Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

January 2018

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants January 2018
	Jan 2018	Dec 2017	Monthly Change	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,309,011	1,949,903	359,108	2,453,045	-144,034	-5.9
Alaska	10,569	9,672	897	12,507	-1,938	-15.5
Alabama	19,083	16,770	2,313	21,477	-2,394	-11.1
Arkansas	15,485	13,761	1,724	17,439	-1,954	-11.2
Arizona	22,282	22,013	269	26,035	-3,753	-14.4
California	379,170	347,829	31,341	381,886	-2,716	-0.7
Colorado	25,216	21,575	3,641	31,133	-5,917	-19.0
Connecticut	44,380	36,777	7,603	49,042	-4,662	-9.5
District of Columbia	9,246	8,796	450	8,909	337	3.8
Delaware	7,074	5,304	1,770	7,174	-100	-1.4
Florida	42,672	41,649	1,023	44,988	-2,316	-5.1
Georgia	31,607	28,012	3,595	35,336	-3,729	-10.6
Hawaii	7,620	7,117	503	8,227	-607	-7.4
Iowa	30,013	21,765	8,248	33,284	-3,271	-9.8
Idaho	12,141	8,844	3,297	14,517	-2,376	-16.4
Illinois	153,234	117,495	35,739	163,545	-10,311	-6.3
Indiana	22,879	17,658	5,221	32,090	-9,211	-28.7
Kansas	15,529	11,079	4,450	17,320	-1,791	-10.3
Kentucky	25,180	17,903	7,277	26,787	-1,607	-6.0
Louisiana	19,046	19,108	-62	22,893	-3,847	-16.8
Massachusetts	77,175	56,288	20,887	76,514	661	0.9
Maryland	39,613	34,152	5,461	43,576	-3,963	-9.1
Maine	8,607	5,738	2,869	9,556	-949	-9.9
Michigan	99,914	70,901	29,013	101,280	-1,366	-1.3
Minnesota	62,751	54,204	8,547	66,782	-4,031	-6.0
Missouri	36,984	26,310	10,674	37,432	-448	-1.2
Mississippi	10,609	10,295	314	12,889	-2,280	-17.7
Montana	11,345	8,830	2,515	11,158	187	1.7
North Carolina	22,061	20,633	1,428	27,145	-5,084	-18.7
North Dakota	7,855	5,706	2,149	9,027	-1,172	-13.0
Nebraska	8,520	5,518	3,002	8,617	-97	-1.1
New Hampshire	5,091	3,676	1,415	5,341	-250	-4.7
New Jersey	116,061	95,173	20,888	117,467	-1,406	-1.2
New Mexico	10,754	10,321	433	12,363	-1,609	-13.0
Nevada	22,442	23,633	-1,191	24,830	-2,388	-9.6
New York	181,826	143,618	38,208	185,160	-3,334	-1.8
Ohio	83,814	62,882	20,932	82,292	1,522	1.8
Oklahoma	15,024	14,591	433	18,663	-3,639	-19.5
Oregon	32,172	28,928	3,244	37,968	-5,796	-15.3
Pennsylvania	148,241	121,354	26,887	161,112	-12,871	-8.0
Puerto Rico	23,155	22,632	523	17,869	5,286	29.6
Rhode Island	11,668	8,351	3,317	12,410	-742	-6.0
South Carolina	22,042	19,430	2,612	21,541	501	2.3
South Dakota	3,373	2,577	796	3,786	-413	-10.9
Tennessee	23,949	20,602	3,347	22,903	1,046	4.6
Texas	144,305	139,363	4,942	160,973	-16,668	-10.4
Utah	13,482	11,462	2,020	16,200	-2,718	-16.8
Virginia	31,876	27,565	4,311	35,993	-4,117	-11.4
Virgin Islands	1,581	649	932	301	1,280	425.2
Vermont	5,460	3,674	1,786	6,065	-605	-10.0
Washington	65,492	63,917	1,575	69,964	-4,472	-6.4
Wisconsin	50,588	39,093	11,495	57,785	-7,197	-12.5
West Virginia	15,212	11,747	3,465	17,698	-2,486	-14.0
Wyoming	3,543	2,963	580	5,796	-2,253	-38.9

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,309,011		1,949,903	2,453,045	-144,034	-5.9
Male	1,435,143	62.2%	1,134,867	1,562,404	-127,261	-8.1%
Female	856,624	37.1%	801,296	873,709	-17,085	-2.0%
Information Not Available	17,244	0.7%	13,740	16,932	312	1.8%

Ethnicity	2,309,011		1,949,903	2,453,045
Hispanic or Latino	457,361	19.8%	399,688	482,809	-25,448	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,590,481	68.9%	1,336,609	1,693,334	-102,853	-6.1%
Information Not Available	261,169	11.3%	213,606	276,902	-15,733	-5.7%

Race	2,309,011		1,949,903	2,453,045
American Indian or Alaskan Native	31,519	1.4%	27,752	34,668	-3,149	-9.1%
Asian	68,908	3.0%	64,327	71,487	-2,579	-3.6%
Black or African American	360,302	15.5%	334,149	367,668	-7,366	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14,884	0.6%	13,616	15,006	-122	-0.8%
White	1,304,353	56.3%	1,041,764	1,388,241	-83,888	-6.0%
Information Not Available	537,210	23.2%	471,461	589,257	-52,047	-8.8%

Years of Age	2,309,011		1,949,903	2,453,045
Younger than 22	44,517	1.9%	42,658	46,378	-1,861	-4.0%
22-24	100,228	4.3%	87,075	109,248	-9,020	-8.3%
25-34	523,947	22.7%	449,429	563,128	-39,181	-7.0%
35-44	510,737	22.1%	432,379	533,850	-23,113	-4.3%
45-54	528,659	22.9%	445,580	563,926	-35,267	-6.3%
55-59	262,344	11.4%	218,022	278,996	-16,652	-6.0%
60-64	189,598	8.2%	153,071	196,768	-7,170	-3.6%
65 and older	134,307	5.8%	109,583	144,451	-10,144	-7.0%
Information Not Available	14,674	0.6%	12,106	16,300	-1,626	-10.0%

Industry	2,309,011		1,949,903	2,453,045
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	109,301	4.7%	101,084	117,897	-8,596	-7.3%
Mining	17,988	0.8%	12,409	25,364	-7,376	-29.1%
Utilities	4,333	0.2%	4,185	5,102	-769	-15.1%
Construction	434,858	18.8%	286,845	458,584	-23,726	-5.2%
Manufacturing	193,706	8.4%	169,234	227,495	-33,789	-14.9%
Wholesale Trade	68,928	3.0%	63,160	74,513	-5,585	-7.5%
Retail Trade	151,279	6.6%	138,383	163,603	-12,324	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	82,406	3.6%	63,394	88,703	-6,297	-7.1%
Information	63,805	2.8%	56,501	66,678	-2,873	-4.3%
Finance and Insurance	55,727	2.4%	53,577	55,375	352	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29,877	1.3%	26,821	31,145	-1,268	-4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	107,303	4.6%	103,813	116,673	-9,370	-8.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15,295	0.7%	12,970	14,926	369	2.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	325,106	14.1%	272,065	341,338	-16,232	-4.8%
Educational Services	50,704	2.2%	49,297	51,197	-493	-1.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	147,701	6.4%	151,459	147,894	-193	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	56,768	2.5%	43,032	61,501	-4,733	-7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	146,680	6.4%	117,824	150,372	-3,692	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52,422	2.3%	49,336	54,630	-2,208	-4.0%
Public Administration	41,910	1.8%	39,703	45,915	-4,005	-8.7%
Information Not Available	152,914	6.6%	134,811	154,140	-1,226	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,569		9,672	12,507	-1,938	-15.5
Male	6,721	63.6%	6,085	8,310	-1,589	-19.1%
Female	3,828	36.2%	3,573	4,162	-334	-8.0%
Information Not Available	20	0.2%	14	35	-15	-42.9%

Ethnicity	10,569		9,672	12,507
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.1%	10	7	3	42.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,108	95.6%	9,275	11,925	-1,817	-15.2%
Information Not Available	451	4.3%	387	575	-124	-21.6%

Race	10,569		9,672	12,507
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,026	28.6%	2,717	3,428	-402	-11.7%
Asian	685	6.5%	666	664	21	3.2%
Black or African American	445	4.2%	450	500	-55	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	257	2.4%	264	257	0	0.0%
White	5,697	53.9%	5,180	7,076	-1,379	-19.5%
Information Not Available	459	4.3%	395	582	-123	-21.1%

Years of Age	10,569		9,672	12,507
Younger than 22	221	1.4%	161	287	-66	-23.0%
22-24	484	3.1%	441	705	-221	-31.3%
25-34	3,024	19.5%	2,719	3,548	-524	-14.8%
35-44	2,473	15.9%	2,306	2,934	-461	-15.7%
45-54	2,024	13.0%	1,930	2,545	-521	-20.5%
55-59	1,174	7.6%	1,064	1,273	-99	-7.8%
60-64	746	4.8%	673	815	-69	-8.5%
65 and older	423	2.7%	378	400	23	5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,569		9,672	12,507
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.7%	77	105	-26	-24.8%
Mining	336	3.2%	311	549	-213	-38.8%
Utilities	62	0.6%	61	66	-4	-6.1%
Construction	2,356	22.1%	2,092	3,260	-904	-27.7%
Manufacturing	1,004	9.4%	966	1,005	-1	-0.1%
Wholesale Trade	146	1.4%	142	135	11	8.1%
Retail Trade	849	8.0%	749	1,004	-155	-15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	646	6.1%	545	722	-76	-10.5%
Information	99	0.9%	90	122	-23	-18.9%
Finance and Insurance	167	1.6%	142	161	6	3.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	227	2.1%	196	220	7	3.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	283	2.7%	283	383	-100	-26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	7	28	-24	-85.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	584	5.5%	556	638	-54	-8.5%
Educational Services	273	2.6%	255	346	-73	-21.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	736	6.9%	662	744	-8	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	156	1.5%	185	144	12	8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	856	8.0%	753	1,020	-164	-16.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	334	3.1%	313	332	2	0.6%
Public Administration	1,037	9.7%	963	1,140	-103	-9.0%
Information Not Available	335	3.1%	324	383	-48	-12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,083		16,770	21,477
Male	10,370	54.3%	8,646	12,101	-1,731	-14.3%
Female	8,682	45.5%	8,105	9,338	-656	-7.0%
Information Not Available	31	0.2%	19	38	-7	-18.4%

Ethnicity	19,083		16,770	21,477
Hispanic or Latino	286	1.5%	237	354	-68	-19.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,363	75.3%	12,339	16,048	-1,685	-10.5%
Information Not Available	4,434	23.2%	4,194	5,075	-641	-12.6%

Race	19,083		16,770	21,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,184	6.2%	1,055	1,503	-319	-21.2%
Asian	556	2.9%	500	700	-144	-20.6%
Black or African American	7,959	41.7%	7,120	8,442	-483	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	14	29	-15	-51.7%
White	8,271	43.3%	7,210	9,597	-1,326	-13.8%
Information Not Available	1,099	5.8%	871	1,206	-107	-8.9%

Years of Age	19,083		16,770	21,477
Younger than 22	77	0.3%	43	69	8	11.6%
22-24	84	0.3%	51	69	15	21.7%
25-34	824	3.3%	602	901	-77	-8.5%
35-44	3,470	13.9%	2,631	3,711	-241	-6.5%
45-54	4,193	16.8%	3,606	4,860	-667	-13.7%
55-59	2,130	8.5%	1,825	2,433	-303	-12.5%
60-64	2,334	9.3%	2,109	2,766	-432	-15.6%
65 and older	5,957	23.8%	5,890	6,646	-689	-10.4%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	13	22	-8	-36.4%

Industry	19,083		16,770	21,477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	159	0.8%	148	241	-82	-34.0%
Mining	74	0.4%	39	115	-41	-35.7%
Utilities	49	0.3%	53	90	-41	-45.6%
Construction	2,216	11.5%	1,595	2,567	-351	-13.7%
Manufacturing	3,661	19.0%	2,538	3,726	-65	-1.7%
Wholesale Trade	645	3.4%	611	718	-73	-10.2%
Retail Trade	1,909	9.9%	1,839	2,205	-296	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	424	2.2%	417	645	-221	-34.3%
Information	219	1.1%	243	295	-76	-25.8%
Finance and Insurance	579	3.0%	540	608	-29	-4.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	238	1.2%	228	298	-60	-20.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	747	3.9%	793	897	-150	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.3%	55	50	8	16.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,599	13.5%	2,375	2,951	-352	-11.9%
Educational Services	394	2.0%	423	454	-60	-13.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,432	7.4%	1,440	1,491	-59	-4.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	129	0.7%	132	161	-32	-19.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,369	7.1%	1,332	1,558	-189	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	436	2.3%	422	443	-7	-1.6%
Public Administration	283	1.5%	252	342	-59	-17.3%
Information Not Available	1,463	7.6%	1,295	1,622	-159	-9.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,485		13,761	17,439
Male	8,578	55.4%	7,515	9,824	-1,246	-12.7%
Female	5,588	36.1%	5,563	6,207	-619	-10.0%
Information Not Available	1,319	8.5%	683	1,408	-89	-6.3%

Ethnicity	15,485		13,761	17,439
Hispanic or Latino	122	0.8%	121	84	38	45.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,044	90.7%	12,957	15,947	-1,903	-11.9%
Information Not Available	1,319	8.5%	683	1,408	-89	-6.3%

Race	15,485		13,761	17,439
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	1.0%	160	174	-22	-12.6%
Asian	19	0.1%	14	16	3	18.8%
Black or African American	3,735	24.1%	3,601	4,145	-410	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	882	5.7%	728	905	-23	-2.5%
White	9,256	59.8%	8,454	10,707	-1,451	-13.6%
Information Not Available	1,441	9.3%	804	1,492	-51	-3.4%

Years of Age	15,485		13,761	17,439
Younger than 22	405	1.7%	370	507	-102	-20.1%
22-24	664	2.8%	649	821	-157	-19.1%
25-34	3,052	12.9%	2,938	3,636	-584	-16.1%
35-44	3,271	13.8%	3,076	3,577	-306	-8.6%
45-54	3,334	14.1%	2,991	3,777	-443	-11.7%
55-59	1,592	6.7%	1,388	1,695	-103	-6.1%
60-64	1,089	4.6%	959	1,177	-88	-7.5%
65 and older	759	3.2%	707	841	-82	-9.8%
Information Not Available	1,319	5.6%	683	1,408	-89	-6.3%

Industry	15,485		13,761	17,439
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	555	3.5%	398	770	-215	-27.9%
Mining	183	1.1%	86	127	56	44.1%
Utilities	39	0.2%	29	26	13	50.0%
Construction	2,175	13.6%	1,348	2,183	-8	-0.4%
Manufacturing	1,719	10.7%	2,151	2,108	-389	-18.5%
Wholesale Trade	639	4.0%	657	677	-38	-5.6%
Retail Trade	1,342	8.4%	1,289	1,531	-189	-12.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	479	3.0%	390	606	-127	-21.0%
Information	188	1.2%	182	163	25	15.3%
Finance and Insurance	198	1.2%	223	267	-69	-25.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	170	1.1%	156	208	-38	-18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	485	3.0%	453	550	-65	-11.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.6%	94	53	40	75.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,479	9.2%	1,484	1,730	-251	-14.5%
Educational Services	178	1.1%	192	264	-86	-32.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,312	8.2%	1,222	1,415	-103	-7.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	174	1.1%	180	257	-83	-32.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	997	6.2%	908	1,207	-210	-17.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	348	2.2%	366	353	-5	-1.4%
Public Administration	255	1.6%	240	367	-112	-30.5%
Information Not Available	2,477	15.4%	1,713	2,577	-100	-3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,282		22,013	26,035
Male	11,674	52.4%	11,238	14,257	-2,583	-18.1%
Female	10,594	47.5%	10,767	11,754	-1,160	-9.9%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	8	24	-10	-41.7%

Ethnicity	22,282		22,013	26,035
Hispanic or Latino	6,191	27.8%	6,173	7,433	-1,242	-16.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,604	52.1%	11,265	13,408	-1,804	-13.5%
Information Not Available	4,487	20.1%	4,575	5,194	-707	-13.6%

Race	22,282		22,013	26,035
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,897	8.5%	1,688	2,236	-339	-15.2%
Asian	953	4.3%	1,066	1,241	-288	-23.2%
Black or African American	2,043	9.2%	1,998	2,296	-253	-11.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	255	1.1%	284	330	-75	-22.7%
White	12,375	55.5%	12,200	14,260	-1,885	-13.2%
Information Not Available	4,759	21.4%	4,777	5,672	-913	-16.1%

Years of Age	22,282		22,013	26,035
Younger than 22	411	1.3%	413	495	-84	-17.0%
22-24	912	2.8%	914	1,150	-238	-20.7%
25-34	5,154	15.8%	5,058	6,111	-957	-15.7%
35-44	4,909	15.0%	4,876	5,679	-770	-13.6%
45-54	5,000	15.3%	5,071	6,108	-1,108	-18.1%
55-59	2,656	8.1%	2,585	3,035	-379	-12.5%
60-64	1,952	6.0%	1,870	2,115	-163	-7.7%
65 and older	1,288	3.9%	1,226	1,342	-54	-4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,282		22,013	26,035
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	482	2.1%	473	577	-95	-16.5%
Mining	61	0.3%	51	95	-34	-35.8%
Utilities	47	0.2%	42	72	-25	-34.7%
Construction	1,845	8.1%	1,638	2,386	-541	-22.7%
Manufacturing	1,081	4.7%	1,143	1,527	-446	-29.2%
Wholesale Trade	691	3.0%	731	880	-189	-21.5%
Retail Trade	1,770	7.8%	1,722	2,199	-429	-19.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	603	2.6%	542	656	-53	-8.1%
Information	365	1.6%	385	456	-91	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,102	4.8%	1,120	1,120	-18	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	400	1.8%	393	449	-49	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,179	5.2%	1,167	1,299	-120	-9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	77	0.3%	84	113	-36	-31.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,342	14.7%	3,276	3,783	-441	-11.7%
Educational Services	610	2.7%	600	706	-96	-13.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,215	9.7%	2,209	2,198	17	0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	335	1.5%	306	339	-4	-1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,222	5.4%	1,286	1,383	-161	-11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	464	2.0%	474	543	-79	-14.5%
Public Administration	572	2.5%	565	710	-138	-19.4%
Information Not Available	3,819	16.8%	3,806	4,544	-725	-16.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	379,170		347,829	381,886
Male	210,638	55.6%	188,460	223,512	-12,874	-5.8%
Female	168,209	44.4%	159,075	158,085	10,124	6.4%
Information Not Available	323	0.1%	294	289	34	11.8%

Ethnicity	379,170		347,829	381,886
Hispanic or Latino	168,963	44.6%	159,075	179,156	-10,193	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	178,224	47.0%	159,858	173,191	5,033	2.9%
Information Not Available	31,983	8.4%	28,896	29,539	2,444	8.3%

Race	379,170		347,829	381,886
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,477	0.7%	2,939	3,368	-891	-26.5%
Asian	33,276	8.8%	30,267	33,965	-689	-2.0%
Black or African American	31,337	8.3%	30,659	28,384	2,953	10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	111,134	29.3%	95,993	107,475	3,659	3.4%
Information Not Available	200,946	53.0%	187,971	208,694	-7,748	-3.7%

Years of Age	379,170		347,829	381,886
Younger than 22	6,354	1.4%	9,110	7,890	-1,536	-19.5%
22-24	17,122	3.7%	16,260	17,800	-678	-3.8%
25-34	87,227	19.1%	79,146	92,657	-5,430	-5.9%
35-44	82,705	18.1%	77,480	81,015	1,690	2.1%
45-54	87,012	19.0%	80,615	82,554	4,458	5.4%
55-59	41,029	9.0%	38,691	42,528	-1,499	-3.5%
60-64	32,953	7.2%	26,447	32,233	720	2.2%
65 and older	24,768	5.4%	19,982	25,113	-345	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	98	96	-96	-100.0%

Industry	379,170		347,829	381,886
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	81,735	17.7%	79,342	85,923	-4,188	-4.9%
Mining	1,077	0.2%	784	1,251	-174	-13.9%
Utilities	754	0.2%	1,077	866	-112	-12.9%
Construction	31,445	6.8%	26,153	35,408	-3,963	-11.2%
Manufacturing	28,753	6.2%	28,014	31,078	-2,325	-7.5%
Wholesale Trade	538	0.1%	980	1,347	-809	-60.1%
Retail Trade	18,845	4.1%	18,023	21,456	-2,611	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,353	2.9%	9,795	12,989	364	2.8%
Information	32,414	7.0%	26,055	33,291	-877	-2.6%
Finance and Insurance	6,354	1.4%	5,779	5,484	870	15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,908	0.6%	2,155	2,021	887	43.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,815	1.3%	6,367	5,196	619	11.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	72,151	15.7%	66,412	67,641	4,510	6.7%
Educational Services	15,938	3.5%	12,538	13,855	2,083	15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,676	4.5%	20,570	20,302	374	1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,677	1.4%	5,485	6,158	519	8.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,184	3.3%	14,595	13,278	1,906	14.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,400	1.8%	8,228	7,697	703	9.1%
Public Administration	4,200	0.9%	4,212	4,618	-418	-9.1%
Information Not Available	11,953	2.6%	11,265	12,027	-74	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,216		21,575	31,133
Male	15,151	60.1%	12,235	19,802	-4,651	-23.5%
Female	10,065	39.9%	9,340	11,330	-1,265	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	25,216		21,575	31,133
Hispanic or Latino	6,041	24.0%	4,778	7,576	-1,535	-20.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,644	66.0%	14,522	20,376	-3,732	-18.3%
Information Not Available	2,531	10.0%	2,275	3,181	-650	-20.4%

Race	25,216		21,575	31,133
American Indian or Alaskan Native	471	1.9%	362	581	-110	-18.9%
Asian	494	2.0%	451	602	-108	-17.9%
Black or African American	1,494	5.9%	1,347	1,724	-230	-13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.3%	76	107	-22	-20.6%
White	17,440	69.2%	14,827	21,339	-3,899	-18.3%
Information Not Available	5,232	20.7%	4,512	6,780	-1,548	-22.8%

Years of Age	25,216		21,575	31,133
Younger than 22	380	0.9%	300	504	-124	-24.6%
22-24	903	2.2%	650	1,044	-141	-13.5%
25-34	5,403	13.4%	4,619	6,649	-1,246	-18.7%
35-44	5,513	13.7%	4,791	6,762	-1,249	-18.5%
45-54	5,917	14.7%	5,127	7,477	-1,560	-20.9%
55-59	3,323	8.2%	2,775	4,145	-822	-19.8%
60-64	2,319	5.7%	2,035	2,922	-603	-20.6%
65 and older	1,453	3.6%	1,270	1,620	-167	-10.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	8	10	-5	-50.0%

Industry	25,216		21,575	31,133
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	349	1.4%	288	391	-42	-10.7%
Mining	209	0.8%	165	537	-328	-61.1%
Utilities	42	0.2%	41	55	-13	-23.6%
Construction	4,537	17.7%	3,135	6,096	-1,559	-25.6%
Manufacturing	1,453	5.7%	1,413	1,991	-538	-27.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,135	4.4%	1,044	1,337	-202	-15.1%
Retail Trade	1,850	7.2%	1,561	2,209	-359	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	658	2.6%	513	992	-334	-33.7%
Information	855	3.3%	806	1,191	-336	-28.2%
Finance and Insurance	942	3.7%	899	980	-38	-3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	476	1.9%	471	545	-69	-12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,243	8.8%	2,065	2,610	-367	-14.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	536	2.1%	316	651	-115	-17.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,449	13.5%	2,869	4,203	-754	-17.9%
Educational Services	640	2.5%	632	788	-148	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,947	7.6%	1,850	1,956	-9	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	459	1.8%	440	524	-65	-12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,401	5.5%	1,245	1,545	-144	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	589	2.3%	545	677	-88	-13.0%
Public Administration	864	3.4%	718	1,048	-184	-17.6%
Information Not Available	582	2.3%	559	807	-225	-27.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,380		36,777	49,042
Male	27,797	62.6%	22,185	31,885	-4,088	-12.8%
Female	16,583	37.4%	14,592	17,157	-574	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	44,380		36,777	49,042
Hispanic or Latino	8,579	19.3%	6,576	8,864	-285	-3.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,801	80.7%	30,201	40,178	-4,377	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	44,380		36,777	49,042
American Indian or Alaskan Native	174	0.4%	141	200	-26	-13.0%
Asian	638	1.4%	627	879	-241	-27.4%
Black or African American	6,362	14.3%	5,595	6,712	-350	-5.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,477	57.4%	21,189	28,540	-3,063	-10.7%
Information Not Available	11,729	26.4%	9,225	12,711	-982	-7.7%

Years of Age	44,380		36,777	49,042
Younger than 22	601	0.9%	781	634	-33	-5.2%
22-24	1,703	2.6%	1,662	1,952	-249	-12.8%
25-34	9,599	14.6%	8,226	11,115	-1,516	-13.6%
35-44	9,257	14.1%	7,398	9,976	-719	-7.2%
45-54	9,977	15.2%	8,351	11,195	-1,218	-10.9%
55-59	5,460	8.3%	4,367	5,891	-431	-7.3%
60-64	4,282	6.5%	3,359	4,509	-227	-5.0%
65 and older	3,501	5.3%	2,633	3,770	-269	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,380		36,777	49,042
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	495	1.1%	339	643	-148	-23.0%
Mining	58	0.1%	24	53	5	9.4%
Utilities	48	0.1%	49	55	-7	-12.7%
Construction	8,534	19.0%	5,717	9,454	-920	-9.7%
Manufacturing	3,749	8.4%	3,336	3,985	-236	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,523	3.4%	1,399	1,688	-165	-9.8%
Retail Trade	4,126	9.2%	3,783	4,598	-472	-10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,398	5.3%	1,277	2,261	137	6.1%
Information	622	1.4%	576	1,107	-485	-43.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,360	3.0%	1,312	1,467	-107	-7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	577	1.3%	524	661	-84	-12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,864	4.2%	1,910	1,876	-12	-0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	343	0.8%	316	314	29	9.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,711	15.0%	5,389	7,818	-1,107	-14.2%
Educational Services	1,127	2.5%	1,168	1,118	9	0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,957	8.8%	4,011	4,061	-104	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,437	3.2%	1,227	1,824	-387	-21.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,220	7.2%	2,292	3,481	-261	-7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,184	2.6%	1,132	1,282	-98	-7.6%
Public Administration	446	1.0%	429	557	-111	-19.9%
Information Not Available	601	1.3%	567	739	-138	-18.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,246		8,796	8,909
Male	4,334	46.9%	4,025	4,248	86	2.0%
Female	4,912	53.1%	4,769	4,660	252	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,246		8,796	8,909
Hispanic or Latino	923	10.0%	745	818	105	12.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,292	89.7%	8,013	8,054	238	3.0%
Information Not Available	31	0.3%	38	37	-6	-16.2%

Race	9,246		8,796	8,909
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	0.5%	34	49	-7	-14.3%
Asian	242	2.6%	220	234	8	3.4%
Black or African American	6,169	66.7%	5,992	5,919	250	4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	19	25	-10	-40.0%
White	1,692	18.3%	1,535	1,793	-101	-5.6%
Information Not Available	1,086	11.7%	996	889	197	22.2%

Years of Age	9,246		8,796	8,909
Younger than 22	163	1.6%	152	121	42	34.7%
22-24	427	4.2%	432	473	-46	-9.7%
25-34	2,559	24.9%	2,437	2,529	30	1.2%
35-44	2,079	20.2%	2,074	1,988	91	4.6%
45-54	1,982	19.3%	1,825	1,904	78	4.1%
55-59	995	9.7%	903	891	104	11.7%
60-64	652	6.3%	604	669	-17	-2.5%
65 and older	389	3.8%	369	334	55	16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,246		8,796	8,909
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Construction	17	0.2%	17	17	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	1	5	-2	-40.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	17	0.2%	18	14	3	21.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	14	0.2%	16	4	10	250.0%
Information	15	0.2%	11	13	2	15.4%
Finance and Insurance	10	0.1%	11	6	4	66.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	5	11	-6	-54.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	76	0.8%	72	52	24	46.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	52	0.6%	47	61	-9	-14.8%
Educational Services	4	0.0%	5	14	-10	-71.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12	0.1%	17	20	-8	-40.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.1%	4	6	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	28	0.3%	21	19	9	47.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	22	0.2%	19	28	-6	-21.4%
Public Administration	3	0.0%	4	5	-2	-40.0%
Information Not Available	8,960	96.9%	8,526	8,629	331	3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,074		5,304	7,174
Male	3,272	46.3%	2,316	3,329	-57	-1.7%
Female	3,336	47.2%	2,647	3,326	10	0.3%
Information Not Available	466	6.6%	341	519	-53	-10.2%

Ethnicity	7,074		5,304	7,174
Hispanic or Latino	524	7.4%	372	472	52	11.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,084	86.0%	4,591	6,183	-99	-1.6%
Information Not Available	466	6.6%	341	519	-53	-10.2%

Race	7,074		5,304	7,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.3%	15	19	0	0.0%
Asian	107	1.5%	97	136	-29	-21.3%
Black or African American	2,874	40.6%	2,241	2,750	124	4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
White	3,667	51.8%	2,666	3,850	-183	-4.8%
Information Not Available	406	5.7%	284	416	-10	-2.4%

Years of Age	7,074		5,304	7,174
Younger than 22	103	1.0%	67	131	-28	-21.4%
22-24	336	3.3%	219	315	21	6.7%
25-34	1,699	16.8%	1,298	1,699	0	0.0%
35-44	1,569	15.5%	1,195	1,505	64	4.3%
45-54	1,519	15.0%	1,079	1,673	-154	-9.2%
55-59	781	7.7%	581	791	-10	-1.3%
60-64	600	5.9%	474	602	-2	-0.3%
65 and older	373	3.7%	322	380	-7	-1.8%
Information Not Available	94	0.9%	69	78	16	20.5%

Industry	7,074		5,304	7,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.3%	11	22	-3	-13.6%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	14	0.2%	11	9	5	55.6%
Construction	534	7.5%	330	556	-22	-4.0%
Manufacturing	421	5.9%	353	489	-68	-13.9%
Wholesale Trade	188	2.7%	137	231	-43	-18.6%
Retail Trade	930	13.1%	678	932	-2	-0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	241	3.4%	183	282	-41	-14.5%
Information	78	1.1%	65	99	-21	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	579	8.2%	509	671	-92	-13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	2.3%	128	136	29	21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	480	6.8%	396	487	-7	-1.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.4%	27	24	7	29.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,297	18.3%	892	1,303	-6	-0.5%
Educational Services	144	2.0%	130	134	10	7.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	823	11.6%	635	684	139	20.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	122	1.7%	90	160	-38	-23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	755	10.6%	532	722	33	4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	159	2.2%	128	147	12	8.2%
Public Administration	68	1.0%	57	67	1	1.5%
Information Not Available	24	0.3%	12	19	5	26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,672		41,649	44,988
Male	20,641	48.4%	19,832	22,494	-1,853	-8.2%
Female	21,982	51.5%	21,783	22,138	-156	-0.7%
Information Not Available	49	0.1%	34	356	-307	-86.2%

Ethnicity	42,672		41,649	44,988
Hispanic or Latino	10,238	24.0%	10,330	10,873	-635	-5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,547	66.9%	27,487	29,569	-1,022	-3.5%
Information Not Available	3,887	9.1%	3,832	4,546	-659	-14.5%

Race	42,672		41,649	44,988
American Indian or Alaskan Native	298	0.7%	256	305	-7	-2.3%
Asian	658	1.5%	632	776	-118	-15.2%
Black or African American	10,875	25.5%	10,647	10,787	88	0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	247	0.6%	283	242	5	2.1%
White	25,201	59.1%	24,526	27,001	-1,800	-6.7%
Information Not Available	5,393	12.6%	5,305	5,877	-484	-8.2%

Years of Age	42,672		41,649	44,988
Younger than 22	355	0.5%	381	366	-11	-3.0%
22-24	1,135	1.8%	1,126	1,373	-238	-17.3%
25-34	8,223	12.7%	7,902	8,665	-442	-5.1%
35-44	8,655	13.4%	8,333	8,486	169	2.0%
45-54	8,731	13.5%	8,745	9,297	-566	-6.1%
55-59	4,311	6.7%	4,244	4,592	-281	-6.1%
60-64	3,195	4.9%	3,106	3,149	46	1.5%
65 and older	2,095	3.2%	2,056	2,179	-84	-3.9%
Information Not Available	5,972	9.2%	5,756	6,881	-909	-13.2%

Industry	42,672		41,649	44,988
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	347	0.8%	354	497	-150	-30.2%
Mining	45	0.1%	27	102	-57	-55.9%
Utilities	61	0.1%	65	69	-8	-11.6%
Construction	2,911	6.8%	2,592	3,121	-210	-6.7%
Manufacturing	1,628	3.8%	1,749	2,100	-472	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,954	4.5%	1,734	1,854	100	5.4%
Retail Trade	3,702	8.6%	3,683	4,022	-320	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,302	3.0%	1,009	1,364	-62	-4.5%
Information	741	1.7%	700	861	-120	-13.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,963	4.6%	1,832	1,916	47	2.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	996	2.3%	970	1,006	-10	-1.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,955	6.9%	3,048	3,321	-366	-11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	540	1.3%	493	536	4	0.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,536	17.5%	7,278	8,016	-480	-6.0%
Educational Services	868	2.0%	876	991	-123	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,956	9.2%	4,070	3,978	-22	-0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	726	1.7%	819	720	6	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,219	7.5%	3,266	3,327	-108	-3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,162	2.7%	1,151	1,252	-90	-7.2%
Public Administration	512	1.2%	558	611	-99	-16.2%
Information Not Available	5,548	12.9%	5,375	5,324	224	4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,607		28,012	35,336
Male	15,171	48.0%	13,098	17,115	-1,944	-11.4%
Female	14,697	46.5%	13,386	16,360	-1,663	-10.2%
Information Not Available	1,739	5.5%	1,528	1,861	-122	-6.6%

Ethnicity	31,607		28,012	35,336
Hispanic or Latino	109	0.3%	48	74	35	47.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,759	94.2%	26,436	33,401	-3,642	-10.9%
Information Not Available	1,739	5.5%	1,528	1,861	-122	-6.6%

Race	31,607		28,012	35,336
American Indian or Alaskan Native	145	0.5%	118	160	-15	-9.4%
Asian	473	1.5%	426	528	-55	-10.4%
Black or African American	17,489	55.3%	15,762	19,440	-1,951	-10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,761	37.2%	10,178	13,347	-1,586	-11.9%
Information Not Available	1,739	5.5%	1,528	1,861	-122	-6.6%

Years of Age	31,607		28,012	35,336
Younger than 22	450	1.1%	519	488	-38	-7.8%
22-24	1,166	2.9%	1,236	1,402	-236	-16.8%
25-34	7,728	18.9%	6,844	8,812	-1,084	-12.3%
35-44	7,603	18.6%	6,971	8,729	-1,126	-12.9%
45-54	7,327	17.9%	6,674	8,429	-1,102	-13.1%
55-59	3,438	8.4%	2,938	3,727	-289	-7.8%
60-64	2,460	6.0%	1,832	2,398	62	2.6%
65 and older	1,435	3.5%	998	1,351	84	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,607		28,012	35,336
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	529	1.6%	493	610	-81	-13.3%
Mining	16	0.0%	23	25	-9	-36.0%
Utilities	32	0.1%	24	26	6	23.1%
Construction	1,652	5.1%	1,093	1,559	93	6.0%
Manufacturing	2,139	6.7%	2,140	2,821	-682	-24.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,141	3.6%	1,061	1,457	-316	-21.7%
Retail Trade	2,044	6.4%	1,848	2,224	-180	-8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	670	2.1%	547	772	-102	-13.2%
Information	488	1.5%	483	601	-113	-18.8%
Finance and Insurance	842	2.6%	770	935	-93	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	389	1.2%	347	440	-51	-11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,795	18.0%	5,053	6,284	-489	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.1%	44	32	8	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	75	0.2%	66	89	-14	-15.7%
Educational Services	503	1.6%	506	655	-152	-23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,260	3.9%	1,241	1,549	-289	-18.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,418	4.4%	1,116	1,547	-129	-8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	203	0.6%	184	332	-129	-38.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	244	0.8%	265	312	-68	-21.8%
Public Administration	265	0.8%	269	341	-76	-22.3%
Information Not Available	11,862	36.9%	10,439	12,725	-863	-6.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,620		7,117	8,227
Male	5,474	71.8%	4,985	6,023	-549	-9.1%
Female	2,145	28.1%	2,131	2,203	-58	-2.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,620		7,117	8,227
Hispanic or Latino	550	7.2%	507	559	-9	-1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,137	67.4%	4,827	5,483	-346	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,933	25.4%	1,783	2,185	-252	-11.5%

Race	7,620		7,117	8,227
American Indian or Alaskan Native	43	0.6%	37	56	-13	-23.2%
Asian	2,418	31.7%	2,234	2,549	-131	-5.1%
Black or African American	116	1.5%	116	138	-22	-15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,460	32.3%	2,352	2,594	-134	-5.2%
White	1,619	21.2%	1,464	1,758	-139	-7.9%
Information Not Available	964	12.7%	914	1,132	-168	-14.8%

Years of Age	7,620		7,117	8,227
Younger than 22	75	0.9%	146	104	-29	-27.9%
22-24	259	3.0%	299	314	-55	-17.5%
25-34	1,737	20.2%	1,652	1,908	-171	-9.0%
35-44	1,821	21.2%	1,664	1,893	-72	-3.8%
45-54	1,725	20.1%	1,650	1,881	-156	-8.3%
55-59	862	10.0%	718	923	-61	-6.6%
60-64	652	7.6%	574	732	-80	-10.9%
65 and older	489	5.7%	414	472	17	3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,620		7,117	8,227
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.6%	52	274	-227	-82.8%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	12	0.2%	12	16	-4	-25.0%
Construction	3,035	39.6%	2,703	3,277	-242	-7.4%
Manufacturing	193	2.5%	146	217	-24	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	124	1.6%	99	112	12	10.7%
Retail Trade	286	3.7%	280	342	-56	-16.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	363	4.7%	420	218	145	66.5%
Information	167	2.2%	158	169	-2	-1.2%
Finance and Insurance	60	0.8%	61	62	-2	-3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	80	1.0%	84	118	-38	-32.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	202	2.6%	240	224	-22	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.5%	44	59	-18	-30.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	922	12.0%	769	886	36	4.1%
Educational Services	50	0.7%	49	61	-11	-18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	297	3.9%	277	306	-9	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	1.0%	59	102	-28	-27.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	531	6.9%	564	596	-65	-10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	144	1.9%	136	150	-6	-4.0%
Public Administration	95	1.2%	79	113	-18	-15.9%
Information Not Available	896	11.7%	885	923	-27	-2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,013		21,765	33,284
Male	23,056	76.8%	15,321	25,291	-2,235	-8.8%
Female	6,712	22.4%	6,242	7,706	-994	-12.9%
Information Not Available	245	0.8%	202	287	-42	-14.6%

Ethnicity	30,013		21,765	33,284
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	30,013	100.0%	21,765	33,284	-3,271	-9.8%

Race	30,013		21,765	33,284
American Indian or Alaskan Native	351	1.2%	269	111	240	216.2%
Asian	261	0.9%	228	62	199	321.0%
Black or African American	1,401	4.7%	1,148	405	996	245.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	19,396	64.6%	13,225	3,677	15,719	427.5%
Information Not Available	8,604	28.7%	6,895	29,029	-20,425	-70.4%

Years of Age	30,013		21,765	33,284
Younger than 22	637	1.4%	412	743	-106	-14.3%
22-24	1,518	3.3%	1,024	1,740	-222	-12.8%
25-34	6,926	14.8%	4,935	7,853	-927	-11.8%
35-44	6,653	14.2%	4,737	7,300	-647	-8.9%
45-54	6,154	13.2%	4,590	6,954	-800	-11.5%
55-59	3,402	7.3%	2,567	3,735	-333	-8.9%
60-64	2,708	5.8%	1,971	2,899	-191	-6.6%
65 and older	2,004	4.3%	1,521	2,056	-52	-2.5%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	8	4	7	175.0%

Industry	30,013		21,765	33,284
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	259	0.9%	211	305	-46	-15.1%
Mining	769	2.5%	263	862	-93	-10.8%
Utilities	36	0.1%	22	38	-2	-5.3%
Construction	12,449	41.1%	7,081	12,475	-26	-0.2%
Manufacturing	3,830	12.7%	3,560	5,627	-1,797	-31.9%
Wholesale Trade	938	3.1%	749	982	-44	-4.5%
Retail Trade	1,466	4.8%	1,317	1,648	-182	-11.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	968	3.2%	554	1,055	-87	-8.2%
Information	329	1.1%	325	494	-165	-33.4%
Finance and Insurance	519	1.7%	426	522	-3	-0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	246	0.8%	183	278	-32	-11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	672	2.2%	604	707	-35	-5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.2%	49	58	2	3.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,229	10.7%	2,591	3,782	-553	-14.6%
Educational Services	266	0.9%	288	317	-51	-16.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,184	3.9%	1,160	1,096	88	8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	550	1.8%	480	578	-28	-4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,037	3.4%	850	1,138	-101	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	448	1.5%	375	483	-35	-7.2%
Public Administration	553	1.8%	520	576	-23	-4.0%
Information Not Available	205	0.7%	157	263	-58	-22.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,141		8,844	14,517
Male	8,921	73.5%	6,041	10,768	-1,847	-17.2%
Female	3,213	26.5%	2,798	3,748	-535	-14.3%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	5	1	6	600.0%

Ethnicity	12,141		8,844	14,517
Hispanic or Latino	2,111	17.4%	1,466	2,406	-295	-12.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,176	67.3%	6,041	9,787	-1,611	-16.5%
Information Not Available	1,854	15.3%	1,337	2,324	-470	-20.2%

Race	12,141		8,844	14,517
American Indian or Alaskan Native	803	4.0%	584	816	-13	-1.6%
Asian	153	0.8%	137	220	-67	-30.5%
Black or African American	256	1.3%	170	246	10	4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	144	0.7%	76	133	11	8.3%
White	13,173	64.8%	7,291	20,798	-7,625	-36.7%
Information Not Available	5,785	28.5%	3,758	5,596	189	3.4%

Years of Age	12,141		8,844	14,517
Younger than 22	403	1.7%	284	502	-99	-19.7%
22-24	618	2.5%	454	725	-107	-14.8%
25-34	2,615	10.7%	1,931	3,063	-448	-14.6%
35-44	2,585	10.6%	1,862	3,009	-424	-14.1%
45-54	2,550	10.5%	1,887	3,217	-667	-20.7%
55-59	1,394	5.7%	1,002	1,766	-372	-21.1%
60-64	985	4.0%	745	1,114	-129	-11.6%
65 and older	989	4.1%	675	1,110	-121	-10.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	11	-9	-81.8%

Industry	12,141		8,844	14,517
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	885	6.8%	591	1,023	-138	-13.5%
Mining	150	1.2%	133	167	-17	-10.2%
Utilities	60	0.5%	26	73	-13	-17.8%
Construction	3,000	23.0%	1,710	3,839	-839	-21.9%
Manufacturing	1,057	8.1%	777	1,434	-377	-26.3%
Wholesale Trade	429	3.3%	328	516	-87	-16.9%
Retail Trade	959	7.4%	777	1,136	-177	-15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	367	2.8%	235	597	-230	-38.5%
Information	108	0.8%	96	123	-15	-12.2%
Finance and Insurance	173	1.3%	165	226	-53	-23.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	102	0.8%	100	117	-15	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	428	3.3%	299	476	-48	-10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.1%	17	15	-1	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,792	13.8%	1,317	1,791	1	0.1%
Educational Services	99	0.8%	117	166	-67	-40.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	674	5.2%	665	719	-45	-6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	317	2.4%	271	330	-13	-3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	512	3.9%	448	596	-84	-14.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	217	1.7%	161	223	-6	-2.7%
Public Administration	345	2.6%	280	388	-43	-11.1%
Information Not Available	453	3.5%	331	562	-109	-19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	153,234		117,495	163,545
Male	105,576	68.9%	75,541	113,255	-7,679	-6.8%
Female	46,639	30.4%	41,176	49,229	-2,590	-5.3%
Information Not Available	1,019	0.7%	778	1,061	-42	-4.0%

Ethnicity	153,234		117,495	163,545
Hispanic or Latino	35,168	23.0%	26,294	36,041	-873	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	101,892	66.5%	79,173	110,190	-8,298	-7.5%
Information Not Available	16,174	10.6%	12,028	17,314	-1,140	-6.6%

Race	153,234		117,495	163,545
American Indian or Alaskan Native	979	0.6%	764	994	-15	-1.5%
Asian	2,781	1.8%	2,431	3,090	-309	-10.0%
Black or African American	28,531	18.6%	25,288	29,471	-940	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	359	0.2%	267	324	35	10.8%
White	97,409	63.6%	71,335	105,735	-8,326	-7.9%
Information Not Available	23,175	15.1%	17,410	23,931	-756	-3.2%

Years of Age	153,234		117,495	163,545
Younger than 22	1,656	0.7%	2,041	1,747	-91	-5.2%
22-24	5,120	2.2%	4,729	5,714	-594	-10.4%
25-34	32,346	13.6%	26,166	35,302	-2,956	-8.4%
35-44	36,334	15.3%	27,347	38,995	-2,661	-6.8%
45-54	38,700	16.3%	29,478	42,032	-3,332	-7.9%
55-59	19,005	8.0%	13,942	20,000	-995	-5.0%
60-64	13,401	5.6%	9,442	13,352	49	0.4%
65 and older	6,672	2.8%	4,350	6,403	269	4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	153,234		117,495	163,545
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,100	0.7%	839	1,176	-76	-6.5%
Mining	686	0.4%	302	772	-86	-11.1%
Utilities	198	0.1%	133	349	-151	-43.3%
Construction	37,696	24.4%	21,673	39,361	-1,665	-4.2%
Manufacturing	12,186	7.9%	9,407	14,406	-2,220	-15.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,699	3.7%	5,174	6,089	-390	-6.4%
Retail Trade	8,741	5.7%	7,901	9,530	-789	-8.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,094	4.6%	4,722	8,152	-1,058	-13.0%
Information	2,031	1.3%	1,918	2,157	-126	-5.8%
Finance and Insurance	4,006	2.6%	3,766	3,756	250	6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,806	1.2%	1,555	1,768	38	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,133	5.3%	7,090	9,068	-935	-10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,108	0.7%	1,036	1,187	-79	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,019	18.2%	22,577	28,707	-688	-2.4%
Educational Services	2,821	1.8%	2,717	3,072	-251	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,032	4.6%	6,759	6,974	58	0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,671	2.4%	2,803	3,766	-95	-2.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,896	5.1%	5,815	8,390	-494	-5.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,879	1.9%	2,655	3,256	-377	-11.6%
Public Administration	2,098	1.4%	1,900	2,310	-212	-9.2%
Information Not Available	8,334	5.4%	6,753	9,299	-965	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,879		17,658	32,090
Male	16,282	71.2%	11,053	22,988	-6,706	-29.2%
Female	6,513	28.5%	6,532	8,973	-2,460	-27.4%
Information Not Available	84	0.4%	73	129	-45	-34.9%

Ethnicity	22,879		17,658	32,090
Hispanic or Latino	1,420	6.2%	979	1,886	-466	-24.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,460	76.3%	13,466	24,570	-7,110	-28.9%
Information Not Available	3,999	17.5%	3,213	5,634	-1,635	-29.0%

Race	22,879		17,658	32,090
American Indian or Alaskan Native	99	0.4%	80	149	-50	-33.6%
Asian	128	0.6%	140	198	-70	-35.4%
Black or African American	2,678	11.7%	2,572	4,053	-1,375	-33.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	17	33	-12	-36.4%
White	18,151	79.3%	13,520	25,352	-7,201	-28.4%
Information Not Available	1,802	7.9%	1,329	2,305	-503	-21.8%

Years of Age	22,879		17,658	32,090
Younger than 22	326	0.8%	231	538	-212	-39.4%
22-24	764	1.9%	499	1,224	-460	-37.6%
25-34	4,627	11.8%	3,625	6,836	-2,209	-32.3%
35-44	5,698	14.5%	4,314	7,923	-2,225	-28.1%
45-54	6,028	15.4%	4,578	8,267	-2,239	-27.1%
55-59	2,821	7.2%	2,245	3,864	-1,043	-27.0%
60-64	1,807	4.6%	1,467	2,329	-522	-22.4%
65 and older	808	2.1%	699	1,109	-301	-27.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,879		17,658	32,090
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97	0.4%	85	144	-47	-32.6%
Mining	123	0.5%	51	212	-89	-42.0%
Utilities	25	0.1%	28	25	0	0.0%
Construction	7,885	34.3%	4,036	9,812	-1,927	-19.6%
Manufacturing	3,061	13.3%	3,034	4,163	-1,102	-26.5%
Wholesale Trade	632	2.8%	647	921	-289	-31.4%
Retail Trade	1,361	5.9%	1,353	1,750	-389	-22.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,188	5.2%	644	1,782	-594	-33.3%
Information	256	1.1%	273	331	-75	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	437	1.9%	405	562	-125	-22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	275	1.2%	252	338	-63	-18.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	738	3.2%	756	1,140	-402	-35.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	139	0.6%	128	166	-27	-16.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,274	9.9%	1,782	3,818	-1,544	-40.4%
Educational Services	277	1.2%	312	548	-271	-49.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,082	4.7%	1,179	1,460	-378	-25.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	327	1.4%	265	520	-193	-37.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	471	2.0%	460	800	-329	-41.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	459	2.0%	450	570	-111	-19.5%
Public Administration	176	0.8%	152	230	-54	-23.5%
Information Not Available	1,596	6.9%	1,366	2,798	-1,202	-43.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,529		11,079	17,320
Male	10,689	68.8%	6,816	11,913	-1,224	-10.3%
Female	4,840	31.2%	4,263	5,407	-567	-10.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,529		11,079	17,320
Hispanic or Latino	1,685	10.9%	1,170	1,824	-139	-7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,434	54.3%	5,722	9,070	-636	-7.0%
Information Not Available	5,410	34.8%	4,187	6,426	-1,016	-15.8%

Race	15,529		11,079	17,320
American Indian or Alaskan Native	196	1.3%	148	253	-57	-22.5%
Asian	133	0.9%	119	239	-106	-44.4%
Black or African American	2,964	19.1%	2,225	3,276	-312	-9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.2%	18	36	-1	-2.8%
White	10,961	70.6%	7,701	12,193	-1,232	-10.1%
Information Not Available	1,240	8.0%	868	1,323	-83	-6.3%

Years of Age	15,529		11,079	17,320
Younger than 22	195	0.8%	216	220	-25	-11.4%
22-24	582	2.3%	498	697	-115	-16.5%
25-34	3,457	13.7%	2,638	3,952	-495	-12.5%
35-44	3,694	14.7%	2,568	4,176	-482	-11.5%
45-54	3,619	14.4%	2,560	4,038	-419	-10.4%
55-59	1,918	7.6%	1,310	1,995	-77	-3.9%
60-64	1,281	5.1%	810	1,444	-163	-11.3%
65 and older	783	3.1%	479	798	-15	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,529		11,079	17,320
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55	0.4%	49	64	-9	-14.1%
Mining	189	1.2%	76	175	14	8.0%
Utilities	75	0.5%	76	21	54	257.1%
Construction	4,147	26.6%	2,189	4,124	23	0.6%
Manufacturing	2,510	16.1%	1,379	3,514	-1,004	-28.6%
Wholesale Trade	418	2.7%	527	677	-259	-38.3%
Retail Trade	836	5.4%	739	956	-120	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	586	3.8%	353	635	-49	-7.7%
Information	186	1.2%	174	259	-73	-28.2%
Finance and Insurance	299	1.9%	287	354	-55	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.6%	227	203	47	23.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	699	4.5%	581	799	-100	-12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.3%	33	60	-6	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,103	13.5%	1,500	2,300	-197	-8.6%
Educational Services	170	1.1%	153	190	-20	-10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	997	6.4%	1,002	999	-2	-0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	0.7%	80	142	-32	-22.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	579	3.7%	489	511	68	13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	224	1.4%	231	283	-59	-20.8%
Public Administration	260	1.7%	303	322	-62	-19.3%
Information Not Available	782	5.0%	631	732	50	6.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,180		17,903	26,787
Male	17,146	68.1%	10,659	18,029	-883	-4.9%
Female	8,034	31.9%	7,244	8,758	-724	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,180		17,903	26,787
Hispanic or Latino	34	0.1%	35	34	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	687	2.7%	580	607	80	13.2%
Information Not Available	24,459	97.1%	17,288	26,146	-1,687	-6.5%

Race	25,180		17,903	26,787
American Indian or Alaskan Native	171	0.7%	125	184	-13	-7.1%
Asian	124	0.5%	95	68	56	82.4%
Black or African American	3,002	11.9%	2,138	3,177	-175	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	9	9	8	88.9%
White	21,538	85.5%	15,293	23,028	-1,490	-6.5%
Information Not Available	328	1.3%	243	321	7	2.2%

Years of Age	25,180		17,903	26,787
Younger than 22	307	0.7%	372	299	8	2.7%
22-24	1,028	2.3%	632	1,031	-3	-0.3%
25-34	5,275	11.8%	3,523	5,264	11	0.2%
35-44	6,081	13.6%	4,566	6,166	-85	-1.4%
45-54	6,064	13.6%	4,358	6,650	-586	-8.8%
55-59	3,092	6.9%	1,999	3,164	-72	-2.3%
60-64	2,064	4.6%	1,428	2,600	-536	-20.6%
65 and older	1,245	2.8%	1,013	1,604	-359	-22.4%
Information Not Available	24	0.1%	12	9	15	166.7%

Industry	25,180		17,903	26,787
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	135	0.5%	65	192	-57	-29.7%
Mining	286	1.1%	169	393	-107	-27.2%
Utilities	43	0.2%	26	60	-17	-28.3%
Construction	6,699	26.5%	2,830	6,615	84	1.3%
Manufacturing	3,983	15.7%	2,912	4,216	-233	-5.5%
Wholesale Trade	832	3.3%	866	1,163	-331	-28.5%
Retail Trade	1,437	5.7%	1,264	1,646	-209	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	904	3.6%	671	937	-33	-3.5%
Information	418	1.7%	385	265	153	57.7%
Finance and Insurance	542	2.1%	524	530	12	2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	298	1.2%	229	304	-6	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,130	4.5%	762	971	159	16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	188	0.7%	177	171	17	9.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,686	10.6%	1,748	2,750	-64	-2.3%
Educational Services	409	1.6%	485	530	-121	-22.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,377	5.4%	1,541	1,544	-167	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	414	1.6%	286	663	-249	-37.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,070	4.2%	930	1,257	-187	-14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	461	1.8%	441	543	-82	-15.1%
Public Administration	337	1.3%	407	487	-150	-30.8%
Information Not Available	1,531	6.0%	1,185	1,550	-19	-1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,046		19,108	22,893
Male	9,235	48.5%	9,108	12,888	-3,653	-28.3%
Female	9,755	51.2%	9,948	9,990	-235	-2.4%
Information Not Available	56	0.3%	52	15	41	273.3%

Ethnicity	19,046		19,108	22,893
Hispanic or Latino	780	4.1%	747	1,047	-267	-25.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,877	93.9%	17,929	21,577	-3,700	-17.1%
Information Not Available	389	2.0%	432	269	120	44.6%

Race	19,046		19,108	22,893
American Indian or Alaskan Native	99	0.5%	112	159	-60	-37.7%
Asian	113	0.6%	106	227	-114	-50.2%
Black or African American	9,305	48.9%	9,331	11,425	-2,120	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	474	2.5%	465	26	448	1723.1%
White	7,641	40.1%	7,624	9,862	-2,221	-22.5%
Information Not Available	1,414	7.4%	1,470	1,194	220	18.4%

Years of Age	19,046		19,108	22,893
Younger than 22	328	1.3%	350	459	-131	-28.5%
22-24	781	3.1%	827	1,016	-235	-23.1%
25-34	4,552	18.1%	4,659	5,651	-1,099	-19.4%
35-44	4,651	18.5%	4,593	5,375	-724	-13.5%
45-54	4,225	16.8%	4,182	5,201	-976	-18.8%
55-59	2,086	8.3%	2,104	2,462	-376	-15.3%
60-64	1,502	6.0%	1,467	1,689	-187	-11.1%
65 and older	921	3.7%	926	1,040	-119	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,046		19,108	22,893
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	336	1.7%	284	409	-73	-17.8%
Mining	295	1.5%	286	687	-392	-57.1%
Utilities	38	0.2%	40	57	-19	-33.3%
Construction	3,879	20.0%	3,654	4,013	-134	-3.3%
Manufacturing	1,364	7.0%	1,358	2,066	-702	-34.0%
Wholesale Trade	466	2.4%	469	737	-271	-36.8%
Retail Trade	1,383	7.1%	1,357	1,384	-1	-0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	652	3.4%	589	1,003	-351	-35.0%
Information	213	1.1%	230	340	-127	-37.4%
Finance and Insurance	390	2.0%	413	401	-11	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	261	1.3%	261	411	-150	-36.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	677	3.5%	744	1,107	-430	-38.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.4%	62	83	-14	-16.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,589	8.2%	1,601	2,007	-418	-20.8%
Educational Services	361	1.9%	400	406	-45	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,695	8.7%	1,833	2,126	-431	-20.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	232	1.2%	249	332	-100	-30.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,364	7.0%	1,412	1,846	-482	-26.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	438	2.3%	439	564	-126	-22.3%
Public Administration	281	1.4%	291	374	-93	-24.9%
Information Not Available	3,063	15.8%	3,136	2,540	523	20.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	77,175		56,288	76,514
Male	51,069	66.2%	32,927	50,831	238	0.5%
Female	26,103	33.8%	23,357	25,682	421	1.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	77,175		56,288	76,514
Hispanic or Latino	10,516	13.6%	7,355	10,249	267	2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,156	80.5%	45,494	61,769	387	0.6%
Information Not Available	4,503	5.8%	3,439	4,496	7	0.2%

Race	77,175		56,288	76,514
American Indian or Alaskan Native	396	0.5%	300	379	17	4.5%
Asian	2,241	2.9%	1,993	2,308	-67	-2.9%
Black or African American	6,276	8.1%	5,214	6,143	133	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	161	0.2%	138	196	-35	-17.9%
White	56,784	73.6%	40,457	56,550	234	0.4%
Information Not Available	11,317	14.7%	8,186	10,938	379	3.5%

Years of Age	77,175		56,288	76,514
Younger than 22	1,570	1.2%	1,042	1,656	-86	-5.2%
22-24	3,348	2.6%	2,311	3,666	-318	-8.7%
25-34	17,757	13.9%	12,717	17,594	163	0.9%
35-44	16,423	12.9%	11,689	16,134	289	1.8%
45-54	17,738	13.9%	13,001	17,985	-247	-1.4%
55-59	8,748	6.9%	6,452	8,522	226	2.7%
60-64	6,395	5.0%	5,061	6,106	289	4.7%
65 and older	5,196	4.1%	4,015	4,851	345	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	77,175		56,288	76,514
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,044	1.3%	502	931	113	12.1%
Mining	223	0.3%	42	187	36	19.3%
Utilities	211	0.3%	214	207	4	1.9%
Construction	15,608	20.0%	7,023	14,869	739	5.0%
Manufacturing	4,647	5.9%	4,136	5,230	-583	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,878	3.7%	2,593	2,747	131	4.8%
Retail Trade	5,521	7.1%	4,555	5,387	134	2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,093	2.7%	1,523	2,008	85	4.2%
Information	1,384	1.8%	1,425	1,357	27	2.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,218	2.8%	2,232	2,048	170	8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,168	1.5%	1,009	1,238	-70	-5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,620	7.2%	5,063	5,604	16	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	319	0.4%	295	335	-16	-4.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,981	14.0%	6,421	11,060	-79	-0.7%
Educational Services	1,320	1.7%	1,280	1,269	51	4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,274	6.7%	5,368	5,096	178	3.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,711	3.5%	1,790	2,785	-74	-2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,768	8.7%	4,681	6,989	-221	-3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,520	4.5%	3,004	3,298	222	6.7%
Public Administration	1,415	1.8%	1,228	1,756	-341	-19.4%
Information Not Available	2,252	2.9%	1,904	2,113	139	6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,613		34,152	43,576
Male	19,778	49.9%	16,388	21,586	-1,808	-8.4%
Female	12,935	32.7%	12,595	14,524	-1,589	-10.9%
Information Not Available	6,900	17.4%	5,169	7,466	-566	-7.6%

Ethnicity	39,613		34,152	43,576
Hispanic or Latino	2,619	6.6%	1,957	2,545	74	2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,172	73.6%	26,148	32,752	-3,580	-10.9%
Information Not Available	7,822	19.7%	6,047	8,279	-457	-5.5%

Race	39,613		34,152	43,576
American Indian or Alaskan Native	133	0.3%	126	133	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	13,195	33.3%	12,599	14,428	-1,233	-8.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.1%	46	58	-1	-1.7%
White	15,787	39.9%	13,377	18,133	-2,346	-12.9%
Information Not Available	10,441	26.4%	8,004	10,824	-383	-3.5%

Years of Age	39,613		34,152	43,576
Younger than 22	396	0.8%	320	549	-153	-27.9%
22-24	1,188	2.3%	1,011	1,490	-302	-20.3%
25-34	7,722	14.7%	7,029	8,558	-836	-9.8%
35-44	6,949	13.2%	6,155	7,431	-482	-6.5%
45-54	7,092	13.5%	6,163	8,035	-943	-11.7%
55-59	3,951	7.5%	3,468	4,229	-278	-6.6%
60-64	2,854	5.4%	2,540	3,086	-232	-7.5%
65 and older	2,561	4.9%	2,297	2,732	-171	-6.3%
Information Not Available	6,900	13.1%	5,169	7,466	-566	-7.6%

Industry	39,613		34,152	43,576
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	190	0.5%	138	206	-16	-7.8%
Mining	50	0.1%	19	43	7	16.3%
Utilities	46	0.1%	34	51	-5	-9.8%
Construction	6,176	15.5%	4,021	6,256	-80	-1.3%
Manufacturing	302	0.8%	461	478	-176	-36.8%
Wholesale Trade	953	2.4%	1,028	1,160	-207	-17.8%
Retail Trade	1,019	2.6%	957	1,229	-210	-17.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	718	1.8%	638	934	-216	-23.1%
Information	414	1.0%	427	455	-41	-9.0%
Finance and Insurance	827	2.1%	824	883	-56	-6.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	884	2.2%	763	662	222	33.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,341	5.9%	2,355	2,663	-322	-12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.2%	71	164	-93	-56.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,975	12.5%	4,218	5,602	-627	-11.2%
Educational Services	828	2.1%	864	900	-72	-8.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,318	5.8%	2,379	2,518	-200	-7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	898	2.3%	787	1,073	-175	-16.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,628	9.1%	3,353	4,013	-385	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	754	1.9%	727	800	-46	-5.8%
Public Administration	759	1.9%	705	845	-86	-10.2%
Information Not Available	11,462	28.8%	9,383	12,641	-1,179	-9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,607		5,738	9,556
Male	5,263	61.1%	3,248	6,341	-1,078	-17.0%
Female	2,949	34.3%	2,109	3,215	-266	-8.3%
Information Not Available	395	4.6%	381	0	395	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,607		5,738	9,556
Hispanic or Latino	187	2.2%	95	225	-38	-16.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,977	92.7%	5,177	8,281	-304	-3.7%
Information Not Available	443	5.1%	466	1,050	-607	-57.8%

Race	8,607		5,738	9,556
American Indian or Alaskan Native	120	1.4%	81	102	18	17.6%
Asian	59	0.7%	30	75	-16	-21.3%
Black or African American	158	1.8%	91	131	27	20.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.2%	8	0	17	0.0%
White	8,017	93.1%	5,301	8,761	-744	-8.5%
Information Not Available	236	2.7%	227	487	-251	-51.5%

Years of Age	8,607		5,738	9,556
Younger than 22	109	0.7%	98	209	-100	-47.8%
22-24	315	2.0%	231	426	-111	-26.1%
25-34	1,760	11.2%	1,244	2,164	-404	-18.7%
35-44	1,768	11.3%	1,122	1,881	-113	-6.0%
45-54	1,886	12.0%	1,348	2,050	-164	-8.0%
55-59	1,134	7.2%	735	1,150	-16	-1.4%
60-64	919	5.9%	560	909	10	1.1%
65 and older	716	4.6%	400	767	-51	-6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,607		5,738	9,556
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	175	2.0%	114	201	-26	-12.9%
Mining	10	0.1%	6	16	-6	-37.5%
Utilities	12	0.1%	6	9	3	33.3%
Construction	1,684	19.2%	890	1,809	-125	-6.9%
Manufacturing	1,043	11.9%	569	891	152	17.1%
Wholesale Trade	268	3.1%	158	265	3	1.1%
Retail Trade	570	6.5%	380	663	-93	-14.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	231	2.6%	134	220	11	5.0%
Information	37	0.4%	35	61	-24	-39.3%
Finance and Insurance	115	1.3%	90	91	24	26.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	59	0.7%	51	71	-12	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	235	2.7%	205	233	2	0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	13	22	-7	-31.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	773	8.8%	480	950	-177	-18.6%
Educational Services	135	1.5%	125	85	50	58.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	444	5.1%	377	337	107	31.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	206	2.3%	132	249	-43	-17.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,335	15.2%	892	1,388	-53	-3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	166	1.9%	133	172	-6	-3.5%
Public Administration	161	1.8%	118	153	8	5.2%
Information Not Available	933	10.6%	830	1,670	-737	-44.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,914		70,901	101,280
Male	68,569	68.6%	44,985	69,320	-751	-1.1%
Female	28,374	28.4%	23,150	29,952	-1,578	-5.3%
Information Not Available	2,971	3.0%	2,766	2,008	963	48.0%

Ethnicity	99,914		70,901	101,280
Hispanic or Latino	8,192	8.2%	5,847	8,468	-276	-3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,827	76.9%	53,212	77,855	-1,028	-1.3%
Information Not Available	14,895	14.9%	11,842	14,957	-62	-0.4%

Race	99,914		70,901	101,280
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,129	1.1%	852	1,221	-92	-7.5%
Asian	764	0.8%	562	873	-109	-12.5%
Black or African American	12,017	12.0%	9,462	12,943	-926	-7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.1%	42	62	1	1.6%
White	63,292	63.3%	42,608	64,018	-726	-1.1%
Information Not Available	22,649	22.7%	17,375	22,163	486	2.2%

Years of Age	99,914		70,901	101,280
Younger than 22	2,765	1.8%	1,854	2,970	-205	-6.9%
22-24	5,120	3.3%	3,476	5,660	-540	-9.5%
25-34	23,128	14.8%	16,615	23,975	-847	-3.5%
35-44	22,247	14.3%	15,979	22,419	-172	-0.8%
45-54	24,200	15.5%	16,761	23,782	418	1.8%
55-59	11,344	7.3%	7,951	11,599	-255	-2.2%
60-64	7,166	4.6%	5,121	7,016	150	2.1%
65 and older	3,942	2.5%	3,140	3,855	87	2.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	4	-2	-50.0%

Industry	99,914		70,901	101,280
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,124	2.1%	1,602	2,308	-184	-8.0%
Mining	913	0.9%	522	1,081	-168	-15.5%
Utilities	152	0.1%	144	139	13	9.4%
Construction	22,403	22.0%	13,055	21,341	1,062	5.0%
Manufacturing	11,753	11.5%	7,953	12,814	-1,061	-8.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,428	5.3%	2,781	3,299	2,129	64.5%
Retail Trade	5,640	5.5%	4,562	5,582	58	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,057	3.0%	1,849	4,150	-1,093	-26.3%
Information	932	0.9%	913	901	31	3.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,446	1.4%	1,417	1,386	60	4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,067	1.0%	883	1,019	48	4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,010	4.9%	4,150	5,309	-299	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,298	3.2%	1,687	2,227	1,071	48.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,759	13.5%	10,176	15,295	-1,536	-10.0%
Educational Services	829	0.8%	854	1,022	-193	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,302	4.2%	4,235	4,416	-114	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,693	3.6%	2,727	4,060	-367	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,202	4.1%	3,547	4,527	-325	-7.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,207	2.2%	1,729	2,201	6	0.3%
Public Administration	1,797	1.8%	1,568	1,898	-101	-5.3%
Information Not Available	5,902	5.8%	4,547	6,305	-403	-6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,751		54,204	66,782
Male	49,021	78.1%	41,385	52,554	-3,533	-6.7%
Female	13,719	21.9%	12,806	14,194	-475	-3.3%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	13	34	-23	-67.6%

Ethnicity	62,751		54,204	66,782
Hispanic or Latino	2,963	4.7%	2,525	3,118	-155	-5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,640	85.5%	46,089	57,023	-3,383	-5.9%
Information Not Available	6,148	9.8%	5,590	6,641	-493	-7.4%

Race	62,751		54,204	66,782
American Indian or Alaskan Native	745	1.2%	692	829	-84	-10.1%
Asian	980	1.6%	844	1,049	-69	-6.6%
Black or African American	2,991	4.8%	2,816	3,302	-311	-9.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	96	0.2%	97	115	-19	-16.5%
White	52,766	84.1%	45,164	56,006	-3,240	-5.8%
Information Not Available	5,173	8.2%	4,591	5,481	-308	-5.6%

Years of Age	62,751		54,204	66,782
Younger than 22	1,276	1.2%	1,685	1,300	-24	-1.8%
22-24	3,120	2.8%	3,034	3,403	-283	-8.3%
25-34	15,276	13.9%	13,232	16,523	-1,247	-7.5%
35-44	13,816	12.6%	11,550	14,375	-559	-3.9%
45-54	12,735	11.6%	11,412	14,234	-1,499	-10.5%
55-59	7,546	6.9%	6,505	8,134	-588	-7.2%
60-64	5,586	5.1%	4,327	5,530	56	1.0%
65 and older	3,389	3.1%	2,442	3,248	141	4.3%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	17	35	-28	-80.0%

Industry	62,751		54,204	66,782
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,012	1.6%	828	986	26	2.6%
Mining	639	1.0%	486	795	-156	-19.6%
Utilities	192	0.3%	129	260	-68	-26.2%
Construction	24,572	38.5%	19,708	25,970	-1,398	-5.4%
Manufacturing	6,632	10.4%	5,744	7,598	-966	-12.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,080	3.3%	1,819	2,239	-159	-7.1%
Retail Trade	3,042	4.8%	2,712	3,187	-145	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,695	2.7%	1,466	1,803	-108	-6.0%
Information	663	1.0%	631	688	-25	-3.6%
Finance and Insurance	911	1.4%	916	882	29	3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	603	0.9%	572	632	-29	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,669	4.2%	2,451	2,804	-135	-4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	799	1.3%	615	917	-118	-12.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,788	9.1%	5,152	6,101	-313	-5.1%
Educational Services	941	1.5%	935	970	-29	-3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,544	4.0%	2,408	2,463	81	3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,123	1.8%	1,081	1,195	-72	-6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,271	3.6%	2,211	2,325	-54	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,506	2.4%	1,344	1,534	-28	-1.8%
Public Administration	1,295	2.0%	1,204	1,463	-168	-11.5%
Information Not Available	1,774	2.8%	1,792	1,970	-196	-9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,984		26,310	37,432
Male	23,485	63.5%	14,951	23,168	317	1.4%
Female	13,470	36.4%	11,330	14,186	-716	-5.0%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	29	78	-49	-62.8%

Ethnicity	36,984		26,310	37,432
Hispanic or Latino	1,632	4.4%	1,085	1,676	-44	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,326	79.3%	20,658	30,172	-846	-2.8%
Information Not Available	6,026	16.3%	4,567	5,584	442	7.9%

Race	36,984		26,310	37,432
American Indian or Alaskan Native	237	0.6%	179	226	11	4.9%
Asian	210	0.6%	182	392	-182	-46.4%
Black or African American	6,097	16.5%	5,287	6,461	-364	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	283	0.8%	222	704	-421	-59.8%
White	26,119	70.6%	17,362	26,362	-243	-0.9%
Information Not Available	4,038	10.9%	3,078	3,287	751	22.8%

Years of Age	36,984		26,310	37,432
Younger than 22	549	0.9%	531	566	-17	-3.0%
22-24	1,399	2.3%	1,085	1,527	-128	-8.4%
25-34	7,898	13.2%	5,726	8,283	-385	-4.6%
35-44	8,500	14.2%	5,971	8,412	88	1.0%
45-54	8,392	14.0%	6,245	8,700	-308	-3.5%
55-59	4,658	7.8%	3,188	4,529	129	2.8%
60-64	3,121	5.2%	2,104	2,971	150	5.0%
65 and older	2,467	4.1%	1,460	2,444	23	0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,984		26,310	37,432
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	418	1.1%	267	482	-64	-13.3%
Mining	205	0.5%	81	162	43	26.5%
Utilities	31	0.1%	35	43	-12	-27.9%
Construction	8,486	22.7%	4,192	7,046	1,440	20.4%
Manufacturing	3,454	9.2%	2,449	3,851	-397	-10.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,201	3.2%	1,085	1,239	-38	-3.1%
Retail Trade	2,843	7.6%	2,299	3,042	-199	-6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,308	3.5%	823	1,440	-132	-9.2%
Information	821	2.2%	692	560	261	46.6%
Finance and Insurance	783	2.1%	760	766	17	2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	529	1.4%	396	597	-68	-11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,330	3.6%	1,333	1,460	-130	-8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	166	0.4%	132	167	-1	-0.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,639	12.4%	3,172	4,972	-333	-6.7%
Educational Services	472	1.3%	471	584	-112	-19.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,590	6.9%	2,514	2,638	-48	-1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,571	4.2%	586	1,724	-153	-8.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,552	9.5%	2,241	3,695	-143	-3.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	684	1.8%	587	776	-92	-11.9%
Public Administration	383	1.0%	336	411	-28	-6.8%
Information Not Available	1,518	4.1%	1,859	1,777	-259	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,609		10,295	12,889
Male	6,134	57.8%	5,403	7,525	-1,391	-18.5%
Female	4,457	42.0%	4,879	5,336	-879	-16.5%
Information Not Available	18	0.2%	13	28	-10	-35.7%

Ethnicity	10,609		10,295	12,889
Hispanic or Latino	254	2.4%	220	267	-13	-4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,776	92.1%	9,583	12,015	-2,239	-18.6%
Information Not Available	579	5.5%	492	607	-28	-4.6%

Race	10,609		10,295	12,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	0.5%	43	50	3	6.0%
Asian	62	0.6%	68	139	-77	-55.4%
Black or African American	6,137	57.8%	6,006	7,464	-1,327	-17.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.2%	28	32	-8	-25.0%
White	3,860	36.4%	3,744	4,821	-961	-19.9%
Information Not Available	473	4.5%	406	383	90	23.5%

Years of Age	10,609		10,295	12,889
Younger than 22	79	0.6%	141	122	-43	-35.2%
22-24	367	2.7%	484	516	-149	-28.9%
25-34	2,454	18.0%	2,464	3,040	-586	-19.3%
35-44	2,575	18.9%	2,504	3,170	-595	-18.8%
45-54	2,424	17.8%	2,321	2,960	-536	-18.1%
55-59	1,171	8.6%	1,069	1,377	-206	-15.0%
60-64	866	6.4%	756	1,005	-139	-13.8%
65 and older	673	4.9%	556	699	-26	-3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,609		10,295	12,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	768	6.8%	548	922	-154	-16.7%
Mining	30	0.3%	28	33	-3	-9.1%
Utilities	31	0.3%	24	10	21	210.0%
Construction	696	6.1%	528	825	-129	-15.6%
Manufacturing	1,184	10.4%	1,152	1,505	-321	-21.3%
Wholesale Trade	247	2.2%	207	270	-23	-8.5%
Retail Trade	704	6.2%	719	1,023	-319	-31.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	243	2.1%	213	293	-50	-17.1%
Information	62	0.5%	62	201	-139	-69.2%
Finance and Insurance	122	1.1%	129	159	-37	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	95	0.8%	108	142	-47	-33.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	255	2.2%	318	291	-36	-12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	0.9%	108	126	-28	-22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	920	8.1%	862	1,151	-231	-20.1%
Educational Services	273	2.4%	270	287	-14	-4.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	809	7.1%	880	948	-139	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	0.9%	72	72	29	40.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	733	6.4%	911	833	-100	-12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	143	1.3%	127	171	-28	-16.4%
Public Administration	138	1.2%	148	199	-61	-30.7%
Information Not Available	2,957	26.0%	2,881	3,428	-471	-13.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,345		8,830	11,158
Male	8,571	75.5%	6,374	8,465	106	1.3%
Female	2,764	24.4%	2,449	2,687	77	2.9%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	7	6	4	66.7%

Ethnicity	11,345		8,830	11,158
Hispanic or Latino	483	4.3%	399	491	-8	-1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,321	91.0%	8,024	10,115	206	2.0%
Information Not Available	541	4.8%	407	552	-11	-2.0%

Race	11,345		8,830	11,158
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,039	9.2%	770	1,112	-73	-6.6%
Asian	36	0.3%	38	40	-4	-10.0%
Black or African American	105	0.9%	80	104	1	1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.3%	26	25	10	40.0%
White	9,991	88.1%	7,789	9,729	262	2.7%
Information Not Available	139	1.2%	127	148	-9	-6.1%

Years of Age	11,345		8,830	11,158
Younger than 22	318	1.6%	239	336	-18	-5.4%
22-24	595	2.9%	470	644	-49	-7.6%
25-34	2,946	14.5%	2,312	3,046	-100	-3.3%
35-44	2,440	12.0%	1,860	2,374	66	2.8%
45-54	2,186	10.7%	1,726	2,065	121	5.9%
55-59	1,286	6.3%	976	1,299	-13	-1.0%
60-64	952	4.7%	765	877	75	8.6%
65 and older	622	3.1%	482	517	105	20.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,345		8,830	11,158
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	271	2.3%	194	269	2	0.7%
Mining	278	2.4%	209	335	-57	-17.0%
Utilities	32	0.3%	21	26	6	23.1%
Construction	3,813	32.8%	2,721	3,580	233	6.5%
Manufacturing	503	4.3%	385	558	-55	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	190	1.6%	167	214	-24	-11.2%
Retail Trade	823	7.1%	625	862	-39	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	288	2.5%	225	272	16	5.9%
Information	59	0.5%	56	54	5	9.3%
Finance and Insurance	108	0.9%	106	137	-29	-21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	105	0.9%	95	109	-4	-3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	326	2.8%	274	286	40	14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	9	5	5	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,226	10.6%	963	1,192	34	2.9%
Educational Services	166	1.4%	171	155	11	7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	444	3.8%	422	404	40	9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	323	2.8%	269	348	-25	-7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,063	9.2%	954	1,068	-5	-0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	206	1.8%	169	259	-53	-20.5%
Public Administration	479	4.1%	363	516	-37	-7.2%
Information Not Available	632	5.4%	432	509	123	24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,061		20,633	27,145
Male	11,405	51.7%	10,457	14,037	-2,632	-18.8%
Female	10,640	48.2%	10,165	13,093	-2,453	-18.7%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	11	15	1	6.7%

Ethnicity	22,061		20,633	27,145
Hispanic or Latino	1,164	5.3%	1,018	1,384	-220	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,386	92.4%	19,099	25,234	-4,848	-19.2%
Information Not Available	511	2.3%	516	527	-16	-3.0%

Race	22,061		20,633	27,145
American Indian or Alaskan Native	338	1.5%	307	416	-78	-18.8%
Asian	310	1.4%	357	357	-47	-13.2%
Black or African American	8,795	39.9%	8,300	11,148	-2,353	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	177	0.8%	200	48	129	268.8%
White	10,831	49.1%	9,980	13,369	-2,538	-19.0%
Information Not Available	1,610	7.3%	1,489	1,807	-197	-10.9%

Years of Age	22,061		20,633	27,145
Younger than 22	279	0.9%	298	426	-147	-34.5%
22-24	811	2.6%	766	1,133	-322	-28.4%
25-34	5,104	16.3%	4,863	6,799	-1,695	-24.9%
35-44	5,438	17.4%	5,127	6,593	-1,155	-17.5%
45-54	5,475	17.5%	5,098	6,746	-1,271	-18.8%
55-59	2,485	7.9%	2,223	2,805	-320	-11.4%
60-64	1,567	5.0%	1,466	1,700	-133	-7.8%
65 and older	902	2.9%	792	943	-41	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,061		20,633	27,145
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	136	0.6%	99	156	-20	-12.8%
Mining	8	0.0%	10	12	-4	-33.3%
Utilities	24	0.1%	23	30	-6	-20.0%
Construction	1,723	7.8%	1,363	2,085	-362	-17.4%
Manufacturing	2,718	12.2%	2,622	3,310	-592	-17.9%
Wholesale Trade	889	4.0%	913	996	-107	-10.7%
Retail Trade	1,771	8.0%	1,661	2,334	-563	-24.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	547	2.5%	398	693	-146	-21.1%
Information	416	1.9%	410	460	-44	-9.6%
Finance and Insurance	736	3.3%	671	753	-17	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	410	1.8%	398	543	-133	-24.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,331	6.0%	1,352	1,527	-196	-12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	114	0.5%	121	135	-21	-15.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,846	17.3%	3,646	4,922	-1,076	-21.9%
Educational Services	394	1.8%	440	446	-52	-11.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,724	7.8%	1,742	2,030	-306	-15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	417	1.9%	291	542	-125	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,973	8.9%	1,591	2,507	-534	-21.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	463	2.1%	495	612	-149	-24.3%
Public Administration	359	1.6%	386	426	-67	-15.7%
Information Not Available	2,062	9.3%	2,001	2,626	-564	-21.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,855		5,706	9,027
Male	6,796	86.5%	4,822	7,888	-1,092	-13.8%
Female	1,058	13.5%	883	1,139	-81	-7.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,855		5,706	9,027
Hispanic or Latino	542	6.9%	389	652	-110	-16.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,072	90.0%	5,156	8,181	-1,109	-13.6%
Information Not Available	241	3.1%	161	194	47	24.2%

Race	7,855		5,706	9,027
American Indian or Alaskan Native	441	5.6%	331	535	-94	-17.6%
Asian	33	0.4%	26	38	-5	-13.2%
Black or African American	271	3.5%	234	294	-23	-7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	14	16	4	25.0%
White	6,307	80.3%	4,551	7,298	-991	-13.6%
Information Not Available	783	10.0%	550	846	-63	-7.4%

Years of Age	7,855		5,706	9,027
Younger than 22	113	0.8%	154	118	-5	-4.2%
22-24	341	2.6%	325	471	-130	-27.6%
25-34	2,013	15.1%	1,481	2,274	-261	-11.5%
35-44	1,611	12.1%	1,129	1,800	-189	-10.5%
45-54	1,537	11.5%	1,138	1,833	-296	-16.1%
55-59	907	6.8%	651	1,061	-154	-14.5%
60-64	800	6.0%	520	878	-78	-8.9%
65 and older	533	4.0%	308	592	-59	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,855		5,706	9,027
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	263	3.2%	188	297	-34	-11.4%
Mining	599	7.4%	390	820	-221	-27.0%
Utilities	16	0.2%	14	7	9	128.6%
Construction	3,591	44.2%	2,359	4,156	-565	-13.6%
Manufacturing	651	8.0%	449	714	-63	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	291	3.6%	242	387	-96	-24.8%
Retail Trade	288	3.5%	239	300	-12	-4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	274	3.4%	214	414	-140	-33.8%
Information	44	0.5%	28	25	19	76.0%
Finance and Insurance	58	0.7%	63	50	8	16.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	44	0.5%	40	65	-21	-32.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	248	3.1%	214	279	-31	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	6	15	-5	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	391	4.8%	350	448	-57	-12.7%
Educational Services	16	0.2%	7	3	13	433.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	139	1.7%	127	129	10	7.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	48	0.6%	41	41	7	17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	162	2.0%	129	192	-30	-15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	88	1.1%	70	90	-2	-2.2%
Public Administration	251	3.1%	218	266	-15	-5.6%
Information Not Available	383	4.7%	318	329	54	16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,520		5,518	8,617
Male	5,943	69.8%	3,381	6,112	-169	-2.8%
Female	2,170	25.5%	1,780	2,015	155	7.7%
Information Not Available	407	4.8%	357	490	-83	-16.9%

Ethnicity	8,520		5,518	8,617
Hispanic or Latino	1,154	13.5%	708	1,088	66	6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,392	75.0%	4,063	6,325	67	1.1%
Information Not Available	974	11.4%	747	1,204	-230	-19.1%

Race	8,520		5,518	8,617
American Indian or Alaskan Native	132	1.5%	88	134	-2	-1.5%
Asian	136	1.6%	93	245	-109	-44.5%
Black or African American	725	8.5%	552	640	85	13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.2%	14	18	0	0.0%
White	6,035	70.8%	3,787	5,959	76	1.3%
Information Not Available	1,474	17.3%	984	1,621	-147	-9.1%

Years of Age	8,520		5,518	8,617
Younger than 22	104	0.8%	41	74	30	40.5%
22-24	275	2.0%	154	297	-22	-7.4%
25-34	1,790	13.0%	1,204	1,794	-4	-0.2%
35-44	1,891	13.7%	1,276	1,909	-18	-0.9%
45-54	1,935	14.1%	1,191	2,036	-101	-5.0%
55-59	1,128	8.2%	745	1,098	30	2.7%
60-64	794	5.8%	501	840	-46	-5.5%
65 and older	603	4.4%	406	569	34	6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,520		5,518	8,617
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	0.9%	55	80	-4	-5.0%
Mining	164	1.9%	95	198	-34	-17.2%
Utilities	19	0.2%	11	18	1	5.6%
Construction	2,733	31.8%	1,336	2,712	21	0.8%
Manufacturing	1,192	13.9%	480	1,373	-181	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	234	2.7%	203	256	-22	-8.6%
Retail Trade	466	5.4%	388	448	18	4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	298	3.5%	127	240	58	24.2%
Information	112	1.3%	104	84	28	33.3%
Finance and Insurance	186	2.2%	170	161	25	15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.0%	59	88	-6	-6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	174	2.0%	176	182	-8	-4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.6%	48	43	5	11.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	950	11.1%	733	979	-29	-3.0%
Educational Services	86	1.0%	69	86	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	411	4.8%	415	351	60	17.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	115	1.3%	100	114	1	0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	249	2.9%	193	247	2	0.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	99	1.2%	88	91	8	8.8%
Public Administration	223	2.6%	211	251	-28	-11.2%
Information Not Available	603	7.0%	457	615	-12	-2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,091		3,676	5,341
Male	3,228	63.4%	2,088	3,467	-239	-6.9%
Female	1,828	35.9%	1,562	1,840	-12	-0.7%
Information Not Available	35	0.7%	26	34	1	2.9%

Ethnicity	5,091		3,676	5,341
Hispanic or Latino	274	5.4%	189	277	-3	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,074	80.0%	2,998	4,330	-256	-5.9%
Information Not Available	743	14.6%	489	734	9	1.2%

Race	5,091		3,676	5,341
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.3%	11	30	-13	-43.3%
Asian	61	1.2%	59	82	-21	-25.6%
Black or African American	104	2.0%	75	84	20	23.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	4	10	-4	-40.0%
White	4,478	88.0%	3,216	4,708	-230	-4.9%
Information Not Available	425	8.3%	311	427	-2	-0.5%

Years of Age	5,091		3,676	5,341
Younger than 22	61	0.7%	32	47	14	29.8%
22-24	127	1.4%	81	152	-25	-16.4%
25-34	929	10.4%	605	973	-44	-4.5%
35-44	916	10.3%	676	977	-61	-6.2%
45-54	1,230	13.8%	959	1,395	-165	-11.8%
55-59	764	8.6%	556	732	32	4.4%
60-64	659	7.4%	488	624	35	5.6%
65 and older	405	4.5%	279	441	-36	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,091		3,676	5,341
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	1.0%	22	55	-5	-9.1%
Mining	34	0.7%	6	26	8	30.8%
Utilities	6	0.1%	4	10	-4	-40.0%
Construction	462	9.0%	126	508	-46	-9.1%
Manufacturing	490	9.5%	376	421	69	16.4%
Wholesale Trade	209	4.1%	184	239	-30	-12.6%
Retail Trade	257	5.0%	221	286	-29	-10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	132	2.6%	117	127	5	3.9%
Information	55	1.1%	47	56	-1	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	137	2.7%	111	150	-13	-8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	43	0.8%	35	46	-3	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	237	4.6%	224	233	4	1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.7%	41	35	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	799	15.5%	548	844	-45	-5.3%
Educational Services	131	2.5%	107	136	-5	-3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	334	6.5%	294	317	17	5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	117	2.3%	108	170	-53	-31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	118	2.3%	81	124	-6	-4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	110	2.1%	94	118	-8	-6.8%
Public Administration	58	1.1%	58	91	-33	-36.3%
Information Not Available	1,277	24.8%	872	1,349	-72	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	116,061		95,173	117,467
Male	74,005	63.8%	50,543	74,001	4	0.0%
Female	42,056	36.2%	44,630	43,466	-1,410	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	116,061		95,173	117,467
Hispanic or Latino	27,107	23.4%	18,649	27,847	-740	-2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,286	66.6%	66,602	77,751	-465	-0.6%
Information Not Available	11,668	10.1%	9,922	11,869	-201	-1.7%

Race	116,061		95,173	117,467
American Indian or Alaskan Native	650	0.6%	501	681	-31	-4.6%
Asian	3,342	2.9%	3,969	3,891	-549	-14.1%
Black or African American	21,832	18.8%	23,289	21,376	456	2.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	678	0.6%	639	622	56	9.0%
White	72,064	62.1%	52,999	73,013	-949	-1.3%
Information Not Available	17,495	15.1%	13,776	17,884	-389	-2.2%

Years of Age	116,061		95,173	117,467
Younger than 22	4,864	2.7%	3,517	1,849	3,015	163.1%
22-24	6,989	3.9%	5,772	5,559	1,430	25.7%
25-34	27,030	15.0%	23,507	27,207	-177	-0.7%
35-44	23,473	13.1%	19,137	24,029	-556	-2.3%
45-54	26,107	14.5%	20,719	26,283	-176	-0.7%
55-59	12,338	6.9%	9,921	13,217	-879	-6.7%
60-64	8,395	4.7%	6,991	10,061	-1,666	-16.6%
65 and older	6,865	3.8%	5,609	9,262	-2,397	-25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	116,061		95,173	117,467
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,237	1.1%	253	1,273	-36	-2.8%
Mining	132	0.1%	36	127	5	3.9%
Utilities	194	0.2%	169	217	-23	-10.6%
Construction	17,737	15.1%	7,463	15,897	1,840	11.6%
Manufacturing	5,954	5.1%	5,955	6,139	-185	-3.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,970	4.2%	5,457	5,024	-54	-1.1%
Retail Trade	10,956	9.3%	11,112	11,723	-767	-6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,904	4.2%	5,141	4,674	230	4.9%
Information	1,334	1.1%	1,853	1,572	-238	-15.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,000	2.6%	3,569	3,217	-217	-6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,989	1.7%	1,539	2,069	-80	-3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,095	5.2%	6,893	6,205	-110	-1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,256	1.1%	1,367	1,320	-64	-4.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,812	16.0%	12,129	19,605	-793	-4.0%
Educational Services	2,200	1.9%	3,733	2,291	-91	-4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,853	6.7%	9,942	8,280	-427	-5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,570	3.9%	1,249	4,848	-278	-5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,719	9.1%	6,902	12,546	-1,827	-14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,546	2.2%	2,455	2,505	41	1.6%
Public Administration	1,608	1.4%	1,106	1,596	12	0.8%
Information Not Available	7,995	6.8%	6,850	6,339	1,656	26.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,754		10,321	12,363
Male	6,142	57.1%	5,786	7,588	-1,446	-19.1%
Female	4,612	42.9%	4,535	4,775	-163	-3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,754		10,321	12,363
Hispanic or Latino	5,670	52.7%	5,333	6,510	-840	-12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,167	38.7%	4,124	4,737	-570	-12.0%
Information Not Available	917	8.5%	864	1,116	-199	-17.8%

Race	10,754		10,321	12,363
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,327	12.3%	1,241	1,624	-297	-18.3%
Asian	73	0.7%	73	80	-7	-8.8%
Black or African American	296	2.8%	302	326	-30	-9.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.4%	41	35	4	11.4%
White	5,883	54.7%	5,767	6,511	-628	-9.6%
Information Not Available	3,136	29.2%	2,897	3,787	-651	-17.2%

Years of Age	10,754		10,321	12,363
Younger than 22	233	1.5%	221	358	-125	-34.9%
22-24	572	3.6%	537	619	-47	-7.6%
25-34	2,564	16.3%	2,508	2,977	-413	-13.9%
35-44	2,295	14.6%	2,229	2,643	-348	-13.2%
45-54	2,401	15.2%	2,245	2,769	-368	-13.3%
55-59	1,258	8.0%	1,190	1,451	-193	-13.3%
60-64	887	5.6%	852	954	-67	-7.0%
65 and older	544	3.5%	539	592	-48	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,754		10,321	12,363
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,024	8.7%	861	1,062	-38	-3.6%
Mining	190	1.6%	183	413	-223	-54.0%
Utilities	33	0.3%	31	37	-4	-10.8%
Construction	1,818	15.4%	1,642	2,549	-731	-28.7%
Manufacturing	521	4.4%	474	694	-173	-24.9%
Wholesale Trade	308	2.6%	294	373	-65	-17.4%
Retail Trade	973	8.3%	1,006	1,153	-180	-15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	242	2.1%	212	361	-119	-33.0%
Information	724	6.1%	709	483	241	49.9%
Finance and Insurance	251	2.1%	250	232	19	8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	143	1.2%	134	154	-11	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	505	4.3%	481	575	-70	-12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.2%	26	20	9	45.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	862	7.3%	838	992	-130	-13.1%
Educational Services	277	2.4%	298	312	-35	-11.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,117	9.5%	1,147	1,009	108	10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	222	1.9%	217	262	-40	-15.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	758	6.4%	732	880	-122	-13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	210	1.8%	213	331	-121	-36.6%
Public Administration	364	3.1%	388	383	-19	-5.0%
Information Not Available	183	1.6%	185	88	95	108.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,442		23,633	24,830
Male	12,786	57.0%	13,539	14,583	-1,797	-12.3%
Female	9,547	42.5%	9,960	10,116	-569	-5.6%
Information Not Available	109	0.5%	134	131	-22	-16.8%

Ethnicity	22,442		23,633	24,830
Hispanic or Latino	5,327	23.7%	5,632	5,920	-593	-10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,866	61.8%	14,665	15,283	-1,417	-9.3%
Information Not Available	3,249	14.5%	3,336	3,627	-378	-10.4%

Race	22,442		23,633	24,830
American Indian or Alaskan Native	649	2.9%	652	675	-26	-3.9%
Asian	1,395	6.2%	1,450	1,275	120	9.4%
Black or African American	3,509	15.6%	3,739	3,545	-36	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	555	2.5%	553	554	1	0.2%
White	12,074	53.8%	12,759	13,962	-1,888	-13.5%
Information Not Available	4,260	19.0%	4,480	4,819	-559	-11.6%

Years of Age	22,442		23,633	24,830
Younger than 22	514	1.6%	537	615	-101	-16.4%
22-24	1,089	3.3%	1,149	1,315	-226	-17.2%
25-34	5,576	17.0%	5,734	6,186	-610	-9.9%
35-44	5,007	15.2%	5,269	5,437	-430	-7.9%
45-54	5,046	15.4%	5,495	5,715	-669	-11.7%
55-59	2,372	7.2%	2,475	2,560	-188	-7.3%
60-64	1,648	5.0%	1,692	1,714	-66	-3.9%
65 and older	1,190	3.6%	1,282	1,288	-98	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,442		23,633	24,830
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.2%	47	80	-28	-35.0%
Mining	141	0.6%	123	160	-19	-11.9%
Utilities	27	0.1%	26	32	-5	-15.6%
Construction	2,995	13.3%	2,572	3,638	-643	-17.7%
Manufacturing	659	2.9%	627	679	-20	-2.9%
Wholesale Trade	393	1.7%	420	436	-43	-9.9%
Retail Trade	1,244	5.5%	1,213	1,554	-310	-19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	728	3.2%	1,242	738	-10	-1.4%
Information	215	1.0%	254	217	-2	-0.9%
Finance and Insurance	373	1.7%	358	433	-60	-13.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	422	1.9%	603	613	-191	-31.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	717	3.2%	785	922	-205	-22.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	147	0.7%	155	202	-55	-27.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,084	9.3%	2,605	2,734	-650	-23.8%
Educational Services	175	0.8%	178	218	-43	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	910	4.0%	935	1,036	-126	-12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	373	1.7%	394	540	-167	-30.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,636	16.2%	4,507	3,979	-343	-8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	370	1.6%	385	469	-99	-21.1%
Public Administration	317	1.4%	336	378	-61	-16.1%
Information Not Available	6,464	28.7%	5,868	5,772	692	12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	181,826		143,618	185,160
Male	116,171	63.9%	85,848	118,386	-2,215	-1.9%
Female	65,638	36.1%	57,762	66,750	-1,112	-1.7%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	8	24	-7	-29.2%

Ethnicity	181,826		143,618	185,160
Hispanic or Latino	34,646	19.1%	26,713	34,677	-31	-0.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	125,841	69.2%	99,924	128,111	-2,270	-1.8%
Information Not Available	21,339	11.7%	16,981	22,372	-1,033	-4.6%

Race	181,826		143,618	185,160
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,792	1.0%	1,478	1,697	95	5.6%
Asian	5,596	3.1%	4,994	6,023	-427	-7.1%
Black or African American	29,905	16.4%	26,520	28,945	960	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,023	0.6%	867	990	33	3.3%
White	105,544	58.0%	80,102	108,505	-2,961	-2.7%
Information Not Available	37,966	20.9%	29,657	39,000	-1,034	-2.7%

Years of Age	181,826		143,618	185,160
Younger than 22	4,453	1.6%	3,535	4,707	-254	-5.4%
22-24	9,723	3.5%	7,753	10,542	-819	-7.8%
25-34	46,944	17.1%	38,181	48,271	-1,327	-2.7%
35-44	38,681	14.1%	30,218	38,597	84	0.2%
45-54	39,566	14.4%	30,328	41,208	-1,642	-4.0%
55-59	19,147	7.0%	14,641	19,237	-90	-0.5%
60-64	12,975	4.7%	10,199	12,503	472	3.8%
65 and older	10,337	3.8%	8,763	10,095	242	2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	181,826		143,618	185,160
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,015	0.6%	643	1,108	-93	-8.4%
Mining	1,259	0.7%	545	1,283	-24	-1.9%
Utilities	166	0.1%	148	146	20	13.7%
Construction	34,554	18.9%	21,159	33,277	1,277	3.8%
Manufacturing	8,904	4.9%	7,220	10,617	-1,713	-16.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,560	3.0%	4,928	6,083	-523	-8.6%
Retail Trade	13,935	7.6%	11,825	14,851	-916	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,397	3.0%	4,114	5,420	-23	-0.4%
Information	5,898	3.2%	4,956	5,601	297	5.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,933	2.7%	4,757	5,670	-737	-13.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,155	1.7%	2,855	3,601	-446	-12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,572	5.2%	9,304	9,859	-287	-2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	934	0.5%	800	928	6	0.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,725	14.6%	20,763	27,242	-517	-1.9%
Educational Services	4,099	2.2%	4,010	4,114	-15	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,134	7.2%	13,275	12,830	304	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,358	4.6%	6,709	9,081	-723	-8.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,711	9.7%	11,792	17,412	299	1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,631	2.5%	4,264	4,928	-297	-6.0%
Public Administration	5,251	2.9%	4,412	5,072	179	3.5%
Information Not Available	6,635	3.6%	5,139	6,037	598	9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	83,814		62,882	82,292
Male	61,558	73.4%	43,186	59,854	1,704	2.8%
Female	22,022	26.3%	19,495	22,232	-210	-0.9%
Information Not Available	234	0.3%	201	206	28	13.6%

Ethnicity	83,814		62,882	82,292
Hispanic or Latino	3,471	4.1%	2,659	3,292	179	5.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,236	91.0%	57,161	75,124	1,112	1.5%
Information Not Available	4,107	4.9%	3,062	3,876	231	6.0%

Race	83,814		62,882	82,292
American Indian or Alaskan Native	427	0.5%	331	392	35	8.9%
Asian	441	0.5%	395	386	55	14.2%
Black or African American	10,548	12.6%	8,909	10,674	-126	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	124	0.1%	102	95	29	30.5%
White	67,988	81.1%	49,765	66,591	1,397	2.1%
Information Not Available	4,286	5.1%	3,380	4,154	132	3.2%

Years of Age	83,814		62,882	82,292
Younger than 22	1,933	1.3%	1,468	1,996	-63	-3.2%
22-24	3,632	2.5%	2,657	3,749	-117	-3.1%
25-34	17,331	11.9%	13,339	17,684	-353	-2.0%
35-44	19,461	13.4%	14,391	18,826	635	3.4%
45-54	21,316	14.7%	15,659	20,965	351	1.7%
55-59	10,519	7.2%	7,869	10,181	338	3.3%
60-64	6,567	4.5%	5,043	6,101	466	7.6%
65 and older	3,055	2.1%	2,456	2,790	265	9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	83,814		62,882	82,292
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	848	1.0%	628	818	30	3.7%
Mining	575	0.7%	381	842	-267	-31.7%
Utilities	98	0.1%	89	58	40	69.0%
Construction	30,251	35.7%	18,969	27,245	3,006	11.0%
Manufacturing	11,603	13.7%	7,840	10,046	1,557	15.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,615	3.1%	2,352	2,696	-81	-3.0%
Retail Trade	2,596	3.1%	2,290	2,992	-396	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,428	4.0%	2,215	3,473	-45	-1.3%
Information	852	1.0%	830	1,203	-351	-29.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,651	2.0%	1,594	1,516	135	8.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,018	1.2%	869	1,078	-60	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,060	3.6%	2,871	3,253	-193	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,218	1.4%	1,258	1,130	88	7.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,933	12.9%	8,838	11,754	-821	-7.0%
Educational Services	1,090	1.3%	1,156	1,292	-202	-15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,268	5.0%	4,210	4,331	-63	-1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,623	1.9%	1,334	1,798	-175	-9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,692	3.2%	2,207	2,881	-189	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,223	1.4%	1,113	1,473	-250	-17.0%
Public Administration	638	0.8%	521	638	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,534	1.8%	1,317	1,775	-241	-13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,024		14,591	18,663
Male	8,297	55.2%	7,775	10,843	-2,546	-23.5%
Female	6,688	44.5%	6,775	7,787	-1,099	-14.1%
Information Not Available	39	0.3%	41	33	6	18.2%

Ethnicity	15,024		14,591	18,663
Hispanic or Latino	1,134	7.5%	1,079	1,553	-419	-27.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,890	92.5%	13,512	17,110	-3,220	-18.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,024		14,591	18,663
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,644	10.9%	1,646	2,076	-432	-20.8%
Asian	152	1.0%	141	184	-32	-17.4%
Black or African American	2,382	15.9%	2,331	2,642	-260	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	27	37	-14	-37.8%
White	8,972	59.7%	8,691	11,499	-2,527	-22.0%
Information Not Available	1,851	12.3%	1,755	2,225	-374	-16.8%

Years of Age	15,024		14,591	18,663
Younger than 22	181	0.8%	158	176	5	2.8%
22-24	533	2.4%	513	714	-181	-25.4%
25-34	3,330	14.7%	3,225	4,304	-974	-22.6%
35-44	3,622	16.0%	3,554	4,481	-859	-19.2%
45-54	3,391	15.0%	3,298	4,310	-919	-21.3%
55-59	1,715	7.6%	1,658	2,094	-379	-18.1%
60-64	1,371	6.1%	1,317	1,586	-215	-13.6%
65 and older	881	3.9%	868	998	-117	-11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,024		14,591	18,663
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	59	0.4%	65	89	-30	-33.7%
Mining	477	3.2%	448	808	-331	-41.0%
Utilities	48	0.3%	49	89	-41	-46.1%
Construction	1,649	10.9%	1,430	2,284	-635	-27.8%
Manufacturing	1,314	8.7%	1,337	2,021	-707	-35.0%
Wholesale Trade	857	5.7%	839	914	-57	-6.2%
Retail Trade	1,549	10.3%	1,523	1,786	-237	-13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	372	2.5%	315	530	-158	-29.8%
Information	347	2.3%	345	394	-47	-11.9%
Finance and Insurance	520	3.4%	497	500	20	4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	272	1.8%	272	362	-90	-24.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	970	6.4%	999	992	-22	-2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.3%	61	215	-171	-79.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,931	12.8%	1,917	2,316	-385	-16.6%
Educational Services	368	2.4%	352	503	-135	-26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,598	10.6%	1,670	1,786	-188	-10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	213	1.4%	165	233	-20	-8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	954	6.3%	803	893	61	6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	442	2.9%	478	498	-56	-11.2%
Public Administration	614	4.1%	626	757	-143	-18.9%
Information Not Available	426	2.8%	400	693	-267	-38.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,172		28,928	37,968
Male	19,312	60.0%	16,853	24,541	-5,229	-21.3%
Female	12,851	39.9%	12,068	13,419	-568	-4.2%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	7	8	1	12.5%

Ethnicity	32,172		28,928	37,968
Hispanic or Latino	3,988	12.4%	3,450	5,042	-1,054	-20.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,989	77.7%	22,518	29,527	-4,538	-15.4%
Information Not Available	3,195	9.9%	2,960	3,399	-204	-6.0%

Race	32,172		28,928	37,968
American Indian or Alaskan Native	464	1.4%	406	488	-24	-4.9%
Asian	699	2.2%	666	693	6	0.9%
Black or African American	579	1.8%	543	716	-137	-19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	178	0.6%	164	286	-108	-37.8%
White	19,003	59.1%	17,305	21,606	-2,603	-12.0%
Information Not Available	11,249	35.0%	9,844	14,179	-2,930	-20.7%

Years of Age	32,172		28,928	37,968
Younger than 22	370	0.8%	518	405	-35	-8.6%
22-24	1,075	2.2%	1,090	1,222	-147	-12.0%
25-34	7,344	15.2%	6,867	8,482	-1,138	-13.4%
35-44	7,641	15.8%	6,786	8,723	-1,082	-12.4%
45-54	7,388	15.3%	6,710	9,046	-1,658	-18.3%
55-59	3,628	7.5%	3,195	4,535	-907	-20.0%
60-64	2,831	5.9%	2,398	3,521	-690	-19.6%
65 and older	1,895	3.9%	1,364	2,034	-139	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,172		28,928	37,968
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,535	4.6%	1,152	2,128	-593	-27.9%
Mining	79	0.2%	51	202	-123	-60.9%
Utilities	70	0.2%	60	76	-6	-7.9%
Construction	4,298	12.8%	3,322	6,717	-2,419	-36.0%
Manufacturing	3,603	10.7%	3,454	4,884	-1,281	-26.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,131	3.4%	1,007	1,181	-50	-4.2%
Retail Trade	2,970	8.8%	2,571	3,078	-108	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	878	2.6%	774	1,282	-404	-31.5%
Information	907	2.7%	897	785	122	15.5%
Finance and Insurance	835	2.5%	768	757	78	10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	459	1.4%	422	522	-63	-12.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,538	4.6%	1,491	1,610	-72	-4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	416	1.2%	413	241	175	72.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,330	9.9%	2,966	3,590	-260	-7.2%
Educational Services	610	1.8%	658	625	-15	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,103	9.2%	3,024	2,988	115	3.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	541	1.6%	552	587	-46	-7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,589	7.7%	2,294	2,680	-91	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	824	2.4%	754	891	-67	-7.5%
Public Administration	901	2.7%	804	921	-20	-2.2%
Information Not Available	1,555	4.6%	1,494	2,223	-668	-30.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	148,241		121,354	161,112
Male	97,843	66.0%	73,906	107,646	-9,803	-9.1%
Female	50,390	34.0%	47,435	53,457	-3,067	-5.7%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	13	9	-1	-11.1%

Ethnicity	148,241		121,354	161,112
Hispanic or Latino	10,051	6.8%	8,173	9,710	341	3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	133,522	90.1%	108,721	146,384	-12,862	-8.8%
Information Not Available	4,668	3.1%	4,460	5,018	-350	-7.0%

Race	148,241		121,354	161,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	373	0.3%	309	419	-46	-11.0%
Asian	50	0.0%	50	47	3	6.4%
Black or African American	19,288	13.0%	18,515	19,305	-17	-0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,537	1.0%	1,586	1,657	-120	-7.2%
White	112,534	75.9%	88,491	125,251	-12,717	-10.2%
Information Not Available	14,459	9.8%	12,403	14,433	26	0.2%

Years of Age	148,241		121,354	161,112
Younger than 22	3,353	1.4%	2,776	3,644	-291	-8.0%
22-24	6,673	2.7%	5,624	7,803	-1,130	-14.5%
25-34	33,428	13.5%	27,880	36,346	-2,918	-8.0%
35-44	30,112	12.2%	25,083	32,832	-2,720	-8.3%
45-54	34,336	13.9%	27,912	37,784	-3,448	-9.1%
55-59	17,923	7.2%	14,066	19,383	-1,460	-7.5%
60-64	13,020	5.3%	10,314	13,697	-677	-4.9%
65 and older	9,396	3.8%	7,699	9,623	-227	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	148,241		121,354	161,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	735	0.5%	621	902	-167	-18.5%
Mining	2,110	1.4%	1,318	2,792	-682	-24.4%
Utilities	258	0.2%	229	301	-43	-14.3%
Construction	35,892	24.1%	21,105	36,898	-1,006	-2.7%
Manufacturing	14,675	9.9%	14,263	18,932	-4,257	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,926	2.6%	3,802	4,500	-574	-12.8%
Retail Trade	10,360	7.0%	10,254	11,575	-1,215	-10.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,103	5.4%	5,892	7,771	332	4.3%
Information	1,567	1.1%	1,704	1,678	-111	-6.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,448	2.3%	3,459	2,950	498	16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,389	0.9%	1,388	1,561	-172	-11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,322	4.2%	6,312	6,505	-183	-2.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	773	0.5%	830	885	-112	-12.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,385	12.3%	14,329	19,759	-1,374	-7.0%
Educational Services	2,542	1.7%	2,549	2,662	-120	-4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,782	7.9%	12,999	12,334	-552	-4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,237	3.5%	4,308	5,937	-700	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,014	8.1%	7,280	12,350	-336	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,896	1.9%	2,706	2,948	-52	-1.8%
Public Administration	1,673	1.1%	2,221	2,629	-956	-36.4%
Information Not Available	4,154	2.8%	3,785	5,243	-1,089	-20.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,155		22,632	17,869
Male	10,304	44.5%	9,671	9,652	652	6.8%
Female	12,851	55.5%	12,961	8,217	4,634	56.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,155		22,632	17,869
Hispanic or Latino	22,602	97.6%	22,068	17,615	4,987	28.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	235	1.0%	230	101	134	132.7%
Information Not Available	318	1.4%	334	153	165	107.8%

Race	23,155		22,632	17,869
American Indian or Alaskan Native	397	1.7%	363	203	194	95.6%
Asian	319	1.4%	282	20	299	1495.0%
Black or African American	1,166	5.0%	1,203	861	305	35.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	22	8	15	187.5%
White	4,696	20.3%	4,688	3,786	910	24.0%
Information Not Available	16,554	71.5%	16,074	12,991	3,563	27.4%

Years of Age	23,155		22,632	17,869
Younger than 22	407	1.5%	401	408	-1	-0.2%
22-24	1,041	3.9%	1,018	1,004	37	3.7%
25-34	5,469	20.7%	5,550	4,984	485	9.7%
35-44	6,018	22.7%	6,044	4,677	1,341	28.7%
45-54	5,560	21.0%	5,358	4,009	1,551	38.7%
55-59	2,204	8.3%	2,068	1,450	754	52.0%
60-64	1,381	5.2%	1,252	844	537	63.6%
65 and older	1,050	4.0%	916	481	569	118.3%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	25	12	13	108.3%

Industry	23,155		22,632	17,869
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	806	3.4%	934	569	237	41.7%
Mining	14	0.1%	16	11	3	27.3%
Utilities	10	0.0%	9	15	-5	-33.3%
Construction	830	3.5%	857	1,744	-914	-52.4%
Manufacturing	1,685	7.0%	1,552	2,790	-1,105	-39.6%
Wholesale Trade	517	2.2%	479	504	13	2.6%
Retail Trade	2,722	11.4%	2,456	1,577	1,145	72.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	245	1.0%	264	256	-11	-4.3%
Information	352	1.5%	350	221	131	59.3%
Finance and Insurance	235	1.0%	232	369	-134	-36.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	262	1.1%	230	220	42	19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	910	3.8%	927	585	325	55.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.2%	48	11	42	381.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,969	8.2%	1,869	2,641	-672	-25.4%
Educational Services	1,639	6.8%	1,986	1,129	510	45.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,458	10.3%	2,515	1,319	1,139	86.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	320	1.3%	280	135	185	137.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,640	11.0%	2,383	1,332	1,308	98.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	477	2.0%	444	225	252	112.0%
Public Administration	2,246	9.4%	2,432	1,616	630	39.0%
Information Not Available	2,765	11.5%	2,369	600	2,165	360.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,668		8,351	12,410
Male	7,583	65.0%	4,926	7,952	-369	-4.6%
Female	4,085	35.0%	3,425	4,458	-373	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,668		8,351	12,410
Hispanic or Latino	1,987	17.0%	1,368	2,054	-67	-3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,155	61.3%	5,178	7,615	-460	-6.0%
Information Not Available	2,526	21.6%	1,805	2,741	-215	-7.8%

Race	11,668		8,351	12,410
American Indian or Alaskan Native	106	0.9%	60	100	6	6.0%
Asian	131	1.1%	111	127	4	3.1%
Black or African American	680	5.8%	562	688	-8	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.4%	39	62	-13	-21.0%
White	7,941	68.1%	5,615	8,551	-610	-7.1%
Information Not Available	2,761	23.7%	1,964	2,882	-121	-4.2%

Years of Age	11,668		8,351	12,410
Younger than 22	313	1.7%	194	301	12	4.0%
22-24	563	3.0%	382	589	-26	-4.4%
25-34	2,766	14.8%	1,931	3,016	-250	-8.3%
35-44	2,402	12.9%	1,738	2,533	-131	-5.2%
45-54	2,589	13.9%	1,821	2,851	-262	-9.2%
55-59	1,245	6.7%	932	1,344	-99	-7.4%
60-64	963	5.2%	700	973	-10	-1.0%
65 and older	827	4.4%	653	803	24	3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,668		8,351	12,410
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	1.2%	58	132	6	4.5%
Mining	53	0.4%	3	37	16	43.2%
Utilities	3	0.0%	7	12	-9	-75.0%
Construction	2,287	19.4%	1,144	2,217	70	3.2%
Manufacturing	792	6.7%	635	1,012	-220	-21.7%
Wholesale Trade	304	2.6%	277	345	-41	-11.9%
Retail Trade	987	8.4%	831	858	129	15.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	276	2.3%	181	285	-9	-3.2%
Information	80	0.7%	86	78	2	2.6%
Finance and Insurance	371	3.1%	342	370	1	0.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	203	1.7%	180	241	-38	-15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	415	3.5%	378	472	-57	-12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	73	0.6%	94	99	-26	-26.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,157	18.3%	1,306	2,275	-118	-5.2%
Educational Services	198	1.7%	181	197	1	0.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	854	7.2%	819	1,072	-218	-20.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	551	4.7%	394	621	-70	-11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,292	10.9%	910	1,383	-91	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	314	2.7%	262	339	-25	-7.4%
Public Administration	81	0.7%	62	93	-12	-12.9%
Information Not Available	239	2.0%	201	272	-33	-12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,042		19,430	21,541
Male	11,245	51.0%	9,651	10,990	255	2.3%
Female	10,604	48.1%	9,595	10,551	53	0.5%
Information Not Available	193	0.9%	184	0	193	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,042		19,430	21,541
Hispanic or Latino	700	3.2%	645	763	-63	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,750	89.6%	17,586	20,338	-588	-2.9%
Information Not Available	1,592	7.2%	1,199	440	1,152	261.8%

Race	22,042		19,430	21,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	257	1.2%	211	117	140	119.7%
Asian	164	0.7%	133	187	-23	-12.3%
Black or African American	10,452	47.4%	8,981	9,546	906	9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.2%	55	30	10	33.3%
White	10,138	46.0%	9,124	10,704	-566	-5.3%
Information Not Available	991	4.5%	926	957	34	3.6%

Years of Age	22,042		19,430	21,541
Younger than 22	444	1.5%	394	116	328	282.8%
22-24	892	2.9%	795	67	825	1231.3%
25-34	5,028	16.6%	4,548	1,049	3,979	379.3%
35-44	5,073	16.7%	4,411	4,077	996	24.4%
45-54	5,178	17.1%	4,472	4,886	292	6.0%
55-59	2,450	8.1%	2,099	2,382	68	2.9%
60-64	1,813	6.0%	1,629	2,565	-752	-29.3%
65 and older	1,164	3.8%	1,082	6,342	-5,178	-81.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	57	-57	-100.0%

Industry	22,042		19,430	21,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.6%	107	175	-52	-29.7%
Mining	13	0.1%	10	11	2	18.2%
Utilities	76	0.3%	78	33	43	130.3%
Construction	1,445	6.5%	1,114	1,561	-116	-7.4%
Manufacturing	3,366	15.2%	2,393	2,270	1,096	48.3%
Wholesale Trade	697	3.1%	768	765	-68	-8.9%
Retail Trade	1,608	7.3%	1,592	1,800	-192	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	637	2.9%	479	650	-13	-2.0%
Information	260	1.2%	255	345	-85	-24.6%
Finance and Insurance	394	1.8%	378	545	-151	-27.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	363	1.6%	335	485	-122	-25.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,286	5.8%	1,679	1,206	80	6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	138	0.6%	112	111	27	24.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,771	12.5%	2,557	3,471	-700	-20.2%
Educational Services	275	1.2%	305	325	-50	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,083	4.9%	1,070	1,286	-203	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	396	1.8%	289	525	-129	-24.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,674	12.1%	2,302	2,921	-247	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	468	2.1%	516	630	-162	-25.7%
Public Administration	259	1.2%	239	328	-69	-21.0%
Information Not Available	3,710	16.7%	2,852	2,098	1,612	76.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,373		2,577	3,786
Male	2,741	81.3%	1,969	3,101	-360	-11.6%
Female	632	18.7%	608	685	-53	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,373		2,577	3,786
Hispanic or Latino	185	5.5%	148	199	-14	-7.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,903	86.1%	2,202	3,249	-346	-10.6%
Information Not Available	285	8.4%	227	338	-53	-15.7%

Race	3,373		2,577	3,786
American Indian or Alaskan Native	330	9.8%	273	364	-34	-9.3%
Asian	9	0.3%	6	37	-28	-75.7%
Black or African American	72	2.1%	68	84	-12	-14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	5	1	4	400.0%
White	2,599	77.1%	1,932	2,849	-250	-8.8%
Information Not Available	358	10.6%	293	451	-93	-20.6%

Years of Age	3,373		2,577	3,786
Younger than 22	51	0.9%	26	66	-15	-22.7%
22-24	130	2.3%	80	164	-34	-20.7%
25-34	667	11.9%	464	760	-93	-12.2%
35-44	721	12.8%	511	760	-39	-5.1%
45-54	627	11.2%	515	785	-158	-20.1%
55-59	477	8.5%	386	497	-20	-4.0%
60-64	356	6.3%	299	366	-10	-2.7%
65 and older	344	6.1%	296	388	-44	-11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,373		2,577	3,786
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.9%	20	35	-3	-8.6%
Mining	111	3.3%	91	127	-16	-12.6%
Utilities	2	0.1%	0	8	-6	-75.0%
Construction	1,440	42.3%	937	1,650	-210	-12.7%
Manufacturing	276	8.1%	227	390	-114	-29.2%
Wholesale Trade	86	2.5%	81	102	-16	-15.7%
Retail Trade	209	6.1%	164	218	-9	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	121	3.6%	80	129	-8	-6.2%
Information	24	0.7%	27	27	-3	-11.1%
Finance and Insurance	66	1.9%	64	88	-22	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25	0.7%	22	23	2	8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	63	1.9%	49	55	8	14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.2%	8	3	4	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	220	6.5%	193	224	-4	-1.8%
Educational Services	45	1.3%	40	53	-8	-15.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	102	3.0%	101	103	-1	-1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	50	1.5%	51	38	12	31.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	171	5.0%	150	179	-8	-4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	34	1.0%	22	52	-18	-34.6%
Public Administration	155	4.6%	140	166	-11	-6.6%
Information Not Available	134	3.9%	110	116	18	15.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,949		20,602	22,903
Male	12,151	50.7%	9,966	12,262	-111	-0.9%
Female	11,662	48.7%	10,576	10,640	1,022	9.6%
Information Not Available	136	0.6%	60	1	135	13500.0%

Ethnicity	23,949		20,602	22,903
Hispanic or Latino	529	2.2%	439	548	-19	-3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,886	95.6%	19,683	21,873	1,013	4.6%
Information Not Available	534	2.2%	480	482	52	10.8%

Race	23,949		20,602	22,903
American Indian or Alaskan Native	68	0.3%	72	101	-33	-32.7%
Asian	148	0.6%	150	141	7	5.0%
Black or African American	5,926	24.7%	5,862	5,389	537	10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	351	1.5%	300	25	326	1304.0%
White	16,289	68.0%	13,276	16,243	46	0.3%
Information Not Available	1,167	4.9%	942	1,004	163	16.2%

Years of Age	23,949		20,602	22,903
Younger than 22	541	1.4%	378	481	60	12.5%
22-24	878	2.3%	742	828	50	6.0%
25-34	4,817	12.6%	4,342	4,553	264	5.8%
35-44	5,347	14.0%	4,721	4,900	447	9.1%
45-54	5,709	15.0%	4,969	5,624	85	1.5%
55-59	2,768	7.3%	2,426	2,693	75	2.8%
60-64	2,069	5.4%	1,729	1,999	70	3.5%
65 and older	1,820	4.8%	1,295	1,825	-5	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,949		20,602	22,903
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	221	0.9%	118	241	-20	-8.3%
Mining	117	0.5%	35	53	64	120.8%
Utilities	75	0.3%	66	66	9	13.6%
Construction	3,084	12.8%	2,081	3,180	-96	-3.0%
Manufacturing	3,100	12.8%	3,160	2,881	219	7.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,017	4.2%	988	904	113	12.5%
Retail Trade	1,692	7.0%	1,376	1,791	-99	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	964	4.0%	728	1,037	-73	-7.0%
Information	329	1.4%	321	324	5	1.5%
Finance and Insurance	531	2.2%	498	521	10	1.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	328	1.4%	293	291	37	12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,099	4.5%	1,039	1,142	-43	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.7%	148	168	-9	-5.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,501	10.3%	2,287	2,512	-11	-0.4%
Educational Services	338	1.4%	335	360	-22	-6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,584	6.6%	1,543	1,500	84	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	857	3.5%	379	1,311	-454	-34.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,329	5.5%	1,009	1,473	-144	-9.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	820	3.4%	705	677	143	21.1%
Public Administration	491	2.0%	740	438	53	12.1%
Information Not Available	3,313	13.7%	2,753	2,033	1,280	63.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	144,305		139,363	160,973
Male	79,799	55.3%	76,123	98,307	-18,508	-18.8%
Female	64,267	44.5%	63,029	62,397	1,870	3.0%
Information Not Available	239	0.2%	211	269	-30	-11.2%

Ethnicity	144,305		139,363	160,973
Hispanic or Latino	47,354	32.8%	44,930	55,335	-7,981	-14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	84,572	58.6%	82,664	93,018	-8,446	-9.1%
Information Not Available	12,379	8.6%	11,769	12,620	-241	-1.9%

Race	144,305		139,363	160,973
American Indian or Alaskan Native	569	0.4%	591	619	-50	-8.1%
Asian	3,354	2.3%	3,248	4,225	-871	-20.6%
Black or African American	34,410	23.8%	33,936	32,901	1,509	4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,922	2.0%	2,465	3,795	-873	-23.0%
White	45,157	31.3%	44,056	53,962	-8,805	-16.3%
Information Not Available	57,893	40.1%	55,067	65,471	-7,578	-11.6%

Years of Age	144,305		139,363	160,973
Younger than 22	2,767	1.5%	2,743	3,175	-408	-12.9%
22-24	6,238	3.5%	6,361	7,185	-947	-13.2%
25-34	34,970	19.5%	34,487	38,742	-3,772	-9.7%
35-44	35,038	19.6%	34,080	37,908	-2,870	-7.6%
45-54	33,304	18.6%	31,693	38,077	-4,773	-12.5%
55-59	15,039	8.4%	14,060	17,215	-2,176	-12.6%
60-64	10,344	5.8%	9,656	11,251	-907	-8.1%
65 and older	6,430	3.6%	6,113	7,223	-793	-11.0%
Information Not Available	175	0.1%	170	197	-22	-11.2%

Industry	144,305		139,363	160,973
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	910	0.6%	802	661	249	37.7%
Mining	3,369	2.3%	3,302	6,458	-3,089	-47.8%
Utilities	414	0.3%	398	785	-371	-47.3%
Construction	23,621	16.3%	21,875	28,349	-4,728	-16.7%
Manufacturing	9,814	6.8%	9,465	14,645	-4,831	-33.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,309	5.0%	7,122	8,992	-1,683	-18.7%
Retail Trade	9,703	6.7%	9,624	9,762	-59	-0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,538	3.8%	4,917	5,896	-358	-6.1%
Information	3,020	2.1%	2,897	3,089	-69	-2.2%
Finance and Insurance	6,925	4.8%	6,392	6,628	297	4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,557	1.8%	2,644	2,848	-291	-10.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,773	7.4%	10,374	14,357	-3,584	-25.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	876	0.6%	856	934	-58	-6.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,082	13.8%	19,815	21,034	-952	-4.5%
Educational Services	3,379	2.3%	3,257	3,585	-206	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,237	9.1%	14,207	11,228	2,009	17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	962	0.7%	1,012	877	85	9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,311	5.7%	7,111	6,987	1,324	18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,015	2.8%	4,176	4,364	-349	-8.0%
Public Administration	1,523	1.0%	1,563	1,621	-98	-6.0%
Information Not Available	7,967	5.5%	7,554	7,873	94	1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,482		11,462	16,200
Male	9,194	68.2%	7,516	11,515	-2,321	-20.2%
Female	4,238	31.4%	3,916	4,676	-438	-9.4%
Information Not Available	50	0.4%	30	9	41	455.6%

Ethnicity	13,482		11,462	16,200
Hispanic or Latino	1,828	13.6%	1,501	2,262	-434	-19.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,699	71.9%	8,303	11,614	-1,915	-16.5%
Information Not Available	1,955	14.5%	1,658	2,324	-369	-15.9%

Race	13,482		11,462	16,200
American Indian or Alaskan Native	391	2.9%	330	536	-145	-27.1%
Asian	165	1.2%	155	218	-53	-24.3%
Black or African American	235	1.7%	210	233	2	0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	223	1.7%	196	228	-5	-2.2%
White	6,940	51.5%	5,986	8,086	-1,146	-14.2%
Information Not Available	5,521	41.0%	4,580	6,890	-1,369	-19.9%

Years of Age	13,482		11,462	16,200
Younger than 22	355	1.8%	303	446	-91	-20.4%
22-24	651	3.4%	553	706	-55	-7.8%
25-34	3,157	16.3%	2,838	4,095	-938	-22.9%
35-44	3,414	17.6%	2,895	4,063	-649	-16.0%
45-54	2,881	14.9%	2,411	3,443	-562	-16.3%
55-59	1,397	7.2%	1,149	1,708	-311	-18.2%
60-64	1,049	5.4%	850	1,151	-102	-8.9%
65 and older	578	3.0%	463	588	-10	-1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,482		11,462	16,200
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	62	0.5%	45	64	-2	-3.1%
Mining	113	0.8%	102	226	-113	-50.0%
Utilities	13	0.1%	14	24	-11	-45.8%
Construction	2,999	22.1%	2,067	4,285	-1,286	-30.0%
Manufacturing	1,140	8.4%	999	1,376	-236	-17.2%
Wholesale Trade	406	3.0%	392	476	-70	-14.7%
Retail Trade	1,034	7.6%	848	1,075	-41	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	543	4.0%	454	527	16	3.0%
Information	353	2.6%	311	299	54	18.1%
Finance and Insurance	392	2.9%	335	482	-90	-18.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	169	1.2%	163	211	-42	-19.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	804	5.9%	778	924	-120	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.5%	57	49	18	36.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,195	16.2%	1,892	2,446	-251	-10.3%
Educational Services	245	1.8%	230	251	-6	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	429	3.2%	437	537	-108	-20.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	165	1.2%	137	188	-23	-12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	960	7.1%	904	1,010	-50	-5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	175	1.3%	152	211	-36	-17.1%
Public Administration	357	2.6%	318	359	-2	-0.6%
Information Not Available	861	6.4%	827	1,180	-319	-27.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,876		27,565	35,993
Male	18,125	56.9%	14,814	20,953	-2,828	-13.5%
Female	13,746	43.1%	12,744	15,026	-1,280	-8.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	7	14	-9	-64.3%

Ethnicity	31,876		27,565	35,993
Hispanic or Latino	1,565	4.9%	1,176	1,923	-358	-18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,707	90.1%	24,974	32,424	-3,717	-11.5%
Information Not Available	1,604	5.0%	1,415	1,646	-42	-2.6%

Race	31,876		27,565	35,993
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,731	5.4%	1,327	2,108	-377	-17.9%
Asian	749	2.3%	728	786	-37	-4.7%
Black or African American	13,110	41.1%	11,274	14,087	-977	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,682	46.1%	12,821	17,366	-2,684	-15.5%
Information Not Available	1,604	5.0%	1,415	1,646	-42	-2.6%

Years of Age	31,876		27,565	35,993
Younger than 22	322	0.7%	247	405	-83	-20.5%
22-24	986	2.3%	815	1,318	-332	-25.2%
25-34	6,797	15.6%	6,007	7,909	-1,112	-14.1%
35-44	6,963	16.0%	6,159	7,729	-766	-9.9%
45-54	7,579	17.4%	6,528	8,882	-1,303	-14.7%
55-59	4,132	9.5%	3,483	4,398	-266	-6.0%
60-64	3,062	7.0%	2,555	3,315	-253	-7.6%
65 and older	2,035	4.7%	1,771	2,037	-2	-0.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,876		27,565	35,993
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	165	0.5%	133	214	-49	-22.9%
Mining	127	0.4%	72	172	-45	-26.2%
Utilities	32	0.1%	35	27	5	18.5%
Construction	4,215	13.2%	2,489	4,978	-763	-15.3%
Manufacturing	2,219	6.9%	1,939	3,316	-1,097	-33.1%
Wholesale Trade	889	2.8%	899	995	-106	-10.7%
Retail Trade	2,261	7.1%	2,116	2,371	-110	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,090	3.4%	958	1,286	-196	-15.2%
Information	584	1.8%	558	652	-68	-10.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,059	3.3%	1,003	947	112	11.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	552	1.7%	499	529	23	4.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,075	9.6%	3,060	3,377	-302	-8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	185	0.6%	165	185	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,092	12.8%	3,671	4,605	-513	-11.1%
Educational Services	599	1.9%	569	659	-60	-9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,943	6.1%	1,938	2,264	-321	-14.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	655	2.0%	467	724	-69	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,248	7.0%	1,568	2,474	-226	-9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	916	2.9%	871	1,024	-108	-10.5%
Public Administration	1,862	5.8%	1,715	1,983	-121	-6.1%
Information Not Available	3,108	9.7%	2,840	3,211	-103	-3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,581		649	301
Male	547	34.6%	259	192	355	184.9%
Female	1,032	65.3%	390	109	923	846.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	0	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,581		649	301
Hispanic or Latino	175	11.1%	65	89	86	96.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,358	85.9%	562	207	1,151	556.0%
Information Not Available	48	3.0%	22	5	43	860.0%

Race	1,581		649	301
American Indian or Alaskan Native	14	0.9%	3	1	13	1300.0%
Asian	1	0.1%	0	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	1,230	77.8%	487	194	1,036	534.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	2.4%	13	2	36	1800.0%
White	113	7.1%	72	12	101	841.7%
Information Not Available	185	11.7%	74	92	93	101.1%

Years of Age	1,581		649	301
Younger than 22	31	2.0%	7	2	29	1450.0%
22-24	73	4.8%	22	11	62	563.6%
25-34	291	19.0%	120	60	231	385.0%
35-44	304	19.8%	135	76	228	300.0%
45-54	362	23.6%	148	72	290	402.8%
55-59	198	12.9%	88	37	161	435.1%
60-64	159	10.4%	52	27	132	488.9%
65 and older	147	9.6%	67	15	132	880.0%
Information Not Available	16	1.0%	10	1	15	1500.0%

Industry	1,581		649	301
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	6	0.4%	3	0	6	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.3%	1	2	2	100.0%
Construction	38	2.4%	33	109	-71	-65.1%
Manufacturing	22	1.4%	8	7	15	214.3%
Wholesale Trade	16	1.0%	19	0	16	0.0%
Retail Trade	251	15.9%	84	25	226	904.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	52	3.3%	30	6	46	766.7%
Information	11	0.7%	14	2	9	450.0%
Finance and Insurance	12	0.8%	9	8	4	50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	2.3%	21	5	31	620.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	28	1.8%	17	16	12	75.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.6%	11	5	4	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	47	3.0%	18	16	31	193.8%
Educational Services	22	1.4%	4	8	14	175.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	102	6.5%	32	11	91	827.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	129	8.2%	20	4	125	3125.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	678	42.9%	280	31	647	2087.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38	2.4%	14	11	27	245.5%
Public Administration	5	0.3%	11	17	-12	-70.6%
Information Not Available	75	4.7%	20	18	57	316.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,460		3,674	6,065
Male	4,041	74.0%	2,551	4,462	-421	-9.4%
Female	1,419	26.0%	1,123	1,603	-184	-11.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,460		3,674	6,065
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.2%	14	3	7	233.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,621	29.7%	957	1,031	590	57.2%
Information Not Available	3,829	70.1%	2,703	5,031	-1,202	-23.9%

Race	5,460		3,674	6,065
American Indian or Alaskan Native	7	0.1%	5	3	4	133.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	39	0.7%	40	12	27	225.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.2%	6	1	11	1100.0%
White	1,573	28.8%	920	1,018	555	54.5%
Information Not Available	3,829	70.1%	2,703	5,031	-1,202	-23.9%

Years of Age	5,460		3,674	6,065
Younger than 22	77	1.2%	86	106	-29	-27.4%
22-24	211	3.3%	150	249	-38	-15.3%
25-34	1,176	18.2%	783	1,319	-143	-10.8%
35-44	1,091	16.8%	738	1,225	-134	-10.9%
45-54	1,166	18.0%	809	1,357	-191	-14.1%
55-59	660	10.2%	453	741	-81	-10.9%
60-64	558	8.6%	344	576	-18	-3.1%
65 and older	521	8.0%	311	492	29	5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,460		3,674	6,065
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82	1.5%	56	80	2	2.5%
Mining	54	1.0%	18	47	7	14.9%
Utilities	6	0.1%	5	7	-1	-14.3%
Construction	1,597	28.8%	909	1,736	-139	-8.0%
Manufacturing	597	10.8%	321	741	-144	-19.4%
Wholesale Trade	178	3.2%	135	206	-28	-13.6%
Retail Trade	442	8.0%	301	495	-53	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	126	2.3%	92	149	-23	-15.4%
Information	50	0.9%	46	42	8	19.0%
Finance and Insurance	36	0.6%	37	36	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	71	1.3%	60	61	10	16.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	195	3.5%	139	225	-30	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	1	5	-1	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	582	10.5%	457	675	-93	-13.8%
Educational Services	108	1.9%	110	133	-25	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	325	5.9%	291	332	-7	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	136	2.5%	108	144	-8	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	652	11.8%	403	678	-26	-3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	94	1.7%	81	129	-35	-27.1%
Public Administration	125	2.3%	104	144	-19	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,492		63,917	69,964
Male	42,985	65.6%	41,408	47,104	-4,119	-8.7%
Female	22,507	34.4%	22,509	22,860	-353	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	65,492		63,917	69,964
Hispanic or Latino	11,341	17.3%	11,167	12,911	-1,570	-12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,491	75.6%	48,294	53,398	-3,907	-7.3%
Information Not Available	4,660	7.1%	4,456	3,655	1,005	27.5%

Race	65,492		63,917	69,964
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,981	3.0%	1,820	1,494	487	32.6%
Asian	2,544	3.9%	2,662	548	1,996	364.2%
Black or African American	3,644	5.6%	3,801	3,592	52	1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	770	1.2%	761	148	622	420.3%
White	44,298	67.6%	42,676	45,594	-1,296	-2.8%
Information Not Available	12,255	18.7%	12,197	18,588	-6,333	-34.1%

Years of Age	65,492		63,917	69,964
Younger than 22	1,191	1.1%	1,044	1,266	-75	-5.9%
22-24	2,590	2.5%	2,379	2,919	-329	-11.3%
25-34	15,333	14.7%	14,712	16,004	-671	-4.2%
35-44	15,007	14.3%	14,637	15,794	-787	-5.0%
45-54	15,632	14.9%	15,505	17,314	-1,682	-9.7%
55-59	7,738	7.4%	7,710	8,376	-638	-7.6%
60-64	5,160	4.9%	5,117	5,417	-257	-4.7%
65 and older	2,841	2.7%	2,813	2,874	-33	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	65,492		63,917	69,964
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,186	7.3%	5,273	6,947	-1,761	-25.3%
Mining	253	0.4%	210	287	-34	-11.8%
Utilities	194	0.3%	186	170	24	14.1%
Construction	14,226	20.1%	13,110	15,052	-826	-5.5%
Manufacturing	7,241	10.2%	7,912	8,676	-1,435	-16.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,707	3.8%	2,554	2,811	-104	-3.7%
Retail Trade	4,234	6.0%	3,780	4,491	-257	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,162	3.1%	2,223	2,575	-413	-16.0%
Information	1,473	2.1%	1,448	1,649	-176	-10.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,317	1.9%	1,261	1,324	-7	-0.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	859	1.2%	853	821	38	4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,934	5.6%	3,876	4,113	-179	-4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	148	0.2%	131	127	21	16.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,766	8.2%	5,407	6,103	-337	-5.5%
Educational Services	1,036	1.5%	1,151	1,094	-58	-5.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,096	5.8%	4,307	4,071	25	0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,069	1.5%	1,021	1,111	-42	-3.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,697	3.8%	2,710	2,646	51	1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,312	3.3%	2,283	2,343	-31	-1.3%
Public Administration	2,246	3.2%	2,095	2,358	-112	-4.7%
Information Not Available	2,336	3.3%	2,126	1,195	1,141	95.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,588		39,093	57,785
Male	36,344	71.8%	27,021	41,320	-4,976	-12.0%
Female	14,214	28.1%	12,041	16,430	-2,216	-13.5%
Information Not Available	30	0.1%	31	35	-5	-14.3%

Ethnicity	50,588		39,093	57,785
Hispanic or Latino	3,217	6.4%	2,502	3,536	-319	-9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,324	91.6%	35,715	53,186	-6,862	-12.9%
Information Not Available	1,047	2.1%	876	1,063	-16	-1.5%

Race	50,588		39,093	57,785
American Indian or Alaskan Native	728	1.4%	614	711	17	2.4%
Asian	425	0.8%	360	572	-147	-25.7%
Black or African American	4,488	8.9%	3,894	5,449	-961	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.1%	43	64	-13	-20.3%
White	43,849	86.7%	33,306	49,926	-6,077	-12.2%
Information Not Available	1,047	2.1%	876	1,063	-16	-1.5%

Years of Age	50,588		39,093	57,785
Younger than 22	749	0.8%	977	982	-233	-23.7%
22-24	2,211	2.5%	1,912	2,496	-285	-11.4%
25-34	11,222	12.5%	8,827	13,007	-1,785	-13.7%
35-44	11,157	12.4%	8,460	12,551	-1,394	-11.1%
45-54	11,091	12.4%	8,854	13,107	-2,016	-15.4%
55-59	6,375	7.1%	4,746	7,275	-900	-12.4%
60-64	4,691	5.2%	3,307	5,102	-411	-8.1%
65 and older	2,986	3.3%	1,951	3,259	-273	-8.4%
Information Not Available	106	0.1%	59	6	100	1666.7%

Industry	50,588		39,093	57,785
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	754	1.5%	512	901	-147	-16.3%
Mining	364	0.7%	219	433	-69	-15.9%
Utilities	167	0.3%	78	179	-12	-6.7%
Construction	14,453	28.2%	9,860	16,009	-1,556	-9.7%
Manufacturing	6,500	12.7%	5,203	8,466	-1,966	-23.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,654	3.2%	1,278	1,832	-178	-9.7%
Retail Trade	3,454	6.7%	2,674	3,837	-383	-10.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,287	4.5%	1,575	2,600	-313	-12.0%
Information	445	0.9%	403	543	-98	-18.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,017	2.0%	915	1,075	-58	-5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	440	0.9%	395	451	-11	-2.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,169	2.3%	1,138	1,398	-229	-16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	354	0.7%	278	462	-108	-23.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,999	13.6%	5,551	7,587	-588	-7.8%
Educational Services	526	1.0%	539	589	-63	-10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,721	5.3%	2,478	3,132	-411	-13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,280	2.5%	1,118	1,416	-136	-9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,695	5.2%	2,103	3,068	-373	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	708	1.4%	622	849	-141	-16.6%
Public Administration	906	1.8%	797	1,011	-105	-10.4%
Information Not Available	1,695	3.3%	1,357	1,947	-252	-12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,212		11,747	17,698
Male	11,473	75.4%	8,077	13,543	-2,070	-15.3%
Female	3,735	24.6%	3,668	4,148	-413	-10.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	7	-3	-42.9%

Ethnicity	15,212		11,747	17,698
Hispanic or Latino	288	1.9%	180	326	-38	-11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,761	83.9%	10,127	12,798	-37	-0.3%
Information Not Available	2,163	14.2%	1,440	4,574	-2,411	-52.7%

Race	15,212		11,747	17,698
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41	0.3%	33	38	3	7.9%
Asian	37	0.2%	33	34	3	8.8%
Black or African American	537	3.5%	498	530	7	1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	17	10	4	40.0%
White	12,976	85.3%	10,200	15,410	-2,434	-15.8%
Information Not Available	1,607	10.6%	966	1,676	-69	-4.1%

Years of Age	15,212		11,747	17,698
Younger than 22	267	1.0%	309	308	-41	-13.3%
22-24	696	2.6%	605	884	-188	-21.3%
25-34	3,128	11.6%	2,554	3,653	-525	-14.4%
35-44	3,605	13.4%	2,785	4,195	-590	-14.1%
45-54	3,761	14.0%	2,858	4,300	-539	-12.5%
55-59	1,729	6.4%	1,256	2,041	-312	-15.3%
60-64	1,252	4.6%	851	1,419	-167	-11.8%
65 and older	772	2.9%	528	895	-123	-13.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	3	-1	-33.3%

Industry	15,212		11,747	17,698
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.6%	68	114	-28	-24.6%
Mining	620	4.1%	494	695	-75	-10.8%
Utilities	25	0.2%	22	20	5	25.0%
Construction	5,175	33.8%	2,920	5,842	-667	-11.4%
Manufacturing	1,243	8.1%	1,014	1,463	-220	-15.0%
Wholesale Trade	316	2.1%	264	404	-88	-21.8%
Retail Trade	1,097	7.2%	1,062	1,115	-18	-1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	433	2.8%	274	602	-169	-28.1%
Information	177	1.2%	232	204	-27	-13.2%
Finance and Insurance	151	1.0%	148	188	-37	-19.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	177	1.2%	146	206	-29	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	334	2.2%	363	453	-119	-26.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	18	27	-6	-22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,392	9.1%	1,170	1,595	-203	-12.7%
Educational Services	156	1.0%	164	177	-21	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	839	5.5%	833	965	-126	-13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	339	2.2%	310	419	-80	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	904	5.9%	833	1,115	-211	-18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	301	2.0%	271	388	-87	-22.4%
Public Administration	243	1.6%	251	359	-116	-32.3%
Information Not Available	1,183	7.7%	890	1,347	-164	-12.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jan 2018	Percent	Dec 2017	Jan 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,543		2,963	5,796
Male	2,509	70.8%	1,911	4,283	-1,774	-41.4%
Female	1,034	29.2%	1,052	1,513	-479	-31.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,543		2,963	5,796
Hispanic or Latino	472	13.3%	347	746	-274	-36.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,970	83.8%	2,524	4,839	-1,869	-38.6%
Information Not Available	101	2.9%	92	211	-110	-52.1%

Race	3,543		2,963	5,796
American Indian or Alaskan Native	167	4.7%	102	309	-142	-46.0%
Asian	10	0.3%	13	21	-11	-52.4%
Black or African American	68	1.9%	69	141	-73	-51.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.2%	4	20	-13	-65.0%
White	2,914	82.2%	2,466	4,694	-1,780	-37.9%
Information Not Available	377	10.6%	309	611	-234	-38.3%

Years of Age	3,543		2,963	5,796
Younger than 22	35	0.6%	35	89	-54	-60.7%
22-24	170	2.8%	136	355	-185	-52.1%
25-34	775	12.8%	615	1,346	-571	-42.4%
35-44	710	11.7%	578	1,120	-410	-36.6%
45-54	758	12.5%	613	1,259	-501	-39.8%
55-59	441	7.3%	384	736	-295	-40.1%
60-64	386	6.4%	343	570	-184	-32.3%
65 and older	268	4.4%	259	321	-53	-16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,543		2,963	5,796
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	1.1%	32	45	-4	-8.9%
Mining	98	2.7%	65	348	-250	-71.8%
Utilities	10	0.3%	10	14	-4	-28.6%
Construction	1,295	36.1%	879	2,087	-792	-37.9%
Manufacturing	114	3.2%	83	229	-115	-50.2%
Wholesale Trade	65	1.8%	69	137	-72	-52.6%
Retail Trade	205	5.7%	182	347	-142	-40.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	86	2.4%	85	190	-104	-54.7%
Information	12	0.3%	20	31	-19	-61.3%
Finance and Insurance	41	1.1%	38	25	16	64.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30	0.8%	25	49	-19	-38.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	62	1.7%	62	111	-49	-44.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.2%	5	5	1	20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	335	9.3%	237	372	-37	-9.9%
Educational Services	54	1.5%	53	62	-8	-12.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	166	4.6%	182	211	-45	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	65	1.8%	57	56	9	16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	388	10.8%	475	540	-152	-28.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	50	1.4%	51	85	-35	-41.2%
Public Administration	77	2.1%	80	167	-90	-53.9%
Information Not Available	343	9.6%	273	685	-342	-49.9%