	502	3.1%	442	545	-43	-7.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	209	1.3%	228	260	-51	-19.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	819	5.1%	907	1,038	-219	-21.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	54	52	1	1.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,274	14.1%	2,167	2,802	-528	-18.8%
Educational Services	448	2.8%	501	517	-69	-13.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,497	9.3%	1,592	1,480	17	1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	114	0.7%	109	151	-37	-24.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,087	6.8%	1,146	1,338	-251	-18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	404	2.5%	406	446	-42	-9.4%
Public Administration	207	1.3%	211	256	-49	-19.1%
Information Not Available	1,107	6.9%	969	1,201	-94	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,255		11,844	14,398
Male	6,315	51.5%	5,900	7,375	-1,060	-14.4%
Female	4,913	40.1%	5,115	5,897	-984	-16.7%
Information Not Available	1,027	8.4%	829	1,126	-99	-8.8%

Ethnicity	12,255		11,844	14,398
Hispanic or Latino	97	0.8%	110	69	28	40.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,131	90.8%	10,905	13,203	-2,072	-15.7%
Information Not Available	1,027	8.4%	829	1,126	-99	-8.8%

Race	12,255		11,844	14,398
American Indian or Alaskan Native	160	1.3%	129	162	-2	-1.2%
Asian	17	0.1%	18	19	-2	-10.5%
Black or African American	3,107	25.4%	3,155	3,865	-758	-19.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	593	4.8%	579	675	-82	-12.1%
White	7,254	59.2%	7,024	8,482	-1,228	-14.5%
Information Not Available	1,124	9.2%	939	1,195	-71	-5.9%

Years of Age	12,255		11,844	14,398
Younger than 22	254	1.4%	251	341	-87	-25.5%
22-24	547	2.9%	492	668	-121	-18.1%
25-34	2,486	13.3%	2,386	3,095	-609	-19.7%
35-44	2,676	14.3%	2,662	3,170	-494	-15.6%
45-54	2,556	13.7%	2,578	3,088	-532	-17.2%
55-59	1,227	6.6%	1,205	1,339	-112	-8.4%
60-64	843	4.5%	844	937	-94	-10.0%
65 and older	639	3.4%	597	634	5	0.8%
Information Not Available	1,027	5.5%	829	1,126	-99	-8.8%

Industry	12,255		11,844	14,398
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	280	2.2%	94	327	-47	-14.4%
Mining	73	0.6%	70	106	-33	-31.1%
Utilities	35	0.3%	25	26	9	34.6%
Construction	1,108	8.8%	934	1,265	-157	-12.4%
Manufacturing	1,631	13.0%	1,794	2,194	-563	-25.7%
Wholesale Trade	624	5.0%	600	654	-30	-4.6%
Retail Trade	1,202	9.6%	1,295	1,345	-143	-10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	388	3.1%	386	555	-167	-30.1%
Information	157	1.3%	146	153	4	2.6%
Finance and Insurance	193	1.5%	198	239	-46	-19.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	161	1.3%	138	185	-24	-13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	450	3.6%	488	497	-47	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	90	0.7%	112	41	49	119.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,318	10.5%	1,274	1,454	-136	-9.4%
Educational Services	222	1.8%	274	363	-141	-38.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,188	9.5%	1,236	1,473	-285	-19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	136	1.1%	89	164	-28	-17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	607	4.8%	618	693	-86	-12.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	320	2.6%	291	325	-5	-1.5%
Public Administration	212	1.7%	231	290	-78	-26.9%
Information Not Available	1,860	14.8%	1,551	2,049	-189	-9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,185		26,438	28,167
Male	11,160	50.3%	13,384	15,023	-3,863	-25.7%
Female	11,015	49.7%	13,044	13,122	-2,107	-16.1%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	10	22	-12	-54.5%

Ethnicity	22,185		26,438	28,167
Hispanic or Latino	7,001	31.6%	9,844	8,854	-1,853	-20.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,916	49.2%	11,488	13,408	-2,492	-18.6%
Information Not Available	4,268	19.2%	5,106	5,905	-1,637	-27.7%

Race	22,185		26,438	28,167
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,484	6.7%	1,454	1,948	-464	-23.8%
Asian	1,090	4.9%	1,737	1,802	-712	-39.5%
Black or African American	1,981	8.9%	2,239	2,318	-337	-14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	234	1.1%	222	309	-75	-24.3%
White	11,983	54.0%	12,879	15,163	-3,180	-21.0%
Information Not Available	5,413	24.4%	7,907	6,627	-1,214	-18.3%

Years of Age	22,185		26,438	28,167
Younger than 22	390	1.2%	503	523	-133	-25.4%
22-24	972	3.0%	1,224	1,296	-324	-25.0%
25-34	5,167	16.0%	5,960	6,418	-1,251	-19.5%
35-44	4,951	15.3%	5,790	6,179	-1,228	-19.9%
45-54	5,077	15.7%	6,135	6,801	-1,724	-25.3%
55-59	2,553	7.9%	3,181	3,241	-688	-21.2%
60-64	1,887	5.8%	2,245	2,299	-412	-17.9%
65 and older	1,188	3.7%	1,400	1,410	-222	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,185		26,438	28,167
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,093	4.7%	2,899	1,418	-325	-22.9%
Mining	57	0.2%	49	84	-27	-32.1%
Utilities	40	0.2%	40	61	-21	-34.4%
Construction	1,423	6.1%	1,326	2,178	-755	-34.7%
Manufacturing	1,247	5.4%	1,352	1,685	-438	-26.0%
Wholesale Trade	750	3.2%	990	1,026	-276	-26.9%
Retail Trade	1,779	7.6%	2,002	2,259	-480	-21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	525	2.3%	611	639	-114	-17.8%
Information	387	1.7%	432	461	-74	-16.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,093	4.7%	1,197	1,123	-30	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	402	1.7%	437	530	-128	-24.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,201	5.2%	1,372	1,492	-291	-19.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	77	0.3%	88	110	-33	-30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,099	13.3%	3,382	3,627	-528	-14.6%
Educational Services	629	2.7%	717	874	-245	-28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,228	9.6%	2,507	2,515	-287	-11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	304	1.3%	253	308	-4	-1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,205	5.2%	1,285	1,362	-157	-11.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	499	2.1%	549	560	-61	-10.9%
Public Administration	556	2.4%	574	762	-206	-27.0%
Information Not Available	3,591	15.4%	4,376	5,093	-1,502	-29.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	253,566		301,414	352,407
Male	132,357	52.2%	156,257	200,952	-68,595	-34.1%
Female	121,115	47.8%	145,063	151,264	-30,149	-19.9%
Information Not Available	94	0.0%	94	191	-97	-50.8%

Ethnicity	253,566		301,414	352,407
Hispanic or Latino	102,692	40.5%	123,425	143,619	-40,927	-28.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	128,578	50.7%	150,237	176,682	-48,104	-27.2%
Information Not Available	22,296	8.8%	27,752	32,106	-9,810	-30.6%

Race	253,566		301,414	352,407
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,834	1.1%	2,352	3,536	-702	-19.9%
Asian	25,508	10.1%	29,069	32,393	-6,885	-21.3%
Black or African American	24,563	9.7%	29,539	31,151	-6,588	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	75,673	29.8%	89,276	109,602	-33,929	-31.0%
Information Not Available	124,988	49.3%	151,178	175,725	-50,737	-28.9%

Years of Age	253,566		301,414	352,407
Younger than 22	5,007	1.6%	5,833	9,269	-4,262	-46.0%
22-24	12,848	4.1%	15,993	17,869	-5,021	-28.1%
25-34	63,109	20.3%	77,611	92,687	-29,578	-31.9%
35-44	57,534	18.5%	64,723	69,277	-11,743	-17.0%
45-54	55,928	18.0%	63,218	80,171	-24,243	-30.2%
55-59	27,964	9.0%	32,362	34,878	-6,914	-19.8%
60-64	17,666	5.7%	24,271	28,667	-11,001	-38.4%
65 and older	13,510	4.3%	17,309	19,493	-5,983	-30.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	94	96	-96	-100.0%

Industry	253,566		301,414	352,407
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45,253	15.1%	40,170	52,555	-7,302	-13.9%
Mining	283	0.1%	659	1,720	-1,437	-83.5%
Utilities	567	0.2%	1,223	860	-293	-34.1%
Construction	18,139	6.1%	20,884	29,813	-11,674	-39.2%
Manufacturing	20,217	6.8%	23,895	32,298	-12,081	-37.4%
Wholesale Trade	850	0.3%	1,505	1,529	-679	-44.4%
Retail Trade	14,171	4.7%	22,202	25,035	-10,864	-43.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,613	2.2%	8,467	8,027	-1,414	-17.6%
Information	19,745	6.6%	26,999	30,673	-10,928	-35.6%
Finance and Insurance	4,629	1.5%	4,704	6,880	-2,251	-32.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,173	0.7%	1,787	2,102	71	3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,290	1.8%	6,867	7,167	-1,877	-26.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	56,496	18.9%	69,427	73,005	-16,509	-22.6%
Educational Services	10,203	3.4%	11,289	12,804	-2,601	-20.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,533	5.5%	21,637	22,455	-5,922	-26.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,346	1.5%	4,421	5,829	-1,483	-25.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,809	4.0%	15,052	13,473	-1,664	-12.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,668	1.9%	7,432	10,033	-4,365	-43.5%
Public Administration	2,551	0.9%	3,104	3,631	-1,080	-29.7%
Information Not Available	8,030	2.7%	9,690	12,518	-4,488	-35.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,760		19,324	25,055
Male	10,401	52.6%	9,750	13,923	-3,522	-25.3%
Female	9,358	47.4%	9,573	11,131	-1,773	-15.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,760		19,324	25,055
Hispanic or Latino	3,890	19.7%	3,538	4,732	-842	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,866	70.2%	13,803	17,894	-4,028	-22.5%
Information Not Available	2,004	10.1%	1,983	2,429	-425	-17.5%

Race	19,760		19,324	25,055
American Indian or Alaskan Native	349	1.8%	356	439	-90	-20.5%
Asian	432	2.2%	453	566	-134	-23.7%
Black or African American	1,307	6.6%	1,306	1,509	-202	-13.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.3%	70	77	-17	-22.1%
White	13,764	69.7%	13,559	17,721	-3,957	-22.3%
Information Not Available	3,848	19.5%	3,580	4,743	-895	-18.9%

Years of Age	19,760		19,324	25,055
Younger than 22	212	0.7%	174	271	-59	-21.8%
22-24	496	1.6%	449	708	-212	-29.9%
25-34	4,254	13.5%	4,097	5,457	-1,203	-22.0%
35-44	4,472	14.2%	4,496	5,654	-1,182	-20.9%
45-54	4,732	15.0%	4,683	6,073	-1,341	-22.1%
55-59	2,490	7.9%	2,428	3,181	-691	-21.7%
60-64	1,943	6.2%	1,888	2,368	-425	-17.9%
65 and older	1,155	3.7%	1,106	1,329	-174	-13.1%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	3	14	-8	-57.1%

Industry	19,760		19,324	25,055
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	218	1.1%	136	232	-14	-6.0%
Mining	157	0.8%	186	570	-413	-72.5%
Utilities	38	0.2%	33	58	-20	-34.5%
Construction	1,995	10.0%	1,686	2,328	-333	-14.3%
Manufacturing	1,343	6.7%	1,393	1,890	-547	-28.9%
Wholesale Trade	994	5.0%	1,021	1,326	-332	-25.0%
Retail Trade	1,512	7.6%	1,580	2,105	-593	-28.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	517	2.6%	500	758	-241	-31.8%
Information	825	4.1%	898	1,150	-325	-28.3%
Finance and Insurance	903	4.5%	951	974	-71	-7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	484	2.4%	477	604	-120	-19.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,024	10.1%	2,223	2,461	-437	-17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	232	1.2%	228	313	-81	-25.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,303	11.5%	2,198	2,838	-535	-18.9%
Educational Services	645	3.2%	681	845	-200	-23.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,873	9.4%	1,925	2,056	-183	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	577	2.9%	457	675	-98	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,510	7.6%	1,287	1,789	-279	-15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	528	2.6%	528	636	-108	-17.0%
Public Administration	602	3.0%	448	740	-138	-18.6%
Information Not Available	480	2.4%	488	707	-227	-32.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,910		29,495	34,290
Male	16,393	54.8%	15,381	18,756	-2,363	-12.6%
Female	13,517	45.2%	14,114	15,534	-2,017	-13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,910		29,495	34,290
Hispanic or Latino	4,993	16.7%	4,688	5,352	-359	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,917	83.3%	24,807	28,938	-4,021	-13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	29,910		29,495	34,290
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.4%	114	146	-25	-17.1%
Asian	561	1.9%	618	680	-119	-17.5%
Black or African American	5,055	16.9%	5,260	5,638	-583	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,952	56.7%	16,462	19,340	-2,388	-12.3%
Information Not Available	7,221	24.1%	7,041	8,486	-1,265	-14.9%

Years of Age	29,910		29,495	34,290
Younger than 22	590	1.3%	510	639	-49	-7.7%
22-24	1,295	2.9%	1,229	1,486	-191	-12.9%
25-34	6,697	15.2%	6,541	7,828	-1,131	-14.4%
35-44	5,895	13.4%	5,879	6,767	-872	-12.9%
45-54	6,782	15.4%	6,849	7,888	-1,106	-14.0%
55-59	3,587	8.1%	3,528	4,113	-526	-12.8%
60-64	2,849	6.5%	2,808	3,123	-274	-8.8%
65 and older	2,215	5.0%	2,151	2,446	-231	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,910		29,495	34,290
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	193	0.6%	122	214	-21	-9.8%
Mining	12	0.0%	15	9	3	33.3%
Utilities	38	0.1%	41	48	-10	-20.8%
Construction	3,406	11.3%	2,716	3,567	-161	-4.5%
Manufacturing	3,023	10.0%	3,100	3,779	-756	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,289	4.3%	1,336	1,450	-161	-11.1%
Retail Trade	3,457	11.5%	3,535	3,757	-300	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,144	3.8%	1,209	1,605	-461	-28.7%
Information	536	1.8%	612	1,015	-479	-47.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,215	4.0%	1,303	1,458	-243	-16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	451	1.5%	462	495	-44	-8.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,742	5.8%	1,951	1,877	-135	-7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	296	1.0%	344	283	13	4.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,602	12.0%	3,245	4,026	-424	-10.5%
Educational Services	1,124	3.7%	1,193	1,223	-99	-8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,828	12.7%	4,083	4,299	-471	-11.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	772	2.6%	563	870	-98	-11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,887	6.3%	1,780	2,080	-193	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,012	3.4%	1,032	1,068	-56	-5.2%
Public Administration	396	1.3%	342	665	-269	-40.5%
Information Not Available	487	1.6%	511	502	-15	-3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,423		8,270	8,409
Male	3,843	45.6%	3,673	3,830	13	0.3%
Female	4,580	54.4%	4,595	4,579	1	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,423		8,270	8,409
Hispanic or Latino	615	7.3%	572	674	-59	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,792	92.5%	7,663	7,688	104	1.4%
Information Not Available	16	0.2%	35	47	-31	-66.0%

Race	8,423		8,270	8,409
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.5%	33	35	3	8.6%
Asian	203	2.4%	222	199	4	2.0%
Black or African American	5,787	68.7%	5,560	5,851	-64	-1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.2%	21	24	-5	-20.8%
White	1,528	18.1%	1,629	1,527	1	0.1%
Information Not Available	848	10.1%	805	773	75	9.7%

Years of Age	8,423		8,270	8,409
Younger than 22	151	1.6%	133	132	19	14.4%
22-24	435	4.6%	399	448	-13	-2.9%
25-34	2,354	25.1%	2,324	2,375	-21	-0.9%
35-44	1,987	21.2%	1,952	1,879	108	5.7%
45-54	1,747	18.6%	1,722	1,760	-13	-0.7%
55-59	832	8.9%	813	844	-12	-1.4%
60-64	557	5.9%	571	636	-79	-12.4%
65 and older	360	3.8%	356	335	25	7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,423		8,270	8,409
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	17	0.2%	15	15	2	13.3%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Retail Trade	19	0.2%	17	18	1	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	13	0.2%	10	5	8	160.0%
Information	10	0.1%	6	4	6	150.0%
Finance and Insurance	11	0.1%	7	9	2	22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7	0.1%	2	10	-3	-30.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	56	0.7%	51	50	6	12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	45	0.5%	54	57	-12	-21.1%
Educational Services	9	0.1%	8	11	-2	-18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16	0.2%	23	15	1	6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	17	0.2%	24	17	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10	0.1%	13	15	-5	-33.3%
Public Administration	2	0.0%	6	4	-2	-50.0%
Information Not Available	8,188	97.2%	8,029	8,172	16	0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,682		3,980	3,622
Male	1,981	42.3%	1,720	1,558	423	27.2%
Female	2,406	51.4%	1,998	1,821	585	32.1%
Information Not Available	295	6.3%	262	243	52	21.4%

Ethnicity	4,682		3,980	3,622
Hispanic or Latino	326	7.0%	290	235	91	38.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,061	86.7%	3,428	3,142	919	29.2%
Information Not Available	295	6.3%	262	243	52	21.4%

Race	4,682		3,980	3,622
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.3%	16	12	3	25.0%
Asian	95	2.0%	84	65	30	46.2%
Black or African American	2,004	42.8%	1,727	1,413	591	41.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	1	6	-6	-100.0%
White	2,323	49.6%	1,944	1,935	388	20.1%
Information Not Available	244	5.2%	209	190	54	28.4%

Years of Age	4,682		3,980	3,622
Younger than 22	105	1.6%	75	63	42	66.7%
22-24	216	3.3%	174	172	44	25.6%
25-34	1,121	17.1%	1,008	863	258	29.9%
35-44	1,019	15.5%	842	765	254	33.2%
45-54	945	14.4%	794	852	93	10.9%
55-59	511	7.8%	460	414	97	23.4%
60-64	444	6.8%	388	283	161	56.9%
65 and older	268	4.1%	198	178	90	50.6%
Information Not Available	53	0.8%	41	32	21	65.6%

Industry	4,682		3,980	3,622
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.2%	5	8	2	25.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	12	0.3%	12	5	7	140.0%
Construction	266	5.7%	233	202	64	31.7%
Manufacturing	301	6.4%	269	281	20	7.1%
Wholesale Trade	126	2.7%	130	145	-19	-13.1%
Retail Trade	632	13.5%	547	518	114	22.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	181	3.9%	144	148	33	22.3%
Information	63	1.3%	53	52	11	21.2%
Finance and Insurance	406	8.7%	362	368	38	10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	105	2.2%	80	73	32	43.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	353	7.5%	309	241	112	46.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.6%	21	12	16	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	785	16.7%	664	569	216	38.0%
Educational Services	135	2.9%	108	80	55	68.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	607	12.9%	521	421	186	44.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	58	1.2%	44	58	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	441	9.4%	351	310	131	42.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	111	2.4%	85	85	26	30.6%
Public Administration	47	1.0%	30	32	15	46.9%
Information Not Available	15	0.3%	12	13	2	15.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,980		50,116	44,371
Male	17,549	46.2%	22,085	20,954	-3,405	-16.2%
Female	20,403	53.7%	27,997	23,059	-2,656	-11.5%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	34	358	-330	-92.2%

Ethnicity	37,980		50,116	44,371
Hispanic or Latino	9,525	25.1%	13,033	10,433	-908	-8.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,115	66.1%	33,370	29,610	-4,495	-15.2%
Information Not Available	3,340	8.8%	3,713	4,328	-988	-22.8%

Race	37,980		50,116	44,371
American Indian or Alaskan Native	261	0.7%	323	322	-61	-18.9%
Asian	584	1.5%	779	767	-183	-23.9%
Black or African American	9,868	26.0%	13,578	10,926	-1,058	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	231	0.6%	243	206	25	12.1%
White	22,341	58.8%	29,814	27,124	-4,783	-17.6%
Information Not Available	4,695	12.4%	5,379	5,026	-331	-6.6%

Years of Age	37,980		50,116	44,371
Younger than 22	328	0.6%	497	384	-56	-14.6%
22-24	1,006	1.8%	1,419	1,233	-227	-18.4%
25-34	7,682	13.4%	10,355	8,835	-1,153	-13.1%
35-44	7,742	13.5%	10,434	8,790	-1,048	-11.9%
45-54	7,956	13.9%	10,751	9,340	-1,384	-14.8%
55-59	3,853	6.7%	5,370	4,717	-864	-18.3%
60-64	2,880	5.0%	4,092	3,210	-330	-10.3%
65 and older	1,858	3.2%	2,948	2,247	-389	-17.3%
Information Not Available	4,675	8.1%	4,250	5,615	-940	-16.7%

Industry	37,980		50,116	44,371
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	378	1.0%	1,254	509	-131	-25.7%
Mining	25	0.1%	32	128	-103	-80.5%
Utilities	54	0.1%	53	73	-19	-26.0%
Construction	2,110	5.5%	2,500	2,534	-424	-16.7%
Manufacturing	1,616	4.2%	2,206	2,245	-629	-28.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,528	4.0%	2,056	1,829	-301	-16.5%
Retail Trade	3,452	9.0%	4,481	4,363	-911	-20.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,018	2.7%	1,275	1,226	-208	-17.0%
Information	664	1.7%	838	899	-235	-26.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,574	4.1%	1,995	1,861	-287	-15.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	922	2.4%	1,060	1,051	-129	-12.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,744	7.2%	3,849	3,339	-595	-17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	439	1.1%	509	425	14	3.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,659	17.4%	8,813	7,927	-1,268	-16.0%
Educational Services	923	2.4%	1,421	1,414	-491	-34.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,054	10.6%	5,306	4,110	-56	-1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	825	2.2%	1,128	725	100	13.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,171	8.3%	4,570	3,302	-131	-4.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,059	2.8%	1,359	1,171	-112	-9.6%
Public Administration	551	1.4%	636	682	-131	-19.2%
Information Not Available	4,214	11.0%	4,775	4,558	-344	-7.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,481		28,597	29,871
Male	10,402	44.3%	12,982	13,800	-3,398	-24.6%
Female	11,809	50.3%	14,159	14,495	-2,686	-18.5%
Information Not Available	1,270	5.4%	1,456	1,576	-306	-19.4%

Ethnicity	23,481		28,597	29,871
Hispanic or Latino	41	0.2%	9	29	12	41.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,170	94.4%	27,132	28,266	-6,096	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,270	5.4%	1,456	1,576	-306	-19.4%

Race	23,481		28,597	29,871
American Indian or Alaskan Native	86	0.4%	126	107	-21	-19.6%
Asian	398	1.7%	451	445	-47	-10.6%
Black or African American	13,186	56.2%	16,697	16,379	-3,193	-19.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,541	36.4%	9,867	11,364	-2,823	-24.8%
Information Not Available	1,270	5.4%	1,456	1,576	-306	-19.4%

Years of Age	23,481		28,597	29,871
Younger than 22	412	1.4%	542	601	-189	-31.4%
22-24	911	3.0%	1,191	1,365	-454	-33.3%
25-34	5,725	18.9%	7,136	7,711	-1,986	-25.8%
35-44	5,848	19.3%	7,046	7,366	-1,518	-20.6%
45-54	5,534	18.2%	6,796	7,177	-1,643	-22.9%
55-59	2,489	8.2%	2,943	2,882	-393	-13.6%
60-64	1,656	5.5%	1,887	1,719	-63	-3.7%
65 and older	906	3.0%	1,055	1,050	-144	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,481		28,597	29,871
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	302	1.3%	292	349	-47	-13.5%
Mining	7	0.0%	17	18	-11	-61.1%
Utilities	18	0.1%	21	22	-4	-18.2%
Construction	871	3.7%	845	1,070	-199	-18.6%
Manufacturing	1,731	7.3%	3,033	2,169	-438	-20.2%
Wholesale Trade	919	3.9%	1,140	1,549	-630	-40.7%
Retail Trade	1,517	6.4%	2,070	2,107	-590	-28.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	475	2.0%	523	561	-86	-15.3%
Information	399	1.7%	489	564	-165	-29.3%
Finance and Insurance	630	2.6%	720	881	-251	-28.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	295	1.2%	337	386	-91	-23.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,298	18.1%	4,944	5,382	-1,084	-20.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.1%	32	30	2	6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	71	0.3%	83	94	-23	-24.5%
Educational Services	459	1.9%	627	691	-232	-33.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,180	5.0%	1,326	1,511	-331	-21.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	906	3.8%	1,147	1,268	-362	-28.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	119	0.5%	184	189	-70	-37.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	254	1.1%	310	356	-102	-28.7%
Public Administration	241	1.0%	369	277	-36	-13.0%
Information Not Available	8,757	36.8%	10,088	10,397	-1,640	-15.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,162		7,620	7,644
Male	4,965	69.3%	5,255	5,286	-321	-6.1%
Female	2,197	30.7%	2,363	2,355	-158	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,162		7,620	7,644
Hispanic or Latino	483	6.7%	555	506	-23	-4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,902	68.4%	5,071	5,129	-227	-4.4%
Information Not Available	1,777	24.8%	1,994	2,009	-232	-11.5%

Race	7,162		7,620	7,644
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.5%	50	56	-18	-32.1%
Asian	2,263	31.6%	2,349	2,315	-52	-2.2%
Black or African American	123	1.7%	114	125	-2	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,342	32.7%	2,548	2,470	-128	-5.2%
White	1,521	21.2%	1,584	1,673	-152	-9.1%
Information Not Available	875	12.2%	975	1,005	-130	-12.9%

Years of Age	7,162		7,620	7,644
Younger than 22	156	1.9%	136	173	-17	-9.8%
22-24	277	3.4%	306	354	-77	-21.8%
25-34	1,667	20.7%	1,713	1,874	-207	-11.0%
35-44	1,630	20.2%	1,732	1,682	-52	-3.1%
45-54	1,667	20.7%	1,763	1,718	-51	-3.0%
55-59	735	9.1%	833	832	-97	-11.7%
60-64	614	7.6%	657	613	1	0.2%
65 and older	416	5.2%	480	398	18	4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,162		7,620	7,644
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	0.9%	108	101	-34	-33.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	12	-3	-25.0%
Construction	2,635	36.5%	2,832	2,803	-168	-6.0%
Manufacturing	133	1.8%	154	153	-20	-13.1%
Wholesale Trade	82	1.1%	95	120	-38	-31.7%
Retail Trade	295	4.1%	306	343	-48	-14.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	461	6.4%	376	284	177	62.3%
Information	172	2.4%	219	91	81	89.0%
Finance and Insurance	60	0.8%	63	60	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	84	1.2%	91	97	-13	-13.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	246	3.4%	263	315	-69	-21.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.7%	53	72	-25	-34.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	777	10.7%	741	821	-44	-5.4%
Educational Services	48	0.7%	64	62	-14	-22.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	294	4.1%	355	345	-51	-14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	0.8%	36	69	-9	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	610	8.4%	621	704	-94	-13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	138	1.9%	139	137	1	0.7%
Public Administration	88	1.2%	101	124	-36	-29.0%
Information Not Available	856	11.8%	994	930	-74	-8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,144		12,111	15,549
Male	8,216	58.1%	6,599	9,122	-906	-9.9%
Female	5,759	40.7%	5,371	6,243	-484	-7.8%
Information Not Available	169	1.2%	141	184	-15	-8.2%

Ethnicity	14,144		12,111	15,549
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	14,144	100.0%	12,111	15,549	-1,405	-9.0%

Race	14,144		12,111	15,549
American Indian or Alaskan Native	202	1.4%	167	70	132	188.6%
Asian	183	1.3%	170	57	126	221.1%
Black or African American	972	6.9%	940	401	571	142.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,061	64.1%	8,015	3,895	5,166	132.6%
Information Not Available	3,726	26.3%	2,819	11,126	-7,400	-66.5%

Years of Age	14,144		12,111	15,549
Younger than 22	368	1.7%	229	349	19	5.4%
22-24	648	2.9%	451	713	-65	-9.1%
25-34	3,069	14.0%	2,576	3,481	-412	-11.8%
35-44	3,090	14.1%	2,692	3,447	-357	-10.4%
45-54	3,171	14.4%	2,853	3,574	-403	-11.3%
55-59	1,755	8.0%	1,554	1,885	-130	-6.9%
60-64	1,221	5.6%	1,102	1,247	-26	-2.1%
65 and older	813	3.7%	650	852	-39	-4.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	4	1	8	800.0%

Industry	14,144		12,111	15,549
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	132	0.9%	130	187	-55	-29.4%
Mining	45	0.3%	14	31	14	45.2%
Utilities	21	0.1%	23	26	-5	-19.2%
Construction	2,688	18.8%	1,761	2,147	541	25.2%
Manufacturing	2,726	19.1%	2,655	4,210	-1,484	-35.2%
Wholesale Trade	639	4.5%	621	701	-62	-8.8%
Retail Trade	1,161	8.1%	1,131	1,249	-88	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	396	2.8%	369	511	-115	-22.5%
Information	349	2.4%	388	451	-102	-22.6%
Finance and Insurance	447	3.1%	460	563	-116	-20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	151	1.1%	119	164	-13	-7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	570	4.0%	590	582	-12	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.3%	51	36	6	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,455	10.2%	1,124	1,421	34	2.4%
Educational Services	272	1.9%	286	291	-19	-6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,154	8.1%	1,096	1,147	7	0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	355	2.5%	120	307	48	15.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	719	5.0%	579	760	-41	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	326	2.3%	297	313	13	4.2%
Public Administration	379	2.7%	203	314	65	20.7%
Information Not Available	117	0.8%	94	138	-21	-15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,845		4,099	6,676
Male	3,479	59.5%	2,111	3,946	-467	-11.8%
Female	2,364	40.4%	1,987	2,728	-364	-13.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,845		4,099	6,676
Hispanic or Latino	735	12.6%	393	788	-53	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,210	72.0%	3,080	4,596	-386	-8.4%
Information Not Available	900	15.4%	626	1,292	-392	-30.3%

Race	5,845		4,099	6,676
American Indian or Alaskan Native	359	3.5%	230	317	42	13.2%
Asian	109	1.1%	96	155	-46	-29.7%
Black or African American	132	1.3%	98	125	7	5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.6%	42	74	-17	-23.0%
White	7,805	75.7%	5,109	6,569	1,236	18.8%
Information Not Available	1,855	18.0%	1,002	1,224	631	51.6%

Years of Age	5,845		4,099	6,676
Younger than 22	141	1.1%	66	140	1	0.7%
22-24	228	1.7%	147	238	-10	-4.2%
25-34	1,185	9.1%	775	1,180	5	0.4%
35-44	1,259	9.6%	923	1,315	-56	-4.3%
45-54	1,301	9.9%	966	1,611	-310	-19.2%
55-59	694	5.3%	518	917	-223	-24.3%
60-64	563	4.3%	401	610	-47	-7.7%
65 and older	469	3.6%	302	659	-190	-28.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	1	6	-1	-16.7%

Industry	5,845		4,099	6,676
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	319	5.2%	61	280	39	13.9%
Mining	52	0.8%	20	51	1	2.0%
Utilities	19	0.3%	5	19	0	0.0%
Construction	753	12.2%	378	668	85	12.7%
Manufacturing	636	10.3%	495	892	-256	-28.7%
Wholesale Trade	245	4.0%	204	258	-13	-5.0%
Retail Trade	544	8.8%	447	634	-90	-14.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	189	3.1%	116	257	-68	-26.5%
Information	94	1.5%	86	97	-3	-3.1%
Finance and Insurance	172	2.8%	156	186	-14	-7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	62	1.0%	47	69	-7	-10.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	249	4.0%	258	339	-90	-26.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	11	19	-6	-31.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	656	10.6%	400	661	-5	-0.8%
Educational Services	122	2.0%	122	141	-19	-13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	563	9.1%	521	584	-21	-3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	190	3.1%	75	168	22	13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	393	6.4%	254	384	9	2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	120	1.9%	98	140	-20	-14.3%
Public Administration	198	3.2%	128	218	-20	-9.2%
Information Not Available	256	4.2%	217	611	-355	-58.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	89,182		87,968	97,193
Male	50,224	56.3%	46,360	53,963	-3,739	-6.9%
Female	38,301	42.9%	41,025	42,649	-4,348	-10.2%
Information Not Available	657	0.7%	583	581	76	13.1%

Ethnicity	89,182		87,968	97,193
Hispanic or Latino	13,811	15.5%	11,162	13,775	36	0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	65,883	73.9%	68,050	73,550	-7,667	-10.4%
Information Not Available	9,488	10.6%	8,756	9,868	-380	-3.9%

Race	89,182		87,968	97,193
American Indian or Alaskan Native	518	0.6%	362	448	70	15.6%
Asian	2,089	2.3%	2,416	2,685	-596	-22.2%
Black or African American	23,805	26.7%	25,767	26,002	-2,197	-8.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	199	0.2%	193	224	-25	-11.2%
White	52,588	59.0%	50,583	57,864	-5,276	-9.1%
Information Not Available	9,983	11.2%	8,647	9,970	13	0.1%

Years of Age	89,182		87,968	97,193
Younger than 22	1,354	1.0%	1,252	1,508	-154	-10.2%
22-24	3,406	2.5%	3,195	3,793	-387	-10.2%
25-34	20,505	15.3%	20,228	22,357	-1,852	-8.3%
35-44	20,852	15.5%	20,582	22,791	-1,939	-8.5%
45-54	21,422	15.9%	21,064	23,496	-2,074	-8.8%
55-59	10,529	7.8%	10,314	11,573	-1,044	-9.0%
60-64	7,332	5.5%	7,301	7,873	-541	-6.9%
65 and older	3,782	2.8%	4,032	3,802	-20	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	89,182		87,968	97,193
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	416	0.5%	183	431	-15	-3.5%
Mining	221	0.2%	233	252	-31	-12.3%
Utilities	116	0.1%	114	197	-81	-41.1%
Construction	11,161	12.5%	8,351	10,284	877	8.5%
Manufacturing	8,041	9.0%	9,259	10,823	-2,782	-25.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,631	5.2%	4,752	4,859	-228	-4.7%
Retail Trade	7,456	8.3%	8,120	7,769	-313	-4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,860	4.3%	3,663	4,230	-370	-8.7%
Information	1,881	2.1%	2,007	2,035	-154	-7.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,665	4.1%	3,797	3,521	144	4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,404	1.6%	1,399	1,457	-53	-3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,179	6.9%	6,812	7,406	-1,227	-16.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	843	0.9%	918	759	84	11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,698	15.3%	12,702	15,032	-1,334	-8.9%
Educational Services	2,710	3.0%	2,794	3,456	-746	-21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,419	7.2%	6,907	7,078	-659	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,864	2.1%	1,089	1,851	13	0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,889	5.5%	4,891	5,383	-494	-9.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,505	2.8%	2,444	2,564	-59	-2.3%
Public Administration	1,770	2.0%	2,199	2,141	-371	-17.3%
Information Not Available	5,453	6.1%	5,334	5,665	-212	-3.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,325		13,472	19,612
Male	7,317	54.9%	6,968	11,143	-3,826	-34.3%
Female	5,955	44.7%	6,422	8,357	-2,402	-28.7%
Information Not Available	53	0.4%	82	112	-59	-52.7%

Ethnicity	13,325		13,472	19,612
Hispanic or Latino	576	4.3%	560	904	-328	-36.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,234	76.8%	10,303	14,890	-4,656	-31.3%
Information Not Available	2,515	18.9%	2,609	3,818	-1,303	-34.1%

Race	13,325		13,472	19,612
American Indian or Alaskan Native	57	0.4%	61	100	-43	-43.0%
Asian	96	0.7%	129	177	-81	-45.8%
Black or African American	2,167	16.3%	2,482	3,453	-1,286	-37.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	25	21	1	4.8%
White	10,114	75.9%	9,884	14,538	-4,424	-30.4%
Information Not Available	869	6.5%	891	1,323	-454	-34.3%

Years of Age	13,325		13,472	19,612
Younger than 22	118	0.5%	113	236	-118	-50.0%
22-24	340	1.5%	303	648	-308	-47.5%
25-34	2,691	12.1%	2,584	4,204	-1,513	-36.0%
35-44	3,281	14.7%	3,301	4,871	-1,590	-32.6%
45-54	3,462	15.5%	3,645	4,929	-1,467	-29.8%
55-59	1,718	7.7%	1,787	2,340	-622	-26.6%
60-64	1,150	5.2%	1,177	1,605	-455	-28.3%
65 and older	565	2.5%	562	779	-214	-27.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,325		13,472	19,612
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.4%	25	79	-32	-40.5%
Mining	15	0.1%	7	90	-75	-83.3%
Utilities	20	0.1%	25	32	-12	-37.5%
Construction	1,815	13.6%	1,419	2,307	-492	-21.3%
Manufacturing	2,663	19.9%	2,679	4,130	-1,467	-35.5%
Wholesale Trade	576	4.3%	573	873	-297	-34.0%
Retail Trade	1,342	10.0%	1,509	1,422	-80	-5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	389	2.9%	441	740	-351	-47.4%
Information	250	1.9%	253	315	-65	-20.6%
Finance and Insurance	362	2.7%	421	562	-200	-35.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	205	1.5%	226	266	-61	-22.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	665	5.0%	702	932	-267	-28.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	108	0.8%	121	134	-26	-19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,299	9.7%	1,311	1,975	-676	-34.2%
Educational Services	326	2.4%	425	618	-292	-47.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,070	8.0%	1,185	1,541	-471	-30.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	141	1.1%	100	218	-77	-35.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	420	3.1%	390	680	-260	-38.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	403	3.0%	402	499	-96	-19.2%
Public Administration	131	1.0%	125	178	-47	-26.4%
Information Not Available	1,078	8.1%	1,133	2,021	-943	-46.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,558		11,376	10,641
Male	5,555	58.1%	6,523	6,049	-494	-8.2%
Female	4,003	41.9%	4,853	4,592	-589	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,558		11,376	10,641
Hispanic or Latino	754	7.9%	800	794	-40	-5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,723	49.4%	6,111	5,532	-809	-14.6%
Information Not Available	4,081	42.7%	4,465	4,315	-234	-5.4%

Race	9,558		11,376	10,641
American Indian or Alaskan Native	119	1.2%	148	164	-45	-27.4%
Asian	78	0.8%	118	163	-85	-52.1%
Black or African American	2,420	25.3%	3,207	2,208	212	9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.2%	19	20	-3	-15.0%
White	6,338	66.3%	7,336	7,425	-1,087	-14.6%
Information Not Available	586	6.1%	548	661	-75	-11.3%

Years of Age	9,558		11,376	10,641
Younger than 22	161	1.1%	172	203	-42	-20.7%
22-24	354	2.3%	393	403	-49	-12.2%
25-34	2,211	14.6%	2,509	2,507	-296	-11.8%
35-44	2,303	15.2%	2,810	2,507	-204	-8.1%
45-54	2,205	14.6%	2,763	2,492	-287	-11.5%
55-59	1,135	7.5%	1,321	1,235	-100	-8.1%
60-64	766	5.1%	935	861	-95	-11.0%
65 and older	423	2.8%	473	433	-10	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,558		11,376	10,641
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.4%	41	51	-9	-17.6%
Mining	54	0.6%	65	93	-39	-41.9%
Utilities	69	0.7%	20	18	51	283.3%
Construction	1,316	13.7%	1,181	1,202	114	9.5%
Manufacturing	1,208	12.6%	2,637	1,512	-304	-20.1%
Wholesale Trade	437	4.6%	378	700	-263	-37.6%
Retail Trade	641	6.7%	683	824	-183	-22.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	319	3.3%	335	388	-69	-17.8%
Information	170	1.8%	196	290	-120	-41.4%
Finance and Insurance	264	2.8%	272	374	-110	-29.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	194	2.0%	182	154	40	26.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	536	5.6%	698	781	-245	-31.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.4%	40	38	-3	-7.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,156	12.0%	1,170	1,287	-131	-10.2%
Educational Services	166	1.7%	194	264	-98	-37.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	950	9.9%	1,087	1,046	-96	-9.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	65	0.7%	56	87	-22	-25.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	400	4.2%	437	394	6	1.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	211	2.2%	193	220	-9	-4.1%
Public Administration	246	2.6%	274	306	-60	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1,079	11.2%	1,237	612	467	76.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,373		15,782	19,103
Male	8,985	58.4%	8,360	11,235	-2,250	-20.0%
Female	6,388	41.6%	7,422	7,868	-1,480	-18.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,373		15,782	19,103
Hispanic or Latino	24	0.2%	23	13	11	84.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	494	3.2%	473	486	8	1.6%
Information Not Available	14,855	96.6%	15,286	18,604	-3,749	-20.2%

Race	15,373		15,782	19,103
American Indian or Alaskan Native	115	0.7%	104	125	-10	-8.0%
Asian	54	0.4%	36	82	-28	-34.1%
Black or African American	1,896	12.3%	2,200	2,700	-804	-29.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	23	26	-17	-65.4%
White	13,111	85.3%	13,279	15,990	-2,879	-18.0%
Information Not Available	188	1.2%	140	180	8	4.4%

Years of Age	15,373		15,782	19,103
Younger than 22	183	0.7%	140	310	-127	-41.0%
22-24	458	1.7%	505	722	-264	-36.6%
25-34	3,151	11.6%	3,156	4,274	-1,123	-26.3%
35-44	3,966	14.6%	4,076	4,661	-695	-14.9%
45-54	3,490	12.9%	3,788	4,545	-1,055	-23.2%
55-59	1,937	7.1%	1,741	2,008	-71	-3.5%
60-64	1,378	5.1%	1,578	1,642	-264	-16.1%
65 and older	792	2.9%	794	933	-141	-15.1%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	4	8	10	125.0%

Industry	15,373		15,782	19,103
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	0.6%	45	112	-12	-10.7%
Mining	215	1.4%	149	314	-99	-31.5%
Utilities	32	0.2%	27	34	-2	-5.9%
Construction	1,895	12.2%	1,375	2,029	-134	-6.6%
Manufacturing	2,601	16.8%	3,359	4,386	-1,785	-40.7%
Wholesale Trade	765	4.9%	902	817	-52	-6.4%
Retail Trade	1,319	8.5%	1,339	1,174	145	12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	582	3.8%	739	735	-153	-20.8%
Information	316	2.0%	370	258	58	22.5%
Finance and Insurance	531	3.4%	537	714	-183	-25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	142	0.9%	180	211	-69	-32.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,062	6.9%	911	1,041	21	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	110	0.7%	126	86	24	27.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,584	10.2%	1,294	2,008	-424	-21.1%
Educational Services	403	2.6%	469	636	-233	-36.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,392	9.0%	1,578	1,526	-134	-8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	183	1.2%	144	224	-41	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	577	3.7%	685	778	-201	-25.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	344	2.2%	329	460	-116	-25.2%
Public Administration	293	1.9%	401	520	-227	-43.7%
Information Not Available	927	6.0%	823	1,040	-113	-10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,547		18,119	23,278
Male	8,674	46.8%	8,374	12,513	-3,839	-30.7%
Female	9,819	52.9%	9,692	10,746	-927	-8.6%
Information Not Available	54	0.3%	53	19	35	184.2%

Ethnicity	18,547		18,119	23,278
Hispanic or Latino	710	3.8%	664	952	-242	-25.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,397	93.8%	16,968	22,187	-4,790	-21.6%
Information Not Available	440	2.4%	487	139	301	216.5%

Race	18,547		18,119	23,278
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.6%	115	157	-53	-33.8%
Asian	112	0.6%	98	201	-89	-44.3%
Black or African American	9,165	49.4%	9,061	11,792	-2,627	-22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	369	2.0%	323	22	347	1577.3%
White	7,388	39.8%	7,048	10,303	-2,915	-28.3%
Information Not Available	1,409	7.6%	1,474	803	606	75.5%

Years of Age	18,547		18,119	23,278
Younger than 22	352	1.4%	325	465	-113	-24.3%
22-24	795	3.2%	770	1,036	-241	-23.3%
25-34	4,555	18.6%	4,347	5,925	-1,370	-23.1%
35-44	4,462	18.2%	4,451	5,550	-1,088	-19.6%
45-54	4,066	16.6%	4,063	5,190	-1,124	-21.7%
55-59	2,001	8.2%	1,932	2,394	-393	-16.4%
60-64	1,408	5.7%	1,362	1,621	-213	-13.1%
65 and older	908	3.7%	869	1,097	-189	-17.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,547		18,119	23,278
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	215	1.1%	108	219	-4	-1.8%
Mining	274	1.5%	241	836	-562	-67.2%
Utilities	43	0.2%	46	48	-5	-10.4%
Construction	3,307	17.6%	3,016	3,440	-133	-3.9%
Manufacturing	1,316	7.0%	1,306	2,259	-943	-41.7%
Wholesale Trade	459	2.4%	453	769	-310	-40.3%
Retail Trade	1,383	7.4%	1,472	2,090	-707	-33.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	644	3.4%	706	1,006	-362	-36.0%
Information	221	1.2%	226	385	-164	-42.6%
Finance and Insurance	402	2.1%	411	418	-16	-3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	246	1.3%	293	532	-286	-53.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	796	4.2%	770	1,324	-528	-39.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.3%	54	94	-31	-33.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,505	8.0%	1,455	1,976	-471	-23.8%
Educational Services	424	2.3%	468	523	-99	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,920	10.2%	1,930	2,379	-459	-19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	244	1.3%	238	338	-94	-27.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,292	6.9%	1,420	1,913	-621	-32.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	448	2.4%	447	578	-130	-22.5%
Public Administration	300	1.6%	284	426	-126	-29.6%
Information Not Available	3,045	16.2%	2,775	1,725	1,320	76.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,313		45,640	46,636
Male	26,352	54.5%	24,292	25,698	654	2.5%
Female	21,959	45.5%	21,346	20,938	1,021	4.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,313		45,640	46,636
Hispanic or Latino	6,176	12.8%	5,795	6,017	159	2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,229	81.2%	37,052	37,650	1,579	4.2%
Information Not Available	2,908	6.0%	2,793	2,969	-61	-2.1%

Race	48,313		45,640	46,636
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	0.5%	233	227	20	8.8%
Asian	1,837	3.8%	1,838	1,979	-142	-7.2%
Black or African American	4,828	10.0%	4,806	4,858	-30	-0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.2%	115	118	-11	-9.3%
White	34,326	71.0%	32,089	32,929	1,397	4.2%
Information Not Available	6,968	14.4%	6,559	6,525	443	6.8%

Years of Age	48,313		45,640	46,636
Younger than 22	767	1.0%	680	724	43	5.9%
22-24	1,861	2.4%	1,751	1,986	-125	-6.3%
25-34	10,817	13.9%	10,208	10,540	277	2.6%
35-44	10,044	12.9%	9,643	9,865	179	1.8%
45-54	11,334	14.5%	10,884	11,319	15	0.1%
55-59	5,620	7.2%	5,318	5,436	184	3.4%
60-64	4,554	5.8%	4,272	4,015	539	13.4%
65 and older	3,316	4.2%	2,884	2,751	565	20.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,313		45,640	46,636
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	348	0.7%	278	264	84	31.8%
Mining	27	0.1%	20	23	4	17.4%
Utilities	217	0.4%	210	167	50	29.9%
Construction	4,400	9.0%	3,887	4,878	-478	-9.8%
Manufacturing	4,049	8.3%	4,049	4,653	-604	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,545	5.2%	2,494	2,351	194	8.3%
Retail Trade	4,226	8.7%	4,178	3,982	244	6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,338	2.7%	1,282	1,181	157	13.3%
Information	1,418	2.9%	1,354	1,323	95	7.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,146	4.4%	2,171	2,012	134	6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	874	1.8%	804	869	5	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,931	10.1%	4,878	4,744	187	3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	296	0.6%	313	283	13	4.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,624	9.5%	4,365	4,857	-233	-4.8%
Educational Services	1,238	2.5%	1,290	1,268	-30	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,375	11.0%	5,360	4,926	449	9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	944	1.9%	598	575	369	64.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,668	7.5%	2,826	2,840	828	29.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,723	5.6%	2,654	2,680	43	1.6%
Public Administration	1,179	2.4%	1,194	1,228	-49	-4.0%
Information Not Available	1,747	3.6%	1,435	1,532	215	14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,373		30,435	33,384
Male	14,167	45.2%	11,787	14,216	-49	-0.3%
Female	12,388	39.5%	11,522	12,427	-39	-0.3%
Information Not Available	4,818	15.4%	7,126	6,741	-1,923	-28.5%

Ethnicity	31,373		30,435	33,384
Hispanic or Latino	1,630	5.2%	1,214	1,318	312	23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,042	76.6%	21,271	24,591	-549	-2.2%
Information Not Available	5,701	18.2%	7,950	7,475	-1,774	-23.7%

Race	31,373		30,435	33,384
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.4%	103	110	11	10.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	11,824	37.7%	11,181	11,877	-53	-0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.2%	49	39	11	28.2%
White	12,047	38.4%	9,938	12,565	-518	-4.1%
Information Not Available	7,331	23.4%	9,164	8,793	-1,462	-16.6%

Years of Age	31,373		30,435	33,384
Younger than 22	540	1.3%	401	488	52	10.7%
22-24	1,138	2.8%	959	1,193	-55	-4.6%
25-34	6,576	15.9%	5,884	6,696	-120	-1.8%
35-44	5,547	13.4%	4,947	5,492	55	1.0%
45-54	5,759	13.9%	5,125	5,977	-218	-3.6%
55-59	3,030	7.3%	2,644	2,886	144	5.0%
60-64	2,045	4.9%	1,836	2,083	-38	-1.8%
65 and older	1,920	4.6%	1,513	1,827	93	5.1%
Information Not Available	4,818	11.6%	7,126	6,742	-1,924	-28.5%

Industry	31,373		30,435	33,384
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	0.3%	42	65	38	58.5%
Mining	11	0.0%	8	19	-8	-42.1%
Utilities	35	0.1%	31	47	-12	-25.5%
Construction	3,162	10.0%	2,405	2,937	225	7.7%
Manufacturing	273	0.9%	267	352	-79	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	980	3.1%	877	1,198	-218	-18.2%
Retail Trade	959	3.0%	930	1,099	-140	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	705	2.2%	594	607	98	16.1%
Information	431	1.4%	460	404	27	6.7%
Finance and Insurance	861	2.7%	869	813	48	5.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	742	2.4%	683	592	150	25.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,373	7.5%	2,358	2,579	-206	-8.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	88	0.3%	97	71	17	23.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,659	11.6%	3,171	3,799	-140	-3.7%
Educational Services	921	2.9%	936	928	-7	-0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,508	8.0%	2,478	2,471	37	1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	665	2.1%	412	609	56	9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,554	8.1%	1,705	2,530	24	0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	742	2.4%	684	772	-30	-3.9%
Public Administration	702	2.2%	564	660	42	6.4%
Information Not Available	8,899	28.3%	10,864	10,832	-1,933	-17.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,528		3,176	4,779
Male	2,316	51.1%	1,628	2,665	-349	-13.1%
Female	2,191	48.4%	1,548	2,114	77	3.6%
Information Not Available	21	0.5%	0	0	21	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,528		3,176	4,779
Hispanic or Latino	63	1.4%	52	80	-17	-21.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,954	87.3%	2,791	4,164	-210	-5.0%
Information Not Available	511	11.3%	333	535	-24	-4.5%

Race	4,528		3,176	4,779
American Indian or Alaskan Native	55	1.2%	50	48	7	14.6%
Asian	28	0.6%	22	18	10	55.6%
Black or African American	79	1.7%	60	69	10	14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
White	4,195	92.6%	2,904	4,393	-198	-4.5%
Information Not Available	170	3.8%	140	251	-81	-32.3%

Years of Age	4,528		3,176	4,779
Younger than 22	75	0.9%	97	135	-60	-44.4%
22-24	178	2.2%	105	211	-33	-15.6%
25-34	966	11.7%	635	994	-28	-2.8%
35-44	908	11.0%	645	941	-33	-3.5%
45-54	1,082	13.1%	793	1,116	-34	-3.0%
55-59	568	6.9%	415	620	-52	-8.4%
60-64	455	5.5%	296	465	-10	-2.2%
65 and older	296	3.6%	190	297	-1	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,528		3,176	4,779
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	1.5%	38	106	-35	-33.0%
Mining	3	0.1%	0	2	1	50.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	3	13	-7	-53.8%
Construction	344	7.5%	144	339	5	1.5%
Manufacturing	445	9.7%	296	490	-45	-9.2%
Wholesale Trade	155	3.4%	114	137	18	13.1%
Retail Trade	388	8.4%	328	345	43	12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	111	2.4%	78	98	13	13.3%
Information	35	0.8%	34	29	6	20.7%
Finance and Insurance	107	2.3%	86	90	17	18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	50	1.1%	38	52	-2	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	218	4.7%	147	213	5	2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.2%	8	10	1	10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	334	7.3%	240	353	-19	-5.4%
Educational Services	122	2.7%	89	63	59	93.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	444	9.7%	342	344	100	29.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	107	2.3%	26	108	-1	-0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	769	16.7%	227	755	14	1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	117	2.5%	67	133	-16	-12.0%
Public Administration	102	2.2%	61	111	-9	-8.1%
Information Not Available	589	12.8%	810	988	-399	-40.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,573		45,797	51,757
Male	25,710	55.2%	23,873	27,800	-2,090	-7.5%
Female	19,304	41.4%	20,610	21,934	-2,630	-12.0%
Information Not Available	1,559	3.3%	1,314	2,023	-464	-22.9%

Ethnicity	46,573		45,797	51,757
Hispanic or Latino	2,460	5.3%	1,678	2,526	-66	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,383	78.1%	35,982	39,357	-2,974	-7.6%
Information Not Available	7,730	16.6%	8,137	9,874	-2,144	-21.7%

Race	46,573		45,797	51,757
American Indian or Alaskan Native	537	1.2%	337	509	28	5.5%
Asian	483	1.0%	566	570	-87	-15.3%
Black or African American	8,199	17.6%	9,834	9,109	-910	-10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.1%	67	57	-13	-22.8%
White	26,797	57.5%	24,806	29,110	-2,313	-7.9%
Information Not Available	10,513	22.6%	10,187	12,402	-1,889	-15.2%

Years of Age	46,573		45,797	51,757
Younger than 22	1,023	1.5%	797	1,178	-155	-13.2%
22-24	2,076	3.0%	1,900	2,660	-584	-22.0%
25-34	10,756	15.4%	10,572	12,209	-1,453	-11.9%
35-44	10,273	14.7%	10,419	11,358	-1,085	-9.6%
45-54	11,118	15.9%	11,238	12,432	-1,314	-10.6%
55-59	5,418	7.8%	5,554	6,075	-657	-10.8%
60-64	3,578	5.1%	3,585	3,637	-59	-1.6%
65 and older	2,327	3.3%	1,732	2,206	121	5.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	2	2	100.0%

Industry	46,573		45,797	51,757
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	694	1.5%	287	825	-131	-15.9%
Mining	124	0.3%	65	226	-102	-45.1%
Utilities	81	0.2%	83	102	-21	-20.6%
Construction	5,241	11.1%	3,086	4,375	866	19.8%
Manufacturing	6,447	13.6%	8,650	8,107	-1,660	-20.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,135	4.5%	4,074	2,720	-585	-21.5%
Retail Trade	3,271	6.9%	2,784	3,243	28	0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,265	2.7%	1,365	1,448	-183	-12.6%
Information	787	1.7%	885	729	58	8.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,172	2.5%	1,258	1,211	-39	-3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	756	1.6%	572	772	-16	-2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,209	6.8%	3,998	3,680	-471	-12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,065	2.3%	1,492	1,081	-16	-1.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,544	11.7%	5,109	5,938	-394	-6.6%
Educational Services	881	1.9%	1,018	1,263	-382	-30.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,690	7.8%	3,631	4,468	-778	-17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,585	3.4%	387	1,580	5	0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,977	6.3%	1,875	3,218	-241	-7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,278	2.7%	1,266	1,460	-182	-12.5%
Public Administration	1,086	2.3%	739	1,374	-288	-21.0%
Information Not Available	3,285	6.9%	3,173	3,937	-652	-16.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,246		25,020	35,408
Male	24,987	68.9%	14,434	23,601	1,386	5.9%
Female	11,251	31.0%	10,584	11,802	-551	-4.7%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	2	5	3	60.0%

Ethnicity	36,246		25,020	35,408
Hispanic or Latino	1,526	4.2%	917	1,405	121	8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,135	85.9%	21,447	30,307	828	2.7%
Information Not Available	3,585	9.9%	2,656	3,696	-111	-3.0%

Race	36,246		25,020	35,408
American Indian or Alaskan Native	506	1.4%	340	497	9	1.8%
Asian	711	2.0%	728	877	-166	-18.9%
Black or African American	2,383	6.6%	2,183	2,597	-214	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.2%	76	69	2	2.9%
White	29,443	81.2%	19,333	28,346	1,097	3.9%
Information Not Available	3,132	8.6%	2,360	3,022	110	3.6%

Years of Age	36,246		25,020	35,408
Younger than 22	814	1.3%	341	690	124	18.0%
22-24	1,749	2.8%	836	1,667	82	4.9%
25-34	8,527	13.7%	5,605	8,393	134	1.6%
35-44	7,778	12.5%	5,553	7,378	400	5.4%
45-54	7,832	12.5%	5,760	8,125	-293	-3.6%
55-59	4,548	7.3%	3,317	4,465	83	1.9%
60-64	3,222	5.2%	2,375	3,047	175	5.7%
65 and older	1,768	2.8%	1,223	1,634	134	8.2%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	10	9	-1	-11.1%

Industry	36,246		25,020	35,408
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	425	1.2%	171	392	33	8.4%
Mining	182	0.5%	53	372	-190	-51.1%
Utilities	83	0.2%	61	167	-84	-50.3%
Construction	10,302	28.1%	3,487	8,633	1,669	19.3%
Manufacturing	3,910	10.7%	3,196	4,364	-454	-10.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,457	4.0%	1,390	1,518	-61	-4.0%
Retail Trade	2,231	6.1%	2,071	2,241	-10	-0.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	907	2.5%	676	798	109	13.7%
Information	657	1.8%	627	606	51	8.4%
Finance and Insurance	917	2.5%	960	847	70	8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	424	1.2%	407	526	-102	-19.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,009	5.5%	1,964	2,103	-94	-4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	562	1.5%	535	620	-58	-9.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,173	8.7%	2,193	2,942	231	7.9%
Educational Services	872	2.4%	935	1,083	-211	-19.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,322	6.3%	2,376	2,429	-107	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	885	2.4%	365	821	64	7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,781	4.9%	1,318	1,813	-32	-1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,018	2.8%	811	930	88	9.5%
Public Administration	950	2.6%	536	1,019	-69	-6.8%
Information Not Available	1,179	3.2%	888	1,184	-5	-0.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,858		25,132	23,104
Male	13,799	55.5%	13,360	11,863	1,936	16.3%
Female	11,042	44.4%	11,753	11,162	-120	-1.1%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	19	79	-62	-78.5%

Ethnicity	24,858		25,132	23,104
Hispanic or Latino	1,022	4.1%	1,044	929	93	10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,631	74.9%	18,825	18,906	-275	-1.5%
Information Not Available	5,205	20.9%	5,263	3,269	1,936	59.2%

Race	24,858		25,132	23,104
American Indian or Alaskan Native	147	0.6%	148	164	-17	-10.4%
Asian	183	0.7%	177	240	-57	-23.8%
Black or African American	5,265	21.2%	5,846	5,512	-247	-4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	212	0.9%	239	794	-582	-73.3%
White	15,182	61.1%	14,759	14,675	507	3.5%
Information Not Available	3,869	15.6%	3,963	1,719	2,150	125.1%

Years of Age	24,858		25,132	23,104
Younger than 22	422	1.1%	372	347	75	21.6%
22-24	999	2.6%	1,049	944	55	5.8%
25-34	5,455	14.3%	5,624	5,349	106	2.0%
35-44	5,671	14.9%	5,989	5,231	440	8.4%
45-54	6,053	15.9%	6,039	5,530	523	9.5%
55-59	2,972	7.8%	2,937	2,758	214	7.8%
60-64	1,952	5.1%	1,912	1,750	202	11.5%
65 and older	1,334	3.5%	1,210	1,195	139	11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,858		25,132	23,104
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	149	0.6%	89	159	-10	-6.3%
Mining	58	0.2%	24	64	-6	-9.4%
Utilities	30	0.1%	36	42	-12	-28.6%
Construction	2,802	11.2%	2,197	1,996	806	40.4%
Manufacturing	4,902	19.6%	5,318	2,846	2,056	72.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,025	4.1%	1,022	1,067	-42	-3.9%
Retail Trade	2,033	8.1%	2,215	2,163	-130	-6.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	712	2.8%	743	810	-98	-12.1%
Information	537	2.1%	601	454	83	18.3%
Finance and Insurance	704	2.8%	763	725	-21	-2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	371	1.5%	388	408	-37	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,387	5.5%	1,475	1,327	60	4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	112	0.4%	127	123	-11	-8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,615	10.5%	2,955	2,993	-378	-12.6%
Educational Services	478	1.9%	599	634	-156	-24.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,432	9.7%	2,544	2,528	-96	-3.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	390	1.6%	217	350	40	11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,760	7.0%	1,521	1,756	4	0.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	508	2.0%	514	534	-26	-4.9%
Public Administration	288	1.2%	257	358	-70	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1,565	6.3%	1,527	1,767	-202	-11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,089		9,206	11,283
Male	4,416	48.6%	4,111	5,959	-1,543	-25.9%
Female	4,663	51.3%	5,083	5,305	-642	-12.1%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	12	19	-9	-47.4%

Ethnicity	9,089		9,206	11,283
Hispanic or Latino	191	2.1%	175	180	11	6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,530	93.8%	8,666	10,617	-2,087	-19.7%
Information Not Available	368	4.0%	365	486	-118	-24.3%

Race	9,089		9,206	11,283
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.4%	30	42	-4	-9.5%
Asian	51	0.6%	51	102	-51	-50.0%
Black or African American	5,324	58.6%	5,586	6,513	-1,189	-18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.3%	26	29	-6	-20.7%
White	3,335	36.7%	3,229	4,338	-1,003	-23.1%
Information Not Available	318	3.5%	284	259	59	22.8%

Years of Age	9,089		9,206	11,283
Younger than 22	133	1.1%	134	182	-49	-26.9%
22-24	419	3.6%	394	521	-102	-19.6%
25-34	2,201	18.7%	2,280	3,014	-813	-27.0%
35-44	2,244	19.1%	2,341	2,644	-400	-15.1%
45-54	1,999	17.0%	1,990	2,486	-487	-19.6%
55-59	949	8.1%	930	1,170	-221	-18.9%
60-64	653	5.5%	683	775	-122	-15.7%
65 and older	491	4.2%	454	491	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,089		9,206	11,283
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	280	3.0%	69	200	80	40.0%
Mining	31	0.3%	29	43	-12	-27.9%
Utilities	22	0.2%	27	17	5	29.4%
Construction	417	4.5%	433	581	-164	-28.2%
Manufacturing	1,090	11.6%	1,254	1,603	-513	-32.0%
Wholesale Trade	250	2.7%	283	313	-63	-20.1%
Retail Trade	646	6.9%	639	992	-346	-34.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	200	2.1%	205	238	-38	-16.0%
Information	64	0.7%	76	101	-37	-36.6%
Finance and Insurance	120	1.3%	124	172	-52	-30.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	1.0%	108	139	-42	-30.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	318	3.4%	335	389	-71	-18.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	126	1.3%	132	180	-54	-30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	865	9.2%	932	1,076	-211	-19.6%
Educational Services	283	3.0%	309	272	11	4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	862	9.2%	966	1,005	-143	-14.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	0.6%	55	79	-20	-25.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	600	6.4%	665	699	-99	-14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	123	1.3%	110	171	-48	-28.1%
Public Administration	146	1.6%	153	199	-53	-26.6%
Information Not Available	2,490	26.6%	2,302	2,814	-324	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,308		4,327	6,729
Male	4,973	68.0%	2,441	4,475	498	11.1%
Female	2,328	31.9%	1,880	2,244	84	3.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	6	10	-3	-30.0%

Ethnicity	7,308		4,327	6,729
Hispanic or Latino	333	4.6%	210	282	51	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,655	91.1%	3,919	6,140	515	8.4%
Information Not Available	320	4.4%	198	307	13	4.2%

Race	7,308		4,327	6,729
American Indian or Alaskan Native	594	8.1%	455	567	27	4.8%
Asian	43	0.6%	33	37	6	16.2%
Black or African American	81	1.1%	64	68	13	19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	17	16	4	25.0%
White	6,458	88.4%	3,695	5,945	513	8.6%
Information Not Available	112	1.5%	63	96	16	16.7%

Years of Age	7,308		4,327	6,729
Younger than 22	175	1.3%	82	174	1	0.6%
22-24	378	2.9%	216	369	9	2.4%
25-34	1,832	13.9%	1,068	1,823	9	0.5%
35-44	1,580	12.0%	903	1,326	254	19.2%
45-54	1,456	11.1%	885	1,357	99	7.3%
55-59	854	6.5%	505	768	86	11.2%
60-64	617	4.7%	387	558	59	10.6%
65 and older	416	3.2%	281	354	62	17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,308		4,327	6,729
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	150	2.0%	70	170	-20	-11.8%
Mining	162	2.2%	42	146	16	11.0%
Utilities	15	0.2%	14	14	1	7.1%
Construction	1,816	24.3%	509	1,318	498	37.8%
Manufacturing	329	4.4%	299	368	-39	-10.6%
Wholesale Trade	141	1.9%	101	149	-8	-5.4%
Retail Trade	498	6.7%	392	581	-83	-14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	223	3.0%	122	178	45	25.3%
Information	64	0.9%	49	53	11	20.8%
Finance and Insurance	106	1.4%	98	97	9	9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	95	1.3%	73	72	23	31.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	284	3.8%	253	226	58	25.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	8	2	13	650.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	814	10.9%	455	745	69	9.3%
Educational Services	161	2.2%	152	147	14	9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	412	5.5%	369	327	85	26.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	232	3.1%	145	367	-135	-36.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	998	13.4%	686	1,032	-34	-3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	141	1.9%	97	156	-15	-9.6%
Public Administration	305	4.1%	246	255	50	19.6%
Information Not Available	347	4.7%	147	326	21	6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,203		19,249	22,574
Male	9,408	49.0%	9,231	11,034	-1,626	-14.7%
Female	9,780	50.9%	10,011	11,529	-1,749	-15.2%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	7	11	4	36.4%

Ethnicity	19,203		19,249	22,574
Hispanic or Latino	955	5.0%	981	1,088	-133	-12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,778	92.6%	17,842	20,974	-3,196	-15.2%
Information Not Available	470	2.4%	426	512	-42	-8.2%

Race	19,203		19,249	22,574
American Indian or Alaskan Native	263	1.4%	260	443	-180	-40.6%
Asian	360	1.9%	389	367	-7	-1.9%
Black or African American	7,924	41.3%	7,903	9,725	-1,801	-18.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	187	1.0%	210	63	124	196.8%
White	9,119	47.5%	9,166	10,636	-1,517	-14.3%
Information Not Available	1,350	7.0%	1,321	1,340	10	0.7%

Years of Age	19,203		19,249	22,574
Younger than 22	277	1.0%	241	336	-59	-17.6%
22-24	664	2.5%	674	953	-289	-30.3%
25-34	4,518	16.7%	4,563	5,679	-1,161	-20.4%
35-44	4,814	17.8%	4,684	5,584	-770	-13.8%
45-54	4,838	17.9%	4,952	5,599	-761	-13.6%
55-59	2,083	7.7%	2,116	2,306	-223	-9.7%
60-64	1,336	5.0%	1,354	1,390	-54	-3.9%
65 and older	673	2.5%	665	727	-54	-7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,203		19,249	22,574
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	0.5%	92	99	-8	-8.1%
Mining	9	0.0%	9	6	3	50.0%
Utilities	18	0.1%	28	20	-2	-10.0%
Construction	1,169	6.1%	1,085	1,278	-109	-8.5%
Manufacturing	2,576	13.4%	2,660	3,491	-915	-26.2%
Wholesale Trade	921	4.8%	921	980	-59	-6.0%
Retail Trade	1,650	8.6%	1,797	1,989	-339	-17.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	387	2.0%	390	522	-135	-25.9%
Information	380	2.0%	408	387	-7	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	723	3.7%	790	721	2	0.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	353	1.8%	300	449	-96	-21.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,226	6.4%	1,339	1,387	-161	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	117	0.6%	142	104	13	12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,230	16.7%	3,052	3,631	-401	-11.0%
Educational Services	447	2.3%	593	640	-193	-30.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,724	8.9%	1,797	2,192	-468	-21.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	200	1.0%	120	253	-53	-20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,106	5.7%	912	1,450	-344	-23.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	462	2.4%	481	458	4	0.9%
Public Administration	381	2.0%	379	421	-40	-9.5%
Information Not Available	2,033	10.5%	1,954	2,096	-63	-3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,134		1,752	2,966
Male	2,368	75.6%	1,094	2,161	207	9.6%
Female	766	24.4%	658	803	-37	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	3,134		1,752	2,966
Hispanic or Latino	220	7.0%	74	212	8	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,812	89.7%	1,613	2,675	137	5.1%
Information Not Available	102	3.3%	65	79	23	29.1%

Race	3,134		1,752	2,966
American Indian or Alaskan Native	208	6.6%	132	181	27	14.9%
Asian	16	0.5%	12	18	-2	-11.1%
Black or African American	173	5.5%	97	162	11	6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.3%	6	6	3	50.0%
White	2,406	76.8%	1,366	2,308	98	4.2%
Information Not Available	322	10.3%	139	291	31	10.7%

Years of Age	3,134		1,752	2,966
Younger than 22	61	1.2%	18	54	7	13.0%
22-24	161	3.1%	46	127	34	26.8%
25-34	772	14.8%	387	696	76	10.9%
35-44	655	12.5%	378	628	27	4.3%
45-54	668	12.8%	430	704	-36	-5.1%
55-59	361	6.9%	216	353	8	2.3%
60-64	316	6.0%	193	257	59	23.0%
65 and older	140	2.7%	84	147	-7	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,134		1,752	2,966
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97	3.0%	9	63	34	54.0%
Mining	126	3.9%	70	241	-115	-47.7%
Utilities	22	0.7%	21	8	14	175.0%
Construction	961	29.7%	326	761	200	26.3%
Manufacturing	209	6.5%	101	268	-59	-22.0%
Wholesale Trade	172	5.3%	138	238	-66	-27.7%
Retail Trade	208	6.4%	180	188	20	10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	144	4.5%	103	198	-54	-27.3%
Information	25	0.8%	24	21	4	19.0%
Finance and Insurance	59	1.8%	54	34	25	73.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	42	1.3%	35	45	-3	-6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	148	4.6%	104	121	27	22.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	7	8	-4	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	217	6.7%	87	155	62	40.0%
Educational Services	8	0.2%	6	6	2	33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	133	4.1%	107	111	22	19.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	33	1.0%	8	23	10	43.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	112	3.5%	79	121	-9	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	58	1.8%	47	54	4	7.4%
Public Administration	175	5.4%	151	144	31	21.5%
Information Not Available	181	5.6%	95	158	23	14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,866		3,560	3,868
Male	1,980	51.2%	1,732	1,962	18	0.9%
Female	1,640	42.4%	1,633	1,593	47	3.0%
Information Not Available	246	6.4%	195	313	-67	-21.4%

Ethnicity	3,866		3,560	3,868
Hispanic or Latino	360	9.3%	247	320	40	12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,997	77.5%	2,830	2,859	138	4.8%
Information Not Available	509	13.2%	483	689	-180	-26.1%

Race	3,866		3,560	3,868
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	1.9%	53	71	1	1.4%
Asian	62	1.6%	65	163	-101	-62.0%
Black or African American	460	11.9%	427	414	46	11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	7	9	0	0.0%
White	2,696	69.7%	2,505	2,531	165	6.5%
Information Not Available	567	14.7%	503	680	-113	-16.6%

Years of Age	3,866		3,560	3,868
Younger than 22	45	0.7%	31	45	0	0.0%
22-24	112	1.8%	77	106	6	5.7%
25-34	845	13.6%	740	837	8	1.0%
35-44	882	14.2%	828	911	-29	-3.2%
45-54	863	13.9%	835	919	-56	-6.1%
55-59	526	8.4%	495	483	43	8.9%
60-64	334	5.4%	325	350	-16	-4.6%
65 and older	259	4.2%	229	217	42	19.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,866		3,560	3,868
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	1.3%	30	46	5	10.9%
Mining	19	0.5%	13	21	-2	-9.5%
Utilities	10	0.3%	8	11	-1	-9.1%
Construction	534	13.6%	411	481	53	11.0%
Manufacturing	415	10.6%	413	567	-152	-26.8%
Wholesale Trade	157	4.0%	162	167	-10	-6.0%
Retail Trade	348	8.9%	375	303	45	14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	100	2.6%	96	118	-18	-15.3%
Information	99	2.5%	104	67	32	47.8%
Finance and Insurance	169	4.3%	191	180	-11	-6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	51	1.3%	38	47	4	8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	159	4.1%	178	197	-38	-19.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.9%	48	53	-16	-30.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	416	10.6%	335	418	-2	-0.5%
Educational Services	78	2.0%	78	93	-15	-16.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	423	10.8%	406	347	76	21.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	80	2.0%	33	58	22	37.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	160	4.1%	168	174	-14	-8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	87	2.2%	95	76	11	14.5%
Public Administration	165	4.2%	104	156	9	5.8%
Information Not Available	308	7.9%	274	288	20	6.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,293		3,128	3,595
Male	1,717	52.1%	1,568	1,947	-230	-11.8%
Female	1,550	47.1%	1,540	1,613	-63	-3.9%
Information Not Available	26	0.8%	20	35	-9	-25.7%

Ethnicity	3,293		3,128	3,595
Hispanic or Latino	138	4.2%	142	145	-7	-4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,725	82.8%	2,597	3,015	-290	-9.6%
Information Not Available	430	13.1%	389	435	-5	-1.1%

Race	3,293		3,128	3,595
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5	0.2%	8	17	-12	-70.6%
Asian	72	2.2%	89	72	0	0.0%
Black or African American	66	2.0%	63	58	8	13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	2	5	-3	-60.0%
White	2,877	87.4%	2,704	3,169	-292	-9.2%
Information Not Available	271	8.2%	262	274	-3	-1.1%

Years of Age	3,293		3,128	3,595
Younger than 22	24	0.4%	25	24	0	0.0%
22-24	60	1.0%	54	79	-19	-24.1%
25-34	528	9.2%	481	583	-55	-9.4%
35-44	621	10.8%	624	643	-22	-3.4%
45-54	876	15.2%	838	987	-111	-11.2%
55-59	539	9.4%	487	555	-16	-2.9%
60-64	411	7.1%	398	446	-35	-7.8%
65 and older	234	4.1%	221	278	-44	-15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,293		3,128	3,595
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.5%	18	16	1	6.3%
Mining	6	0.2%	4	3	3	100.0%
Utilities	3	0.1%	5	10	-7	-70.0%
Construction	64	1.9%	57	85	-21	-24.7%
Manufacturing	367	11.1%	368	335	32	9.6%
Wholesale Trade	198	6.0%	203	216	-18	-8.3%
Retail Trade	214	6.5%	198	226	-12	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	90	2.7%	70	67	23	34.3%
Information	49	1.5%	58	58	-9	-15.5%
Finance and Insurance	120	3.6%	131	143	-23	-16.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	33	1.0%	34	48	-15	-31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	214	6.5%	224	220	-6	-2.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	1.1%	35	31	7	22.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	446	13.5%	414	455	-9	-2.0%
Educational Services	121	3.7%	131	152	-31	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	294	8.9%	311	314	-20	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	2.2%	49	111	-37	-33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	62	1.9%	40	98	-36	-36.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	98	3.0%	100	96	2	2.1%
Public Administration	57	1.7%	44	65	-8	-12.3%
Information Not Available	728	22.0%	634	846	-118	-13.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,561		80,071	92,313
Male	45,393	55.0%	42,468	49,033	-3,640	-7.4%
Female	37,168	45.0%	37,603	43,280	-6,112	-14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	82,561		80,071	92,313
Hispanic or Latino	16,622	20.1%	15,647	19,292	-2,670	-13.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,459	69.6%	56,101	63,675	-6,216	-9.8%
Information Not Available	8,480	10.3%	8,323	9,346	-866	-9.3%

Race	82,561		80,071	92,313
American Indian or Alaskan Native	456	0.6%	419	450	6	1.3%
Asian	3,040	3.7%	3,306	3,641	-601	-16.5%
Black or African American	18,749	22.7%	19,724	20,003	-1,254	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	541	0.7%	530	551	-10	-1.8%
White	48,025	58.2%	44,517	54,495	-6,470	-11.9%
Information Not Available	11,750	14.2%	11,575	13,173	-1,423	-10.8%

Years of Age	82,561		80,071	92,313
Younger than 22	2,010	1.6%	2,933	2,146	-136	-6.3%
22-24	4,354	3.5%	4,845	4,793	-439	-9.2%
25-34	20,148	16.3%	19,800	21,416	-1,268	-5.9%
35-44	16,655	13.4%	16,134	18,342	-1,687	-9.2%
45-54	17,614	14.2%	17,409	20,617	-3,003	-14.6%
55-59	8,818	7.1%	8,333	10,261	-1,443	-14.1%
60-64	6,701	5.4%	5,899	7,702	-1,001	-13.0%
65 and older	6,261	5.1%	4,718	7,036	-775	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	82,561		80,071	92,313
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	590	0.7%	214	527	63	12.0%
Mining	22	0.0%	29	38	-16	-42.1%
Utilities	135	0.2%	143	147	-12	-8.2%
Construction	7,081	8.5%	6,274	7,386	-305	-4.1%
Manufacturing	4,665	5.6%	5,032	5,222	-557	-10.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,455	5.4%	4,583	4,636	-181	-3.9%
Retail Trade	9,097	10.9%	9,317	10,039	-942	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,011	4.8%	4,330	5,189	-1,178	-22.7%
Information	1,363	1.6%	1,556	1,371	-8	-0.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,834	3.4%	2,981	3,060	-226	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,327	1.6%	1,293	1,453	-126	-8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,347	6.4%	5,809	5,990	-643	-10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	975	1.2%	1,143	1,177	-202	-17.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,904	13.1%	10,266	11,671	-767	-6.6%
Educational Services	2,857	3.4%	3,151	3,151	-294	-9.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,820	9.4%	8,371	8,859	-1,039	-11.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,145	2.6%	1,042	2,029	116	5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,704	9.3%	5,803	10,975	-3,271	-29.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,113	2.5%	2,071	2,254	-141	-6.3%
Public Administration	1,165	1.4%	927	1,634	-469	-28.7%
Information Not Available	5,951	7.2%	5,736	5,505	446	8.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,699		8,839	12,381
Male	5,234	54.0%	4,541	7,307	-2,073	-28.4%
Female	4,465	46.0%	4,298	5,074	-609	-12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,699		8,839	12,381
Hispanic or Latino	4,952	51.1%	4,241	6,335	-1,383	-21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,909	40.3%	3,817	4,901	-992	-20.2%
Information Not Available	838	8.6%	781	1,145	-307	-26.8%

Race	9,699		8,839	12,381
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,164	12.0%	1,131	1,637	-473	-28.9%
Asian	62	0.6%	65	89	-27	-30.3%
Black or African American	292	3.0%	288	368	-76	-20.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.3%	22	46	-14	-30.4%
White	5,425	55.9%	5,017	6,503	-1,078	-16.6%
Information Not Available	2,724	28.1%	2,316	3,738	-1,014	-27.1%

Years of Age	9,699		8,839	12,381
Younger than 22	212	1.5%	168	329	-117	-35.6%
22-24	488	3.4%	429	628	-140	-22.3%
25-34	2,327	16.2%	2,173	3,072	-745	-24.3%
35-44	2,108	14.7%	1,974	2,719	-611	-22.5%
45-54	2,097	14.6%	1,917	2,739	-642	-23.4%
55-59	1,131	7.9%	983	1,393	-262	-18.8%
60-64	786	5.5%	718	911	-125	-13.7%
65 and older	550	3.8%	477	590	-40	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,699		8,839	12,381
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	767	7.3%	212	766	1	0.1%
Mining	188	1.8%	184	607	-419	-69.0%
Utilities	30	0.3%	29	34	-4	-11.8%
Construction	1,360	13.0%	1,188	2,219	-859	-38.7%
Manufacturing	452	4.3%	299	748	-296	-39.6%
Wholesale Trade	287	2.7%	281	352	-65	-18.5%
Retail Trade	996	9.5%	1,016	1,268	-272	-21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	216	2.1%	204	339	-123	-36.3%
Information	566	5.4%	550	319	247	77.4%
Finance and Insurance	257	2.5%	271	264	-7	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	122	1.2%	133	196	-74	-37.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	484	4.6%	551	633	-149	-23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.2%	27	16	6	37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	799	7.6%	755	979	-180	-18.4%
Educational Services	311	3.0%	350	426	-115	-27.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,174	11.2%	1,179	1,189	-15	-1.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	218	2.1%	217	265	-47	-17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	684	6.5%	653	851	-167	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	203	1.9%	203	429	-226	-52.7%
Public Administration	405	3.9%	396	390	15	3.8%
Information Not Available	158	1.5%	141	91	67	73.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,338		18,693	21,956
Male	11,429	56.2%	10,154	12,352	-923	-7.5%
Female	8,801	43.3%	8,437	9,495	-694	-7.3%
Information Not Available	108	0.5%	102	109	-1	-0.9%

Ethnicity	20,338		18,693	21,956
Hispanic or Latino	4,423	21.7%	3,885	4,557	-134	-2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,001	63.9%	11,920	13,844	-843	-6.1%
Information Not Available	2,914	14.3%	2,888	3,555	-641	-18.0%

Race	20,338		18,693	21,956
American Indian or Alaskan Native	545	2.7%	444	522	23	4.4%
Asian	1,203	5.9%	1,104	1,309	-106	-8.1%
Black or African American	3,384	16.6%	3,339	3,503	-119	-3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	501	2.5%	449	544	-43	-7.9%
White	11,114	54.6%	10,076	12,296	-1,182	-9.6%
Information Not Available	3,591	17.7%	3,281	3,782	-191	-5.1%

Years of Age	20,338		18,693	21,956
Younger than 22	429	1.4%	338	436	-7	-1.6%
22-24	938	3.1%	774	1,053	-115	-10.9%
25-34	4,983	16.6%	4,570	5,404	-421	-7.8%
35-44	4,637	15.5%	4,262	4,883	-246	-5.0%
45-54	4,599	15.3%	4,324	5,094	-495	-9.7%
55-59	2,125	7.1%	1,941	2,319	-194	-8.4%
60-64	1,470	4.9%	1,408	1,507	-37	-2.5%
65 and older	1,157	3.9%	1,076	1,260	-103	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,338		18,693	21,956
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.2%	26	51	-19	-37.3%
Mining	79	0.4%	67	97	-18	-18.6%
Utilities	30	0.1%	23	40	-10	-25.0%
Construction	2,180	10.7%	1,929	2,261	-81	-3.6%
Manufacturing	576	2.8%	506	646	-70	-10.8%
Wholesale Trade	407	2.0%	421	445	-38	-8.5%
Retail Trade	1,184	5.8%	1,268	1,470	-286	-19.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,053	5.2%	657	765	288	37.6%
Information	201	1.0%	184	230	-29	-12.6%
Finance and Insurance	360	1.8%	367	461	-101	-21.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	462	2.3%	470	633	-171	-27.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	771	3.8%	827	905	-134	-14.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.7%	148	163	-11	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,127	10.4%	1,879	2,620	-493	-18.8%
Educational Services	185	0.9%	204	236	-51	-21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	921	4.5%	951	1,059	-138	-13.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	319	1.6%	277	473	-154	-32.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,374	16.6%	2,598	3,405	-31	-0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	382	1.9%	349	378	4	1.1%
Public Administration	318	1.6%	322	330	-12	-3.6%
Information Not Available	5,225	25.7%	5,220	5,288	-63	-1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	132,207		122,451	137,256
Male	74,295	56.2%	66,287	77,580	-3,285	-4.2%
Female	57,900	43.8%	56,151	59,663	-1,763	-3.0%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	13	13	-1	-7.7%

Ethnicity	132,207		122,451	137,256
Hispanic or Latino	25,209	19.1%	23,792	25,574	-365	-1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,942	68.8%	83,303	94,097	-3,155	-3.4%
Information Not Available	16,056	12.1%	15,354	17,585	-1,529	-8.7%

Race	132,207		122,451	137,256
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,335	1.0%	1,197	1,203	132	11.0%
Asian	4,952	3.7%	5,014	5,250	-298	-5.7%
Black or African American	26,715	20.2%	26,365	25,357	1,358	5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	840	0.6%	818	822	18	2.2%
White	70,209	53.1%	61,974	74,330	-4,121	-5.5%
Information Not Available	28,156	21.3%	27,081	30,294	-2,138	-7.1%

Years of Age	132,207		122,451	137,256
Younger than 22	3,041	1.6%	2,655	3,082	-41	-1.3%
22-24	6,933	3.6%	6,360	7,545	-612	-8.1%
25-34	35,468	18.4%	33,576	36,164	-696	-1.9%
35-44	27,950	14.5%	26,299	28,617	-667	-2.3%
45-54	27,947	14.5%	26,218	29,853	-1,906	-6.4%
55-59	13,245	6.9%	12,134	13,972	-727	-5.2%
60-64	9,476	4.9%	8,557	9,687	-211	-2.2%
65 and older	8,147	4.2%	6,652	8,336	-189	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	132,207		122,451	137,256
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	405	0.3%	203	431	-26	-6.0%
Mining	145	0.1%	86	213	-68	-31.9%
Utilities	155	0.1%	139	152	3	2.0%
Construction	15,362	11.6%	13,016	15,537	-175	-1.1%
Manufacturing	6,672	5.0%	6,126	8,521	-1,849	-21.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,874	3.7%	4,782	5,412	-538	-9.9%
Retail Trade	11,344	8.6%	11,424	11,762	-418	-3.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,641	3.5%	4,029	5,125	-484	-9.4%
Information	5,301	4.0%	5,656	4,822	479	9.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,888	3.7%	5,172	5,788	-900	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,681	2.0%	2,641	3,021	-340	-11.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,445	7.1%	9,618	9,877	-432	-4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	814	0.6%	835	856	-42	-4.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,037	13.6%	16,558	18,367	-330	-1.8%
Educational Services	4,220	3.2%	4,335	4,488	-268	-6.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,550	10.2%	13,784	12,893	657	5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,436	4.1%	3,339	5,596	-160	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,043	8.3%	8,964	11,119	-76	-0.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,974	3.0%	3,578	4,310	-336	-7.8%
Public Administration	3,927	3.0%	3,318	3,867	60	1.6%
Information Not Available	5,293	4.0%	4,848	5,099	194	3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,220		42,007	49,321
Male	27,930	60.4%	23,490	29,979	-2,049	-6.8%
Female	18,143	39.3%	18,359	19,162	-1,019	-5.3%
Information Not Available	147	0.3%	158	180	-33	-18.3%

Ethnicity	46,220		42,007	49,321
Hispanic or Latino	1,592	3.4%	1,443	1,673	-81	-4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,236	91.4%	38,336	45,326	-3,090	-6.8%
Information Not Available	2,392	5.2%	2,228	2,322	70	3.0%

Race	46,220		42,007	49,321
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	0.5%	240	247	-20	-8.1%
Asian	334	0.7%	365	349	-15	-4.3%
Black or African American	7,704	16.7%	8,092	8,446	-742	-8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.2%	78	47	42	89.4%
White	35,363	76.5%	30,873	37,586	-2,223	-5.9%
Information Not Available	2,503	5.4%	2,359	2,646	-143	-5.4%

Years of Age	46,220		42,007	49,321
Younger than 22	910	1.2%	642	946	-36	-3.8%
22-24	1,705	2.2%	1,464	1,900	-195	-10.3%
25-34	9,617	12.4%	8,717	10,189	-572	-5.6%
35-44	10,603	13.7%	9,640	11,236	-633	-5.6%
45-54	11,632	15.0%	10,717	12,786	-1,154	-9.0%
55-59	5,820	7.5%	5,450	6,152	-332	-5.4%
60-64	3,973	5.1%	3,661	4,111	-138	-3.4%
65 and older	1,960	2.5%	1,716	2,001	-41	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,220		42,007	49,321
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	349	0.7%	167	310	39	12.6%
Mining	167	0.4%	138	268	-101	-37.7%
Utilities	100	0.2%	95	84	16	19.0%
Construction	9,310	20.0%	5,528	8,358	952	11.4%
Manufacturing	7,180	15.4%	8,354	9,340	-2,160	-23.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,194	4.7%	2,214	2,564	-370	-14.4%
Retail Trade	2,143	4.6%	2,108	2,171	-28	-1.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,542	3.3%	1,550	1,679	-137	-8.2%
Information	771	1.7%	897	794	-23	-2.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,554	3.3%	1,737	1,566	-12	-0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	752	1.6%	704	844	-92	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,691	5.8%	3,044	3,011	-320	-10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	921	2.0%	867	893	28	3.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,684	12.2%	4,739	6,042	-358	-5.9%
Educational Services	1,099	2.4%	1,158	1,383	-284	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,228	9.1%	4,128	4,251	-23	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	930	2.0%	411	839	91	10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,905	4.1%	1,620	1,952	-47	-2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	989	2.1%	972	1,097	-108	-9.8%
Public Administration	438	0.9%	283	448	-10	-2.2%
Information Not Available	1,273	2.7%	1,293	1,427	-154	-10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,856		13,876	19,287
Male	7,224	52.1%	7,085	11,015	-3,791	-34.4%
Female	6,589	47.6%	6,760	8,237	-1,648	-20.0%
Information Not Available	43	0.3%	31	35	8	22.9%

Ethnicity	13,856		13,876	19,287
Hispanic or Latino	998	7.2%	1,045	1,559	-561	-36.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,858	92.8%	12,831	17,728	-4,870	-27.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	13,856		13,876	19,287
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,527	11.0%	1,559	2,015	-488	-24.2%
Asian	153	1.1%	161	198	-45	-22.7%
Black or African American	2,268	16.4%	2,321	2,823	-555	-19.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.2%	24	43	-17	-39.5%
White	8,272	59.7%	8,218	12,077	-3,805	-31.5%
Information Not Available	1,610	11.6%	1,593	2,131	-521	-24.4%

Years of Age	13,856		13,876	19,287
Younger than 22	267	1.3%	227	320	-53	-16.6%
22-24	518	2.5%	522	737	-219	-29.7%
25-34	3,168	15.1%	3,143	4,471	-1,303	-29.1%
35-44	3,414	16.3%	3,382	4,564	-1,150	-25.2%
45-54	3,170	15.1%	3,222	4,528	-1,358	-30.0%
55-59	1,479	7.0%	1,521	2,137	-658	-30.8%
60-64	1,123	5.3%	1,105	1,544	-421	-27.3%
65 and older	717	3.4%	754	986	-269	-27.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,856		13,876	19,287
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	0.5%	58	91	-24	-26.4%
Mining	463	3.3%	472	968	-505	-52.2%
Utilities	40	0.3%	38	105	-65	-61.9%
Construction	1,281	9.2%	1,230	1,874	-593	-31.6%
Manufacturing	1,303	9.4%	1,350	2,395	-1,092	-45.6%
Wholesale Trade	737	5.3%	746	968	-231	-23.9%
Retail Trade	1,513	10.9%	1,476	1,802	-289	-16.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	280	2.0%	285	489	-209	-42.7%
Information	328	2.4%	356	408	-80	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	505	3.6%	466	468	37	7.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	260	1.9%	269	415	-155	-37.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	998	7.2%	981	1,118	-120	-10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.5%	75	164	-97	-59.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,770	12.7%	1,756	2,410	-640	-26.6%
Educational Services	325	2.3%	340	689	-364	-52.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,639	11.8%	1,683	1,916	-277	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	137	1.0%	128	179	-42	-23.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	712	5.1%	749	758	-46	-6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	414	3.0%	393	512	-98	-19.1%
Public Administration	591	4.2%	615	899	-308	-34.3%
Information Not Available	426	3.1%	410	659	-233	-35.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,316		23,364	27,769
Male	14,857	56.5%	12,510	16,091	-1,234	-7.7%
Female	11,457	43.5%	10,850	11,674	-217	-1.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	26,316		23,364	27,769
Hispanic or Latino	2,798	10.6%	2,280	2,985	-187	-6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,876	79.3%	18,701	21,657	-781	-3.6%
Information Not Available	2,642	10.0%	2,383	3,127	-485	-15.5%

Race	26,316		23,364	27,769
American Indian or Alaskan Native	351	1.3%	294	310	41	13.2%
Asian	621	2.4%	599	743	-122	-16.4%
Black or African American	547	2.1%	523	595	-48	-8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	139	0.5%	135	248	-109	-44.0%
White	15,522	59.0%	14,088	15,706	-184	-1.2%
Information Not Available	9,136	34.7%	7,725	10,167	-1,031	-10.1%

Years of Age	26,316		23,364	27,769
Younger than 22	390	1.0%	278	404	-14	-3.5%
22-24	928	2.3%	766	1,006	-78	-7.8%
25-34	6,129	15.5%	5,347	6,404	-275	-4.3%
35-44	6,402	16.2%	5,733	6,491	-89	-1.4%
45-54	6,044	15.3%	5,430	6,610	-566	-8.6%
55-59	2,929	7.4%	2,725	3,255	-326	-10.0%
60-64	2,212	5.6%	1,966	2,321	-109	-4.7%
65 and older	1,282	3.2%	1,119	1,278	4	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,316		23,364	27,769
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	851	3.1%	490	1,023	-172	-16.8%
Mining	37	0.1%	22	73	-36	-49.3%
Utilities	58	0.2%	44	56	2	3.6%
Construction	2,721	10.0%	2,122	2,827	-106	-3.7%
Manufacturing	3,162	11.6%	2,763	3,937	-775	-19.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,008	3.7%	964	1,036	-28	-2.7%
Retail Trade	2,358	8.7%	2,198	2,487	-129	-5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	727	2.7%	614	757	-30	-4.0%
Information	914	3.4%	880	734	180	24.5%
Finance and Insurance	763	2.8%	727	721	42	5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	395	1.5%	400	431	-36	-8.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,505	5.5%	1,462	1,523	-18	-1.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	427	1.6%	415	278	149	53.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,534	9.3%	2,277	2,713	-179	-6.6%
Educational Services	655	2.4%	637	672	-17	-2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,013	11.1%	2,894	2,751	262	9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	485	1.8%	328	489	-4	-0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,961	7.2%	1,655	2,002	-41	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	741	2.7%	698	755	-14	-1.9%
Public Administration	740	2.7%	598	776	-36	-4.6%
Information Not Available	1,261	4.6%	1,176	1,728	-467	-27.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	101,816		94,144	109,825
Male	56,758	55.7%	50,018	64,015	-7,257	-11.3%
Female	45,044	44.2%	44,114	45,803	-759	-1.7%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	12	7	7	100.0%

Ethnicity	101,816		94,144	109,825
Hispanic or Latino	7,385	7.3%	6,658	6,674	711	10.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,310	88.7%	83,539	99,136	-8,826	-8.9%
Information Not Available	4,121	4.0%	3,947	4,015	106	2.6%

Race	101,816		94,144	109,825
American Indian or Alaskan Native	290	0.3%	247	279	11	3.9%
Asian	54	0.1%	45	60	-6	-10.0%
Black or African American	17,552	17.2%	17,974	18,045	-493	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,576	1.5%	1,519	1,363	213	15.6%
White	71,032	69.8%	63,919	79,692	-8,660	-10.9%
Information Not Available	11,312	11.1%	10,440	10,386	926	8.9%

Years of Age	101,816		94,144	109,825
Younger than 22	2,201	1.3%	1,925	2,255	-54	-2.4%
22-24	4,607	2.8%	4,322	5,352	-745	-13.9%
25-34	23,590	14.4%	22,158	25,439	-1,849	-7.3%
35-44	21,000	12.8%	19,421	22,576	-1,576	-7.0%
45-54	23,234	14.2%	21,784	25,232	-1,998	-7.9%
55-59	11,984	7.3%	10,768	12,672	-688	-5.4%
60-64	8,835	5.4%	8,033	9,576	-741	-7.7%
65 and older	6,365	3.9%	5,733	6,723	-358	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	101,816		94,144	109,825
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	378	0.4%	259	334	44	13.2%
Mining	726	0.7%	486	1,316	-590	-44.8%
Utilities	213	0.2%	222	273	-60	-22.0%
Construction	12,893	12.6%	9,378	14,486	-1,593	-11.0%
Manufacturing	12,236	12.0%	11,541	15,557	-3,321	-21.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,576	3.5%	3,601	4,252	-676	-15.9%
Retail Trade	10,285	10.1%	10,516	10,201	84	0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,038	4.9%	4,886	5,510	-472	-8.6%
Information	1,689	1.7%	1,789	1,591	98	6.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,453	3.4%	3,367	3,096	357	11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,293	1.3%	1,234	1,455	-162	-11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,039	5.9%	6,129	6,187	-148	-2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	880	0.9%	788	943	-63	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,172	10.9%	10,118	11,243	-71	-0.6%
Educational Services	2,657	2.6%	2,766	3,034	-377	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,037	12.8%	13,250	13,255	-218	-1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,887	2.8%	1,590	2,958	-71	-2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,349	6.2%	5,872	6,856	-507	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,609	2.6%	2,453	2,738	-129	-4.7%
Public Administration	1,439	1.4%	1,089	1,464	-25	-1.7%
Information Not Available	2,967	2.9%	2,810	3,076	-109	-3.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,391		17,011	18,577
Male	8,373	41.1%	6,953	9,866	-1,493	-15.1%
Female	12,018	58.9%	10,058	8,711	3,307	38.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,391		17,011	18,577
Hispanic or Latino	19,919	97.7%	16,681	18,325	1,594	8.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	153	0.8%	166	84	69	82.1%
Information Not Available	319	1.6%	164	168	151	89.9%

Race	20,391		17,011	18,577
American Indian or Alaskan Native	259	1.3%	121	248	11	4.4%
Asian	107	0.5%	81	24	83	345.8%
Black or African American	938	4.6%	832	855	83	9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	20	6	16	266.7%
White	4,573	22.4%	3,958	3,957	616	15.6%
Information Not Available	14,492	71.1%	11,999	13,487	1,005	7.5%

Years of Age	20,391		17,011	18,577
Younger than 22	371	1.6%	300	490	-119	-24.3%
22-24	942	3.9%	836	1,112	-170	-15.3%
25-34	5,255	22.0%	4,586	5,298	-43	-0.8%
35-44	5,607	23.4%	4,653	4,831	776	16.1%
45-54	4,707	19.7%	3,905	3,961	746	18.8%
55-59	1,763	7.4%	1,359	1,437	326	22.7%
60-64	1,040	4.3%	810	910	130	14.3%
65 and older	693	2.9%	554	525	168	32.0%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	8	13	0	0.0%

Industry	20,391		17,011	18,577
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	813	3.8%	771	1,007	-194	-19.3%
Mining	15	0.1%	8	14	1	7.1%
Utilities	14	0.1%	13	17	-3	-17.6%
Construction	774	3.7%	747	1,893	-1,119	-59.1%
Manufacturing	1,311	6.2%	1,374	2,207	-896	-40.6%
Wholesale Trade	486	2.3%	371	490	-4	-0.8%
Retail Trade	2,169	10.2%	1,616	1,570	599	38.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	310	1.5%	340	297	13	4.4%
Information	307	1.4%	213	248	59	23.8%
Finance and Insurance	206	1.0%	152	351	-145	-41.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	214	1.0%	165	208	6	2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	876	4.1%	649	741	135	18.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.2%	41	9	28	311.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,779	8.4%	1,741	2,575	-796	-30.9%
Educational Services	2,134	10.1%	2,477	1,677	457	27.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,260	10.7%	1,512	1,555	705	45.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	234	1.1%	112	148	86	58.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,132	10.1%	1,296	1,607	525	32.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	355	1.7%	248	249	106	42.6%
Public Administration	2,547	12.0%	2,456	1,030	1,517	147.3%
Information Not Available	1,418	6.7%	709	684	734	107.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,412		6,174	7,258
Male	3,367	52.5%	3,036	3,883	-516	-13.3%
Female	3,045	47.5%	3,138	3,375	-330	-9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,412		6,174	7,258
Hispanic or Latino	1,017	15.9%	1,038	1,186	-169	-14.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,090	63.8%	3,946	4,602	-512	-11.1%
Information Not Available	1,305	20.4%	1,190	1,470	-165	-11.2%

Race	6,412		6,174	7,258
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.7%	50	61	-15	-24.6%
Asian	106	1.7%	100	113	-7	-6.2%
Black or African American	481	7.5%	495	502	-21	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.5%	28	39	-5	-12.8%
White	4,334	67.6%	4,178	5,047	-713	-14.1%
Information Not Available	1,411	22.0%	1,323	1,496	-85	-5.7%

Years of Age	6,412		6,174	7,258
Younger than 22	147	1.4%	111	144	3	2.1%
22-24	281	2.8%	249	311	-30	-9.6%
25-34	1,441	14.1%	1,364	1,743	-302	-17.3%
35-44	1,299	12.8%	1,247	1,417	-118	-8.3%
45-54	1,431	14.0%	1,447	1,665	-234	-14.1%
55-59	743	7.3%	751	838	-95	-11.3%
60-64	558	5.5%	545	612	-54	-8.8%
65 and older	512	5.0%	460	528	-16	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,412		6,174	7,258
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.4%	8	26	-3	-11.5%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	6	6	0	0.0%
Construction	638	9.9%	540	638	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	650	10.1%	638	894	-244	-27.3%
Wholesale Trade	254	3.9%	288	300	-46	-15.3%
Retail Trade	633	9.8%	623	616	17	2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	150	2.3%	151	173	-23	-13.3%
Information	77	1.2%	78	75	2	2.7%
Finance and Insurance	324	5.0%	366	335	-11	-3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	137	2.1%	107	152	-15	-9.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	369	5.7%	422	436	-67	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	88	1.4%	112	76	12	15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	760	11.8%	727	885	-125	-14.1%
Educational Services	172	2.7%	187	184	-12	-6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	812	12.6%	902	970	-158	-16.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	213	3.3%	118	224	-11	-4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	669	10.4%	491	712	-43	-6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	217	3.4%	225	281	-64	-22.8%
Public Administration	52	0.8%	44	72	-20	-27.8%
Information Not Available	167	2.6%	140	203	-36	-17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,129		16,884	18,449
Male	9,084	50.1%	8,411	8,847	237	2.7%
Female	8,909	49.1%	8,418	9,602	-693	-7.2%
Information Not Available	136	0.8%	55	0	136	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,129		16,884	18,449
Hispanic or Latino	564	3.1%	514	694	-130	-18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,572	91.4%	15,887	17,382	-810	-4.7%
Information Not Available	993	5.5%	483	373	620	166.2%

Race	18,129		16,884	18,449
American Indian or Alaskan Native	175	1.0%	191	152	23	15.1%
Asian	130	0.7%	117	156	-26	-16.7%
Black or African American	8,401	46.3%	8,351	8,444	-43	-0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.2%	34	30	12	40.0%
White	8,533	47.1%	7,679	8,836	-303	-3.4%
Information Not Available	848	4.7%	512	831	17	2.0%

Years of Age	18,129		16,884	18,449
Younger than 22	335	1.3%	294	46	289	628.3%
22-24	700	2.8%	666	44	656	1490.9%
25-34	4,206	16.7%	3,953	616	3,590	582.8%
35-44	4,217	16.7%	3,914	3,039	1,178	38.8%
45-54	4,298	17.1%	4,018	4,253	45	1.1%
55-59	1,965	7.8%	1,839	2,047	-82	-4.0%
60-64	1,470	5.8%	1,368	2,294	-824	-35.9%
65 and older	938	3.7%	832	6,076	-5,138	-84.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	34	-34	-100.0%

Industry	18,129		16,884	18,449
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.5%	60	119	-30	-25.2%
Mining	8	0.0%	11	14	-6	-42.9%
Utilities	87	0.5%	83	35	52	148.6%
Construction	1,021	5.6%	1,079	1,164	-143	-12.3%
Manufacturing	2,358	12.9%	2,880	2,642	-284	-10.7%
Wholesale Trade	744	4.1%	717	749	-5	-0.7%
Retail Trade	1,460	8.0%	1,590	1,733	-273	-15.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	455	2.5%	467	473	-18	-3.8%
Information	262	1.4%	264	289	-27	-9.3%
Finance and Insurance	366	2.0%	351	461	-95	-20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.6%	268	370	-78	-21.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,822	10.0%	2,100	1,103	719	65.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	88	0.5%	100	109	-21	-19.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,376	13.0%	2,373	2,906	-530	-18.2%
Educational Services	332	1.8%	389	439	-107	-24.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,104	6.1%	1,156	1,398	-294	-21.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	1.1%	127	335	-127	-37.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,500	8.2%	1,039	1,649	-149	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	418	2.3%	379	409	9	2.2%
Public Administration	263	1.4%	253	291	-28	-9.6%
Information Not Available	2,876	15.8%	1,198	1,761	1,115	63.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,429		913	1,496
Male	909	63.6%	486	909	0	0.0%
Female	520	36.4%	427	587	-67	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,429		913	1,496
Hispanic or Latino	58	4.1%	27	51	7	13.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,225	85.7%	786	1,266	-41	-3.2%
Information Not Available	146	10.2%	100	179	-33	-18.4%

Race	1,429		913	1,496
American Indian or Alaskan Native	178	12.5%	135	203	-25	-12.3%
Asian	1	0.1%	3	21	-20	-95.2%
Black or African American	44	3.1%	30	40	4	10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.3%	4	3	1	33.3%
White	1,052	73.6%	640	1,055	-3	-0.3%
Information Not Available	150	10.5%	101	174	-24	-13.8%

Years of Age	1,429		913	1,496
Younger than 22	17	0.7%	9	23	-6	-26.1%
22-24	34	1.5%	15	43	-9	-20.9%
25-34	251	10.8%	123	283	-32	-11.3%
35-44	288	12.4%	204	280	8	2.9%
45-54	304	13.1%	245	347	-43	-12.4%
55-59	211	9.1%	141	200	11	5.5%
60-64	159	6.8%	107	172	-13	-7.6%
65 and older	165	7.1%	69	148	17	11.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,429		913	1,496
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.6%	12	6	3	50.0%
Mining	21	1.5%	4	19	2	10.5%
Utilities	1	0.1%	0	0	1	0.0%
Construction	317	22.0%	89	263	54	20.5%
Manufacturing	143	9.9%	92	162	-19	-11.7%
Wholesale Trade	55	3.8%	48	49	6	12.2%
Retail Trade	120	8.3%	91	105	15	14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	30	2.1%	20	49	-19	-38.8%
Information	21	1.5%	29	28	-7	-25.0%
Finance and Insurance	64	4.5%	60	91	-27	-29.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	1.0%	19	17	-2	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	48	3.3%	43	49	-1	-2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.3%	2	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	88	6.1%	58	104	-16	-15.4%
Educational Services	42	2.9%	38	55	-13	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	92	6.4%	74	95	-3	-3.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	3.2%	25	21	25	119.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	99	6.9%	66	122	-23	-18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	17	1.2%	12	40	-23	-57.5%
Public Administration	114	7.9%	89	147	-33	-22.4%
Information Not Available	83	5.8%	42	72	11	15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,601		18,803	16,903
Male	8,006	45.5%	8,203	8,042	-36	-0.4%
Female	9,564	54.3%	10,567	8,860	704	7.9%
Information Not Available	31	0.2%	33	1	30	3000.0%

Ethnicity	17,601		18,803	16,903
Hispanic or Latino	347	2.0%	337	333	14	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,862	95.8%	18,028	16,180	682	4.2%
Information Not Available	392	2.2%	438	390	2	0.5%

Race	17,601		18,803	16,903
American Indian or Alaskan Native	60	0.3%	50	48	12	25.0%
Asian	150	0.9%	175	107	43	40.2%
Black or African American	5,407	30.7%	5,796	4,957	450	9.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	226	1.3%	236	17	209	1229.4%
White	10,916	62.0%	11,644	10,948	-32	-0.3%
Information Not Available	842	4.8%	902	826	16	1.9%

Years of Age	17,601		18,803	16,903
Younger than 22	293	1.1%	321	249	44	17.7%
22-24	602	2.2%	628	560	42	7.5%
25-34	3,743	13.9%	3,885	3,590	153	4.3%
35-44	4,078	15.1%	4,269	3,893	185	4.8%
45-54	4,313	16.0%	4,589	4,142	171	4.1%
55-59	2,036	7.5%	2,310	1,972	64	3.2%
60-64	1,500	5.6%	1,613	1,508	-8	-0.5%
65 and older	1,036	3.8%	1,188	989	47	4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,601		18,803	16,903
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.5%	73	96	-1	-1.0%
Mining	19	0.1%	20	24	-5	-20.8%
Utilities	36	0.2%	40	35	1	2.9%
Construction	1,473	8.3%	1,325	1,392	81	5.8%
Manufacturing	2,627	14.8%	2,906	2,647	-20	-0.8%
Wholesale Trade	886	5.0%	871	765	121	15.8%
Retail Trade	1,244	7.0%	1,291	1,363	-119	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	649	3.7%	979	725	-76	-10.5%
Information	321	1.8%	337	266	55	20.7%
Finance and Insurance	475	2.7%	452	545	-70	-12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	276	1.6%	277	259	17	6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	951	5.4%	1,076	877	74	8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.9%	317	130	22	16.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,969	11.1%	2,169	1,784	185	10.4%
Educational Services	362	2.0%	487	441	-79	-17.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,464	8.3%	1,583	1,484	-20	-1.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	237	1.3%	138	229	8	3.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	823	4.7%	760	704	119	16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	538	3.0%	620	461	77	16.7%
Public Administration	609	3.4%	567	641	-32	-5.0%
Information Not Available	2,395	13.5%	2,515	2,035	360	17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	134,057		128,471	157,889
Male	70,302	52.4%	67,129	93,909	-23,607	-25.1%
Female	63,571	47.4%	61,216	63,784	-213	-0.3%
Information Not Available	184	0.1%	126	196	-12	-6.1%

Ethnicity	134,057		128,471	157,889
Hispanic or Latino	41,825	31.2%	39,051	51,802	-9,977	-19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80,940	60.4%	78,502	93,150	-12,210	-13.1%
Information Not Available	11,292	8.4%	10,918	12,937	-1,645	-12.7%

Race	134,057		128,471	157,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	562	0.4%	551	621	-59	-9.5%
Asian	3,166	2.4%	3,330	4,436	-1,270	-28.6%
Black or African American	33,791	25.2%	31,887	33,129	662	2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,861	1.4%	1,527	2,449	-588	-24.0%
White	42,678	31.8%	42,060	54,095	-11,417	-21.1%
Information Not Available	51,999	38.8%	49,116	63,159	-11,160	-17.7%

Years of Age	134,057		128,471	157,889
Younger than 22	2,673	1.6%	2,301	2,750	-77	-2.8%
22-24	6,261	3.7%	5,464	6,971	-710	-10.2%
25-34	33,854	20.2%	30,718	37,813	-3,959	-10.5%
35-44	32,487	19.4%	31,398	37,439	-4,952	-13.2%
45-54	30,281	18.1%	29,835	36,958	-6,677	-18.1%
55-59	13,314	8.0%	13,713	17,117	-3,803	-22.2%
60-64	9,371	5.6%	9,297	11,772	-2,401	-20.4%
65 and older	5,668	3.4%	5,666	6,915	-1,247	-18.0%
Information Not Available	148	0.1%	79	154	-6	-3.9%

Industry	134,057		128,471	157,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	661	0.5%	584	537	124	23.1%
Mining	3,027	2.2%	2,569	7,518	-4,491	-59.7%
Utilities	405	0.3%	491	751	-346	-46.1%
Construction	19,202	14.3%	16,486	22,550	-3,348	-14.8%
Manufacturing	9,184	6.8%	9,645	17,466	-8,282	-47.4%
Wholesale Trade	6,536	4.9%	7,629	9,080	-2,544	-28.0%
Retail Trade	10,350	7.7%	9,895	10,228	122	1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,259	3.2%	4,480	5,859	-1,600	-27.3%
Information	2,772	2.1%	2,949	2,909	-137	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,797	4.3%	5,984	6,452	-655	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,644	2.0%	2,456	2,890	-246	-8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,497	7.8%	11,009	14,514	-4,017	-27.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	821	0.6%	920	1,078	-257	-23.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,879	14.0%	17,849	20,493	-1,614	-7.9%
Educational Services	3,409	2.5%	3,293	4,189	-780	-18.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,594	10.8%	14,346	12,019	2,575	21.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,074	0.8%	955	791	283	35.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,624	5.7%	6,049	5,063	2,561	50.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,826	2.8%	3,264	4,124	-298	-7.2%
Public Administration	1,454	1.1%	1,366	1,887	-433	-22.9%
Information Not Available	7,042	5.2%	6,252	7,491	-449	-6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,346		8,071	9,961
Male	5,650	60.5%	4,672	6,218	-568	-9.1%
Female	3,686	39.4%	3,398	3,738	-52	-1.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	1	5	5	100.0%

Ethnicity	9,346		8,071	9,961
Hispanic or Latino	1,061	11.4%	885	1,118	-57	-5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,980	74.7%	6,203	7,693	-713	-9.3%
Information Not Available	1,305	14.0%	983	1,150	155	13.5%

Race	9,346		8,071	9,961
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	2.6%	198	320	-73	-22.8%
Asian	154	1.6%	164	165	-11	-6.7%
Black or African American	193	2.1%	172	212	-19	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	146	1.6%	131	150	-4	-2.7%
White	5,218	55.9%	4,681	6,013	-795	-13.2%
Information Not Available	3,383	36.2%	2,718	3,092	291	9.4%

Years of Age	9,346		8,071	9,961
Younger than 22	218	1.6%	158	204	14	6.9%
22-24	409	2.9%	339	435	-26	-6.0%
25-34	2,456	17.7%	2,089	2,685	-229	-8.5%
35-44	2,366	17.0%	2,103	2,446	-80	-3.3%
45-54	1,948	14.0%	1,759	2,075	-127	-6.1%
55-59	932	6.7%	772	1,078	-146	-13.5%
60-64	651	4.7%	564	683	-32	-4.7%
65 and older	366	2.6%	287	355	11	3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,346		8,071	9,961
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.3%	12	20	4	20.0%
Mining	85	0.9%	74	225	-140	-62.2%
Utilities	11	0.1%	7	15	-4	-26.7%
Construction	1,068	11.4%	712	1,367	-299	-21.9%
Manufacturing	854	9.1%	887	967	-113	-11.7%
Wholesale Trade	383	4.1%	391	421	-38	-9.0%
Retail Trade	788	8.4%	751	804	-16	-2.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	343	3.7%	264	289	54	18.7%
Information	282	3.0%	263	272	10	3.7%
Finance and Insurance	357	3.8%	354	389	-32	-8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	142	1.5%	126	166	-24	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	763	8.1%	839	755	8	1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	0.7%	51	37	25	67.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,394	14.9%	1,055	1,212	182	15.0%
Educational Services	246	2.6%	257	247	-1	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	429	4.6%	434	454	-25	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	157	1.7%	123	193	-36	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	764	8.2%	429	706	58	8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	141	1.5%	133	177	-36	-20.3%
Public Administration	264	2.8%	165	233	31	13.3%
Information Not Available	789	8.4%	744	1,012	-223	-22.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,771		26,354	27,822
Male	13,961	52.1%	13,242	14,613	-652	-4.5%
Female	12,803	47.8%	13,097	13,197	-394	-3.0%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	15	12	-5	-41.7%

Ethnicity	26,771		26,354	27,822
Hispanic or Latino	1,023	3.8%	1,003	1,153	-130	-11.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,340	90.9%	23,946	25,157	-817	-3.2%
Information Not Available	1,408	5.3%	1,405	1,512	-104	-6.9%

Race	26,771		26,354	27,822
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,161	4.3%	1,135	1,304	-143	-11.0%
Asian	776	2.9%	801	777	-1	-0.1%
Black or African American	11,337	42.3%	11,729	11,182	155	1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,089	45.2%	11,284	13,047	-958	-7.3%
Information Not Available	1,408	5.3%	1,405	1,512	-104	-6.9%

Years of Age	26,771		26,354	27,822
Younger than 22	360	1.0%	318	390	-30	-7.7%
22-24	968	2.6%	928	1,078	-110	-10.2%
25-34	6,000	16.4%	5,848	6,480	-480	-7.4%
35-44	6,004	16.4%	5,957	6,163	-159	-2.6%
45-54	6,515	17.8%	6,453	6,889	-374	-5.4%
55-59	3,285	9.0%	3,205	3,238	47	1.5%
60-64	2,283	6.2%	2,340	2,289	-6	-0.3%
65 and older	1,355	3.7%	1,305	1,294	61	4.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Industry	26,771		26,354	27,822
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	117	0.4%	98	101	16	15.8%
Mining	52	0.2%	61	124	-72	-58.1%
Utilities	30	0.1%	30	23	7	30.4%
Construction	1,935	7.2%	1,621	2,077	-142	-6.8%
Manufacturing	1,953	7.3%	2,067	2,259	-306	-13.5%
Wholesale Trade	921	3.4%	899	1,005	-84	-8.4%
Retail Trade	2,223	8.3%	2,397	1,999	224	11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	919	3.4%	876	1,072	-153	-14.3%
Information	632	2.4%	617	649	-17	-2.6%
Finance and Insurance	997	3.7%	1,001	965	32	3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	529	2.0%	488	464	65	14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,308	12.3%	3,540	3,385	-77	-2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	170	0.6%	159	184	-14	-7.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,433	12.8%	3,212	3,356	77	2.3%
Educational Services	663	2.5%	723	786	-123	-15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,058	7.7%	2,141	2,199	-141	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	338	1.3%	181	296	42	14.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,218	4.5%	1,099	1,268	-50	-3.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	878	3.3%	799	822	56	6.8%
Public Administration	1,650	6.1%	1,697	1,742	-92	-5.3%
Information Not Available	2,747	10.2%	2,648	3,046	-299	-9.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	208		271	289
Male	95	45.7%	111	181	-86	-47.5%
Female	113	54.3%	160	108	5	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	208		271	289
Hispanic or Latino	24	11.7%	26	66	-42	-63.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	178	86.4%	238	215	-37	-17.2%
Information Not Available	4	1.9%	5	8	-4	-50.0%

Race	208		271	289
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Black or African American	170	83.3%	223	195	-25	-12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1.5%	5	3	0	0.0%
White	7	3.4%	11	17	-10	-58.8%
Information Not Available	24	11.8%	26	71	-47	-66.2%

Years of Age	208		271	289
Younger than 22	2	1.1%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
22-24	11	5.8%	12	8	3	37.5%
25-34	40	21.1%	49	54	-14	-25.9%
35-44	37	19.5%	49	49	-12	-24.5%
45-54	54	28.4%	72	77	-23	-29.9%
55-59	27	14.2%	36	46	-19	-41.3%
60-64	23	12.1%	25	34	-11	-32.4%
65 and older	12	6.3%	15	16	-4	-25.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	208		271	289
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	32	15.3%	33	100	-68	-68.0%
Manufacturing	16	7.7%	17	9	7	77.8%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.5%	2	6	-5	-83.3%
Retail Trade	17	8.1%	17	15	2	13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7	3.3%	9	3	4	133.3%
Information	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	1.9%	3	7	-3	-42.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5	2.4%	5	15	-10	-66.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	2.9%	3	4	2	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2	1.0%	1	9	-7	-77.8%
Educational Services	3	1.4%	2	3	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24	11.5%	19	15	9	60.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	1.4%	5	2	1	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	32	15.3%	68	62	-30	-48.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	34	16.3%	19	8	26	325.0%
Public Administration	15	7.2%	14	9	6	66.7%
Information Not Available	8	3.8%	11	12	-4	-33.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,072		2,202	3,336
Male	1,831	59.6%	1,163	1,951	-120	-6.2%
Female	1,241	40.4%	1,039	1,385	-144	-10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,072		2,202	3,336
Hispanic or Latino	12	0.4%	5	1	11	1100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	680	22.1%	469	196	484	246.9%
Information Not Available	2,380	77.5%	1,728	3,139	-759	-24.2%

Race	3,072		2,202	3,336
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.1%	3	0	4	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	29	0.9%	17	3	26	866.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	1	0	3	0.0%
White	656	21.4%	453	194	462	238.1%
Information Not Available	2,380	77.5%	1,728	3,139	-759	-24.2%

Years of Age	3,072		2,202	3,336
Younger than 22	54	1.6%	43	63	-9	-14.3%
22-24	117	3.4%	82	138	-21	-15.2%
25-34	643	18.9%	451	744	-101	-13.6%
35-44	618	18.2%	431	663	-45	-6.8%
45-54	655	19.3%	504	762	-107	-14.0%
55-59	381	11.2%	282	391	-10	-2.6%
60-64	330	9.7%	251	313	17	5.4%
65 and older	274	8.1%	158	262	12	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,072		2,202	3,336
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.9%	8	25	3	12.0%
Mining	2	0.1%	1	5	-3	-60.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
Construction	394	12.7%	191	401	-7	-1.7%
Manufacturing	371	12.0%	277	378	-7	-1.9%
Wholesale Trade	117	3.8%	101	137	-20	-14.6%
Retail Trade	291	9.4%	279	317	-26	-8.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	79	2.5%	60	83	-4	-4.8%
Information	37	1.2%	43	45	-8	-17.8%
Finance and Insurance	43	1.4%	42	46	-3	-6.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	50	1.6%	29	59	-9	-15.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	113	3.6%	98	147	-34	-23.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	2	5	-2	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	230	7.4%	144	260	-30	-11.5%
Educational Services	116	3.7%	129	123	-7	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	293	9.5%	275	315	-22	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	111	3.6%	32	106	5	4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	630	20.3%	365	671	-41	-6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	70	2.3%	63	95	-25	-26.3%
Public Administration	93	3.0%	62	114	-21	-18.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,818		46,532	46,721
Male	36,438	64.1%	28,036	28,684	7,754	27.0%
Female	20,380	35.9%	18,496	18,024	2,356	13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	13	-13	-100.0%

Ethnicity	56,818		46,532	46,721
Hispanic or Latino	9,019	15.9%	4,814	0	9,019	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,818	77.1%	38,195	0	43,818	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,981	7.0%	3,523	46,721	-42,740	-91.5%

Race	56,818		46,532	46,721
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,549	2.7%	1,336	0	1,549	0.0%
Asian	2,343	4.1%	2,269	0	2,343	0.0%
Black or African American	3,562	6.3%	3,412	0	3,562	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	673	1.2%	552	0	673	0.0%
White	38,086	67.0%	31,869	0	38,086	0.0%
Information Not Available	10,605	18.7%	7,094	46,721	-36,116	-77.3%

Years of Age	56,818		46,532	46,721
Younger than 22	852	0.9%	569	713	139	19.5%
22-24	2,031	2.2%	1,584	1,667	364	21.8%
25-34	12,901	14.3%	10,760	10,449	2,452	23.5%
35-44	13,128	14.5%	10,791	10,572	2,556	24.2%
45-54	13,971	15.5%	11,303	11,633	2,338	20.1%
55-59	6,841	7.6%	5,533	5,610	1,231	21.9%
60-64	4,588	5.1%	3,836	3,850	738	19.2%
65 and older	2,506	2.8%	2,156	2,227	279	12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,818		46,532	46,721
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,331	7.1%	1,688	0	4,331	0.0%
Mining	161	0.3%	114	0	161	0.0%
Utilities	168	0.3%	115	0	168	0.0%
Construction	11,716	19.2%	7,413	0	11,716	0.0%
Manufacturing	7,215	11.8%	6,241	0	7,215	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,345	3.8%	2,219	0	2,345	0.0%
Retail Trade	3,472	5.7%	3,488	0	3,472	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,734	2.8%	1,509	0	1,734	0.0%
Information	1,383	2.3%	1,456	0	1,383	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,162	1.9%	1,236	0	1,162	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	820	1.3%	768	0	820	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,749	6.1%	3,771	0	3,749	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.2%	130	0	135	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,583	7.5%	3,901	0	4,583	0.0%
Educational Services	996	1.6%	1,070	0	996	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,951	6.5%	3,885	0	3,951	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	935	1.5%	750	0	935	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,257	3.7%	2,085	0	2,257	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,081	3.4%	1,624	0	2,081	0.0%
Public Administration	1,893	3.1%	1,681	0	1,893	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,731	2.8%	1,388	46,721	-44,990	-96.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,058		21,506	29,721
Male	15,263	58.6%	11,234	16,730	-1,467	-8.8%
Female	10,772	41.3%	10,248	12,952	-2,180	-16.8%
Information Not Available	23	0.1%	24	39	-16	-41.0%

Ethnicity	26,058		21,506	29,721
Hispanic or Latino	1,246	4.8%	981	1,308	-62	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,215	92.9%	19,964	27,759	-3,544	-12.8%
Information Not Available	597	2.3%	561	654	-57	-8.7%

Race	26,058		21,506	29,721
American Indian or Alaskan Native	435	1.7%	303	398	37	9.3%
Asian	297	1.1%	305	440	-143	-32.5%
Black or African American	3,322	12.7%	3,441	4,185	-863	-20.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.2%	37	42	13	31.0%
White	21,352	81.9%	16,859	24,002	-2,650	-11.0%
Information Not Available	597	2.3%	561	654	-57	-8.7%

Years of Age	26,058		21,506	29,721
Younger than 22	462	1.0%	308	490	-28	-5.7%
22-24	967	2.2%	736	1,112	-145	-13.0%
25-34	5,537	12.3%	4,661	6,461	-924	-14.3%
35-44	5,474	12.2%	4,670	6,241	-767	-12.3%
45-54	6,024	13.4%	5,070	7,078	-1,054	-14.9%
55-59	3,480	7.8%	2,777	3,917	-437	-11.2%
60-64	2,560	5.7%	2,181	2,719	-159	-5.8%
65 and older	1,528	3.4%	1,086	1,700	-172	-10.1%
Information Not Available	26	0.1%	17	3	23	766.7%

Industry	26,058		21,506	29,721
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	237	0.9%	120	265	-28	-10.6%
Mining	52	0.2%	24	56	-4	-7.1%
Utilities	47	0.2%	39	48	-1	-2.1%
Construction	3,964	15.1%	1,914	3,364	600	17.8%
Manufacturing	4,390	16.7%	4,310	6,166	-1,776	-28.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,084	4.1%	1,006	1,204	-120	-10.0%
Retail Trade	2,187	8.3%	2,123	2,497	-310	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	886	3.4%	712	1,091	-205	-18.8%
Information	425	1.6%	467	452	-27	-6.0%
Finance and Insurance	881	3.4%	901	993	-112	-11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	302	1.1%	224	300	2	0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,037	3.9%	1,103	1,317	-280	-21.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	245	0.9%	252	392	-147	-37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,849	10.8%	2,202	3,144	-295	-9.4%
Educational Services	485	1.8%	475	544	-59	-10.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,333	8.9%	2,430	2,844	-511	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	836	3.2%	308	799	37	4.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,699	6.5%	1,114	1,858	-159	-8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	513	2.0%	516	580	-67	-11.6%
Public Administration	631	2.4%	460	698	-67	-9.6%
Information Not Available	975	3.7%	806	1,109	-134	-12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,282		8,018	11,598
Male	5,897	63.5%	4,786	7,959	-2,062	-25.9%
Female	3,385	36.5%	3,231	3,638	-253	-7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,282		8,018	11,598
Hispanic or Latino	139	1.5%	131	206	-67	-32.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,136	87.7%	7,061	8,315	-179	-2.2%
Information Not Available	1,007	10.8%	826	3,077	-2,070	-67.3%

Race	9,282		8,018	11,598
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.4%	29	27	8	29.6%
Asian	31	0.3%	30	38	-7	-18.4%
Black or African American	445	4.8%	420	425	20	4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.2%	13	7	12	171.4%
White	8,103	87.3%	7,030	10,238	-2,135	-20.9%
Information Not Available	649	7.0%	496	863	-214	-24.8%

Years of Age	9,282		8,018	11,598
Younger than 22	205	1.2%	157	299	-94	-31.4%
22-24	421	2.5%	333	608	-187	-30.8%
25-34	1,995	11.9%	1,753	2,583	-588	-22.8%
35-44	2,305	13.8%	2,022	2,788	-483	-17.3%
45-54	2,241	13.4%	1,984	2,748	-507	-18.4%
55-59	1,003	6.0%	847	1,173	-170	-14.5%
60-64	687	4.1%	579	868	-181	-20.9%
65 and older	424	2.5%	342	531	-107	-20.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	9,282		8,018	11,598
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.7%	35	75	-10	-13.3%
Mining	363	3.9%	223	765	-402	-52.5%
Utilities	21	0.2%	27	18	3	16.7%
Construction	1,802	19.3%	1,322	2,441	-639	-26.2%
Manufacturing	724	7.7%	615	833	-109	-13.1%
Wholesale Trade	243	2.6%	243	419	-176	-42.0%
Retail Trade	1,022	10.9%	916	986	36	3.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	212	2.3%	216	393	-181	-46.1%
Information	241	2.6%	251	139	102	73.4%
Finance and Insurance	145	1.6%	154	171	-26	-15.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	1.0%	85	128	-31	-24.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	342	3.7%	396	509	-167	-32.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.2%	20	29	-6	-20.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	837	9.0%	765	1,010	-173	-17.1%
Educational Services	170	1.8%	195	162	8	4.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	863	9.2%	865	956	-93	-9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	230	2.5%	92	275	-45	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	616	6.6%	547	823	-207	-25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	262	2.8%	242	355	-93	-26.2%
Public Administration	249	2.7%	187	243	6	2.5%
Information Not Available	755	8.1%	622	868	-113	-13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Nov 2017	Percent	Oct 2017	Nov 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,543		1,732	4,155
Male	1,458	57.3%	971	2,708	-1,250	-46.2%
Female	1,085	42.7%	761	1,447	-362	-25.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,543		1,732	4,155
Hispanic or Latino	247	9.7%	180	455	-208	-45.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,208	86.8%	1,501	3,554	-1,346	-37.9%
Information Not Available	88	3.5%	51	146	-58	-39.7%

Race	2,543		1,732	4,155
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	3.2%	89	194	-113	-58.2%
Asian	18	0.7%	15	27	-9	-33.3%
Black or African American	72	2.8%	54	153	-81	-52.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	11	13	-9	-69.2%
White	2,155	84.7%	1,428	3,419	-1,264	-37.0%
Information Not Available	213	8.4%	135	349	-136	-39.0%

Years of Age	2,543		1,732	4,155
Younger than 22	28	0.6%	18	56	-28	-50.0%
22-24	103	2.3%	82	209	-106	-50.7%
25-34	574	12.9%	385	987	-413	-41.8%
35-44	534	12.0%	388	903	-369	-40.9%
45-54	534	12.0%	373	888	-354	-39.9%
55-59	316	7.1%	203	520	-204	-39.2%
60-64	255	5.7%	169	382	-127	-33.2%
65 and older	199	4.5%	114	210	-11	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,543		1,732	4,155
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	1.0%	11	21	5	23.8%
Mining	67	2.6%	77	368	-301	-81.8%
Utilities	7	0.3%	6	13	-6	-46.2%
Construction	416	16.2%	306	739	-323	-43.7%
Manufacturing	49	1.9%	52	116	-67	-57.8%
Wholesale Trade	51	2.0%	52	130	-79	-60.8%
Retail Trade	179	7.0%	191	287	-108	-37.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	88	3.4%	74	151	-63	-41.7%
Information	15	0.6%	18	22	-7	-31.8%
Finance and Insurance	45	1.8%	39	27	18	66.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	31	1.2%	13	46	-15	-32.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	69	2.7%	59	105	-36	-34.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.2%	0	3	3	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	166	6.5%	88	188	-22	-11.7%
Educational Services	71	2.8%	62	72	-1	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	195	7.6%	157	232	-37	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	1.8%	40	77	-31	-40.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	658	25.6%	192	865	-207	-23.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	2.1%	38	106	-52	-49.1%
Public Administration	77	3.0%	75	142	-65	-45.8%
Information Not Available	227	8.8%	182	445	-218	-49.0%