Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

May 2018

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants May 2018
	May 2018	Apr 2018	Monthly Change	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,606,619	1,864,411	-257,792	1,777,072	-170,453	-9.6
Alaska	7,227	9,117	-1,890	8,333	-1,106	-13.3
Alabama	15,833	14,452	1,381	16,421	-588	-3.6
Arkansas	10,725	11,041	-316	12,208	-1,483	-12.1
Arizona	27,843	25,061	2,782	30,534	-2,691	-8.8
California	334,376	386,215	-51,839	350,150	-15,774	-4.5
Colorado	19,960	20,793	-833	24,175	-4,215	-17.4
Connecticut	31,383	40,363	-8,980	33,310	-1,927	-5.8
District of Columbia	7,428	7,690	-262	8,002	-574	-7.2
Delaware	4,137	4,714	-577	4,921	-784	-15.9
Florida	37,722	38,866	-1,144	43,661	-5,939	-13.6
Georgia	25,316	25,378	-62	27,449	-2,133	-7.8
Hawaii	6,912	6,859	53	7,497	-585	-7.8
Iowa	13,372	19,957	-6,585	15,841	-2,469	-15.6
Idaho	4,474	5,735	-1,261	5,853	-1,379	-23.6
Illinois	93,617	114,913	-21,296	107,145	-13,528	-12.6
Indiana	13,858	16,466	-2,608	19,112	-5,254	-27.5
Kansas	8,494	8,606	-112	10,026	-1,532	-15.3
Kentucky	17,859	18,429	-570	17,834	25	0.1
Louisiana	15,213	15,353	-140	17,553	-2,340	-13.3
Massachusetts	48,808	60,597	-11,789	51,656	-2,848	-5.5
Maryland	27,235	29,422	-2,187	32,168	-4,933	-15.3
Maine	5,002	6,763	-1,761	5,458	-456	-8.4
Michigan	44,987	65,955	-20,968	49,777	-4,790	-9.6
Minnesota	31,610	50,770	-19,160	32,004	-394	-1.2
Missouri	23,570	21,828	1,742	23,441	129	0.6
Mississippi	7,805	7,835	-30	9,989	-2,184	-21.9
Montana	4,778	7,061	-2,283	5,006	-228	-4.6
North Carolina	18,322	18,688	-366	20,435	-2,113	-10.3
North Dakota	2,191	4,995	-2,804	2,508	-317	-12.6
Nebraska	3,323	4,170	-847	3,809	-486	-12.8
New Hampshire	3,340	3,981	-641	3,521	-181	-5.1
New Jersey	79,547	93,464	-13,917	84,914	-5,367	-6.3
New Mexico	9,380	9,188	192	9,980	-600	-6.0
Nevada	18,704	19,273	-569	20,889	-2,185	-10.5
New York	118,656	140,775	-22,119	133,301	-14,645	-11.0
Ohio	44,491	55,049	-10,558	51,262	-6,771	-13.2
Oklahoma	12,914	13,433	-519	14,921	-2,007	-13.5
Oregon	24,789	27,740	-2,951	26,078	-1,289	-4.9
Pennsylvania	96,037	117,959	-21,922	103,323	-7,286	-7.1
Puerto Rico	12,656	13,987	-1,331	19,779	-7,123	-36.0
Rhode Island	6,803	8,600	-1,797	7,651	-848	-11.1
South Carolina	14,905	14,901	4	16,324	-1,419	-8.7
South Dakota	1,131	2,246	-1,115	1,231	-100	-8.1
Tennessee	17,845	18,086	-241	18,792	-947	-5.0
Texas	118,901	123,584	-4,683	140,558	-21,657	-15.4
Utah	8,170	9,164	-994	9,050	-880	-9.7
Virginia	23,713	24,333	-620	27,920	-4,207	-15.1
Virgin Islands	457	411	46	194	263	135.6
Vermont	3,125	4,426	-1,301	3,760	-635	-16.9
Washington	43,966	48,407	-4,441	48,388	-4,422	-9.1
Wisconsin	22,899	34,254	-11,355	26,148	-3,249	-12.4
West Virginia	8,720	10,087	-1,367	9,949	-1,229	-12.4
Wyoming	2,090	2,971	-881	2,863	-773	-27.0

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,606,619		1,864,411	1,777,072	-170,453	-9.6
Male	873,223	54.4%	1,089,241	985,379	-112,156	-11.4%
Female	721,754	44.9%	762,020	778,197	-56,443	-7.3%
Information Not Available	11,642	0.7%	13,150	13,496	-1,854	-13.7%

Ethnicity	1,606,619		1,864,411	1,777,072
Hispanic or Latino	332,375	20.7%	399,912	359,513	-27,138	-7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,103,271	68.7%	1,275,237	1,215,516	-112,245	-9.2%
Information Not Available	170,973	10.6%	189,262	202,123	-31,150	-15.4%

Race	1,606,619		1,864,411	1,777,072
American Indian or Alaskan Native	21,036	1.3%	24,229	23,545	-2,509	-10.7%
Asian	61,550	3.8%	65,769	67,174	-5,624	-8.4%
Black or African American	301,220	18.7%	309,108	328,084	-26,864	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,261	0.7%	12,590	11,500	-239	-2.1%
White	815,786	50.7%	986,303	914,444	-98,658	-10.8%
Information Not Available	399,269	24.8%	469,503	437,472	-38,203	-8.7%

Years of Age	1,606,619		1,864,411	1,777,072
Younger than 22	26,981	1.7%	33,566	28,967	-1,986	-6.9%
22-24	66,978	4.2%	76,808	78,240	-11,262	-14.4%
25-34	373,935	23.3%	431,516	419,489	-45,554	-10.9%
35-44	353,029	22.0%	404,859	387,790	-34,761	-9.0%
45-54	366,377	22.8%	426,423	406,161	-39,784	-9.8%
55-59	179,639	11.2%	213,264	201,104	-21,465	-10.7%
60-64	133,854	8.3%	155,213	144,456	-10,602	-7.3%
65 and older	94,545	5.9%	110,074	98,063	-3,518	-3.6%
Information Not Available	11,281	0.7%	12,688	12,802	-1,521	-11.9%

Industry	1,606,619		1,864,411	1,777,072
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78,096	4.9%	111,031	78,146	-50	-0.1%
Mining	7,882	0.5%	11,514	9,494	-1,612	-17.0%
Utilities	3,797	0.2%	4,466	4,330	-533	-12.3%
Construction	189,400	11.8%	290,949	212,511	-23,111	-10.9%
Manufacturing	150,157	9.3%	158,909	175,414	-25,257	-14.4%
Wholesale Trade	57,186	3.6%	59,967	62,524	-5,338	-8.5%
Retail Trade	132,436	8.2%	144,190	150,838	-18,402	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	53,331	3.3%	68,480	61,003	-7,672	-12.6%
Information	58,413	3.6%	58,013	65,604	-7,191	-11.0%
Finance and Insurance	56,360	3.5%	57,451	58,987	-2,627	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	23,929	1.5%	26,824	27,049	-3,120	-11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	99,283	6.2%	95,247	109,663	-10,380	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,743	0.8%	12,947	13,725	-982	-7.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	217,685	13.5%	258,092	244,703	-27,018	-11.0%
Educational Services	31,746	2.0%	35,420	34,243	-2,497	-7.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	140,492	8.7%	142,937	150,285	-9,793	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	23,123	1.4%	33,592	26,649	-3,526	-13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	91,606	5.7%	99,007	99,022	-7,416	-7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	39,788	2.5%	43,234	41,532	-1,744	-4.2%
Public Administration	25,779	1.6%	31,499	31,744	-5,965	-18.8%
Information Not Available	113,387	7.1%	120,642	119,606	-6,219	-5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,227		9,117	8,333	-1,106	-13.3
Male	4,240	58.7%	5,723	5,169	-929	-18.0%
Female	2,967	41.1%	3,371	3,140	-173	-5.5%
Information Not Available	20	0.3%	23	24	-4	-16.7%

Ethnicity	7,227		9,117	8,333
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.1%	4	4	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,893	95.4%	8,717	7,867	-974	-12.4%
Information Not Available	330	4.6%	396	462	-132	-28.6%

Race	7,227		9,117	8,333
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,359	32.6%	2,864	2,647	-288	-10.9%
Asian	536	7.4%	538	578	-42	-7.3%
Black or African American	372	5.1%	381	412	-40	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	195	2.7%	221	234	-39	-16.7%
White	3,431	47.5%	4,713	3,996	-565	-14.1%
Information Not Available	334	4.6%	400	466	-132	-28.3%

Years of Age	7,227		9,117	8,333
Younger than 22	152	1.5%	189	161	-9	-5.6%
22-24	293	2.9%	409	382	-89	-23.3%
25-34	1,956	19.4%	2,458	2,307	-351	-15.2%
35-44	1,695	16.8%	2,043	2,001	-306	-15.3%
45-54	1,435	14.2%	1,882	1,695	-260	-15.3%
55-59	792	7.9%	1,026	914	-122	-13.3%
60-64	576	5.7%	709	588	-12	-2.0%
65 and older	328	3.3%	401	285	43	15.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,227		9,117	8,333
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.5%	48	21	14	66.7%
Mining	224	3.1%	266	316	-92	-29.1%
Utilities	34	0.5%	53	43	-9	-20.9%
Construction	1,274	17.5%	2,043	1,678	-404	-24.1%
Manufacturing	632	8.7%	612	643	-11	-1.7%
Wholesale Trade	88	1.2%	115	180	-92	-51.1%
Retail Trade	750	10.3%	965	848	-98	-11.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	257	3.5%	375	304	-47	-15.5%
Information	68	0.9%	91	82	-14	-17.1%
Finance and Insurance	165	2.3%	164	125	40	32.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	149	2.1%	177	175	-26	-14.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	269	3.7%	258	326	-57	-17.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.3%	33	20	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	351	4.8%	480	509	-158	-31.0%
Educational Services	264	3.6%	254	245	19	7.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	668	9.2%	682	703	-35	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	1.1%	133	80	-1	-1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	597	8.2%	768	712	-115	-16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	242	3.3%	304	271	-29	-10.7%
Public Administration	784	10.8%	941	764	20	2.6%
Information Not Available	277	3.8%	355	288	-11	-3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,833		14,452	16,421
Male	7,314	46.2%	7,059	8,225	-911	-11.1%
Female	8,499	53.7%	7,373	8,179	320	3.9%
Information Not Available	20	0.1%	20	17	3	17.6%

Ethnicity	15,833		14,452	16,421
Hispanic or Latino	178	1.1%	170	237	-59	-24.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,013	75.9%	10,828	12,309	-296	-2.4%
Information Not Available	3,642	23.0%	3,454	3,875	-233	-6.0%

Race	15,833		14,452	16,421
American Indian or Alaskan Native	664	4.2%	659	860	-196	-22.8%
Asian	383	2.4%	406	430	-47	-10.9%
Black or African American	7,454	47.1%	6,426	6,980	474	6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.2%	14	12	13	108.3%
White	6,513	41.1%	6,188	7,382	-869	-11.8%
Information Not Available	794	5.0%	759	757	37	4.9%

Years of Age	15,833		14,452	16,421
Younger than 22	372	1.8%	291	336	36	10.7%
22-24	750	3.5%	680	783	-33	-4.2%
25-34	4,060	19.1%	3,568	4,204	-144	-3.4%
35-44	3,801	17.9%	3,550	3,885	-84	-2.2%
45-54	3,421	16.1%	3,162	3,609	-188	-5.2%
55-59	1,547	7.3%	1,461	1,679	-132	-7.9%
60-64	1,090	5.1%	1,020	1,125	-35	-3.1%
65 and older	784	3.7%	712	794	-10	-1.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	6	2	33.3%

Industry	15,833		14,452	16,421
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	64	0.4%	87	115	-51	-44.3%
Mining	57	0.4%	66	92	-35	-38.0%
Utilities	31	0.2%	42	64	-33	-51.6%
Construction	1,205	7.6%	1,171	1,561	-356	-22.8%
Manufacturing	2,775	17.5%	2,429	2,493	282	11.3%
Wholesale Trade	560	3.5%	554	567	-7	-1.2%
Retail Trade	1,927	12.1%	1,735	1,977	-50	-2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	483	3.0%	369	542	-59	-10.9%
Information	229	1.4%	249	329	-100	-30.4%
Finance and Insurance	637	4.0%	695	478	159	33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	210	1.3%	229	241	-31	-12.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	962	6.1%	683	979	-17	-1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.4%	58	60	-1	-1.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,203	13.9%	2,013	2,251	-48	-2.1%
Educational Services	231	1.5%	252	244	-13	-5.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,356	8.5%	1,299	1,369	-13	-0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	85	0.5%	92	93	-8	-8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,268	8.0%	932	1,445	-177	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	351	2.2%	333	353	-2	-0.6%
Public Administration	223	1.4%	243	231	-8	-3.5%
Information Not Available	917	5.8%	921	937	-20	-2.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,725		11,041	12,208
Male	4,824	45.0%	5,286	5,977	-1,153	-19.3%
Female	4,885	45.5%	4,716	5,447	-562	-10.3%
Information Not Available	1,016	9.5%	1,039	784	232	29.6%

Ethnicity	10,725		11,041	12,208
Hispanic or Latino	81	0.8%	86	104	-23	-22.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,628	89.8%	9,916	11,320	-1,692	-14.9%
Information Not Available	1,016	9.5%	1,039	784	232	29.6%

Race	10,725		11,041	12,208
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	1.4%	131	144	2	1.4%
Asian	20	0.2%	24	13	7	53.8%
Black or African American	2,994	27.9%	3,119	3,278	-284	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	573	5.3%	584	602	-29	-4.8%
White	5,895	55.0%	6,058	7,283	-1,388	-19.1%
Information Not Available	1,097	10.2%	1,125	888	209	23.5%

Years of Age	10,725		11,041	12,208
Younger than 22	223	1.4%	275	276	-53	-19.2%
22-24	407	2.6%	432	492	-85	-17.3%
25-34	2,167	13.7%	2,180	2,489	-322	-12.9%
35-44	2,421	15.3%	2,447	2,763	-342	-12.4%
45-54	2,259	14.2%	2,270	2,735	-476	-17.4%
55-59	995	6.3%	1,076	1,252	-257	-20.5%
60-64	762	4.8%	785	848	-86	-10.1%
65 and older	475	3.0%	537	569	-94	-16.5%
Information Not Available	1,016	6.4%	1,039	784	232	29.6%

Industry	10,725		11,041	12,208
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	126	1.2%	203	189	-63	-33.3%
Mining	50	0.5%	58	49	1	2.0%
Utilities	26	0.2%	41	19	7	36.8%
Construction	879	8.1%	1,054	982	-103	-10.5%
Manufacturing	1,392	12.8%	1,436	1,568	-176	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	548	5.1%	489	623	-75	-12.0%
Retail Trade	1,164	10.7%	1,239	1,659	-495	-29.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	272	2.5%	311	410	-138	-33.7%
Information	132	1.2%	138	184	-52	-28.3%
Finance and Insurance	205	1.9%	215	264	-59	-22.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	141	1.3%	115	164	-23	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	491	4.5%	430	492	-1	-0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	0.9%	98	185	-87	-47.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,012	9.3%	1,036	1,127	-115	-10.2%
Educational Services	158	1.5%	159	167	-9	-5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,350	12.4%	1,285	1,359	-9	-0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	0.7%	90	76	1	1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	589	5.4%	536	675	-86	-12.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	223	2.1%	227	241	-18	-7.5%
Public Administration	167	1.5%	188	242	-75	-31.0%
Information Not Available	1,625	15.0%	1,693	1,533	92	6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,843		25,061	30,534
Male	15,110	54.3%	13,162	16,938	-1,828	-10.8%
Female	12,712	45.7%	11,886	13,582	-870	-6.4%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	13	14	7	50.0%

Ethnicity	27,843		25,061	30,534
Hispanic or Latino	11,458	41.2%	9,540	12,895	-1,437	-11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,262	36.9%	10,268	11,368	-1,106	-9.7%
Information Not Available	6,123	22.0%	5,253	6,271	-148	-2.4%

Race	27,843		25,061	30,534
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,275	4.6%	1,363	1,556	-281	-18.1%
Asian	2,607	9.4%	1,793	2,656	-49	-1.8%
Black or African American	1,989	7.1%	1,998	2,248	-259	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	219	0.8%	227	241	-22	-9.1%
White	11,582	41.6%	11,421	13,715	-2,133	-15.6%
Information Not Available	10,171	36.5%	8,259	10,118	53	0.5%

Years of Age	27,843		25,061	30,534
Younger than 22	586	1.6%	478	686	-100	-14.6%
22-24	1,275	3.4%	1,104	1,492	-217	-14.5%
25-34	6,280	17.0%	5,584	6,844	-564	-8.2%
35-44	5,780	15.6%	5,240	6,200	-420	-6.8%
45-54	6,500	17.6%	5,944	7,332	-832	-11.3%
55-59	3,300	8.9%	3,026	3,817	-517	-13.5%
60-64	2,452	6.6%	2,179	2,526	-74	-2.9%
65 and older	1,670	4.5%	1,506	1,637	33	2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,843		25,061	30,534
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,044	17.8%	4,230	6,182	-138	-2.2%
Mining	28	0.1%	38	48	-20	-41.7%
Utilities	35	0.1%	36	52	-17	-32.7%
Construction	1,443	4.3%	1,550	1,552	-109	-7.0%
Manufacturing	1,245	3.7%	1,161	1,592	-347	-21.8%
Wholesale Trade	717	2.1%	691	829	-112	-13.5%
Retail Trade	1,750	5.2%	1,762	2,043	-293	-14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	525	1.5%	520	562	-37	-6.6%
Information	372	1.1%	337	421	-49	-11.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,061	3.1%	1,116	1,074	-13	-1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	364	1.1%	374	456	-92	-20.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,271	3.8%	1,090	1,411	-140	-9.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	112	0.3%	108	102	10	9.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,962	8.7%	2,989	3,496	-534	-15.3%
Educational Services	534	1.6%	533	519	15	2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,106	6.2%	2,073	2,208	-102	-4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	203	0.6%	241	223	-20	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,092	3.2%	1,025	1,167	-75	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	405	1.2%	387	489	-84	-17.2%
Public Administration	416	1.2%	468	502	-86	-17.1%
Information Not Available	5,158	15.2%	4,332	5,606	-448	-8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	334,376		386,215	350,150
Male	182,545	54.6%	214,455	196,173	-13,628	-6.9%
Female	151,734	45.4%	171,662	153,880	-2,146	-1.4%
Information Not Available	97	0.0%	98	97	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	334,376		386,215	350,150
Hispanic or Latino	147,083	44.0%	181,160	148,364	-1,281	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	156,384	46.8%	170,683	171,010	-14,626	-8.6%
Information Not Available	30,909	9.2%	34,372	30,776	133	0.4%

Race	334,376		386,215	350,150
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,422	0.7%	2,546	2,807	-385	-13.7%
Asian	29,843	8.9%	33,294	31,841	-1,998	-6.3%
Black or African American	27,033	8.1%	27,321	29,131	-2,098	-7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	97,086	29.0%	107,521	107,232	-10,146	-9.5%
Information Not Available	177,992	53.2%	215,533	179,139	-1,147	-0.6%

Years of Age	334,376		386,215	350,150
Younger than 22	5,910	1.5%	7,442	6,581	-671	-10.2%
22-24	17,441	4.3%	17,724	19,550	-2,109	-10.8%
25-34	84,878	21.0%	99,785	90,198	-5,320	-5.9%
35-44	67,243	16.6%	74,325	70,553	-3,310	-4.7%
45-54	73,929	18.3%	85,978	74,424	-495	-0.7%
55-59	33,234	8.2%	41,422	39,099	-5,865	-15.0%
60-64	27,227	6.7%	31,826	28,937	-1,710	-5.9%
65 and older	24,514	6.1%	27,713	20,808	3,706	17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	334,376		386,215	350,150
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60,848	15.4%	90,678	58,745	2,103	3.6%
Mining	775	0.2%	979	484	291	60.1%
Utilities	872	0.2%	1,371	1,258	-386	-30.7%
Construction	31,393	7.9%	34,078	33,486	-2,093	-6.3%
Manufacturing	27,614	7.0%	29,279	27,873	-259	-0.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,163	0.3%	1,077	1,645	-482	-29.3%
Retail Trade	21,801	5.5%	25,069	24,969	-3,168	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,205	2.3%	11,653	10,162	-957	-9.4%
Information	28,874	7.3%	28,202	30,002	-1,128	-3.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,492	1.6%	6,463	6,871	-379	-5.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,132	0.5%	2,252	3,291	-1,159	-35.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,751	2.0%	7,051	6,871	880	12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	67,243	17.0%	74,129	70,843	-3,600	-5.1%
Educational Services	7,267	1.8%	9,597	8,033	-766	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,867	5.8%	23,404	23,711	-844	-3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,554	1.2%	5,680	6,581	-2,027	-30.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,790	3.2%	13,318	14,711	-1,921	-13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,364	1.9%	7,638	5,710	1,654	29.0%
Public Administration	2,325	0.6%	3,623	3,194	-869	-27.2%
Information Not Available	11,046	2.8%	10,674	11,710	-664	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,960		20,793	24,175
Male	10,591	53.1%	11,442	13,125	-2,534	-19.3%
Female	9,369	46.9%	9,351	11,050	-1,681	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,960		20,793	24,175
Hispanic or Latino	3,641	18.2%	4,180	4,397	-756	-17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,309	71.7%	14,484	17,235	-2,926	-17.0%
Information Not Available	2,010	10.1%	2,129	2,543	-533	-21.0%

Race	19,960		20,793	24,175
American Indian or Alaskan Native	386	1.9%	409	494	-108	-21.9%
Asian	423	2.1%	432	540	-117	-21.7%
Black or African American	1,365	6.8%	1,477	1,568	-203	-12.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	84	0.4%	83	114	-30	-26.3%
White	14,040	70.3%	14,459	16,850	-2,810	-16.7%
Information Not Available	3,662	18.3%	3,933	4,609	-947	-20.5%

Years of Age	19,960		20,793	24,175
Younger than 22	210	0.7%	247	231	-21	-9.1%
22-24	538	1.7%	581	696	-158	-22.7%
25-34	4,405	13.7%	4,353	5,334	-929	-17.4%
35-44	4,703	14.6%	4,791	5,584	-881	-15.8%
45-54	4,637	14.4%	4,988	5,738	-1,101	-19.2%
55-59	2,493	7.8%	2,632	3,061	-568	-18.6%
60-64	1,886	5.9%	2,012	2,241	-355	-15.8%
65 and older	1,087	3.4%	1,188	1,289	-202	-15.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	19,960		20,793	24,175
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	0.6%	164	137	-7	-5.1%
Mining	155	0.8%	176	254	-99	-39.0%
Utilities	43	0.2%	46	60	-17	-28.3%
Construction	1,967	9.8%	2,640	2,645	-678	-25.6%
Manufacturing	1,278	6.4%	1,354	1,640	-362	-22.1%
Wholesale Trade	981	4.9%	1,039	1,133	-152	-13.4%
Retail Trade	1,695	8.4%	1,725	2,073	-378	-18.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	575	2.9%	607	742	-167	-22.5%
Information	813	4.0%	819	1,111	-298	-26.8%
Finance and Insurance	940	4.7%	1,005	1,150	-210	-18.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	514	2.6%	491	563	-49	-8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,196	10.9%	2,199	2,478	-282	-11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	234	1.2%	295	263	-29	-11.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,095	10.4%	2,383	2,709	-614	-22.7%
Educational Services	472	2.3%	471	563	-91	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,803	9.0%	1,871	1,983	-180	-9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	832	4.1%	556	857	-25	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,879	9.4%	1,471	2,104	-225	-10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	553	2.8%	561	634	-81	-12.8%
Public Administration	382	1.9%	466	493	-111	-22.5%
Information Not Available	423	2.1%	454	583	-160	-27.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,383		40,363	33,310
Male	17,157	54.7%	23,135	18,793	-1,636	-8.7%
Female	14,226	45.3%	17,228	14,517	-291	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,383		40,363	33,310
Hispanic or Latino	5,314	16.9%	7,502	5,246	68	1.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,069	83.1%	32,861	28,064	-1,995	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	31,383		40,363	33,310
American Indian or Alaskan Native	106	0.3%	152	128	-22	-17.2%
Asian	658	2.1%	685	665	-7	-1.1%
Black or African American	5,398	17.2%	6,554	5,639	-241	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,805	56.7%	22,849	18,905	-1,100	-5.8%
Information Not Available	7,416	23.6%	10,123	7,973	-557	-7.0%

Years of Age	31,383		40,363	33,310
Younger than 22	473	1.0%	545	488	-15	-3.1%
22-24	1,225	2.7%	1,522	1,287	-62	-4.8%
25-34	6,920	15.1%	8,511	7,463	-543	-7.3%
35-44	6,312	13.7%	8,239	6,648	-336	-5.1%
45-54	6,935	15.1%	9,069	7,666	-731	-9.5%
55-59	3,743	8.1%	4,940	3,929	-186	-4.7%
60-64	3,228	7.0%	4,086	3,216	12	0.4%
65 and older	2,547	5.5%	3,451	2,613	-66	-2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,383		40,363	33,310
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	121	0.4%	182	144	-23	-16.0%
Mining	12	0.0%	39	23	-11	-47.8%
Utilities	53	0.2%	51	56	-3	-5.4%
Construction	3,926	12.5%	6,403	4,526	-600	-13.3%
Manufacturing	2,811	8.9%	3,250	3,197	-386	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,438	4.6%	1,520	1,343	95	7.1%
Retail Trade	3,905	12.4%	4,156	4,179	-274	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,263	4.0%	4,095	1,403	-140	-10.0%
Information	583	1.9%	636	1,062	-479	-45.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,460	4.6%	1,453	1,528	-68	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	524	1.7%	601	522	2	0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,879	6.0%	1,716	1,995	-116	-5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	408	1.3%	418	325	83	25.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,769	12.0%	5,243	3,769	0	0.0%
Educational Services	782	2.5%	894	760	22	2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,804	12.1%	3,918	3,899	-95	-2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	635	2.0%	967	659	-24	-3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,327	7.4%	2,795	2,115	212	10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	954	3.0%	1,089	1,000	-46	-4.6%
Public Administration	312	1.0%	411	316	-4	-1.3%
Information Not Available	417	1.3%	526	489	-72	-14.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,428		7,690	8,002
Male	3,480	46.8%	3,657	3,744	-264	-7.1%
Female	3,946	53.1%	4,033	4,254	-308	-7.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	7,428		7,690	8,002
Hispanic or Latino	590	7.9%	610	598	-8	-1.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,807	91.6%	7,043	7,349	-542	-7.4%
Information Not Available	31	0.4%	37	55	-24	-43.6%

Race	7,428		7,690	8,002
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	0.6%	34	36	6	16.7%
Asian	177	2.4%	180	210	-33	-15.7%
Black or African American	5,074	68.3%	5,210	5,251	-177	-3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	19	22	-2	-9.1%
White	1,406	18.9%	1,445	1,712	-306	-17.9%
Information Not Available	709	9.5%	802	771	-62	-8.0%

Years of Age	7,428		7,690	8,002
Younger than 22	109	1.3%	106	125	-16	-12.8%
22-24	318	3.8%	324	393	-75	-19.1%
25-34	2,004	24.2%	2,082	2,271	-267	-11.8%
35-44	1,679	20.3%	1,785	1,769	-90	-5.1%
45-54	1,626	19.6%	1,659	1,716	-90	-5.2%
55-59	796	9.6%	857	776	20	2.6%
60-64	548	6.6%	551	605	-57	-9.4%
65 and older	348	4.2%	326	347	1	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,428		7,690	8,002
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	10	0.1%	12	12	-2	-16.7%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	7	-6	-85.7%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.0%	2	1	2	200.0%
Retail Trade	14	0.2%	21	19	-5	-26.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	14	0.2%	21	15	-1	-6.7%
Information	3	0.0%	5	7	-4	-57.1%
Finance and Insurance	8	0.1%	7	10	-2	-20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	29	0.4%	56	55	-26	-47.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	31	0.4%	40	44	-13	-29.5%
Educational Services	5	0.1%	7	9	-4	-44.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6	0.1%	10	14	-8	-57.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	16	0.2%	14	20	-4	-20.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	0.2%	19	16	-1	-6.3%
Public Administration	2	0.0%	5	2	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	7,266	97.8%	7,465	7,763	-497	-6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,137		4,714	4,921
Male	1,776	42.9%	2,046	2,184	-408	-18.7%
Female	2,082	50.3%	2,364	2,417	-335	-13.9%
Information Not Available	279	6.7%	304	320	-41	-12.8%

Ethnicity	4,137		4,714	4,921
Hispanic or Latino	305	7.4%	336	351	-46	-13.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,553	85.9%	4,074	4,338	-785	-18.1%
Information Not Available	279	6.7%	304	320	-41	-12.8%

Race	4,137		4,714	4,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	11	0.3%	17	15	-4	-26.7%
Asian	67	1.6%	75	71	-4	-5.6%
Black or African American	1,793	42.5%	1,961	1,980	-187	-9.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%
White	2,047	48.5%	2,403	2,561	-514	-20.1%
Information Not Available	303	7.2%	257	293	10	3.4%

Years of Age	4,137		4,714	4,921
Younger than 22	50	0.9%	60	80	-30	-37.5%
22-24	176	3.0%	197	201	-25	-12.4%
25-34	988	17.0%	1,124	1,170	-182	-15.6%
35-44	919	15.8%	1,065	1,074	-155	-14.4%
45-54	918	15.8%	1,040	1,094	-176	-16.1%
55-59	491	8.4%	568	558	-67	-12.0%
60-64	367	6.3%	420	429	-62	-14.5%
65 and older	187	3.2%	199	263	-76	-28.9%
Information Not Available	41	0.7%	41	52	-11	-21.2%

Industry	4,137		4,714	4,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.1%	8	15	-9	-60.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	7	15	-10	-66.7%
Construction	277	6.7%	298	272	5	1.8%
Manufacturing	247	6.0%	294	381	-134	-35.2%
Wholesale Trade	110	2.7%	124	137	-27	-19.7%
Retail Trade	607	14.7%	724	774	-167	-21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	159	3.8%	167	203	-44	-21.7%
Information	65	1.6%	72	66	-1	-1.5%
Finance and Insurance	378	9.1%	431	485	-107	-22.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	86	2.1%	97	75	11	14.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	266	6.4%	294	386	-120	-31.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.3%	10	15	-1	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	712	17.2%	829	855	-143	-16.7%
Educational Services	50	1.2%	52	69	-19	-27.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	530	12.8%	605	536	-6	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	92	2.2%	87	69	23	33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	379	9.1%	455	407	-28	-6.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	106	2.6%	99	116	-10	-8.6%
Public Administration	33	0.8%	48	41	-8	-19.5%
Information Not Available	15	0.4%	13	4	11	275.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,722		38,866	43,661
Male	17,552	46.5%	18,392	20,186	-2,634	-13.0%
Female	20,147	53.4%	20,448	23,391	-3,244	-13.9%
Information Not Available	23	0.1%	26	84	-61	-72.6%

Ethnicity	37,722		38,866	43,661
Hispanic or Latino	9,206	24.4%	9,339	11,671	-2,465	-21.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,013	66.3%	26,059	28,352	-3,339	-11.8%
Information Not Available	3,503	9.3%	3,468	3,638	-135	-3.7%

Race	37,722		38,866	43,661
American Indian or Alaskan Native	239	0.6%	262	229	10	4.4%
Asian	637	1.7%	661	709	-72	-10.2%
Black or African American	9,771	25.9%	10,319	11,321	-1,550	-13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	193	0.5%	228	165	28	17.0%
White	22,311	59.1%	22,766	26,400	-4,089	-15.5%
Information Not Available	4,571	12.1%	4,630	4,837	-266	-5.5%

Years of Age	37,722		38,866	43,661
Younger than 22	342	0.6%	296	463	-121	-26.1%
22-24	932	1.6%	988	1,368	-436	-31.9%
25-34	7,299	12.8%	7,423	8,924	-1,625	-18.2%
35-44	7,670	13.5%	7,900	9,059	-1,389	-15.3%
45-54	8,004	14.0%	8,255	9,286	-1,282	-13.8%
55-59	4,121	7.2%	4,270	4,546	-425	-9.3%
60-64	3,036	5.3%	2,921	3,282	-246	-7.5%
65 and older	2,056	3.6%	2,074	2,293	-237	-10.3%
Information Not Available	4,262	7.5%	4,739	4,440	-178	-4.0%

Industry	37,722		38,866	43,661
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	393	1.0%	377	592	-199	-33.6%
Mining	25	0.1%	36	91	-66	-72.5%
Utilities	63	0.2%	73	70	-7	-10.0%
Construction	2,256	5.9%	2,484	2,619	-363	-13.9%
Manufacturing	1,674	4.4%	1,654	1,899	-225	-11.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,666	4.4%	1,681	1,794	-128	-7.1%
Retail Trade	3,763	9.9%	3,884	4,490	-727	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,014	2.7%	1,006	1,219	-205	-16.8%
Information	799	2.1%	824	904	-105	-11.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,928	5.1%	2,061	2,175	-247	-11.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	945	2.5%	904	1,034	-89	-8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,038	8.0%	2,984	3,538	-500	-14.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	494	1.3%	489	521	-27	-5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,823	17.9%	7,108	8,309	-1,486	-17.9%
Educational Services	858	2.3%	947	885	-27	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,707	9.7%	3,699	4,419	-712	-16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	531	1.4%	532	656	-125	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,252	5.9%	2,193	2,634	-382	-14.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	954	2.5%	976	1,187	-233	-19.6%
Public Administration	400	1.0%	439	632	-232	-36.7%
Information Not Available	4,139	10.9%	4,515	3,993	146	3.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,316		25,378	27,449
Male	10,726	42.4%	11,286	11,913	-1,187	-10.0%
Female	13,195	52.1%	12,692	14,046	-851	-6.1%
Information Not Available	1,395	5.5%	1,400	1,490	-95	-6.4%

Ethnicity	25,316		25,378	27,449
Hispanic or Latino	16	0.1%	10	32	-16	-50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,905	94.4%	23,968	25,927	-2,022	-7.8%
Information Not Available	1,395	5.5%	1,400	1,490	-95	-6.4%

Race	25,316		25,378	27,449
American Indian or Alaskan Native	85	0.3%	100	109	-24	-22.0%
Asian	399	1.6%	418	496	-97	-19.6%
Black or African American	14,438	57.0%	14,180	15,353	-915	-6.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,999	35.5%	9,280	10,001	-1,002	-10.0%
Information Not Available	1,395	5.5%	1,400	1,490	-95	-6.4%

Years of Age	25,316		25,378	27,449
Younger than 22	352	1.1%	350	378	-26	-6.9%
22-24	864	2.7%	806	1,032	-168	-16.3%
25-34	6,066	18.6%	5,960	6,652	-586	-8.8%
35-44	6,426	19.7%	6,372	6,989	-563	-8.1%
45-54	6,089	18.7%	6,099	6,521	-432	-6.6%
55-59	2,664	8.2%	2,833	2,858	-194	-6.8%
60-64	1,750	5.4%	1,847	1,908	-158	-8.3%
65 and older	1,105	3.4%	1,111	1,111	-6	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,316		25,378	27,449
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	224	0.9%	261	278	-54	-19.4%
Mining	18	0.1%	17	10	8	80.0%
Utilities	19	0.1%	30	42	-23	-54.8%
Construction	709	2.8%	770	1,042	-333	-32.0%
Manufacturing	1,635	6.4%	1,506	1,583	52	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,001	3.9%	1,103	1,087	-86	-7.9%
Retail Trade	2,029	7.9%	1,806	2,087	-58	-2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	426	1.7%	469	458	-32	-7.0%
Information	457	1.8%	496	557	-100	-18.0%
Finance and Insurance	791	3.1%	785	937	-146	-15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	298	1.2%	323	347	-49	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,890	19.1%	4,834	4,990	-100	-2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	92	0.4%	58	41	51	124.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	68	0.3%	70	90	-22	-24.4%
Educational Services	362	1.4%	350	451	-89	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,239	4.9%	1,162	1,371	-132	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,021	4.0%	1,003	999	22	2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	149	0.6%	169	184	-35	-19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	239	0.9%	247	288	-49	-17.0%
Public Administration	226	0.9%	266	303	-77	-25.4%
Information Not Available	9,423	36.9%	9,653	10,304	-881	-8.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,912		6,859	7,497
Male	4,770	69.0%	4,893	5,294	-524	-9.9%
Female	2,142	31.0%	1,965	2,202	-60	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,912		6,859	7,497
Hispanic or Latino	536	7.8%	506	574	-38	-6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,702	68.0%	4,707	5,016	-314	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,674	24.2%	1,646	1,907	-233	-12.2%

Race	6,912		6,859	7,497
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.7%	44	53	-8	-15.1%
Asian	2,200	31.8%	2,231	2,392	-192	-8.0%
Black or African American	118	1.7%	116	115	3	2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,057	29.8%	2,121	2,330	-273	-11.7%
White	1,560	22.6%	1,458	1,609	-49	-3.0%
Information Not Available	932	13.5%	889	998	-66	-6.6%

Years of Age	6,912		6,859	7,497
Younger than 22	84	1.1%	73	98	-14	-14.3%
22-24	236	3.0%	220	293	-57	-19.5%
25-34	1,483	18.9%	1,489	1,723	-240	-13.9%
35-44	1,584	20.2%	1,650	1,752	-168	-9.6%
45-54	1,589	20.3%	1,626	1,722	-133	-7.7%
55-59	800	10.2%	730	807	-7	-0.9%
60-64	639	8.2%	591	645	-6	-0.9%
65 and older	497	6.3%	480	457	40	8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,912		6,859	7,497
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	121	1.7%	106	288	-167	-58.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	18	0.3%	13	8	10	125.0%
Construction	2,464	35.0%	2,601	2,989	-525	-17.6%
Manufacturing	169	2.4%	173	176	-7	-4.0%
Wholesale Trade	117	1.7%	123	93	24	25.8%
Retail Trade	295	4.2%	280	329	-34	-10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	246	3.5%	287	169	77	45.6%
Information	184	2.6%	182	205	-21	-10.2%
Finance and Insurance	80	1.1%	75	72	8	11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	81	1.2%	94	92	-11	-12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	222	3.2%	186	223	-1	-0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.5%	39	49	-12	-24.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	859	12.2%	855	819	40	4.9%
Educational Services	41	0.6%	44	54	-13	-24.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	289	4.1%	263	297	-8	-2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	78	1.1%	77	71	7	9.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	628	8.9%	472	506	122	24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133	1.9%	137	121	12	9.9%
Public Administration	54	0.8%	63	68	-14	-20.6%
Information Not Available	795	11.3%	788	867	-72	-8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,372		19,957	15,841
Male	7,736	57.9%	14,125	9,432	-1,696	-18.0%
Female	5,464	40.9%	5,630	6,228	-764	-12.3%
Information Not Available	172	1.3%	202	181	-9	-5.0%

Ethnicity	13,372		19,957	15,841
Hispanic or Latino	1,673	12.5%	3,940	0	1,673	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,944	81.8%	15,098	0	10,944	0.0%
Information Not Available	755	5.6%	919	15,841	-15,086	-95.2%

Race	13,372		19,957	15,841
American Indian or Alaskan Native	226	1.7%	247	159	67	42.1%
Asian	182	1.4%	213	153	29	19.0%
Black or African American	1,144	8.6%	1,170	850	294	34.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,392	70.2%	13,468	6,726	2,666	39.6%
Information Not Available	2,428	18.2%	4,859	7,953	-5,525	-69.5%

Years of Age	13,372		19,957	15,841
Younger than 22	195	0.9%	340	259	-64	-24.7%
22-24	472	2.2%	793	615	-143	-23.3%
25-34	2,791	13.0%	4,244	3,534	-743	-21.0%
35-44	3,020	14.1%	4,412	3,650	-630	-17.3%
45-54	2,991	14.0%	4,340	3,594	-603	-16.8%
55-59	1,681	7.9%	2,471	1,868	-187	-10.0%
60-64	1,360	6.4%	1,961	1,473	-113	-7.7%
65 and older	857	4.0%	1,392	848	9	1.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	0	5	0.0%

Industry	13,372		19,957	15,841
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	124	0.9%	181	112	12	10.7%
Mining	64	0.5%	304	74	-10	-13.5%
Utilities	21	0.2%	29	21	0	0.0%
Construction	2,846	21.1%	7,214	3,326	-480	-14.4%
Manufacturing	2,180	16.2%	2,797	3,315	-1,135	-34.2%
Wholesale Trade	635	4.7%	746	635	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	1,126	8.3%	1,248	1,205	-79	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	456	3.4%	712	531	-75	-14.1%
Information	311	2.3%	279	396	-85	-21.5%
Finance and Insurance	568	4.2%	565	536	32	6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	135	1.0%	160	174	-39	-22.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	743	5.5%	600	786	-43	-5.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.5%	75	58	11	19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,178	8.7%	1,950	1,501	-323	-21.5%
Educational Services	237	1.8%	227	287	-50	-17.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,135	8.4%	1,143	1,251	-116	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	146	1.1%	241	135	11	8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	774	5.7%	708	792	-18	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	310	2.3%	350	384	-74	-19.3%
Public Administration	183	1.4%	274	178	5	2.8%
Information Not Available	131	1.0%	154	144	-13	-9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,474		5,735	5,853
Male	2,435	54.4%	3,674	3,282	-847	-25.8%
Female	2,038	45.6%	2,061	2,570	-532	-20.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,474		5,735	5,853
Hispanic or Latino	484	10.8%	575	628	-144	-22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,343	74.7%	4,272	4,278	-935	-21.9%
Information Not Available	647	14.5%	888	947	-300	-31.7%

Race	4,474		5,735	5,853
American Indian or Alaskan Native	265	3.4%	376	311	-46	-14.8%
Asian	92	1.2%	105	118	-26	-22.0%
Black or African American	90	1.1%	133	121	-31	-25.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.5%	56	52	-11	-21.2%
White	6,082	77.1%	6,569	8,802	-2,720	-30.9%
Information Not Available	1,321	16.7%	1,587	1,620	-299	-18.5%

Years of Age	4,474		5,735	5,853
Younger than 22	77	0.8%	115	105	-28	-26.7%
22-24	126	1.2%	217	230	-104	-45.2%
25-34	826	8.2%	1,040	1,103	-277	-25.1%
35-44	966	9.5%	1,252	1,223	-257	-21.0%
45-54	1,037	10.3%	1,306	1,420	-383	-27.0%
55-59	577	5.7%	768	748	-171	-22.9%
60-64	439	4.3%	577	552	-113	-20.5%
65 and older	424	4.2%	457	469	-45	-9.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%

Industry	4,474		5,735	5,853
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	239	5.1%	622	365	-126	-34.5%
Mining	24	0.5%	60	39	-15	-38.5%
Utilities	11	0.2%	15	9	2	22.2%
Construction	463	9.8%	859	595	-132	-22.2%
Manufacturing	511	10.8%	548	655	-144	-22.0%
Wholesale Trade	200	4.2%	211	265	-65	-24.5%
Retail Trade	482	10.2%	536	644	-162	-25.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	219	4.6%	323	330	-111	-33.6%
Information	74	1.6%	91	124	-50	-40.3%
Finance and Insurance	134	2.8%	118	198	-64	-32.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	67	1.4%	77	53	14	26.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	255	5.4%	271	310	-55	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.3%	11	15	-3	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	419	8.9%	549	573	-154	-26.9%
Educational Services	75	1.6%	71	101	-26	-25.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	485	10.3%	466	606	-121	-20.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	89	1.9%	87	91	-2	-2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	254	5.4%	282	350	-96	-27.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	102	2.2%	130	128	-26	-20.3%
Public Administration	96	2.0%	127	136	-40	-29.4%
Information Not Available	263	5.6%	281	266	-3	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	93,617		114,913	107,145
Male	53,845	57.5%	72,749	63,159	-9,314	-14.7%
Female	39,079	41.7%	41,296	43,246	-4,167	-9.6%
Information Not Available	693	0.7%	868	740	-47	-6.4%

Ethnicity	93,617		114,913	107,145
Hispanic or Latino	14,137	15.1%	21,892	15,183	-1,046	-6.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,766	74.5%	80,878	80,499	-10,733	-13.3%
Information Not Available	9,714	10.4%	12,143	11,463	-1,749	-15.3%

Race	93,617		114,913	107,145
American Indian or Alaskan Native	545	0.6%	744	579	-34	-5.9%
Asian	2,229	2.4%	2,362	2,534	-305	-12.0%
Black or African American	24,895	26.6%	26,602	27,588	-2,693	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	217	0.2%	254	227	-10	-4.4%
White	55,712	59.5%	70,235	64,876	-9,164	-14.1%
Information Not Available	10,019	10.7%	14,716	11,341	-1,322	-11.7%

Years of Age	93,617		114,913	107,145
Younger than 22	867	0.6%	1,134	1,118	-251	-22.5%
22-24	2,922	2.1%	3,633	3,931	-1,009	-25.7%
25-34	20,421	14.5%	24,535	24,603	-4,182	-17.0%
35-44	22,170	15.7%	26,908	24,991	-2,821	-11.3%
45-54	22,775	16.2%	28,584	26,412	-3,637	-13.8%
55-59	11,574	8.2%	14,407	12,820	-1,246	-9.7%
60-64	8,335	5.9%	10,304	8,800	-465	-5.3%
65 and older	4,553	3.2%	5,408	4,470	83	1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	93,617		114,913	107,145
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	460	0.5%	581	431	29	6.7%
Mining	162	0.2%	286	306	-144	-47.1%
Utilities	216	0.2%	216	120	96	80.0%
Construction	13,830	14.7%	23,620	15,970	-2,140	-13.4%
Manufacturing	8,443	9.0%	9,278	13,375	-4,932	-36.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,297	4.6%	4,780	4,965	-668	-13.5%
Retail Trade	8,043	8.5%	8,333	8,735	-692	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,454	4.7%	6,241	4,999	-545	-10.9%
Information	2,051	2.2%	2,026	2,172	-121	-5.6%
Finance and Insurance	4,015	4.3%	4,207	3,967	48	1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,419	1.5%	1,650	1,556	-137	-8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,762	7.2%	6,719	7,025	-263	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	850	0.9%	1,297	899	-49	-5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,378	15.3%	18,260	15,795	-1,417	-9.0%
Educational Services	1,661	1.8%	1,825	1,997	-336	-16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,284	6.7%	6,519	6,870	-586	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,297	1.4%	2,318	1,337	-40	-3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,985	5.3%	5,532	5,240	-255	-4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,236	2.4%	2,459	2,441	-205	-8.4%
Public Administration	2,414	2.6%	2,425	2,570	-156	-6.1%
Information Not Available	5,360	5.7%	6,341	6,375	-1,015	-15.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,858		16,466	19,112
Male	7,745	55.9%	10,167	11,025	-3,280	-29.8%
Female	6,018	43.4%	6,187	7,990	-1,972	-24.7%
Information Not Available	95	0.7%	112	97	-2	-2.1%

Ethnicity	13,858		16,466	19,112
Hispanic or Latino	670	4.8%	886	869	-199	-22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,435	75.3%	12,413	14,665	-4,230	-28.8%
Information Not Available	2,753	19.9%	3,167	3,578	-825	-23.1%

Race	13,858		16,466	19,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	70	0.5%	70	95	-25	-26.3%
Asian	157	1.1%	155	171	-14	-8.2%
Black or African American	2,620	18.9%	2,761	3,497	-877	-25.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.2%	32	21	5	23.8%
White	9,931	71.7%	12,121	14,056	-4,125	-29.3%
Information Not Available	1,054	7.6%	1,327	1,272	-218	-17.1%

Years of Age	13,858		16,466	19,112
Younger than 22	141	0.6%	175	215	-74	-34.4%
22-24	343	1.5%	413	560	-217	-38.8%
25-34	2,775	12.2%	3,220	4,178	-1,403	-33.6%
35-44	3,522	15.5%	4,051	4,729	-1,207	-25.5%
45-54	3,650	16.1%	4,441	4,942	-1,292	-26.1%
55-59	1,760	7.8%	2,188	2,239	-479	-21.4%
60-64	1,134	5.0%	1,321	1,513	-379	-25.0%
65 and older	533	2.4%	657	736	-203	-27.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,858		16,466	19,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37	0.3%	41	43	-6	-14.0%
Mining	15	0.1%	16	54	-39	-72.2%
Utilities	26	0.2%	25	33	-7	-21.2%
Construction	2,354	16.9%	3,848	3,046	-692	-22.7%
Manufacturing	2,482	17.9%	2,792	3,199	-717	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	566	4.1%	590	754	-188	-24.9%
Retail Trade	1,067	7.7%	1,092	1,586	-519	-32.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	540	3.9%	782	724	-184	-25.4%
Information	264	1.9%	234	346	-82	-23.7%
Finance and Insurance	489	3.5%	488	657	-168	-25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	210	1.5%	213	300	-90	-30.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	675	4.9%	663	1,012	-337	-33.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.9%	138	198	-68	-34.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,405	10.1%	1,605	1,957	-552	-28.2%
Educational Services	286	2.1%	276	334	-48	-14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,099	7.9%	1,120	1,496	-397	-26.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	0.7%	122	181	-77	-42.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	453	3.3%	490	620	-167	-26.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	344	2.5%	393	471	-127	-27.0%
Public Administration	123	0.9%	150	146	-23	-15.8%
Information Not Available	1,189	8.6%	1,388	1,955	-766	-39.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,494		8,606	10,026
Male	4,529	53.3%	4,885	5,561	-1,032	-18.6%
Female	3,965	46.7%	3,721	4,465	-500	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,494		8,606	10,026
Hispanic or Latino	712	8.4%	847	804	-92	-11.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,351	51.2%	4,635	4,656	-305	-6.6%
Information Not Available	3,431	40.4%	3,124	4,566	-1,135	-24.9%

Race	8,494		8,606	10,026
American Indian or Alaskan Native	135	1.6%	149	149	-14	-9.4%
Asian	103	1.2%	114	192	-89	-46.4%
Black or African American	1,935	22.8%	1,492	2,047	-112	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.3%	28	27	-5	-18.5%
White	5,747	67.7%	6,161	6,987	-1,240	-17.7%
Information Not Available	552	6.5%	662	624	-72	-11.5%

Years of Age	8,494		8,606	10,026
Younger than 22	102	0.8%	126	113	-11	-9.7%
22-24	304	2.3%	302	348	-44	-12.6%
25-34	2,005	14.9%	1,959	2,219	-214	-9.6%
35-44	1,986	14.7%	2,050	2,388	-402	-16.8%
45-54	1,906	14.1%	2,005	2,444	-538	-22.0%
55-59	1,027	7.6%	1,020	1,177	-150	-12.7%
60-64	745	5.5%	724	832	-87	-10.5%
65 and older	419	3.1%	420	505	-86	-17.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,494		8,606	10,026
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.2%	25	39	-20	-51.3%
Mining	55	0.6%	58	87	-32	-36.8%
Utilities	15	0.2%	15	19	-4	-21.1%
Construction	1,195	14.0%	1,615	1,484	-289	-19.5%
Manufacturing	926	10.9%	948	1,140	-214	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	411	4.8%	405	404	7	1.7%
Retail Trade	659	7.7%	721	761	-102	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	340	4.0%	382	360	-20	-5.6%
Information	167	2.0%	196	258	-91	-35.3%
Finance and Insurance	346	4.1%	341	377	-31	-8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	139	1.6%	176	162	-23	-14.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	673	7.9%	601	776	-103	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.5%	36	61	-17	-27.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,032	12.1%	1,116	1,448	-416	-28.7%
Educational Services	182	2.1%	175	159	23	14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	976	11.5%	933	1,078	-102	-9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	68	0.8%	71	56	12	21.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	345	4.1%	411	440	-95	-21.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	200	2.3%	211	220	-20	-9.1%
Public Administration	170	2.0%	169	204	-34	-16.7%
Information Not Available	532	6.2%	1	493	39	7.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,859		18,429	17,834
Male	10,184	57.0%	11,170	10,401	-217	-2.1%
Female	7,675	43.0%	7,259	7,433	242	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,859		18,429	17,834
Hispanic or Latino	60	0.3%	48	18	42	233.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	687	3.8%	498	422	265	62.8%
Information Not Available	17,112	95.8%	17,883	17,394	-282	-1.6%

Race	17,859		18,429	17,834
American Indian or Alaskan Native	171	1.0%	150	60	111	185.0%
Asian	43	0.2%	97	78	-35	-44.9%
Black or African American	3,298	18.5%	2,467	2,753	545	19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	9	5	4	80.0%
White	14,058	78.7%	15,446	14,796	-738	-5.0%
Information Not Available	280	1.6%	260	142	138	97.2%

Years of Age	17,859		18,429	17,834
Younger than 22	170	0.6%	181	156	14	9.0%
22-24	580	1.9%	520	596	-16	-2.7%
25-34	4,015	13.1%	3,330	3,597	418	11.6%
35-44	4,109	13.4%	4,722	4,359	-250	-5.7%
45-54	4,650	15.2%	4,515	4,538	112	2.5%
55-59	2,056	6.7%	2,304	2,000	56	2.8%
60-64	1,318	4.3%	1,709	1,629	-311	-19.1%
65 and older	960	3.1%	1,141	959	1	0.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	7	0	1	0.0%

Industry	17,859		18,429	17,834
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.3%	35	18	29	161.1%
Mining	218	1.2%	291	184	34	18.5%
Utilities	26	0.1%	22	69	-43	-62.3%
Construction	1,950	10.9%	3,784	2,822	-872	-30.9%
Manufacturing	4,919	27.5%	3,299	3,221	1,698	52.7%
Wholesale Trade	708	4.0%	696	615	93	15.1%
Retail Trade	1,344	7.5%	1,224	1,542	-198	-12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	661	3.7%	551	775	-114	-14.7%
Information	175	1.0%	379	358	-183	-51.1%
Finance and Insurance	572	3.2%	678	716	-144	-20.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	243	1.4%	203	179	64	35.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	900	5.0%	643	1,000	-100	-10.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.5%	128	92	2	2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,783	10.0%	2,061	1,808	-25	-1.4%
Educational Services	260	1.5%	260	229	31	13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,348	7.5%	1,511	1,748	-400	-22.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	102	0.6%	185	229	-127	-55.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	870	4.9%	899	652	218	33.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	478	2.7%	357	344	134	39.0%
Public Administration	166	0.9%	229	225	-59	-26.2%
Information Not Available	995	5.6%	994	1,008	-13	-1.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,213		15,353	17,553
Male	6,933	45.6%	7,213	9,133	-2,200	-24.1%
Female	8,238	54.2%	8,104	8,398	-160	-1.9%
Information Not Available	42	0.3%	36	22	20	90.9%

Ethnicity	15,213		15,353	17,553
Hispanic or Latino	631	4.1%	611	784	-153	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,297	94.0%	14,443	16,416	-2,119	-12.9%
Information Not Available	285	1.9%	299	353	-68	-19.3%

Race	15,213		15,353	17,553
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	0.5%	78	107	-26	-24.3%
Asian	104	0.7%	110	166	-62	-37.3%
Black or African American	7,734	50.8%	7,652	8,950	-1,216	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	309	2.0%	360	11	298	2709.1%
White	5,869	38.6%	6,036	7,002	-1,133	-16.2%
Information Not Available	1,116	7.3%	1,117	1,317	-201	-15.3%

Years of Age	15,213		15,353	17,553
Younger than 22	271	1.4%	269	281	-10	-3.6%
22-24	550	2.8%	550	694	-144	-20.7%
25-34	3,507	17.7%	3,495	4,321	-814	-18.8%
35-44	3,657	18.4%	3,704	4,144	-487	-11.8%
45-54	3,411	17.2%	3,555	4,002	-591	-14.8%
55-59	1,747	8.8%	1,752	1,936	-189	-9.8%
60-64	1,238	6.2%	1,233	1,324	-86	-6.5%
65 and older	832	4.2%	795	851	-19	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,213		15,353	17,553
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	156	1.0%	242	186	-30	-16.1%
Mining	220	1.4%	239	347	-127	-36.6%
Utilities	39	0.3%	34	40	-1	-2.5%
Construction	2,575	16.8%	2,734	2,966	-391	-13.2%
Manufacturing	1,239	8.1%	1,193	1,437	-198	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	391	2.5%	421	540	-149	-27.6%
Retail Trade	1,249	8.1%	1,285	1,307	-58	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	517	3.4%	521	708	-191	-27.0%
Information	182	1.2%	178	204	-22	-10.8%
Finance and Insurance	405	2.6%	390	398	7	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	240	1.6%	242	373	-133	-35.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	736	4.8%	586	911	-175	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.5%	75	75	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,356	8.8%	1,364	1,604	-248	-15.5%
Educational Services	243	1.6%	261	314	-71	-22.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,537	10.0%	1,495	1,769	-232	-13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	209	1.4%	215	261	-52	-19.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,293	8.4%	1,171	1,435	-142	-9.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	344	2.2%	336	415	-71	-17.1%
Public Administration	265	1.7%	259	277	-12	-4.3%
Information Not Available	1,942	12.6%	2,112	1,986	-44	-2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,808		60,597	51,656
Male	27,915	57.2%	38,193	30,100	-2,185	-7.3%
Female	20,892	42.8%	22,401	21,552	-660	-3.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	4	-3	-75.0%

Ethnicity	48,808		60,597	51,656
Hispanic or Latino	6,743	13.8%	8,108	6,794	-51	-0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,034	80.0%	48,802	41,785	-2,751	-6.6%
Information Not Available	3,031	6.2%	3,687	3,077	-46	-1.5%

Race	48,808		60,597	51,656
American Indian or Alaskan Native	294	0.6%	374	291	3	1.0%
Asian	1,794	3.7%	1,856	1,955	-161	-8.2%
Black or African American	5,043	10.3%	5,516	5,164	-121	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	129	0.3%	161	127	2	1.6%
White	34,109	69.9%	43,845	36,681	-2,572	-7.0%
Information Not Available	7,439	15.2%	8,845	7,438	1	0.0%

Years of Age	48,808		60,597	51,656
Younger than 22	693	0.9%	958	812	-119	-14.7%
22-24	1,686	2.2%	2,184	2,137	-451	-21.1%
25-34	10,802	13.8%	13,596	11,548	-746	-6.5%
35-44	10,383	13.2%	12,912	10,933	-550	-5.0%
45-54	11,609	14.8%	14,323	12,460	-851	-6.8%
55-59	5,762	7.4%	6,973	6,068	-306	-5.0%
60-64	4,547	5.8%	5,418	4,547	0	0.0%
65 and older	3,326	4.2%	4,233	3,151	175	5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,808		60,597	51,656
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	308	0.6%	517	331	-23	-6.9%
Mining	44	0.1%	102	50	-6	-12.0%
Utilities	124	0.3%	145	165	-41	-24.8%
Construction	6,141	12.5%	10,869	7,060	-919	-13.0%
Manufacturing	4,035	8.2%	4,496	4,625	-590	-12.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,451	5.0%	2,572	2,437	14	0.6%
Retail Trade	4,440	9.0%	5,016	4,592	-152	-3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,378	2.8%	1,859	1,458	-80	-5.5%
Information	1,288	2.6%	1,326	1,329	-41	-3.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,200	4.5%	2,282	2,088	112	5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	853	1.7%	1,020	950	-97	-10.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,792	9.8%	5,124	5,078	-286	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	252	0.5%	301	294	-42	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,396	11.0%	7,395	5,568	-172	-3.1%
Educational Services	995	2.0%	1,015	980	15	1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,093	10.4%	5,305	5,290	-197	-3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	744	1.5%	1,544	780	-36	-4.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,507	7.1%	4,115	3,640	-133	-3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,673	5.4%	3,089	2,619	54	2.1%
Public Administration	765	1.6%	944	931	-166	-17.8%
Information Not Available	1,329	2.7%	1,561	1,391	-62	-4.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,235		29,422	32,168
Male	11,517	42.3%	12,487	13,322	-1,805	-13.5%
Female	9,906	36.4%	10,267	11,419	-1,513	-13.2%
Information Not Available	5,812	21.3%	6,668	7,427	-1,615	-21.7%

Ethnicity	27,235		29,422	32,168
Hispanic or Latino	1,226	4.5%	1,359	1,199	27	2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,397	71.2%	20,598	22,771	-3,374	-14.8%
Information Not Available	6,612	24.3%	7,465	8,198	-1,586	-19.3%

Race	27,235		29,422	32,168
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.4%	102	82	14	17.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	10,140	37.2%	10,443	11,694	-1,554	-13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	53	0.2%	54	46	7	15.2%
White	9,108	33.4%	9,999	10,949	-1,841	-16.8%
Information Not Available	7,838	28.8%	8,824	9,397	-1,559	-16.6%

Years of Age	27,235		29,422	32,168
Younger than 22	231	0.7%	271	342	-111	-32.5%
22-24	760	2.2%	806	1,010	-250	-24.8%
25-34	5,211	15.1%	5,516	6,085	-874	-14.4%
35-44	4,737	13.7%	4,992	5,247	-510	-9.7%
45-54	4,781	13.8%	4,975	5,582	-801	-14.3%
55-59	2,563	7.4%	2,760	2,863	-300	-10.5%
60-64	1,800	5.2%	1,920	2,125	-325	-15.3%
65 and older	1,339	3.9%	1,513	1,487	-148	-10.0%
Information Not Available	5,813	16.8%	6,669	7,427	-1,614	-21.7%

Industry	27,235		29,422	32,168
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.1%	40	38	-7	-18.4%
Mining	11	0.0%	23	10	1	10.0%
Utilities	32	0.1%	32	31	1	3.2%
Construction	3,004	11.0%	3,319	3,050	-46	-1.5%
Manufacturing	263	1.0%	244	238	25	10.5%
Wholesale Trade	775	2.8%	834	903	-128	-14.2%
Retail Trade	859	3.2%	915	1,029	-170	-16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	493	1.8%	553	722	-229	-31.7%
Information	378	1.4%	411	502	-124	-24.7%
Finance and Insurance	849	3.1%	877	957	-108	-11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	641	2.4%	695	596	45	7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,181	8.0%	2,069	2,552	-371	-14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.3%	73	138	-59	-42.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,011	11.0%	3,219	3,684	-673	-18.3%
Educational Services	592	2.2%	579	680	-88	-12.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,117	7.8%	2,153	2,301	-184	-8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	291	1.1%	361	328	-37	-11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,545	5.7%	1,750	1,727	-182	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	586	2.1%	617	688	-102	-14.8%
Public Administration	387	1.4%	464	514	-127	-24.7%
Information Not Available	9,110	33.4%	10,194	11,480	-2,370	-20.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,002		6,763	5,458
Male	2,896	57.9%	4,289	3,416	-520	-15.2%
Female	1,856	37.1%	2,188	2,042	-186	-9.1%
Information Not Available	250	5.0%	286	0	250	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,002		6,763	5,458
Hispanic or Latino	115	2.3%	148	95	20	21.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,778	95.5%	6,421	4,772	6	0.1%
Information Not Available	109	2.2%	194	591	-482	-81.6%

Race	5,002		6,763	5,458
American Indian or Alaskan Native	87	1.7%	118	58	29	50.0%
Asian	53	1.1%	68	47	6	12.8%
Black or African American	127	2.5%	142	97	30	30.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.3%	20	0	17	0.0%
White	4,633	92.6%	6,298	5,011	-378	-7.5%
Information Not Available	85	1.7%	117	245	-160	-65.3%

Years of Age	5,002		6,763	5,458
Younger than 22	78	0.9%	91	136	-58	-42.6%
22-24	151	1.7%	231	175	-24	-13.7%
25-34	1,011	11.1%	1,390	1,202	-191	-15.9%
35-44	1,003	11.0%	1,299	1,077	-74	-6.9%
45-54	1,140	12.5%	1,470	1,255	-115	-9.2%
55-59	708	7.8%	968	706	2	0.3%
60-64	527	5.8%	716	542	-15	-2.8%
65 and older	384	4.2%	598	365	19	5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,002		6,763	5,458
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	509	9.2%	449	508	1	0.2%
Mining	1	0.0%	7	3	-2	-66.7%
Utilities	18	0.3%	19	7	11	157.1%
Construction	471	8.5%	1,221	588	-117	-19.9%
Manufacturing	457	8.3%	636	501	-44	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	186	3.4%	249	160	26	16.3%
Retail Trade	354	6.4%	482	536	-182	-34.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	201	3.6%	262	232	-31	-13.4%
Information	50	0.9%	56	51	-1	-2.0%
Finance and Insurance	129	2.3%	116	86	43	50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	0.7%	46	38	-2	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	207	3.8%	210	149	58	38.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.3%	17	7	9	128.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	337	6.1%	589	349	-12	-3.4%
Educational Services	82	1.5%	91	60	22	36.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	532	9.7%	494	390	142	36.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	122	2.2%	91	104	18	17.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	401	7.3%	702	324	77	23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	113	2.1%	125	98	15	15.3%
Public Administration	79	1.4%	115	65	14	21.5%
Information Not Available	701	12.7%	786	1,202	-501	-41.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,987		65,955	49,777
Male	25,858	57.5%	43,801	27,642	-1,784	-6.5%
Female	18,417	40.9%	21,219	20,766	-2,349	-11.3%
Information Not Available	712	1.6%	935	1,369	-657	-48.0%

Ethnicity	44,987		65,955	49,777
Hispanic or Latino	2,019	4.5%	5,134	2,153	-134	-6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,048	80.1%	51,774	38,556	-2,508	-6.5%
Information Not Available	6,920	15.4%	9,047	9,068	-2,148	-23.7%

Race	44,987		65,955	49,777
American Indian or Alaskan Native	450	1.0%	769	412	38	9.2%
Asian	441	1.0%	511	518	-77	-14.9%
Black or African American	8,163	18.1%	8,767	9,853	-1,690	-17.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.1%	62	45	-5	-11.1%
White	26,384	58.6%	41,600	27,690	-1,306	-4.7%
Information Not Available	9,509	21.1%	14,246	11,259	-1,750	-15.5%

Years of Age	44,987		65,955	49,777
Younger than 22	843	1.2%	1,610	992	-149	-15.0%
22-24	2,019	3.0%	3,091	2,392	-373	-15.6%
25-34	9,999	14.8%	14,660	12,139	-2,140	-17.6%
35-44	10,124	14.9%	14,638	10,904	-780	-7.2%
45-54	11,007	16.3%	15,720	11,988	-981	-8.2%
55-59	5,394	8.0%	8,001	5,848	-454	-7.8%
60-64	3,647	5.4%	5,319	3,681	-34	-0.9%
65 and older	1,952	2.9%	2,910	1,831	121	6.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	6	2	0	0.0%

Industry	44,987		65,955	49,777
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	503	1.1%	938	487	16	3.3%
Mining	141	0.3%	487	77	64	83.1%
Utilities	103	0.2%	126	83	20	24.1%
Construction	5,984	13.2%	15,516	5,544	440	7.9%
Manufacturing	6,749	14.8%	8,396	8,678	-1,929	-22.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,574	7.9%	2,492	2,569	1,005	39.1%
Retail Trade	3,001	6.6%	3,965	3,157	-156	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,100	2.4%	1,930	1,483	-383	-25.8%
Information	953	2.1%	986	841	112	13.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,177	2.6%	1,170	1,324	-147	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	735	1.6%	941	691	44	6.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,059	6.7%	3,291	3,489	-430	-12.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,388	3.1%	1,475	2,440	-1,052	-43.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,666	10.3%	8,446	5,592	-926	-16.6%
Educational Services	528	1.2%	602	644	-116	-18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,739	8.2%	4,010	4,094	-355	-8.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	616	1.4%	1,519	659	-43	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,344	5.2%	3,194	2,561	-217	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,199	2.6%	1,632	1,370	-171	-12.5%
Public Administration	514	1.1%	813	611	-97	-15.9%
Information Not Available	2,914	6.4%	4,026	3,383	-469	-13.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,610		50,770	32,004
Male	20,852	66.0%	39,141	20,186	666	3.3%
Female	10,754	34.0%	11,623	11,814	-1,060	-9.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	6	4	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,610		50,770	32,004
Hispanic or Latino	1,327	4.2%	2,336	1,291	36	2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,959	85.3%	43,420	27,291	-332	-1.2%
Information Not Available	3,324	10.5%	5,014	3,422	-98	-2.9%

Race	31,610		50,770	32,004
American Indian or Alaskan Native	483	1.5%	625	457	26	5.7%
Asian	689	2.2%	829	795	-106	-13.3%
Black or African American	2,644	8.4%	2,824	2,863	-219	-7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.2%	103	64	2	3.1%
White	24,672	78.1%	42,054	24,878	-206	-0.8%
Information Not Available	3,056	9.7%	4,335	2,947	109	3.7%

Years of Age	31,610		50,770	32,004
Younger than 22	352	0.7%	821	357	-5	-1.4%
22-24	1,105	2.1%	2,323	1,170	-65	-5.6%
25-34	7,001	13.2%	12,044	7,117	-116	-1.6%
35-44	7,094	13.3%	11,449	7,060	34	0.5%
45-54	6,924	13.0%	10,657	7,411	-487	-6.6%
55-59	4,179	7.9%	6,228	4,250	-71	-1.7%
60-64	3,126	5.9%	4,592	2,983	143	4.8%
65 and older	1,826	3.4%	2,651	1,648	178	10.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	8	-5	-62.5%

Industry	31,610		50,770	32,004
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	495	1.5%	925	472	23	4.9%
Mining	97	0.3%	412	117	-20	-17.1%
Utilities	108	0.3%	131	117	-9	-7.7%
Construction	8,239	25.7%	20,084	6,572	1,667	25.4%
Manufacturing	3,439	10.7%	4,963	3,743	-304	-8.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,376	4.3%	1,708	1,534	-158	-10.3%
Retail Trade	1,992	6.2%	2,521	2,352	-360	-15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,083	3.4%	1,474	1,158	-75	-6.5%
Information	573	1.8%	598	634	-61	-9.6%
Finance and Insurance	962	3.0%	944	980	-18	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	495	1.5%	527	440	55	12.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,050	6.4%	2,366	2,359	-309	-13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	559	1.7%	693	609	-50	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,639	8.2%	4,657	2,841	-202	-7.1%
Educational Services	648	2.0%	727	702	-54	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,255	7.0%	2,351	2,492	-237	-9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	387	1.2%	659	465	-78	-16.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,677	5.2%	1,749	1,717	-40	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,074	3.3%	1,226	1,047	27	2.6%
Public Administration	433	1.3%	726	500	-67	-13.4%
Information Not Available	1,029	3.2%	1,329	1,153	-124	-10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,570		21,828	23,441
Male	12,887	54.7%	12,125	12,529	358	2.9%
Female	10,650	45.2%	9,685	10,876	-226	-2.1%
Information Not Available	33	0.1%	18	36	-3	-8.3%

Ethnicity	23,570		21,828	23,441
Hispanic or Latino	983	4.2%	926	960	23	2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,478	74.2%	16,995	18,388	-910	-4.9%
Information Not Available	5,109	21.7%	3,907	4,093	1,016	24.8%

Race	23,570		21,828	23,441
American Indian or Alaskan Native	157	0.7%	148	143	14	9.8%
Asian	159	0.7%	133	209	-50	-23.9%
Black or African American	5,153	21.9%	4,636	5,262	-109	-2.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	169	0.7%	126	265	-96	-36.2%
White	14,110	59.9%	14,149	14,930	-820	-5.5%
Information Not Available	3,822	16.2%	2,636	2,632	1,190	45.2%

Years of Age	23,570		21,828	23,441
Younger than 22	234	0.7%	225	257	-23	-8.9%
22-24	827	2.3%	685	929	-102	-11.0%
25-34	5,315	14.9%	4,642	5,201	114	2.2%
35-44	5,519	15.4%	5,094	5,342	177	3.3%
45-54	5,706	15.9%	5,256	5,746	-40	-0.7%
55-59	2,867	8.0%	2,845	2,872	-5	-0.2%
60-64	1,898	5.3%	1,886	1,942	-44	-2.3%
65 and older	1,204	3.4%	1,195	1,152	52	4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,570		21,828	23,441
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92	0.4%	128	109	-17	-15.6%
Mining	33	0.1%	52	48	-15	-31.3%
Utilities	22	0.1%	23	34	-12	-35.3%
Construction	2,597	11.0%	3,597	3,175	-578	-18.2%
Manufacturing	5,432	23.0%	2,269	2,753	2,679	97.3%
Wholesale Trade	913	3.9%	950	936	-23	-2.5%
Retail Trade	2,075	8.8%	2,127	2,402	-327	-13.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	690	2.9%	681	813	-123	-15.1%
Information	556	2.3%	564	475	81	17.1%
Finance and Insurance	941	4.0%	885	803	138	17.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	352	1.5%	400	370	-18	-4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,220	5.2%	1,130	1,484	-264	-17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.6%	140	147	-12	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,442	10.3%	2,646	2,922	-480	-16.4%
Educational Services	372	1.6%	386	418	-46	-11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,455	10.4%	2,443	2,680	-225	-8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	206	0.9%	306	236	-30	-12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,478	6.2%	1,409	1,784	-306	-17.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	468	2.0%	501	584	-116	-19.9%
Public Administration	181	0.8%	235	239	-58	-24.3%
Information Not Available	910	3.8%	956	1,029	-119	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,805		7,835	9,989
Male	3,486	44.7%	3,816	4,829	-1,343	-27.8%
Female	4,311	55.2%	4,011	5,149	-838	-16.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	8	11	-3	-27.3%

Ethnicity	7,805		7,835	9,989
Hispanic or Latino	165	2.1%	168	244	-79	-32.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,334	94.0%	7,289	9,348	-2,014	-21.5%
Information Not Available	306	3.9%	378	397	-91	-22.9%

Race	7,805		7,835	9,989
American Indian or Alaskan Native	26	0.3%	35	38	-12	-31.6%
Asian	37	0.5%	61	63	-26	-41.3%
Black or African American	4,780	61.2%	4,611	5,848	-1,068	-18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	15	49	-34	-69.4%
White	2,720	34.8%	2,810	3,717	-997	-26.8%
Information Not Available	227	2.9%	303	274	-47	-17.2%

Years of Age	7,805		7,835	9,989
Younger than 22	80	0.8%	78	118	-38	-32.2%
22-24	298	3.0%	247	424	-126	-29.7%
25-34	1,895	19.1%	1,957	2,418	-523	-21.6%
35-44	1,900	19.2%	1,904	2,385	-485	-20.3%
45-54	1,718	17.3%	1,752	2,308	-590	-25.6%
55-59	855	8.6%	852	1,060	-205	-19.3%
60-64	620	6.3%	597	805	-185	-23.0%
65 and older	439	4.4%	448	471	-32	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,805		7,835	9,989
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92	1.2%	172	149	-57	-38.3%
Mining	18	0.2%	17	18	0	0.0%
Utilities	16	0.2%	17	22	-6	-27.3%
Construction	319	4.0%	357	474	-155	-32.7%
Manufacturing	916	11.6%	955	1,209	-293	-24.2%
Wholesale Trade	263	3.3%	260	335	-72	-21.5%
Retail Trade	787	10.0%	762	912	-125	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	166	2.1%	178	239	-73	-30.5%
Information	73	0.9%	62	175	-102	-58.3%
Finance and Insurance	132	1.7%	142	157	-25	-15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	98	1.2%	98	109	-11	-10.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	279	3.5%	242	346	-67	-19.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	1.1%	86	113	-28	-24.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	816	10.3%	786	906	-90	-9.9%
Educational Services	162	2.1%	163	236	-74	-31.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	825	10.4%	737	1,073	-248	-23.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	0.8%	77	51	10	19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	696	8.8%	513	861	-165	-19.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	115	1.5%	127	137	-22	-16.1%
Public Administration	110	1.4%	130	124	-14	-11.3%
Information Not Available	1,776	22.5%	1,954	2,343	-567	-24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,778		7,061	5,006
Male	2,765	57.9%	4,882	3,059	-294	-9.6%
Female	2,010	42.1%	2,179	1,945	65	3.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	0	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	4,778		7,061	5,006
Hispanic or Latino	204	4.3%	310	192	12	6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,358	91.2%	6,418	4,546	-188	-4.1%
Information Not Available	216	4.5%	333	268	-52	-19.4%

Race	4,778		7,061	5,006
American Indian or Alaskan Native	558	11.7%	707	746	-188	-25.2%
Asian	29	0.6%	31	27	2	7.4%
Black or African American	55	1.2%	65	40	15	37.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.3%	27	16	-1	-6.3%
White	4,062	85.0%	6,142	4,116	-54	-1.3%
Information Not Available	59	1.2%	89	61	-2	-3.3%

Years of Age	4,778		7,061	5,006
Younger than 22	68	0.8%	131	95	-27	-28.4%
22-24	224	2.7%	322	250	-26	-10.4%
25-34	1,029	12.3%	1,600	1,247	-218	-17.5%
35-44	1,044	12.4%	1,569	1,044	0	0.0%
45-54	1,069	12.7%	1,473	1,038	31	3.0%
55-59	599	7.1%	876	583	16	2.7%
60-64	448	5.3%	673	474	-26	-5.5%
65 and older	297	3.5%	417	275	22	8.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,778		7,061	5,006
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	187	3.8%	284	194	-7	-3.6%
Mining	64	1.3%	141	83	-19	-22.9%
Utilities	11	0.2%	17	10	1	10.0%
Construction	674	13.6%	1,850	745	-71	-9.5%
Manufacturing	260	5.2%	389	302	-42	-13.9%
Wholesale Trade	126	2.5%	139	117	9	7.7%
Retail Trade	487	9.8%	554	452	35	7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	192	3.9%	275	161	31	19.3%
Information	56	1.1%	56	72	-16	-22.2%
Finance and Insurance	75	1.5%	93	105	-30	-28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	71	1.4%	98	91	-20	-22.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	283	5.7%	308	238	45	18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	7	4	1	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	398	8.0%	678	427	-29	-6.8%
Educational Services	129	2.6%	123	93	36	38.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	504	10.2%	475	371	133	35.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	2.6%	188	124	6	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	650	13.1%	752	741	-91	-12.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	122	2.5%	146	126	-4	-3.2%
Public Administration	264	5.3%	281	422	-158	-37.4%
Information Not Available	90	1.8%	207	128	-38	-29.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,322		18,688	20,435
Male	8,264	45.1%	8,747	9,477	-1,213	-12.8%
Female	10,043	54.8%	9,929	10,950	-907	-8.3%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	12	8	7	87.5%

Ethnicity	18,322		18,688	20,435
Hispanic or Latino	889	4.9%	956	926	-37	-4.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,055	93.1%	17,316	19,110	-2,055	-10.8%
Information Not Available	378	2.1%	416	399	-21	-5.3%

Race	18,322		18,688	20,435
American Indian or Alaskan Native	287	1.6%	270	314	-27	-8.6%
Asian	233	1.3%	281	317	-84	-26.5%
Black or African American	8,460	46.2%	8,295	9,637	-1,177	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.2%	80	29	1	3.4%
White	7,981	43.6%	8,352	8,883	-902	-10.2%
Information Not Available	1,331	7.3%	1,410	1,255	76	6.1%

Years of Age	18,322		18,688	20,435
Younger than 22	298	1.2%	267	309	-11	-3.6%
22-24	678	2.7%	637	821	-143	-17.4%
25-34	4,420	17.7%	4,449	5,087	-667	-13.1%
35-44	4,478	17.9%	4,619	4,940	-462	-9.4%
45-54	4,424	17.7%	4,630	5,037	-613	-12.2%
55-59	2,009	8.0%	2,047	2,100	-91	-4.3%
60-64	1,298	5.2%	1,330	1,416	-118	-8.3%
65 and older	717	2.9%	709	725	-8	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,322		18,688	20,435
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	109	0.6%	78	85	24	28.2%
Mining	11	0.1%	10	8	3	37.5%
Utilities	15	0.1%	9	29	-14	-48.3%
Construction	883	4.8%	989	1,091	-208	-19.1%
Manufacturing	2,249	12.2%	2,737	3,095	-846	-27.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,104	6.0%	917	849	255	30.0%
Retail Trade	1,098	6.0%	1,783	1,835	-737	-40.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	826	4.5%	439	572	254	44.4%
Information	403	2.2%	374	451	-48	-10.6%
Finance and Insurance	536	2.9%	748	808	-272	-33.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	262	1.4%	330	298	-36	-12.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,442	7.8%	1,185	1,417	25	1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	939	5.1%	93	130	809	622.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,822	15.3%	3,405	4,181	-1,359	-32.5%
Educational Services	321	1.7%	336	327	-6	-1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,554	8.4%	1,611	1,652	-98	-5.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	137	0.7%	149	118	19	16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,110	6.0%	1,011	1,009	101	10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	463	2.5%	333	363	100	27.5%
Public Administration	362	2.0%	346	377	-15	-4.0%
Information Not Available	1,676	9.1%	1,805	1,740	-64	-3.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,191		4,995	2,508
Male	1,532	69.9%	4,216	1,768	-236	-13.3%
Female	659	30.1%	779	740	-81	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,191		4,995	2,508
Hispanic or Latino	126	5.8%	298	126	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,010	91.7%	4,551	2,302	-292	-12.7%
Information Not Available	55	2.5%	146	80	-25	-31.3%

Race	2,191		4,995	2,508
American Indian or Alaskan Native	129	5.9%	273	207	-78	-37.7%
Asian	10	0.5%	14	22	-12	-54.5%
Black or African American	134	6.1%	183	127	7	5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.4%	10	5	3	60.0%
White	1,729	78.9%	4,071	1,941	-212	-10.9%
Information Not Available	181	8.3%	444	206	-25	-12.1%

Years of Age	2,191		4,995	2,508
Younger than 22	17	0.5%	62	18	-1	-5.6%
22-24	69	1.9%	198	85	-16	-18.8%
25-34	448	12.3%	1,176	556	-108	-19.4%
35-44	501	13.7%	1,095	535	-34	-6.4%
45-54	498	13.6%	1,015	604	-106	-17.5%
55-59	267	7.3%	610	303	-36	-11.9%
60-64	266	7.3%	514	252	14	5.6%
65 and older	125	3.4%	325	155	-30	-19.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,191		4,995	2,508
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	1.0%	114	45	-22	-48.9%
Mining	102	4.6%	367	151	-49	-32.5%
Utilities	14	0.6%	19	17	-3	-17.6%
Construction	644	29.1%	2,234	649	-5	-0.8%
Manufacturing	139	6.3%	369	272	-133	-48.9%
Wholesale Trade	111	5.0%	183	146	-35	-24.0%
Retail Trade	172	7.8%	212	175	-3	-1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	121	5.5%	203	132	-11	-8.3%
Information	90	4.1%	102	29	61	210.3%
Finance and Insurance	50	2.3%	50	58	-8	-13.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	32	1.4%	44	37	-5	-13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	121	5.5%	185	131	-10	-7.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.2%	9	22	-17	-77.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	81	3.7%	205	75	6	8.0%
Educational Services	12	0.5%	14	3	9	300.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	133	6.0%	144	133	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.1%	11	7	-5	-71.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	106	4.8%	133	100	6	6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	35	1.6%	56	49	-14	-28.6%
Public Administration	100	4.5%	157	157	-57	-36.3%
Information Not Available	98	4.4%	184	120	-22	-18.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,323		4,170	3,809
Male	1,522	45.8%	2,287	1,788	-266	-14.9%
Female	1,611	48.5%	1,616	1,796	-185	-10.3%
Information Not Available	190	5.7%	267	225	-35	-15.6%

Ethnicity	3,323		4,170	3,809
Hispanic or Latino	291	8.8%	471	279	12	4.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,680	80.7%	3,206	2,954	-274	-9.3%
Information Not Available	352	10.6%	493	576	-224	-38.9%

Race	3,323		4,170	3,809
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	1.5%	72	62	-11	-17.7%
Asian	52	1.6%	72	92	-40	-43.5%
Black or African American	476	14.3%	511	463	13	2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.3%	14	11	-1	-9.1%
White	2,337	70.3%	2,902	2,565	-228	-8.9%
Information Not Available	397	11.9%	599	616	-219	-35.6%

Years of Age	3,323		4,170	3,809
Younger than 22	25	0.5%	33	22	3	13.6%
22-24	61	1.1%	84	82	-21	-25.6%
25-34	656	12.4%	803	820	-164	-20.0%
35-44	793	14.9%	999	875	-82	-9.4%
45-54	778	14.7%	959	935	-157	-16.8%
55-59	447	8.4%	556	481	-34	-7.1%
60-64	352	6.6%	448	367	-15	-4.1%
65 and older	211	4.0%	288	227	-16	-7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,323		4,170	3,809
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.9%	46	29	0	0.0%
Mining	7	0.2%	48	8	-1	-12.5%
Utilities	9	0.3%	11	12	-3	-25.0%
Construction	385	11.5%	879	461	-76	-16.5%
Manufacturing	379	11.3%	439	406	-27	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	135	4.0%	170	169	-34	-20.1%
Retail Trade	325	9.7%	345	406	-81	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	96	2.9%	114	115	-19	-16.5%
Information	80	2.4%	91	112	-32	-28.6%
Finance and Insurance	174	5.2%	186	189	-15	-7.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	0.9%	44	49	-20	-40.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	188	5.6%	178	200	-12	-6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.9%	39	34	-3	-8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	318	9.5%	410	369	-51	-13.8%
Educational Services	54	1.6%	54	77	-23	-29.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	368	11.0%	378	413	-45	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	30	0.9%	43	47	-17	-36.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	256	7.6%	163	261	-5	-1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	79	2.4%	90	81	-2	-2.5%
Public Administration	95	2.8%	108	96	-1	-1.0%
Information Not Available	256	7.6%	334	275	-19	-6.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,340		3,981	3,521
Male	1,759	52.7%	2,334	1,956	-197	-10.1%
Female	1,551	46.4%	1,616	1,547	4	0.3%
Information Not Available	30	0.9%	31	18	12	66.7%

Ethnicity	3,340		3,981	3,521
Hispanic or Latino	146	4.4%	203	172	-26	-15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,754	82.5%	3,232	2,908	-154	-5.3%
Information Not Available	440	13.2%	546	441	-1	-0.2%

Race	3,340		3,981	3,521
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	0.4%	16	19	-7	-36.8%
Asian	57	1.7%	51	59	-2	-3.4%
Black or African American	75	2.2%	89	80	-5	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	4	10	-6	-60.0%
White	2,917	87.3%	3,483	3,060	-143	-4.7%
Information Not Available	275	8.2%	338	293	-18	-6.1%

Years of Age	3,340		3,981	3,521
Younger than 22	24	0.4%	39	20	4	20.0%
22-24	60	1.0%	75	85	-25	-29.4%
25-34	484	8.4%	598	554	-70	-12.6%
35-44	601	10.4%	724	658	-57	-8.7%
45-54	860	14.9%	987	908	-48	-5.3%
55-59	548	9.5%	623	543	5	0.9%
60-64	475	8.2%	577	472	3	0.6%
65 and older	288	5.0%	358	281	7	2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,340		3,981	3,521
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.7%	39	34	-11	-32.4%
Mining	1	0.0%	13	5	-4	-80.0%
Utilities	33	1.0%	8	9	24	266.7%
Construction	83	2.5%	201	112	-29	-25.9%
Manufacturing	387	11.5%	421	413	-26	-6.3%
Wholesale Trade	192	5.7%	225	225	-33	-14.7%
Retail Trade	167	5.0%	206	224	-57	-25.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	60	1.8%	93	70	-10	-14.3%
Information	54	1.6%	57	46	8	17.4%
Finance and Insurance	163	4.8%	155	149	14	9.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39	1.2%	42	40	-1	-2.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	242	7.2%	233	215	27	12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.9%	26	38	-8	-21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	458	13.6%	584	478	-20	-4.2%
Educational Services	93	2.8%	98	97	-4	-4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	311	9.2%	331	293	18	6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	51	1.5%	81	61	-10	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	92	2.7%	86	109	-17	-15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	87	2.6%	114	107	-20	-18.7%
Public Administration	51	1.5%	54	69	-18	-26.1%
Information Not Available	723	21.5%	914	727	-4	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,547		93,464	84,914
Male	44,396	55.8%	55,064	47,415	-3,019	-6.4%
Female	35,151	44.2%	38,400	37,499	-2,348	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	79,547		93,464	84,914
Hispanic or Latino	16,485	20.7%	20,945	17,696	-1,211	-6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,787	68.9%	63,046	58,448	-3,661	-6.3%
Information Not Available	8,275	10.4%	9,473	8,770	-495	-5.6%

Race	79,547		93,464	84,914
American Indian or Alaskan Native	435	0.5%	532	413	22	5.3%
Asian	3,229	4.1%	3,369	3,534	-305	-8.6%
Black or African American	18,999	23.9%	20,264	19,723	-724	-3.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	485	0.6%	564	531	-46	-8.7%
White	44,614	56.1%	54,609	48,002	-3,388	-7.1%
Information Not Available	11,785	14.8%	14,126	12,711	-926	-7.3%

Years of Age	79,547		93,464	84,914
Younger than 22	3,540	3.0%	4,110	1,443	2,097	145.3%
22-24	4,954	4.2%	5,677	4,154	800	19.3%
25-34	18,989	16.1%	21,860	20,236	-1,247	-6.2%
35-44	15,742	13.3%	18,749	17,315	-1,573	-9.1%
45-54	17,526	14.8%	20,827	18,666	-1,140	-6.1%
55-59	8,411	7.1%	9,803	9,420	-1,009	-10.7%
60-64	5,966	5.0%	6,904	7,296	-1,330	-18.2%
65 and older	4,419	3.7%	5,534	6,384	-1,965	-30.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	79,547		93,464	84,914
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	271	0.3%	634	312	-41	-13.1%
Mining	32	0.0%	75	50	-18	-36.0%
Utilities	129	0.2%	129	125	4	3.2%
Construction	8,079	10.1%	11,205	8,186	-107	-1.3%
Manufacturing	5,221	6.5%	5,547	5,686	-465	-8.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,411	5.5%	4,785	4,804	-393	-8.2%
Retail Trade	9,089	11.4%	10,160	10,026	-937	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,909	4.9%	4,628	4,043	-134	-3.3%
Information	1,345	1.7%	1,337	1,789	-444	-24.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,203	4.0%	3,218	3,273	-70	-2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,341	1.7%	1,724	1,417	-76	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,432	6.8%	5,455	6,049	-617	-10.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,365	1.7%	1,410	1,511	-146	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,580	13.3%	13,694	12,201	-1,621	-13.3%
Educational Services	1,393	1.7%	1,513	1,546	-153	-9.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,400	9.3%	7,717	7,852	-452	-5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,165	1.5%	2,251	1,282	-117	-9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,935	7.4%	7,502	6,785	-850	-12.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,932	2.4%	2,232	2,157	-225	-10.4%
Public Administration	790	1.0%	1,161	853	-63	-7.4%
Information Not Available	6,525	8.2%	7,087	4,967	1,558	31.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,380		9,188	9,980
Male	5,149	54.9%	5,255	5,628	-479	-8.5%
Female	4,231	45.1%	3,933	4,352	-121	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,380		9,188	9,980
Hispanic or Latino	4,934	52.6%	4,994	5,204	-270	-5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,644	38.8%	3,424	3,845	-201	-5.2%
Information Not Available	802	8.6%	770	931	-129	-13.9%

Race	9,380		9,188	9,980
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,058	11.3%	984	1,109	-51	-4.6%
Asian	46	0.5%	57	74	-28	-37.8%
Black or African American	299	3.2%	282	308	-9	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.4%	29	26	8	30.8%
White	5,202	55.5%	5,083	5,495	-293	-5.3%
Information Not Available	2,741	29.2%	2,752	2,968	-227	-7.6%

Years of Age	9,380		9,188	9,980
Younger than 22	213	1.5%	226	247	-34	-13.8%
22-24	419	3.0%	430	467	-48	-10.3%
25-34	2,164	15.7%	2,096	2,353	-189	-8.0%
35-44	2,056	14.9%	1,946	2,251	-195	-8.7%
45-54	2,072	15.0%	2,089	2,224	-152	-6.8%
55-59	1,129	8.2%	1,111	1,137	-8	-0.7%
60-64	767	5.6%	770	801	-34	-4.2%
65 and older	560	4.1%	520	500	60	12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,380		9,188	9,980
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	717	7.1%	1,027	696	21	3.0%
Mining	208	2.1%	194	198	10	5.1%
Utilities	22	0.2%	22	47	-25	-53.2%
Construction	1,481	14.7%	1,456	1,498	-17	-1.1%
Manufacturing	428	4.2%	491	513	-85	-16.6%
Wholesale Trade	247	2.4%	262	294	-47	-16.0%
Retail Trade	941	9.3%	864	1,022	-81	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	186	1.8%	190	263	-77	-29.3%
Information	467	4.6%	480	580	-113	-19.5%
Finance and Insurance	255	2.5%	219	233	22	9.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	148	1.5%	146	162	-14	-8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	493	4.9%	396	600	-107	-17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	17	16	5	31.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	802	7.9%	803	899	-97	-10.8%
Educational Services	224	2.2%	202	226	-2	-0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,045	10.3%	931	1,006	39	3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	228	2.3%	206	290	-62	-21.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	739	7.3%	614	684	55	8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	199	2.0%	186	232	-33	-14.2%
Public Administration	334	3.3%	311	358	-24	-6.7%
Information Not Available	195	1.9%	171	163	32	19.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,704		19,273	20,889
Male	10,217	54.6%	10,706	11,492	-1,275	-11.1%
Female	8,396	44.9%	8,470	9,294	-898	-9.7%
Information Not Available	91	0.5%	97	103	-12	-11.7%

Ethnicity	18,704		19,273	20,889
Hispanic or Latino	3,839	20.5%	4,014	4,247	-408	-9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,794	63.1%	12,045	13,309	-1,515	-11.4%
Information Not Available	3,071	16.4%	3,214	3,333	-262	-7.9%

Race	18,704		19,273	20,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	420	2.2%	453	488	-68	-13.9%
Asian	1,205	6.4%	1,325	1,265	-60	-4.7%
Black or African American	3,517	18.8%	3,563	3,728	-211	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	471	2.5%	474	439	32	7.3%
White	9,831	52.6%	10,097	11,385	-1,554	-13.6%
Information Not Available	3,260	17.4%	3,361	3,584	-324	-9.0%

Years of Age	18,704		19,273	20,889
Younger than 22	366	1.4%	381	466	-100	-21.5%
22-24	776	2.9%	845	972	-196	-20.2%
25-34	4,513	16.7%	4,642	5,217	-704	-13.5%
35-44	4,204	15.5%	4,467	4,724	-520	-11.0%
45-54	4,337	16.0%	4,334	4,728	-391	-8.3%
55-59	2,060	7.6%	2,148	2,190	-130	-5.9%
60-64	1,454	5.4%	1,443	1,486	-32	-2.2%
65 and older	994	3.7%	1,013	1,106	-112	-10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,704		19,273	20,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.1%	19	19	-2	-10.5%
Mining	76	0.4%	76	86	-10	-11.6%
Utilities	29	0.2%	22	34	-5	-14.7%
Construction	2,099	11.2%	2,264	2,150	-51	-2.4%
Manufacturing	503	2.7%	576	576	-73	-12.7%
Wholesale Trade	371	2.0%	385	442	-71	-16.1%
Retail Trade	1,229	6.6%	1,266	1,597	-368	-23.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	834	4.5%	745	801	33	4.1%
Information	195	1.0%	199	206	-11	-5.3%
Finance and Insurance	421	2.2%	396	470	-49	-10.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	440	2.4%	464	596	-156	-26.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	698	3.7%	639	970	-272	-28.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	154	0.8%	165	194	-40	-20.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,018	10.8%	2,056	2,571	-553	-21.5%
Educational Services	141	0.8%	149	179	-38	-21.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	862	4.6%	910	1,042	-180	-17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	236	1.3%	262	309	-73	-23.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,118	11.3%	2,269	2,688	-570	-21.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	287	1.5%	304	437	-150	-34.3%
Public Administration	231	1.2%	257	298	-67	-22.5%
Information Not Available	5,745	30.7%	5,850	5,224	521	10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	118,656		140,775	133,301
Male	66,619	56.1%	85,323	76,571	-9,952	-13.0%
Female	52,025	43.8%	55,444	56,717	-4,692	-8.3%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	8	13	-1	-7.7%

Ethnicity	118,656		140,775	133,301
Hispanic or Latino	22,535	19.0%	26,031	24,446	-1,911	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,634	68.8%	97,863	91,928	-10,294	-11.2%
Information Not Available	14,487	12.2%	16,881	16,919	-2,432	-14.4%

Race	118,656		140,775	133,301
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,200	1.0%	1,464	1,275	-75	-5.9%
Asian	4,870	4.1%	5,035	5,521	-651	-11.8%
Black or African American	24,649	20.8%	26,013	26,335	-1,686	-6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	719	0.6%	843	823	-104	-12.6%
White	61,715	52.0%	78,064	70,786	-9,071	-12.8%
Information Not Available	25,503	21.5%	29,356	28,553	-3,050	-10.7%

Years of Age	118,656		140,775	133,301
Younger than 22	2,471	1.4%	3,123	2,890	-419	-14.5%
22-24	5,971	3.5%	7,249	7,222	-1,251	-17.3%
25-34	31,910	18.6%	36,956	35,983	-4,073	-11.3%
35-44	25,523	14.9%	29,890	28,504	-2,981	-10.5%
45-54	24,953	14.5%	30,054	29,030	-4,077	-14.0%
55-59	12,215	7.1%	14,562	13,676	-1,461	-10.7%
60-64	8,802	5.1%	10,457	9,141	-339	-3.7%
65 and older	6,811	4.0%	8,484	6,855	-44	-0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	118,656		140,775	133,301
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	374	0.3%	624	484	-110	-22.7%
Mining	173	0.1%	553	160	13	8.1%
Utilities	153	0.1%	150	115	38	33.0%
Construction	15,052	12.6%	23,262	17,899	-2,847	-15.9%
Manufacturing	6,127	5.1%	7,320	7,581	-1,454	-19.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,738	4.0%	5,010	5,492	-754	-13.7%
Retail Trade	11,176	9.4%	12,098	12,341	-1,165	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,415	2.9%	4,902	3,964	-549	-13.8%
Information	6,074	5.1%	5,860	7,293	-1,219	-16.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,767	4.0%	4,926	5,556	-789	-14.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,728	2.3%	2,923	3,085	-357	-11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,843	7.4%	8,221	9,896	-1,053	-10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	852	0.7%	846	830	22	2.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,120	13.5%	19,826	17,524	-1,404	-8.0%
Educational Services	2,924	2.5%	3,099	2,908	16	0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,976	10.1%	12,122	12,399	-423	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,417	2.9%	5,270	3,696	-279	-7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,782	8.2%	11,880	9,748	34	0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,277	2.8%	3,782	3,567	-290	-8.1%
Public Administration	3,027	2.5%	4,017	3,419	-392	-11.5%
Information Not Available	3,661	3.1%	4,084	5,344	-1,683	-31.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,491		55,049	51,262
Male	26,235	59.0%	36,503	30,505	-4,270	-14.0%
Female	18,106	40.7%	18,384	20,571	-2,465	-12.0%
Information Not Available	150	0.3%	162	186	-36	-19.4%

Ethnicity	44,491		55,049	51,262
Hispanic or Latino	1,505	3.4%	1,917	1,881	-376	-20.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,577	91.2%	50,259	46,672	-6,095	-13.1%
Information Not Available	2,409	5.4%	2,873	2,709	-300	-11.1%

Race	44,491		55,049	51,262
American Indian or Alaskan Native	235	0.5%	330	208	27	13.0%
Asian	370	0.8%	390	407	-37	-9.1%
Black or African American	8,070	18.1%	8,443	9,599	-1,529	-15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	58	54	-7	-13.0%
White	33,201	74.6%	42,835	37,988	-4,787	-12.6%
Information Not Available	2,568	5.8%	2,993	3,006	-438	-14.6%

Years of Age	44,491		55,049	51,262
Younger than 22	650	0.9%	993	788	-138	-17.5%
22-24	1,594	2.2%	1,943	1,892	-298	-15.8%
25-34	9,078	12.3%	11,123	11,212	-2,134	-19.0%
35-44	10,423	14.1%	12,892	11,759	-1,336	-11.4%
45-54	11,239	15.2%	14,058	12,918	-1,679	-13.0%
55-59	5,595	7.6%	7,043	6,554	-959	-14.6%
60-64	3,953	5.4%	4,705	4,179	-226	-5.4%
65 and older	1,959	2.7%	2,292	1,960	-1	-0.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,491		55,049	51,262
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	137	0.3%	236	185	-48	-25.9%
Mining	147	0.3%	196	258	-111	-43.0%
Utilities	79	0.2%	84	60	19	31.7%
Construction	8,484	19.0%	16,441	8,124	360	4.4%
Manufacturing	8,074	18.1%	6,954	11,303	-3,229	-28.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,219	5.0%	2,346	2,465	-246	-10.0%
Retail Trade	2,023	4.5%	2,248	2,363	-340	-14.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,466	3.3%	2,282	2,089	-623	-29.8%
Information	757	1.7%	783	1,077	-320	-29.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,637	3.7%	1,684	1,705	-68	-4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	754	1.7%	919	768	-14	-1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,075	6.9%	2,774	3,236	-161	-5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	926	2.1%	1,003	1,009	-83	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,797	10.7%	6,432	5,959	-1,162	-19.5%
Educational Services	1,023	2.3%	1,107	853	170	19.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,104	9.2%	4,234	4,151	-47	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	481	1.1%	785	561	-80	-14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,757	3.9%	1,706	1,977	-220	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	888	2.0%	947	1,099	-211	-19.2%
Public Administration	387	0.9%	507	334	53	15.9%
Information Not Available	1,276	2.9%	1,381	1,686	-410	-24.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,914		13,433	14,921
Male	6,740	52.2%	7,027	8,049	-1,309	-16.3%
Female	6,147	47.6%	6,368	6,843	-696	-10.2%
Information Not Available	27	0.2%	38	29	-2	-6.9%

Ethnicity	12,914		13,433	14,921
Hispanic or Latino	972	7.5%	1,014	1,161	-189	-16.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,942	92.5%	12,419	13,760	-1,818	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	12,914		13,433	14,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,365	10.6%	1,411	1,553	-188	-12.1%
Asian	126	1.0%	130	126	0	0.0%
Black or African American	2,229	17.3%	2,231	2,372	-143	-6.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.2%	25	26	-1	-3.8%
White	7,680	59.5%	8,019	9,067	-1,387	-15.3%
Information Not Available	1,489	11.5%	1,617	1,777	-288	-16.2%

Years of Age	12,914		13,433	14,921
Younger than 22	140	0.7%	152	196	-56	-28.6%
22-24	421	2.2%	425	499	-78	-15.6%
25-34	2,773	14.3%	2,898	3,366	-593	-17.6%
35-44	3,234	16.6%	3,343	3,606	-372	-10.3%
45-54	3,021	15.5%	3,150	3,435	-414	-12.1%
55-59	1,507	7.7%	1,531	1,773	-266	-15.0%
60-64	1,139	5.9%	1,192	1,216	-77	-6.3%
65 and older	679	3.5%	742	830	-151	-18.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,914		13,433	14,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.4%	37	71	-19	-26.8%
Mining	530	4.1%	504	434	96	22.1%
Utilities	67	0.5%	63	59	8	13.6%
Construction	1,203	9.3%	1,358	1,699	-496	-29.2%
Manufacturing	1,299	10.0%	1,236	1,485	-186	-12.5%
Wholesale Trade	712	5.5%	804	738	-26	-3.5%
Retail Trade	1,286	9.9%	1,383	1,632	-346	-21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	345	2.7%	342	374	-29	-7.8%
Information	383	3.0%	358	398	-15	-3.8%
Finance and Insurance	430	3.3%	443	484	-54	-11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	243	1.9%	250	299	-56	-18.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	912	7.0%	847	962	-50	-5.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	86	0.7%	82	109	-23	-21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,529	11.8%	1,678	1,836	-307	-16.7%
Educational Services	269	2.1%	331	261	8	3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,429	11.0%	1,405	1,433	-4	-0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	138	1.1%	164	156	-18	-11.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	738	5.7%	828	832	-94	-11.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	346	2.7%	373	413	-67	-16.2%
Public Administration	575	4.4%	579	699	-124	-17.7%
Information Not Available	342	2.6%	368	547	-205	-37.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,789		27,740	26,078
Male	13,868	55.9%	16,112	14,714	-846	-5.7%
Female	10,917	44.0%	11,627	11,358	-441	-3.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	6	-2	-33.3%

Ethnicity	24,789		27,740	26,078
Hispanic or Latino	2,759	11.1%	3,195	2,796	-37	-1.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,397	78.2%	21,641	20,679	-1,282	-6.2%
Information Not Available	2,633	10.6%	2,904	2,603	30	1.2%

Race	24,789		27,740	26,078
American Indian or Alaskan Native	308	1.2%	352	330	-22	-6.7%
Asian	551	2.2%	642	597	-46	-7.7%
Black or African American	628	2.5%	687	613	15	2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	163	0.7%	195	163	0	0.0%
White	15,245	61.5%	16,910	15,972	-727	-4.6%
Information Not Available	7,894	31.8%	8,954	8,403	-509	-6.1%

Years of Age	24,789		27,740	26,078
Younger than 22	259	0.7%	306	314	-55	-17.5%
22-24	746	2.0%	837	854	-108	-12.6%
25-34	5,615	14.8%	6,211	5,986	-371	-6.2%
35-44	5,991	15.8%	6,721	6,244	-253	-4.1%
45-54	5,748	15.1%	6,381	5,978	-230	-3.8%
55-59	2,947	7.8%	3,255	3,004	-57	-1.9%
60-64	2,081	5.5%	2,434	2,332	-251	-10.8%
65 and older	1,402	3.7%	1,595	1,366	36	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,789		27,740	26,078
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	803	3.1%	1,069	900	-97	-10.8%
Mining	33	0.1%	64	55	-22	-40.0%
Utilities	54	0.2%	55	47	7	14.9%
Construction	2,704	10.6%	3,544	2,757	-53	-1.9%
Manufacturing	2,893	11.3%	3,222	3,289	-396	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,039	4.1%	1,079	1,081	-42	-3.9%
Retail Trade	2,545	9.9%	2,747	2,758	-213	-7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	670	2.6%	776	791	-121	-15.3%
Information	907	3.5%	909	830	77	9.3%
Finance and Insurance	784	3.1%	827	788	-4	-0.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	405	1.6%	442	460	-55	-12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,437	5.6%	1,370	1,549	-112	-7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	0.9%	287	205	23	11.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,533	9.9%	2,790	2,687	-154	-5.7%
Educational Services	466	1.8%	520	401	65	16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,834	11.1%	3,013	2,901	-67	-2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	244	1.0%	302	248	-4	-1.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,755	6.9%	1,984	1,814	-59	-3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	704	2.8%	741	774	-70	-9.0%
Public Administration	560	2.2%	673	566	-6	-1.1%
Information Not Available	1,191	4.7%	1,326	1,177	14	1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	96,037		117,959	103,323
Male	53,292	55.5%	74,057	57,482	-4,190	-7.3%
Female	42,739	44.5%	43,891	45,824	-3,085	-6.7%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	11	17	-11	-64.7%

Ethnicity	96,037		117,959	103,323
Hispanic or Latino	7,813	8.1%	8,979	7,477	336	4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	84,088	87.6%	104,496	91,831	-7,743	-8.4%
Information Not Available	4,136	4.3%	4,484	4,015	121	3.0%

Race	96,037		117,959	103,323
American Indian or Alaskan Native	263	0.3%	332	259	4	1.5%
Asian	33	0.0%	36	51	-18	-35.3%
Black or African American	16,961	17.7%	17,414	17,720	-759	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,451	1.5%	1,657	1,521	-70	-4.6%
White	65,558	68.3%	85,237	72,441	-6,883	-9.5%
Information Not Available	11,771	12.3%	13,283	11,331	440	3.9%

Years of Age	96,037		117,959	103,323
Younger than 22	1,825	1.2%	2,409	2,051	-226	-11.0%
22-24	4,076	2.7%	5,150	4,631	-555	-12.0%
25-34	21,447	14.0%	26,378	23,474	-2,027	-8.6%
35-44	19,842	13.0%	24,468	21,479	-1,637	-7.6%
45-54	21,948	14.4%	27,042	24,226	-2,278	-9.4%
55-59	11,584	7.6%	14,253	12,136	-552	-4.5%
60-64	8,789	5.8%	10,474	9,057	-268	-3.0%
65 and older	6,526	4.3%	7,785	6,269	257	4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	96,037		117,959	103,323
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	274	0.3%	501	294	-20	-6.8%
Mining	867	0.9%	1,491	693	174	25.1%
Utilities	256	0.3%	247	310	-54	-17.4%
Construction	13,247	13.8%	24,555	13,182	65	0.5%
Manufacturing	11,637	12.1%	12,975	12,901	-1,264	-9.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,198	3.3%	3,572	3,748	-550	-14.7%
Retail Trade	9,957	10.3%	10,500	11,456	-1,499	-13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,081	5.3%	6,181	5,633	-552	-9.8%
Information	1,420	1.5%	1,423	2,062	-642	-31.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,428	3.6%	3,495	3,537	-109	-3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,349	1.4%	1,509	1,389	-40	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,558	5.8%	5,620	6,250	-692	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	818	0.8%	849	881	-63	-7.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,960	11.4%	14,750	11,575	-615	-5.3%
Educational Services	1,826	1.9%	1,874	2,057	-231	-11.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,207	12.7%	12,060	12,702	-495	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,534	1.6%	3,073	1,582	-48	-3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,428	6.7%	6,493	6,532	-104	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,349	2.4%	2,469	2,437	-88	-3.6%
Public Administration	957	1.0%	1,248	1,134	-177	-15.6%
Information Not Available	2,686	2.8%	3,074	2,968	-282	-9.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,656		13,987	19,779
Male	6,106	48.2%	6,559	10,756	-4,650	-43.2%
Female	6,550	51.8%	7,428	9,023	-2,473	-27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,656		13,987	19,779
Hispanic or Latino	12,440	98.3%	13,725	19,497	-7,057	-36.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81	0.6%	91	115	-34	-29.6%
Information Not Available	135	1.1%	171	167	-32	-19.2%

Race	12,656		13,987	19,779
American Indian or Alaskan Native	348	2.7%	363	201	147	73.1%
Asian	114	0.9%	142	13	101	776.9%
Black or African American	512	4.0%	596	1,046	-534	-51.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.1%	9	19	-6	-31.6%
White	2,663	21.0%	2,982	3,814	-1,151	-30.2%
Information Not Available	9,006	71.2%	9,895	14,686	-5,680	-38.7%

Years of Age	12,656		13,987	19,779
Younger than 22	274	1.9%	296	508	-234	-46.1%
22-24	740	5.1%	782	1,265	-525	-41.5%
25-34	3,183	21.8%	3,557	5,433	-2,250	-41.4%
35-44	3,236	22.2%	3,536	5,110	-1,874	-36.7%
45-54	2,898	19.9%	3,249	4,362	-1,464	-33.6%
55-59	1,104	7.6%	1,258	1,580	-476	-30.1%
60-64	726	5.0%	768	913	-187	-20.5%
65 and older	488	3.3%	529	602	-114	-18.9%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	12	6	1	16.7%

Industry	12,656		13,987	19,779
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	497	3.8%	519	725	-228	-31.4%
Mining	3	0.0%	5	9	-6	-66.7%
Utilities	5	0.0%	8	23	-18	-78.3%
Construction	629	4.8%	652	1,809	-1,180	-65.2%
Manufacturing	1,255	9.5%	1,211	2,664	-1,409	-52.9%
Wholesale Trade	291	2.2%	343	575	-284	-49.4%
Retail Trade	1,714	13.0%	1,868	2,090	-376	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	156	1.2%	175	301	-145	-48.2%
Information	199	1.5%	243	232	-33	-14.2%
Finance and Insurance	230	1.7%	231	344	-114	-33.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	122	0.9%	150	240	-118	-49.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	528	4.0%	579	757	-229	-30.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.5%	74	15	52	346.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,851	14.1%	1,854	3,225	-1,374	-42.6%
Educational Services	493	3.7%	564	615	-122	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,104	8.4%	1,347	1,280	-176	-13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	84	0.6%	128	74	10	13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,463	11.1%	1,797	1,087	376	34.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	265	2.0%	320	265	0	0.0%
Public Administration	1,052	8.0%	1,197	2,915	-1,863	-63.9%
Information Not Available	648	4.9%	722	534	114	21.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,803		8,600	7,651
Male	3,537	52.0%	5,127	4,043	-506	-12.5%
Female	3,266	48.0%	3,473	3,608	-342	-9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,803		8,600	7,651
Hispanic or Latino	1,211	17.8%	1,430	1,314	-103	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,248	62.4%	5,369	4,838	-590	-12.2%
Information Not Available	1,344	19.8%	1,801	1,499	-155	-10.3%

Race	6,803		8,600	7,651
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	0.8%	67	63	-10	-15.9%
Asian	104	1.5%	118	116	-12	-10.3%
Black or African American	536	7.9%	569	577	-41	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.6%	43	44	-3	-6.8%
White	4,555	67.0%	5,833	5,137	-582	-11.3%
Information Not Available	1,514	22.3%	1,970	1,714	-200	-11.7%

Years of Age	6,803		8,600	7,651
Younger than 22	148	1.4%	186	183	-35	-19.1%
22-24	288	2.7%	355	342	-54	-15.8%
25-34	1,592	14.8%	1,990	1,773	-181	-10.2%
35-44	1,414	13.1%	1,828	1,588	-174	-11.0%
45-54	1,455	13.5%	1,853	1,763	-308	-17.5%
55-59	805	7.5%	991	862	-57	-6.6%
60-64	585	5.4%	736	643	-58	-9.0%
65 and older	516	4.8%	661	497	19	3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,803		8,600	7,651
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.4%	85	29	0	0.0%
Mining	3	0.0%	9	11	-8	-72.7%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	16	-12	-75.0%
Construction	718	10.5%	1,380	987	-269	-27.3%
Manufacturing	807	11.8%	801	833	-26	-3.1%
Wholesale Trade	229	3.4%	266	278	-49	-17.6%
Retail Trade	733	10.7%	829	689	44	6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	186	2.7%	245	213	-27	-12.7%
Information	89	1.3%	90	86	3	3.5%
Finance and Insurance	334	4.9%	321	376	-42	-11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	134	2.0%	149	103	31	30.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	383	5.6%	387	501	-118	-23.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	107	1.6%	79	145	-38	-26.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	890	13.0%	1,359	1,050	-160	-15.2%
Educational Services	128	1.9%	143	128	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	900	13.2%	934	941	-41	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	124	1.8%	262	148	-24	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	546	8.0%	761	626	-80	-12.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	251	3.7%	260	249	2	0.8%
Public Administration	61	0.9%	70	43	18	41.9%
Information Not Available	147	2.2%	165	199	-52	-26.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,905		14,901	16,324
Male	6,879	46.2%	7,026	7,761	-882	-11.4%
Female	7,849	52.7%	7,696	8,563	-714	-8.3%
Information Not Available	177	1.2%	179	0	177	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,905		14,901	16,324
Hispanic or Latino	483	3.2%	479	569	-86	-15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,244	88.9%	13,259	15,458	-2,214	-14.3%
Information Not Available	1,178	7.9%	1,163	297	881	296.6%

Race	14,905		14,901	16,324
American Indian or Alaskan Native	153	1.0%	173	114	39	34.2%
Asian	119	0.8%	117	137	-18	-13.1%
Black or African American	7,026	47.1%	7,096	7,678	-652	-8.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.2%	26	21	7	33.3%
White	6,786	45.5%	6,732	7,699	-913	-11.9%
Information Not Available	793	5.3%	757	675	118	17.5%

Years of Age	14,905		14,901	16,324
Younger than 22	230	1.1%	219	68	162	238.2%
22-24	487	2.4%	516	46	441	958.7%
25-34	3,359	16.5%	3,360	704	2,655	377.1%
35-44	3,514	17.2%	3,565	3,037	477	15.7%
45-54	3,486	17.1%	3,484	3,814	-328	-8.6%
55-59	1,710	8.4%	1,688	1,838	-128	-7.0%
60-64	1,305	6.4%	1,248	2,056	-751	-36.5%
65 and older	814	4.0%	821	4,753	-3,939	-82.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%

Industry	14,905		14,901	16,324
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.5%	96	108	-29	-26.9%
Mining	10	0.1%	10	11	-1	-9.1%
Utilities	30	0.2%	41	30	0	0.0%
Construction	885	5.9%	894	1,121	-236	-21.1%
Manufacturing	1,797	12.0%	1,807	1,902	-105	-5.5%
Wholesale Trade	627	4.2%	635	729	-102	-14.0%
Retail Trade	1,288	8.6%	1,264	1,564	-276	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	304	2.0%	383	484	-180	-37.2%
Information	203	1.4%	206	375	-172	-45.9%
Finance and Insurance	512	3.4%	455	644	-132	-20.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	204	1.4%	239	274	-70	-25.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	960	6.4%	837	1,247	-287	-23.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.5%	92	94	-15	-16.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,999	13.3%	2,069	2,630	-631	-24.0%
Educational Services	226	1.5%	215	266	-40	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	948	6.3%	927	1,205	-257	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	0.7%	130	140	-36	-25.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,097	7.3%	1,020	1,346	-249	-18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	298	2.0%	323	434	-136	-31.3%
Public Administration	214	1.4%	222	281	-67	-23.8%
Information Not Available	3,041	20.3%	3,036	1,439	1,602	111.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,131		2,246	1,231
Male	651	57.6%	1,722	699	-48	-6.9%
Female	480	42.4%	524	532	-52	-9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,131		2,246	1,231
Hispanic or Latino	41	3.6%	132	37	4	10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	968	85.6%	1,924	1,059	-91	-8.6%
Information Not Available	122	10.8%	190	135	-13	-9.6%

Race	1,131		2,246	1,231
American Indian or Alaskan Native	140	12.4%	238	163	-23	-14.1%
Asian	4	0.4%	3	10	-6	-60.0%
Black or African American	35	3.1%	49	34	1	2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.4%	4	2	3	150.0%
White	831	73.5%	1,690	902	-71	-7.9%
Information Not Available	116	10.3%	262	120	-4	-3.3%

Years of Age	1,131		2,246	1,231
Younger than 22	10	0.5%	24	10	0	0.0%
22-24	18	1.0%	73	26	-8	-30.8%
25-34	189	10.2%	423	179	10	5.6%
35-44	271	14.6%	461	273	-2	-0.7%
45-54	252	13.6%	467	305	-53	-17.4%
55-59	189	10.2%	316	186	3	1.6%
60-64	112	6.1%	252	158	-46	-29.1%
65 and older	90	4.9%	230	94	-4	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,131		2,246	1,231
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7	0.6%	21	9	-2	-22.2%
Mining	5	0.4%	71	13	-8	-61.5%
Utilities	1	0.1%	2	1	0	0.0%
Construction	209	18.4%	896	219	-10	-4.6%
Manufacturing	94	8.3%	173	138	-44	-31.9%
Wholesale Trade	30	2.6%	58	39	-9	-23.1%
Retail Trade	100	8.8%	127	125	-25	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	27	2.4%	97	28	-1	-3.6%
Information	19	1.7%	23	23	-4	-17.4%
Finance and Insurance	63	5.5%	74	64	-1	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	21	1.8%	21	16	5	31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	37	3.3%	55	43	-6	-14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	1.1%	7	5	7	140.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	69	6.1%	117	72	-3	-4.2%
Educational Services	36	3.2%	31	37	-1	-2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	100	8.8%	115	95	5	5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	30	2.6%	42	16	14	87.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	107	9.4%	106	102	5	4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	23	2.0%	31	24	-1	-4.2%
Public Administration	73	6.4%	90	94	-21	-22.3%
Information Not Available	68	6.0%	89	68	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,845		18,086	18,792
Male	7,802	43.7%	8,514	8,509	-707	-8.3%
Female	9,990	56.0%	9,514	10,283	-293	-2.8%
Information Not Available	53	0.3%	58	0	53	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,845		18,086	18,792
Hispanic or Latino	360	2.0%	378	414	-54	-13.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,006	95.3%	17,239	17,903	-897	-5.0%
Information Not Available	479	2.7%	469	475	4	0.8%

Race	17,845		18,086	18,792
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.3%	48	62	-16	-25.8%
Asian	93	0.5%	93	138	-45	-32.6%
Black or African American	5,532	31.0%	5,416	5,569	-37	-0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	215	1.2%	257	74	141	190.5%
White	11,050	61.9%	11,357	11,960	-910	-7.6%
Information Not Available	909	5.1%	915	989	-80	-8.1%

Years of Age	17,845		18,086	18,792
Younger than 22	244	0.9%	265	260	-16	-6.2%
22-24	526	1.9%	600	669	-143	-21.4%
25-34	3,774	13.8%	3,762	3,969	-195	-4.9%
35-44	4,223	15.5%	4,261	4,458	-235	-5.3%
45-54	4,390	16.1%	4,486	4,696	-306	-6.5%
55-59	2,022	7.4%	2,110	2,174	-152	-7.0%
60-64	1,616	5.9%	1,573	1,561	55	3.5%
65 and older	1,050	3.8%	1,029	1,005	45	4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,845		18,086	18,792
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.4%	108	65	6	9.2%
Mining	32	0.2%	38	23	9	39.1%
Utilities	48	0.3%	53	36	12	33.3%
Construction	1,507	8.4%	1,700	1,456	51	3.5%
Manufacturing	2,304	12.9%	2,566	2,971	-667	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	975	5.4%	867	856	119	13.9%
Retail Trade	1,714	9.6%	1,646	1,629	85	5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	707	3.9%	739	794	-87	-11.0%
Information	342	1.9%	332	412	-70	-17.0%
Finance and Insurance	576	3.2%	588	589	-13	-2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	276	1.5%	295	289	-13	-4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,304	7.3%	1,015	1,304	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	141	0.8%	149	142	-1	-0.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,201	12.3%	2,217	2,197	4	0.2%
Educational Services	301	1.7%	279	396	-95	-24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,642	9.2%	1,619	1,820	-178	-9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	143	0.8%	186	170	-27	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,019	5.7%	896	1,087	-68	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	482	2.7%	490	504	-22	-4.4%
Public Administration	336	1.9%	351	277	59	21.3%
Information Not Available	1,724	9.6%	1,952	1,775	-51	-2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	118,901		123,584	140,558
Male	62,341	52.4%	66,365	77,791	-15,450	-19.9%
Female	56,435	47.5%	57,073	62,653	-6,218	-9.9%
Information Not Available	125	0.1%	146	114	11	9.6%

Ethnicity	118,901		123,584	140,558
Hispanic or Latino	37,009	31.1%	39,390	45,733	-8,724	-19.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,104	60.6%	74,333	83,583	-11,479	-13.7%
Information Not Available	9,788	8.2%	9,861	11,242	-1,454	-12.9%

Race	118,901		123,584	140,558
American Indian or Alaskan Native	505	0.4%	554	567	-62	-10.9%
Asian	2,890	2.4%	2,929	3,712	-822	-22.1%
Black or African American	29,486	24.8%	30,248	32,145	-2,659	-8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,213	1.9%	2,557	2,364	-151	-6.4%
White	38,517	32.4%	39,771	46,431	-7,914	-17.0%
Information Not Available	45,290	38.1%	47,525	55,339	-10,049	-18.2%

Years of Age	118,901		123,584	140,558
Younger than 22	1,704	1.2%	1,952	2,324	-620	-26.7%
22-24	4,548	3.1%	4,917	6,097	-1,549	-25.4%
25-34	27,684	18.7%	28,477	33,620	-5,936	-17.7%
35-44	29,197	19.7%	30,091	33,864	-4,667	-13.8%
45-54	27,971	18.9%	29,406	32,961	-4,990	-15.1%
55-59	12,816	8.7%	13,411	15,174	-2,358	-15.5%
60-64	9,300	6.3%	9,517	10,359	-1,059	-10.2%
65 and older	5,597	3.8%	5,721	6,099	-502	-8.2%
Information Not Available	84	0.1%	92	60	24	40.0%

Industry	118,901		123,584	140,558
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	803	0.7%	1,095	988	-185	-18.7%
Mining	2,359	2.0%	2,555	3,741	-1,382	-36.9%
Utilities	646	0.5%	670	725	-79	-10.9%
Construction	15,308	12.8%	16,534	21,021	-5,713	-27.2%
Manufacturing	7,653	6.4%	8,311	11,268	-3,615	-32.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,627	5.5%	7,453	7,853	-1,226	-15.6%
Retail Trade	9,282	7.8%	9,616	11,002	-1,720	-15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,208	3.5%	4,210	4,996	-788	-15.8%
Information	2,752	2.3%	2,702	3,330	-578	-17.4%
Finance and Insurance	8,017	6.7%	7,886	7,189	828	11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,441	2.0%	3,015	2,590	-149	-5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,900	9.1%	10,106	12,949	-2,049	-15.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	908	0.8%	889	871	37	4.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,951	14.2%	17,552	20,184	-3,233	-16.0%
Educational Services	2,253	1.9%	2,424	2,381	-128	-5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,015	10.0%	12,078	13,212	-1,197	-9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	607	0.5%	644	699	-92	-13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,115	3.4%	4,454	4,746	-631	-13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,876	2.4%	3,003	3,420	-544	-15.9%
Public Administration	1,349	1.1%	1,350	1,333	16	1.2%
Information Not Available	6,831	5.7%	7,037	6,060	771	12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,170		9,164	9,050
Male	4,765	58.3%	5,724	5,377	-612	-11.4%
Female	3,371	41.3%	3,401	3,666	-295	-8.0%
Information Not Available	34	0.4%	39	7	27	385.7%

Ethnicity	8,170		9,164	9,050
Hispanic or Latino	950	11.6%	1,064	1,039	-89	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,628	81.1%	7,295	6,953	-325	-4.7%
Information Not Available	592	7.2%	805	1,058	-466	-44.0%

Race	8,170		9,164	9,050
American Indian or Alaskan Native	234	2.9%	215	235	-1	-0.4%
Asian	162	2.0%	186	155	7	4.5%
Black or African American	214	2.6%	231	222	-8	-3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	149	1.8%	203	133	16	12.0%
White	5,870	71.8%	6,074	5,166	704	13.6%
Information Not Available	1,541	18.9%	2,255	3,122	-1,581	-50.6%

Years of Age	8,170		9,164	9,050
Younger than 22	131	1.0%	142	167	-36	-21.6%
22-24	312	2.3%	351	376	-64	-17.0%
25-34	2,006	14.9%	2,235	2,374	-368	-15.5%
35-44	2,145	16.0%	2,400	2,206	-61	-2.8%
45-54	1,795	13.4%	2,032	1,997	-202	-10.1%
55-59	846	6.3%	964	938	-92	-9.8%
60-64	600	4.5%	663	659	-59	-9.0%
65 and older	335	2.5%	377	333	2	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,170		9,164	9,050
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.4%	50	35	-2	-5.7%
Mining	78	1.0%	94	96	-18	-18.8%
Utilities	7	0.1%	8	13	-6	-46.2%
Construction	824	10.0%	1,364	913	-89	-9.7%
Manufacturing	792	9.7%	946	842	-50	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	374	4.6%	373	439	-65	-14.8%
Retail Trade	851	10.4%	832	814	37	4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	242	3.0%	319	299	-57	-19.1%
Information	314	3.8%	349	293	21	7.2%
Finance and Insurance	377	4.6%	371	420	-43	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	138	1.7%	149	180	-42	-23.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	847	10.3%	775	915	-68	-7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.5%	47	49	-4	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,028	12.5%	1,216	1,255	-227	-18.1%
Educational Services	252	3.1%	244	223	29	13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	430	5.2%	423	438	-8	-1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	2.5%	181	194	14	7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	587	7.2%	558	717	-130	-18.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	123	1.5%	147	177	-54	-30.5%
Public Administration	119	1.5%	149	129	-10	-7.8%
Information Not Available	501	6.1%	569	609	-108	-17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,713		24,333	27,920
Male	12,006	50.6%	12,826	14,616	-2,610	-17.9%
Female	11,700	49.3%	11,501	13,297	-1,597	-12.0%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	7	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,713		24,333	27,920
Hispanic or Latino	498	2.1%	566	1,158	-660	-57.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,409	90.3%	21,912	25,381	-3,972	-15.6%
Information Not Available	1,806	7.6%	1,855	1,381	425	30.8%

Race	23,713		24,333	27,920
American Indian or Alaskan Native	599	2.5%	664	1,290	-691	-53.6%
Asian	630	2.7%	612	790	-160	-20.3%
Black or African American	10,279	43.3%	10,510	11,968	-1,689	-14.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,399	43.9%	10,692	12,491	-2,092	-16.7%
Information Not Available	1,806	7.6%	1,855	1,381	425	30.8%

Years of Age	23,713		24,333	27,920
Younger than 22	192	0.6%	201	275	-83	-30.2%
22-24	651	2.0%	628	978	-327	-33.4%
25-34	4,965	15.6%	5,058	6,230	-1,265	-20.3%
35-44	5,507	17.3%	5,587	6,255	-748	-12.0%
45-54	5,709	17.9%	5,919	6,731	-1,022	-15.2%
55-59	3,012	9.4%	3,205	3,406	-394	-11.6%
60-64	2,238	7.0%	2,291	2,509	-271	-10.8%
65 and older	1,439	4.5%	1,444	1,536	-97	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,713		24,333	27,920
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	90	0.4%	100	102	-12	-11.8%
Mining	93	0.4%	99	70	23	32.9%
Utilities	42	0.2%	41	25	17	68.0%
Construction	1,794	7.5%	2,115	2,213	-419	-18.9%
Manufacturing	1,803	7.6%	1,989	2,275	-472	-20.7%
Wholesale Trade	827	3.5%	807	868	-41	-4.7%
Retail Trade	1,915	8.0%	1,943	2,377	-462	-19.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	825	3.5%	921	983	-158	-16.1%
Information	590	2.5%	611	707	-117	-16.5%
Finance and Insurance	926	3.9%	957	1,042	-116	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	427	1.8%	437	449	-22	-4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,908	12.2%	2,861	3,599	-691	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.7%	145	169	-6	-3.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,140	13.2%	3,153	3,578	-438	-12.2%
Educational Services	467	2.0%	437	500	-33	-6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,922	8.1%	1,886	2,110	-188	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	189	0.8%	243	148	41	27.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,198	5.0%	966	1,455	-257	-17.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	717	3.0%	739	853	-136	-15.9%
Public Administration	1,499	6.3%	1,567	1,928	-429	-22.3%
Information Not Available	2,178	9.2%	2,316	2,469	-291	-11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	457		411	194
Male	156	34.1%	131	116	40	34.5%
Female	301	65.9%	280	78	223	285.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	457		411	194
Hispanic or Latino	59	12.9%	48	34	25	73.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	384	84.0%	353	156	228	146.2%
Information Not Available	14	3.1%	10	4	10	250.0%

Race	457		411	194
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	0	1	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Black or African American	362	79.2%	331	142	220	154.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	1.5%	2	2	5	250.0%
White	21	4.6%	22	10	11	110.0%
Information Not Available	66	14.4%	56	36	30	83.3%

Years of Age	457		411	194
Younger than 22	3	0.7%	3	5	-2	-40.0%
22-24	8	1.9%	12	9	-1	-11.1%
25-34	72	16.9%	65	46	26	56.5%
35-44	81	19.1%	73	40	41	102.5%
45-54	108	25.4%	100	49	59	120.4%
55-59	77	18.1%	63	18	59	327.8%
60-64	53	12.5%	43	12	41	341.7%
65 and older	51	12.0%	49	14	37	264.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.9%	3	1	3	300.0%

Industry	457		411	194
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	2	0.4%	1	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	16	3.5%	8	53	-37	-69.8%
Manufacturing	2	0.4%	4	5	-3	-60.0%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.7%	4	1	2	200.0%
Retail Trade	29	6.3%	35	29	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	0.9%	7	6	-2	-33.3%
Information	1	0.2%	1	1	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.2%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9	2.0%	9	4	5	125.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8	1.8%	6	6	2	33.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	1.1%	4	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11	2.4%	11	7	4	57.1%
Educational Services	4	0.9%	4	1	3	300.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11	2.4%	8	8	3	37.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9	2.0%	5	1	8	800.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	288	63.0%	259	35	253	722.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	19	4.2%	18	15	4	26.7%
Public Administration	5	1.1%	3	2	3	150.0%
Information Not Available	30	6.6%	22	14	16	114.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,125		4,426	3,760
Male	1,769	56.6%	3,071	2,184	-415	-19.0%
Female	1,356	43.4%	1,355	1,576	-220	-14.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,125		4,426	3,760
Hispanic or Latino	11	0.4%	11	6	5	83.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	760	24.3%	1,299	342	418	122.2%
Information Not Available	2,354	75.3%	3,116	3,412	-1,058	-31.0%

Race	3,125		4,426	3,760
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5	0.2%	5	1	4	400.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	35	1.1%	34	10	25	250.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	5	2	1	50.0%
White	728	23.3%	1,266	335	393	117.3%
Information Not Available	2,354	75.3%	3,116	3,412	-1,058	-31.0%

Years of Age	3,125		4,426	3,760
Younger than 22	32	0.9%	54	54	-22	-40.7%
22-24	84	2.4%	144	141	-57	-40.4%
25-34	682	19.3%	940	891	-209	-23.5%
35-44	681	19.2%	918	748	-67	-9.0%
45-54	646	18.3%	954	776	-130	-16.8%
55-59	383	10.8%	545	481	-98	-20.4%
60-64	314	8.9%	432	364	-50	-13.7%
65 and older	303	8.6%	439	305	-2	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,125		4,426	3,760
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	1.2%	79	47	-8	-17.0%
Mining	5	0.2%	11	9	-4	-44.4%
Utilities	5	0.2%	4	1	4	400.0%
Construction	334	10.6%	1,246	508	-174	-34.3%
Manufacturing	314	9.9%	386	402	-88	-21.9%
Wholesale Trade	109	3.4%	140	125	-16	-12.8%
Retail Trade	315	10.0%	407	379	-64	-16.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	92	2.9%	134	90	2	2.2%
Information	35	1.1%	40	54	-19	-35.2%
Finance and Insurance	30	0.9%	34	40	-10	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	34	1.1%	43	61	-27	-44.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	112	3.5%	129	118	-6	-5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	5	2	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	184	5.8%	402	213	-29	-13.6%
Educational Services	92	2.9%	90	96	-4	-4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	283	8.9%	306	307	-24	-7.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	53	1.7%	90	61	-8	-13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	965	30.5%	687	1,088	-123	-11.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	64	2.0%	94	74	-10	-13.5%
Public Administration	58	1.8%	99	85	-27	-31.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,966		48,407	48,388
Male	26,624	60.6%	30,131	29,730	-3,106	-10.4%
Female	17,342	39.4%	18,276	18,658	-1,316	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,966		48,407	48,388
Hispanic or Latino	5,801	13.2%	6,519	5,849	-48	-0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,710	78.9%	38,145	39,178	-4,468	-11.4%
Information Not Available	3,455	7.9%	3,743	3,361	94	2.8%

Race	43,966		48,407	48,388
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,258	2.9%	1,414	1,304	-46	-3.5%
Asian	2,261	5.1%	2,391	1,956	305	15.6%
Black or African American	3,170	7.2%	3,388	3,551	-381	-10.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	584	1.3%	670	469	115	24.5%
White	29,598	67.3%	32,814	32,288	-2,690	-8.3%
Information Not Available	7,095	16.1%	7,730	8,820	-1,725	-19.6%

Years of Age	43,966		48,407	48,388
Younger than 22	533	0.8%	637	622	-89	-14.3%
22-24	1,491	2.1%	1,711	1,694	-203	-12.0%
25-34	9,824	14.1%	10,848	10,975	-1,151	-10.5%
35-44	10,295	14.7%	11,340	11,067	-772	-7.0%
45-54	10,704	15.3%	11,757	11,959	-1,255	-10.5%
55-59	5,387	7.7%	5,892	5,880	-493	-8.4%
60-64	3,643	5.2%	4,009	3,958	-315	-8.0%
65 and older	2,089	3.0%	2,213	2,233	-144	-6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,966		48,407	48,388
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,916	4.2%	2,364	2,410	-494	-20.5%
Mining	72	0.2%	140	93	-21	-22.6%
Utilities	85	0.2%	97	75	10	13.3%
Construction	7,174	15.6%	8,752	7,891	-717	-9.1%
Manufacturing	5,540	12.1%	6,135	7,008	-1,468	-20.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,143	4.7%	2,266	2,290	-147	-6.4%
Retail Trade	3,414	7.4%	3,672	3,862	-448	-11.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,441	3.1%	1,703	1,666	-225	-13.5%
Information	1,345	2.9%	1,332	1,698	-353	-20.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,180	2.6%	1,264	1,252	-72	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	709	1.5%	756	751	-42	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,337	7.3%	3,432	3,808	-471	-12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	0.2%	137	147	-34	-23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,544	7.7%	3,880	4,197	-653	-15.6%
Educational Services	734	1.6%	758	832	-98	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,531	7.7%	3,640	3,595	-64	-1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	679	1.5%	670	722	-43	-6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,812	3.9%	2,027	2,035	-223	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,371	3.0%	1,550	1,407	-36	-2.6%
Public Administration	1,445	3.1%	1,590	1,550	-105	-6.8%
Information Not Available	2,381	5.2%	2,242	1,099	1,282	116.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,899		34,254	26,148
Male	12,572	54.9%	22,457	13,942	-1,370	-9.8%
Female	10,306	45.0%	11,773	12,177	-1,871	-15.4%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	24	29	-8	-27.6%

Ethnicity	22,899		34,254	26,148
Hispanic or Latino	1,289	5.6%	1,942	1,305	-16	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,040	91.9%	31,579	24,218	-3,178	-13.1%
Information Not Available	570	2.5%	733	625	-55	-8.8%

Race	22,899		34,254	26,148
American Indian or Alaskan Native	385	1.7%	579	384	1	0.3%
Asian	300	1.3%	370	397	-97	-24.4%
Black or African American	3,417	14.9%	3,795	4,025	-608	-15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.2%	34	44	-5	-11.4%
White	18,188	79.4%	28,743	20,673	-2,485	-12.0%
Information Not Available	570	2.5%	733	625	-55	-8.8%

Years of Age	22,899		34,254	26,148
Younger than 22	227	0.6%	397	306	-79	-25.8%
22-24	694	1.8%	1,278	826	-132	-16.0%
25-34	4,675	12.1%	7,102	5,596	-921	-16.5%
35-44	4,995	12.9%	7,455	5,465	-470	-8.6%
45-54	5,343	13.8%	7,897	6,372	-1,029	-16.1%
55-59	3,058	7.9%	4,552	3,423	-365	-10.7%
60-64	2,371	6.1%	3,343	2,599	-228	-8.8%
65 and older	1,504	3.9%	2,172	1,558	-54	-3.5%
Information Not Available	32	0.1%	58	3	29	966.7%

Industry	22,899		34,254	26,148
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	218	0.9%	469	191	27	14.1%
Mining	41	0.2%	151	44	-3	-6.8%
Utilities	55	0.2%	65	26	29	111.5%
Construction	3,133	13.6%	8,183	3,093	40	1.3%
Manufacturing	3,894	16.8%	5,058	5,124	-1,230	-24.0%
Wholesale Trade	943	4.1%	1,151	1,017	-74	-7.3%
Retail Trade	2,223	9.6%	2,705	2,513	-290	-11.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	838	3.6%	1,607	889	-51	-5.7%
Information	483	2.1%	462	471	12	2.5%
Finance and Insurance	921	4.0%	945	1,059	-138	-13.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	316	1.4%	329	280	36	12.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,065	4.6%	1,038	1,239	-174	-14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	254	1.1%	298	348	-94	-27.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,414	10.4%	3,993	2,829	-415	-14.7%
Educational Services	362	1.6%	421	439	-77	-17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,356	10.2%	2,384	2,816	-460	-16.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	314	1.4%	723	353	-39	-11.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,303	5.6%	1,812	1,336	-33	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	447	1.9%	593	562	-115	-20.5%
Public Administration	444	1.9%	641	544	-100	-18.4%
Information Not Available	875	3.8%	1,226	975	-100	-10.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,720		10,087	9,949
Male	5,440	62.4%	6,683	6,456	-1,016	-15.7%
Female	3,279	37.6%	3,399	3,488	-209	-6.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	5	5	-4	-80.0%

Ethnicity	8,720		10,087	9,949
Hispanic or Latino	147	1.7%	153	165	-18	-10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,781	89.2%	8,835	7,581	200	2.6%
Information Not Available	792	9.1%	1,099	2,203	-1,411	-64.0%

Race	8,720		10,087	9,949
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.4%	37	20	13	65.0%
Asian	19	0.2%	16	34	-15	-44.1%
Black or African American	433	5.0%	452	453	-20	-4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	12	9	3	33.3%
White	7,582	86.9%	8,682	8,705	-1,123	-12.9%
Information Not Available	641	7.4%	888	728	-87	-12.0%

Years of Age	8,720		10,087	9,949
Younger than 22	146	0.9%	184	130	16	12.3%
22-24	390	2.5%	469	441	-51	-11.6%
25-34	1,801	11.5%	2,107	2,069	-268	-13.0%
35-44	2,174	13.9%	2,447	2,405	-231	-9.6%
45-54	2,073	13.3%	2,356	2,430	-357	-14.7%
55-59	939	6.0%	1,086	1,142	-203	-17.8%
60-64	705	4.5%	858	796	-91	-11.4%
65 and older	492	3.2%	579	535	-43	-8.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	8,720		10,087	9,949
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.6%	57	71	-20	-28.2%
Mining	354	4.0%	416	300	54	18.0%
Utilities	20	0.2%	18	22	-2	-9.1%
Construction	1,699	19.4%	2,495	2,109	-410	-19.4%
Manufacturing	718	8.2%	726	869	-151	-17.4%
Wholesale Trade	224	2.6%	242	301	-77	-25.6%
Retail Trade	987	11.3%	1,046	1,024	-37	-3.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	257	2.9%	307	360	-103	-28.6%
Information	109	1.2%	121	160	-51	-31.9%
Finance and Insurance	167	1.9%	168	171	-4	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	110	1.3%	135	135	-25	-18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	324	3.7%	248	351	-27	-7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.3%	34	22	8	36.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	871	9.9%	943	955	-84	-8.8%
Educational Services	127	1.4%	121	122	5	4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	788	9.0%	836	901	-113	-12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	120	1.4%	205	136	-16	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	719	8.2%	736	800	-81	-10.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	262	3.0%	284	259	3	1.2%
Public Administration	128	1.5%	169	184	-56	-30.4%
Information Not Available	655	7.5%	780	697	-42	-6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	May 2018	Percent	Apr 2018	May 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,090		2,971	2,863
Male	1,314	62.9%	2,021	1,757	-443	-25.2%
Female	776	37.1%	950	1,106	-330	-29.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,090		2,971	2,863
Hispanic or Latino	221	10.6%	327	295	-74	-25.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,799	86.1%	2,544	2,457	-658	-26.8%
Information Not Available	70	3.3%	100	111	-41	-36.9%

Race	2,090		2,971	2,863
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	4.3%	110	138	-49	-35.5%
Asian	10	0.5%	8	21	-11	-52.4%
Black or African American	66	3.2%	75	56	10	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.4%	9	2	7	350.0%
White	1,724	82.5%	2,489	2,385	-661	-27.7%
Information Not Available	192	9.2%	280	261	-69	-26.4%

Years of Age	2,090		2,971	2,863
Younger than 22	14	0.4%	28	32	-18	-56.3%
22-24	94	2.6%	118	136	-42	-30.9%
25-34	523	14.5%	657	695	-172	-24.7%
35-44	441	12.2%	621	631	-190	-30.1%
45-54	427	11.8%	593	579	-152	-26.3%
55-59	247	6.8%	387	351	-104	-29.6%
60-64	201	5.6%	335	282	-81	-28.7%
65 and older	143	4.0%	232	157	-14	-8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,090		2,971	2,863
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	1.1%	40	24	-1	-4.2%
Mining	126	6.0%	152	101	25	24.8%
Utilities	2	0.1%	6	4	-2	-50.0%
Construction	381	18.0%	751	529	-148	-28.0%
Manufacturing	124	5.9%	157	150	-26	-17.3%
Wholesale Trade	43	2.0%	53	99	-56	-56.6%
Retail Trade	198	9.4%	241	247	-49	-19.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	106	5.0%	134	165	-59	-35.8%
Information	27	1.3%	35	22	5	22.7%
Finance and Insurance	39	1.8%	42	27	12	44.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	37	1.8%	54	32	5	15.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	50	2.4%	72	92	-42	-45.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	2	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	130	6.2%	197	160	-30	-18.8%
Educational Services	49	2.3%	51	39	10	25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	130	6.2%	152	202	-72	-35.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	36	1.7%	43	26	10	38.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	333	15.8%	434	459	-126	-27.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41	1.9%	39	75	-34	-45.3%
Public Administration	53	2.5%	81	89	-36	-40.4%
Information Not Available	162	7.7%	235	317	-155	-48.9%