Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

October 2018

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants October 2018
	Oct 2018	Sep 2018	Monthly Change	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,373,809	1,422,967	-49,158	1,595,895	-222,086	-13.9
Alaska	4,909	4,562	347	6,485	-1,576	-24.3
Alabama	15,068	14,766	302	15,999	-931	-5.8
Arkansas	9,073	9,406	-333	11,844	-2,771	-23.4
Arizona	23,787	26,223	-2,436	26,438	-2,651	-10.0
California	269,451	281,545	-12,094	301,414	-31,963	-10.6
Colorado	17,149	16,487	662	19,324	-2,175	-11.3
Connecticut	25,868	26,747	-879	29,495	-3,627	-12.3
District of Columbia	7,288	7,305	-17	8,270	-982	-11.9
Delaware	3,671	3,787	-116	3,980	-309	-7.8
Florida	37,369	39,996	-2,627	50,116	-12,747	-25.4
Georgia	25,459	23,535	1,924	28,597	-3,138	-11.0
Hawaii	6,643	6,474	169	7,620	-977	-12.8
Iowa	11,568	11,599	-31	12,111	-543	-4.5
Idaho	3,720	3,282	438	4,099	-379	-9.2
Illinois	75,487	76,446	-959	87,968	-12,481	-14.2
Indiana	12,375	12,793	-418	13,472	-1,097	-8.1
Kansas	7,935	7,720	215	11,376	-3,441	-30.2
Kentucky	14,322	17,949	-3,627	15,782	-1,460	-9.3
Louisiana	14,575	15,731	-1,156	18,119	-3,544	-19.6
Massachusetts	42,096	43,520	-1,424	45,640	-3,544	-7.8
Maryland	23,865	30,944	-7,079	30,435	-6,570	-21.6
Maine	3,129	3,192	-63	3,176	-47	-1.5
Michigan	39,910	40,723	-813	45,797	-5,887	-12.9
Minnesota	23,811	22,095	1,716	25,020	-1,209	-4.8
Missouri	18,229	18,128	101	25,132	-6,903	-27.5
Mississippi	6,669	7,187	-518	9,206	-2,537	-27.6
Montana	3,999	3,146	853	4,327	-328	-7.6
North Carolina	17,084	19,586	-2,502	19,249	-2,165	-11.2
North Dakota	1,310	1,305	5	1,752	-442	-25.2
Nebraska	3,207	2,917	290	3,560	-353	-9.9
New Hampshire	2,676	2,746	-70	3,128	-452	-14.5
New Jersey	73,634	76,422	-2,788	80,071	-6,437	-8.0
New Mexico	7,340	7,379	-39	8,839	-1,499	-17.0
Nevada	16,596	17,659	-1,063	18,693	-2,097	-11.2
New York	105,373	110,155	-4,782	122,451	-17,078	-13.9
Ohio	35,867	36,784	-917	42,007	-6,140	-14.6
Oklahoma	11,675	11,759	-84	13,876	-2,201	-15.9
Oregon	21,421	21,359	62	23,364	-1,943	-8.3
Pennsylvania	80,415	85,740	-5,325	94,144	-13,729	-14.6
Puerto Rico	12,272	12,023	249	17,011	-4,739	-27.9
Rhode Island	5,793	6,182	-389	6,174	-381	-6.2
South Carolina	15,384	15,806	-422	16,884	-1,500	-8.9
South Dakota	911	768	143	913	-2	-0.2
Tennessee	15,984	15,904	80	18,803	-2,819	-15.0
Texas	100,291	107,079	-6,788	128,471	-28,180	-21.9
Utah	7,227	6,754	473	8,071	-844	-10.5
Virginia	20,839	21,471	-632	26,354	-5,515	-20.9
Virgin Islands	280	198	82	848	-568	-67.0
Vermont	2,071	2,065	6	2,202	-131	-5.9
Washington	41,635	39,026	2,609	46,532	-4,897	-10.5
Wisconsin	19,076	18,871	205	21,506	-2,430	-11.3
West Virginia	6,617	6,584	33	8,018	-1,401	-17.5
Wyoming	1,406	1,137	269	1,732	-326	-18.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,373,809		1,422,967	1,595,895	-222,086	-13.9
Male	703,046	51.2%	716,375	827,708	-124,662	-15.1%
Female	661,153	48.1%	689,368	755,329	-94,176	-12.5%
Information Not Available	9,610	0.7%	17,224	12,858	-3,248	-25.3%

Ethnicity	1,373,809		1,422,967	1,595,895
Hispanic or Latino	263,998	19.2%	278,068	307,123	-43,125	-14.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	962,045	70.0%	984,318	1,109,769	-147,724	-13.3%
Information Not Available	147,766	10.8%	160,581	179,001	-31,235	-17.4%

Race	1,373,809		1,422,967	1,595,895
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17,813	1.3%	17,872	20,527	-2,714	-13.2%
Asian	54,064	3.9%	54,826	61,743	-7,679	-12.4%
Black or African American	278,261	20.2%	287,993	324,278	-46,017	-14.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9,100	0.7%	9,122	11,528	-2,428	-21.1%
White	692,739	50.3%	709,660	804,688	-111,949	-13.9%
Information Not Available	324,367	23.6%	344,342	375,601	-51,234	-13.6%

Years of Age	1,373,809		1,422,967	1,595,895
Younger than 22	24,410	1.8%	24,005	27,593	-3,183	-11.5%
22-24	52,678	3.8%	55,116	68,447	-15,769	-23.0%
25-34	317,267	23.1%	326,451	379,306	-62,039	-16.4%
35-44	308,253	22.4%	320,166	356,152	-47,899	-13.4%
45-54	312,636	22.8%	319,724	361,455	-48,819	-13.5%
55-59	151,956	11.1%	158,788	177,496	-25,540	-14.4%
60-64	115,439	8.4%	117,409	128,387	-12,948	-10.1%
65 and older	81,665	5.9%	84,190	84,573	-2,908	-3.4%
Information Not Available	9,505	0.7%	17,118	12,486	-2,981	-23.9%

Industry	1,373,809		1,422,967	1,595,895
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43,457	3.2%	43,993	52,157	-8,700	-16.7%
Mining	6,330	0.5%	6,366	7,083	-753	-10.6%
Utilities	3,955	0.3%	4,494	3,908	47	1.2%
Construction	129,012	9.4%	130,284	146,008	-16,996	-11.6%
Manufacturing	133,800	9.7%	132,075	157,663	-23,863	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	54,946	4.0%	56,768	61,708	-6,762	-11.0%
Retail Trade	118,887	8.7%	122,936	136,075	-17,188	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	44,431	3.2%	48,915	53,123	-8,692	-16.4%
Information	46,668	3.4%	48,213	58,096	-11,428	-19.7%
Finance and Insurance	51,538	3.8%	51,289	51,768	-230	-0.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	22,115	1.6%	22,980	23,318	-1,203	-5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	88,554	6.4%	93,602	104,987	-16,433	-15.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,124	0.8%	11,191	12,137	-1,013	-8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	166,121	12.1%	179,778	219,812	-53,691	-24.4%
Educational Services	42,921	3.1%	47,155	50,718	-7,797	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	135,542	9.9%	141,383	152,164	-16,622	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	20,580	1.5%	19,772	22,971	-2,391	-10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	76,129	5.5%	76,713	92,046	-15,917	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	37,569	2.7%	39,104	42,377	-4,808	-11.3%
Public Administration	25,749	1.9%	25,902	31,412	-5,663	-18.0%
Information Not Available	114,381	8.3%	120,054	116,364	-1,983	-1.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,909		4,562	6,485	-1,576	-24.3
Male	2,618	53.3%	2,249	3,548	-930	-26.2%
Female	2,275	46.3%	2,301	2,923	-648	-22.2%
Information Not Available	16	0.3%	12	14	2	14.3%

Ethnicity	4,909		4,562	6,485
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,704	95.8%	4,377	6,174	-1,470	-23.8%
Information Not Available	203	4.1%	183	311	-108	-34.7%

Race	4,909		4,562	6,485
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,620	33.0%	1,660	1,775	-155	-8.7%
Asian	322	6.6%	229	497	-175	-35.2%
Black or African American	282	5.7%	237	338	-56	-16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	111	2.3%	132	200	-89	-44.5%
White	2,369	48.3%	2,119	3,364	-995	-29.6%
Information Not Available	205	4.2%	185	311	-106	-34.1%

Years of Age	4,909		4,562	6,485
Younger than 22	61	0.9%	61	115	-54	-47.0%
22-24	217	3.2%	219	274	-57	-20.8%
25-34	1,302	19.0%	1,280	1,784	-482	-27.0%
35-44	1,220	17.8%	1,129	1,448	-228	-15.7%
45-54	957	14.0%	849	1,395	-438	-31.4%
55-59	538	7.9%	470	654	-116	-17.7%
60-64	431	6.3%	394	553	-122	-22.1%
65 and older	183	2.7%	160	262	-79	-30.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,909		4,562	6,485
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.5%	8	43	-16	-37.2%
Mining	93	1.9%	91	264	-171	-64.8%
Utilities	19	0.4%	16	15	4	26.7%
Construction	537	10.9%	425	806	-269	-33.4%
Manufacturing	436	8.8%	316	709	-273	-38.5%
Wholesale Trade	80	1.6%	80	122	-42	-34.4%
Retail Trade	526	10.7%	535	613	-87	-14.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	268	5.4%	199	343	-75	-21.9%
Information	58	1.2%	62	75	-17	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	133	2.7%	135	88	45	51.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	77	1.6%	88	100	-23	-23.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	166	3.4%	173	216	-50	-23.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.3%	10	18	-4	-22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	276	5.6%	248	343	-67	-19.5%
Educational Services	186	3.8%	212	217	-31	-14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	527	10.7%	565	624	-97	-15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	78	1.6%	58	129	-51	-39.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	466	9.4%	426	652	-186	-28.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	160	3.2%	200	193	-33	-17.1%
Public Administration	593	12.0%	536	655	-62	-9.5%
Information Not Available	189	3.8%	179	260	-71	-27.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,068		14,766	15,999
Male	6,900	45.8%	6,745	7,672	-772	-10.1%
Female	8,156	54.1%	8,006	8,311	-155	-1.9%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	15	16	-4	-25.0%

Ethnicity	15,068		14,766	15,999
Hispanic or Latino	191	1.3%	184	210	-19	-9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,508	76.4%	11,055	11,929	-421	-3.5%
Information Not Available	3,369	22.4%	3,527	3,860	-491	-12.7%

Race	15,068		14,766	15,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	543	3.6%	700	738	-195	-26.4%
Asian	347	2.3%	401	382	-35	-9.2%
Black or African American	6,845	45.4%	6,643	7,069	-224	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	16	18	0	0.0%
White	6,514	43.2%	6,282	6,987	-473	-6.8%
Information Not Available	801	5.3%	724	805	-4	-0.5%

Years of Age	15,068		14,766	15,999
Younger than 22	299	1.5%	302	349	-50	-14.3%
22-24	695	3.4%	636	728	-33	-4.5%
25-34	3,711	18.1%	3,644	3,970	-259	-6.5%
35-44	3,624	17.7%	3,540	3,958	-334	-8.4%
45-54	3,305	16.1%	3,298	3,486	-181	-5.2%
55-59	1,542	7.5%	1,523	1,610	-68	-4.2%
60-64	1,108	5.4%	1,037	1,098	10	0.9%
65 and older	776	3.8%	778	794	-18	-2.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	6	2	33.3%

Industry	15,068		14,766	15,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.8%	100	139	-20	-14.4%
Mining	54	0.4%	60	50	4	8.0%
Utilities	20	0.1%	28	57	-37	-64.9%
Construction	988	6.5%	1,109	1,267	-279	-22.0%
Manufacturing	3,118	20.5%	2,481	2,533	585	23.1%
Wholesale Trade	539	3.5%	556	605	-66	-10.9%
Retail Trade	1,846	12.2%	1,876	1,942	-96	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	456	3.0%	396	419	37	8.8%
Information	220	1.4%	230	255	-35	-13.7%
Finance and Insurance	560	3.7%	575	442	118	26.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	204	1.3%	212	228	-24	-10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	789	5.2%	847	907	-118	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.2%	35	54	-19	-35.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,869	12.3%	1,886	2,167	-298	-13.8%
Educational Services	409	2.7%	406	501	-92	-18.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,439	9.5%	1,415	1,592	-153	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	89	0.6%	90	109	-20	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	988	6.5%	992	1,146	-158	-13.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	326	2.1%	334	406	-80	-19.7%
Public Administration	218	1.4%	222	211	7	3.3%
Information Not Available	782	5.1%	916	969	-187	-19.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,073		9,406	11,844
Male	4,138	45.6%	4,084	5,900	-1,762	-29.9%
Female	4,071	44.9%	4,348	5,115	-1,044	-20.4%
Information Not Available	864	9.5%	974	829	35	4.2%

Ethnicity	9,073		9,406	11,844
Hispanic or Latino	68	0.7%	65	110	-42	-38.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,141	89.7%	8,367	10,905	-2,764	-25.3%
Information Not Available	864	9.5%	974	829	35	4.2%

Race	9,073		9,406	11,844
American Indian or Alaskan Native	95	1.1%	104	129	-34	-26.4%
Asian	17	0.2%	15	18	-1	-5.6%
Black or African American	2,603	28.9%	2,683	3,155	-552	-17.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	467	5.2%	454	579	-112	-19.3%
White	4,959	55.1%	5,111	7,024	-2,065	-29.4%
Information Not Available	864	9.6%	974	939	-75	-8.0%

Years of Age	9,073		9,406	11,844
Younger than 22	212	1.6%	210	251	-39	-15.5%
22-24	355	2.6%	362	492	-137	-27.8%
25-34	1,737	13.0%	1,840	2,386	-649	-27.2%
35-44	2,064	15.4%	2,082	2,662	-598	-22.5%
45-54	1,857	13.8%	1,953	2,578	-721	-28.0%
55-59	943	7.0%	924	1,205	-262	-21.7%
60-64	619	4.6%	628	844	-225	-26.7%
65 and older	422	3.1%	433	597	-175	-29.3%
Information Not Available	864	6.4%	974	829	35	4.2%

Industry	9,073		9,406	11,844
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92	1.0%	79	94	-2	-2.1%
Mining	54	0.6%	49	70	-16	-22.9%
Utilities	15	0.2%	25	25	-10	-40.0%
Construction	604	6.6%	590	934	-330	-35.3%
Manufacturing	1,302	14.2%	1,207	1,794	-492	-27.4%
Wholesale Trade	445	4.9%	464	600	-155	-25.8%
Retail Trade	918	10.0%	973	1,295	-377	-29.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	244	2.7%	268	386	-142	-36.8%
Information	119	1.3%	120	146	-27	-18.5%
Finance and Insurance	203	2.2%	208	198	5	2.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	128	1.4%	138	138	-10	-7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	375	4.1%	422	488	-113	-23.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.7%	70	112	-45	-40.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	942	10.3%	1,008	1,274	-332	-26.1%
Educational Services	199	2.2%	229	274	-75	-27.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,117	12.2%	1,168	1,236	-119	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	0.8%	62	89	-12	-13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	466	5.1%	491	618	-152	-24.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	182	2.0%	179	291	-109	-37.5%
Public Administration	186	2.0%	182	231	-45	-19.5%
Information Not Available	1,338	14.6%	1,474	1,551	-213	-13.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,787		26,223	26,438
Male	11,831	49.7%	13,450	13,384	-1,553	-11.6%
Female	11,941	50.2%	12,761	13,044	-1,103	-8.5%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	12	10	5	50.0%

Ethnicity	23,787		26,223	26,438
Hispanic or Latino	8,981	37.8%	10,517	9,844	-863	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,756	41.0%	10,030	11,488	-1,732	-15.1%
Information Not Available	5,050	21.2%	5,676	5,106	-56	-1.1%

Race	23,787		26,223	26,438
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,290	5.4%	1,469	1,454	-164	-11.3%
Asian	1,787	7.5%	2,288	1,737	50	2.9%
Black or African American	2,018	8.5%	2,061	2,239	-221	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	215	0.9%	212	222	-7	-3.2%
White	10,879	45.7%	11,144	12,879	-2,000	-15.5%
Information Not Available	7,598	31.9%	9,049	7,907	-309	-3.9%

Years of Age	23,787		26,223	26,438
Younger than 22	419	1.3%	518	503	-84	-16.7%
22-24	985	3.0%	1,084	1,224	-239	-19.5%
25-34	5,538	17.0%	5,965	5,960	-422	-7.1%
35-44	5,106	15.7%	5,563	5,790	-684	-11.8%
45-54	5,464	16.8%	6,066	6,135	-671	-10.9%
55-59	2,806	8.6%	3,091	3,181	-375	-11.8%
60-64	2,102	6.5%	2,318	2,245	-143	-6.4%
65 and older	1,367	4.2%	1,618	1,400	-33	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,787		26,223	26,438
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,082	11.5%	4,448	2,899	183	6.3%
Mining	45	0.2%	32	49	-4	-8.2%
Utilities	34	0.1%	29	40	-6	-15.0%
Construction	1,243	4.6%	1,378	1,326	-83	-6.3%
Manufacturing	1,195	4.4%	1,139	1,352	-157	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	854	3.2%	928	990	-136	-13.7%
Retail Trade	1,670	6.2%	1,746	2,002	-332	-16.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	735	2.7%	750	611	124	20.3%
Information	402	1.5%	417	432	-30	-6.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,037	3.9%	1,030	1,197	-160	-13.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	351	1.3%	349	437	-86	-19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,191	4.4%	1,212	1,372	-181	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.5%	120	88	34	38.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,795	10.4%	3,025	3,382	-587	-17.4%
Educational Services	574	2.1%	568	717	-143	-19.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,079	7.7%	2,078	2,507	-428	-17.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	230	0.9%	258	253	-23	-9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,127	4.2%	1,164	1,285	-158	-12.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	463	1.7%	459	549	-86	-15.7%
Public Administration	480	1.8%	435	574	-94	-16.4%
Information Not Available	4,078	15.2%	4,658	4,376	-298	-6.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	269,451		281,545	301,414
Male	138,581	51.4%	143,237	156,257	-17,676	-11.3%
Female	130,774	48.5%	138,111	145,063	-14,289	-9.9%
Information Not Available	96	0.0%	197	94	2	2.1%

Ethnicity	269,451		281,545	301,414
Hispanic or Latino	108,898	40.4%	114,747	123,425	-14,527	-11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	132,606	49.2%	139,787	150,237	-17,631	-11.7%
Information Not Available	27,947	10.4%	27,011	27,752	195	0.7%

Race	269,451		281,545	301,414
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,024	0.8%	1,774	2,352	-328	-13.9%
Asian	26,502	9.8%	26,124	29,069	-2,567	-8.8%
Black or African American	23,900	8.9%	25,138	29,539	-5,639	-19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	80,180	29.8%	86,751	89,276	-9,096	-10.2%
Information Not Available	136,845	50.8%	141,758	151,178	-14,333	-9.5%

Years of Age	269,451		281,545	301,414
Younger than 22	4,915	1.5%	4,929	5,833	-918	-15.7%
22-24	10,793	3.3%	12,618	15,993	-5,200	-32.5%
25-34	67,460	20.6%	71,569	77,611	-10,151	-13.1%
35-44	59,364	18.1%	63,880	64,722	-5,358	-8.3%
45-54	61,002	18.6%	59,345	63,218	-2,216	-3.5%
55-59	25,345	7.7%	28,293	32,362	-7,017	-21.7%
60-64	21,780	6.6%	21,786	24,271	-2,491	-10.3%
65 and older	18,792	5.7%	19,125	17,310	1,482	8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	94	-94	-100.0%

Industry	269,451		281,545	301,414
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31,609	10.5%	31,151	40,170	-8,561	-21.3%
Mining	964	0.3%	789	659	305	46.3%
Utilities	675	0.2%	1,084	1,223	-548	-44.8%
Construction	22,262	7.4%	22,181	20,884	1,378	6.6%
Manufacturing	25,634	8.5%	22,969	23,895	1,739	7.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,987	1.0%	3,549	1,505	1,482	98.5%
Retail Trade	19,563	6.5%	20,998	22,202	-2,639	-11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,975	2.0%	5,520	8,467	-2,492	-29.4%
Information	20,912	6.9%	21,688	26,999	-6,087	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,650	2.2%	6,112	4,704	1,946	41.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,987	1.0%	3,450	1,787	1,200	67.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,975	2.0%	7,788	6,867	-892	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	39,320	13.1%	48,798	69,427	-30,107	-43.4%
Educational Services	9,444	3.1%	11,238	11,289	-1,845	-16.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21,780	7.2%	23,462	21,637	143	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,722	1.6%	4,633	4,421	301	6.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,468	3.8%	13,111	15,052	-3,584	-23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,613	2.5%	7,985	7,432	181	2.4%
Public Administration	3,277	1.1%	3,746	3,104	173	5.6%
Information Not Available	25,634	8.5%	21,293	9,690	15,944	164.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,149		16,487	19,324
Male	8,744	51.0%	8,223	9,750	-1,006	-10.3%
Female	8,405	49.0%	8,264	9,573	-1,168	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	17,149		16,487	19,324
Hispanic or Latino	3,298	19.2%	3,084	3,538	-240	-6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,151	70.9%	11,799	13,803	-1,652	-12.0%
Information Not Available	1,700	9.9%	1,604	1,983	-283	-14.3%

Race	17,149		16,487	19,324
American Indian or Alaskan Native	324	1.9%	310	356	-32	-9.0%
Asian	313	1.8%	341	453	-140	-30.9%
Black or African American	1,223	7.1%	1,214	1,306	-83	-6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.4%	73	70	-1	-1.4%
White	11,968	69.8%	11,577	13,559	-1,591	-11.7%
Information Not Available	3,252	19.0%	2,972	3,580	-328	-9.2%

Years of Age	17,149		16,487	19,324
Younger than 22	138	0.5%	132	174	-36	-20.7%
22-24	411	1.5%	385	449	-38	-8.5%
25-34	3,555	13.0%	3,357	4,097	-542	-13.2%
35-44	4,152	15.1%	4,050	4,496	-344	-7.7%
45-54	4,053	14.8%	3,905	4,683	-630	-13.5%
55-59	2,108	7.7%	2,071	2,428	-320	-13.2%
60-64	1,676	6.1%	1,585	1,888	-212	-11.2%
65 and older	1,049	3.8%	997	1,106	-57	-5.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	3	4	133.3%

Industry	17,149		16,487	19,324
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.8%	126	136	-3	-2.2%
Mining	169	1.0%	151	186	-17	-9.1%
Utilities	45	0.3%	44	33	12	36.4%
Construction	1,668	9.7%	1,427	1,686	-18	-1.1%
Manufacturing	1,150	6.7%	1,223	1,393	-243	-17.4%
Wholesale Trade	900	5.2%	916	1,021	-121	-11.9%
Retail Trade	1,397	8.1%	1,463	1,580	-183	-11.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	431	2.5%	438	500	-69	-13.8%
Information	762	4.4%	742	898	-136	-15.1%
Finance and Insurance	857	5.0%	856	951	-94	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	469	2.7%	421	477	-8	-1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,744	10.1%	1,787	2,223	-479	-21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	245	1.4%	200	228	17	7.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,811	10.5%	1,788	2,198	-387	-17.6%
Educational Services	600	3.5%	608	681	-81	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,796	10.4%	1,829	1,925	-129	-6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	446	2.6%	303	457	-11	-2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,185	6.9%	907	1,287	-102	-7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	482	2.8%	489	528	-46	-8.7%
Public Administration	407	2.4%	332	448	-41	-9.2%
Information Not Available	452	2.6%	437	488	-36	-7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,868		26,747	29,495
Male	13,041	50.4%	13,387	15,381	-2,340	-15.2%
Female	12,827	49.6%	13,360	14,114	-1,287	-9.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,868		26,747	29,495
Hispanic or Latino	4,321	16.7%	4,484	4,688	-367	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,547	83.3%	22,263	24,807	-3,260	-13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	25,868		26,747	29,495
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.3%	94	114	-24	-21.1%
Asian	538	2.1%	529	618	-80	-12.9%
Black or African American	4,742	18.3%	4,955	5,260	-518	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,358	55.5%	14,906	16,462	-2,104	-12.8%
Information Not Available	6,140	23.7%	6,263	7,041	-901	-12.8%

Years of Age	25,868		26,747	29,495
Younger than 22	453	1.2%	417	510	-57	-11.2%
22-24	1,009	2.7%	1,032	1,229	-220	-17.9%
25-34	5,751	15.3%	5,982	6,541	-790	-12.1%
35-44	5,173	13.7%	5,427	5,879	-706	-12.0%
45-54	5,685	15.1%	5,910	6,849	-1,164	-17.0%
55-59	3,189	8.5%	3,199	3,528	-339	-9.6%
60-64	2,565	6.8%	2,663	2,808	-243	-8.7%
65 and older	2,043	5.4%	2,117	2,151	-108	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,868		26,747	29,495
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	98	0.4%	75	122	-24	-19.7%
Mining	7	0.0%	8	15	-8	-53.3%
Utilities	36	0.1%	43	41	-5	-12.2%
Construction	1,976	7.6%	2,260	2,716	-740	-27.2%
Manufacturing	2,856	11.0%	2,707	3,100	-244	-7.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,251	4.8%	1,249	1,336	-85	-6.4%
Retail Trade	3,187	12.3%	3,396	3,535	-348	-9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,094	4.2%	1,316	1,209	-115	-9.5%
Information	488	1.9%	485	612	-124	-20.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,157	4.5%	1,155	1,303	-146	-11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	419	1.6%	445	462	-43	-9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,775	6.8%	1,808	1,951	-176	-9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	317	1.2%	354	344	-27	-7.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,837	10.9%	2,820	3,245	-408	-12.6%
Educational Services	1,063	4.1%	1,132	1,193	-130	-10.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,565	13.7%	3,710	4,083	-518	-12.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	333	1.3%	331	563	-230	-40.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,828	7.0%	1,900	1,780	48	2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	915	3.5%	916	1,032	-117	-11.3%
Public Administration	310	1.2%	271	342	-32	-9.4%
Information Not Available	356	1.4%	366	511	-155	-30.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,288		7,305	8,270
Male	3,214	44.1%	3,249	3,673	-459	-12.5%
Female	4,071	55.9%	4,056	4,595	-524	-11.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	7,288		7,305	8,270
Hispanic or Latino	539	7.4%	565	572	-33	-5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,717	92.2%	6,705	7,663	-946	-12.3%
Information Not Available	32	0.4%	35	35	-3	-8.6%

Race	7,288		7,305	8,270
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.5%	30	33	5	15.2%
Asian	147	2.0%	154	222	-75	-33.8%
Black or African American	5,173	71.0%	5,140	5,560	-387	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.4%	23	21	8	38.1%
White	1,238	17.0%	1,257	1,629	-391	-24.0%
Information Not Available	663	9.1%	701	805	-142	-17.6%

Years of Age	7,288		7,305	8,270
Younger than 22	115	1.4%	105	133	-18	-13.5%
22-24	327	4.1%	311	399	-72	-18.0%
25-34	2,068	25.9%	2,049	2,324	-256	-11.0%
35-44	1,623	20.3%	1,648	1,952	-329	-16.9%
45-54	1,550	19.4%	1,544	1,722	-172	-10.0%
55-59	736	9.2%	748	813	-77	-9.5%
60-64	532	6.7%	547	571	-39	-6.8%
65 and older	337	4.2%	353	356	-19	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,288		7,305	8,270
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	10	0.1%	5	15	-5	-33.3%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	11	0.2%	15	17	-6	-35.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	0.1%	4	10	-6	-60.0%
Information	4	0.1%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.0%	3	7	-5	-71.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	0.0%	3	2	1	50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10	0.1%	14	51	-41	-80.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23	0.3%	23	54	-31	-57.4%
Educational Services	6	0.1%	6	8	-2	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	0.2%	10	23	-9	-39.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.1%	1	1	3	300.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	11	0.2%	15	24	-13	-54.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6	0.1%	7	13	-7	-53.8%
Public Administration	6	0.1%	5	6	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	7,168	98.4%	7,184	8,029	-861	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,671		3,787	3,980
Male	1,521	41.4%	1,513	1,720	-199	-11.6%
Female	1,836	50.0%	1,982	1,998	-162	-8.1%
Information Not Available	314	8.6%	292	262	52	19.8%

Ethnicity	3,671		3,787	3,980
Hispanic or Latino	234	6.4%	258	290	-56	-19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,123	85.1%	3,237	3,428	-305	-8.9%
Information Not Available	314	8.6%	292	262	52	19.8%

Race	3,671		3,787	3,980
American Indian or Alaskan Native	10	0.3%	7	16	-6	-37.5%
Asian	58	1.6%	65	84	-26	-31.0%
Black or African American	1,515	41.3%	1,582	1,727	-212	-12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	5	1	2	200.0%
White	1,840	50.1%	1,885	1,944	-104	-5.3%
Information Not Available	246	6.7%	243	209	37	17.7%

Years of Age	3,671		3,787	3,980
Younger than 22	73	1.4%	59	75	-2	-2.7%
22-24	133	2.6%	146	174	-41	-23.6%
25-34	855	16.6%	894	1,008	-153	-15.2%
35-44	729	14.2%	733	842	-113	-13.4%
45-54	878	17.1%	882	794	84	10.6%
55-59	413	8.0%	458	460	-47	-10.2%
60-64	370	7.2%	374	388	-18	-4.6%
65 and older	170	3.3%	190	198	-28	-14.1%
Information Not Available	50	1.0%	51	41	9	22.0%

Industry	3,671		3,787	3,980
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.7%	22	5	20	400.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	12	-8	-66.7%
Construction	173	4.7%	183	233	-60	-25.8%
Manufacturing	206	5.6%	143	269	-63	-23.4%
Wholesale Trade	136	3.7%	132	130	6	4.6%
Retail Trade	544	14.7%	569	547	-3	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	110	3.0%	116	144	-34	-23.6%
Information	30	0.8%	47	53	-23	-43.4%
Finance and Insurance	394	10.7%	428	362	32	8.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	87	2.4%	69	80	7	8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	267	7.2%	302	309	-42	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.3%	13	21	-9	-42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	595	16.1%	649	664	-69	-10.4%
Educational Services	93	2.5%	94	108	-15	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	484	13.1%	503	521	-37	-7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	40	1.1%	40	44	-4	-9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	316	8.5%	335	351	-35	-10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	101	2.7%	91	85	16	18.8%
Public Administration	34	0.9%	29	30	4	13.3%
Information Not Available	20	0.5%	17	12	8	66.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,369		39,996	50,116
Male	16,852	45.1%	18,029	22,085	-5,233	-23.7%
Female	20,478	54.8%	21,931	27,997	-7,519	-26.9%
Information Not Available	39	0.1%	36	34	5	14.7%

Ethnicity	37,369		39,996	50,116
Hispanic or Latino	9,437	25.3%	10,416	13,033	-3,596	-27.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,853	66.5%	26,322	33,370	-8,517	-25.5%
Information Not Available	3,079	8.2%	3,258	3,713	-634	-17.1%

Race	37,369		39,996	50,116
American Indian or Alaskan Native	208	0.6%	225	323	-115	-35.6%
Asian	587	1.6%	558	779	-192	-24.6%
Black or African American	10,139	27.1%	11,073	13,578	-3,439	-25.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	201	0.5%	212	243	-42	-17.3%
White	22,068	59.1%	23,432	29,814	-7,746	-26.0%
Information Not Available	4,166	11.1%	4,496	5,379	-1,213	-22.6%

Years of Age	37,369		39,996	50,116
Younger than 22	277	0.5%	333	497	-220	-44.3%
22-24	918	1.6%	1,077	1,419	-501	-35.3%
25-34	6,764	12.0%	7,088	10,355	-3,591	-34.7%
35-44	7,769	13.8%	8,225	10,434	-2,665	-25.5%
45-54	7,833	14.0%	8,485	10,751	-2,918	-27.1%
55-59	4,178	7.4%	4,473	5,370	-1,192	-22.2%
60-64	3,300	5.9%	3,525	4,092	-792	-19.4%
65 and older	2,382	4.2%	2,783	2,948	-566	-19.2%
Information Not Available	3,948	7.0%	4,007	4,250	-302	-7.1%

Industry	37,369		39,996	50,116
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,091	2.8%	1,991	1,254	-163	-13.0%
Mining	28	0.1%	25	32	-4	-12.5%
Utilities	51	0.1%	47	53	-2	-3.8%
Construction	2,121	5.5%	2,123	2,500	-379	-15.2%
Manufacturing	1,697	4.4%	1,631	2,206	-509	-23.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,506	3.9%	1,658	2,056	-550	-26.8%
Retail Trade	3,595	9.3%	3,591	4,481	-886	-19.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	995	2.6%	1,028	1,275	-280	-22.0%
Information	670	1.7%	685	838	-168	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,784	4.6%	1,683	1,995	-211	-10.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	809	2.1%	868	1,060	-251	-23.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,777	7.2%	2,768	3,849	-1,072	-27.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	450	1.2%	459	509	-59	-11.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,227	16.2%	6,606	8,813	-2,586	-29.3%
Educational Services	1,086	2.8%	1,217	1,421	-335	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,707	9.6%	3,983	5,306	-1,599	-30.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	751	2.0%	989	1,128	-377	-33.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,728	7.1%	3,049	4,570	-1,842	-40.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,039	2.7%	1,101	1,359	-320	-23.5%
Public Administration	519	1.3%	517	636	-117	-18.4%
Information Not Available	3,738	9.7%	3,977	4,775	-1,037	-21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,459		23,535	28,597
Male	11,143	43.8%	9,652	12,982	-1,839	-14.2%
Female	12,631	49.6%	12,340	14,159	-1,528	-10.8%
Information Not Available	1,685	6.6%	1,543	1,456	229	15.7%

Ethnicity	25,459		23,535	28,597
Hispanic or Latino	143	0.6%	159	9	134	1488.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,631	92.8%	21,833	27,132	-3,501	-12.9%
Information Not Available	1,685	6.6%	1,543	1,456	229	15.7%

Race	25,459		23,535	28,597
American Indian or Alaskan Native	79	0.3%	102	126	-47	-37.3%
Asian	362	1.4%	402	451	-89	-19.7%
Black or African American	14,641	57.5%	13,149	16,697	-2,056	-12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,692	34.1%	8,339	9,867	-1,175	-11.9%
Information Not Available	1,685	6.6%	1,543	1,456	229	15.7%

Years of Age	25,459		23,535	28,597
Younger than 22	446	1.4%	382	542	-96	-17.7%
22-24	930	2.9%	831	1,191	-261	-21.9%
25-34	5,879	18.2%	5,439	7,136	-1,257	-17.6%
35-44	6,347	19.7%	5,806	7,046	-699	-9.9%
45-54	6,110	18.9%	5,662	6,796	-686	-10.1%
55-59	2,768	8.6%	2,563	2,943	-175	-5.9%
60-64	1,874	5.8%	1,737	1,887	-13	-0.7%
65 and older	1,105	3.4%	1,115	1,055	50	4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	25,459		23,535	28,597
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	332	1.3%	258	292	40	13.7%
Mining	24	0.1%	19	17	7	41.2%
Utilities	22	0.1%	23	21	1	4.8%
Construction	681	2.6%	624	845	-164	-19.4%
Manufacturing	3,211	12.5%	1,644	3,033	178	5.9%
Wholesale Trade	976	3.8%	947	1,140	-164	-14.4%
Retail Trade	1,721	6.7%	1,792	2,070	-349	-16.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	370	1.4%	372	523	-153	-29.3%
Information	353	1.4%	380	489	-136	-27.8%
Finance and Insurance	678	2.6%	664	720	-42	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	268	1.0%	250	337	-69	-20.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,271	16.6%	4,158	4,944	-673	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.2%	40	32	7	21.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	77	0.3%	60	83	-6	-7.2%
Educational Services	509	2.0%	587	627	-118	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,103	4.3%	1,132	1,326	-223	-16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,053	4.1%	1,005	1,147	-94	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	146	0.6%	171	184	-38	-20.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	293	1.1%	336	310	-17	-5.5%
Public Administration	224	0.9%	219	369	-145	-39.3%
Information Not Available	9,108	35.3%	8,854	10,088	-980	-9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,643		6,474	7,620
Male	4,190	63.1%	4,340	5,255	-1,065	-20.3%
Female	2,453	36.9%	2,134	2,363	90	3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,643		6,474	7,620
Hispanic or Latino	447	6.7%	468	555	-108	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,693	70.6%	4,511	5,071	-378	-7.5%
Information Not Available	1,503	22.6%	1,495	1,994	-491	-24.6%

Race	6,643		6,474	7,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.7%	47	50	-5	-10.0%
Asian	2,215	33.3%	2,112	2,349	-134	-5.7%
Black or African American	120	1.8%	122	114	6	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,024	30.5%	1,995	2,548	-524	-20.6%
White	1,403	21.1%	1,395	1,584	-181	-11.4%
Information Not Available	836	12.6%	803	975	-139	-14.3%

Years of Age	6,643		6,474	7,620
Younger than 22	94	1.3%	90	136	-42	-30.9%
22-24	232	3.1%	251	306	-74	-24.2%
25-34	1,428	19.3%	1,427	1,713	-285	-16.6%
35-44	1,531	20.7%	1,538	1,732	-201	-11.6%
45-54	1,458	19.7%	1,402	1,763	-305	-17.3%
55-59	731	9.9%	739	833	-102	-12.2%
60-64	657	8.9%	586	657	0	0.0%
65 and older	512	6.9%	441	480	32	6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,643		6,474	7,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	1.5%	114	108	-5	-4.6%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	9	-2	-22.2%
Construction	1,940	28.8%	2,242	2,832	-892	-31.5%
Manufacturing	110	1.6%	121	154	-44	-28.6%
Wholesale Trade	93	1.4%	90	95	-2	-2.1%
Retail Trade	305	4.5%	292	306	-1	-0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	425	6.3%	224	376	49	13.0%
Information	101	1.5%	81	219	-118	-53.9%
Finance and Insurance	70	1.0%	70	63	7	11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	62	0.9%	64	91	-29	-31.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	250	3.7%	266	263	-13	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.4%	30	53	-24	-45.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	657	9.7%	707	741	-84	-11.3%
Educational Services	84	1.2%	80	64	20	31.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	268	4.0%	245	355	-87	-24.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	80	1.2%	92	36	44	122.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,101	16.3%	831	621	480	77.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	111	1.6%	128	139	-28	-20.1%
Public Administration	67	1.0%	59	101	-34	-33.7%
Information Not Available	780	11.6%	729	994	-214	-21.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,568		11,599	12,111
Male	6,214	53.7%	6,007	6,599	-385	-5.8%
Female	5,197	44.9%	5,443	5,371	-174	-3.2%
Information Not Available	157	1.4%	149	141	16	11.3%

Ethnicity	11,568		11,599	12,111
Hispanic or Latino	1,069	9.2%	991	0	1,069	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,961	86.1%	10,018	0	9,961	0.0%
Information Not Available	538	4.7%	590	12,111	-11,573	-95.6%

Race	11,568		11,599	12,111
American Indian or Alaskan Native	218	1.9%	222	167	51	30.5%
Asian	161	1.4%	156	170	-9	-5.3%
Black or African American	1,058	9.1%	1,046	940	118	12.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,524	73.7%	8,594	8,015	509	6.4%
Information Not Available	1,607	13.9%	1,581	2,819	-1,212	-43.0%

Years of Age	11,568		11,599	12,111
Younger than 22	252	1.3%	218	229	23	10.0%
22-24	403	2.1%	371	451	-48	-10.6%
25-34	2,456	13.0%	2,394	2,576	-120	-4.7%
35-44	2,568	13.6%	2,628	2,692	-124	-4.6%
45-54	2,565	13.5%	2,594	2,853	-288	-10.1%
55-59	1,454	7.7%	1,497	1,554	-100	-6.4%
60-64	1,151	6.1%	1,144	1,102	49	4.4%
65 and older	706	3.7%	740	650	56	8.6%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	13	4	9	225.0%

Industry	11,568		11,599	12,111
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	110	0.9%	110	130	-20	-15.4%
Mining	40	0.3%	19	14	26	185.7%
Utilities	16	0.1%	20	23	-7	-30.4%
Construction	1,762	15.1%	1,483	1,761	1	0.1%
Manufacturing	2,387	20.4%	2,457	2,655	-268	-10.1%
Wholesale Trade	537	4.6%	548	621	-84	-13.5%
Retail Trade	1,211	10.4%	1,200	1,131	80	7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	367	3.1%	358	369	-2	-0.5%
Information	336	2.9%	391	388	-52	-13.4%
Finance and Insurance	486	4.2%	508	460	26	5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	134	1.1%	132	119	15	12.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	616	5.3%	681	590	26	4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	74	0.6%	69	51	23	45.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,015	8.7%	1,046	1,124	-109	-9.7%
Educational Services	238	2.0%	265	286	-48	-16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,042	8.9%	1,049	1,096	-54	-4.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105	0.9%	106	120	-15	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	566	4.8%	607	579	-13	-2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	281	2.4%	303	297	-16	-5.4%
Public Administration	152	1.3%	151	203	-51	-25.1%
Information Not Available	93	0.8%	96	94	-1	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,720		3,282	4,099
Male	1,928	51.8%	1,605	2,111	-183	-8.7%
Female	1,791	48.1%	1,676	1,987	-196	-9.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,720		3,282	4,099
Hispanic or Latino	386	10.4%	339	393	-7	-1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,808	75.5%	2,466	3,080	-272	-8.8%
Information Not Available	526	14.1%	477	626	-100	-16.0%

Race	3,720		3,282	4,099
American Indian or Alaskan Native	192	3.0%	186	230	-38	-16.5%
Asian	61	1.0%	69	96	-35	-36.5%
Black or African American	91	1.4%	63	98	-7	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.7%	46	42	2	4.8%
White	4,999	79.1%	3,823	5,109	-110	-2.2%
Information Not Available	936	14.8%	829	1,002	-66	-6.6%

Years of Age	3,720		3,282	4,099
Younger than 22	66	0.8%	48	66	0	0.0%
22-24	113	1.3%	99	147	-34	-23.1%
25-34	665	7.9%	573	775	-110	-14.2%
35-44	800	9.5%	734	923	-123	-13.3%
45-54	912	10.9%	824	966	-54	-5.6%
55-59	466	5.6%	439	518	-52	-10.0%
60-64	330	3.9%	288	401	-71	-17.7%
65 and older	368	4.4%	277	302	66	21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	3,720		3,282	4,099
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	2.2%	46	61	24	39.3%
Mining	22	0.6%	15	20	2	10.0%
Utilities	6	0.2%	11	5	1	20.0%
Construction	332	8.7%	259	378	-46	-12.2%
Manufacturing	470	12.4%	453	495	-25	-5.1%
Wholesale Trade	192	5.0%	190	204	-12	-5.9%
Retail Trade	424	11.1%	357	447	-23	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	105	2.8%	106	116	-11	-9.5%
Information	63	1.7%	57	86	-23	-26.7%
Finance and Insurance	134	3.5%	122	156	-22	-14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	46	1.2%	36	47	-1	-2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	246	6.5%	256	258	-12	-4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.4%	16	11	3	27.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	403	10.6%	352	400	3	0.8%
Educational Services	101	2.7%	86	122	-21	-17.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	378	9.9%	372	521	-143	-27.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69	1.8%	38	75	-6	-8.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	210	5.5%	175	254	-44	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	76	2.0%	64	98	-22	-22.4%
Public Administration	104	2.7%	80	128	-24	-18.8%
Information Not Available	240	6.3%	191	217	23	10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,487		76,446	87,968
Male	38,325	50.8%	38,746	46,360	-8,035	-17.3%
Female	36,717	48.6%	37,184	41,025	-4,308	-10.5%
Information Not Available	445	0.6%	516	583	-138	-23.7%

Ethnicity	75,487		76,446	87,968
Hispanic or Latino	9,333	12.4%	9,183	11,162	-1,829	-16.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,978	78.1%	59,864	68,050	-9,072	-13.3%
Information Not Available	7,176	9.5%	7,399	8,756	-1,580	-18.0%

Race	75,487		76,446	87,968
American Indian or Alaskan Native	396	0.5%	394	362	34	9.4%
Asian	2,069	2.7%	2,088	2,416	-347	-14.4%
Black or African American	22,556	29.9%	23,074	25,767	-3,211	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	164	0.2%	187	193	-29	-15.0%
White	43,144	57.2%	43,551	50,583	-7,439	-14.7%
Information Not Available	7,158	9.5%	7,152	8,647	-1,489	-17.2%

Years of Age	75,487		76,446	87,968
Younger than 22	916	0.8%	864	1,252	-336	-26.8%
22-24	2,411	2.2%	2,397	3,195	-784	-24.5%
25-34	16,273	14.6%	16,179	20,228	-3,955	-19.6%
35-44	17,577	15.7%	18,029	20,582	-3,005	-14.6%
45-54	17,838	16.0%	18,152	21,064	-3,226	-15.3%
55-59	9,345	8.4%	9,585	10,314	-969	-9.4%
60-64	6,990	6.3%	7,064	7,301	-311	-4.3%
65 and older	4,137	3.7%	4,176	4,032	105	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	75,487		76,446	87,968
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	235	0.3%	187	183	52	28.4%
Mining	81	0.1%	92	233	-152	-65.2%
Utilities	124	0.2%	148	114	10	8.8%
Construction	6,947	9.2%	7,267	8,351	-1,404	-16.8%
Manufacturing	8,227	10.9%	8,134	9,259	-1,032	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	3,642	4.8%	3,683	4,752	-1,110	-23.4%
Retail Trade	7,783	10.3%	7,728	8,120	-337	-4.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,453	4.6%	3,918	3,663	-210	-5.7%
Information	1,608	2.1%	1,695	2,007	-399	-19.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,355	4.4%	3,380	3,797	-442	-11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,171	1.5%	1,259	1,399	-228	-16.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,910	7.8%	5,954	6,812	-902	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	671	0.9%	655	918	-247	-26.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,731	14.2%	10,264	12,702	-1,971	-15.5%
Educational Services	2,244	3.0%	2,367	2,794	-550	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,280	8.3%	6,310	6,907	-627	-9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	957	1.3%	753	1,089	-132	-12.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,125	5.4%	4,273	4,891	-766	-15.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,163	2.9%	2,201	2,444	-281	-11.5%
Public Administration	1,903	2.5%	1,989	2,199	-296	-13.5%
Information Not Available	3,877	5.1%	4,189	5,334	-1,457	-27.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,375		12,793	13,472
Male	6,196	50.1%	6,500	6,968	-772	-11.1%
Female	6,097	49.3%	6,214	6,422	-325	-5.1%
Information Not Available	82	0.7%	79	82	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,375		12,793	13,472
Hispanic or Latino	611	4.9%	606	560	51	9.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,399	76.0%	9,832	10,303	-904	-8.8%
Information Not Available	2,365	19.1%	2,355	2,609	-244	-9.4%

Race	12,375		12,793	13,472
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48	0.4%	55	61	-13	-21.3%
Asian	79	0.6%	75	129	-50	-38.8%
Black or African American	2,314	18.7%	2,425	2,482	-168	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.2%	24	25	-6	-24.0%
White	8,914	72.0%	9,212	9,884	-970	-9.8%
Information Not Available	1,001	8.1%	1,002	891	110	12.3%

Years of Age	12,375		12,793	13,472
Younger than 22	116	0.6%	117	113	3	2.7%
22-24	316	1.6%	302	303	13	4.3%
25-34	2,447	12.1%	2,444	2,584	-137	-5.3%
35-44	3,123	15.4%	3,313	3,301	-178	-5.4%
45-54	3,109	15.4%	3,236	3,645	-536	-14.7%
55-59	1,608	8.0%	1,675	1,787	-179	-10.0%
60-64	1,072	5.3%	1,096	1,177	-105	-8.9%
65 and older	584	2.9%	610	562	22	3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,375		12,793	13,472
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.3%	43	25	17	68.0%
Mining	11	0.1%	12	7	4	57.1%
Utilities	33	0.3%	34	25	8	32.0%
Construction	1,279	10.3%	1,475	1,419	-140	-9.9%
Manufacturing	2,405	19.4%	2,589	2,679	-274	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	573	4.6%	552	573	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	1,134	9.1%	1,130	1,509	-375	-24.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	414	3.3%	427	441	-27	-6.1%
Information	232	1.9%	250	253	-21	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	481	3.9%	504	421	60	14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	201	1.6%	217	226	-25	-11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	659	5.3%	650	702	-43	-6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	143	1.2%	143	121	22	18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,183	9.5%	1,196	1,311	-128	-9.8%
Educational Services	449	3.6%	345	425	24	5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,123	9.0%	1,174	1,185	-62	-5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	0.7%	97	100	-13	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	454	3.7%	451	390	64	16.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	358	2.9%	360	402	-44	-10.9%
Public Administration	131	1.1%	122	125	6	4.8%
Information Not Available	983	7.9%	1,022	1,133	-150	-13.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,935		7,720	11,376
Male	4,446	56.0%	3,963	6,523	-2,077	-31.8%
Female	3,489	44.0%	3,757	4,853	-1,364	-28.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,935		7,720	11,376
Hispanic or Latino	632	8.0%	619	800	-168	-21.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,217	53.1%	4,150	6,111	-1,894	-31.0%
Information Not Available	3,086	38.9%	2,951	4,465	-1,379	-30.9%

Race	7,935		7,720	11,376
American Indian or Alaskan Native	127	1.6%	148	148	-21	-14.2%
Asian	69	0.9%	93	118	-49	-41.5%
Black or African American	1,616	20.4%	1,727	3,207	-1,591	-49.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.3%	19	19	6	31.6%
White	5,578	70.3%	5,224	7,336	-1,758	-24.0%
Information Not Available	520	6.6%	509	548	-28	-5.1%

Years of Age	7,935		7,720	11,376
Younger than 22	108	0.8%	102	172	-64	-37.2%
22-24	283	2.2%	282	393	-110	-28.0%
25-34	1,679	13.1%	1,733	2,509	-830	-33.1%
35-44	1,900	14.8%	1,892	2,810	-910	-32.4%
45-54	1,831	14.3%	1,734	2,763	-932	-33.7%
55-59	1,047	8.2%	944	1,321	-274	-20.7%
60-64	699	5.5%	639	935	-236	-25.2%
65 and older	388	3.0%	394	473	-85	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,935		7,720	11,376
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	38	0.5%	27	41	-3	-7.3%
Mining	111	1.4%	43	65	46	70.8%
Utilities	8	0.1%	14	20	-12	-60.0%
Construction	1,339	16.8%	870	1,181	158	13.4%
Manufacturing	870	10.9%	921	2,637	-1,767	-67.0%
Wholesale Trade	329	4.1%	355	378	-49	-13.0%
Retail Trade	619	7.8%	629	683	-64	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	278	3.5%	284	335	-57	-17.0%
Information	228	2.9%	232	196	32	16.3%
Finance and Insurance	289	3.6%	314	272	17	6.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	148	1.9%	139	182	-34	-18.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	527	6.6%	604	698	-171	-24.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.7%	29	40	12	30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	791	9.9%	862	1,170	-379	-32.4%
Educational Services	203	2.5%	213	194	9	4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	939	11.8%	1,004	1,087	-148	-13.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	0.7%	49	56	3	5.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	333	4.2%	350	437	-104	-23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	154	1.9%	174	193	-39	-20.2%
Public Administration	228	2.9%	231	274	-46	-16.8%
Information Not Available	392	4.9%	376	1,237	-845	-68.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,322		17,949	15,782
Male	7,428	51.9%	10,037	8,360	-932	-11.1%
Female	6,894	48.1%	7,912	7,422	-528	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,322		17,949	15,782
Hispanic or Latino	27	0.2%	32	23	4	17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	289	2.0%	350	473	-184	-38.9%
Information Not Available	14,006	97.8%	17,567	15,286	-1,280	-8.4%

Race	14,322		17,949	15,782
American Indian or Alaskan Native	80	0.6%	129	104	-24	-23.1%
Asian	53	0.4%	101	36	17	47.2%
Black or African American	2,265	15.8%	3,144	2,200	65	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	23	-23	-100.0%
White	11,771	82.2%	14,307	13,279	-1,508	-11.4%
Information Not Available	153	1.1%	268	140	13	9.3%

Years of Age	14,322		17,949	15,782
Younger than 22	223	0.9%	281	140	83	59.3%
22-24	374	1.5%	558	505	-131	-25.9%
25-34	2,862	11.6%	3,536	3,156	-294	-9.3%
35-44	3,511	14.2%	4,196	4,076	-565	-13.9%
45-54	3,618	14.6%	4,721	3,788	-170	-4.5%
55-59	1,615	6.5%	2,250	1,741	-126	-7.2%
60-64	1,362	5.5%	1,517	1,578	-216	-13.7%
65 and older	757	3.1%	890	794	-37	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	14,322		17,949	15,782
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.3%	41	45	0	0.0%
Mining	178	1.2%	235	149	29	19.5%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	27	-18	-66.7%
Construction	1,455	10.1%	1,471	1,375	80	5.8%
Manufacturing	2,728	19.0%	5,717	3,359	-631	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	739	5.1%	669	902	-163	-18.1%
Retail Trade	1,402	9.8%	1,545	1,339	63	4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	458	3.2%	562	739	-281	-38.0%
Information	392	2.7%	323	370	22	5.9%
Finance and Insurance	685	4.8%	599	537	148	27.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	174	1.2%	258	180	-6	-3.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	877	6.1%	950	911	-34	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	147	1.0%	143	126	21	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,251	8.7%	1,379	1,294	-43	-3.3%
Educational Services	436	3.0%	562	469	-33	-7.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,362	9.5%	1,425	1,578	-216	-13.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	187	1.3%	161	144	43	29.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	556	3.9%	549	685	-129	-18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	374	2.6%	466	329	45	13.7%
Public Administration	231	1.6%	212	401	-170	-42.4%
Information Not Available	636	4.4%	673	823	-187	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,575		15,731	18,119
Male	6,375	43.7%	6,825	8,374	-1,999	-23.9%
Female	8,156	56.0%	8,856	9,692	-1,536	-15.8%
Information Not Available	44	0.3%	50	53	-9	-17.0%

Ethnicity	14,575		15,731	18,119
Hispanic or Latino	565	3.9%	663	664	-99	-14.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,717	94.1%	14,753	16,968	-3,251	-19.2%
Information Not Available	293	2.0%	315	487	-194	-39.8%

Race	14,575		15,731	18,119
American Indian or Alaskan Native	94	0.6%	107	115	-21	-18.3%
Asian	73	0.5%	70	98	-25	-25.5%
Black or African American	7,617	52.3%	8,157	9,061	-1,444	-15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	216	1.5%	225	323	-107	-33.1%
White	5,495	37.7%	6,024	7,048	-1,553	-22.0%
Information Not Available	1,080	7.4%	1,148	1,474	-394	-26.7%

Years of Age	14,575		15,731	18,119
Younger than 22	263	1.4%	295	325	-62	-19.1%
22-24	539	2.9%	596	770	-231	-30.0%
25-34	3,348	17.7%	3,672	4,347	-999	-23.0%
35-44	3,503	18.5%	3,799	4,451	-948	-21.3%
45-54	3,218	17.0%	3,546	4,063	-845	-20.8%
55-59	1,669	8.8%	1,764	1,932	-263	-13.6%
60-64	1,160	6.1%	1,195	1,362	-202	-14.8%
65 and older	875	4.6%	864	869	6	0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,575		15,731	18,119
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.5%	75	108	-33	-30.6%
Mining	213	1.5%	217	241	-28	-11.6%
Utilities	38	0.3%	41	46	-8	-17.4%
Construction	2,387	16.3%	2,741	3,016	-629	-20.9%
Manufacturing	945	6.5%	1,058	1,306	-361	-27.6%
Wholesale Trade	398	2.7%	411	453	-55	-12.1%
Retail Trade	1,264	8.6%	1,320	1,472	-208	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	521	3.6%	548	706	-185	-26.2%
Information	186	1.3%	222	226	-40	-17.7%
Finance and Insurance	369	2.5%	406	411	-42	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	219	1.5%	258	293	-74	-25.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	778	5.3%	735	770	8	1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.4%	77	54	5	9.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,237	8.4%	1,322	1,455	-218	-15.0%
Educational Services	464	3.2%	487	468	-4	-0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,785	12.2%	1,806	1,930	-145	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	243	1.7%	245	238	5	2.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,173	8.0%	1,275	1,420	-247	-17.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	374	2.6%	406	447	-73	-16.3%
Public Administration	280	1.9%	308	284	-4	-1.4%
Information Not Available	1,567	10.7%	1,773	2,775	-1,208	-43.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,096		43,520	45,640
Male	23,026	54.7%	23,334	24,292	-1,266	-5.2%
Female	19,067	45.3%	20,184	21,346	-2,279	-10.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	42,096		43,520	45,640
Hispanic or Latino	5,485	13.0%	5,821	5,795	-310	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,019	80.8%	34,997	37,052	-3,033	-8.2%
Information Not Available	2,592	6.2%	2,702	2,793	-201	-7.2%

Race	42,096		43,520	45,640
American Indian or Alaskan Native	232	0.6%	229	233	-1	-0.4%
Asian	1,586	3.8%	1,621	1,838	-252	-13.7%
Black or African American	4,650	11.0%	4,869	4,806	-156	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	0.3%	123	115	8	7.0%
White	29,345	69.7%	30,173	32,089	-2,744	-8.6%
Information Not Available	6,160	14.6%	6,505	6,559	-399	-6.1%

Years of Age	42,096		43,520	45,640
Younger than 22	570	0.8%	553	680	-110	-16.2%
22-24	1,488	2.2%	1,420	1,751	-263	-15.0%
25-34	9,273	13.8%	9,419	10,208	-935	-9.2%
35-44	8,665	12.9%	9,043	9,643	-978	-10.1%
45-54	9,864	14.7%	10,305	10,884	-1,020	-9.4%
55-59	5,174	7.7%	5,338	5,318	-144	-2.7%
60-64	4,137	6.1%	4,301	4,272	-135	-3.2%
65 and older	2,925	4.3%	3,141	2,884	41	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,096		43,520	45,640
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	234	0.6%	214	278	-44	-15.8%
Mining	19	0.0%	12	20	-1	-5.0%
Utilities	1,138	2.7%	1,153	210	928	441.9%
Construction	4,037	9.5%	3,935	3,887	150	3.9%
Manufacturing	3,517	8.3%	3,675	4,049	-532	-13.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,994	4.7%	2,060	2,494	-500	-20.0%
Retail Trade	3,800	9.0%	3,827	4,178	-378	-9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,189	2.8%	1,446	1,282	-93	-7.3%
Information	1,077	2.5%	1,108	1,354	-277	-20.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,131	5.0%	2,103	2,171	-40	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	768	1.8%	763	804	-36	-4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,129	9.8%	4,259	4,878	-749	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	287	0.7%	285	313	-26	-8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,882	9.2%	4,093	4,365	-483	-11.1%
Educational Services	1,179	2.8%	1,314	1,290	-111	-8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,775	11.3%	5,062	5,360	-585	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	502	1.2%	482	598	-96	-16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,581	6.1%	2,724	2,826	-245	-8.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,612	6.2%	2,618	2,654	-42	-1.6%
Public Administration	1,003	2.4%	1,080	1,194	-191	-16.0%
Information Not Available	1,242	2.9%	1,307	1,435	-193	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,865		30,944	30,435
Male	9,710	40.7%	9,518	11,787	-2,077	-17.6%
Female	9,684	40.6%	9,514	11,522	-1,838	-16.0%
Information Not Available	4,471	18.7%	11,912	7,126	-2,655	-37.3%

Ethnicity	23,865		30,944	30,435
Hispanic or Latino	932	3.9%	907	1,214	-282	-23.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,701	74.2%	17,408	21,271	-3,570	-16.8%
Information Not Available	5,232	21.9%	12,629	7,950	-2,718	-34.2%

Race	23,865		30,944	30,435
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.4%	84	103	-13	-12.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	9,233	38.7%	9,175	11,181	-1,948	-17.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.1%	31	49	-18	-36.7%
White	8,347	35.0%	8,118	9,938	-1,591	-16.0%
Information Not Available	6,164	25.8%	13,536	9,164	-3,000	-32.7%

Years of Age	23,865		30,944	30,435
Younger than 22	307	1.0%	275	401	-94	-23.4%
22-24	739	2.4%	695	959	-220	-22.9%
25-34	4,628	15.2%	4,576	5,884	-1,256	-21.3%
35-44	4,271	14.0%	4,260	4,947	-676	-13.7%
45-54	4,214	13.8%	4,219	5,125	-911	-17.8%
55-59	2,232	7.3%	2,245	2,644	-412	-15.6%
60-64	1,729	5.7%	1,612	1,836	-107	-5.8%
65 and older	1,274	4.2%	1,150	1,513	-239	-15.8%
Information Not Available	4,471	14.7%	11,912	7,126	-2,655	-37.3%

Industry	23,865		30,944	30,435
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.1%	13	42	-12	-28.6%
Mining	33	0.1%	40	8	25	312.5%
Utilities	30	0.1%	32	31	-1	-3.2%
Construction	2,043	8.5%	2,121	2,405	-362	-15.1%
Manufacturing	247	1.0%	246	267	-20	-7.5%
Wholesale Trade	697	2.9%	690	877	-180	-20.5%
Retail Trade	786	3.3%	805	930	-144	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	432	1.8%	439	594	-162	-27.3%
Information	369	1.5%	376	460	-91	-19.8%
Finance and Insurance	752	3.1%	779	869	-117	-13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	500	2.1%	527	683	-183	-26.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,110	8.8%	2,098	2,358	-248	-10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.4%	102	97	5	5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,719	11.4%	2,675	3,171	-452	-14.3%
Educational Services	755	3.2%	755	936	-181	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,039	8.5%	2,060	2,478	-439	-17.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	329	1.4%	273	412	-83	-20.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,391	5.8%	1,064	1,705	-314	-18.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	603	2.5%	588	684	-81	-11.8%
Public Administration	435	1.8%	380	564	-129	-22.9%
Information Not Available	7,463	31.2%	14,881	10,864	-3,401	-31.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,129		3,192	3,176
Male	1,650	52.7%	1,695	1,628	22	1.4%
Female	1,478	47.2%	1,497	1,548	-70	-4.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,129		3,192	3,176
Hispanic or Latino	63	2.0%	75	52	11	21.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,818	90.1%	2,999	2,791	27	1.0%
Information Not Available	248	7.9%	118	333	-85	-25.5%

Race	3,129		3,192	3,176
American Indian or Alaskan Native	37	1.2%	49	50	-13	-26.0%
Asian	22	0.7%	27	22	0	0.0%
Black or African American	58	1.9%	65	60	-2	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	5	0	4	0.0%
White	2,918	93.3%	2,954	2,904	14	0.5%
Information Not Available	90	2.9%	92	140	-50	-35.7%

Years of Age	3,129		3,192	3,176
Younger than 22	43	0.8%	38	97	-54	-55.7%
22-24	91	1.6%	81	105	-14	-13.3%
25-34	556	9.8%	574	635	-79	-12.4%
35-44	701	12.3%	682	645	56	8.7%
45-54	737	13.0%	802	793	-56	-7.1%
55-59	436	7.7%	442	415	21	5.1%
60-64	357	6.3%	344	296	61	20.6%
65 and older	208	3.7%	229	190	18	9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,129		3,192	3,176
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.9%	35	38	-11	-28.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.3%	11	3	6	200.0%
Construction	71	2.2%	91	144	-73	-50.7%
Manufacturing	376	11.9%	314	296	80	27.0%
Wholesale Trade	129	4.1%	109	114	15	13.2%
Retail Trade	335	10.6%	394	328	7	2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	87	2.8%	66	78	9	11.5%
Information	90	2.9%	68	34	56	164.7%
Finance and Insurance	139	4.4%	129	86	53	61.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26	0.8%	25	38	-12	-31.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	169	5.4%	185	147	22	15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.5%	13	8	7	87.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	224	7.1%	234	240	-16	-6.7%
Educational Services	88	2.8%	91	89	-1	-1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	468	14.8%	495	342	126	36.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	37	1.2%	35	26	11	42.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	216	6.8%	186	227	-11	-4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	110	3.5%	126	67	43	64.2%
Public Administration	64	2.0%	71	61	3	4.9%
Information Not Available	449	14.2%	511	810	-361	-44.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,910		40,723	45,797
Male	21,667	54.3%	21,899	23,873	-2,206	-9.2%
Female	17,726	44.4%	18,275	20,610	-2,884	-14.0%
Information Not Available	517	1.3%	549	1,314	-797	-60.7%

Ethnicity	39,910		40,723	45,797
Hispanic or Latino	1,550	3.9%	1,676	1,678	-128	-7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,135	80.5%	32,812	35,982	-3,847	-10.7%
Information Not Available	6,225	15.6%	6,235	8,137	-1,912	-23.5%

Race	39,910		40,723	45,797
American Indian or Alaskan Native	331	0.8%	332	337	-6	-1.8%
Asian	387	1.0%	419	566	-179	-31.6%
Black or African American	8,642	21.7%	8,900	9,834	-1,192	-12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.1%	52	67	-11	-16.4%
White	22,075	55.3%	22,604	24,806	-2,731	-11.0%
Information Not Available	8,419	21.1%	8,416	10,187	-1,768	-17.4%

Years of Age	39,910		40,723	45,797
Younger than 22	593	1.0%	537	797	-204	-25.6%
22-24	1,433	2.4%	1,455	1,900	-467	-24.6%
25-34	8,943	15.3%	9,068	10,572	-1,629	-15.4%
35-44	8,654	14.8%	9,131	10,419	-1,765	-16.9%
45-54	10,135	17.3%	10,477	11,238	-1,103	-9.8%
55-59	5,016	8.6%	5,065	5,554	-538	-9.7%
60-64	3,377	5.8%	3,293	3,585	-208	-5.8%
65 and older	1,757	3.0%	1,696	1,732	25	1.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Industry	39,910		40,723	45,797
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	318	0.8%	320	287	31	10.8%
Mining	80	0.2%	57	65	15	23.1%
Utilities	54	0.1%	71	83	-29	-34.9%
Construction	3,421	8.5%	3,715	3,086	335	10.9%
Manufacturing	6,556	16.3%	6,207	8,650	-2,094	-24.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,648	14.0%	5,774	4,074	1,574	38.6%
Retail Trade	2,943	7.3%	2,813	2,784	159	5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	989	2.5%	1,035	1,365	-376	-27.5%
Information	595	1.5%	662	885	-290	-32.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,430	3.6%	1,455	1,258	172	13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	608	1.5%	618	572	36	6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,202	8.0%	3,284	3,998	-796	-19.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	889	2.2%	975	1,492	-603	-40.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,165	10.4%	4,269	5,109	-944	-18.5%
Educational Services	783	1.9%	921	1,018	-235	-23.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,621	9.0%	4,059	3,631	-10	-0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	387	1.0%	371	387	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,719	4.3%	1,711	1,875	-156	-8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,022	2.5%	953	1,266	-244	-19.3%
Public Administration	505	1.3%	456	739	-234	-31.7%
Information Not Available	975	2.4%	997	3,173	-2,198	-69.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,811		22,095	25,020
Male	13,972	58.7%	12,056	14,434	-462	-3.2%
Female	9,831	41.3%	10,035	10,584	-753	-7.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	4	2	6	300.0%

Ethnicity	23,811		22,095	25,020
Hispanic or Latino	858	3.6%	820	917	-59	-6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,481	86.0%	18,939	21,447	-966	-4.5%
Information Not Available	2,472	10.4%	2,336	2,656	-184	-6.9%

Race	23,811		22,095	25,020
American Indian or Alaskan Native	333	1.4%	293	340	-7	-2.1%
Asian	629	2.6%	669	728	-99	-13.6%
Black or African American	2,147	9.0%	2,168	2,183	-36	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.2%	63	76	-18	-23.7%
White	18,477	77.6%	16,790	19,333	-856	-4.4%
Information Not Available	2,167	9.1%	2,112	2,360	-193	-8.2%

Years of Age	23,811		22,095	25,020
Younger than 22	302	0.8%	235	341	-39	-11.4%
22-24	783	2.0%	703	836	-53	-6.3%
25-34	5,078	12.7%	4,635	5,605	-527	-9.4%
35-44	5,271	13.2%	4,974	5,553	-282	-5.1%
45-54	5,443	13.6%	4,983	5,760	-317	-5.5%
55-59	3,170	7.9%	2,993	3,317	-147	-4.4%
60-64	2,370	5.9%	2,236	2,375	-5	-0.2%
65 and older	1,386	3.5%	1,330	1,223	163	13.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	6	10	-2	-20.0%

Industry	23,811		22,095	25,020
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	249	1.0%	178	171	78	45.6%
Mining	56	0.2%	33	53	3	5.7%
Utilities	82	0.3%	95	61	21	34.4%
Construction	4,346	18.1%	2,629	3,487	859	24.6%
Manufacturing	2,781	11.6%	2,760	3,196	-415	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,163	4.8%	1,173	1,390	-227	-16.3%
Retail Trade	1,997	8.3%	2,071	2,071	-74	-3.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	675	2.8%	605	676	-1	-0.1%
Information	587	2.4%	616	627	-40	-6.4%
Finance and Insurance	970	4.0%	966	960	10	1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	418	1.7%	399	407	11	2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,703	7.1%	1,810	1,964	-261	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	460	1.9%	426	535	-75	-14.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,950	8.1%	1,996	2,193	-243	-11.1%
Educational Services	823	3.4%	908	935	-112	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,143	8.9%	2,179	2,376	-233	-9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	335	1.4%	282	365	-30	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,117	4.6%	1,073	1,318	-201	-15.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	753	3.1%	796	811	-58	-7.2%
Public Administration	435	1.8%	345	536	-101	-18.8%
Information Not Available	768	3.2%	755	888	-120	-13.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,229		18,128	25,132
Male	8,796	48.3%	8,686	13,360	-4,564	-34.2%
Female	9,416	51.7%	9,419	11,753	-2,337	-19.9%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	23	19	-2	-10.5%

Ethnicity	18,229		18,128	25,132
Hispanic or Latino	816	4.5%	755	1,044	-228	-21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,162	77.7%	14,006	18,825	-4,663	-24.8%
Information Not Available	3,251	17.8%	3,367	5,263	-2,012	-38.2%

Race	18,229		18,128	25,132
American Indian or Alaskan Native	120	0.7%	129	148	-28	-18.9%
Asian	131	0.7%	141	177	-46	-26.0%
Black or African American	4,479	24.6%	4,419	5,846	-1,367	-23.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	116	0.6%	100	239	-123	-51.5%
White	10,994	60.3%	10,951	14,759	-3,765	-25.5%
Information Not Available	2,389	13.1%	2,388	3,963	-1,574	-39.7%

Years of Age	18,229		18,128	25,132
Younger than 22	223	0.8%	222	372	-149	-40.1%
22-24	548	2.0%	562	1,049	-501	-47.8%
25-34	3,845	14.0%	3,743	5,624	-1,779	-31.6%
35-44	4,250	15.4%	4,234	5,989	-1,739	-29.0%
45-54	4,300	15.6%	4,346	6,039	-1,739	-28.8%
55-59	2,292	8.3%	2,246	2,937	-645	-22.0%
60-64	1,677	6.1%	1,720	1,912	-235	-12.3%
65 and older	1,094	4.0%	1,055	1,210	-116	-9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,229		18,128	25,132
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	0.4%	85	89	-22	-24.7%
Mining	38	0.2%	30	24	14	58.3%
Utilities	29	0.2%	28	36	-7	-19.4%
Construction	1,785	9.8%	1,655	2,197	-412	-18.8%
Manufacturing	1,872	10.2%	2,026	5,318	-3,446	-64.8%
Wholesale Trade	850	4.6%	884	1,022	-172	-16.8%
Retail Trade	1,751	9.6%	1,732	2,215	-464	-20.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	535	2.9%	557	743	-208	-28.0%
Information	502	2.7%	493	601	-99	-16.5%
Finance and Insurance	872	4.8%	870	763	109	14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	340	1.9%	330	388	-48	-12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,476	8.1%	1,561	1,475	1	0.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	126	0.7%	130	127	-1	-0.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,055	11.2%	2,054	2,955	-900	-30.5%
Educational Services	430	2.4%	438	599	-169	-28.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,369	12.9%	2,312	2,544	-175	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	210	1.1%	162	217	-7	-3.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,246	6.8%	1,098	1,521	-275	-18.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	465	2.5%	472	514	-49	-9.5%
Public Administration	201	1.1%	187	257	-56	-21.8%
Information Not Available	1,010	5.5%	1,024	1,527	-517	-33.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,669		7,187	9,206
Male	2,855	42.8%	3,144	4,111	-1,256	-30.6%
Female	3,803	57.0%	4,032	5,083	-1,280	-25.2%
Information Not Available	11	0.2%	11	12	-1	-8.3%

Ethnicity	6,669		7,187	9,206
Hispanic or Latino	135	2.0%	145	175	-40	-22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,262	93.9%	6,723	8,666	-2,404	-27.7%
Information Not Available	272	4.1%	319	365	-93	-25.5%

Race	6,669		7,187	9,206
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.6%	45	30	9	30.0%
Asian	39	0.6%	33	51	-12	-23.5%
Black or African American	4,064	60.9%	4,299	5,586	-1,522	-27.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	23	26	-6	-23.1%
White	2,301	34.5%	2,541	3,229	-928	-28.7%
Information Not Available	206	3.1%	246	284	-78	-27.5%

Years of Age	6,669		7,187	9,206
Younger than 22	89	1.1%	106	134	-45	-33.6%
22-24	247	2.9%	289	394	-147	-37.3%
25-34	1,608	19.0%	1,746	2,280	-672	-29.5%
35-44	1,646	19.5%	1,793	2,341	-695	-29.7%
45-54	1,484	17.6%	1,565	1,990	-506	-25.4%
55-59	737	8.7%	788	930	-193	-20.8%
60-64	517	6.1%	538	683	-166	-24.3%
65 and older	341	4.0%	362	454	-113	-24.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,669		7,187	9,206
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	0.5%	31	69	-35	-50.7%
Mining	11	0.2%	8	29	-18	-62.1%
Utilities	17	0.3%	9	27	-10	-37.0%
Construction	275	4.1%	315	433	-158	-36.5%
Manufacturing	883	13.2%	925	1,254	-371	-29.6%
Wholesale Trade	241	3.6%	199	283	-42	-14.8%
Retail Trade	685	10.2%	710	639	46	7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	129	1.9%	153	205	-76	-37.1%
Information	80	1.2%	80	76	4	5.3%
Finance and Insurance	151	2.3%	149	124	27	21.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	83	1.2%	88	108	-25	-23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	276	4.1%	302	335	-59	-17.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	126	1.9%	127	132	-6	-4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	628	9.4%	688	932	-304	-32.6%
Educational Services	200	3.0%	202	309	-109	-35.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	719	10.7%	861	966	-247	-25.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	58	0.9%	44	55	3	5.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	411	6.1%	373	665	-254	-38.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	110	1.6%	101	110	0	0.0%
Public Administration	112	1.7%	100	153	-41	-26.8%
Information Not Available	1,440	21.5%	1,722	2,302	-862	-37.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,999		3,146	4,327
Male	2,130	53.3%	1,559	2,441	-311	-12.7%
Female	1,863	46.6%	1,581	1,880	-17	-0.9%
Information Not Available	6	0.2%	6	6	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,999		3,146	4,327
Hispanic or Latino	171	4.3%	136	210	-39	-18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,667	91.7%	2,879	3,919	-252	-6.4%
Information Not Available	161	4.0%	131	198	-37	-18.7%

Race	3,999		3,146	4,327
American Indian or Alaskan Native	399	10.0%	380	455	-56	-12.3%
Asian	30	0.8%	18	33	-3	-9.1%
Black or African American	52	1.3%	43	64	-12	-18.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.4%	11	17	-2	-11.8%
White	3,457	86.4%	2,663	3,695	-238	-6.4%
Information Not Available	46	1.2%	31	63	-17	-27.0%

Years of Age	3,999		3,146	4,327
Younger than 22	63	0.9%	39	82	-19	-23.2%
22-24	199	2.8%	131	216	-17	-7.9%
25-34	929	13.2%	629	1,068	-139	-13.0%
35-44	835	11.9%	710	903	-68	-7.5%
45-54	816	11.6%	735	885	-69	-7.8%
55-59	461	6.5%	370	505	-44	-8.7%
60-64	412	5.8%	317	387	25	6.5%
65 and older	284	4.0%	215	281	3	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,999		3,146	4,327
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	1.5%	33	70	-10	-14.3%
Mining	87	2.1%	76	42	45	107.1%
Utilities	10	0.2%	10	14	-4	-28.6%
Construction	355	8.7%	339	509	-154	-30.3%
Manufacturing	176	4.3%	148	299	-123	-41.1%
Wholesale Trade	97	2.4%	75	101	-4	-4.0%
Retail Trade	442	10.9%	406	392	50	12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	118	2.9%	79	122	-4	-3.3%
Information	73	1.8%	70	49	24	49.0%
Finance and Insurance	90	2.2%	79	98	-8	-8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	74	1.8%	36	73	1	1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	184	4.5%	190	253	-69	-27.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.2%	11	8	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	395	9.7%	259	455	-60	-13.2%
Educational Services	126	3.1%	132	152	-26	-17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	434	10.7%	433	369	65	17.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	120	3.0%	79	145	-25	-17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	673	16.6%	374	686	-13	-1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	110	2.7%	88	97	13	13.4%
Public Administration	217	5.3%	189	246	-29	-11.8%
Information Not Available	150	3.7%	40	147	3	2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,084		19,586	19,249
Male	7,213	42.2%	8,675	9,231	-2,018	-21.9%
Female	9,868	57.8%	10,894	10,011	-143	-1.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	17	7	-4	-57.1%

Ethnicity	17,084		19,586	19,249
Hispanic or Latino	718	4.2%	949	981	-263	-26.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,987	93.6%	17,945	17,842	-1,855	-10.4%
Information Not Available	379	2.2%	692	426	-47	-11.0%

Race	17,084		19,586	19,249
American Indian or Alaskan Native	361	2.1%	270	260	101	38.8%
Asian	225	1.3%	280	389	-164	-42.2%
Black or African American	7,346	43.0%	8,405	7,903	-557	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.2%	38	210	-179	-85.2%
White	8,244	48.3%	9,100	9,166	-922	-10.1%
Information Not Available	877	5.1%	672	1,321	-444	-33.6%

Years of Age	17,084		19,586	19,249
Younger than 22	231	1.0%	237	241	-10	-4.1%
22-24	527	2.2%	608	674	-147	-21.8%
25-34	4,088	16.9%	4,627	4,563	-475	-10.4%
35-44	4,370	18.1%	4,980	4,684	-314	-6.7%
45-54	4,216	17.5%	4,888	4,952	-736	-14.9%
55-59	1,813	7.5%	2,129	2,116	-303	-14.3%
60-64	1,197	5.0%	1,320	1,354	-157	-11.6%
65 and older	642	2.7%	797	665	-23	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,084		19,586	19,249
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.4%	71	92	-24	-26.1%
Mining	4	0.0%	3	9	-5	-55.6%
Utilities	14	0.1%	25	28	-14	-50.0%
Construction	880	5.1%	947	1,085	-205	-18.9%
Manufacturing	2,364	13.8%	2,516	2,660	-296	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	802	4.7%	871	921	-119	-12.9%
Retail Trade	1,614	9.4%	1,871	1,797	-183	-10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	376	2.2%	393	390	-14	-3.6%
Information	326	1.9%	360	408	-82	-20.1%
Finance and Insurance	667	3.9%	743	790	-123	-15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.7%	269	300	-8	-2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,091	6.4%	1,212	1,339	-248	-18.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.4%	69	142	-75	-52.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,537	14.8%	2,872	3,052	-515	-16.9%
Educational Services	751	4.4%	703	593	158	26.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,005	11.7%	1,967	1,797	208	11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	0.9%	150	120	29	24.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,214	7.1%	975	912	302	33.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	387	2.3%	394	481	-94	-19.5%
Public Administration	333	1.9%	389	379	-46	-12.1%
Information Not Available	1,143	6.7%	2,786	1,954	-811	-41.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,310		1,305	1,752
Male	794	60.6%	758	1,094	-300	-27.4%
Female	516	39.4%	547	658	-142	-21.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,310		1,305	1,752
Hispanic or Latino	61	4.7%	55	74	-13	-17.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,207	92.1%	1,219	1,613	-406	-25.2%
Information Not Available	42	3.2%	31	65	-23	-35.4%

Race	1,310		1,305	1,752
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	7.3%	84	132	-36	-27.3%
Asian	5	0.4%	10	12	-7	-58.3%
Black or African American	87	6.6%	99	97	-10	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.2%	5	6	-3	-50.0%
White	1,016	77.6%	1,021	1,366	-350	-25.6%
Information Not Available	103	7.9%	86	139	-36	-25.9%

Years of Age	1,310		1,305	1,752
Younger than 22	17	0.8%	12	18	-1	-5.6%
22-24	39	1.8%	25	46	-7	-15.2%
25-34	296	13.4%	276	387	-91	-23.5%
35-44	312	14.2%	300	378	-66	-17.5%
45-54	270	12.3%	272	430	-160	-37.2%
55-59	161	7.3%	192	216	-55	-25.5%
60-64	125	5.7%	135	193	-68	-35.2%
65 and older	90	4.1%	93	84	6	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,310		1,305	1,752
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	1.3%	37	9	8	88.9%
Mining	56	4.2%	65	70	-14	-20.0%
Utilities	9	0.7%	12	21	-12	-57.1%
Construction	274	20.6%	191	326	-52	-16.0%
Manufacturing	101	7.6%	127	101	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	75	5.7%	77	138	-63	-45.7%
Retail Trade	114	8.6%	142	180	-66	-36.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	54	4.1%	55	103	-49	-47.6%
Information	34	2.6%	52	24	10	41.7%
Finance and Insurance	46	3.5%	41	54	-8	-14.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	2.2%	24	35	-6	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	69	5.2%	68	104	-35	-33.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.2%	5	7	-4	-57.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	67	5.0%	54	87	-20	-23.0%
Educational Services	6	0.5%	6	6	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	103	7.8%	97	107	-4	-3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12	0.9%	7	8	4	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	64	4.8%	69	79	-15	-19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	23	1.7%	20	47	-24	-51.1%
Public Administration	90	6.8%	87	151	-61	-40.4%
Information Not Available	64	4.8%	69	95	-31	-32.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,207		2,917	3,560
Male	1,584	49.4%	1,278	1,732	-148	-8.5%
Female	1,475	46.0%	1,487	1,633	-158	-9.7%
Information Not Available	148	4.6%	152	195	-47	-24.1%

Ethnicity	3,207		2,917	3,560
Hispanic or Latino	224	7.0%	206	247	-23	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,680	83.6%	2,427	2,830	-150	-5.3%
Information Not Available	303	9.4%	284	483	-180	-37.3%

Race	3,207		2,917	3,560
American Indian or Alaskan Native	50	1.6%	42	53	-3	-5.7%
Asian	65	2.0%	54	65	0	0.0%
Black or African American	431	13.4%	437	427	4	0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.3%	9	7	3	42.9%
White	2,382	74.3%	2,139	2,505	-123	-4.9%
Information Not Available	269	8.4%	236	503	-234	-46.5%

Years of Age	3,207		2,917	3,560
Younger than 22	19	0.4%	16	31	-12	-38.7%
22-24	69	1.3%	47	77	-8	-10.4%
25-34	599	11.3%	572	740	-141	-19.1%
35-44	813	15.4%	717	828	-15	-1.8%
45-54	743	14.1%	685	835	-92	-11.0%
55-59	469	8.9%	426	495	-26	-5.3%
60-64	310	5.9%	288	325	-15	-4.6%
65 and older	185	3.5%	166	229	-44	-19.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,207		2,917	3,560
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.7%	24	30	-8	-26.7%
Mining	6	0.2%	2	13	-7	-53.8%
Utilities	13	0.4%	6	8	5	62.5%
Construction	430	13.3%	237	411	19	4.6%
Manufacturing	459	14.2%	377	413	46	11.1%
Wholesale Trade	161	5.0%	154	162	-1	-0.6%
Retail Trade	335	10.4%	310	375	-40	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	107	3.3%	84	96	11	11.5%
Information	96	3.0%	87	104	-8	-7.7%
Finance and Insurance	144	4.5%	167	191	-47	-24.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40	1.2%	43	38	2	5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	165	5.1%	188	178	-13	-7.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	1.1%	30	48	-11	-22.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	270	8.4%	264	335	-65	-19.4%
Educational Services	61	1.9%	60	78	-17	-21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	333	10.3%	344	406	-73	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	35	1.1%	58	33	2	6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	141	4.4%	142	168	-27	-16.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	58	1.8%	53	95	-37	-38.9%
Public Administration	74	2.3%	65	104	-30	-28.8%
Information Not Available	220	6.8%	222	274	-54	-19.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,676		2,746	3,128
Male	1,414	52.8%	1,404	1,568	-154	-9.8%
Female	1,245	46.5%	1,325	1,540	-295	-19.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.6%	17	20	-3	-15.0%

Ethnicity	2,676		2,746	3,128
Hispanic or Latino	95	3.6%	109	142	-47	-33.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,236	83.6%	2,326	2,597	-361	-13.9%
Information Not Available	345	12.9%	311	389	-44	-11.3%

Race	2,676		2,746	3,128
American Indian or Alaskan Native	8	0.3%	8	8	0	0.0%
Asian	53	2.0%	59	89	-36	-40.4%
Black or African American	61	2.3%	71	63	-2	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	3	2	0	0.0%
White	2,369	88.5%	2,408	2,704	-335	-12.4%
Information Not Available	183	6.8%	197	262	-79	-30.2%

Years of Age	2,676		2,746	3,128
Younger than 22	11	0.2%	12	25	-14	-56.0%
22-24	42	0.9%	35	54	-12	-22.2%
25-34	401	8.6%	407	481	-80	-16.6%
35-44	469	10.0%	537	624	-155	-24.8%
45-54	717	15.3%	722	838	-121	-14.4%
55-59	462	9.9%	458	487	-25	-5.1%
60-64	358	7.6%	353	398	-40	-10.1%
65 and older	216	4.6%	222	221	-5	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,676		2,746	3,128
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.5%	14	18	-5	-27.8%
Mining	10	0.4%	3	4	6	150.0%
Utilities	2	0.1%	1	5	-3	-60.0%
Construction	56	2.1%	49	57	-1	-1.8%
Manufacturing	298	11.1%	316	368	-70	-19.0%
Wholesale Trade	200	7.4%	211	203	-3	-1.5%
Retail Trade	162	6.0%	173	198	-36	-18.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	41	1.5%	49	70	-29	-41.4%
Information	47	1.7%	44	58	-11	-19.0%
Finance and Insurance	143	5.3%	140	131	12	9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28	1.0%	30	34	-6	-17.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	214	8.0%	205	224	-10	-4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	1.2%	33	35	-2	-5.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	302	11.2%	304	414	-112	-27.1%
Educational Services	135	5.0%	153	131	4	3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	257	9.6%	257	311	-54	-17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45	1.7%	44	49	-4	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	29	1.1%	32	40	-11	-27.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	78	2.9%	87	100	-22	-22.0%
Public Administration	38	1.4%	38	44	-6	-13.6%
Information Not Available	545	20.3%	563	634	-89	-14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,634		76,422	80,071
Male	39,121	53.1%	39,975	42,468	-3,347	-7.9%
Female	34,513	46.9%	36,447	37,603	-3,090	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	73,634		76,422	80,071
Hispanic or Latino	14,654	19.9%	15,261	15,647	-993	-6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,141	69.5%	52,987	56,101	-4,960	-8.8%
Information Not Available	7,839	10.6%	8,174	8,323	-484	-5.8%

Race	73,634		76,422	80,071
American Indian or Alaskan Native	406	0.6%	409	419	-13	-3.1%
Asian	2,942	4.0%	3,022	3,306	-364	-11.0%
Black or African American	18,528	25.2%	19,517	19,724	-1,196	-6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	444	0.6%	484	530	-86	-16.2%
White	40,700	55.3%	41,974	44,517	-3,817	-8.6%
Information Not Available	10,614	14.4%	11,016	11,575	-961	-8.3%

Years of Age	73,634		76,422	80,071
Younger than 22	3,700	3.4%	3,522	1,809	1,891	104.5%
22-24	4,766	4.4%	4,771	4,143	623	15.0%
25-34	17,902	16.4%	18,462	19,801	-1,899	-9.6%
35-44	14,477	13.3%	15,035	16,464	-1,987	-12.1%
45-54	15,971	14.6%	16,949	17,082	-1,111	-6.5%
55-59	7,672	7.0%	8,008	8,635	-963	-11.2%
60-64	5,146	4.7%	5,443	6,430	-1,284	-20.0%
65 and older	4,000	3.7%	4,232	5,707	-1,707	-29.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	73,634		76,422	80,071
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	0.3%	128	214	-23	-10.7%
Mining	37	0.1%	40	29	8	27.6%
Utilities	146	0.2%	143	143	3	2.1%
Construction	5,990	8.1%	6,551	6,274	-284	-4.5%
Manufacturing	4,869	6.6%	4,964	5,032	-163	-3.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,997	5.4%	4,138	4,583	-586	-12.8%
Retail Trade	7,958	10.8%	7,959	9,317	-1,359	-14.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,044	5.5%	4,690	4,330	-286	-6.6%
Information	1,357	1.8%	1,337	1,556	-199	-12.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,054	4.1%	3,093	2,981	73	2.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,083	1.5%	1,128	1,293	-210	-16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,084	6.9%	5,418	5,809	-725	-12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,615	2.2%	1,802	1,143	472	41.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,075	12.3%	9,683	10,266	-1,191	-11.6%
Educational Services	2,706	3.7%	3,003	3,151	-445	-14.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,441	10.1%	7,686	8,371	-930	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	955	1.3%	812	1,042	-87	-8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,659	6.3%	4,361	5,803	-1,144	-19.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,818	2.5%	1,829	2,071	-253	-12.2%
Public Administration	809	1.1%	811	927	-118	-12.7%
Information Not Available	6,746	9.1%	6,846	5,736	1,010	17.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,340		7,379	8,839
Male	3,938	53.7%	3,923	4,541	-603	-13.3%
Female	3,402	46.3%	3,456	4,298	-896	-20.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,340		7,379	8,839
Hispanic or Latino	3,542	48.3%	3,596	4,241	-699	-16.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,139	42.8%	3,138	3,817	-678	-17.8%
Information Not Available	659	9.0%	645	781	-122	-15.6%

Race	7,340		7,379	8,839
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,029	14.0%	1,063	1,131	-102	-9.0%
Asian	61	0.8%	61	65	-4	-6.2%
Black or African American	246	3.4%	261	288	-42	-14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.4%	28	22	11	50.0%
White	4,005	54.6%	3,984	5,017	-1,012	-20.2%
Information Not Available	1,966	26.8%	1,982	2,316	-350	-15.1%

Years of Age	7,340		7,379	8,839
Younger than 22	155	1.4%	158	168	-13	-7.7%
22-24	265	2.5%	274	429	-164	-38.2%
25-34	1,679	15.6%	1,664	2,173	-494	-22.7%
35-44	1,691	15.8%	1,682	1,974	-283	-14.3%
45-54	1,657	15.4%	1,695	1,917	-260	-13.6%
55-59	863	8.0%	850	983	-120	-12.2%
60-64	610	5.7%	628	718	-108	-15.0%
65 and older	420	3.9%	428	477	-57	-11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,340		7,379	8,839
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	245	3.2%	210	212	33	15.6%
Mining	142	1.9%	135	184	-42	-22.8%
Utilities	21	0.3%	18	29	-8	-27.6%
Construction	1,290	17.0%	1,261	1,188	102	8.6%
Manufacturing	257	3.4%	240	299	-42	-14.0%
Wholesale Trade	182	2.4%	185	281	-99	-35.2%
Retail Trade	812	10.7%	820	1,016	-204	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	141	1.9%	141	204	-63	-30.9%
Information	282	3.7%	293	550	-268	-48.7%
Finance and Insurance	210	2.8%	221	271	-61	-22.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	130	1.7%	120	133	-3	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	462	6.1%	478	551	-89	-16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.4%	27	27	1	3.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	636	8.4%	631	755	-119	-15.8%
Educational Services	289	3.8%	287	350	-61	-17.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	946	12.5%	973	1,179	-233	-19.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	2.0%	162	217	-66	-30.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	466	6.1%	493	653	-187	-28.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	194	2.6%	185	203	-9	-4.4%
Public Administration	292	3.8%	313	396	-104	-26.3%
Information Not Available	164	2.2%	186	141	23	16.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,596		17,659	18,693
Male	8,898	53.6%	9,553	10,154	-1,256	-12.4%
Female	7,620	45.9%	8,008	8,437	-817	-9.7%
Information Not Available	78	0.5%	98	102	-24	-23.5%

Ethnicity	16,596		17,659	18,693
Hispanic or Latino	3,388	20.4%	3,621	3,885	-497	-12.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,524	63.4%	11,299	11,920	-1,396	-11.7%
Information Not Available	2,684	16.2%	2,739	2,888	-204	-7.1%

Race	16,596		17,659	18,693
American Indian or Alaskan Native	378	2.3%	401	444	-66	-14.9%
Asian	1,058	6.4%	1,145	1,104	-46	-4.2%
Black or African American	3,207	19.3%	3,360	3,339	-132	-4.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	411	2.5%	395	449	-38	-8.5%
White	8,855	53.4%	9,412	10,076	-1,221	-12.1%
Information Not Available	2,687	16.2%	2,946	3,281	-594	-18.1%

Years of Age	16,596		17,659	18,693
Younger than 22	303	1.3%	303	338	-35	-10.4%
22-24	673	2.8%	692	774	-101	-13.0%
25-34	4,000	16.5%	4,120	4,570	-570	-12.5%
35-44	3,832	15.8%	4,048	4,262	-430	-10.1%
45-54	3,716	15.4%	4,007	4,324	-608	-14.1%
55-59	1,792	7.4%	1,986	1,941	-149	-7.7%
60-64	1,255	5.2%	1,406	1,408	-153	-10.9%
65 and older	1,025	4.2%	1,097	1,076	-51	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,596		17,659	18,693
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.1%	13	26	-8	-30.8%
Mining	64	0.4%	57	67	-3	-4.5%
Utilities	21	0.1%	10	23	-2	-8.7%
Construction	1,721	10.4%	1,749	1,929	-208	-10.8%
Manufacturing	433	2.6%	475	506	-73	-14.4%
Wholesale Trade	307	1.8%	319	421	-114	-27.1%
Retail Trade	1,022	6.2%	1,037	1,268	-246	-19.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	502	3.0%	716	657	-155	-23.6%
Information	201	1.2%	191	184	17	9.2%
Finance and Insurance	395	2.4%	398	367	28	7.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	473	2.8%	521	470	3	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	639	3.8%	700	827	-188	-22.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	0.8%	155	148	-15	-10.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,524	9.2%	1,992	1,879	-355	-18.9%
Educational Services	153	0.9%	149	204	-51	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	833	5.0%	877	951	-118	-12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	251	1.5%	248	277	-26	-9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,164	13.0%	2,368	2,598	-434	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	229	1.4%	260	349	-120	-34.4%
Public Administration	211	1.3%	213	322	-111	-34.5%
Information Not Available	5,302	31.9%	5,211	5,220	82	1.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	105,373		110,155	122,451
Male	55,592	52.8%	56,177	66,287	-10,695	-16.1%
Female	49,774	47.2%	53,972	56,151	-6,377	-11.4%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	13	-6	-46.2%

Ethnicity	105,373		110,155	122,451
Hispanic or Latino	20,486	19.4%	21,761	23,792	-3,306	-13.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,467	68.8%	74,991	83,303	-10,836	-13.0%
Information Not Available	12,420	11.8%	13,403	15,354	-2,934	-19.1%

Race	105,373		110,155	122,451
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,049	1.0%	1,075	1,197	-148	-12.4%
Asian	4,264	4.0%	4,548	5,014	-750	-15.0%
Black or African American	23,795	22.6%	24,883	26,365	-2,570	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	624	0.6%	654	818	-194	-23.7%
White	52,952	50.3%	54,565	61,974	-9,022	-14.6%
Information Not Available	22,689	21.5%	24,430	27,081	-4,392	-16.2%

Years of Age	105,373		110,155	122,451
Younger than 22	2,185	1.5%	2,179	2,655	-470	-17.7%
22-24	5,128	3.4%	5,326	6,360	-1,232	-19.4%
25-34	28,546	19.0%	29,499	33,576	-5,030	-15.0%
35-44	22,936	15.2%	23,786	26,299	-3,363	-12.8%
45-54	21,898	14.5%	22,937	26,218	-4,320	-16.5%
55-59	10,515	7.0%	11,124	12,134	-1,619	-13.3%
60-64	7,820	5.2%	8,373	8,557	-737	-8.6%
65 and older	6,345	4.2%	6,931	6,652	-307	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	105,373		110,155	122,451
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	208	0.2%	212	203	5	2.5%
Mining	77	0.1%	78	86	-9	-10.5%
Utilities	144	0.1%	144	139	5	3.6%
Construction	10,483	9.9%	10,027	13,016	-2,533	-19.5%
Manufacturing	5,708	5.4%	5,534	6,126	-418	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,076	3.9%	4,218	4,782	-706	-14.8%
Retail Trade	9,893	9.4%	10,256	11,424	-1,531	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,320	3.1%	5,794	4,029	-709	-17.6%
Information	4,347	4.1%	4,770	5,656	-1,309	-23.1%
Finance and Insurance	4,399	4.2%	4,471	5,172	-773	-14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,449	2.3%	2,334	2,641	-192	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,218	7.8%	8,478	9,618	-1,400	-14.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	796	0.8%	791	835	-39	-4.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,739	14.0%	15,037	16,558	-1,819	-11.0%
Educational Services	3,945	3.7%	4,656	4,335	-390	-9.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,465	11.8%	12,803	13,784	-1,319	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,944	2.8%	3,153	3,339	-395	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,264	7.8%	8,257	8,964	-700	-7.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,242	3.1%	3,270	3,578	-336	-9.4%
Public Administration	2,940	2.8%	2,814	3,318	-378	-11.4%
Information Not Available	2,716	2.6%	3,058	4,848	-2,132	-44.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,867		36,784	42,007
Male	19,458	54.3%	19,677	23,490	-4,032	-17.2%
Female	16,273	45.4%	16,969	18,359	-2,086	-11.4%
Information Not Available	136	0.4%	138	158	-22	-13.9%

Ethnicity	35,867		36,784	42,007
Hispanic or Latino	1,236	3.4%	1,230	1,443	-207	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,627	91.0%	33,505	38,336	-5,709	-14.9%
Information Not Available	2,004	5.6%	2,049	2,228	-224	-10.1%

Race	35,867		36,784	42,007
American Indian or Alaskan Native	169	0.5%	184	240	-71	-29.6%
Asian	350	1.0%	379	365	-15	-4.1%
Black or African American	6,988	19.5%	7,228	8,092	-1,104	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	52	78	-31	-39.7%
White	26,108	72.8%	26,663	30,873	-4,765	-15.4%
Information Not Available	2,205	6.1%	2,278	2,359	-154	-6.5%

Years of Age	35,867		36,784	42,007
Younger than 22	440	0.8%	441	642	-202	-31.5%
22-24	1,077	1.8%	1,101	1,464	-387	-26.4%
25-34	7,151	12.2%	7,264	8,717	-1,566	-18.0%
35-44	8,384	14.3%	8,558	9,640	-1,256	-13.0%
45-54	9,060	15.4%	9,401	10,717	-1,657	-15.5%
55-59	4,650	7.9%	4,794	5,450	-800	-14.7%
60-64	3,334	5.7%	3,441	3,661	-327	-8.9%
65 and older	1,771	3.0%	1,784	1,716	55	3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,867		36,784	42,007
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.3%	98	167	-53	-31.7%
Mining	90	0.3%	80	138	-48	-34.8%
Utilities	160	0.4%	126	95	65	68.4%
Construction	4,386	12.2%	4,457	5,528	-1,142	-20.7%
Manufacturing	6,615	18.4%	6,562	8,354	-1,739	-20.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,914	5.3%	2,123	2,214	-300	-13.6%
Retail Trade	1,688	4.7%	1,655	2,108	-420	-19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,169	3.2%	1,181	1,550	-381	-24.6%
Information	776	2.2%	766	897	-121	-13.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,665	4.6%	1,746	1,737	-72	-4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	637	1.8%	673	704	-67	-9.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,649	7.4%	2,874	3,044	-395	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	754	2.1%	792	867	-113	-13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,894	10.8%	3,898	4,739	-845	-17.8%
Educational Services	1,111	3.1%	1,194	1,158	-47	-4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,790	10.5%	3,996	4,128	-338	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	380	1.1%	384	411	-31	-7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,346	3.7%	1,272	1,620	-274	-16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	837	2.3%	858	972	-135	-13.9%
Public Administration	363	1.0%	336	283	80	28.3%
Information Not Available	1,529	4.2%	1,713	1,293	236	18.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,675		11,759	13,876
Male	5,641	48.3%	5,746	7,085	-1,444	-20.4%
Female	6,002	51.4%	5,985	6,760	-758	-11.2%
Information Not Available	32	0.3%	28	31	1	3.2%

Ethnicity	11,675		11,759	13,876
Hispanic or Latino	833	7.1%	845	1,045	-212	-20.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,842	92.9%	10,914	12,831	-1,989	-15.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	11,675		11,759	13,876
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,326	11.4%	1,278	1,559	-233	-14.9%
Asian	101	0.9%	100	161	-60	-37.3%
Black or African American	2,081	17.8%	2,103	2,321	-240	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.2%	24	24	4	16.7%
White	6,853	58.7%	6,977	8,218	-1,365	-16.6%
Information Not Available	1,286	11.0%	1,277	1,593	-307	-19.3%

Years of Age	11,675		11,759	13,876
Younger than 22	188	1.1%	186	227	-39	-17.2%
22-24	407	2.3%	423	522	-115	-22.0%
25-34	2,555	14.5%	2,559	3,143	-588	-18.7%
35-44	2,919	16.6%	2,933	3,382	-463	-13.7%
45-54	2,661	15.1%	2,681	3,222	-561	-17.4%
55-59	1,358	7.7%	1,382	1,521	-163	-10.7%
60-64	932	5.3%	955	1,105	-173	-15.7%
65 and older	655	3.7%	640	754	-99	-13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,675		11,759	13,876
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.4%	59	58	-7	-12.1%
Mining	390	3.3%	444	472	-82	-17.4%
Utilities	47	0.4%	39	38	9	23.7%
Construction	946	8.1%	948	1,230	-284	-23.1%
Manufacturing	1,233	10.5%	1,159	1,350	-117	-8.7%
Wholesale Trade	550	4.7%	560	746	-196	-26.3%
Retail Trade	1,139	9.7%	1,201	1,476	-337	-22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	296	2.5%	273	285	11	3.9%
Information	301	2.6%	314	356	-55	-15.4%
Finance and Insurance	421	3.6%	424	466	-45	-9.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	225	1.9%	219	269	-44	-16.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	906	7.7%	934	981	-75	-7.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.3%	49	75	-35	-46.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,499	12.8%	1,471	1,756	-257	-14.6%
Educational Services	322	2.7%	290	340	-18	-5.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,376	11.7%	1,355	1,683	-307	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	167	1.4%	158	128	39	30.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	629	5.4%	659	749	-120	-16.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	340	2.9%	357	393	-53	-13.5%
Public Administration	514	4.4%	523	615	-101	-16.4%
Information Not Available	283	2.4%	323	410	-127	-31.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,421		21,359	23,364
Male	11,694	54.6%	11,333	12,510	-816	-6.5%
Female	9,722	45.4%	10,020	10,850	-1,128	-10.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	6	4	1	25.0%

Ethnicity	21,421		21,359	23,364
Hispanic or Latino	2,185	10.2%	2,222	2,280	-95	-4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,868	78.7%	16,856	18,701	-1,833	-9.8%
Information Not Available	2,368	11.1%	2,281	2,383	-15	-0.6%

Race	21,421		21,359	23,364
American Indian or Alaskan Native	241	1.1%	262	294	-53	-18.0%
Asian	436	2.0%	460	599	-163	-27.2%
Black or African American	490	2.3%	505	523	-33	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	143	0.7%	138	135	8	5.9%
White	12,459	58.2%	12,478	14,088	-1,629	-11.6%
Information Not Available	7,652	35.7%	7,516	7,725	-73	-0.9%

Years of Age	21,421		21,359	23,364
Younger than 22	238	0.7%	216	278	-40	-14.4%
22-24	642	2.0%	639	766	-124	-16.2%
25-34	4,824	15.0%	4,831	5,347	-523	-9.8%
35-44	5,404	16.8%	5,427	5,733	-329	-5.7%
45-54	5,016	15.6%	4,983	5,430	-414	-7.6%
55-59	2,403	7.5%	2,394	2,725	-322	-11.8%
60-64	1,777	5.5%	1,779	1,966	-189	-9.6%
65 and older	1,117	3.5%	1,090	1,119	-2	-0.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,421		21,359	23,364
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	588	2.7%	489	490	98	20.0%
Mining	23	0.1%	27	22	1	4.5%
Utilities	47	0.2%	52	44	3	6.8%
Construction	2,261	10.3%	2,138	2,122	139	6.6%
Manufacturing	2,403	10.9%	2,581	2,763	-360	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	913	4.1%	894	964	-51	-5.3%
Retail Trade	2,084	9.5%	2,149	2,198	-114	-5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	521	2.4%	506	614	-93	-15.1%
Information	747	3.4%	733	880	-133	-15.1%
Finance and Insurance	794	3.6%	755	727	67	9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	371	1.7%	358	400	-29	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,218	5.5%	1,258	1,462	-244	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	175	0.8%	175	415	-240	-57.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,022	9.2%	2,054	2,277	-255	-11.2%
Educational Services	645	2.9%	646	637	8	1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,608	11.8%	2,694	2,894	-286	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	240	1.1%	197	328	-88	-26.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,488	6.8%	1,454	1,655	-167	-10.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	665	3.0%	691	698	-33	-4.7%
Public Administration	464	2.1%	456	598	-134	-22.4%
Information Not Available	1,144	5.2%	1,052	1,176	-32	-2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	80,415		85,740	94,144
Male	41,436	51.5%	43,506	50,018	-8,582	-17.2%
Female	38,972	48.5%	42,224	44,114	-5,142	-11.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	10	12	-5	-41.7%

Ethnicity	80,415		85,740	94,144
Hispanic or Latino	6,517	8.1%	7,044	6,658	-141	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,314	87.4%	74,807	83,539	-13,225	-15.8%
Information Not Available	3,584	4.5%	3,889	3,947	-363	-9.2%

Race	80,415		85,740	94,144
American Indian or Alaskan Native	229	0.3%	251	247	-18	-7.3%
Asian	33	0.0%	37	45	-12	-26.7%
Black or African American	15,384	19.1%	16,573	17,974	-2,590	-14.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,011	1.3%	1,112	1,519	-508	-33.4%
White	53,786	66.9%	56,971	63,919	-10,133	-15.9%
Information Not Available	9,972	12.4%	10,796	10,440	-468	-4.5%

Years of Age	80,415		85,740	94,144
Younger than 22	1,531	1.2%	1,639	1,925	-394	-20.5%
22-24	3,265	2.6%	3,375	4,322	-1,057	-24.5%
25-34	18,867	14.9%	19,775	22,158	-3,291	-14.9%
35-44	16,800	13.3%	17,939	19,421	-2,621	-13.5%
45-54	17,449	13.8%	18,891	21,784	-4,335	-19.9%
55-59	9,128	7.2%	9,834	10,768	-1,640	-15.2%
60-64	7,535	5.9%	8,005	8,033	-498	-6.2%
65 and older	5,840	4.6%	6,282	5,733	107	1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	80,415		85,740	94,144
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	235	0.3%	218	259	-24	-9.3%
Mining	543	0.7%	567	486	57	11.7%
Utilities	183	0.2%	198	222	-39	-17.6%
Construction	7,755	9.6%	8,385	9,378	-1,623	-17.3%
Manufacturing	9,553	11.8%	10,201	11,541	-1,988	-17.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,841	3.5%	2,844	3,601	-760	-21.1%
Retail Trade	8,460	10.5%	9,438	10,516	-2,056	-19.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,387	5.4%	5,177	4,886	-499	-10.2%
Information	1,311	1.6%	1,327	1,789	-478	-26.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,903	3.6%	2,961	3,367	-464	-13.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,134	1.4%	1,209	1,234	-100	-8.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,131	6.4%	5,432	6,129	-998	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	890	1.1%	795	788	102	12.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,594	10.7%	9,526	10,118	-1,524	-15.1%
Educational Services	2,225	2.8%	2,424	2,766	-541	-19.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,022	14.9%	12,849	13,250	-1,228	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,309	1.6%	1,202	1,590	-281	-17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,994	6.2%	5,392	5,872	-878	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,103	2.6%	2,322	2,453	-350	-14.3%
Public Administration	950	1.2%	928	1,089	-139	-12.8%
Information Not Available	2,892	3.6%	2,345	2,810	82	2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,272		12,023	17,011
Male	6,039	49.2%	5,804	6,953	-914	-13.1%
Female	6,233	50.8%	6,219	10,058	-3,825	-38.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,272		12,023	17,011
Hispanic or Latino	11,967	97.5%	11,761	16,681	-4,714	-28.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	186	1.5%	139	166	20	12.0%
Information Not Available	119	1.0%	123	164	-45	-27.4%

Race	12,272		12,023	17,011
American Indian or Alaskan Native	504	4.1%	383	121	383	316.5%
Asian	93	0.8%	108	81	12	14.8%
Black or African American	414	3.4%	424	832	-418	-50.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.6%	42	20	56	280.0%
White	2,486	20.3%	2,537	3,958	-1,472	-37.2%
Information Not Available	8,699	70.9%	8,529	11,999	-3,300	-27.5%

Years of Age	12,272		12,023	17,011
Younger than 22	257	1.8%	271	300	-43	-14.3%
22-24	678	4.8%	651	836	-158	-18.9%
25-34	3,133	22.2%	3,041	4,586	-1,453	-31.7%
35-44	3,306	23.5%	3,274	4,653	-1,347	-28.9%
45-54	2,725	19.3%	2,710	3,905	-1,180	-30.2%
55-59	1,002	7.1%	961	1,359	-357	-26.3%
60-64	665	4.7%	646	810	-145	-17.9%
65 and older	498	3.5%	463	554	-56	-10.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	6	8	0	0.0%

Industry	12,272		12,023	17,011
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	576	4.5%	565	771	-195	-25.3%
Mining	3	0.0%	2	8	-5	-62.5%
Utilities	16	0.1%	5	13	3	23.1%
Construction	761	5.9%	656	747	14	1.9%
Manufacturing	882	6.9%	827	1,374	-492	-35.8%
Wholesale Trade	267	2.1%	265	371	-104	-28.0%
Retail Trade	1,182	9.2%	1,193	1,616	-434	-26.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	208	1.6%	218	340	-132	-38.8%
Information	258	2.0%	277	213	45	21.1%
Finance and Insurance	232	1.8%	222	152	80	52.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	115	0.9%	112	165	-50	-30.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	545	4.2%	527	649	-104	-16.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55	0.4%	46	41	14	34.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,254	17.5%	2,065	1,741	513	29.5%
Educational Services	1,710	13.3%	1,657	2,477	-767	-31.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	695	5.4%	693	1,512	-817	-54.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	38	0.3%	39	112	-74	-66.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	844	6.6%	912	1,296	-452	-34.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	183	1.4%	169	248	-65	-26.2%
Public Administration	963	7.5%	1,028	2,456	-1,493	-60.8%
Information Not Available	485	3.8%	545	709	-224	-31.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,793		6,182	6,174
Male	2,706	46.7%	2,819	3,036	-330	-10.9%
Female	3,087	53.3%	3,363	3,138	-51	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,793		6,182	6,174
Hispanic or Latino	1,102	19.0%	1,167	1,038	64	6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,568	61.6%	3,761	3,946	-378	-9.6%
Information Not Available	1,123	19.4%	1,254	1,190	-67	-5.6%

Race	5,793		6,182	6,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	50	0.9%	51	50	0	0.0%
Asian	88	1.5%	93	100	-12	-12.0%
Black or African American	466	8.0%	495	495	-29	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.5%	38	28	2	7.1%
White	3,774	65.1%	4,009	4,178	-404	-9.7%
Information Not Available	1,385	23.9%	1,496	1,323	62	4.7%

Years of Age	5,793		6,182	6,174
Younger than 22	97	1.1%	106	111	-14	-12.6%
22-24	246	2.7%	247	249	-3	-1.2%
25-34	1,352	14.9%	1,396	1,364	-12	-0.9%
35-44	1,176	13.0%	1,211	1,247	-71	-5.7%
45-54	1,252	13.8%	1,393	1,447	-195	-13.5%
55-59	712	7.9%	765	751	-39	-5.2%
60-64	500	5.5%	566	545	-45	-8.3%
65 and older	458	5.1%	498	460	-2	-0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,793		6,182	6,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.2%	14	8	4	50.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	7	6	2	33.3%
Construction	388	6.7%	431	540	-152	-28.1%
Manufacturing	772	13.3%	829	638	134	21.0%
Wholesale Trade	278	4.8%	292	288	-10	-3.5%
Retail Trade	562	9.7%	623	623	-61	-9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	247	4.3%	286	151	96	63.6%
Information	57	1.0%	67	78	-21	-26.9%
Finance and Insurance	321	5.5%	329	366	-45	-12.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	99	1.7%	137	107	-8	-7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	376	6.5%	396	422	-46	-10.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	1.4%	84	112	-28	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	728	12.5%	709	727	1	0.1%
Educational Services	198	3.4%	210	187	11	5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	793	13.7%	860	902	-109	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	92	1.6%	91	118	-26	-22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	412	7.1%	417	491	-79	-16.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	159	2.7%	183	225	-66	-29.3%
Public Administration	59	1.0%	70	44	15	34.1%
Information Not Available	147	2.5%	146	140	7	5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,384		15,806	16,884
Male	6,739	43.8%	6,825	8,411	-1,672	-19.9%
Female	8,519	55.4%	8,827	8,418	101	1.2%
Information Not Available	126	0.8%	154	55	71	129.1%

Ethnicity	15,384		15,806	16,884
Hispanic or Latino	429	2.8%	433	514	-85	-16.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,794	89.7%	14,187	15,887	-2,093	-13.2%
Information Not Available	1,161	7.5%	1,186	483	678	140.4%

Race	15,384		15,806	16,884
American Indian or Alaskan Native	156	1.0%	162	191	-35	-18.3%
Asian	111	0.7%	107	117	-6	-5.1%
Black or African American	7,786	50.6%	8,209	8,351	-565	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.2%	32	34	-4	-11.8%
White	6,477	42.1%	6,531	7,679	-1,202	-15.7%
Information Not Available	824	5.4%	765	512	312	60.9%

Years of Age	15,384		15,806	16,884
Younger than 22	208	1.0%	204	294	-86	-29.3%
22-24	531	2.6%	517	666	-135	-20.3%
25-34	3,479	16.9%	3,565	3,953	-474	-12.0%
35-44	3,780	18.3%	3,865	3,914	-134	-3.4%
45-54	3,589	17.4%	3,733	4,018	-429	-10.7%
55-59	1,755	8.5%	1,776	1,839	-84	-4.6%
60-64	1,230	6.0%	1,284	1,368	-138	-10.1%
65 and older	812	3.9%	862	832	-20	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,384		15,806	16,884
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	53	0.3%	65	60	-7	-11.7%
Mining	6	0.0%	7	11	-5	-45.5%
Utilities	17	0.1%	26	83	-66	-79.5%
Construction	825	5.3%	929	1,079	-254	-23.5%
Manufacturing	2,363	15.3%	2,402	2,880	-517	-18.0%
Wholesale Trade	567	3.7%	572	717	-150	-20.9%
Retail Trade	1,379	8.9%	1,308	1,590	-211	-13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	397	2.6%	564	467	-70	-15.0%
Information	193	1.3%	184	264	-71	-26.9%
Finance and Insurance	512	3.3%	549	351	161	45.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	256	1.7%	198	268	-12	-4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,005	6.5%	1,038	2,100	-1,095	-52.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.4%	78	100	-42	-42.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,075	13.4%	2,137	2,373	-298	-12.6%
Educational Services	354	2.3%	357	389	-35	-9.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,124	7.3%	1,174	1,156	-32	-2.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	164	1.1%	148	127	37	29.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,173	7.6%	938	1,039	134	12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	343	2.2%	342	379	-36	-9.5%
Public Administration	230	1.5%	220	253	-23	-9.1%
Information Not Available	2,290	14.8%	2,570	1,198	1,092	91.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	911		768	913
Male	492	54.0%	373	486	6	1.2%
Female	419	46.0%	395	427	-8	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	911		768	913
Hispanic or Latino	32	3.5%	20	27	5	18.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	793	87.0%	667	786	7	0.9%
Information Not Available	86	9.4%	81	100	-14	-14.0%

Race	911		768	913
American Indian or Alaskan Native	113	12.4%	108	135	-22	-16.3%
Asian	4	0.4%	7	3	1	33.3%
Black or African American	25	2.7%	31	30	-5	-16.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%
White	690	75.7%	542	640	50	7.8%
Information Not Available	79	8.7%	79	101	-22	-21.8%

Years of Age	911		768	913
Younger than 22	8	0.5%	7	9	-1	-11.1%
22-24	14	0.9%	16	15	-1	-6.7%
25-34	135	9.0%	118	123	12	9.8%
35-44	233	15.5%	203	204	29	14.2%
45-54	226	15.0%	177	245	-19	-7.8%
55-59	117	7.8%	111	141	-24	-17.0%
60-64	99	6.6%	82	107	-8	-7.5%
65 and older	79	5.3%	54	69	10	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	911		768	913
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5	0.5%	4	12	-7	-58.3%
Mining	8	0.9%	1	4	4	100.0%
Utilities	1	0.1%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	132	14.4%	53	89	43	48.3%
Manufacturing	76	8.3%	77	92	-16	-17.4%
Wholesale Trade	35	3.8%	33	48	-13	-27.1%
Retail Trade	103	11.2%	100	91	12	13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	29	3.2%	15	20	9	45.0%
Information	16	1.7%	15	29	-13	-44.8%
Finance and Insurance	56	6.1%	68	60	-4	-6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	1.7%	12	19	-3	-15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	36	3.9%	32	43	-7	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.8%	4	2	5	250.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	46	5.0%	47	58	-12	-20.7%
Educational Services	34	3.7%	42	38	-4	-10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	85	9.3%	73	74	11	14.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	15	1.6%	12	25	-10	-40.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	48	5.2%	47	66	-18	-27.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	1.6%	13	12	3	25.0%
Public Administration	73	8.0%	70	89	-16	-18.0%
Information Not Available	75	8.2%	49	42	33	78.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,984		15,904	18,803
Male	6,737	42.1%	6,876	8,203	-1,466	-17.9%
Female	9,171	57.4%	8,984	10,567	-1,396	-13.2%
Information Not Available	76	0.5%	44	33	43	130.3%

Ethnicity	15,984		15,904	18,803
Hispanic or Latino	314	2.0%	318	337	-23	-6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,245	95.4%	15,163	18,028	-2,783	-15.4%
Information Not Available	425	2.7%	423	438	-13	-3.0%

Race	15,984		15,904	18,803
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.2%	43	50	-15	-30.0%
Asian	90	0.6%	91	175	-85	-48.6%
Black or African American	5,277	33.0%	5,138	5,796	-519	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	152	1.0%	218	236	-84	-35.6%
White	9,600	60.1%	9,619	11,644	-2,044	-17.6%
Information Not Available	830	5.2%	795	902	-72	-8.0%

Years of Age	15,984		15,904	18,803
Younger than 22	251	1.0%	255	321	-70	-21.8%
22-24	485	2.0%	490	628	-143	-22.8%
25-34	3,204	13.3%	3,258	3,885	-681	-17.5%
35-44	3,726	15.4%	3,734	4,269	-543	-12.7%
45-54	3,907	16.2%	3,920	4,589	-682	-14.9%
55-59	1,890	7.8%	1,845	2,310	-420	-18.2%
60-64	1,450	6.0%	1,396	1,613	-163	-10.1%
65 and older	1,071	4.4%	1,006	1,188	-117	-9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,984		15,904	18,803
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.3%	54	73	-19	-26.0%
Mining	24	0.1%	14	20	4	20.0%
Utilities	20	0.1%	25	40	-20	-50.0%
Construction	934	5.8%	1,016	1,325	-391	-29.5%
Manufacturing	2,228	13.9%	2,268	2,906	-678	-23.3%
Wholesale Trade	801	5.0%	919	871	-70	-8.0%
Retail Trade	1,338	8.3%	1,443	1,291	47	3.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	982	6.1%	620	979	3	0.3%
Information	282	1.8%	279	337	-55	-16.3%
Finance and Insurance	514	3.2%	525	452	62	13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.6%	279	277	-27	-9.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	999	6.2%	1,140	1,076	-77	-7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	242	1.5%	145	317	-75	-23.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,945	12.1%	1,957	2,169	-224	-10.3%
Educational Services	476	3.0%	492	487	-11	-2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,641	10.2%	1,614	1,583	58	3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	148	0.9%	143	138	10	7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	735	4.6%	673	760	-25	-3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	442	2.8%	417	620	-178	-28.7%
Public Administration	350	2.2%	378	567	-217	-38.3%
Information Not Available	1,579	9.8%	1,503	2,515	-936	-37.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,291		107,079	128,471
Male	50,860	50.7%	55,717	67,129	-16,269	-24.2%
Female	49,320	49.2%	51,251	61,216	-11,896	-19.4%
Information Not Available	111	0.1%	111	126	-15	-11.9%

Ethnicity	100,291		107,079	128,471
Hispanic or Latino	29,807	29.7%	33,653	39,051	-9,244	-23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,366	62.2%	64,709	78,502	-16,136	-20.6%
Information Not Available	8,118	8.1%	8,717	10,918	-2,800	-25.6%

Race	100,291		107,079	128,471
American Indian or Alaskan Native	442	0.4%	501	551	-109	-19.8%
Asian	2,375	2.4%	2,394	3,330	-955	-28.7%
Black or African American	26,233	26.2%	27,181	31,887	-5,654	-17.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,222	1.2%	1,105	1,527	-305	-20.0%
White	32,788	32.7%	34,093	42,060	-9,272	-22.0%
Information Not Available	37,231	37.1%	41,805	49,116	-11,885	-24.2%

Years of Age	100,291		107,079	128,471
Younger than 22	1,565	1.3%	1,590	2,301	-736	-32.0%
22-24	3,518	2.8%	3,887	5,464	-1,946	-35.6%
25-34	22,658	18.1%	24,714	30,718	-8,060	-26.2%
35-44	24,537	19.6%	26,374	31,398	-6,861	-21.9%
45-54	23,850	19.1%	25,284	29,835	-5,985	-20.1%
55-59	11,215	9.0%	11,836	13,713	-2,498	-18.2%
60-64	8,015	6.4%	8,242	9,297	-1,282	-13.8%
65 and older	4,857	3.9%	5,084	5,666	-809	-14.3%
Information Not Available	76	0.1%	68	79	-3	-3.8%

Industry	100,291		107,079	128,471
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	469	0.5%	578	584	-115	-19.7%
Mining	1,855	1.8%	2,204	2,569	-714	-27.8%
Utilities	370	0.4%	434	491	-121	-24.6%
Construction	10,947	10.9%	13,743	16,486	-5,539	-33.6%
Manufacturing	7,241	7.2%	7,191	9,645	-2,404	-24.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,771	5.7%	5,907	7,629	-1,858	-24.4%
Retail Trade	8,065	8.0%	8,079	9,895	-1,830	-18.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,562	3.5%	3,836	4,480	-918	-20.5%
Information	2,819	2.8%	2,879	2,949	-130	-4.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,834	5.8%	5,853	5,984	-150	-2.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,121	2.1%	2,348	2,456	-335	-13.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,542	9.5%	10,274	11,009	-1,467	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	820	0.8%	825	920	-100	-10.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,194	14.1%	15,248	17,849	-3,655	-20.5%
Educational Services	2,620	2.6%	2,649	3,293	-673	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,723	10.6%	11,195	14,346	-3,623	-25.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	599	0.6%	633	955	-356	-37.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,808	3.8%	3,977	6,049	-2,241	-37.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,350	2.3%	2,929	3,264	-914	-28.0%
Public Administration	1,287	1.3%	1,309	1,366	-79	-5.8%
Information Not Available	5,294	5.3%	4,988	6,252	-958	-15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,227		6,754	8,071
Male	4,211	58.3%	3,902	4,672	-461	-9.9%
Female	2,987	41.3%	2,820	3,398	-411	-12.1%
Information Not Available	29	0.4%	32	1	28	2800.0%

Ethnicity	7,227		6,754	8,071
Hispanic or Latino	838	11.6%	782	885	-47	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,032	83.5%	5,602	6,203	-171	-2.8%
Information Not Available	357	4.9%	370	983	-626	-63.7%

Race	7,227		6,754	8,071
American Indian or Alaskan Native	226	3.1%	227	198	28	14.1%
Asian	187	2.6%	145	164	23	14.0%
Black or African American	187	2.6%	178	172	15	8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	159	2.2%	114	131	28	21.4%
White	5,699	78.9%	5,360	4,681	1,018	21.7%
Information Not Available	769	10.6%	730	2,718	-1,949	-71.7%

Years of Age	7,227		6,754	8,071
Younger than 22	143	1.2%	126	158	-15	-9.5%
22-24	259	2.1%	256	339	-80	-23.6%
25-34	1,800	14.5%	1,583	2,089	-289	-13.8%
35-44	1,890	15.3%	1,798	2,103	-213	-10.1%
45-54	1,549	12.5%	1,497	1,759	-210	-11.9%
55-59	766	6.2%	713	772	-6	-0.8%
60-64	549	4.4%	519	564	-15	-2.7%
65 and older	271	2.2%	262	287	-16	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,227		6,754	8,071
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.1%	15	12	-2	-16.7%
Mining	64	0.9%	58	74	-10	-13.5%
Utilities	5	0.1%	5	7	-2	-28.6%
Construction	980	13.5%	918	712	268	37.6%
Manufacturing	650	9.0%	676	887	-237	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	357	4.9%	328	391	-34	-8.7%
Retail Trade	645	8.9%	642	751	-106	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	180	2.5%	180	264	-84	-31.8%
Information	225	3.1%	235	263	-38	-14.4%
Finance and Insurance	341	4.7%	313	354	-13	-3.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	141	1.9%	130	126	15	11.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	678	9.4%	675	839	-161	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.6%	51	51	-4	-7.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	948	13.1%	894	1,055	-107	-10.1%
Educational Services	247	3.4%	259	257	-10	-3.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	421	5.8%	438	434	-13	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	119	1.6%	77	123	-4	-3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	345	4.8%	271	429	-84	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	148	2.0%	139	133	15	11.3%
Public Administration	123	1.7%	95	165	-42	-25.5%
Information Not Available	553	7.6%	355	744	-191	-25.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,839		21,471	26,354
Male	10,162	48.8%	10,388	13,242	-3,080	-23.3%
Female	10,668	51.2%	11,076	13,097	-2,429	-18.5%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	7	15	-6	-40.0%

Ethnicity	20,839		21,471	26,354
Hispanic or Latino	255	1.2%	272	1,003	-748	-74.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,874	90.6%	19,505	23,946	-5,072	-21.2%
Information Not Available	1,710	8.2%	1,694	1,405	305	21.7%

Race	20,839		21,471	26,354
American Indian or Alaskan Native	335	1.6%	348	1,135	-800	-70.5%
Asian	631	3.0%	642	801	-170	-21.2%
Black or African American	8,705	41.8%	9,088	11,729	-3,024	-25.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,458	45.4%	9,699	11,284	-1,826	-16.2%
Information Not Available	1,710	8.2%	1,694	1,405	305	21.7%

Years of Age	20,839		21,471	26,354
Younger than 22	207	0.7%	190	318	-111	-34.9%
22-24	590	2.1%	595	928	-338	-36.4%
25-34	4,317	15.2%	4,406	5,848	-1,531	-26.2%
35-44	4,829	17.0%	5,043	5,957	-1,128	-18.9%
45-54	5,109	18.0%	5,350	6,453	-1,344	-20.8%
55-59	2,671	9.4%	2,692	3,205	-534	-16.7%
60-64	1,898	6.7%	1,971	2,340	-442	-18.9%
65 and older	1,218	4.3%	1,224	1,305	-87	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,839		21,471	26,354
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	0.3%	76	98	-29	-29.6%
Mining	44	0.2%	60	61	-17	-27.9%
Utilities	32	0.2%	33	30	2	6.7%
Construction	1,384	6.6%	1,459	1,621	-237	-14.6%
Manufacturing	1,433	6.9%	1,391	2,067	-634	-30.7%
Wholesale Trade	788	3.8%	821	899	-111	-12.3%
Retail Trade	1,868	8.9%	1,968	2,397	-529	-22.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	761	3.6%	762	876	-115	-13.1%
Information	544	2.6%	550	617	-73	-11.8%
Finance and Insurance	927	4.4%	929	1,001	-74	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	390	1.9%	389	488	-98	-20.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,484	11.9%	2,586	3,540	-1,056	-29.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	197	0.9%	194	159	38	23.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,503	12.0%	2,575	3,212	-709	-22.1%
Educational Services	576	2.8%	596	723	-147	-20.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,892	9.0%	1,898	2,141	-249	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	138	0.7%	143	181	-43	-23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	814	3.9%	813	1,099	-285	-25.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	676	3.2%	697	799	-123	-15.4%
Public Administration	1,235	5.9%	1,393	1,697	-462	-27.2%
Information Not Available	2,084	10.0%	2,138	2,648	-564	-21.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	280		198	848
Male	90	32.1%	67	380	-290	-76.3%
Female	190	67.9%	131	468	-278	-59.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	280		198	848
Hispanic or Latino	36	12.9%	23	80	-44	-55.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	235	83.9%	170	740	-505	-68.2%
Information Not Available	9	3.2%	5	28	-19	-67.9%

Race	280		198	848
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Asian	1	0.4%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Black or African American	226	80.7%	162	629	-403	-64.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1.1%	1	18	-15	-83.3%
White	8	2.9%	8	106	-98	-92.5%
Information Not Available	42	15.0%	27	90	-48	-53.3%

Years of Age	280		198	848
Younger than 22	1	0.4%	3	10	-9	-90.0%
22-24	4	1.5%	6	22	-18	-81.8%
25-34	49	18.8%	32	138	-89	-64.5%
35-44	55	21.1%	32	180	-125	-69.4%
45-54	70	26.8%	53	195	-125	-64.1%
55-59	37	14.2%	22	119	-82	-68.9%
60-64	27	10.3%	21	75	-48	-64.0%
65 and older	35	13.4%	26	97	-62	-63.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.8%	3	12	-10	-83.3%

Industry	280		198	848
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	26	9.3%	17	46	-20	-43.5%
Manufacturing	2	0.7%	1	7	-5	-71.4%
Wholesale Trade	3	1.1%	2	17	-14	-82.4%
Retail Trade	8	2.9%	9	123	-115	-93.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6	2.1%	14	64	-58	-90.6%
Information	2	0.7%	2	15	-13	-86.7%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.7%	2	9	-7	-77.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	1.8%	3	24	-19	-79.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	2.5%	3	27	-20	-74.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	1.8%	3	9	-4	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11	3.9%	13	25	-14	-56.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9	3.2%	7	38	-29	-76.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.7%	2	24	-22	-91.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	150	53.6%	88	352	-202	-57.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2	0.7%	4	24	-22	-91.7%
Public Administration	6	2.1%	7	13	-7	-53.8%
Information Not Available	34	12.1%	19	25	9	36.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,071		2,065	2,202
Male	1,084	52.3%	1,045	1,163	-79	-6.8%
Female	987	47.7%	1,020	1,039	-52	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,071		2,065	2,202
Hispanic or Latino	11	0.5%	12	5	6	120.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	474	22.9%	543	469	5	1.1%
Information Not Available	1,586	76.6%	1,510	1,728	-142	-8.2%

Race	2,071		2,065	2,202
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.1%	5	3	-1	-33.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18	0.9%	20	17	1	5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	4	1	1	100.0%
White	463	22.4%	526	453	10	2.2%
Information Not Available	1,586	76.6%	1,510	1,728	-142	-8.2%

Years of Age	2,071		2,065	2,202
Younger than 22	25	1.1%	21	43	-18	-41.9%
22-24	54	2.4%	59	82	-28	-34.1%
25-34	403	17.7%	400	451	-48	-10.6%
35-44	411	18.0%	409	431	-20	-4.6%
45-54	456	20.0%	477	504	-48	-9.5%
55-59	283	12.4%	277	282	1	0.4%
60-64	251	11.0%	238	251	0	0.0%
65 and older	188	8.2%	184	158	30	19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,071		2,065	2,202
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.7%	20	8	7	87.5%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%
Construction	156	7.5%	137	191	-35	-18.3%
Manufacturing	299	14.3%	306	277	22	7.9%
Wholesale Trade	106	5.1%	99	101	5	5.0%
Retail Trade	256	12.3%	245	279	-23	-8.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	55	2.6%	47	60	-5	-8.3%
Information	34	1.6%	29	43	-9	-20.9%
Finance and Insurance	34	1.6%	33	42	-8	-19.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	21	1.0%	17	29	-8	-27.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	96	4.6%	110	98	-2	-2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.2%	3	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	133	6.4%	144	144	-11	-7.6%
Educational Services	112	5.4%	120	129	-17	-13.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	257	12.3%	286	275	-18	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	30	1.4%	23	32	-2	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	351	16.8%	320	365	-14	-3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	51	2.4%	53	63	-12	-19.0%
Public Administration	57	2.7%	70	62	-5	-8.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,635		39,026	46,532
Male	24,999	60.0%	22,915	28,036	-3,037	-10.8%
Female	16,636	40.0%	16,111	18,496	-1,860	-10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,635		39,026	46,532
Hispanic or Latino	5,051	12.1%	3,958	4,814	237	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,300	80.0%	32,025	38,195	-4,895	-12.8%
Information Not Available	3,284	7.9%	3,043	3,523	-239	-6.8%

Race	41,635		39,026	46,532
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,198	2.9%	1,152	1,336	-138	-10.3%
Asian	2,066	5.0%	2,018	2,269	-203	-8.9%
Black or African American	3,106	7.5%	2,941	3,412	-306	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	569	1.4%	560	552	17	3.1%
White	28,343	68.1%	26,983	31,869	-3,526	-11.1%
Information Not Available	6,353	15.3%	5,372	7,094	-741	-10.4%

Years of Age	41,635		39,026	46,532
Younger than 22	607	0.9%	494	569	38	6.7%
22-24	1,464	2.2%	1,317	1,584	-120	-7.6%
25-34	9,609	14.5%	8,922	10,760	-1,151	-10.7%
35-44	9,828	14.8%	9,279	10,791	-963	-8.9%
45-54	9,814	14.8%	9,127	11,303	-1,489	-13.2%
55-59	4,803	7.2%	4,651	5,533	-730	-13.2%
60-64	3,488	5.2%	3,320	3,836	-348	-9.1%
65 and older	2,022	3.0%	1,916	2,156	-134	-6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,635		39,026	46,532
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,900	4.4%	1,081	1,688	212	12.6%
Mining	74	0.2%	32	114	-40	-35.1%
Utilities	80	0.2%	77	115	-35	-30.4%
Construction	6,412	14.7%	6,067	7,413	-1,001	-13.5%
Manufacturing	4,378	10.1%	3,913	6,241	-1,863	-29.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,905	4.4%	1,907	2,219	-314	-14.2%
Retail Trade	3,204	7.4%	3,210	3,488	-284	-8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,291	3.0%	1,204	1,509	-218	-14.4%
Information	1,394	3.2%	1,319	1,456	-62	-4.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,150	2.6%	1,130	1,236	-86	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	726	1.7%	681	768	-42	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,039	7.0%	3,084	3,771	-732	-19.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	129	0.3%	121	130	-1	-0.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,420	7.9%	3,218	3,901	-481	-12.3%
Educational Services	934	2.1%	1,116	1,070	-136	-12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,364	7.7%	3,457	3,885	-521	-13.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	648	1.5%	553	750	-102	-13.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,770	4.1%	1,630	2,085	-315	-15.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,324	3.0%	1,238	1,624	-300	-18.5%
Public Administration	1,458	3.3%	1,331	1,681	-223	-13.3%
Information Not Available	3,035	7.0%	2,657	1,388	1,647	118.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,076		18,871	21,506
Male	10,016	52.5%	9,447	11,234	-1,218	-10.8%
Female	9,045	47.4%	9,403	10,248	-1,203	-11.7%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	21	24	-9	-37.5%

Ethnicity	19,076		18,871	21,506
Hispanic or Latino	778	4.1%	808	981	-203	-20.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,969	83.7%	16,051	19,964	-3,995	-20.0%
Information Not Available	2,329	12.2%	2,012	561	1,768	315.2%

Race	19,076		18,871	21,506
American Indian or Alaskan Native	248	1.3%	208	303	-55	-18.2%
Asian	217	1.1%	245	305	-88	-28.9%
Black or African American	2,846	14.9%	2,817	3,441	-595	-17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.2%	26	37	-8	-21.6%
White	13,407	70.3%	13,563	16,859	-3,452	-20.5%
Information Not Available	2,329	12.2%	2,012	561	1,768	315.2%

Years of Age	19,076		18,871	21,506
Younger than 22	227	0.7%	228	308	-81	-26.3%
22-24	641	2.1%	549	736	-95	-12.9%
25-34	3,936	12.9%	3,934	4,661	-725	-15.6%
35-44	4,163	13.6%	4,124	4,670	-507	-10.9%
45-54	4,533	14.8%	4,438	5,070	-537	-10.6%
55-59	2,505	8.2%	2,523	2,777	-272	-9.8%
60-64	1,871	6.1%	1,849	2,181	-310	-14.2%
65 and older	1,152	3.8%	1,162	1,086	66	6.1%
Information Not Available	48	0.2%	64	17	31	182.4%

Industry	19,076		18,871	21,506
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	128	0.7%	102	120	8	6.7%
Mining	57	0.3%	40	24	33	137.5%
Utilities	38	0.2%	38	39	-1	-2.6%
Construction	2,303	12.0%	1,759	1,914	389	20.3%
Manufacturing	3,156	16.4%	3,298	4,310	-1,154	-26.8%
Wholesale Trade	809	4.2%	857	1,006	-197	-19.6%
Retail Trade	2,155	11.2%	2,210	2,123	32	1.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	610	3.2%	634	712	-102	-14.3%
Information	372	1.9%	396	467	-95	-20.3%
Finance and Insurance	773	4.0%	751	901	-128	-14.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	217	1.1%	208	224	-7	-3.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,001	5.2%	1,025	1,103	-102	-9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	387	2.0%	364	252	135	53.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,937	10.1%	1,985	2,202	-265	-12.0%
Educational Services	378	2.0%	421	475	-97	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,147	11.2%	2,244	2,430	-283	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	256	1.3%	215	308	-52	-16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	927	4.8%	947	1,114	-187	-16.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	429	2.2%	417	516	-87	-16.9%
Public Administration	340	1.8%	349	460	-120	-26.1%
Information Not Available	656	3.4%	611	806	-150	-18.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,617		6,584	8,018
Male	3,883	58.7%	3,890	4,786	-903	-18.9%
Female	2,730	41.3%	2,694	3,231	-501	-15.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	0	1	3	300.0%

Ethnicity	6,617		6,584	8,018
Hispanic or Latino	111	1.7%	121	131	-20	-15.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,925	89.5%	5,929	7,061	-1,136	-16.1%
Information Not Available	581	8.8%	534	826	-245	-29.7%

Race	6,617		6,584	8,018
American Indian or Alaskan Native	28	0.4%	22	29	-1	-3.4%
Asian	16	0.2%	17	30	-14	-46.7%
Black or African American	267	4.0%	283	420	-153	-36.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	7	13	-5	-38.5%
White	5,821	88.0%	5,808	7,030	-1,209	-17.2%
Information Not Available	477	7.2%	447	496	-19	-3.8%

Years of Age	6,617		6,584	8,018
Younger than 22	136	1.1%	100	157	-21	-13.4%
22-24	272	2.3%	278	333	-61	-18.3%
25-34	1,364	11.4%	1,344	1,753	-389	-22.2%
35-44	1,647	13.8%	1,607	2,022	-375	-18.5%
45-54	1,619	13.6%	1,649	1,984	-365	-18.4%
55-59	712	6.0%	693	847	-135	-15.9%
60-64	510	4.3%	535	579	-69	-11.9%
65 and older	357	3.0%	378	342	15	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	6,617		6,584	8,018
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.3%	26	35	-13	-37.1%
Mining	238	3.6%	250	223	15	6.7%
Utilities	23	0.3%	27	27	-4	-14.8%
Construction	1,091	16.4%	1,105	1,322	-231	-17.5%
Manufacturing	620	9.3%	589	615	5	0.8%
Wholesale Trade	194	2.9%	192	243	-49	-20.2%
Retail Trade	866	13.0%	839	916	-50	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	225	3.4%	217	216	9	4.2%
Information	78	1.2%	89	251	-173	-68.9%
Finance and Insurance	119	1.8%	119	154	-35	-22.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	64	1.0%	69	85	-21	-24.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	384	5.8%	363	396	-12	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.2%	16	20	-8	-40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	645	9.7%	628	765	-120	-15.7%
Educational Services	122	1.8%	148	195	-73	-37.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	705	10.6%	689	865	-160	-18.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	64	1.0%	62	92	-28	-30.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	417	6.3%	423	547	-130	-23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	178	2.7%	198	242	-64	-26.4%
Public Administration	112	1.7%	110	187	-75	-40.1%
Information Not Available	438	6.6%	425	622	-184	-29.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Oct 2018	Percent	Sep 2018	Oct 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,406		1,137	1,732
Male	754	53.6%	570	971	-217	-22.3%
Female	652	46.4%	567	761	-109	-14.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,406		1,137	1,732
Hispanic or Latino	136	9.7%	124	180	-44	-24.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,208	85.9%	971	1,501	-293	-19.5%
Information Not Available	62	4.4%	42	51	11	21.6%

Race	1,406		1,137	1,732
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32	2.3%	31	89	-57	-64.0%
Asian	8	0.6%	6	15	-7	-46.7%
Black or African American	18	1.3%	13	54	-36	-66.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.4%	1	11	-6	-54.5%
White	1,189	84.6%	963	1,428	-239	-16.7%
Information Not Available	153	10.9%	123	135	18	13.3%

Years of Age	1,406		1,137	1,732
Younger than 22	24	1.0%	21	18	6	33.3%
22-24	50	2.0%	39	82	-32	-39.0%
25-34	282	11.5%	227	385	-103	-26.8%
35-44	288	11.7%	232	388	-100	-25.8%
45-54	327	13.3%	265	373	-46	-12.3%
55-59	183	7.4%	153	203	-20	-9.9%
60-64	133	5.4%	130	169	-36	-21.3%
65 and older	119	4.8%	70	114	5	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,406		1,137	1,732
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	1.0%	10	11	3	27.3%
Mining	95	6.7%	78	77	18	23.4%
Utilities	6	0.4%	3	6	0	0.0%
Construction	164	11.5%	141	306	-142	-46.4%
Manufacturing	50	3.5%	41	52	-2	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	49	3.5%	36	52	-3	-5.8%
Retail Trade	116	8.2%	143	191	-75	-39.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	63	4.4%	45	74	-11	-14.9%
Information	32	2.3%	34	18	14	77.8%
Finance and Insurance	23	1.6%	24	39	-16	-41.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	2.0%	27	13	16	123.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	64	4.5%	40	59	5	8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65	4.6%	65	88	-23	-26.1%
Educational Services	39	2.7%	52	62	-23	-37.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	151	10.6%	156	157	-6	-3.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	41	2.9%	17	40	1	2.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	276	19.4%	108	192	84	43.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	39	2.7%	38	38	1	2.6%
Public Administration	56	3.9%	45	75	-19	-25.3%
Information Not Available	34	2.4%	32	182	-148	-81.3%