Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

September 2017

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

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants September 2017
	Sep 2017	Aug 2017	Monthly Change	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,628,956	1,885,113	-256,157	1,750,479	-121,523	-6.9
Alaska	5,467	6,115	-648	6,771	-1,304	-19.3
Alabama	16,450	18,502	-2,052	19,618	-3,168	-16.1
Arkansas	11,697	13,980	-2,283	13,861	-2,164	-15.6
Arizona	28,895	33,657	-4,762	31,407	-2,512	-8.0
California	309,150	336,839	-27,689	321,497	-12,347	-3.8
Colorado	18,441	21,517	-3,076	22,572	-4,131	-18.3
Connecticut	30,150	40,297	-10,147	33,355	-3,205	-9.6
District of Columbia	8,251	9,216	-965	7,781	470	6.0
Delaware	4,167	6,040	-1,873	4,720	-553	-11.7
Florida	47,271	54,113	-6,842	51,476	-4,205	-8.2
Georgia	28,114	29,037	-923	29,871	-1,757	-5.9
Hawaii	7,178	7,212	-34	7,092	86	1.2
Iowa	13,363	15,500	-2,137	14,674	-1,311	-8.9
Idaho	3,808	5,044	-1,236	5,191	-1,383	-26.6
Illinois	89,306	102,903	-13,597	94,483	-5,177	-5.5
Indiana	13,688	14,899	-1,211	19,470	-5,782	-29.7
Kansas	9,579	12,205	-2,626	10,857	-1,278	-11.8
Kentucky	15,843	19,044	-3,201	18,682	-2,839	-15.2
Louisiana	19,429	22,188	-2,759	25,695	-6,266	-24.4
Massachusetts	47,327	58,827	-11,500	48,519	-1,192	-2.5
Maryland	30,085	36,534	-6,449	32,425	-2,340	-7.2
Maine	3,178	3,834	-656	3,717	-539	-14.5
Michigan	48,380	53,056	-4,676	47,082	1,298	2.8
Minnesota	24,696	28,229	-3,533	26,415	-1,719	-6.5
Missouri	20,745	28,285	-7,540	24,889	-4,144	-16.6
Mississippi	10,157	12,841	-2,684	11,809	-1,652	-14.0
Montana	3,753	4,175	-422	3,776	-23	-0.6
North Carolina	19,581	22,312	-2,731	22,703	-3,122	-13.8
North Dakota	1,798	2,398	-600	2,419	-621	-25.7
Nebraska	3,780	4,708	-928	3,454	326	9.4
New Hampshire	3,238	4,100	-862	3,438	-200	-5.8
New Jersey	81,298	103,673	-22,375	83,124	-1,826	-2.2
New Mexico	8,958	10,872	-1,914	10,528	-1,570	-14.9
Nevada	19,165	20,211	-1,046	20,225	-1,060	-5.2
New York	121,493	151,152	-29,659	125,455	-3,962	-3.2
Ohio	46,437	49,251	-2,814	47,587	-1,150	-2.4
Oklahoma	14,293	15,091	-798	19,641	-5,348	-27.2
Oregon	23,357	25,833	-2,476	23,914	-557	-2.3
Pennsylvania	94,700	126,385	-31,685	103,000	-8,300	-8.1
Puerto Rico	15,675	26,004	-10,329	19,489	-3,814	-19.6
Rhode Island	6,377	9,091	-2,714	7,027	-650	-9.3
South Carolina	14,269	21,987	-7,718	18,533	-4,264	-23.0
South Dakota	915	1,170	-255	1,063	-148	-13.9
Tennessee	18,488	21,381	-2,893	17,318	1,170	6.8
Texas	156,397	146,004	10,393	163,620	-7,223	-4.4
Utah	7,581	8,191	-610	8,771	-1,190	-13.6
Virginia	26,452	30,036	-3,584	28,520	-2,068	-7.3
Virgin Islands	292	244	48	409	-117	-28.6
Vermont	2,150	3,392	-1,242	2,510	-360	-14.3
Washington	42,740	47,463	-4,723	38,262	4,478	11.7
Wisconsin	21,128	28,340	-7,212	26,064	-4,936	-18.9
West Virginia	8,137	9,537	-1,400	12,004	-3,867	-32.2
Wyoming	1,689	2,198	-509	3,696	-2,007	-54.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,628,956		1,885,113	1,750,479	-121,523	-6.9
Male	845,831	51.9%	919,179	948,220	-102,389	-10.8%
Female	769,997	47.3%	951,805	788,520	-18,523	-2.3%
Information Not Available	13,128	0.8%	14,129	13,739	-611	-4.4%

Ethnicity	1,628,956		1,885,113	1,750,479
Hispanic or Latino	312,259	19.2%	372,052	323,097	-10,838	-3.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,135,491	69.7%	1,303,006	1,190,483	-54,992	-4.6%
Information Not Available	181,202	11.1%	210,052	236,900	-55,698	-23.5%

Race	1,628,956		1,885,113	1,750,479
American Indian or Alaskan Native	21,075	1.3%	24,524	22,811	-1,736	-7.6%
Asian	62,546	3.8%	67,800	62,856	-310	-0.5%
Black or African American	335,975	20.6%	381,243	340,958	-4,983	-1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,274	0.7%	11,802	11,050	224	2.0%
White	816,861	50.1%	958,311	879,680	-62,819	-7.1%
Information Not Available	382,775	23.5%	446,045	436,282	-53,507	-12.3%

Years of Age	1,628,956		1,885,113	1,750,479
Younger than 22	28,020	1.7%	31,084	32,250	-4,230	-13.1%
22-24	70,709	4.3%	73,110	75,061	-4,352	-5.8%
25-34	384,743	23.6%	421,843	413,032	-28,289	-6.8%
35-44	358,680	22.0%	407,196	384,351	-25,671	-6.7%
45-54	372,263	22.9%	433,916	405,820	-33,557	-8.3%
55-59	178,083	10.9%	215,566	189,797	-11,714	-6.2%
60-64	132,525	8.1%	159,630	137,351	-4,826	-3.5%
65 and older	91,106	5.6%	128,927	99,025	-7,919	-8.0%
Information Not Available	12,817	0.8%	13,837	13,792	-975	-7.1%

Industry	1,628,956		1,885,113	1,750,479
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47,898	2.9%	58,674	44,513	3,385	7.6%
Mining	7,208	0.4%	7,584	25,083	-17,875	-71.3%
Utilities	4,380	0.3%	3,878	4,317	63	1.5%
Construction	154,953	9.5%	147,642	164,356	-9,403	-5.7%
Manufacturing	154,579	9.5%	164,673	188,166	-33,587	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	65,096	4.0%	64,240	68,949	-3,853	-5.6%
Retail Trade	139,473	8.6%	149,778	141,673	-2,200	-1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	56,526	3.5%	125,057	56,954	-428	-0.8%
Information	61,840	3.8%	62,487	58,855	2,985	5.1%
Finance and Insurance	53,059	3.3%	57,317	55,407	-2,348	-4.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	23,240	1.4%	25,655	25,586	-2,346	-9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	108,097	6.6%	116,753	110,114	-2,017	-1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,468	0.8%	13,154	11,433	1,035	9.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	227,340	14.0%	249,535	229,097	-1,757	-0.8%
Educational Services	55,131	3.4%	80,582	61,189	-6,058	-9.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	157,782	9.7%	180,948	155,097	2,685	1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	22,301	1.4%	24,853	23,100	-799	-3.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	90,029	5.5%	135,351	90,383	-354	-0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	42,790	2.6%	49,305	46,244	-3,454	-7.5%
Public Administration	29,794	1.8%	41,415	28,978	816	2.8%
Information Not Available	114,927	7.1%	126,224	160,985	-46,058	-28.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,467		6,115	6,771	-1,304	-19.3
Male	2,874	52.6%	2,965	3,829	-955	-24.9%
Female	2,585	47.3%	3,136	2,920	-335	-11.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	14	22	-14	-63.6%

Ethnicity	5,467		6,115	6,771
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	8	12	-12	-100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,254	96.1%	5,839	6,457	-1,203	-18.6%
Information Not Available	213	3.9%	268	302	-89	-29.5%

Race	5,467		6,115	6,771
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,788	32.7%	2,119	2,022	-234	-11.6%
Asian	350	6.4%	269	441	-91	-20.6%
Black or African American	293	5.4%	344	322	-29	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	205	3.7%	182	160	45	28.1%
White	2,618	47.9%	2,927	3,516	-898	-25.5%
Information Not Available	213	3.9%	274	310	-97	-31.3%

Years of Age	5,467		6,115	6,771
Younger than 22	105	1.4%	124	106	-1	-0.9%
22-24	269	3.5%	237	325	-56	-17.2%
25-34	1,564	20.4%	1,747	1,963	-399	-20.3%
35-44	1,233	16.1%	1,435	1,503	-270	-18.0%
45-54	1,156	15.1%	1,240	1,470	-314	-21.4%
55-59	539	7.0%	661	713	-174	-24.4%
60-64	421	5.5%	394	448	-27	-6.0%
65 and older	180	2.3%	277	243	-63	-25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,467		6,115	6,771
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.4%	5	29	-7	-24.1%
Mining	238	4.3%	224	517	-279	-54.0%
Utilities	27	0.5%	24	27	0	0.0%
Construction	606	11.0%	561	926	-320	-34.6%
Manufacturing	417	7.6%	242	464	-47	-10.1%
Wholesale Trade	136	2.5%	74	131	5	3.8%
Retail Trade	612	11.1%	710	634	-22	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	231	4.2%	520	285	-54	-18.9%
Information	61	1.1%	78	93	-32	-34.4%
Finance and Insurance	106	1.9%	157	130	-24	-18.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	119	2.2%	118	145	-26	-17.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	207	3.8%	236	321	-114	-35.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.4%	8	22	-1	-4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	297	5.4%	304	334	-37	-11.1%
Educational Services	250	4.6%	363	225	25	11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	633	11.5%	742	684	-51	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	1.1%	72	82	-22	-26.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	464	8.5%	497	554	-90	-16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	201	3.7%	351	293	-92	-31.4%
Public Administration	543	9.9%	640	620	-77	-12.4%
Information Not Available	216	3.9%	189	255	-39	-15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,450		18,502	19,618
Male	7,989	48.6%	8,850	10,283	-2,294	-22.3%
Female	8,435	51.3%	9,631	9,282	-847	-9.1%
Information Not Available	26	0.2%	21	53	-27	-50.9%

Ethnicity	16,450		18,502	19,618
Hispanic or Latino	227	1.4%	239	263	-36	-13.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,379	75.3%	13,985	14,231	-1,852	-13.0%
Information Not Available	3,844	23.4%	4,278	5,124	-1,280	-25.0%

Race	16,450		18,502	19,618
American Indian or Alaskan Native	885	5.4%	1,070	1,154	-269	-23.3%
Asian	401	2.4%	520	578	-177	-30.6%
Black or African American	7,197	43.8%	8,210	8,209	-1,012	-12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%	19	13	7	53.8%
White	7,143	43.4%	7,809	8,684	-1,541	-17.7%
Information Not Available	804	4.9%	874	980	-176	-18.0%

Years of Age	16,450		18,502	19,618
Younger than 22	47	0.2%	52	56	-9	-16.1%
22-24	55	0.3%	77	63	-8	-12.7%
25-34	664	3.1%	784	679	-15	-2.2%
35-44	2,644	12.3%	3,076	3,076	-432	-14.0%
45-54	3,531	16.4%	4,007	4,221	-690	-16.3%
55-59	1,861	8.7%	2,027	2,244	-383	-17.1%
60-64	2,113	9.8%	2,385	2,406	-293	-12.2%
65 and older	5,528	25.7%	6,085	6,869	-1,341	-19.5%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	9	4	3	75.0%

Industry	16,450		18,502	19,618
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	129	0.8%	157	160	-31	-19.4%
Mining	68	0.4%	86	216	-148	-68.5%
Utilities	54	0.3%	54	35	19	54.3%
Construction	1,351	8.1%	1,649	2,034	-683	-33.6%
Manufacturing	2,607	15.7%	2,627	3,214	-607	-18.9%
Wholesale Trade	611	3.7%	615	711	-100	-14.1%
Retail Trade	1,992	12.0%	2,235	2,298	-306	-13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	438	2.6%	539	575	-137	-23.8%
Information	264	1.6%	288	214	50	23.4%
Finance and Insurance	464	2.8%	559	536	-72	-13.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	224	1.4%	225	254	-30	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	975	5.9%	1,067	1,147	-172	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.3%	52	69	-22	-31.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,236	13.5%	2,450	2,640	-404	-15.3%
Educational Services	494	3.0%	462	564	-70	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,570	9.5%	1,817	1,477	93	6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	0.7%	110	107	3	2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,141	6.9%	1,476	1,291	-150	-11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	404	2.4%	518	429	-25	-5.8%
Public Administration	212	1.3%	211	253	-41	-16.2%
Information Not Available	1,059	6.4%	1,305	1,394	-335	-24.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,697		13,980	13,861
Male	5,688	48.6%	6,396	7,022	-1,334	-19.0%
Female	5,176	44.3%	6,711	5,799	-623	-10.7%
Information Not Available	833	7.1%	873	1,040	-207	-19.9%

Ethnicity	11,697		13,980	13,861
Hispanic or Latino	112	1.0%	129	111	1	0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,752	91.9%	12,978	12,710	-1,958	-15.4%
Information Not Available	833	7.1%	873	1,040	-207	-19.9%

Race	11,697		13,980	13,861
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.9%	159	168	-61	-36.3%
Asian	9	0.1%	19	25	-16	-64.0%
Black or African American	3,119	26.7%	3,937	3,957	-838	-21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	611	5.2%	699	619	-8	-1.3%
White	6,906	59.0%	8,164	7,941	-1,035	-13.0%
Information Not Available	945	8.1%	1,002	1,151	-206	-17.9%

Years of Age	11,697		13,980	13,861
Younger than 22	224	1.3%	291	307	-83	-27.0%
22-24	472	2.7%	587	594	-122	-20.5%
25-34	2,356	13.3%	2,825	2,991	-635	-21.2%
35-44	2,592	14.6%	3,183	3,109	-517	-16.6%
45-54	2,550	14.4%	3,043	2,968	-418	-14.1%
55-59	1,190	6.7%	1,397	1,337	-147	-11.0%
60-64	861	4.9%	1,018	954	-93	-9.7%
65 and older	619	3.5%	763	561	58	10.3%
Information Not Available	833	4.7%	873	1,040	-207	-19.9%

Industry	11,697		13,980	13,861
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92	0.8%	116	113	-21	-18.6%
Mining	74	0.6%	85	154	-80	-51.9%
Utilities	21	0.2%	22	25	-4	-16.0%
Construction	887	7.5%	1,052	1,057	-170	-16.1%
Manufacturing	1,545	13.1%	1,610	2,443	-898	-36.8%
Wholesale Trade	572	4.9%	602	558	14	2.5%
Retail Trade	1,362	11.6%	1,532	1,364	-2	-0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	364	3.1%	453	474	-110	-23.2%
Information	145	1.2%	150	132	13	9.8%
Finance and Insurance	196	1.7%	224	244	-48	-19.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	133	1.1%	130	166	-33	-19.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	517	4.4%	578	533	-16	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	110	0.9%	153	34	76	223.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,314	11.1%	1,881	1,345	-31	-2.3%
Educational Services	304	2.6%	367	371	-67	-18.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,288	10.9%	1,633	1,569	-281	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	71	0.6%	73	127	-56	-44.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	610	5.2%	962	630	-20	-3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	301	2.6%	382	309	-8	-2.6%
Public Administration	241	2.0%	263	270	-29	-10.7%
Information Not Available	1,550	13.1%	1,712	1,943	-393	-20.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,895		33,657	31,407
Male	15,075	52.2%	17,640	16,946	-1,871	-11.0%
Female	13,806	47.8%	16,005	14,443	-637	-4.4%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	12	18	-4	-22.2%

Ethnicity	28,895		33,657	31,407
Hispanic or Latino	11,518	39.9%	15,097	12,267	-749	-6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,722	40.6%	12,355	13,128	-1,406	-10.7%
Information Not Available	5,655	19.6%	6,205	6,012	-357	-5.9%

Race	28,895		33,657	31,407
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,531	5.3%	1,664	1,918	-387	-20.2%
Asian	2,143	7.4%	2,466	2,006	137	6.8%
Black or African American	2,281	7.9%	2,445	2,347	-66	-2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	244	0.8%	236	277	-33	-11.9%
White	13,439	46.5%	14,646	15,884	-2,445	-15.4%
Information Not Available	9,257	32.0%	12,200	8,975	282	3.1%

Years of Age	28,895		33,657	31,407
Younger than 22	559	1.4%	745	752	-193	-25.7%
22-24	1,420	3.6%	1,605	1,632	-212	-13.0%
25-34	6,481	16.2%	7,411	6,992	-511	-7.3%
35-44	6,045	15.2%	6,880	6,450	-405	-6.3%
45-54	6,845	17.2%	8,092	7,548	-703	-9.3%
55-59	3,511	8.8%	4,080	3,573	-62	-1.7%
60-64	2,443	6.1%	2,878	2,713	-270	-10.0%
65 and older	1,591	4.0%	1,966	1,747	-156	-8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,895		33,657	31,407
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,217	12.7%	7,151	4,235	-18	-0.4%
Mining	52	0.2%	47	121	-69	-57.0%
Utilities	36	0.1%	39	57	-21	-36.8%
Construction	1,382	4.2%	1,322	1,879	-497	-26.5%
Manufacturing	1,523	4.6%	1,635	1,620	-97	-6.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,110	3.4%	1,152	1,290	-180	-14.0%
Retail Trade	2,030	6.1%	2,138	2,385	-355	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	682	2.1%	748	683	-1	-0.1%
Information	407	1.2%	443	462	-55	-11.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,216	3.7%	1,182	1,134	82	7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	468	1.4%	491	510	-42	-8.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,466	4.4%	1,583	1,565	-99	-6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.3%	86	100	-13	-13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,514	10.6%	3,790	3,738	-224	-6.0%
Educational Services	699	2.1%	800	888	-189	-21.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,431	7.3%	2,501	2,467	-36	-1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	265	0.8%	315	282	-17	-6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,305	3.9%	1,480	1,482	-177	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	552	1.7%	570	588	-36	-6.1%
Public Administration	506	1.5%	585	676	-170	-25.1%
Information Not Available	4,947	14.9%	5,599	5,245	-298	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	309,150		336,839	321,497
Male	163,735	53.0%	169,334	174,699	-10,964	-6.3%
Female	145,415	47.0%	167,505	146,606	-1,191	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	192	-192	-100.0%

Ethnicity	309,150		336,839	321,497
Hispanic or Latino	118,221	38.2%	136,988	119,279	-1,058	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	163,926	53.0%	167,987	170,576	-6,650	-3.9%
Information Not Available	27,003	8.7%	31,864	31,642	-4,639	-14.7%

Race	309,150		336,839	321,497
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,958	1.0%	3,177	3,260	-302	-9.3%
Asian	29,770	9.6%	31,287	28,957	813	2.8%
Black or African American	32,442	10.5%	30,902	32,504	-62	-0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	98,756	31.9%	102,621	105,855	-7,099	-6.7%
Information Not Available	145,224	47.0%	168,852	150,921	-5,697	-3.8%

Years of Age	309,150		336,839	321,497
Younger than 22	5,153	1.3%	7,509	8,534	-3,381	-39.6%
22-24	16,412	4.3%	14,440	15,150	1,262	8.3%
25-34	79,576	20.8%	84,811	85,624	-6,048	-7.1%
35-44	63,357	16.6%	69,794	67,022	-3,665	-5.5%
45-54	67,746	17.7%	75,859	73,159	-5,413	-7.4%
55-59	31,583	8.3%	37,640	30,970	613	2.0%
60-64	26,049	6.8%	27,725	23,491	2,558	10.9%
65 and older	19,274	5.0%	19,061	17,451	1,823	10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	96	-96	-100.0%

Industry	309,150		336,839	321,497
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34,064	9.9%	39,373	30,491	3,573	11.7%
Mining	573	0.2%	385	2,589	-2,016	-77.9%
Utilities	1,622	0.5%	1,155	1,246	376	30.2%
Construction	23,282	6.8%	20,505	27,327	-4,045	-14.8%
Manufacturing	22,423	6.5%	26,088	29,244	-6,821	-23.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,718	0.5%	1,348	1,630	88	5.4%
Retail Trade	22,709	6.6%	23,297	24,354	-1,645	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,778	2.6%	11,456	6,999	1,779	25.4%
Information	29,865	8.7%	28,591	30,683	-818	-2.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,534	1.6%	6,546	6,808	-1,274	-18.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,099	0.6%	2,792	2,685	-586	-21.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,443	2.2%	7,605	6,904	539	7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	73,184	21.3%	76,438	65,393	7,791	11.9%
Educational Services	13,072	3.8%	25,703	14,766	-1,694	-11.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	23,186	6.8%	23,874	24,258	-1,072	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,057	1.5%	5,006	5,561	-504	-9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,648	4.6%	15,114	16,396	-748	-4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,061	2.1%	7,701	9,301	-2,240	-24.1%
Public Administration	2,290	0.7%	3,369	3,548	-1,258	-35.5%
Information Not Available	9,542	2.8%	10,493	11,314	-1,772	-15.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,441		21,517	22,572
Male	9,188	49.8%	10,593	12,055	-2,867	-23.8%
Female	9,252	50.2%	10,923	10,516	-1,264	-12.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,441		21,517	22,572
Hispanic or Latino	3,440	18.7%	4,076	4,192	-752	-17.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,150	71.3%	15,241	16,217	-3,067	-18.9%
Information Not Available	1,851	10.0%	2,200	2,163	-312	-14.4%

Race	18,441		21,517	22,572
American Indian or Alaskan Native	339	1.8%	414	420	-81	-19.3%
Asian	451	2.4%	512	533	-82	-15.4%
Black or African American	1,296	7.0%	1,504	1,442	-146	-10.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.5%	101	80	5	6.3%
White	12,872	69.8%	15,003	15,909	-3,037	-19.1%
Information Not Available	3,398	18.4%	3,983	4,188	-790	-18.9%

Years of Age	18,441		21,517	22,572
Younger than 22	157	0.5%	210	210	-53	-25.2%
22-24	417	1.4%	488	582	-165	-28.4%
25-34	3,823	13.0%	4,490	4,872	-1,049	-21.5%
35-44	4,305	14.6%	4,917	5,227	-922	-17.6%
45-54	4,461	15.1%	5,139	5,522	-1,061	-19.2%
55-59	2,386	8.1%	2,820	2,882	-496	-17.2%
60-64	1,831	6.2%	2,099	2,131	-300	-14.1%
65 and older	1,057	3.6%	1,352	1,140	-83	-7.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	6	-2	-33.3%

Industry	18,441		21,517	22,572
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	134	0.7%	184	169	-35	-20.7%
Mining	171	0.9%	164	745	-574	-77.0%
Utilities	38	0.2%	46	45	-7	-15.6%
Construction	1,515	8.2%	1,646	2,010	-495	-24.6%
Manufacturing	1,404	7.6%	1,649	1,694	-290	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	951	5.1%	1,060	1,338	-387	-28.9%
Retail Trade	1,629	8.8%	1,846	2,104	-475	-22.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	503	2.7%	708	718	-215	-29.9%
Information	896	4.8%	955	971	-75	-7.7%
Finance and Insurance	953	5.1%	1,083	983	-30	-3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	452	2.4%	530	545	-93	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,149	11.6%	2,450	2,421	-272	-11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	214	1.2%	234	322	-108	-33.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,169	11.7%	2,477	2,486	-317	-12.8%
Educational Services	703	3.8%	846	844	-141	-16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,882	10.1%	2,288	1,958	-76	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	300	1.6%	372	352	-52	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,019	5.5%	1,425	1,217	-198	-16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	515	2.8%	549	629	-114	-18.1%
Public Administration	386	2.1%	440	450	-64	-14.2%
Information Not Available	458	2.5%	565	571	-113	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,150		40,297	33,355
Male	15,640	51.9%	18,604	17,287	-1,647	-9.5%
Female	14,510	48.1%	21,693	16,068	-1,558	-9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,150		40,297	33,355
Hispanic or Latino	4,799	15.9%	7,058	4,919	-120	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,351	84.1%	33,239	28,436	-3,085	-10.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	30,150		40,297	33,355
American Indian or Alaskan Native	116	0.4%	150	129	-13	-10.1%
Asian	604	2.0%	752	703	-99	-14.1%
Black or African American	5,398	17.9%	7,084	5,736	-338	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,717	55.4%	22,069	18,707	-1,990	-10.6%
Information Not Available	7,315	24.3%	10,242	8,080	-765	-9.5%

Years of Age	30,150		40,297	33,355
Younger than 22	516	1.2%	593	553	-37	-6.7%
22-24	1,223	2.8%	1,414	1,401	-178	-12.7%
25-34	6,732	15.3%	8,527	7,559	-827	-10.9%
35-44	5,951	13.5%	7,883	6,475	-524	-8.1%
45-54	6,985	15.9%	9,350	7,678	-693	-9.0%
55-59	3,566	8.1%	4,923	4,092	-526	-12.9%
60-64	2,933	6.7%	3,990	3,177	-244	-7.7%
65 and older	2,244	5.1%	3,617	2,420	-176	-7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,150		40,297	33,355
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	0.3%	131	105	-2	-1.9%
Mining	15	0.0%	11	3	12	400.0%
Utilities	49	0.2%	45	58	-9	-15.5%
Construction	2,714	9.0%	2,511	2,945	-231	-7.8%
Manufacturing	3,207	10.6%	3,184	3,682	-475	-12.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,356	4.5%	1,451	1,463	-107	-7.3%
Retail Trade	3,750	12.4%	4,067	4,020	-270	-6.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,385	4.6%	6,900	1,760	-375	-21.3%
Information	749	2.5%	823	686	63	9.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,356	4.5%	1,409	1,520	-164	-10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	479	1.6%	497	498	-19	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,964	6.5%	2,081	2,056	-92	-4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	305	1.0%	299	280	25	8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,271	10.8%	3,643	3,686	-415	-11.3%
Educational Services	1,255	4.1%	1,651	1,341	-86	-6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,993	13.2%	4,520	4,490	-497	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	585	1.9%	615	586	-1	-0.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,775	5.9%	4,312	2,023	-248	-12.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	996	3.3%	1,112	986	10	1.0%
Public Administration	340	1.1%	530	689	-349	-50.7%
Information Not Available	503	1.7%	505	478	25	5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,251		9,216	7,781
Male	3,680	44.6%	3,925	3,479	201	5.8%
Female	4,569	55.4%	5,291	4,302	267	6.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,251		9,216	7,781
Hispanic or Latino	616	7.5%	744	565	51	9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,592	92.0%	8,443	7,178	414	5.8%
Information Not Available	43	0.5%	29	38	5	13.2%

Race	8,251		9,216	7,781
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.4%	42	30	5	16.7%
Asian	207	2.5%	250	202	5	2.5%
Black or African American	5,570	67.5%	6,270	5,427	143	2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	23	24	-9	-37.5%
White	1,637	19.8%	1,756	1,463	174	11.9%
Information Not Available	787	9.5%	875	635	152	23.9%

Years of Age	8,251		9,216	7,781
Younger than 22	128	1.4%	139	118	10	8.5%
22-24	401	4.3%	470	410	-9	-2.2%
25-34	2,376	25.5%	2,658	2,132	244	11.4%
35-44	1,900	20.4%	2,047	1,773	127	7.2%
45-54	1,745	18.8%	1,870	1,686	59	3.5%
55-59	766	8.2%	905	772	-6	-0.8%
60-64	583	6.3%	673	581	2	0.3%
65 and older	352	3.8%	454	309	43	13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,251		9,216	7,781
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	14	0.2%	6	8	6	75.0%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	0	3	-2	-66.7%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	3	3	-2	-66.7%
Retail Trade	24	0.3%	24	19	5	26.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	10	0.1%	8	4	6	150.0%
Information	3	0.0%	2	9	-6	-66.7%
Finance and Insurance	7	0.1%	8	11	-4	-36.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	7	4	1	25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	61	0.7%	53	49	12	24.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	53	0.6%	51	53	0	0.0%
Educational Services	12	0.1%	14	10	2	20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	25	0.3%	15	14	11	78.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.0%	1	11	-8	-72.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	28	0.3%	35	20	8	40.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	16	0.2%	27	10	6	60.0%
Public Administration	3	0.0%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Information Not Available	7,985	96.8%	8,956	7,547	438	5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,167		6,040	4,720
Male	1,792	43.0%	2,468	2,002	-210	-10.5%
Female	2,118	50.8%	3,197	2,439	-321	-13.2%
Information Not Available	257	6.2%	375	279	-22	-7.9%

Ethnicity	4,167		6,040	4,720
Hispanic or Latino	301	7.2%	415	281	20	7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,609	86.6%	5,250	4,161	-552	-13.3%
Information Not Available	257	6.2%	375	279	-22	-7.9%

Race	4,167		6,040	4,720
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.4%	21	17	-2	-11.8%
Asian	83	2.0%	85	97	-14	-14.4%
Black or African American	1,835	44.0%	2,689	1,972	-137	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	4	3	-1	-33.3%
White	2,019	48.5%	2,957	2,408	-389	-16.2%
Information Not Available	213	5.1%	289	223	-10	-4.5%

Years of Age	4,167		6,040	4,720
Younger than 22	85	1.5%	106	67	18	26.9%
22-24	187	3.2%	275	236	-49	-20.8%
25-34	1,053	18.1%	1,514	1,087	-34	-3.1%
35-44	878	15.1%	1,229	980	-102	-10.4%
45-54	868	14.9%	1,307	1,119	-251	-22.4%
55-59	460	7.9%	674	580	-120	-20.7%
60-64	365	6.3%	532	363	2	0.6%
65 and older	233	4.0%	338	238	-5	-2.1%
Information Not Available	38	0.7%	65	50	-12	-24.0%

Industry	4,167		6,040	4,720
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.1%	4	13	-7	-53.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	8	0.2%	13	11	-3	-27.3%
Construction	214	5.1%	255	238	-24	-10.1%
Manufacturing	270	6.5%	367	331	-61	-18.4%
Wholesale Trade	148	3.5%	175	168	-20	-11.9%
Retail Trade	575	13.8%	870	712	-137	-19.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	147	3.5%	239	187	-40	-21.4%
Information	66	1.6%	87	65	1	1.5%
Finance and Insurance	389	9.3%	532	488	-99	-20.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	2.0%	108	103	-21	-20.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	349	8.4%	475	360	-11	-3.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.5%	36	11	8	72.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	726	17.4%	1,109	772	-46	-6.0%
Educational Services	125	3.0%	207	101	24	23.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	520	12.5%	783	609	-89	-14.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	37	0.9%	57	60	-23	-38.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	355	8.5%	534	317	38	12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86	2.1%	125	116	-30	-25.9%
Public Administration	34	0.8%	51	41	-7	-17.1%
Information Not Available	11	0.3%	11	17	-6	-35.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,271		54,113	51,476
Male	21,836	46.2%	24,168	23,996	-2,160	-9.0%
Female	25,406	53.7%	29,891	27,250	-1,844	-6.8%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	54	230	-201	-87.4%

Ethnicity	47,271		54,113	51,476
Hispanic or Latino	12,063	25.5%	14,274	13,145	-1,082	-8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,737	67.1%	35,774	33,993	-2,256	-6.6%
Information Not Available	3,471	7.3%	4,065	4,338	-867	-20.0%

Race	47,271		54,113	51,476
American Indian or Alaskan Native	259	0.5%	316	322	-63	-19.6%
Asian	763	1.6%	826	781	-18	-2.3%
Black or African American	13,544	28.7%	15,663	13,604	-60	-0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	270	0.6%	202	256	14	5.5%
White	27,703	58.6%	31,410	30,952	-3,249	-10.5%
Information Not Available	4,732	10.0%	5,696	5,561	-829	-14.9%

Years of Age	47,271		54,113	51,476
Younger than 22	381	0.5%	478	506	-125	-24.7%
22-24	1,236	1.7%	1,473	1,473	-237	-16.1%
25-34	8,832	12.4%	10,082	9,893	-1,061	-10.7%
35-44	9,457	13.3%	10,990	10,127	-670	-6.6%
45-54	10,375	14.6%	12,183	11,222	-847	-7.5%
55-59	5,382	7.6%	6,180	5,654	-272	-4.8%
60-64	4,012	5.7%	4,456	4,100	-88	-2.1%
65 and older	3,100	4.4%	3,559	3,071	29	0.9%
Information Not Available	4,496	6.3%	4,712	5,430	-934	-17.2%

Industry	47,271		54,113	51,476
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,277	4.6%	2,541	2,594	-317	-12.2%
Mining	36	0.1%	55	172	-136	-79.1%
Utilities	78	0.2%	91	51	27	52.9%
Construction	2,377	4.8%	2,888	2,627	-250	-9.5%
Manufacturing	2,213	4.5%	2,265	2,457	-244	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,916	3.9%	1,959	2,128	-212	-10.0%
Retail Trade	4,269	8.6%	4,900	4,825	-556	-11.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,281	2.6%	2,096	1,459	-178	-12.2%
Information	770	1.6%	894	955	-185	-19.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,898	3.8%	2,108	1,919	-21	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	909	1.8%	993	1,179	-270	-22.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,351	6.8%	3,856	3,738	-387	-10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	457	0.9%	451	442	15	3.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,395	16.9%	9,380	8,444	-49	-0.6%
Educational Services	1,478	3.0%	2,003	1,667	-189	-11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,762	9.6%	5,120	4,854	-92	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,145	2.3%	1,235	1,183	-38	-3.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,541	7.1%	4,499	3,987	-446	-11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,171	2.4%	1,446	1,347	-176	-13.1%
Public Administration	584	1.2%	678	635	-51	-8.0%
Information Not Available	4,363	8.8%	4,655	4,813	-450	-9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,114		29,037	29,871
Male	12,367	44.0%	12,674	13,454	-1,087	-8.1%
Female	14,247	50.7%	14,821	14,929	-682	-4.6%
Information Not Available	1,500	5.3%	1,542	1,488	12	0.8%

Ethnicity	28,114		29,037	29,871
Hispanic or Latino	20	0.1%	11	42	-22	-52.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,594	94.6%	27,484	28,341	-1,747	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1,500	5.3%	1,542	1,488	12	0.8%

Race	28,114		29,037	29,871
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.4%	127	110	0	0.0%
Asian	440	1.6%	465	445	-5	-1.1%
Black or African American	15,987	56.9%	16,469	16,358	-371	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,077	35.8%	10,434	11,470	-1,393	-12.1%
Information Not Available	1,500	5.3%	1,542	1,488	12	0.8%

Years of Age	28,114		29,037	29,871
Younger than 22	485	1.3%	501	548	-63	-11.5%
22-24	1,100	3.0%	1,186	1,302	-202	-15.5%
25-34	6,816	18.8%	7,018	7,361	-545	-7.4%
35-44	6,843	18.9%	7,057	7,474	-631	-8.4%
45-54	6,849	18.9%	7,065	7,204	-355	-4.9%
55-59	2,864	7.9%	2,987	2,909	-45	-1.5%
60-64	1,959	5.4%	2,006	1,903	56	2.9%
65 and older	1,198	3.3%	1,217	1,169	29	2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	28,114		29,037	29,871
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	418	1.5%	333	372	46	12.4%
Mining	19	0.1%	11	11	8	72.7%
Utilities	30	0.1%	26	20	10	50.0%
Construction	1,123	3.9%	1,196	1,064	59	5.5%
Manufacturing	2,001	7.0%	1,695	2,296	-295	-12.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,097	3.8%	1,158	1,596	-499	-31.3%
Retail Trade	2,017	7.1%	2,176	2,267	-250	-11.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	507	1.8%	551	563	-56	-9.9%
Information	466	1.6%	509	566	-100	-17.7%
Finance and Insurance	705	2.5%	809	895	-190	-21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	339	1.2%	316	368	-29	-7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,063	17.7%	5,136	5,266	-203	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	33	45	-15	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	81	0.3%	96	95	-14	-14.7%
Educational Services	664	2.3%	720	791	-127	-16.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,301	4.6%	1,363	1,573	-272	-17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,129	4.0%	1,207	1,192	-63	-5.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	330	1.2%	231	183	147	80.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	352	1.2%	365	454	-102	-22.5%
Public Administration	330	1.2%	301	297	33	11.1%
Information Not Available	10,112	35.4%	10,805	9,957	155	1.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,178		7,212	7,092
Male	4,966	69.2%	4,959	4,690	276	5.9%
Female	2,210	30.8%	2,252	2,401	-191	-8.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	7,178		7,212	7,092
Hispanic or Latino	518	7.2%	530	484	34	7.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,788	66.7%	4,765	4,800	-12	-0.3%
Information Not Available	1,872	26.1%	1,917	1,808	64	3.5%

Race	7,178		7,212	7,092
American Indian or Alaskan Native	44	0.6%	53	56	-12	-21.4%
Asian	2,273	31.7%	2,219	2,196	77	3.5%
Black or African American	129	1.8%	127	117	12	10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,336	32.5%	2,351	2,291	45	2.0%
White	1,503	20.9%	1,516	1,520	-17	-1.1%
Information Not Available	893	12.4%	946	912	-19	-2.1%

Years of Age	7,178		7,212	7,092
Younger than 22	122	1.5%	110	148	-26	-17.6%
22-24	275	3.4%	279	294	-19	-6.5%
25-34	1,550	19.3%	1,598	1,619	-69	-4.3%
35-44	1,712	21.3%	1,712	1,586	126	7.9%
45-54	1,691	21.1%	1,639	1,611	80	5.0%
55-59	737	9.2%	757	775	-38	-4.9%
60-64	652	8.1%	662	634	18	2.8%
65 and older	439	5.5%	455	425	14	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,178		7,212	7,092
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	158	2.2%	132	152	6	3.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	12	9	1	11.1%
Construction	2,665	36.3%	2,659	2,334	331	14.2%
Manufacturing	143	1.9%	123	161	-18	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	88	1.2%	94	114	-26	-22.8%
Retail Trade	334	4.6%	326	411	-77	-18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	174	2.4%	185	185	-11	-5.9%
Information	219	3.0%	190	89	130	146.1%
Finance and Insurance	67	0.9%	72	70	-3	-4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	91	1.2%	87	98	-7	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	252	3.4%	269	298	-46	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.5%	43	32	5	15.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	768	10.5%	742	732	36	4.9%
Educational Services	60	0.8%	59	66	-6	-9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	306	4.2%	335	321	-15	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	53	0.7%	54	63	-10	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	587	8.0%	546	755	-168	-22.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	139	1.9%	140	144	-5	-3.5%
Public Administration	100	1.4%	128	122	-22	-18.0%
Information Not Available	927	12.6%	1,016	934	-7	-0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,363		15,500	14,674
Male	7,165	53.6%	7,743	8,300	-1,135	-13.7%
Female	6,046	45.2%	7,578	6,206	-160	-2.6%
Information Not Available	152	1.1%	179	168	-16	-9.5%

Ethnicity	13,363		15,500	14,674
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	13,363	100.0%	15,500	14,674	-1,311	-8.9%

Race	13,363		15,500	14,674
American Indian or Alaskan Native	199	1.5%	229	112	87	77.7%
Asian	200	1.5%	208	107	93	86.9%
Black or African American	1,066	8.0%	1,238	610	456	74.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,825	66.0%	9,671	5,599	3,226	57.6%
Information Not Available	3,073	23.0%	4,154	8,246	-5,173	-62.7%

Years of Age	13,363		15,500	14,674
Younger than 22	247	1.2%	274	241	6	2.5%
22-24	524	2.5%	565	608	-84	-13.8%
25-34	2,911	13.9%	3,260	3,253	-342	-10.5%
35-44	3,027	14.4%	3,457	3,279	-252	-7.7%
45-54	3,080	14.7%	3,501	3,498	-418	-11.9%
55-59	1,666	7.9%	1,903	1,776	-110	-6.2%
60-64	1,196	5.7%	1,470	1,236	-40	-3.2%
65 and older	710	3.4%	1,068	782	-72	-9.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%

Industry	13,363		15,500	14,674
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	136	1.0%	155	178	-42	-23.6%
Mining	10	0.1%	7	18	-8	-44.4%
Utilities	20	0.1%	25	28	-8	-28.6%
Construction	1,809	13.4%	1,694	1,803	6	0.3%
Manufacturing	2,790	20.7%	2,908	3,805	-1,015	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	673	5.0%	696	857	-184	-21.5%
Retail Trade	1,273	9.4%	1,323	1,259	14	1.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	424	3.1%	1,057	532	-108	-20.3%
Information	470	3.5%	505	488	-18	-3.7%
Finance and Insurance	516	3.8%	544	592	-76	-12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	130	1.0%	153	169	-39	-23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	694	5.1%	829	666	28	4.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.4%	56	47	5	10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,338	9.9%	1,402	1,313	25	1.9%
Educational Services	334	2.5%	411	349	-15	-4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,269	9.4%	1,662	1,194	75	6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	0.8%	144	119	-11	-9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	669	5.0%	1,095	655	14	2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	348	2.6%	500	295	53	18.0%
Public Administration	198	1.5%	201	173	25	14.5%
Information Not Available	102	0.8%	133	134	-32	-23.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,808		5,044	5,191
Male	1,933	50.8%	2,454	2,813	-880	-31.3%
Female	1,874	49.2%	2,589	2,378	-504	-21.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,808		5,044	5,191
Hispanic or Latino	415	10.9%	482	516	-101	-19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,839	74.6%	3,836	3,653	-814	-22.3%
Information Not Available	554	14.5%	726	1,022	-468	-45.8%

Race	3,808		5,044	5,191
American Indian or Alaskan Native	213	3.5%	269	276	-63	-22.8%
Asian	108	1.8%	109	139	-31	-22.3%
Black or African American	95	1.6%	110	102	-7	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.8%	71	42	9	21.4%
White	4,545	75.2%	7,782	6,569	-2,024	-30.8%
Information Not Available	1,029	17.0%	1,327	1,224	-195	-15.9%

Years of Age	3,808		5,044	5,191
Younger than 22	49	0.6%	72	93	-44	-47.3%
22-24	130	1.6%	165	162	-32	-19.8%
25-34	722	9.0%	854	933	-211	-22.6%
35-44	876	11.0%	1,040	1,089	-213	-19.6%
45-54	895	11.2%	1,203	1,236	-341	-27.6%
55-59	491	6.1%	672	699	-208	-29.8%
60-64	363	4.5%	502	481	-118	-24.5%
65 and older	280	3.5%	534	490	-210	-42.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	8	-6	-75.0%

Industry	3,808		5,044	5,191
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	1.6%	116	100	-40	-40.0%
Mining	21	0.5%	25	51	-30	-58.8%
Utilities	3	0.1%	8	11	-8	-72.7%
Construction	315	8.1%	356	421	-106	-25.2%
Manufacturing	443	11.5%	589	850	-407	-47.9%
Wholesale Trade	241	6.2%	240	289	-48	-16.6%
Retail Trade	444	11.5%	523	519	-75	-14.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	109	2.8%	575	154	-45	-29.2%
Information	80	2.1%	78	89	-9	-10.1%
Finance and Insurance	149	3.9%	161	173	-24	-13.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39	1.0%	54	52	-13	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	273	7.1%	330	343	-70	-20.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.4%	20	19	-4	-21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	359	9.3%	469	472	-113	-23.9%
Educational Services	112	2.9%	128	151	-39	-25.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	489	12.6%	606	508	-19	-3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	47	1.2%	38	52	-5	-9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	193	5.0%	229	229	-36	-15.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95	2.5%	134	98	-3	-3.1%
Public Administration	115	3.0%	124	144	-29	-20.1%
Information Not Available	206	5.3%	241	466	-260	-55.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	89,306		102,903	94,483
Male	47,143	52.8%	50,853	50,561	-3,418	-6.8%
Female	41,455	46.4%	51,396	43,305	-1,850	-4.3%
Information Not Available	708	0.8%	654	617	91	14.7%

Ethnicity	89,306		102,903	94,483
Hispanic or Latino	10,695	12.0%	12,722	11,246	-551	-4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,461	77.8%	79,058	73,393	-3,932	-5.4%
Information Not Available	9,150	10.2%	11,123	9,844	-694	-7.0%

Race	89,306		102,903	94,483
American Indian or Alaskan Native	391	0.4%	493	432	-41	-9.5%
Asian	2,396	2.7%	2,728	2,649	-253	-9.6%
Black or African American	26,523	29.7%	29,926	27,522	-999	-3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	209	0.2%	218	202	7	3.5%
White	51,160	57.3%	59,589	55,090	-3,930	-7.1%
Information Not Available	8,627	9.7%	9,949	8,588	39	0.5%

Years of Age	89,306		102,903	94,483
Younger than 22	1,182	0.9%	1,160	1,377	-195	-14.2%
22-24	3,152	2.4%	3,476	3,692	-540	-14.6%
25-34	20,439	15.4%	22,609	21,754	-1,315	-6.0%
35-44	20,986	15.8%	23,755	22,270	-1,284	-5.8%
45-54	21,443	16.1%	24,829	22,674	-1,231	-5.4%
55-59	10,519	7.9%	12,322	11,098	-579	-5.2%
60-64	7,506	5.6%	9,122	7,793	-287	-3.7%
65 and older	4,079	3.1%	5,630	3,825	254	6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	89,306		102,903	94,483
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	182	0.2%	280	253	-71	-28.1%
Mining	210	0.2%	253	290	-80	-27.6%
Utilities	138	0.2%	114	174	-36	-20.7%
Construction	8,994	10.1%	8,590	9,074	-80	-0.9%
Manufacturing	8,806	9.8%	8,844	11,120	-2,314	-20.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,669	5.2%	5,172	4,712	-43	-0.9%
Retail Trade	8,412	9.4%	8,949	7,821	591	7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,898	4.4%	8,774	4,386	-488	-11.1%
Information	1,952	2.2%	2,062	2,094	-142	-6.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,779	4.2%	4,367	3,492	287	8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,368	1.5%	1,464	1,355	13	1.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,738	7.5%	7,262	6,861	-123	-1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	991	1.1%	1,066	672	319	47.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,583	14.1%	14,087	13,724	-1,141	-8.3%
Educational Services	3,156	3.5%	3,937	3,708	-552	-14.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,904	7.7%	7,862	7,599	-695	-9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	915	1.0%	1,069	955	-40	-4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,118	5.7%	7,746	5,349	-231	-4.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,475	2.8%	2,850	2,648	-173	-6.5%
Public Administration	2,332	2.6%	2,259	2,381	-49	-2.1%
Information Not Available	5,686	6.4%	5,896	5,815	-129	-2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,688		14,899	19,470
Male	7,100	51.9%	7,791	10,821	-3,721	-34.4%
Female	6,497	47.5%	7,016	8,563	-2,066	-24.1%
Information Not Available	91	0.7%	92	86	5	5.8%

Ethnicity	13,688		14,899	19,470
Hispanic or Latino	592	4.3%	602	860	-268	-31.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,394	75.9%	11,376	14,843	-4,449	-30.0%
Information Not Available	2,702	19.7%	2,921	3,767	-1,065	-28.3%

Race	13,688		14,899	19,470
American Indian or Alaskan Native	70	0.5%	65	85	-15	-17.6%
Asian	106	0.8%	138	166	-60	-36.1%
Black or African American	2,473	18.1%	2,699	3,527	-1,054	-29.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	18	18	5	27.8%
White	10,050	73.4%	11,001	14,345	-4,295	-29.9%
Information Not Available	966	7.1%	978	1,329	-363	-27.3%

Years of Age	13,688		14,899	19,470
Younger than 22	119	0.5%	136	207	-88	-42.5%
22-24	358	1.6%	412	594	-236	-39.7%
25-34	2,661	11.8%	2,994	4,278	-1,617	-37.8%
35-44	3,384	15.0%	3,738	4,838	-1,454	-30.1%
45-54	3,579	15.9%	3,827	4,927	-1,348	-27.4%
55-59	1,791	8.0%	1,894	2,344	-553	-23.6%
60-64	1,228	5.5%	1,305	1,571	-343	-21.8%
65 and older	568	2.5%	593	711	-143	-20.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,688		14,899	19,470
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.2%	28	51	-28	-54.9%
Mining	10	0.1%	14	46	-36	-78.3%
Utilities	25	0.2%	33	34	-9	-26.5%
Construction	1,379	10.1%	1,699	2,147	-768	-35.8%
Manufacturing	2,540	18.5%	2,552	4,337	-1,797	-41.4%
Wholesale Trade	559	4.1%	607	796	-237	-29.8%
Retail Trade	1,617	11.8%	1,833	1,380	237	17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	527	3.8%	500	685	-158	-23.1%
Information	275	2.0%	292	296	-21	-7.1%
Finance and Insurance	461	3.4%	487	688	-227	-33.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	218	1.6%	249	271	-53	-19.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	747	5.4%	817	1,015	-268	-26.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	1.1%	166	126	29	23.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,302	9.5%	1,458	1,917	-615	-32.1%
Educational Services	442	3.2%	468	684	-242	-35.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,179	8.6%	1,231	1,554	-375	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105	0.8%	119	155	-50	-32.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	420	3.1%	508	644	-224	-34.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	406	3.0%	396	514	-108	-21.0%
Public Administration	135	1.0%	119	176	-41	-23.3%
Information Not Available	1,163	8.5%	1,323	1,954	-791	-40.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,579		12,205	10,857
Male	5,178	54.1%	6,662	5,953	-775	-13.0%
Female	4,401	45.9%	5,543	4,904	-503	-10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,579		12,205	10,857
Hispanic or Latino	679	7.1%	946	769	-90	-11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,707	49.1%	7,000	5,537	-830	-15.0%
Information Not Available	4,193	43.8%	4,259	4,551	-358	-7.9%

Race	9,579		12,205	10,857
American Indian or Alaskan Native	140	1.5%	172	175	-35	-20.0%
Asian	95	1.0%	148	174	-79	-45.4%
Black or African American	2,478	25.9%	2,735	2,296	182	7.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	24	27	-12	-44.4%
White	6,321	66.0%	8,520	7,534	-1,213	-16.1%
Information Not Available	530	5.5%	606	651	-121	-18.6%

Years of Age	9,579		12,205	10,857
Younger than 22	136	0.9%	176	191	-55	-28.8%
22-24	350	2.3%	426	455	-105	-23.1%
25-34	2,032	13.5%	2,681	2,540	-508	-20.0%
35-44	2,377	15.8%	3,086	2,568	-191	-7.4%
45-54	2,300	15.3%	2,879	2,521	-221	-8.8%
55-59	1,126	7.5%	1,380	1,278	-152	-11.9%
60-64	835	5.5%	997	843	-8	-0.9%
65 and older	423	2.8%	580	461	-38	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,579		12,205	10,857
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.5%	48	41	3	7.3%
Mining	62	0.6%	88	130	-68	-52.3%
Utilities	13	0.1%	12	17	-4	-23.5%
Construction	1,185	12.3%	1,133	1,139	46	4.0%
Manufacturing	1,072	11.1%	3,098	1,414	-342	-24.2%
Wholesale Trade	405	4.2%	538	673	-268	-39.8%
Retail Trade	714	7.4%	789	919	-205	-22.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	272	2.8%	456	374	-102	-27.3%
Information	201	2.1%	228	305	-104	-34.1%
Finance and Insurance	311	3.2%	312	352	-41	-11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	169	1.8%	184	159	10	6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	667	6.9%	791	861	-194	-22.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.6%	52	37	17	45.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,155	12.0%	1,320	1,280	-125	-9.8%
Educational Services	204	2.1%	269	344	-140	-40.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,118	11.6%	1,211	1,169	-51	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	52	0.5%	54	70	-18	-25.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	386	4.0%	609	433	-47	-10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	211	2.2%	223	231	-20	-8.7%
Public Administration	249	2.6%	266	262	-13	-5.0%
Information Not Available	1,035	10.8%	524	647	388	60.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,843		19,044	18,682
Male	8,760	55.3%	10,120	11,157	-2,397	-21.5%
Female	7,083	44.7%	8,907	7,525	-442	-5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	17	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,843		19,044	18,682
Hispanic or Latino	32	0.2%	34	28	4	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	459	2.9%	511	637	-178	-27.9%
Information Not Available	15,352	96.9%	18,499	18,017	-2,665	-14.8%

Race	15,843		19,044	18,682
American Indian or Alaskan Native	133	0.8%	185	125	8	6.4%
Asian	37	0.2%	56	37	0	0.0%
Black or African American	2,531	16.0%	3,287	2,424	107	4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	9	23	-9	-39.1%
White	12,949	81.7%	15,275	15,857	-2,908	-18.3%
Information Not Available	179	1.1%	232	216	-37	-17.1%

Years of Age	15,843		19,044	18,682
Younger than 22	244	0.9%	262	268	-24	-9.0%
22-24	455	1.7%	739	656	-201	-30.6%
25-34	3,565	13.1%	3,932	3,965	-400	-10.1%
35-44	3,941	14.5%	4,813	4,773	-832	-17.4%
45-54	3,849	14.1%	4,525	4,542	-693	-15.3%
55-59	1,589	5.8%	2,174	1,930	-341	-17.7%
60-64	1,530	5.6%	1,525	1,533	-3	-0.2%
65 and older	652	2.4%	1,074	1,011	-359	-35.5%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	0	4	14	350.0%

Industry	15,843		19,044	18,682
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	0.3%	30	83	-37	-44.6%
Mining	188	1.2%	133	660	-472	-71.5%
Utilities	37	0.2%	34	28	9	32.1%
Construction	1,479	9.3%	1,598	2,054	-575	-28.0%
Manufacturing	3,514	22.1%	4,202	3,370	144	4.3%
Wholesale Trade	822	5.2%	902	900	-78	-8.7%
Retail Trade	1,171	7.4%	1,581	1,228	-57	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	689	4.3%	795	752	-63	-8.4%
Information	349	2.2%	305	365	-16	-4.4%
Finance and Insurance	625	3.9%	649	545	80	14.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	188	1.2%	249	231	-43	-18.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	891	5.6%	1,096	1,076	-185	-17.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	156	1.0%	99	60	96	160.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,387	8.7%	1,706	2,128	-741	-34.8%
Educational Services	496	3.1%	576	863	-367	-42.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,617	10.2%	1,912	1,791	-174	-9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	188	1.2%	254	175	13	7.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	707	4.4%	1,040	609	98	16.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	234	1.5%	335	522	-288	-55.2%
Public Administration	308	1.9%	438	309	-1	-0.3%
Information Not Available	751	4.7%	1,110	933	-182	-19.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,429		22,188	25,695
Male	8,964	46.1%	9,559	13,928	-4,964	-35.6%
Female	10,420	53.6%	12,575	11,741	-1,321	-11.3%
Information Not Available	45	0.2%	54	26	19	73.1%

Ethnicity	19,429		22,188	25,695
Hispanic or Latino	752	3.9%	780	1,062	-310	-29.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,181	93.6%	20,980	24,628	-6,447	-26.2%
Information Not Available	496	2.6%	428	5	491	9820.0%

Race	19,429		22,188	25,695
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	0.6%	119	153	-45	-29.4%
Asian	107	0.6%	131	212	-105	-49.5%
Black or African American	9,752	50.2%	11,408	13,041	-3,289	-25.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	281	1.4%	345	42	239	569.0%
White	7,659	39.4%	8,637	11,861	-4,202	-35.4%
Information Not Available	1,522	7.8%	1,548	386	1,136	294.3%

Years of Age	19,429		22,188	25,695
Younger than 22	374	1.5%	402	568	-194	-34.2%
22-24	843	3.3%	913	1,202	-359	-29.9%
25-34	4,820	18.8%	5,469	6,617	-1,797	-27.2%
35-44	4,764	18.6%	5,240	6,116	-1,352	-22.1%
45-54	4,203	16.4%	4,895	5,761	-1,558	-27.0%
55-59	2,057	8.0%	2,447	2,578	-521	-20.2%
60-64	1,471	5.7%	1,709	1,733	-262	-15.1%
65 and older	897	3.5%	1,113	1,120	-223	-19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,429		22,188	25,695
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.6%	132	148	-29	-19.6%
Mining	254	1.3%	242	1,077	-823	-76.4%
Utilities	48	0.2%	37	56	-8	-14.3%
Construction	3,292	16.8%	3,105	3,796	-504	-13.3%
Manufacturing	1,369	7.0%	1,387	2,573	-1,204	-46.8%
Wholesale Trade	491	2.5%	514	812	-321	-39.5%
Retail Trade	1,495	7.6%	1,510	2,306	-811	-35.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	724	3.7%	944	1,103	-379	-34.4%
Information	228	1.2%	256	487	-259	-53.2%
Finance and Insurance	437	2.2%	432	462	-25	-5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	319	1.6%	325	576	-257	-44.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	893	4.6%	1,045	1,423	-530	-37.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.3%	69	97	-29	-29.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,610	8.2%	1,736	2,128	-518	-24.3%
Educational Services	515	2.6%	792	612	-97	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,003	10.2%	2,311	2,540	-537	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	281	1.4%	307	418	-137	-32.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,550	7.9%	1,746	2,070	-520	-25.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	499	2.6%	617	728	-229	-31.5%
Public Administration	274	1.4%	412	426	-152	-35.7%
Information Not Available	2,960	15.1%	4,269	1,857	1,103	59.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,327		58,827	48,519
Male	24,917	52.6%	28,781	26,428	-1,511	-5.7%
Female	22,407	47.3%	30,040	22,091	316	1.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	6	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,327		58,827	48,519
Hispanic or Latino	6,183	13.1%	7,928	6,256	-73	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,340	81.0%	47,469	39,172	-832	-2.1%
Information Not Available	2,804	5.9%	3,430	3,091	-287	-9.3%

Race	47,327		58,827	48,519
American Indian or Alaskan Native	232	0.5%	276	225	7	3.1%
Asian	1,915	4.0%	2,259	2,089	-174	-8.3%
Black or African American	5,092	10.8%	6,489	5,101	-9	-0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	104	0.2%	140	120	-16	-13.3%
White	33,169	70.1%	41,102	34,171	-1,002	-2.9%
Information Not Available	6,815	14.4%	8,561	6,813	2	0.0%

Years of Age	47,327		58,827	48,519
Younger than 22	641	0.8%	763	737	-96	-13.0%
22-24	1,825	2.4%	2,131	1,984	-159	-8.0%
25-34	10,593	13.9%	12,009	10,864	-271	-2.5%
35-44	9,928	13.1%	11,976	10,206	-278	-2.7%
45-54	11,332	14.9%	14,241	11,922	-590	-4.9%
55-59	5,579	7.3%	7,193	5,690	-111	-2.0%
60-64	4,426	5.8%	5,796	4,190	236	5.6%
65 and older	3,003	3.9%	4,718	2,926	77	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,327		58,827	48,519
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	280	0.6%	249	232	48	20.7%
Mining	20	0.0%	19	23	-3	-13.0%
Utilities	213	0.4%	205	177	36	20.3%
Construction	3,816	8.0%	3,859	4,723	-907	-19.2%
Manufacturing	4,312	9.1%	4,492	5,067	-755	-14.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,631	5.5%	2,711	2,500	131	5.2%
Retail Trade	4,373	9.2%	4,809	4,302	71	1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,494	3.1%	5,717	1,320	174	13.2%
Information	1,353	2.8%	1,416	1,361	-8	-0.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,164	4.5%	2,154	2,130	34	1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	832	1.7%	882	868	-36	-4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,065	10.6%	5,340	4,921	144	2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	304	0.6%	326	273	31	11.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,640	9.7%	5,015	5,204	-564	-10.8%
Educational Services	1,374	2.9%	1,743	1,339	35	2.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,526	11.6%	6,447	5,071	455	9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	587	1.2%	681	518	69	13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,968	6.2%	5,782	2,742	226	8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,687	5.6%	3,039	2,831	-144	-5.1%
Public Administration	1,298	2.7%	1,975	1,317	-19	-1.4%
Information Not Available	1,390	2.9%	1,966	1,600	-210	-13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,085		36,534	32,425
Male	11,222	37.3%	13,140	12,991	-1,769	-13.6%
Female	11,539	38.4%	15,316	12,406	-867	-7.0%
Information Not Available	7,324	24.3%	8,078	7,028	296	4.2%

Ethnicity	30,085		36,534	32,425
Hispanic or Latino	1,093	3.6%	1,210	1,208	-115	-9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,842	69.3%	26,335	23,487	-2,645	-11.3%
Information Not Available	8,150	27.1%	8,989	7,730	420	5.4%

Race	30,085		36,534	32,425
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	0.4%	117	100	9	9.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	11,130	37.0%	13,776	12,006	-876	-7.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.1%	51	41	2	4.9%
White	9,560	31.8%	12,391	11,340	-1,780	-15.7%
Information Not Available	9,243	30.7%	10,199	8,938	305	3.4%

Years of Age	30,085		36,534	32,425
Younger than 22	381	1.0%	441	433	-52	-12.0%
22-24	936	2.5%	1,150	1,117	-181	-16.2%
25-34	5,809	15.4%	6,623	6,535	-726	-11.1%
35-44	4,875	12.9%	5,865	5,419	-544	-10.0%
45-54	5,090	13.5%	6,395	5,791	-701	-12.1%
55-59	2,531	6.7%	3,283	2,699	-168	-6.2%
60-64	1,812	4.8%	2,512	1,911	-99	-5.2%
65 and older	1,327	3.5%	2,187	1,491	-164	-11.0%
Information Not Available	7,324	19.4%	8,078	7,029	295	4.2%

Industry	30,085		36,534	32,425
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.1%	44	40	-22	-55.0%
Mining	7	0.0%	8	28	-21	-75.0%
Utilities	33	0.1%	36	53	-20	-37.7%
Construction	2,226	7.4%	2,340	2,567	-341	-13.3%
Manufacturing	209	0.7%	204	383	-174	-45.4%
Wholesale Trade	919	3.1%	907	1,179	-260	-22.1%
Retail Trade	1,029	3.4%	1,094	1,101	-72	-6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	640	2.1%	2,973	587	53	9.0%
Information	485	1.6%	520	424	61	14.4%
Finance and Insurance	943	3.1%	990	866	77	8.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	543	1.8%	576	569	-26	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,506	8.3%	2,662	2,677	-171	-6.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	0.4%	136	84	29	34.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,146	10.5%	3,621	3,726	-580	-15.6%
Educational Services	952	3.2%	1,407	1,049	-97	-9.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,550	8.5%	3,099	2,643	-93	-3.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	311	1.0%	375	290	21	7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,343	4.5%	2,277	1,611	-268	-16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	693	2.3%	751	793	-100	-12.6%
Public Administration	504	1.7%	531	477	27	5.7%
Information Not Available	10,915	36.3%	11,983	11,278	-363	-3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,178		3,834	3,717
Male	1,600	50.3%	1,842	1,997	-397	-19.9%
Female	1,578	49.7%	1,992	1,720	-142	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,178		3,834	3,717
Hispanic or Latino	65	2.0%	48	44	21	47.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,781	87.5%	3,387	3,284	-503	-15.3%
Information Not Available	332	10.4%	399	389	-57	-14.7%

Race	3,178		3,834	3,717
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	1.1%	54	49	-14	-28.6%
Asian	20	0.6%	26	16	4	25.0%
Black or African American	65	2.0%	61	55	10	18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	2,911	91.6%	3,538	3,408	-497	-14.6%
Information Not Available	147	4.6%	155	189	-42	-22.2%

Years of Age	3,178		3,834	3,717
Younger than 22	78	1.4%	91	91	-13	-14.3%
22-24	116	2.0%	118	160	-44	-27.5%
25-34	622	10.8%	762	736	-114	-15.5%
35-44	641	11.1%	786	728	-87	-12.0%
45-54	809	14.1%	895	912	-103	-11.3%
55-59	401	7.0%	526	505	-104	-20.6%
60-64	333	5.8%	389	380	-47	-12.4%
65 and older	178	3.1%	267	205	-27	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,178		3,834	3,717
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48	1.5%	85	69	-21	-30.4%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	5	0.2%	5	15	-10	-66.7%
Construction	149	4.6%	176	232	-83	-35.8%
Manufacturing	285	8.8%	351	494	-209	-42.3%
Wholesale Trade	108	3.3%	111	123	-15	-12.2%
Retail Trade	350	10.8%	408	343	7	2.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	66	2.0%	213	92	-26	-28.3%
Information	39	1.2%	35	37	2	5.4%
Finance and Insurance	70	2.2%	73	82	-12	-14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	31	1.0%	33	40	-9	-22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	143	4.4%	148	183	-40	-21.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.3%	7	13	-2	-15.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	253	7.8%	263	308	-55	-17.9%
Educational Services	98	3.0%	140	84	14	16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	377	11.7%	482	387	-10	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34	1.1%	40	36	-2	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	168	5.2%	223	193	-25	-13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	63	2.0%	89	93	-30	-32.3%
Public Administration	64	2.0%	78	67	-3	-4.5%
Information Not Available	816	25.3%	874	825	-9	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,380		53,056	47,082
Male	25,392	52.5%	24,993	24,914	478	1.9%
Female	21,714	44.9%	26,765	20,664	1,050	5.1%
Information Not Available	1,274	2.6%	1,298	1,504	-230	-15.3%

Ethnicity	48,380		53,056	47,082
Hispanic or Latino	1,824	3.8%	2,170	1,651	173	10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,316	79.2%	41,913	36,813	1,503	4.1%
Information Not Available	8,240	17.0%	8,973	8,618	-378	-4.4%

Race	48,380		53,056	47,082
American Indian or Alaskan Native	308	0.6%	384	392	-84	-21.4%
Asian	630	1.3%	690	571	59	10.3%
Black or African American	11,180	23.1%	12,637	9,642	1,538	16.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.1%	37	70	-3	-4.3%
White	26,000	53.7%	27,699	25,937	63	0.2%
Information Not Available	10,195	21.1%	11,609	10,470	-275	-2.6%

Years of Age	48,380		53,056	47,082
Younger than 22	802	1.1%	896	723	79	10.9%
22-24	2,091	3.0%	2,399	2,143	-52	-2.4%
25-34	11,277	15.9%	13,080	10,820	457	4.2%
35-44	11,033	15.6%	12,055	10,857	176	1.6%
45-54	12,154	17.2%	12,382	12,095	59	0.5%
55-59	5,703	8.1%	6,192	5,473	230	4.2%
60-64	3,573	5.0%	4,008	3,273	300	9.2%
65 and older	1,747	2.5%	2,044	1,698	49	2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,380		53,056	47,082
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	260	0.5%	289	260	0	0.0%
Mining	52	0.1%	62	229	-177	-77.3%
Utilities	65	0.1%	54	78	-13	-16.7%
Construction	2,565	5.3%	2,531	3,269	-704	-21.5%
Manufacturing	8,110	16.7%	9,106	7,375	735	10.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,478	15.4%	4,708	5,373	2,105	39.2%
Retail Trade	2,805	5.8%	3,171	2,697	108	4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,338	2.8%	1,733	1,335	3	0.2%
Information	779	1.6%	935	643	136	21.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,282	2.6%	1,309	1,173	109	9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	564	1.2%	644	649	-85	-13.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,969	8.2%	4,594	4,056	-87	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,809	3.7%	1,445	1,214	595	49.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,027	10.3%	5,849	5,087	-60	-1.2%
Educational Services	1,130	2.3%	1,494	1,484	-354	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,944	8.1%	6,030	4,462	-518	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	424	0.9%	776	507	-83	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,705	3.5%	2,298	1,841	-136	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,225	2.5%	1,548	1,363	-138	-10.1%
Public Administration	636	1.3%	969	648	-12	-1.9%
Information Not Available	3,213	6.6%	3,511	3,339	-126	-3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,696		28,229	26,415
Male	13,564	54.9%	14,663	15,249	-1,685	-11.0%
Female	11,125	45.0%	13,557	11,161	-36	-0.3%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	9	5	2	40.0%

Ethnicity	24,696		28,229	26,415
Hispanic or Latino	927	3.8%	1,158	1,031	-104	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,207	85.9%	24,164	22,530	-1,323	-5.9%
Information Not Available	2,562	10.4%	2,907	2,854	-292	-10.2%

Race	24,696		28,229	26,415
American Indian or Alaskan Native	363	1.5%	409	404	-41	-10.1%
Asian	745	3.0%	884	925	-180	-19.5%
Black or African American	2,351	9.5%	2,611	2,480	-129	-5.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.3%	70	70	-5	-7.1%
White	18,820	76.2%	21,581	20,194	-1,374	-6.8%
Information Not Available	2,352	9.5%	2,674	2,342	10	0.4%

Years of Age	24,696		28,229	26,415
Younger than 22	299	0.7%	301	336	-37	-11.0%
22-24	798	1.9%	820	988	-190	-19.2%
25-34	5,490	13.4%	6,201	6,008	-518	-8.6%
35-44	5,403	13.1%	6,224	5,739	-336	-5.9%
45-54	5,702	13.9%	6,559	6,333	-631	-10.0%
55-59	3,255	7.9%	3,770	3,383	-128	-3.8%
60-64	2,426	5.9%	2,803	2,394	32	1.3%
65 and older	1,314	3.2%	1,548	1,230	84	6.8%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	3	4	5	125.0%

Industry	24,696		28,229	26,415
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	150	0.6%	202	171	-21	-12.3%
Mining	51	0.2%	30	111	-60	-54.1%
Utilities	67	0.3%	116	119	-52	-43.7%
Construction	2,783	11.2%	2,687	3,529	-746	-21.1%
Manufacturing	3,203	12.9%	3,720	4,126	-923	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,336	5.4%	1,413	1,392	-56	-4.0%
Retail Trade	2,187	8.8%	2,290	1,982	205	10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	690	2.8%	870	700	-10	-1.4%
Information	667	2.7%	725	661	6	0.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,025	4.1%	1,025	848	177	20.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	407	1.6%	402	457	-50	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,051	8.3%	2,187	1,989	62	3.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	568	2.3%	575	594	-26	-4.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,175	8.8%	2,433	2,230	-55	-2.5%
Educational Services	999	4.0%	1,258	1,088	-89	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,557	10.3%	2,756	2,507	50	2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	313	1.3%	382	301	12	4.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,244	5.0%	2,108	1,343	-99	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	864	3.5%	1,502	872	-8	-0.9%
Public Administration	436	1.8%	576	478	-42	-8.8%
Information Not Available	923	3.7%	972	917	6	0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,745		28,285	24,889
Male	10,276	49.5%	12,476	12,224	-1,948	-15.9%
Female	10,439	50.3%	15,770	12,594	-2,155	-17.1%
Information Not Available	30	0.1%	39	71	-41	-57.7%

Ethnicity	20,745		28,285	24,889
Hispanic or Latino	843	4.1%	1,106	1,059	-216	-20.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,104	77.6%	21,902	19,745	-3,641	-18.4%
Information Not Available	3,798	18.3%	5,277	4,085	-287	-7.0%

Race	20,745		28,285	24,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	0.6%	171	163	-40	-24.5%
Asian	166	0.8%	216	170	-4	-2.4%
Black or African American	4,821	23.2%	6,994	5,933	-1,112	-18.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	183	0.9%	316	1,092	-909	-83.2%
White	12,939	62.4%	17,193	15,971	-3,032	-19.0%
Information Not Available	2,513	12.1%	3,395	1,560	953	61.1%

Years of Age	20,745		28,285	24,889
Younger than 22	300	0.9%	368	479	-179	-37.4%
22-24	788	2.5%	980	1,042	-254	-24.4%
25-34	4,546	14.2%	5,902	5,815	-1,269	-21.8%
35-44	4,832	15.1%	6,350	5,801	-969	-16.7%
45-54	4,901	15.3%	6,684	5,939	-1,038	-17.5%
55-59	2,484	7.8%	3,474	2,887	-403	-14.0%
60-64	1,732	5.4%	2,495	1,841	-109	-5.9%
65 and older	1,162	3.6%	2,032	1,085	77	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,745		28,285	24,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	116	0.6%	111	142	-26	-18.3%
Mining	30	0.1%	30	75	-45	-60.0%
Utilities	34	0.2%	25	49	-15	-30.6%
Construction	2,126	10.2%	2,042	2,049	77	3.8%
Manufacturing	2,214	10.6%	2,968	3,142	-928	-29.5%
Wholesale Trade	973	4.7%	1,090	1,220	-247	-20.2%
Retail Trade	2,128	10.2%	2,653	2,650	-522	-19.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	715	3.4%	2,823	899	-184	-20.5%
Information	488	2.3%	564	537	-49	-9.1%
Finance and Insurance	722	3.5%	745	864	-142	-16.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	356	1.7%	465	395	-39	-9.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,524	7.3%	1,657	1,629	-105	-6.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	129	0.6%	129	120	9	7.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,570	12.3%	3,246	3,489	-919	-26.3%
Educational Services	571	2.7%	798	771	-200	-25.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,622	12.6%	3,170	3,032	-410	-13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	192	0.9%	286	256	-64	-25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,300	6.2%	3,245	1,686	-386	-22.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	532	2.6%	704	561	-29	-5.2%
Public Administration	200	1.0%	234	275	-75	-27.3%
Information Not Available	1,203	5.8%	1,300	1,048	155	14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,157		12,841	11,809
Male	4,660	45.9%	5,218	5,946	-1,286	-21.6%
Female	5,482	54.0%	7,607	5,834	-352	-6.0%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	16	29	-14	-48.3%

Ethnicity	10,157		12,841	11,809
Hispanic or Latino	207	2.0%	236	185	22	11.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,576	94.3%	12,196	11,026	-1,450	-13.2%
Information Not Available	374	3.7%	409	598	-224	-37.5%

Race	10,157		12,841	11,809
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.3%	52	44	-10	-22.7%
Asian	52	0.5%	33	94	-42	-44.7%
Black or African American	6,041	59.5%	8,164	6,772	-731	-10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.4%	21	45	0	0.0%
White	3,708	36.5%	4,241	4,561	-853	-18.7%
Information Not Available	277	2.7%	330	293	-16	-5.5%

Years of Age	10,157		12,841	11,809
Younger than 22	143	1.1%	151	193	-50	-25.9%
22-24	425	3.2%	534	591	-166	-28.1%
25-34	2,509	19.1%	3,142	3,176	-667	-21.0%
35-44	2,592	19.7%	3,199	2,951	-359	-12.2%
45-54	2,295	17.5%	2,772	2,518	-223	-8.9%
55-59	998	7.6%	1,331	1,135	-137	-12.1%
60-64	726	5.5%	993	782	-56	-7.2%
65 and older	469	3.6%	719	463	6	1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,157		12,841	11,809
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.9%	82	71	24	33.8%
Mining	32	0.3%	33	67	-35	-52.2%
Utilities	23	0.2%	15	15	8	53.3%
Construction	478	4.7%	500	558	-80	-14.3%
Manufacturing	1,327	12.9%	1,282	1,640	-313	-19.1%
Wholesale Trade	307	3.0%	270	269	38	14.1%
Retail Trade	1,014	9.9%	1,085	1,090	-76	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	254	2.5%	279	246	8	3.3%
Information	166	1.6%	176	89	77	86.5%
Finance and Insurance	155	1.5%	131	173	-18	-10.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	119	1.2%	118	126	-7	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	394	3.8%	419	411	-17	-4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	103	1.0%	136	172	-69	-40.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,008	9.8%	1,169	1,191	-183	-15.4%
Educational Services	318	3.1%	400	319	-1	-0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,082	10.6%	2,811	1,088	-6	-0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	0.6%	64	79	-18	-22.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	687	6.7%	942	727	-40	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	119	1.2%	127	170	-51	-30.0%
Public Administration	192	1.9%	191	204	-12	-5.9%
Information Not Available	2,223	21.7%	2,611	3,104	-881	-28.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,753		4,175	3,776
Male	2,122	56.5%	1,950	2,170	-48	-2.2%
Female	1,627	43.4%	2,219	1,598	29	1.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	6	8	-4	-50.0%

Ethnicity	3,753		4,175	3,776
Hispanic or Latino	192	5.1%	204	184	8	4.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,390	90.3%	3,774	3,409	-19	-0.6%
Information Not Available	171	4.6%	197	183	-12	-6.6%

Race	3,753		4,175	3,776
American Indian or Alaskan Native	450	12.0%	623	401	49	12.2%
Asian	25	0.7%	22	14	11	78.6%
Black or African American	54	1.4%	57	49	5	10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.4%	18	10	4	40.0%
White	3,155	84.1%	3,395	3,244	-89	-2.7%
Information Not Available	55	1.5%	60	58	-3	-5.2%

Years of Age	3,753		4,175	3,776
Younger than 22	47	0.7%	48	70	-23	-32.9%
22-24	142	2.2%	123	148	-6	-4.1%
25-34	827	12.7%	841	903	-76	-8.4%
35-44	865	13.3%	891	761	104	13.7%
45-54	814	12.5%	967	904	-90	-10.0%
55-59	457	7.0%	513	466	-9	-1.9%
60-64	380	5.8%	479	315	65	20.6%
65 and older	221	3.4%	313	209	12	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,753		4,175	3,776
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	1.6%	42	59	1	1.7%
Mining	39	1.0%	44	86	-47	-54.7%
Utilities	14	0.4%	16	12	2	16.7%
Construction	592	15.5%	545	596	-4	-0.7%
Manufacturing	230	6.0%	228	256	-26	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	97	2.5%	97	116	-19	-16.4%
Retail Trade	363	9.5%	373	398	-35	-8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	132	3.5%	217	161	-29	-18.0%
Information	54	1.4%	66	55	-1	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	77	2.0%	88	71	6	8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	63	1.7%	45	44	19	43.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	224	5.9%	251	216	8	3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.2%	9	4	2	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	384	10.1%	277	336	48	14.3%
Educational Services	149	3.9%	171	120	29	24.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	372	9.8%	676	341	31	9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	91	2.4%	83	147	-56	-38.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	405	10.6%	395	419	-14	-3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	87	2.3%	105	101	-14	-13.9%
Public Administration	234	6.1%	374	169	65	38.5%
Information Not Available	80	2.1%	73	69	11	15.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,581		22,312	22,703
Male	9,256	47.3%	10,205	10,903	-1,647	-15.1%
Female	10,314	52.7%	12,096	11,784	-1,470	-12.5%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	11	16	-5	-31.3%

Ethnicity	19,581		22,312	22,703
Hispanic or Latino	955	4.9%	1,097	1,121	-166	-14.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,203	93.0%	20,730	21,022	-2,819	-13.4%
Information Not Available	423	2.2%	485	560	-137	-24.5%

Race	19,581		22,312	22,703
American Indian or Alaskan Native	291	1.5%	353	311	-20	-6.4%
Asian	443	2.3%	303	312	131	42.0%
Black or African American	8,265	42.2%	10,046	9,860	-1,595	-16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	255	1.3%	41	46	209	454.3%
White	9,071	46.3%	10,134	10,776	-1,705	-15.8%
Information Not Available	1,256	6.4%	1,435	1,398	-142	-10.2%

Years of Age	19,581		22,312	22,703
Younger than 22	252	0.9%	289	335	-83	-24.8%
22-24	689	2.5%	804	928	-239	-25.8%
25-34	4,683	17.1%	5,439	5,659	-976	-17.2%
35-44	4,884	17.9%	5,344	5,677	-793	-14.0%
45-54	4,957	18.1%	5,629	5,635	-678	-12.0%
55-59	2,128	7.8%	2,406	2,379	-251	-10.6%
60-64	1,298	4.7%	1,526	1,371	-73	-5.3%
65 and older	690	2.5%	875	719	-29	-4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,581		22,312	22,703
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	98	0.5%	130	108	-10	-9.3%
Mining	8	0.0%	5	5	3	60.0%
Utilities	21	0.1%	19	14	7	50.0%
Construction	1,120	5.7%	1,166	1,209	-89	-7.4%
Manufacturing	2,540	12.9%	2,686	3,446	-906	-26.3%
Wholesale Trade	908	4.6%	975	1,070	-162	-15.1%
Retail Trade	1,759	8.9%	1,833	2,111	-352	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	419	2.1%	574	491	-72	-14.7%
Information	454	2.3%	527	409	45	11.0%
Finance and Insurance	805	4.1%	876	709	96	13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	275	1.4%	299	331	-56	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,403	7.1%	1,555	1,501	-98	-6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	150	0.8%	168	115	35	30.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,264	16.6%	4,090	3,659	-395	-10.8%
Educational Services	662	3.4%	907	868	-206	-23.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,823	9.3%	2,081	2,201	-378	-17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	109	0.6%	174	150	-41	-27.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	929	4.7%	1,337	1,167	-238	-20.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	443	2.3%	489	443	0	0.0%
Public Administration	423	2.1%	407	425	-2	-0.5%
Information Not Available	1,968	10.0%	2,014	2,271	-303	-13.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,798		2,398	2,419
Male	1,123	62.5%	1,428	1,649	-526	-31.9%
Female	675	37.5%	970	769	-94	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	1,798		2,398	2,419
Hispanic or Latino	67	3.7%	107	137	-70	-51.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,678	93.3%	2,224	2,204	-526	-23.9%
Information Not Available	53	2.9%	67	78	-25	-32.1%

Race	1,798		2,398	2,419
American Indian or Alaskan Native	138	7.7%	250	146	-8	-5.5%
Asian	7	0.4%	13	20	-13	-65.0%
Black or African American	96	5.3%	120	166	-70	-42.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.2%	5	7	-4	-57.1%
White	1,434	79.8%	1,836	1,865	-431	-23.1%
Information Not Available	120	6.7%	174	215	-95	-44.2%

Years of Age	1,798		2,398	2,419
Younger than 22	15	0.5%	24	24	-9	-37.5%
22-24	51	1.7%	64	73	-22	-30.1%
25-34	371	12.2%	484	615	-244	-39.7%
35-44	401	13.2%	537	555	-154	-27.7%
45-54	436	14.3%	584	559	-123	-22.0%
55-59	240	7.9%	314	276	-36	-13.0%
60-64	190	6.2%	236	205	-15	-7.3%
65 and older	94	3.1%	155	112	-18	-16.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,798		2,398	2,419
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	1.0%	56	40	-21	-52.5%
Mining	69	3.8%	77	307	-238	-77.5%
Utilities	17	0.9%	17	10	7	70.0%
Construction	372	20.5%	418	358	14	3.9%
Manufacturing	129	7.1%	285	230	-101	-43.9%
Wholesale Trade	125	6.9%	130	260	-135	-51.9%
Retail Trade	161	8.9%	172	162	-1	-0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	98	5.4%	182	207	-109	-52.7%
Information	22	1.2%	30	35	-13	-37.1%
Finance and Insurance	57	3.1%	63	43	14	32.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	35	1.9%	38	55	-20	-36.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	102	5.6%	113	103	-1	-1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.8%	17	5	10	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	82	4.5%	76	97	-15	-15.5%
Educational Services	5	0.3%	4	7	-2	-28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	118	6.5%	149	120	-2	-1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.2%	5	4	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	73	4.0%	124	94	-21	-22.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41	2.3%	61	43	-2	-4.7%
Public Administration	160	8.8%	216	146	14	9.6%
Information Not Available	94	5.2%	165	93	1	1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,780		4,708	3,454
Male	1,821	48.2%	1,961	1,621	200	12.3%
Female	1,729	45.7%	2,513	1,565	164	10.5%
Information Not Available	230	6.1%	234	268	-38	-14.2%

Ethnicity	3,780		4,708	3,454
Hispanic or Latino	241	6.4%	340	239	2	0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,004	79.5%	3,708	2,602	402	15.4%
Information Not Available	535	14.2%	660	613	-78	-12.7%

Race	3,780		4,708	3,454
American Indian or Alaskan Native	63	1.7%	79	64	-1	-1.6%
Asian	74	2.0%	68	97	-23	-23.7%
Black or African American	446	11.8%	647	398	48	12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	8	10	-6	-60.0%
White	2,700	71.4%	3,221	2,322	378	16.3%
Information Not Available	493	13.0%	685	563	-70	-12.4%

Years of Age	3,780		4,708	3,454
Younger than 22	29	0.5%	31	24	5	20.8%
22-24	68	1.1%	96	87	-19	-21.8%
25-34	784	12.9%	951	733	51	7.0%
35-44	933	15.3%	1,057	824	109	13.2%
45-54	870	14.3%	1,067	889	-19	-2.1%
55-59	479	7.9%	611	420	59	14.0%
60-64	394	6.5%	476	313	81	25.9%
65 and older	223	3.7%	419	164	59	36.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,780		4,708	3,454
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.7%	41	28	-1	-3.6%
Mining	7	0.2%	2	11	-4	-36.4%
Utilities	3	0.1%	4	2	1	50.0%
Construction	353	9.3%	379	364	-11	-3.0%
Manufacturing	627	16.5%	468	475	152	32.0%
Wholesale Trade	156	4.1%	173	163	-7	-4.3%
Retail Trade	395	10.4%	414	317	78	24.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	91	2.4%	502	132	-41	-31.1%
Information	98	2.6%	104	74	24	32.4%
Finance and Insurance	180	4.7%	204	198	-18	-9.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.3%	51	42	6	14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	195	5.1%	225	192	3	1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	1.3%	60	55	-4	-7.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	342	9.0%	358	324	18	5.6%
Educational Services	87	2.3%	107	97	-10	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	431	11.3%	575	345	86	24.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	1.5%	63	34	25	73.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	180	4.7%	490	171	9	5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	91	2.4%	89	79	12	15.2%
Public Administration	92	2.4%	108	97	-5	-5.2%
Information Not Available	267	7.0%	291	254	13	5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,238		4,100	3,438
Male	1,610	49.7%	1,857	1,816	-206	-11.3%
Female	1,610	49.7%	2,224	1,595	15	0.9%
Information Not Available	18	0.6%	19	27	-9	-33.3%

Ethnicity	3,238		4,100	3,438
Hispanic or Latino	146	4.5%	140	118	28	23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,701	83.4%	3,436	2,932	-231	-7.9%
Information Not Available	391	12.1%	524	388	3	0.8%

Race	3,238		4,100	3,438
American Indian or Alaskan Native	10	0.3%	11	19	-9	-47.4%
Asian	80	2.5%	74	70	10	14.3%
Black or African American	73	2.3%	84	66	7	10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	7	5	-1	-20.0%
White	2,819	87.1%	3,647	3,017	-198	-6.6%
Information Not Available	252	7.8%	277	261	-9	-3.4%

Years of Age	3,238		4,100	3,438
Younger than 22	24	0.4%	30	21	3	14.3%
22-24	58	1.0%	69	68	-10	-14.7%
25-34	480	8.5%	577	565	-85	-15.0%
35-44	614	10.9%	819	650	-36	-5.5%
45-54	904	16.0%	1,043	909	-5	-0.6%
55-59	509	9.0%	673	541	-32	-5.9%
60-64	416	7.4%	541	436	-20	-4.6%
65 and older	233	4.1%	348	248	-15	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,238		4,100	3,438
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.6%	21	17	4	23.5%
Mining	2	0.1%	4	4	-2	-50.0%
Utilities	8	0.2%	9	9	-1	-11.1%
Construction	51	1.6%	57	75	-24	-32.0%
Manufacturing	380	11.7%	424	370	10	2.7%
Wholesale Trade	192	5.9%	210	214	-22	-10.3%
Retail Trade	200	6.1%	215	211	-11	-5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	73	2.2%	521	59	14	23.7%
Information	58	1.8%	63	46	12	26.1%
Finance and Insurance	132	4.1%	122	146	-14	-9.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	34	1.0%	32	42	-8	-19.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	246	7.5%	236	253	-7	-2.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	1.2%	46	34	5	14.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	437	13.4%	460	452	-15	-3.3%
Educational Services	137	4.2%	193	161	-24	-14.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	334	10.2%	390	319	15	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	40	1.2%	37	77	-37	-48.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	46	1.4%	137	47	-1	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	100	3.1%	135	102	-2	-2.0%
Public Administration	37	1.1%	51	49	-12	-24.5%
Information Not Available	671	20.6%	737	751	-80	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	81,298		103,673	83,124
Male	42,206	51.9%	46,556	43,764	-1,558	-3.6%
Female	39,092	48.1%	57,117	39,360	-268	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	81,298		103,673	83,124
Hispanic or Latino	16,202	19.9%	21,071	16,946	-744	-4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,720	69.8%	71,800	57,573	-853	-1.5%
Information Not Available	8,376	10.3%	10,802	8,605	-229	-2.7%

Race	81,298		103,673	83,124
American Indian or Alaskan Native	432	0.5%	465	396	36	9.1%
Asian	3,342	4.1%	3,962	3,328	14	0.4%
Black or African American	20,484	25.2%	25,097	20,390	94	0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	535	0.7%	619	515	20	3.9%
White	44,614	54.9%	59,384	46,307	-1,693	-3.7%
Information Not Available	11,891	14.6%	14,146	12,188	-297	-2.4%

Years of Age	81,298		103,673	83,124
Younger than 22	2,691	2.2%	2,705	1,765	926	52.5%
22-24	4,818	4.0%	5,133	4,352	466	10.7%
25-34	19,988	16.7%	22,275	20,402	-414	-2.0%
35-44	16,569	13.8%	19,942	17,026	-457	-2.7%
45-54	17,793	14.8%	23,449	18,316	-523	-2.9%
55-59	8,526	7.1%	11,809	9,000	-474	-5.3%
60-64	6,090	5.1%	8,772	6,673	-583	-8.7%
65 and older	4,823	4.0%	9,588	5,590	-767	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	81,298		103,673	83,124
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	151	0.2%	161	168	-17	-10.1%
Mining	30	0.0%	41	42	-12	-28.6%
Utilities	150	0.2%	128	160	-10	-6.3%
Construction	6,343	7.8%	5,852	6,682	-339	-5.1%
Manufacturing	5,310	6.5%	5,499	5,624	-314	-5.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,749	5.8%	4,781	4,718	31	0.7%
Retail Trade	9,369	11.5%	9,958	9,816	-447	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,696	5.8%	9,940	4,318	378	8.8%
Information	1,711	2.1%	1,790	1,409	302	21.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,095	3.8%	3,137	3,279	-184	-5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,295	1.6%	1,422	1,272	23	1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,984	7.3%	6,355	6,167	-183	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,212	1.5%	1,552	1,209	3	0.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,766	13.2%	12,704	11,197	-431	-3.8%
Educational Services	3,414	4.2%	5,726	3,527	-113	-3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,613	10.6%	9,888	9,169	-556	-6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	889	1.1%	988	942	-53	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,147	6.3%	12,241	5,233	-86	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,042	2.5%	2,287	2,117	-75	-3.5%
Public Administration	868	1.1%	3,773	860	8	0.9%
Information Not Available	5,464	6.7%	5,450	5,215	249	4.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,958		10,872	10,528
Male	4,520	50.5%	5,304	6,148	-1,628	-26.5%
Female	4,438	49.5%	5,568	4,380	58	1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,958		10,872	10,528
Hispanic or Latino	4,274	47.7%	5,268	5,050	-776	-15.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,871	43.2%	4,616	4,450	-579	-13.0%
Information Not Available	813	9.1%	988	1,028	-215	-20.9%

Race	8,958		10,872	10,528
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,144	12.8%	1,390	1,498	-354	-23.6%
Asian	70	0.8%	83	75	-5	-6.7%
Black or African American	295	3.3%	377	332	-37	-11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	29	39	-15	-38.5%
White	5,022	56.1%	6,023	5,539	-517	-9.3%
Information Not Available	2,402	26.8%	2,970	3,045	-643	-21.1%

Years of Age	8,958		10,872	10,528
Younger than 22	181	1.4%	213	240	-59	-24.6%
22-24	427	3.2%	488	476	-49	-10.3%
25-34	2,153	16.2%	2,584	2,645	-492	-18.6%
35-44	2,033	15.3%	2,460	2,405	-372	-15.5%
45-54	1,955	14.7%	2,336	2,329	-374	-16.1%
55-59	1,008	7.6%	1,214	1,155	-147	-12.7%
60-64	710	5.4%	901	777	-67	-8.6%
65 and older	491	3.7%	676	501	-10	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,958		10,872	10,528
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	157	1.7%	133	151	6	4.0%
Mining	164	1.8%	203	842	-678	-80.5%
Utilities	36	0.4%	37	33	3	9.1%
Construction	1,123	12.3%	1,277	1,778	-655	-36.8%
Manufacturing	329	3.6%	358	514	-185	-36.0%
Wholesale Trade	270	3.0%	296	347	-77	-22.2%
Retail Trade	1,038	11.4%	1,161	1,083	-45	-4.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	201	2.2%	529	302	-101	-33.4%
Information	667	7.3%	645	328	339	103.4%
Finance and Insurance	270	3.0%	288	217	53	24.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	137	1.5%	152	207	-70	-33.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	572	6.3%	664	574	-2	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.3%	21	31	-6	-19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	805	8.8%	957	883	-78	-8.8%
Educational Services	372	4.1%	477	399	-27	-6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,222	13.4%	1,492	1,157	65	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	202	2.2%	244	207	-5	-2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	616	6.8%	960	702	-86	-12.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	198	2.2%	283	385	-187	-48.6%
Public Administration	380	4.2%	484	320	60	18.8%
Information Not Available	174	1.9%	211	68	106	155.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,165		20,211	20,225
Male	10,537	55.0%	10,915	11,147	-610	-5.5%
Female	8,533	44.5%	9,216	8,979	-446	-5.0%
Information Not Available	95	0.5%	80	99	-4	-4.0%

Ethnicity	19,165		20,211	20,225
Hispanic or Latino	4,014	20.9%	4,085	4,052	-38	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,151	63.4%	13,139	12,940	-789	-6.1%
Information Not Available	3,000	15.7%	2,987	3,233	-233	-7.2%

Race	19,165		20,211	20,225
American Indian or Alaskan Native	455	2.4%	462	501	-46	-9.2%
Asian	1,193	6.2%	1,259	1,145	48	4.2%
Black or African American	3,437	17.9%	3,709	3,316	121	3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	448	2.3%	471	472	-24	-5.1%
White	10,294	53.7%	10,977	11,411	-1,117	-9.8%
Information Not Available	3,338	17.4%	3,333	3,380	-42	-1.2%

Years of Age	19,165		20,211	20,225
Younger than 22	367	1.3%	373	387	-20	-5.2%
22-24	851	3.0%	853	838	13	1.6%
25-34	4,527	16.2%	4,787	4,884	-357	-7.3%
35-44	4,281	15.3%	4,533	4,566	-285	-6.2%
45-54	4,539	16.2%	4,624	4,731	-192	-4.1%
55-59	1,993	7.1%	2,131	2,164	-171	-7.9%
60-64	1,462	5.2%	1,496	1,423	39	2.7%
65 and older	1,145	4.1%	1,414	1,232	-87	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,165		20,211	20,225
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.1%	22	28	-4	-14.3%
Mining	80	0.4%	77	109	-29	-26.6%
Utilities	21	0.1%	20	22	-1	-4.5%
Construction	2,063	10.8%	2,076	2,171	-108	-5.0%
Manufacturing	557	2.9%	541	721	-164	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	390	2.0%	425	497	-107	-21.5%
Retail Trade	1,319	6.9%	1,382	1,518	-199	-13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	708	3.7%	861	714	-6	-0.8%
Information	200	1.0%	186	221	-21	-9.5%
Finance and Insurance	392	2.0%	422	508	-116	-22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	550	2.9%	612	607	-57	-9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	845	4.4%	938	906	-61	-6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.8%	171	160	3	1.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,087	10.9%	2,256	2,425	-338	-13.9%
Educational Services	195	1.0%	219	271	-76	-28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	986	5.1%	1,065	1,031	-45	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	297	1.5%	328	397	-100	-25.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,691	14.0%	2,674	2,734	-43	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	315	1.6%	324	351	-36	-10.3%
Public Administration	300	1.6%	414	294	6	2.0%
Information Not Available	4,982	26.0%	5,198	4,540	442	9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	121,493		151,152	125,455
Male	64,369	53.0%	74,852	66,453	-2,084	-3.1%
Female	57,110	47.0%	76,281	58,986	-1,876	-3.2%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	19	16	-2	-12.5%

Ethnicity	121,493		151,152	125,455
Hispanic or Latino	23,495	19.3%	30,367	23,609	-114	-0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,448	67.9%	101,767	85,081	-2,633	-3.1%
Information Not Available	15,547	12.8%	19,015	16,765	-1,218	-7.3%

Race	121,493		151,152	125,455
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,174	1.0%	1,340	1,125	49	4.4%
Asian	5,149	4.2%	5,898	5,240	-91	-1.7%
Black or African American	26,714	22.0%	31,668	25,770	944	3.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	776	0.6%	875	805	-29	-3.6%
White	60,707	50.0%	77,082	63,915	-3,208	-5.0%
Information Not Available	26,970	22.2%	34,286	28,600	-1,630	-5.7%

Years of Age	121,493		151,152	125,455
Younger than 22	2,558	1.5%	2,703	2,701	-143	-5.3%
22-24	6,376	3.7%	7,405	7,199	-823	-11.4%
25-34	33,665	19.4%	38,349	34,334	-669	-1.9%
35-44	26,240	15.1%	31,183	27,001	-761	-2.8%
45-54	25,883	14.9%	33,100	27,163	-1,280	-4.7%
55-59	11,836	6.8%	16,067	12,277	-441	-3.6%
60-64	8,486	4.9%	11,766	8,396	90	1.1%
65 and older	6,449	3.7%	10,579	6,384	65	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	121,493		151,152	125,455
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	202	0.2%	402	217	-15	-6.9%
Mining	59	0.0%	85	93	-34	-36.6%
Utilities	131	0.1%	131	189	-58	-30.7%
Construction	12,268	10.1%	11,646	11,904	364	3.1%
Manufacturing	6,103	5.0%	6,648	7,391	-1,288	-17.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,818	4.0%	4,924	5,430	-612	-11.3%
Retail Trade	11,672	9.6%	12,666	11,992	-320	-2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,453	3.7%	16,380	4,600	-147	-3.2%
Information	5,921	4.9%	6,429	4,862	1,059	21.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,286	4.3%	5,291	5,948	-662	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,517	2.1%	2,785	2,578	-61	-2.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,689	8.0%	10,221	10,125	-436	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	868	0.7%	914	867	1	0.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,165	13.3%	17,633	16,648	-483	-2.9%
Educational Services	4,796	3.9%	6,599	5,351	-555	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,120	11.6%	17,052	13,784	336	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,199	2.6%	3,884	3,545	-346	-9.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,441	6.9%	15,152	8,297	144	1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,509	2.9%	4,075	3,951	-442	-11.2%
Public Administration	2,658	2.2%	3,636	2,673	-15	-0.6%
Information Not Available	4,618	3.8%	4,599	5,010	-392	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,437		49,251	47,587
Male	26,300	56.6%	25,328	28,463	-2,163	-7.6%
Female	19,952	43.0%	23,731	18,935	1,017	5.4%
Information Not Available	185	0.4%	192	189	-4	-2.1%

Ethnicity	46,437		49,251	47,587
Hispanic or Latino	1,658	3.6%	1,684	1,376	282	20.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,339	91.2%	45,046	43,943	-1,604	-3.7%
Information Not Available	2,440	5.3%	2,521	2,268	172	7.6%

Race	46,437		49,251	47,587
American Indian or Alaskan Native	214	0.5%	236	217	-3	-1.4%
Asian	419	0.9%	418	339	80	23.6%
Black or African American	8,947	19.3%	9,951	8,497	450	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	77	0.2%	73	53	24	45.3%
White	34,062	73.4%	35,822	36,028	-1,966	-5.5%
Information Not Available	2,718	5.9%	2,751	2,453	265	10.8%

Years of Age	46,437		49,251	47,587
Younger than 22	618	0.8%	666	784	-166	-21.2%
22-24	1,560	2.0%	1,623	1,687	-127	-7.5%
25-34	9,301	12.2%	10,242	9,698	-397	-4.1%
35-44	10,661	13.9%	11,096	11,009	-348	-3.2%
45-54	12,109	15.8%	12,571	12,446	-337	-2.7%
55-59	6,251	8.2%	6,446	6,019	232	3.9%
60-64	4,074	5.3%	4,340	4,039	35	0.9%
65 and older	1,863	2.4%	2,267	1,905	-42	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,437		49,251	47,587
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	136	0.3%	153	144	-8	-5.6%
Mining	108	0.2%	98	322	-214	-66.5%
Utilities	105	0.2%	99	104	1	1.0%
Construction	5,034	10.8%	4,897	7,403	-2,369	-32.0%
Manufacturing	12,508	26.9%	9,738	9,465	3,043	32.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,270	4.9%	2,359	2,662	-392	-14.7%
Retail Trade	2,097	4.5%	2,256	2,227	-130	-5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,899	4.1%	3,038	1,602	297	18.5%
Information	889	1.9%	942	717	172	24.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,719	3.7%	1,821	1,487	232	15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	672	1.4%	748	785	-113	-14.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,127	6.7%	3,279	3,336	-209	-6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	882	1.9%	1,057	819	63	7.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,905	10.5%	5,426	5,652	-747	-13.2%
Educational Services	1,224	2.6%	1,618	1,549	-325	-21.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,287	9.2%	5,771	4,339	-52	-1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	393	0.8%	447	416	-23	-5.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,442	3.1%	2,261	1,523	-81	-5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,019	2.2%	1,293	1,128	-109	-9.7%
Public Administration	297	0.6%	272	364	-67	-18.4%
Information Not Available	1,424	3.1%	1,678	1,543	-119	-7.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,293		15,091	19,641
Male	7,354	51.5%	7,568	11,443	-4,089	-35.7%
Female	6,908	48.3%	7,493	8,159	-1,251	-15.3%
Information Not Available	31	0.2%	30	39	-8	-20.5%

Ethnicity	14,293		15,091	19,641
Hispanic or Latino	1,064	7.4%	1,138	1,712	-648	-37.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,229	92.6%	13,953	17,929	-4,700	-26.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,293		15,091	19,641
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,529	10.7%	1,546	1,847	-318	-17.2%
Asian	156	1.1%	170	177	-21	-11.9%
Black or African American	2,430	17.0%	2,526	2,881	-451	-15.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	30	31	-8	-25.8%
White	8,515	59.6%	9,087	12,503	-3,988	-31.9%
Information Not Available	1,640	11.5%	1,732	2,202	-562	-25.5%

Years of Age	14,293		15,091	19,641
Younger than 22	221	1.0%	206	269	-48	-17.8%
22-24	538	2.5%	548	741	-203	-27.4%
25-34	3,290	15.2%	3,368	4,583	-1,293	-28.2%
35-44	3,439	15.8%	3,541	4,689	-1,250	-26.7%
45-54	3,326	15.3%	3,573	4,612	-1,286	-27.9%
55-59	1,592	7.3%	1,783	2,206	-614	-27.8%
60-64	1,109	5.1%	1,180	1,564	-455	-29.1%
65 and older	778	3.6%	892	977	-199	-20.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,293		15,091	19,641
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	64	0.4%	66	58	6	10.3%
Mining	459	3.2%	420	1,153	-694	-60.2%
Utilities	48	0.3%	43	110	-62	-56.4%
Construction	1,343	9.4%	1,359	1,841	-498	-27.1%
Manufacturing	1,319	9.2%	1,373	2,902	-1,583	-54.5%
Wholesale Trade	789	5.5%	790	1,052	-263	-25.0%
Retail Trade	1,497	10.4%	1,593	1,671	-174	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	298	2.1%	330	432	-134	-31.0%
Information	396	2.8%	376	422	-26	-6.2%
Finance and Insurance	478	3.3%	471	462	16	3.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	238	1.7%	272	435	-197	-45.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,071	7.5%	1,118	1,132	-61	-5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	70	0.5%	72	76	-6	-7.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,715	11.9%	2,042	2,397	-682	-28.5%
Educational Services	383	2.7%	472	715	-332	-46.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,652	11.5%	1,616	1,705	-53	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	142	1.0%	163	138	4	2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	806	5.6%	902	715	91	12.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	434	3.0%	396	507	-73	-14.4%
Public Administration	609	4.2%	691	994	-385	-38.7%
Information Not Available	482	3.4%	526	724	-242	-33.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,357		25,833	23,914
Male	12,184	52.2%	12,707	13,156	-972	-7.4%
Female	11,167	47.8%	13,126	10,757	410	3.8%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	0	1	5	500.0%

Ethnicity	23,357		25,833	23,914
Hispanic or Latino	2,297	9.8%	2,854	2,259	38	1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,630	79.8%	20,471	18,834	-204	-1.1%
Information Not Available	2,430	10.4%	2,508	2,821	-391	-13.9%

Race	23,357		25,833	23,914
American Indian or Alaskan Native	300	1.3%	290	283	17	6.0%
Asian	606	2.6%	644	730	-124	-17.0%
Black or African American	503	2.2%	611	547	-44	-8.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	140	0.6%	177	201	-61	-30.3%
White	14,267	61.1%	15,785	13,797	470	3.4%
Information Not Available	7,541	32.3%	8,326	8,356	-815	-9.8%

Years of Age	23,357		25,833	23,914
Younger than 22	268	0.8%	283	278	-10	-3.6%
22-24	751	2.1%	781	766	-15	-2.0%
25-34	5,439	15.3%	5,783	5,485	-46	-0.8%
35-44	5,733	16.1%	6,209	5,693	40	0.7%
45-54	5,384	15.1%	6,005	5,709	-325	-5.7%
55-59	2,697	7.6%	3,003	2,859	-162	-5.7%
60-64	1,977	5.5%	2,341	2,032	-55	-2.7%
65 and older	1,108	3.1%	1,428	1,092	16	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,357		25,833	23,914
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	467	2.0%	512	518	-51	-9.8%
Mining	19	0.1%	32	50	-31	-62.0%
Utilities	50	0.2%	47	66	-16	-24.2%
Construction	1,904	8.0%	1,889	1,861	43	2.3%
Manufacturing	2,886	12.1%	3,026	3,671	-785	-21.4%
Wholesale Trade	978	4.1%	1,068	943	35	3.7%
Retail Trade	2,311	9.7%	2,381	2,291	20	0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	628	2.6%	1,196	549	79	14.4%
Information	855	3.6%	789	674	181	26.9%
Finance and Insurance	737	3.1%	715	698	39	5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	394	1.7%	387	410	-16	-3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,488	6.2%	1,540	1,433	55	3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	288	1.2%	300	316	-28	-8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,285	9.6%	2,323	2,439	-154	-6.3%
Educational Services	721	3.0%	808	719	2	0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,049	12.8%	4,006	2,707	342	12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	246	1.0%	286	244	2	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,625	6.8%	1,874	1,600	25	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	696	2.9%	774	682	14	2.1%
Public Administration	541	2.3%	671	524	17	3.2%
Information Not Available	1,189	5.0%	1,209	1,519	-330	-21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	94,700		126,385	103,000
Male	49,562	52.3%	59,193	57,920	-8,358	-14.4%
Female	45,120	47.6%	67,175	45,073	47	0.1%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	17	7	11	157.1%

Ethnicity	94,700		126,385	103,000
Hispanic or Latino	6,950	7.3%	8,191	6,209	741	11.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,936	88.6%	113,548	92,940	-9,004	-9.7%
Information Not Available	3,814	4.0%	4,646	3,851	-37	-1.0%

Race	94,700		126,385	103,000
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	0.2%	316	282	-55	-19.5%
Asian	45	0.0%	62	65	-20	-30.8%
Black or African American	18,151	19.2%	22,652	17,847	304	1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,469	1.6%	1,521	1,300	169	13.0%
White	64,234	67.8%	89,210	73,731	-9,497	-12.9%
Information Not Available	10,574	11.2%	12,624	9,775	799	8.2%

Years of Age	94,700		126,385	103,000
Younger than 22	1,955	1.3%	2,097	1,930	25	1.3%
22-24	4,293	2.8%	4,717	4,874	-581	-11.9%
25-34	22,042	14.6%	26,072	24,049	-2,007	-8.3%
35-44	19,497	12.9%	24,941	21,456	-1,959	-9.1%
45-54	22,030	14.6%	28,565	23,899	-1,869	-7.8%
55-59	10,886	7.2%	15,331	11,842	-956	-8.1%
60-64	8,143	5.4%	11,980	8,914	-771	-8.6%
65 and older	5,854	3.9%	12,682	6,036	-182	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	94,700		126,385	103,000
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	255	0.3%	264	244	11	4.5%
Mining	435	0.5%	527	1,688	-1,253	-74.2%
Utilities	242	0.3%	253	259	-17	-6.6%
Construction	9,364	9.9%	8,628	11,195	-1,831	-16.4%
Manufacturing	11,747	12.4%	12,795	15,753	-4,006	-25.4%
Wholesale Trade	3,504	3.7%	3,569	4,057	-553	-13.6%
Retail Trade	10,692	11.3%	11,517	9,964	728	7.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,530	5.8%	20,369	5,684	-154	-2.7%
Information	1,662	1.8%	1,697	1,526	136	8.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,322	3.5%	3,442	3,229	93	2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,225	1.3%	1,302	1,340	-115	-8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,064	6.4%	6,850	6,192	-128	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	741	0.8%	837	888	-147	-16.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,295	10.8%	12,530	10,579	-284	-2.7%
Educational Services	2,799	2.9%	4,146	3,012	-213	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,466	14.2%	15,875	13,239	227	1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,395	1.5%	1,519	1,336	59	4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,876	6.2%	13,277	6,032	-156	-2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,428	2.6%	2,800	2,540	-112	-4.4%
Public Administration	1,082	1.1%	1,275	1,086	-4	-0.4%
Information Not Available	2,576	2.7%	2,913	3,157	-581	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,675		26,004	19,489
Male	6,918	44.1%	12,138	10,238	-3,320	-32.4%
Female	8,757	55.9%	13,866	9,251	-494	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,675		26,004	19,489
Hispanic or Latino	15,455	98.6%	25,596	19,191	-3,736	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76	0.5%	114	99	-23	-23.2%
Information Not Available	144	0.9%	294	199	-55	-27.6%

Race	15,675		26,004	19,489
American Indian or Alaskan Native	133	0.8%	275	243	-110	-45.3%
Asian	26	0.2%	61	26	0	0.0%
Black or African American	938	6.0%	1,340	969	-31	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	23	9	9	100.0%
White	3,294	21.0%	5,377	4,417	-1,123	-25.4%
Information Not Available	11,266	71.9%	18,928	13,825	-2,559	-18.5%

Years of Age	15,675		26,004	19,489
Younger than 22	241	1.3%	542	524	-283	-54.0%
22-24	661	3.6%	1,371	1,250	-589	-47.1%
25-34	4,116	22.6%	7,154	5,593	-1,477	-26.4%
35-44	4,179	23.0%	6,697	5,070	-891	-17.6%
45-54	3,710	20.4%	5,838	4,102	-392	-9.6%
55-59	1,397	7.7%	2,148	1,485	-88	-5.9%
60-64	793	4.4%	1,319	906	-113	-12.5%
65 and older	573	3.2%	926	551	22	4.0%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	9	8	-3	-37.5%

Industry	15,675		26,004	19,489
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	764	4.6%	1,037	1,184	-420	-35.5%
Mining	8	0.0%	11	14	-6	-42.9%
Utilities	9	0.1%	22	6	3	50.0%
Construction	850	5.2%	1,712	1,894	-1,044	-55.1%
Manufacturing	1,765	10.7%	2,153	2,121	-356	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	291	1.8%	533	484	-193	-39.9%
Retail Trade	1,100	6.7%	2,174	1,773	-673	-38.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	272	1.7%	537	326	-54	-16.6%
Information	187	1.1%	323	288	-101	-35.1%
Finance and Insurance	151	0.9%	287	391	-240	-61.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	134	0.8%	224	222	-88	-39.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	562	3.4%	923	992	-430	-43.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.3%	80	13	32	246.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,871	11.4%	3,239	2,702	-831	-30.8%
Educational Services	2,331	14.2%	3,020	2,105	226	10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	953	5.8%	1,671	1,640	-687	-41.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	0.4%	83	109	-50	-45.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	624	3.8%	1,037	1,302	-678	-52.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	158	1.0%	281	251	-93	-37.1%
Public Administration	3,151	19.2%	5,918	1,036	2,115	204.2%
Information Not Available	390	2.4%	739	636	-246	-38.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,377		9,091	7,027
Male	3,106	48.7%	3,467	3,529	-423	-12.0%
Female	3,271	51.3%	5,624	3,498	-227	-6.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,377		9,091	7,027
Hispanic or Latino	1,106	17.3%	1,534	1,193	-87	-7.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,012	62.9%	5,572	4,460	-448	-10.0%
Information Not Available	1,259	19.7%	1,985	1,374	-115	-8.4%

Race	6,377		9,091	7,027
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.7%	63	49	-4	-8.2%
Asian	101	1.6%	107	126	-25	-19.8%
Black or African American	522	8.2%	663	473	49	10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.6%	42	44	-8	-18.2%
White	4,245	66.6%	6,051	4,841	-596	-12.3%
Information Not Available	1,428	22.4%	2,165	1,494	-66	-4.4%

Years of Age	6,377		9,091	7,027
Younger than 22	99	1.0%	104	137	-38	-27.7%
22-24	292	2.9%	334	321	-29	-9.0%
25-34	1,366	13.6%	1,645	1,692	-326	-19.3%
35-44	1,290	12.8%	1,746	1,353	-63	-4.7%
45-54	1,466	14.6%	2,197	1,620	-154	-9.5%
55-59	779	7.8%	1,171	784	-5	-0.6%
60-64	581	5.8%	963	629	-48	-7.6%
65 and older	504	5.0%	931	491	13	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,377		9,091	7,027
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4	0.1%	8	8	-4	-50.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	10	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	4	0.1%	4	5	-1	-20.0%
Construction	541	8.5%	420	507	34	6.7%
Manufacturing	703	11.0%	707	1,110	-407	-36.7%
Wholesale Trade	302	4.7%	289	289	13	4.5%
Retail Trade	650	10.2%	682	693	-43	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	184	2.9%	1,427	189	-5	-2.6%
Information	74	1.2%	78	77	-3	-3.9%
Finance and Insurance	340	5.3%	336	334	6	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	105	1.6%	123	141	-36	-25.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	434	6.8%	445	437	-3	-0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	2.1%	129	97	35	36.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	747	11.7%	781	865	-118	-13.6%
Educational Services	205	3.2%	339	208	-3	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	932	14.6%	1,121	970	-38	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	1.6%	154	93	11	11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	475	7.4%	1,582	507	-32	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	269	4.2%	228	291	-22	-7.6%
Public Administration	45	0.7%	78	49	-4	-8.2%
Information Not Available	126	2.0%	150	155	-29	-18.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,269		21,987	18,533
Male	6,852	48.0%	10,632	8,950	-2,098	-23.4%
Female	7,416	52.0%	11,355	9,583	-2,167	-22.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,269		21,987	18,533
Hispanic or Latino	396	2.8%	796	708	-312	-44.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,748	96.3%	20,830	17,431	-3,683	-21.1%
Information Not Available	125	0.9%	361	394	-269	-68.3%

Race	14,269		21,987	18,533
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	0.8%	215	111	-3	-2.7%
Asian	72	0.5%	161	133	-61	-45.9%
Black or African American	6,714	47.1%	10,982	8,956	-2,242	-25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.2%	42	23	5	21.7%
White	6,468	45.3%	9,728	8,564	-2,096	-24.5%
Information Not Available	879	6.2%	859	746	133	17.8%

Years of Age	14,269		21,987	18,533
Younger than 22	275	1.4%	76	39	236	605.1%
22-24	498	2.5%	44	35	463	1322.9%
25-34	3,310	16.9%	1,077	708	2,602	367.5%
35-44	3,435	17.5%	4,199	3,213	222	6.9%
45-54	3,429	17.5%	5,303	4,257	-828	-19.5%
55-59	1,528	7.8%	2,408	2,064	-536	-26.0%
60-64	1,117	5.7%	2,608	2,335	-1,218	-52.2%
65 and older	677	3.5%	6,264	5,861	-5,184	-88.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	8	21	-21	-100.0%

Industry	14,269		21,987	18,533
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.4%	99	95	-37	-38.9%
Mining	10	0.1%	13	20	-10	-50.0%
Utilities	22	0.2%	29	41	-19	-46.3%
Construction	946	6.6%	1,376	1,154	-208	-18.0%
Manufacturing	2,111	14.7%	2,949	2,866	-755	-26.3%
Wholesale Trade	648	4.5%	849	705	-57	-8.1%
Retail Trade	1,355	9.5%	1,679	1,693	-338	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	389	2.7%	713	519	-130	-25.0%
Information	213	1.5%	289	272	-59	-21.7%
Finance and Insurance	355	2.5%	489	527	-172	-32.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	234	1.6%	278	342	-108	-31.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,895	13.2%	3,046	1,155	740	64.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	0.7%	125	100	-2	-2.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,255	15.7%	3,152	3,127	-872	-27.9%
Educational Services	366	2.6%	481	489	-123	-25.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,025	7.2%	1,700	1,531	-506	-33.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	1.0%	159	173	-33	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	966	6.7%	1,839	1,080	-114	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	427	3.0%	828	479	-52	-10.9%
Public Administration	243	1.7%	378	327	-84	-25.7%
Information Not Available	513	3.6%	1,516	1,838	-1,325	-72.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	915		1,170	1,063
Male	468	51.1%	536	594	-126	-21.2%
Female	447	48.9%	634	469	-22	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	915		1,170	1,063
Hispanic or Latino	30	3.3%	32	37	-7	-18.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	775	84.7%	1,005	875	-100	-11.4%
Information Not Available	110	12.0%	133	151	-41	-27.2%

Race	915		1,170	1,063
American Indian or Alaskan Native	137	15.0%	249	157	-20	-12.7%
Asian	2	0.2%	6	22	-20	-90.9%
Black or African American	32	3.5%	32	33	-1	-3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.5%	4	1	4	400.0%
White	627	68.5%	744	715	-88	-12.3%
Information Not Available	112	12.2%	135	135	-23	-17.0%

Years of Age	915		1,170	1,063
Younger than 22	11	0.8%	16	11	0	0.0%
22-24	21	1.5%	21	27	-6	-22.2%
25-34	129	9.0%	178	177	-48	-27.1%
35-44	189	13.2%	247	247	-58	-23.5%
45-54	255	17.8%	290	271	-16	-5.9%
55-59	126	8.8%	168	149	-23	-15.4%
60-64	108	7.5%	134	105	3	2.9%
65 and older	76	5.3%	116	76	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	915		1,170	1,063
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.9%	16	5	3	60.0%
Mining	2	0.2%	2	15	-13	-86.7%
Utilities	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Construction	91	9.9%	87	105	-14	-13.3%
Manufacturing	91	9.9%	94	135	-44	-32.6%
Wholesale Trade	51	5.5%	58	47	4	8.5%
Retail Trade	87	9.4%	115	92	-5	-5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	18	2.0%	23	25	-7	-28.0%
Information	31	3.4%	27	19	12	63.2%
Finance and Insurance	55	6.0%	55	81	-26	-32.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	1.6%	15	15	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	46	5.0%	33	45	1	2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.5%	4	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	51	5.5%	60	72	-21	-29.2%
Educational Services	43	4.7%	47	52	-9	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	94	10.2%	130	88	6	6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	1.2%	18	17	-6	-35.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	63	6.8%	118	83	-20	-24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	18	2.0%	21	11	7	63.6%
Public Administration	88	9.5%	175	99	-11	-11.1%
Information Not Available	47	5.1%	70	55	-8	-14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,488		21,381	17,318
Male	8,183	44.3%	9,144	8,024	159	2.0%
Female	10,275	55.6%	12,192	9,294	981	10.6%
Information Not Available	30	0.2%	45	0	30	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,488		21,381	17,318
Hispanic or Latino	355	1.9%	394	313	42	13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,690	95.7%	20,489	16,633	1,057	6.4%
Information Not Available	443	2.4%	498	372	71	19.1%

Race	18,488		21,381	17,318
American Indian or Alaskan Native	60	0.3%	93	52	8	15.4%
Asian	177	1.0%	139	131	46	35.1%
Black or African American	5,476	29.6%	6,181	5,150	326	6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	253	1.4%	385	19	234	1231.6%
White	11,583	62.7%	13,489	11,194	389	3.5%
Information Not Available	939	5.1%	1,094	772	167	21.6%

Years of Age	18,488		21,381	17,318
Younger than 22	288	1.0%	315	275	13	4.7%
22-24	633	2.2%	705	579	54	9.3%
25-34	3,923	13.7%	4,418	3,740	183	4.9%
35-44	4,364	15.3%	5,042	4,066	298	7.3%
45-54	4,478	15.7%	5,217	4,324	154	3.6%
55-59	2,154	7.5%	2,550	1,928	226	11.7%
60-64	1,537	5.4%	1,856	1,429	108	7.6%
65 and older	1,111	3.9%	1,278	977	134	13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,488		21,381	17,318
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83	0.4%	76	67	16	23.9%
Mining	26	0.1%	22	22	4	18.2%
Utilities	43	0.2%	53	39	4	10.3%
Construction	1,349	7.3%	1,340	1,221	128	10.5%
Manufacturing	2,688	14.5%	2,752	2,397	291	12.1%
Wholesale Trade	912	4.9%	941	663	249	37.6%
Retail Trade	1,381	7.4%	1,511	1,215	166	13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	650	3.5%	807	702	-52	-7.4%
Information	356	1.9%	398	194	162	83.5%
Finance and Insurance	483	2.6%	500	492	-9	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	272	1.5%	271	221	51	23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,185	6.4%	1,541	947	238	25.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	151	0.8%	171	99	52	52.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,340	12.6%	2,554	1,647	693	42.1%
Educational Services	505	2.7%	628	542	-37	-6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,595	8.6%	1,786	1,478	117	7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	156	0.8%	162	123	33	26.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	730	3.9%	1,082	674	56	8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	552	3.0%	692	475	77	16.2%
Public Administration	364	2.0%	406	259	105	40.5%
Information Not Available	2,667	14.4%	3,688	3,841	-1,174	-30.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	156,397		146,004	163,620
Male	83,928	53.7%	77,040	98,609	-14,681	-14.9%
Female	72,347	46.3%	68,876	64,877	7,470	11.5%
Information Not Available	122	0.1%	88	134	-12	-9.0%

Ethnicity	156,397		146,004	163,620
Hispanic or Latino	50,161	32.1%	48,832	53,208	-3,047	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,488	59.1%	83,923	96,685	-4,197	-4.3%
Information Not Available	13,748	8.8%	13,249	13,727	21	0.2%

Race	156,397		146,004	163,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	612	0.4%	567	582	30	5.2%
Asian	3,778	2.4%	3,385	5,048	-1,270	-25.2%
Black or African American	38,627	24.7%	34,277	34,877	3,750	10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,577	1.0%	1,589	1,712	-135	-7.9%
White	48,762	31.2%	45,010	55,312	-6,550	-11.8%
Information Not Available	63,041	40.3%	61,176	66,089	-3,048	-4.6%

Years of Age	156,397		146,004	163,620
Younger than 22	3,549	1.8%	2,505	2,964	585	19.7%
22-24	7,899	4.1%	6,184	7,266	633	8.7%
25-34	39,633	20.4%	34,886	39,148	485	1.2%
35-44	38,097	19.6%	35,442	39,177	-1,080	-2.8%
45-54	35,000	18.0%	33,939	38,130	-3,130	-8.2%
55-59	15,403	7.9%	15,484	17,398	-1,995	-11.5%
60-64	10,534	5.4%	10,566	12,402	-1,868	-15.1%
65 and older	6,204	3.2%	6,939	7,048	-844	-12.0%
Information Not Available	78	0.0%	59	87	-9	-10.3%

Industry	156,397		146,004	163,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	656	0.4%	804	738	-82	-11.1%
Mining	2,982	1.9%	3,361	10,434	-7,452	-71.4%
Utilities	550	0.4%	496	646	-96	-14.9%
Construction	25,969	16.5%	21,093	21,674	4,295	19.8%
Manufacturing	11,008	7.0%	10,114	20,933	-9,925	-47.4%
Wholesale Trade	7,565	4.8%	7,120	9,650	-2,085	-21.6%
Retail Trade	11,536	7.3%	10,561	10,476	1,060	10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,810	3.7%	7,083	5,995	-185	-3.1%
Information	3,420	2.2%	3,396	2,786	634	22.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,988	3.8%	6,870	6,689	-701	-10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,660	1.7%	2,701	2,880	-220	-7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,785	8.1%	12,352	14,995	-2,210	-14.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,030	0.7%	1,065	994	36	3.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,002	13.4%	19,895	21,011	-9	0.0%
Educational Services	3,780	2.4%	3,614	4,300	-520	-12.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,381	11.1%	14,549	11,853	5,528	46.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,090	0.7%	840	767	323	42.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,267	5.3%	8,169	4,866	3,401	69.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,404	2.8%	4,193	3,839	565	14.7%
Public Administration	1,565	1.0%	1,847	1,529	36	2.4%
Information Not Available	6,949	4.4%	5,881	6,565	384	5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,581		8,191	8,771
Male	4,267	56.3%	4,444	5,318	-1,051	-19.8%
Female	3,312	43.7%	3,742	3,449	-137	-4.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	5	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	7,581		8,191	8,771
Hispanic or Latino	830	10.9%	933	940	-110	-11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,848	77.1%	6,349	7,102	-1,254	-17.7%
Information Not Available	903	11.9%	909	729	174	23.9%

Race	7,581		8,191	8,771
American Indian or Alaskan Native	207	2.7%	219	319	-112	-35.1%
Asian	136	1.8%	150	156	-20	-12.8%
Black or African American	165	2.2%	176	206	-41	-19.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	115	1.5%	122	177	-62	-35.0%
White	4,433	58.5%	4,763	5,835	-1,402	-24.0%
Information Not Available	2,519	33.3%	2,751	2,075	444	21.4%

Years of Age	7,581		8,191	8,771
Younger than 22	117	1.0%	154	163	-46	-28.2%
22-24	299	2.6%	330	367	-68	-18.5%
25-34	1,886	16.4%	2,096	2,210	-324	-14.7%
35-44	2,032	17.7%	2,144	2,216	-184	-8.3%
45-54	1,679	14.6%	1,803	1,932	-253	-13.1%
55-59	747	6.5%	795	964	-217	-22.5%
60-64	546	4.8%	572	616	-70	-11.4%
65 and older	275	2.4%	297	303	-28	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,581		8,191	8,771
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.2%	18	22	-8	-36.4%
Mining	85	1.1%	80	311	-226	-72.7%
Utilities	9	0.1%	10	20	-11	-55.0%
Construction	650	8.6%	613	1,139	-489	-42.9%
Manufacturing	691	9.1%	764	854	-163	-19.1%
Wholesale Trade	414	5.5%	411	439	-25	-5.7%
Retail Trade	768	10.1%	848	832	-64	-7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	268	3.5%	267	295	-27	-9.2%
Information	277	3.6%	274	281	-4	-1.4%
Finance and Insurance	354	4.7%	378	339	15	4.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	108	1.4%	114	127	-19	-15.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	893	11.8%	905	798	95	11.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.5%	35	46	-6	-13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,003	13.2%	1,117	1,083	-80	-7.4%
Educational Services	245	3.2%	294	282	-37	-13.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	451	5.9%	640	478	-27	-5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	106	1.4%	108	84	22	26.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	295	3.9%	316	308	-13	-4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	141	1.9%	144	178	-37	-20.8%
Public Administration	138	1.8%	170	140	-2	-1.4%
Information Not Available	631	8.3%	685	715	-84	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,452		30,036	28,520
Male	13,360	50.5%	14,679	14,651	-1,291	-8.8%
Female	13,080	49.4%	15,347	13,856	-776	-5.6%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	10	13	-1	-7.7%

Ethnicity	26,452		30,036	28,520
Hispanic or Latino	968	3.7%	1,100	1,140	-172	-15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,117	91.2%	27,409	25,917	-1,800	-6.9%
Information Not Available	1,367	5.2%	1,527	1,463	-96	-6.6%

Race	26,452		30,036	28,520
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,103	4.3%	1,235	1,274	-171	-13.4%
Asian	135	0.5%	860	850	-715	-84.1%
Black or African American	11,343	44.0%	13,153	11,564	-221	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,840	45.9%	13,261	13,369	-1,529	-11.4%
Information Not Available	1,367	5.3%	1,527	1,463	-96	-6.6%

Years of Age	26,452		30,036	28,520
Younger than 22	294	0.8%	321	359	-65	-18.1%
22-24	942	2.6%	1,073	1,049	-107	-10.2%
25-34	5,861	16.3%	6,638	6,636	-775	-11.7%
35-44	5,936	16.5%	6,723	6,358	-422	-6.6%
45-54	6,492	18.1%	7,371	7,058	-566	-8.0%
55-59	3,221	9.0%	3,650	3,338	-117	-3.5%
60-64	2,381	6.6%	2,695	2,387	-6	-0.3%
65 and older	1,325	3.7%	1,565	1,335	-10	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,452		30,036	28,520
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	98	0.4%	97	95	3	3.2%
Mining	49	0.2%	51	168	-119	-70.8%
Utilities	34	0.1%	37	39	-5	-12.8%
Construction	1,636	6.2%	1,727	1,974	-338	-17.1%
Manufacturing	2,230	8.4%	2,535	2,562	-332	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	869	3.3%	903	954	-85	-8.9%
Retail Trade	2,440	9.2%	2,473	2,187	253	11.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	891	3.4%	1,117	948	-57	-6.0%
Information	625	2.4%	623	721	-96	-13.3%
Finance and Insurance	916	3.5%	940	1,118	-202	-18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	505	1.9%	484	462	43	9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,572	13.5%	3,770	3,620	-48	-1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	160	0.6%	171	186	-26	-14.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,203	12.1%	3,700	3,403	-200	-5.9%
Educational Services	753	2.8%	938	891	-138	-15.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,130	8.0%	2,560	2,242	-112	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	0.6%	198	140	21	15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,092	4.1%	2,173	1,190	-98	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	822	3.1%	991	860	-38	-4.4%
Public Administration	1,708	6.4%	1,868	1,700	8	0.5%
Information Not Available	2,558	9.6%	2,680	3,060	-502	-16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	292		244	409
Male	132	45.2%	124	217	-85	-39.2%
Female	160	54.8%	120	192	-32	-16.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	292		244	409
Hispanic or Latino	31	10.7%	28	85	-54	-63.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	255	87.6%	211	312	-57	-18.3%
Information Not Available	5	1.7%	5	12	-7	-58.3%

Race	292		244	409
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	231	81.6%	198	272	-41	-15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1.4%	4	5	-1	-20.0%
White	17	6.0%	10	39	-22	-56.4%
Information Not Available	31	11.0%	28	92	-61	-66.3%

Years of Age	292		244	409
Younger than 22	2	0.7%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
22-24	13	4.8%	10	18	-5	-27.8%
25-34	63	23.2%	45	91	-28	-30.8%
35-44	56	20.6%	41	87	-31	-35.6%
45-54	72	26.5%	65	107	-35	-32.7%
55-59	30	11.0%	27	49	-19	-38.8%
60-64	27	9.9%	29	34	-7	-20.6%
65 and older	19	7.0%	21	18	1	5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	292		244	409
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	40	16.2%	37	90	-50	-55.6%
Manufacturing	14	5.7%	10	9	5	55.6%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.8%	1	12	-10	-83.3%
Retail Trade	20	8.1%	26	15	5	33.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	14	5.7%	41	9	5	55.6%
Information	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	1.2%	3	8	-5	-62.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5	2.0%	5	19	-14	-73.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.8%	5	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2	0.8%	3	8	-6	-75.0%
Educational Services	3	1.2%	5	2	1	50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	7.3%	21	12	6	50.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	2.0%	5	5	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	63	25.5%	24	169	-106	-62.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	26	10.5%	22	11	15	136.4%
Public Administration	17	6.9%	22	11	6	54.5%
Information Not Available	13	5.3%	6	21	-8	-38.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,150		3,392	2,510
Male	1,113	51.8%	1,542	1,363	-250	-18.3%
Female	1,037	48.2%	1,850	1,147	-110	-9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,150		3,392	2,510
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.2%	8	0	4	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	454	21.1%	732	127	327	257.5%
Information Not Available	1,692	78.7%	2,652	2,383	-691	-29.0%

Race	2,150		3,392	2,510
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5	0.2%	7	2	3	150.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14	0.7%	24	1	13	1300.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	4	0	2	0.0%
White	437	20.3%	705	124	313	252.4%
Information Not Available	1,692	78.7%	2,652	2,383	-691	-29.0%

Years of Age	2,150		3,392	2,510
Younger than 22	30	1.3%	37	40	-10	-25.0%
22-24	79	3.4%	101	98	-19	-19.4%
25-34	453	19.4%	637	536	-83	-15.5%
35-44	420	17.9%	688	472	-52	-11.0%
45-54	486	20.8%	787	599	-113	-18.9%
55-59	262	11.2%	417	315	-53	-16.8%
60-64	246	10.5%	377	253	-7	-2.8%
65 and older	174	7.4%	348	197	-23	-11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,150		3,392	2,510
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7	0.3%	19	9	-2	-22.2%
Mining	2	0.1%	3	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.1%	5	7	-5	-71.4%
Construction	188	8.7%	188	209	-21	-10.0%
Manufacturing	297	13.8%	380	362	-65	-18.0%
Wholesale Trade	84	3.9%	87	137	-53	-38.7%
Retail Trade	275	12.7%	359	317	-42	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	68	3.2%	366	72	-4	-5.6%
Information	43	2.0%	43	36	7	19.4%
Finance and Insurance	59	2.7%	45	47	12	25.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24	1.1%	32	37	-13	-35.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	110	5.1%	105	144	-34	-23.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.2%	6	3	1	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	138	6.4%	185	170	-32	-18.8%
Educational Services	125	5.8%	200	121	4	3.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	267	12.4%	434	315	-48	-15.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	24	1.1%	30	24	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	319	14.8%	725	360	-41	-11.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	60	2.8%	100	82	-22	-26.8%
Public Administration	54	2.5%	80	56	-2	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,740		47,463	38,262
Male	25,302	59.2%	27,025	22,410	2,892	12.9%
Female	17,438	40.8%	20,438	15,840	1,598	10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	12	-12	-100.0%

Ethnicity	42,740		47,463	38,262
Hispanic or Latino	4,008	9.4%	5,648	0	4,008	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,524	83.1%	38,337	0	35,524	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,208	7.5%	3,478	38,262	-35,054	-91.6%

Race	42,740		47,463	38,262
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,167	2.7%	1,325	0	1,167	0.0%
Asian	2,071	4.8%	2,229	0	2,071	0.0%
Black or African American	3,289	7.7%	3,496	0	3,289	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	515	1.2%	510	0	515	0.0%
White	29,409	68.8%	31,972	0	29,409	0.0%
Information Not Available	6,289	14.7%	7,931	38,262	-31,973	-83.6%

Years of Age	42,740		47,463	38,262
Younger than 22	479	0.7%	538	429	50	11.7%
22-24	1,408	2.1%	1,585	1,253	155	12.4%
25-34	9,910	14.5%	10,576	8,746	1,164	13.3%
35-44	9,909	14.5%	11,001	8,931	978	11.0%
45-54	10,371	15.1%	11,668	9,331	1,040	11.1%
55-59	5,047	7.4%	5,795	4,534	513	11.3%
60-64	3,630	5.3%	3,997	3,266	364	11.1%
65 and older	1,986	2.9%	2,303	1,772	214	12.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,740		47,463	38,262
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,169	2.7%	2,265	0	1,169	0.0%
Mining	67	0.2%	69	0	67	0.0%
Utilities	98	0.2%	95	0	98	0.0%
Construction	6,600	15.0%	6,606	0	6,600	0.0%
Manufacturing	5,664	12.9%	6,070	0	5,664	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,074	4.7%	2,276	0	2,074	0.0%
Retail Trade	3,403	7.8%	3,655	0	3,403	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,316	3.0%	1,896	0	1,316	0.0%
Information	1,404	3.2%	1,482	0	1,404	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,147	2.6%	1,198	0	1,147	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	717	1.6%	759	0	717	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,612	8.2%	3,868	0	3,612	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.3%	134	0	119	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,667	8.4%	4,016	0	3,667	0.0%
Educational Services	1,205	2.7%	1,400	0	1,205	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,816	8.7%	4,275	0	3,816	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	586	1.3%	694	0	586	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,877	4.3%	2,244	0	1,877	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,467	3.3%	1,603	0	1,467	0.0%
Public Administration	1,539	3.5%	1,615	0	1,539	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,193	2.7%	1,243	38,262	-37,069	-96.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,128		28,340	26,064
Male	10,754	50.9%	12,963	13,713	-2,959	-21.6%
Female	10,349	49.0%	15,343	12,307	-1,958	-15.9%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	34	44	-19	-43.2%

Ethnicity	21,128		28,340	26,064
Hispanic or Latino	900	4.3%	1,213	1,136	-236	-20.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,651	93.0%	26,478	24,269	-4,618	-19.0%
Information Not Available	577	2.7%	649	659	-82	-12.4%

Race	21,128		28,340	26,064
American Indian or Alaskan Native	260	1.2%	380	341	-81	-23.8%
Asian	327	1.5%	385	381	-54	-14.2%
Black or African American	3,577	16.9%	4,846	4,188	-611	-14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	51	39	-1	-2.6%
White	16,349	77.4%	22,029	20,456	-4,107	-20.1%
Information Not Available	577	2.7%	649	659	-82	-12.4%

Years of Age	21,128		28,340	26,064
Younger than 22	281	0.8%	281	381	-100	-26.2%
22-24	682	1.9%	811	954	-272	-28.5%
25-34	4,612	13.0%	5,404	5,605	-993	-17.7%
35-44	4,629	13.1%	5,932	5,639	-1,010	-17.9%
45-54	5,019	14.2%	6,613	6,215	-1,196	-19.2%
55-59	2,671	7.6%	3,741	3,467	-796	-23.0%
60-64	2,123	6.0%	3,115	2,403	-280	-11.7%
65 and older	1,111	3.1%	2,429	1,400	-289	-20.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	14	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,128		28,340	26,064
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	116	0.5%	207	169	-53	-31.4%
Mining	21	0.1%	23	60	-39	-65.0%
Utilities	32	0.2%	31	47	-15	-31.9%
Construction	1,784	8.4%	1,661	2,419	-635	-26.3%
Manufacturing	3,949	18.6%	4,078	5,482	-1,533	-28.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,004	4.7%	1,085	1,100	-96	-8.7%
Retail Trade	2,135	10.0%	2,415	2,367	-232	-9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	786	3.7%	3,702	970	-184	-19.0%
Information	492	2.3%	513	440	52	11.8%
Finance and Insurance	938	4.4%	978	1,022	-84	-8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	199	0.9%	269	276	-77	-27.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,173	5.5%	1,360	1,389	-216	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	304	1.4%	309	383	-79	-20.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,158	10.2%	2,613	2,763	-605	-21.9%
Educational Services	513	2.4%	740	662	-149	-22.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,517	11.8%	3,372	2,979	-462	-15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	254	1.2%	371	271	-17	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,052	5.0%	2,417	1,243	-191	-15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	499	2.3%	660	534	-35	-6.6%
Public Administration	431	2.0%	595	513	-82	-16.0%
Information Not Available	771	3.6%	941	975	-204	-20.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,137		9,537	12,004
Male	4,853	59.6%	5,569	8,338	-3,485	-41.8%
Female	3,282	40.3%	3,965	3,663	-381	-10.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%

Ethnicity	8,137		9,537	12,004
Hispanic or Latino	127	1.6%	151	197	-70	-35.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,043	86.6%	8,016	8,664	-1,621	-18.7%
Information Not Available	967	11.9%	1,370	3,143	-2,176	-69.2%

Race	8,137		9,537	12,004
American Indian or Alaskan Native	28	0.3%	26	24	4	16.7%
Asian	30	0.4%	34	38	-8	-21.1%
Black or African American	417	5.1%	478	464	-47	-10.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.2%	5	5	8	160.0%
White	7,149	87.9%	8,338	10,636	-3,487	-32.8%
Information Not Available	500	6.1%	656	837	-337	-40.3%

Years of Age	8,137		9,537	12,004
Younger than 22	160	1.1%	161	219	-59	-26.9%
22-24	327	2.2%	392	573	-246	-42.9%
25-34	1,770	12.1%	1,968	2,723	-953	-35.0%
35-44	2,037	13.9%	2,436	2,933	-896	-30.5%
45-54	1,974	13.4%	2,386	2,879	-905	-31.4%
55-59	910	6.2%	1,010	1,239	-329	-26.6%
60-64	598	4.1%	719	892	-294	-33.0%
65 and older	360	2.5%	464	544	-184	-33.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	8,137		9,537	12,004
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.4%	39	58	-26	-44.8%
Mining	190	2.3%	221	1,200	-1,010	-84.2%
Utilities	28	0.3%	23	23	5	21.7%
Construction	1,370	16.8%	1,633	2,120	-750	-35.4%
Manufacturing	697	8.5%	733	1,062	-365	-34.4%
Wholesale Trade	260	3.2%	270	487	-227	-46.6%
Retail Trade	962	11.8%	1,028	1,054	-92	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	232	2.8%	252	434	-202	-46.5%
Information	267	3.3%	250	125	142	113.6%
Finance and Insurance	159	1.9%	178	156	3	1.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	92	1.1%	110	163	-71	-43.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	398	4.9%	417	547	-149	-27.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	17	38	-25	-65.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	721	8.8%	833	1,075	-354	-32.9%
Educational Services	231	2.8%	339	179	52	29.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	825	10.1%	1,210	990	-165	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	1.0%	83	102	-21	-20.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	542	6.6%	664	677	-135	-19.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	246	3.0%	295	376	-130	-34.6%
Public Administration	195	2.4%	195	215	-20	-9.3%
Information Not Available	596	7.3%	747	923	-327	-35.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Sep 2017	Percent	Aug 2017	Sep 2016	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,689		2,198	3,696
Male	927	54.9%	1,181	2,589	-1,662	-64.2%
Female	762	45.1%	1,017	1,107	-345	-31.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,689		2,198	3,696
Hispanic or Latino	191	11.3%	250	462	-271	-58.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,449	85.8%	1,862	3,074	-1,625	-52.9%
Information Not Available	49	2.9%	86	160	-111	-69.4%

Race	1,689		2,198	3,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	138	8.2%	202	225	-87	-38.7%
Asian	11	0.7%	11	20	-9	-45.0%
Black or African American	46	2.7%	73	180	-134	-74.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.6%	10	7	3	42.9%
White	1,348	79.8%	1,699	2,977	-1,629	-54.7%
Information Not Available	136	8.1%	203	287	-151	-52.6%

Years of Age	1,689		2,198	3,696
Younger than 22	11	0.4%	13	35	-24	-68.6%
22-24	75	2.6%	86	178	-103	-57.9%
25-34	342	12.0%	386	806	-464	-57.6%
35-44	381	13.4%	518	841	-460	-54.7%
45-54	398	14.0%	545	817	-419	-51.3%
55-59	171	6.0%	289	503	-332	-66.0%
60-64	196	6.9%	202	374	-178	-47.6%
65 and older	115	4.0%	159	142	-27	-19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,689		2,198	3,696
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.6%	8	11	0	0.0%
Mining	93	5.5%	89	786	-693	-88.2%
Utilities	6	0.4%	2	15	-9	-60.0%
Construction	283	16.6%	400	603	-320	-53.1%
Manufacturing	58	3.4%	77	150	-92	-61.3%
Wholesale Trade	58	3.4%	50	228	-170	-74.6%
Retail Trade	173	10.2%	192	208	-35	-16.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	62	3.6%	75	162	-100	-61.7%
Information	21	1.2%	40	35	-14	-40.0%
Finance and Insurance	34	2.0%	55	35	-1	-2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	0.4%	35	72	-66	-91.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	65	3.8%	72	127	-62	-48.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	89	5.2%	120	168	-79	-47.0%
Educational Services	65	3.8%	74	81	-16	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	171	10.1%	262	245	-74	-30.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	25	1.5%	21	18	7	38.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	126	7.4%	178	203	-77	-37.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53	3.1%	35	103	-50	-48.5%
Public Administration	65	3.8%	123	101	-36	-35.6%
Information Not Available	225	13.2%	290	340	-115	-33.8%