Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

September 2018

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants September 2018
	Sep 2018	Aug 2018	Monthly Change	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	1,422,967	1,627,517	-204,550	1,631,080	-208,113	-12.8
Alaska	4,562	4,859	-297	5,467	-905	-16.6
Alabama	14,766	16,229	-1,463	16,450	-1,684	-10.2
Arkansas	9,406	10,737	-1,331	11,697	-2,291	-19.6
Arizona	26,223	30,434	-4,211	28,895	-2,672	-9.2
California	281,545	303,121	-21,576	309,150	-27,605	-8.9
Colorado	16,487	16,877	-390	18,441	-1,954	-10.6
Connecticut	26,747	37,082	-10,335	30,150	-3,403	-11.3
District of Columbia	7,305	8,207	-902	8,251	-946	-11.5
Delaware	3,787	5,324	-1,537	4,167	-380	-9.1
Florida	39,996	43,628	-3,632	47,271	-7,275	-15.4
Georgia	23,535	25,160	-1,625	28,114	-4,579	-16.3
Hawaii	6,474	6,413	61	7,178	-704	-9.8
Iowa	11,599	13,315	-1,716	13,363	-1,764	-13.2
Idaho	3,282	4,064	-782	3,808	-526	-13.8
Illinois	76,446	87,433	-10,987	89,306	-12,860	-14.4
Indiana	12,793	13,136	-343	13,688	-895	-6.5
Kansas	7,720	8,304	-584	9,579	-1,859	-19.4
Kentucky	17,949	15,866	2,083	15,843	2,106	13.3
Louisiana	15,731	17,641	-1,910	19,429	-3,698	-19.0
Massachusetts	43,520	55,126	-11,606	47,327	-3,807	-8.0
Maryland	30,944	30,476	468	30,085	859	2.9
Maine	3,192	3,769	-577	3,178	14	0.4
Michigan	40,723	48,407	-7,684	48,380	-7,657	-15.8
Minnesota	22,095	24,447	-2,352	24,696	-2,601	-10.5
Missouri	18,128	21,434	-3,306	20,745	-2,617	-12.6
Mississippi	7,187	8,852	-1,665	10,157	-2,970	-29.2
Montana	3,146	3,661	-515	3,753	-607	-16.2
North Carolina	19,586	19,135	451	19,581	5	0.0
North Dakota	1,305	1,799	-494	1,798	-493	-27.4
Nebraska	2,917	3,288	-371	3,780	-863	-22.8
New Hampshire	2,746	3,528	-782	3,238	-492	-15.2
New Jersey	76,422	97,836	-21,414	81,298	-4,876	-6.0
New Mexico	7,379	7,850	-471	8,958	-1,579	-17.6
Nevada	17,659	17,708	-49	19,165	-1,506	-7.9
New York	110,155	137,979	-27,824	121,493	-11,338	-9.3
Ohio	36,784	41,490	-4,706	46,437	-9,653	-20.8
Oklahoma	11,759	12,264	-505	14,293	-2,534	-17.7
Oregon	21,359	23,284	-1,925	23,357	-1,998	-8.6
Pennsylvania	85,740	113,135	-27,395	94,700	-8,960	-9.5
Puerto Rico	12,023	13,106	-1,083	15,675	-3,652	-23.3
Rhode Island	6,182	9,021	-2,839	6,377	-195	-3.1
South Carolina	15,806	17,467	-1,661	14,269	1,537	10.8
South Dakota	768	918	-150	915	-147	-16.1
Tennessee	15,904	17,846	-1,942	18,488	-2,584	-14.0
Texas	107,079	118,758	-11,679	156,397	-49,318	-31.5
Utah	6,754	7,630	-876	7,581	-827	-10.9
Virginia	21,471	23,409	-1,938	26,452	-4,981	-18.8
Virgin Islands	198	187	11	2,416	-2,218	-91.8
Vermont	2,065	2,863	-798	2,150	-85	-4.0
Washington	39,026	40,229	-1,203	42,740	-3,714	-8.7
Wisconsin	18,871	24,071	-5,200	21,128	-2,257	-10.7
West Virginia	6,584	7,365	-781	8,137	-1,553	-19.1
Wyoming	1,137	1,349	-212	1,689	-552	-32.7

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,422,967		1,627,517	1,631,080	-208,113	-12.8
Male	716,375	50.3%	779,613	846,710	-130,335	-15.4%
Female	689,368	48.4%	835,502	771,241	-81,873	-10.6%
Information Not Available	17,224	1.2%	12,402	13,129	4,095	31.2%

Ethnicity	1,422,967		1,627,517	1,631,080
Hispanic or Latino	278,068	19.5%	317,330	312,412	-34,344	-11.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	984,318	69.2%	1,138,456	1,137,309	-152,991	-13.5%
Information Not Available	160,581	11.3%	171,732	181,356	-20,775	-11.5%

Race	1,422,967		1,627,517	1,631,080
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17,872	1.3%	20,772	21,118	-3,246	-15.4%
Asian	54,826	3.9%	58,752	62,547	-7,721	-12.3%
Black or African American	287,993	20.2%	330,086	337,493	-49,500	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9,122	0.6%	10,016	11,384	-2,262	-19.9%
White	709,660	49.8%	826,890	817,124	-107,464	-13.2%
Information Not Available	344,342	24.2%	383,627	382,973	-38,631	-10.1%

Years of Age	1,422,967		1,627,517	1,631,080
Younger than 22	24,005	1.7%	25,753	27,347	-3,342	-12.2%
22-24	55,116	3.9%	59,762	70,706	-15,590	-22.0%
25-34	326,451	22.9%	360,150	388,608	-62,157	-16.0%
35-44	320,166	22.5%	357,579	360,650	-40,484	-11.2%
45-54	319,724	22.5%	371,677	372,445	-52,721	-14.2%
55-59	158,788	11.2%	187,318	178,414	-19,626	-11.0%
60-64	117,409	8.3%	139,752	132,417	-15,008	-11.3%
65 and older	84,190	5.9%	113,669	87,641	-3,451	-3.9%
Information Not Available	17,118	1.2%	11,857	12,852	4,266	33.2%

Industry	1,422,967		1,627,517	1,631,080
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43,993	3.1%	48,900	47,898	-3,905	-8.2%
Mining	6,366	0.4%	6,652	7,218	-852	-11.8%
Utilities	4,494	0.3%	4,838	4,382	112	2.6%
Construction	130,284	9.2%	131,722	154,980	-24,696	-15.9%
Manufacturing	132,075	9.3%	137,205	154,591	-22,516	-14.6%
Wholesale Trade	56,768	4.0%	59,966	65,127	-8,359	-12.8%
Retail Trade	122,936	8.6%	127,503	140,019	-17,083	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	48,915	3.4%	113,266	56,680	-7,765	-13.7%
Information	48,213	3.4%	50,584	61,861	-13,648	-22.1%
Finance and Insurance	51,289	3.6%	53,451	53,066	-1,777	-3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	22,980	1.6%	23,120	23,319	-339	-1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	93,602	6.6%	98,834	108,172	-14,570	-13.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,191	0.8%	12,147	12,494	-1,303	-10.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	179,778	12.6%	200,401	227,429	-47,651	-21.0%
Educational Services	47,155	3.3%	65,304	55,151	-7,996	-14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	141,383	9.9%	159,708	157,875	-16,492	-10.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	19,772	1.4%	22,591	22,397	-2,625	-11.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	76,713	5.4%	119,996	90,761	-14,048	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	39,104	2.7%	41,355	42,847	-3,743	-8.7%
Public Administration	25,902	1.8%	31,800	29,802	-3,900	-13.1%
Information Not Available	120,054	8.4%	118,174	115,011	5,043	4.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,562		4,859	5,467	-905	-16.6
Male	2,249	49.3%	2,215	2,874	-625	-21.7%
Female	2,301	50.4%	2,630	2,585	-284	-11.0%
Information Not Available	12	0.3%	14	8	4	50.0%

Ethnicity	4,562		4,859	5,467
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,377	95.9%	4,657	5,254	-877	-16.7%
Information Not Available	183	4.0%	198	213	-30	-14.1%

Race	4,562		4,859	5,467
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,660	36.4%	1,815	1,788	-128	-7.2%
Asian	229	5.0%	239	350	-121	-34.6%
Black or African American	237	5.2%	255	293	-56	-19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	132	2.9%	144	205	-73	-35.6%
White	2,119	46.4%	2,204	2,618	-499	-19.1%
Information Not Available	185	4.1%	202	213	-28	-13.1%

Years of Age	4,562		4,859	5,467
Younger than 22	61	1.0%	77	105	-44	-41.9%
22-24	219	3.5%	227	269	-50	-18.6%
25-34	1,280	20.4%	1,255	1,564	-284	-18.2%
35-44	1,129	18.0%	1,203	1,233	-104	-8.4%
45-54	849	13.5%	968	1,156	-307	-26.6%
55-59	470	7.5%	498	539	-69	-12.8%
60-64	394	6.3%	411	421	-27	-6.4%
65 and older	160	2.5%	220	180	-20	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,562		4,859	5,467
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.2%	12	22	-14	-63.6%
Mining	91	2.0%	107	238	-147	-61.8%
Utilities	16	0.4%	23	27	-11	-40.7%
Construction	425	9.3%	390	606	-181	-29.9%
Manufacturing	316	6.9%	233	417	-101	-24.2%
Wholesale Trade	80	1.8%	92	136	-56	-41.2%
Retail Trade	535	11.7%	596	612	-77	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	199	4.4%	309	231	-32	-13.9%
Information	62	1.4%	61	61	1	1.6%
Finance and Insurance	135	3.0%	133	106	29	27.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	88	1.9%	80	119	-31	-26.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	173	3.8%	177	207	-34	-16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.2%	16	21	-11	-52.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	248	5.4%	275	297	-49	-16.5%
Educational Services	212	4.6%	292	250	-38	-15.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	565	12.4%	590	633	-68	-10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	58	1.3%	66	60	-2	-3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	426	9.3%	407	464	-38	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	200	4.4%	306	201	-1	-0.5%
Public Administration	536	11.7%	523	543	-7	-1.3%
Information Not Available	179	3.9%	171	216	-37	-17.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,766		16,229	16,450
Male	6,745	45.7%	7,398	7,989	-1,244	-15.6%
Female	8,006	54.2%	8,771	8,435	-429	-5.1%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	60	26	-11	-42.3%

Ethnicity	14,766		16,229	16,450
Hispanic or Latino	184	1.2%	240	227	-43	-18.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,055	74.9%	12,154	12,379	-1,324	-10.7%
Information Not Available	3,527	23.9%	3,835	3,844	-317	-8.2%

Race	14,766		16,229	16,450
American Indian or Alaskan Native	700	4.7%	899	885	-185	-20.9%
Asian	401	2.7%	433	401	0	0.0%
Black or African American	6,643	45.0%	7,497	7,197	-554	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	21	20	-4	-20.0%
White	6,282	42.5%	6,538	7,143	-861	-12.1%
Information Not Available	724	4.9%	841	804	-80	-10.0%

Years of Age	14,766		16,229	16,450
Younger than 22	302	1.5%	323	387	-85	-22.0%
22-24	636	3.2%	734	781	-145	-18.6%
25-34	3,644	18.2%	3,939	4,121	-477	-11.6%
35-44	3,540	17.7%	3,896	4,008	-468	-11.7%
45-54	3,298	16.5%	3,598	3,553	-255	-7.2%
55-59	1,523	7.6%	1,646	1,635	-112	-6.9%
60-64	1,037	5.2%	1,146	1,131	-94	-8.3%
65 and older	778	3.9%	893	827	-49	-5.9%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	54	7	1	14.3%

Industry	14,766		16,229	16,450
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	0.7%	104	129	-29	-22.5%
Mining	60	0.4%	53	68	-8	-11.8%
Utilities	28	0.2%	29	54	-26	-48.1%
Construction	1,109	7.5%	1,293	1,351	-242	-17.9%
Manufacturing	2,481	16.7%	2,632	2,607	-126	-4.8%
Wholesale Trade	556	3.7%	566	611	-55	-9.0%
Retail Trade	1,876	12.6%	1,934	1,992	-116	-5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	396	2.7%	454	438	-42	-9.6%
Information	230	1.5%	237	264	-34	-12.9%
Finance and Insurance	575	3.9%	641	464	111	23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	212	1.4%	207	224	-12	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	847	5.7%	938	975	-128	-13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.2%	44	47	-12	-25.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,886	12.7%	2,009	2,236	-350	-15.7%
Educational Services	406	2.7%	358	494	-88	-17.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,415	9.5%	1,625	1,570	-155	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	0.6%	110	110	-20	-18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	992	6.7%	1,202	1,141	-149	-13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	334	2.2%	422	404	-70	-17.3%
Public Administration	222	1.5%	216	212	10	4.7%
Information Not Available	916	6.2%	1,155	1,059	-143	-13.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,406		10,737	11,697
Male	4,084	43.4%	4,758	5,688	-1,604	-28.2%
Female	4,348	46.2%	5,077	5,176	-828	-16.0%
Information Not Available	974	10.4%	902	833	141	16.9%

Ethnicity	9,406		10,737	11,697
Hispanic or Latino	65	0.7%	63	112	-47	-42.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,367	89.0%	9,722	10,752	-2,385	-22.2%
Information Not Available	974	10.4%	952	833	141	16.9%

Race	9,406		10,737	11,697
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	1.1%	136	107	-3	-2.8%
Asian	15	0.2%	20	9	6	66.7%
Black or African American	2,683	28.7%	3,085	3,119	-436	-14.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	454	4.9%	499	611	-157	-25.7%
White	5,111	54.7%	6,032	6,906	-1,795	-26.0%
Information Not Available	974	10.4%	965	945	29	3.1%

Years of Age	9,406		10,737	11,697
Younger than 22	210	1.5%	226	224	-14	-6.3%
22-24	362	2.6%	413	472	-110	-23.3%
25-34	1,840	13.2%	2,160	2,356	-516	-21.9%
35-44	2,082	15.0%	2,379	2,592	-510	-19.7%
45-54	1,953	14.1%	2,236	2,550	-597	-23.4%
55-59	924	6.7%	1,071	1,190	-266	-22.4%
60-64	628	4.5%	778	861	-233	-27.1%
65 and older	433	3.1%	572	619	-186	-30.0%
Information Not Available	974	7.0%	902	833	141	16.9%

Industry	9,406		10,737	11,697
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.8%	93	92	-13	-14.1%
Mining	49	0.5%	65	74	-25	-33.8%
Utilities	25	0.3%	27	21	4	19.0%
Construction	590	6.2%	720	887	-297	-33.5%
Manufacturing	1,207	12.7%	1,439	1,545	-338	-21.9%
Wholesale Trade	464	4.9%	515	572	-108	-18.9%
Retail Trade	973	10.3%	1,120	1,362	-389	-28.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	268	2.8%	314	364	-96	-26.4%
Information	120	1.3%	135	145	-25	-17.2%
Finance and Insurance	208	2.2%	192	196	12	6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	138	1.5%	135	133	5	3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	422	4.4%	496	517	-95	-18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	70	0.7%	84	110	-40	-36.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,008	10.6%	1,305	1,314	-306	-23.3%
Educational Services	229	2.4%	258	304	-75	-24.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,168	12.3%	1,283	1,288	-120	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	0.7%	62	71	-9	-12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	491	5.2%	615	610	-119	-19.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	179	1.9%	229	301	-122	-40.5%
Public Administration	182	1.9%	183	241	-59	-24.5%
Information Not Available	1,474	15.5%	1,467	1,550	-76	-4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,223		30,434	28,895
Male	13,450	51.3%	15,808	15,075	-1,625	-10.8%
Female	12,761	48.7%	14,614	13,806	-1,045	-7.6%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	12	14	-2	-14.3%

Ethnicity	26,223		30,434	28,895
Hispanic or Latino	10,517	40.1%	12,953	11,518	-1,001	-8.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,030	38.2%	10,952	11,722	-1,692	-14.4%
Information Not Available	5,676	21.6%	6,529	5,655	21	0.4%

Race	26,223		30,434	28,895
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,469	5.6%	1,609	1,531	-62	-4.0%
Asian	2,288	8.7%	2,841	2,143	145	6.8%
Black or African American	2,061	7.9%	2,177	2,281	-220	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	212	0.8%	246	244	-32	-13.1%
White	11,144	42.5%	12,134	13,439	-2,295	-17.1%
Information Not Available	9,049	34.5%	11,427	9,257	-208	-2.2%

Years of Age	26,223		30,434	28,895
Younger than 22	518	1.5%	671	559	-41	-7.3%
22-24	1,084	3.1%	1,323	1,420	-336	-23.7%
25-34	5,965	17.0%	6,823	6,481	-516	-8.0%
35-44	5,563	15.9%	6,293	6,045	-482	-8.0%
45-54	6,066	17.3%	7,046	6,845	-779	-11.4%
55-59	3,091	8.8%	3,706	3,511	-420	-12.0%
60-64	2,318	6.6%	2,722	2,443	-125	-5.1%
65 and older	1,618	4.6%	1,850	1,591	27	1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,223		30,434	28,895
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,448	14.5%	6,473	4,217	231	5.5%
Mining	32	0.1%	38	52	-20	-38.5%
Utilities	29	0.1%	35	36	-7	-19.4%
Construction	1,378	4.5%	1,449	1,382	-4	-0.3%
Manufacturing	1,139	3.7%	1,267	1,523	-384	-25.2%
Wholesale Trade	928	3.0%	956	1,110	-182	-16.4%
Retail Trade	1,746	5.7%	1,852	2,030	-284	-14.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	750	2.4%	751	682	68	10.0%
Information	417	1.4%	395	407	10	2.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,030	3.4%	1,101	1,216	-186	-15.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	349	1.1%	385	468	-119	-25.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,212	4.0%	1,349	1,466	-254	-17.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	120	0.4%	134	87	33	37.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,025	9.9%	3,166	3,514	-489	-13.9%
Educational Services	568	1.9%	657	699	-131	-18.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,078	6.8%	2,265	2,431	-353	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	258	0.8%	305	265	-7	-2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,164	3.8%	1,358	1,305	-141	-10.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	459	1.5%	486	552	-93	-16.8%
Public Administration	435	1.4%	482	506	-71	-14.0%
Information Not Available	4,658	15.2%	5,530	4,947	-289	-5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	281,545		303,121	309,150
Male	143,237	50.9%	150,142	163,735	-20,498	-12.5%
Female	138,111	49.1%	152,979	145,415	-7,304	-5.0%
Information Not Available	197	0.1%	0	0	197	0.0%

Ethnicity	281,545		303,121	309,150
Hispanic or Latino	114,747	40.8%	123,928	118,221	-3,474	-2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	139,787	49.6%	150,730	163,926	-24,139	-14.7%
Information Not Available	27,011	9.6%	28,463	27,003	8	0.0%

Race	281,545		303,121	309,150
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,774	0.6%	2,543	2,958	-1,184	-40.0%
Asian	26,124	9.3%	27,094	29,770	-3,646	-12.2%
Black or African American	25,138	8.9%	24,649	32,442	-7,304	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	86,751	30.8%	96,443	98,756	-12,005	-12.2%
Information Not Available	141,758	50.4%	152,392	145,224	-3,466	-2.4%

Years of Age	281,545		303,121	309,150
Younger than 22	4,929	1.4%	5,282	5,153	-224	-4.3%
22-24	12,618	3.6%	12,520	16,412	-3,794	-23.1%
25-34	71,569	20.7%	75,511	79,576	-8,007	-10.1%
35-44	63,880	18.4%	67,295	63,357	523	0.8%
45-54	59,345	17.1%	67,002	67,746	-8,401	-12.4%
55-59	28,293	8.2%	31,496	31,583	-3,290	-10.4%
60-64	21,786	6.3%	22,790	26,049	-4,263	-16.4%
65 and older	19,125	5.5%	21,225	19,274	-149	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	281,545		303,121	309,150
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31,151	10.0%	32,767	34,064	-2,913	-8.6%
Mining	789	0.3%	1,076	573	216	37.7%
Utilities	1,084	0.3%	1,174	1,622	-538	-33.2%
Construction	22,181	7.1%	24,453	23,282	-1,101	-4.7%
Manufacturing	22,969	7.3%	24,453	22,423	546	2.4%
Wholesale Trade	3,549	1.1%	2,054	1,718	1,831	106.6%
Retail Trade	20,998	6.7%	21,910	22,709	-1,711	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,520	1.8%	8,412	8,778	-3,258	-37.1%
Information	21,688	6.9%	23,084	29,865	-8,177	-27.4%
Finance and Insurance	6,112	2.0%	6,553	5,534	578	10.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,450	1.1%	2,837	2,099	1,351	64.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,788	2.5%	7,629	7,443	345	4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	48,798	15.6%	56,340	73,184	-24,386	-33.3%
Educational Services	11,238	3.6%	18,878	13,072	-1,834	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	23,462	7.5%	23,084	23,186	276	1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,633	1.5%	4,695	5,057	-424	-8.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,111	4.2%	15,650	15,648	-2,537	-16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,985	2.6%	6,064	7,061	924	13.1%
Public Administration	3,746	1.2%	3,619	2,290	1,456	63.6%
Information Not Available	21,293	6.8%	18,389	9,542	11,751	123.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,487		16,877	18,441
Male	8,223	49.9%	8,310	9,188	-965	-10.5%
Female	8,264	50.1%	8,567	9,252	-988	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	16,487		16,877	18,441
Hispanic or Latino	3,084	18.7%	3,235	3,440	-356	-10.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,799	71.6%	11,956	13,150	-1,351	-10.3%
Information Not Available	1,604	9.7%	1,686	1,851	-247	-13.3%

Race	16,487		16,877	18,441
American Indian or Alaskan Native	310	1.9%	321	339	-29	-8.6%
Asian	341	2.1%	341	451	-110	-24.4%
Black or African American	1,214	7.4%	1,184	1,296	-82	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.4%	69	85	-12	-14.1%
White	11,577	70.2%	11,912	12,872	-1,295	-10.1%
Information Not Available	2,972	18.0%	3,050	3,398	-426	-12.5%

Years of Age	16,487		16,877	18,441
Younger than 22	132	0.5%	128	157	-25	-15.9%
22-24	385	1.5%	387	417	-32	-7.7%
25-34	3,357	12.7%	3,454	3,823	-466	-12.2%
35-44	4,050	15.3%	4,013	4,305	-255	-5.9%
45-54	3,905	14.7%	4,027	4,461	-556	-12.5%
55-59	2,071	7.8%	2,105	2,386	-315	-13.2%
60-64	1,585	6.0%	1,688	1,831	-246	-13.4%
65 and older	997	3.8%	1,073	1,057	-60	-5.7%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	2	4	1	25.0%

Industry	16,487		16,877	18,441
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	126	0.8%	165	134	-8	-6.0%
Mining	151	0.9%	156	171	-20	-11.7%
Utilities	44	0.3%	41	38	6	15.8%
Construction	1,427	8.6%	1,375	1,515	-88	-5.8%
Manufacturing	1,223	7.4%	1,156	1,404	-181	-12.9%
Wholesale Trade	916	5.5%	928	951	-35	-3.7%
Retail Trade	1,463	8.8%	1,510	1,629	-166	-10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	438	2.6%	504	503	-65	-12.9%
Information	742	4.5%	720	896	-154	-17.2%
Finance and Insurance	856	5.2%	854	953	-97	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	421	2.5%	420	452	-31	-6.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,787	10.8%	1,849	2,149	-362	-16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	200	1.2%	179	214	-14	-6.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,788	10.8%	1,820	2,169	-381	-17.6%
Educational Services	608	3.7%	623	703	-95	-13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,829	11.0%	1,937	1,882	-53	-2.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	303	1.8%	314	300	3	1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	907	5.5%	1,107	1,019	-112	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	489	2.9%	464	515	-26	-5.0%
Public Administration	332	2.0%	333	386	-54	-14.0%
Information Not Available	437	2.6%	422	458	-21	-4.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,747		37,082	30,150
Male	13,387	50.1%	16,336	15,640	-2,253	-14.4%
Female	13,360	49.9%	20,746	14,510	-1,150	-7.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,747		37,082	30,150
Hispanic or Latino	4,484	16.8%	6,936	4,799	-315	-6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,263	83.2%	30,146	25,351	-3,088	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	26,747		37,082	30,150
American Indian or Alaskan Native	94	0.4%	133	116	-22	-19.0%
Asian	529	2.0%	687	604	-75	-12.4%
Black or African American	4,955	18.5%	6,740	5,398	-443	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,906	55.7%	20,170	16,717	-1,811	-10.8%
Information Not Available	6,263	23.4%	9,352	7,315	-1,052	-14.4%

Years of Age	26,747		37,082	30,150
Younger than 22	417	1.1%	483	516	-99	-19.2%
22-24	1,032	2.6%	1,263	1,223	-191	-15.6%
25-34	5,982	15.3%	7,617	6,732	-750	-11.1%
35-44	5,427	13.9%	7,379	5,951	-524	-8.8%
45-54	5,910	15.2%	8,444	6,985	-1,075	-15.4%
55-59	3,199	8.2%	4,580	3,566	-367	-10.3%
60-64	2,663	6.8%	3,753	2,933	-270	-9.2%
65 and older	2,117	5.4%	3,563	2,244	-127	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,747		37,082	30,150
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.3%	108	103	-28	-27.2%
Mining	8	0.0%	7	15	-7	-46.7%
Utilities	43	0.2%	51	49	-6	-12.2%
Construction	2,260	8.4%	2,139	2,714	-454	-16.7%
Manufacturing	2,707	10.1%	2,685	3,207	-500	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,249	4.7%	1,293	1,356	-107	-7.9%
Retail Trade	3,396	12.7%	3,717	3,750	-354	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,316	4.9%	7,070	1,385	-69	-5.0%
Information	485	1.8%	505	749	-264	-35.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,155	4.3%	1,222	1,356	-201	-14.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	445	1.7%	456	479	-34	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,808	6.7%	1,941	1,964	-156	-7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	354	1.3%	377	305	49	16.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,820	10.5%	3,254	3,271	-451	-13.8%
Educational Services	1,132	4.2%	1,519	1,255	-123	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,710	13.8%	4,196	3,993	-283	-7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	331	1.2%	589	585	-254	-43.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,900	7.1%	4,124	1,775	125	7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	916	3.4%	997	996	-80	-8.0%
Public Administration	271	1.0%	437	340	-69	-20.3%
Information Not Available	366	1.4%	395	503	-137	-27.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,305		8,207	8,251
Male	3,249	44.5%	3,593	3,680	-431	-11.7%
Female	4,056	55.5%	4,611	4,569	-513	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,305		8,207	8,251
Hispanic or Latino	565	7.7%	681	616	-51	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,705	91.8%	7,503	7,592	-887	-11.7%
Information Not Available	35	0.5%	23	43	-8	-18.6%

Race	7,305		8,207	8,251
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30	0.4%	34	35	-5	-14.3%
Asian	154	2.1%	166	207	-53	-25.6%
Black or African American	5,140	70.4%	5,849	5,570	-430	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.3%	20	15	8	53.3%
White	1,257	17.2%	1,345	1,637	-380	-23.2%
Information Not Available	701	9.6%	793	787	-86	-10.9%

Years of Age	7,305		8,207	8,251
Younger than 22	105	1.3%	107	128	-23	-18.0%
22-24	311	3.9%	332	401	-90	-22.4%
25-34	2,049	25.6%	2,322	2,376	-327	-13.8%
35-44	1,648	20.6%	1,885	1,900	-252	-13.3%
45-54	1,544	19.3%	1,664	1,745	-201	-11.5%
55-59	748	9.3%	846	766	-18	-2.3%
60-64	547	6.8%	642	583	-36	-6.2%
65 and older	353	4.4%	409	352	1	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,305		8,207	8,251
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	5	0.1%	5	14	-9	-64.3%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	4	1	2	200.0%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.0%	3	1	2	200.0%
Retail Trade	15	0.2%	12	24	-9	-37.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	0.1%	14	10	-6	-60.0%
Information	4	0.1%	3	3	1	33.3%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.0%	6	7	-4	-57.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	0.0%	5	5	-2	-40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14	0.2%	16	61	-47	-77.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23	0.3%	18	53	-30	-56.6%
Educational Services	6	0.1%	9	12	-6	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	0.1%	8	25	-15	-60.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	15	0.2%	23	28	-13	-46.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7	0.1%	8	16	-9	-56.3%
Public Administration	5	0.1%	4	3	2	66.7%
Information Not Available	7,184	98.3%	8,067	7,985	-801	-10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,787		5,324	4,167
Male	1,513	40.0%	2,080	1,792	-279	-15.6%
Female	1,982	52.3%	2,814	2,118	-136	-6.4%
Information Not Available	292	7.7%	430	257	35	13.6%

Ethnicity	3,787		5,324	4,167
Hispanic or Latino	258	6.8%	393	301	-43	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,237	85.5%	4,502	3,609	-372	-10.3%
Information Not Available	292	7.7%	430	257	35	13.6%

Race	3,787		5,324	4,167
American Indian or Alaskan Native	7	0.2%	11	15	-8	-53.3%
Asian	65	1.7%	73	83	-18	-21.7%
Black or African American	1,582	41.8%	2,334	1,835	-253	-13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	9	2	3	150.0%
White	1,885	49.8%	2,546	2,019	-134	-6.6%
Information Not Available	243	6.4%	352	213	30	14.1%

Years of Age	3,787		5,324	4,167
Younger than 22	59	1.1%	90	85	-26	-30.6%
22-24	146	2.8%	201	187	-41	-21.9%
25-34	894	16.9%	1,204	1,053	-159	-15.1%
35-44	733	13.8%	1,119	878	-145	-16.5%
45-54	882	16.6%	1,204	868	14	1.6%
55-59	458	8.6%	609	460	-2	-0.4%
60-64	374	7.1%	527	365	9	2.5%
65 and older	190	3.6%	297	233	-43	-18.5%
Information Not Available	51	1.0%	73	38	13	34.2%

Industry	3,787		5,324	4,167
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.6%	6	6	16	266.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	6	8	-3	-37.5%
Construction	183	4.8%	241	214	-31	-14.5%
Manufacturing	143	3.8%	254	270	-127	-47.0%
Wholesale Trade	132	3.5%	160	148	-16	-10.8%
Retail Trade	569	14.9%	794	575	-6	-1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	116	3.0%	239	147	-31	-21.1%
Information	47	1.2%	60	66	-19	-28.8%
Finance and Insurance	428	11.2%	557	389	39	10.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	69	1.8%	111	82	-13	-15.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	302	7.9%	380	349	-47	-13.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.3%	19	19	-6	-31.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	649	17.0%	929	726	-77	-10.6%
Educational Services	94	2.5%	141	125	-31	-24.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	503	13.2%	724	520	-17	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	40	1.1%	56	37	3	8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	335	8.8%	461	355	-20	-5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	91	2.4%	124	86	5	5.8%
Public Administration	29	0.8%	41	34	-5	-14.7%
Information Not Available	17	0.4%	21	11	6	54.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,996		43,628	47,271
Male	18,029	45.1%	19,283	21,836	-3,807	-17.4%
Female	21,931	54.8%	24,288	25,406	-3,475	-13.7%
Information Not Available	36	0.1%	57	29	7	24.1%

Ethnicity	39,996		43,628	47,271
Hispanic or Latino	10,416	26.0%	11,409	12,063	-1,647	-13.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,322	65.8%	28,711	31,737	-5,415	-17.1%
Information Not Available	3,258	8.1%	3,508	3,471	-213	-6.1%

Race	39,996		43,628	47,271
American Indian or Alaskan Native	225	0.6%	266	259	-34	-13.1%
Asian	558	1.4%	568	763	-205	-26.9%
Black or African American	11,073	27.7%	12,729	13,544	-2,471	-18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	212	0.5%	220	270	-58	-21.5%
White	23,432	58.6%	25,007	27,703	-4,271	-15.4%
Information Not Available	4,496	11.2%	4,838	4,732	-236	-5.0%

Years of Age	39,996		43,628	47,271
Younger than 22	333	0.6%	372	381	-48	-12.6%
22-24	1,077	1.8%	1,123	1,236	-159	-12.9%
25-34	7,088	11.8%	7,985	8,832	-1,744	-19.7%
35-44	8,225	13.7%	8,876	9,457	-1,232	-13.0%
45-54	8,485	14.2%	9,372	10,375	-1,890	-18.2%
55-59	4,473	7.5%	5,007	5,382	-909	-16.9%
60-64	3,525	5.9%	3,797	4,012	-487	-12.1%
65 and older	2,783	4.6%	3,011	3,100	-317	-10.2%
Information Not Available	4,007	6.7%	4,085	4,496	-489	-10.9%

Industry	39,996		43,628	47,271
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,991	4.7%	2,333	2,277	-286	-12.6%
Mining	25	0.1%	18	36	-11	-30.6%
Utilities	47	0.1%	62	78	-31	-39.7%
Construction	2,123	5.1%	2,171	2,377	-254	-10.7%
Manufacturing	1,631	3.9%	1,726	2,213	-582	-26.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,658	3.9%	1,738	1,916	-258	-13.5%
Retail Trade	3,591	8.6%	3,741	4,269	-678	-15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,028	2.4%	1,363	1,281	-253	-19.8%
Information	685	1.6%	794	770	-85	-11.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,683	4.0%	1,809	1,898	-215	-11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	868	2.1%	870	909	-41	-4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,768	6.6%	3,049	3,351	-583	-17.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	459	1.1%	534	457	2	0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,606	15.7%	7,178	8,395	-1,789	-21.3%
Educational Services	1,217	2.9%	1,629	1,478	-261	-17.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,983	9.5%	4,285	4,762	-779	-16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	989	2.4%	1,146	1,145	-156	-13.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,049	7.3%	3,392	3,541	-492	-13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,101	2.6%	1,148	1,171	-70	-6.0%
Public Administration	517	1.2%	503	584	-67	-11.5%
Information Not Available	3,977	9.5%	4,139	4,363	-386	-8.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,535		25,160	28,114
Male	9,652	41.0%	10,299	12,367	-2,715	-22.0%
Female	12,340	52.4%	13,428	14,247	-1,907	-13.4%
Information Not Available	1,543	6.6%	1,433	1,500	43	2.9%

Ethnicity	23,535		25,160	28,114
Hispanic or Latino	159	0.7%	17	20	139	695.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,833	92.8%	23,710	26,594	-4,761	-17.9%
Information Not Available	1,543	6.6%	1,433	1,500	43	2.9%

Race	23,535		25,160	28,114
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.4%	92	110	-8	-7.3%
Asian	402	1.7%	403	440	-38	-8.6%
Black or African American	13,149	55.9%	14,508	15,987	-2,838	-17.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,339	35.4%	8,724	10,077	-1,738	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1,543	6.6%	1,433	1,500	43	2.9%

Years of Age	23,535		25,160	28,114
Younger than 22	382	1.3%	446	485	-103	-21.2%
22-24	831	2.8%	965	1,100	-269	-24.5%
25-34	5,439	18.0%	6,037	6,816	-1,377	-20.2%
35-44	5,806	19.3%	6,238	6,843	-1,037	-15.2%
45-54	5,662	18.8%	5,890	6,849	-1,187	-17.3%
55-59	2,563	8.5%	2,661	2,864	-301	-10.5%
60-64	1,737	5.8%	1,798	1,959	-222	-11.3%
65 and older	1,115	3.7%	1,125	1,198	-83	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,535		25,160	28,114
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	258	1.1%	271	418	-160	-38.3%
Mining	19	0.1%	23	19	0	0.0%
Utilities	23	0.1%	24	30	-7	-23.3%
Construction	624	2.6%	678	1,123	-499	-44.4%
Manufacturing	1,644	6.9%	1,528	2,001	-357	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	947	4.0%	973	1,097	-150	-13.7%
Retail Trade	1,792	7.5%	1,902	2,017	-225	-11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	372	1.6%	423	507	-135	-26.6%
Information	380	1.6%	429	466	-86	-18.5%
Finance and Insurance	664	2.8%	670	705	-41	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.1%	277	339	-89	-26.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,158	17.5%	4,590	5,063	-905	-17.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.2%	49	30	10	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	60	0.3%	62	81	-21	-25.9%
Educational Services	587	2.5%	644	664	-77	-11.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,132	4.8%	1,219	1,301	-169	-13.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,005	4.2%	1,131	1,129	-124	-11.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	171	0.7%	158	330	-159	-48.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	336	1.4%	388	352	-16	-4.5%
Public Administration	219	0.9%	235	330	-111	-33.6%
Information Not Available	8,854	37.2%	9,486	10,112	-1,258	-12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,474		6,413	7,178
Male	4,340	67.0%	4,248	4,966	-626	-12.6%
Female	2,134	33.0%	2,164	2,210	-76	-3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,474		6,413	7,178
Hispanic or Latino	468	7.2%	449	518	-50	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,511	69.7%	4,445	4,788	-277	-5.8%
Information Not Available	1,495	23.1%	1,519	1,872	-377	-20.1%

Race	6,474		6,413	7,178
American Indian or Alaskan Native	47	0.7%	46	44	3	6.8%
Asian	2,112	32.6%	2,022	2,273	-161	-7.1%
Black or African American	122	1.9%	116	129	-7	-5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,995	30.8%	1,900	2,336	-341	-14.6%
White	1,395	21.5%	1,464	1,503	-108	-7.2%
Information Not Available	803	12.4%	865	893	-90	-10.1%

Years of Age	6,474		6,413	7,178
Younger than 22	90	1.2%	73	122	-32	-26.2%
22-24	251	3.4%	229	275	-24	-8.7%
25-34	1,427	19.6%	1,361	1,550	-123	-7.9%
35-44	1,538	21.1%	1,495	1,712	-174	-10.2%
45-54	1,402	19.3%	1,418	1,691	-289	-17.1%
55-59	739	10.1%	731	737	2	0.3%
60-64	586	8.0%	609	652	-66	-10.1%
65 and older	441	6.1%	497	439	2	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,474		6,413	7,178
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	1.7%	165	158	-44	-27.8%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	11	10	-3	-30.0%
Construction	2,242	34.0%	2,152	2,665	-423	-15.9%
Manufacturing	121	1.8%	131	143	-22	-15.4%
Wholesale Trade	90	1.4%	88	88	2	2.3%
Retail Trade	292	4.4%	289	334	-42	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	224	3.4%	200	174	50	28.7%
Information	81	1.2%	114	219	-138	-63.0%
Finance and Insurance	70	1.1%	85	67	3	4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	64	1.0%	63	91	-27	-29.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	266	4.0%	257	252	14	5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.5%	36	37	-7	-18.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	707	10.7%	699	768	-61	-7.9%
Educational Services	80	1.2%	83	60	20	33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	245	3.7%	273	306	-61	-19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	92	1.4%	63	53	39	73.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	831	12.6%	698	587	244	41.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	128	1.9%	124	139	-11	-7.9%
Public Administration	59	0.9%	79	100	-41	-41.0%
Information Not Available	729	11.1%	803	927	-198	-21.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,599		13,315	13,363
Male	6,007	51.8%	6,521	7,165	-1,158	-16.2%
Female	5,443	46.9%	6,623	6,046	-603	-10.0%
Information Not Available	149	1.3%	171	152	-3	-2.0%

Ethnicity	11,599		13,315	13,363
Hispanic or Latino	991	8.5%	1,124	0	991	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,018	86.4%	11,462	0	10,018	0.0%
Information Not Available	590	5.1%	729	13,363	-12,773	-95.6%

Race	11,599		13,315	13,363
American Indian or Alaskan Native	222	1.9%	281	199	23	11.6%
Asian	156	1.3%	181	200	-44	-22.0%
Black or African American	1,046	9.0%	1,167	1,066	-20	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,594	74.1%	9,833	8,825	-231	-2.6%
Information Not Available	1,581	13.6%	1,853	3,073	-1,492	-48.6%

Years of Age	11,599		13,315	13,363
Younger than 22	218	1.1%	217	247	-29	-11.7%
22-24	371	1.9%	427	524	-153	-29.2%
25-34	2,394	12.6%	2,650	2,911	-517	-17.8%
35-44	2,628	13.8%	2,897	3,027	-399	-13.2%
45-54	2,594	13.6%	2,969	3,080	-486	-15.8%
55-59	1,497	7.9%	1,747	1,666	-169	-10.1%
60-64	1,144	6.0%	1,356	1,196	-52	-4.3%
65 and older	740	3.9%	1,046	710	30	4.2%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	6	2	11	550.0%

Industry	11,599		13,315	13,363
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	110	0.9%	146	136	-26	-19.1%
Mining	19	0.2%	18	10	9	90.0%
Utilities	20	0.2%	25	20	0	0.0%
Construction	1,483	12.7%	1,210	1,809	-326	-18.0%
Manufacturing	2,457	21.0%	2,892	2,790	-333	-11.9%
Wholesale Trade	548	4.7%	578	673	-125	-18.6%
Retail Trade	1,200	10.2%	1,037	1,273	-73	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	358	3.1%	968	424	-66	-15.6%
Information	391	3.3%	431	470	-79	-16.8%
Finance and Insurance	508	4.3%	531	516	-8	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	132	1.1%	132	130	2	1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	681	5.8%	769	694	-13	-1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.6%	83	52	17	32.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,046	8.9%	1,056	1,338	-292	-21.8%
Educational Services	265	2.3%	329	334	-69	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,049	9.0%	1,304	1,269	-220	-17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	106	0.9%	121	108	-2	-1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	607	5.2%	974	669	-62	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	303	2.6%	450	348	-45	-12.9%
Public Administration	151	1.3%	169	198	-47	-23.7%
Information Not Available	96	0.8%	92	102	-6	-5.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,282		4,064	3,808
Male	1,605	48.9%	1,903	1,933	-328	-17.0%
Female	1,676	51.1%	2,160	1,874	-198	-10.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,282		4,064	3,808
Hispanic or Latino	339	10.3%	420	415	-76	-18.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,466	75.1%	2,999	2,839	-373	-13.1%
Information Not Available	477	14.5%	645	554	-77	-13.9%

Race	3,282		4,064	3,808
American Indian or Alaskan Native	186	3.7%	269	213	-27	-12.7%
Asian	69	1.4%	70	108	-39	-36.1%
Black or African American	63	1.3%	69	95	-32	-33.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.9%	84	51	-5	-9.8%
White	3,823	76.2%	4,922	4,545	-722	-15.9%
Information Not Available	829	16.5%	1,275	1,029	-200	-19.4%

Years of Age	3,282		4,064	3,808
Younger than 22	48	0.7%	43	49	-1	-2.0%
22-24	99	1.5%	110	130	-31	-23.8%
25-34	573	8.4%	651	722	-149	-20.6%
35-44	734	10.8%	821	876	-142	-16.2%
45-54	824	12.1%	946	895	-71	-7.9%
55-59	439	6.4%	588	491	-52	-10.6%
60-64	288	4.2%	419	363	-75	-20.7%
65 and older	277	4.1%	486	280	-3	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	3,282		4,064	3,808
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	1.4%	75	60	-14	-23.3%
Mining	15	0.5%	15	21	-6	-28.6%
Utilities	11	0.3%	12	3	8	266.7%
Construction	259	7.8%	255	315	-56	-17.8%
Manufacturing	453	13.6%	518	443	10	2.3%
Wholesale Trade	190	5.7%	204	241	-51	-21.2%
Retail Trade	357	10.7%	379	444	-87	-19.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	106	3.2%	540	109	-3	-2.8%
Information	57	1.7%	56	80	-23	-28.8%
Finance and Insurance	122	3.7%	144	149	-27	-18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	1.1%	45	39	-3	-7.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	256	7.7%	250	273	-17	-6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.5%	19	15	1	6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	352	10.6%	331	359	-7	-1.9%
Educational Services	86	2.6%	123	112	-26	-23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	372	11.2%	450	489	-117	-23.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	38	1.1%	40	47	-9	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	175	5.3%	190	193	-18	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	64	1.9%	93	95	-31	-32.6%
Public Administration	80	2.4%	99	115	-35	-30.4%
Information Not Available	191	5.7%	226	206	-15	-7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,446		87,433	89,306
Male	38,746	50.7%	42,017	47,143	-8,397	-17.8%
Female	37,184	48.6%	44,809	41,455	-4,271	-10.3%
Information Not Available	516	0.7%	607	708	-192	-27.1%

Ethnicity	76,446		87,433	89,306
Hispanic or Latino	9,183	12.0%	10,575	10,695	-1,512	-14.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	59,864	78.3%	67,965	69,461	-9,597	-13.8%
Information Not Available	7,399	9.7%	8,893	9,150	-1,751	-19.1%

Race	76,446		87,433	89,306
American Indian or Alaskan Native	394	0.5%	471	391	3	0.8%
Asian	2,088	2.7%	2,159	2,396	-308	-12.9%
Black or African American	23,074	30.2%	26,683	26,523	-3,449	-13.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	187	0.2%	234	209	-22	-10.5%
White	43,551	57.0%	49,756	51,160	-7,609	-14.9%
Information Not Available	7,152	9.4%	8,130	8,627	-1,475	-17.1%

Years of Age	76,446		87,433	89,306
Younger than 22	864	0.8%	913	1,182	-318	-26.9%
22-24	2,397	2.1%	2,631	3,152	-755	-24.0%
25-34	16,179	14.3%	18,136	20,439	-4,260	-20.8%
35-44	18,029	16.0%	20,216	20,986	-2,957	-14.1%
45-54	18,152	16.1%	20,947	21,443	-3,291	-15.3%
55-59	9,585	8.5%	10,939	10,519	-934	-8.9%
60-64	7,064	6.3%	8,298	7,506	-442	-5.9%
65 and older	4,176	3.7%	5,353	4,079	97	2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,446		87,433	89,306
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	187	0.2%	257	182	5	2.7%
Mining	92	0.1%	82	210	-118	-56.2%
Utilities	148	0.2%	155	138	10	7.2%
Construction	7,267	9.5%	7,289	8,994	-1,727	-19.2%
Manufacturing	8,134	10.6%	7,709	8,806	-672	-7.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,683	4.8%	3,877	4,669	-986	-21.1%
Retail Trade	7,728	10.1%	7,302	8,412	-684	-8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,918	5.1%	8,461	3,898	20	0.5%
Information	1,695	2.2%	1,770	1,952	-257	-13.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,380	4.4%	3,515	3,779	-399	-10.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,259	1.6%	1,333	1,368	-109	-8.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,954	7.8%	5,994	6,738	-784	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	655	0.9%	738	991	-336	-33.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,264	13.4%	11,570	12,583	-2,319	-18.4%
Educational Services	2,367	3.1%	2,965	3,156	-789	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,310	8.2%	6,949	6,904	-594	-8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	753	1.0%	1,007	915	-162	-17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,273	5.6%	6,877	5,118	-845	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,201	2.9%	2,536	2,475	-274	-11.1%
Public Administration	1,989	2.6%	2,383	2,332	-343	-14.7%
Information Not Available	4,189	5.5%	4,664	5,686	-1,497	-26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,793		13,136	13,688
Male	6,500	50.8%	6,661	7,100	-600	-8.5%
Female	6,214	48.6%	6,373	6,497	-283	-4.4%
Information Not Available	79	0.6%	102	91	-12	-13.2%

Ethnicity	12,793		13,136	13,688
Hispanic or Latino	606	4.7%	619	592	14	2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,832	76.9%	10,040	10,394	-562	-5.4%
Information Not Available	2,355	18.4%	2,477	2,702	-347	-12.8%

Race	12,793		13,136	13,688
American Indian or Alaskan Native	55	0.4%	45	70	-15	-21.4%
Asian	75	0.6%	99	106	-31	-29.2%
Black or African American	2,425	19.0%	2,549	2,473	-48	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.2%	26	23	1	4.3%
White	9,212	72.0%	9,382	10,050	-838	-8.3%
Information Not Available	1,002	7.8%	1,035	966	36	3.7%

Years of Age	12,793		13,136	13,688
Younger than 22	117	0.6%	119	119	-2	-1.7%
22-24	302	1.4%	320	358	-56	-15.6%
25-34	2,444	11.7%	2,586	2,661	-217	-8.2%
35-44	3,313	15.8%	3,357	3,384	-71	-2.1%
45-54	3,236	15.5%	3,367	3,579	-343	-9.6%
55-59	1,675	8.0%	1,678	1,791	-116	-6.5%
60-64	1,096	5.2%	1,110	1,228	-132	-10.7%
65 and older	610	2.9%	599	568	42	7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,793		13,136	13,688
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43	0.3%	40	23	20	87.0%
Mining	12	0.1%	10	10	2	20.0%
Utilities	34	0.3%	35	25	9	36.0%
Construction	1,475	11.5%	1,601	1,379	96	7.0%
Manufacturing	2,589	20.2%	2,489	2,540	49	1.9%
Wholesale Trade	552	4.3%	571	559	-7	-1.3%
Retail Trade	1,130	8.8%	1,147	1,617	-487	-30.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	427	3.3%	419	527	-100	-19.0%
Information	250	1.9%	254	275	-25	-9.1%
Finance and Insurance	504	3.9%	498	461	43	9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	217	1.7%	224	218	-1	-0.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	650	5.1%	703	747	-97	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	143	1.1%	143	155	-12	-7.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,196	9.3%	1,344	1,302	-106	-8.1%
Educational Services	345	2.7%	401	442	-97	-21.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,174	9.1%	1,145	1,179	-5	-0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	97	0.8%	91	105	-8	-7.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	451	3.5%	440	420	31	7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	360	2.8%	373	406	-46	-11.3%
Public Administration	122	1.0%	121	135	-13	-9.6%
Information Not Available	1,022	8.0%	1,087	1,163	-141	-12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,720		8,304	9,579
Male	3,963	51.3%	4,128	5,178	-1,215	-23.5%
Female	3,757	48.7%	4,176	4,401	-644	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,720		8,304	9,579
Hispanic or Latino	619	8.0%	698	679	-60	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,150	53.8%	4,379	4,707	-557	-11.8%
Information Not Available	2,951	38.2%	3,227	4,193	-1,242	-29.6%

Race	7,720		8,304	9,579
American Indian or Alaskan Native	148	1.9%	127	140	8	5.7%
Asian	93	1.2%	89	95	-2	-2.1%
Black or African American	1,727	22.4%	1,899	2,478	-751	-30.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.2%	16	15	4	26.7%
White	5,224	67.7%	5,620	6,321	-1,097	-17.4%
Information Not Available	509	6.6%	553	530	-21	-4.0%

Years of Age	7,720		8,304	9,579
Younger than 22	102	0.8%	108	136	-34	-25.0%
22-24	282	2.3%	307	350	-68	-19.4%
25-34	1,733	14.1%	1,806	2,032	-299	-14.7%
35-44	1,892	15.4%	1,988	2,377	-485	-20.4%
45-54	1,734	14.1%	1,897	2,300	-566	-24.6%
55-59	944	7.7%	1,053	1,126	-182	-16.2%
60-64	639	5.2%	711	835	-196	-23.5%
65 and older	394	3.2%	434	423	-29	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,720		8,304	9,579
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.3%	29	44	-17	-38.6%
Mining	43	0.6%	35	62	-19	-30.6%
Utilities	14	0.2%	7	13	1	7.7%
Construction	870	11.2%	935	1,185	-315	-26.6%
Manufacturing	921	11.9%	877	1,072	-151	-14.1%
Wholesale Trade	355	4.6%	352	405	-50	-12.3%
Retail Trade	629	8.1%	659	714	-85	-11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	284	3.7%	338	272	12	4.4%
Information	232	3.0%	218	201	31	15.4%
Finance and Insurance	314	4.1%	325	311	3	1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	139	1.8%	140	169	-30	-17.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	604	7.8%	651	667	-63	-9.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.4%	35	54	-25	-46.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	862	11.1%	931	1,155	-293	-25.4%
Educational Services	213	2.7%	247	204	9	4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,004	13.0%	1,047	1,118	-114	-10.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	49	0.6%	73	52	-3	-5.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	350	4.5%	474	386	-36	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	174	2.2%	203	211	-37	-17.5%
Public Administration	231	3.0%	242	249	-18	-7.2%
Information Not Available	376	4.9%	486	1,035	-659	-63.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,949		15,866	15,843
Male	10,037	55.9%	8,527	8,760	1,277	14.6%
Female	7,912	44.1%	7,339	7,083	829	11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,949		15,866	15,843
Hispanic or Latino	32	0.2%	43	32	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	350	1.9%	319	459	-109	-23.7%
Information Not Available	17,567	97.9%	15,504	15,352	2,215	14.4%

Race	17,949		15,866	15,843
American Indian or Alaskan Native	129	0.7%	120	133	-4	-3.0%
Asian	101	0.6%	107	37	64	173.0%
Black or African American	3,144	17.5%	3,074	2,531	613	24.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	3	14	-14	-100.0%
White	14,307	79.7%	12,417	12,949	1,358	10.5%
Information Not Available	268	1.5%	145	179	89	49.7%

Years of Age	17,949		15,866	15,843
Younger than 22	281	0.9%	101	244	37	15.2%
22-24	558	1.8%	454	455	103	22.6%
25-34	3,536	11.5%	3,608	3,565	-29	-0.8%
35-44	4,196	13.7%	3,777	3,941	255	6.5%
45-54	4,721	15.4%	3,740	3,849	872	22.7%
55-59	2,250	7.3%	1,887	1,589	661	41.6%
60-64	1,517	4.9%	1,353	1,530	-13	-0.8%
65 and older	890	2.9%	936	652	238	36.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	10	18	-18	-100.0%

Industry	17,949		15,866	15,843
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.2%	18	46	-5	-10.9%
Mining	235	1.3%	153	188	47	25.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	37	-28	-75.7%
Construction	1,471	8.2%	1,365	1,479	-8	-0.5%
Manufacturing	5,717	31.8%	5,222	3,514	2,203	62.7%
Wholesale Trade	669	3.7%	644	822	-153	-18.6%
Retail Trade	1,545	8.6%	1,055	1,171	374	31.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	562	3.1%	638	689	-127	-18.4%
Information	323	1.8%	120	349	-26	-7.4%
Finance and Insurance	599	3.3%	448	625	-26	-4.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	258	1.4%	187	188	70	37.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	950	5.3%	703	891	59	6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	143	0.8%	31	156	-13	-8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,379	7.7%	1,283	1,387	-8	-0.6%
Educational Services	562	3.1%	617	496	66	13.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,425	7.9%	1,372	1,617	-192	-11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	0.9%	144	188	-27	-14.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	549	3.1%	743	707	-158	-22.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	466	2.6%	255	234	232	99.1%
Public Administration	212	1.2%	193	308	-96	-31.2%
Information Not Available	673	3.7%	666	751	-78	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,731		17,641	19,429
Male	6,825	43.4%	7,432	8,964	-2,139	-23.9%
Female	8,856	56.3%	10,164	10,420	-1,564	-15.0%
Information Not Available	50	0.3%	45	45	5	11.1%

Ethnicity	15,731		17,641	19,429
Hispanic or Latino	663	4.2%	704	752	-89	-11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,753	93.8%	16,606	18,181	-3,428	-18.9%
Information Not Available	315	2.0%	331	496	-181	-36.5%

Race	15,731		17,641	19,429
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.7%	114	108	-1	-0.9%
Asian	70	0.4%	92	107	-37	-34.6%
Black or African American	8,157	51.9%	9,227	9,752	-1,595	-16.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	225	1.4%	299	281	-56	-19.9%
White	6,024	38.3%	6,688	7,659	-1,635	-21.3%
Information Not Available	1,148	7.3%	1,221	1,522	-374	-24.6%

Years of Age	15,731		17,641	19,429
Younger than 22	295	1.4%	284	374	-79	-21.1%
22-24	596	2.9%	670	843	-247	-29.3%
25-34	3,672	17.9%	4,095	4,820	-1,148	-23.8%
35-44	3,799	18.5%	4,202	4,764	-965	-20.3%
45-54	3,546	17.2%	4,015	4,203	-657	-15.6%
55-59	1,764	8.6%	1,970	2,057	-293	-14.2%
60-64	1,195	5.8%	1,405	1,471	-276	-18.8%
65 and older	864	4.2%	1,000	897	-33	-3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,731		17,641	19,429
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.5%	103	119	-44	-37.0%
Mining	217	1.4%	238	254	-37	-14.6%
Utilities	41	0.3%	61	48	-7	-14.6%
Construction	2,741	17.3%	2,921	3,292	-551	-16.7%
Manufacturing	1,058	6.7%	1,090	1,369	-311	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	411	2.6%	409	491	-80	-16.3%
Retail Trade	1,320	8.4%	1,389	1,495	-175	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	548	3.5%	650	724	-176	-24.3%
Information	222	1.4%	262	228	-6	-2.6%
Finance and Insurance	406	2.6%	447	437	-31	-7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	258	1.6%	243	319	-61	-19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	735	4.7%	867	893	-158	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	77	0.5%	70	68	9	13.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,322	8.4%	1,460	1,610	-288	-17.9%
Educational Services	487	3.1%	628	515	-28	-5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,806	11.4%	2,046	2,003	-197	-9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	245	1.6%	298	281	-36	-12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,275	8.1%	1,593	1,550	-275	-17.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	406	2.6%	491	499	-93	-18.6%
Public Administration	308	1.9%	319	274	34	12.4%
Information Not Available	1,773	11.2%	2,056	2,960	-1,187	-40.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,520		55,126	47,327
Male	23,334	53.6%	27,369	24,917	-1,583	-6.4%
Female	20,184	46.4%	27,754	22,407	-2,223	-9.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%

Ethnicity	43,520		55,126	47,327
Hispanic or Latino	5,821	13.4%	7,454	6,183	-362	-5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,997	80.4%	44,152	38,340	-3,343	-8.7%
Information Not Available	2,702	6.2%	3,520	2,804	-102	-3.6%

Race	43,520		55,126	47,327
American Indian or Alaskan Native	229	0.5%	284	232	-3	-1.3%
Asian	1,621	3.7%	2,002	1,915	-294	-15.4%
Black or African American	4,869	11.2%	6,241	5,092	-223	-4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	0.3%	154	104	19	18.3%
White	30,173	69.3%	38,221	33,169	-2,996	-9.0%
Information Not Available	6,505	14.9%	8,224	6,815	-310	-4.5%

Years of Age	43,520		55,126	47,327
Younger than 22	553	0.8%	649	641	-88	-13.7%
22-24	1,420	2.0%	1,633	1,825	-405	-22.2%
25-34	9,419	13.6%	10,692	10,593	-1,174	-11.1%
35-44	9,043	13.0%	11,079	9,928	-885	-8.9%
45-54	10,305	14.9%	13,362	11,332	-1,027	-9.1%
55-59	5,338	7.7%	7,081	5,579	-241	-4.3%
60-64	4,301	6.2%	5,717	4,426	-125	-2.8%
65 and older	3,141	4.5%	4,913	3,003	138	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,520		55,126	47,327
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.5%	219	280	-66	-23.6%
Mining	12	0.0%	17	20	-8	-40.0%
Utilities	1,153	2.6%	1,171	213	940	441.3%
Construction	3,935	9.0%	3,675	3,816	119	3.1%
Manufacturing	3,675	8.4%	3,908	4,312	-637	-14.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,060	4.7%	2,245	2,631	-571	-21.7%
Retail Trade	3,827	8.8%	4,297	4,373	-546	-12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,446	3.3%	5,787	1,494	-48	-3.2%
Information	1,108	2.5%	1,158	1,353	-245	-18.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,103	4.8%	2,251	2,164	-61	-2.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	763	1.7%	778	832	-69	-8.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,259	9.7%	4,651	5,065	-806	-15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	285	0.7%	264	304	-19	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,093	9.4%	4,549	4,640	-547	-11.8%
Educational Services	1,314	3.0%	1,754	1,374	-60	-4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,062	11.6%	5,969	5,526	-464	-8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	482	1.1%	558	587	-105	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,724	6.2%	5,516	2,968	-244	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,618	6.0%	2,897	2,687	-69	-2.6%
Public Administration	1,080	2.5%	1,703	1,298	-218	-16.8%
Information Not Available	1,307	3.0%	1,759	1,390	-83	-6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,944		30,476	30,085
Male	9,518	30.8%	10,925	11,222	-1,704	-15.2%
Female	9,514	30.7%	12,967	11,539	-2,025	-17.5%
Information Not Available	11,912	38.5%	6,584	7,324	4,588	62.6%

Ethnicity	30,944		30,476	30,085
Hispanic or Latino	907	2.9%	1,082	1,093	-186	-17.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,408	56.3%	21,975	20,842	-3,434	-16.5%
Information Not Available	12,629	40.8%	7,419	8,150	4,479	55.0%

Race	30,944		30,476	30,085
American Indian or Alaskan Native	84	0.3%	106	109	-25	-22.9%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	9,175	29.7%	11,548	11,130	-1,955	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.1%	37	43	-12	-27.9%
White	8,118	26.2%	10,284	9,560	-1,442	-15.1%
Information Not Available	13,536	43.7%	8,501	9,243	4,293	46.4%

Years of Age	30,944		30,476	30,085
Younger than 22	275	0.7%	325	381	-106	-27.8%
22-24	695	1.9%	845	936	-241	-25.7%
25-34	4,576	12.2%	5,398	5,809	-1,233	-21.2%
35-44	4,260	11.4%	5,136	4,875	-615	-12.6%
45-54	4,219	11.3%	5,225	5,090	-871	-17.1%
55-59	2,245	6.0%	2,851	2,531	-286	-11.3%
60-64	1,612	4.3%	2,160	1,812	-200	-11.0%
65 and older	1,150	3.1%	1,951	1,327	-177	-13.3%
Information Not Available	11,912	31.8%	6,585	7,324	4,588	62.6%

Industry	30,944		30,476	30,085
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.0%	15	18	-5	-27.8%
Mining	40	0.1%	39	7	33	471.4%
Utilities	32	0.1%	31	33	-1	-3.0%
Construction	2,121	6.9%	2,163	2,226	-105	-4.7%
Manufacturing	246	0.8%	243	209	37	17.7%
Wholesale Trade	690	2.2%	749	919	-229	-24.9%
Retail Trade	805	2.6%	908	1,029	-224	-21.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	439	1.4%	2,766	640	-201	-31.4%
Information	376	1.2%	366	485	-109	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	779	2.5%	812	943	-164	-17.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	527	1.7%	599	543	-16	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,098	6.8%	2,221	2,506	-408	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.3%	101	113	-11	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,675	8.6%	3,160	3,146	-471	-15.0%
Educational Services	755	2.4%	1,031	952	-197	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,060	6.7%	2,484	2,550	-490	-19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	273	0.9%	344	311	-38	-12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,064	3.4%	1,674	1,343	-279	-20.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	588	1.9%	632	693	-105	-15.2%
Public Administration	380	1.2%	419	504	-124	-24.6%
Information Not Available	14,881	48.1%	9,719	10,915	3,966	36.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,192		3,769	3,178
Male	1,695	53.1%	1,615	1,600	95	5.9%
Female	1,497	46.9%	1,831	1,578	-81	-5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	323	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,192		3,769	3,178
Hispanic or Latino	75	2.3%	69	65	10	15.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,999	94.0%	3,565	2,781	218	7.8%
Information Not Available	118	3.7%	135	332	-214	-64.5%

Race	3,192		3,769	3,178
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	1.5%	58	35	14	40.0%
Asian	27	0.8%	39	20	7	35.0%
Black or African American	65	2.0%	73	65	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	11	0	5	0.0%
White	2,954	92.5%	3,493	2,911	43	1.5%
Information Not Available	92	2.9%	95	147	-55	-37.4%

Years of Age	3,192		3,769	3,178
Younger than 22	38	0.7%	43	78	-40	-51.3%
22-24	81	1.4%	84	116	-35	-30.2%
25-34	574	9.9%	673	622	-48	-7.7%
35-44	682	11.8%	783	641	41	6.4%
45-54	802	13.8%	948	809	-7	-0.9%
55-59	442	7.6%	526	401	41	10.2%
60-64	344	5.9%	406	333	11	3.3%
65 and older	229	3.9%	306	178	51	28.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,192		3,769	3,178
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	1.1%	52	48	-13	-27.1%
Mining	3	0.1%	0	0	3	0.0%
Utilities	11	0.3%	16	5	6	120.0%
Construction	91	2.8%	66	149	-58	-38.9%
Manufacturing	314	9.7%	294	285	29	10.2%
Wholesale Trade	109	3.4%	116	108	1	0.9%
Retail Trade	394	12.2%	432	350	44	12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	66	2.0%	234	66	0	0.0%
Information	68	2.1%	56	39	29	74.4%
Finance and Insurance	129	4.0%	142	70	59	84.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25	0.8%	25	31	-6	-19.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	185	5.7%	191	143	42	29.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.4%	15	11	2	18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	234	7.3%	243	253	-19	-7.5%
Educational Services	91	2.8%	120	98	-7	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	495	15.3%	617	377	118	31.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	35	1.1%	34	34	1	2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	186	5.8%	256	168	18	10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	126	3.9%	119	63	63	100.0%
Public Administration	71	2.2%	79	64	7	10.9%
Information Not Available	511	15.8%	662	816	-305	-37.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,723		48,407	48,380
Male	21,899	53.8%	24,475	25,392	-3,493	-13.8%
Female	18,275	44.9%	23,250	21,714	-3,439	-15.8%
Information Not Available	549	1.3%	682	1,274	-725	-56.9%

Ethnicity	40,723		48,407	48,380
Hispanic or Latino	1,676	4.1%	1,828	1,824	-148	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,812	80.6%	38,855	38,316	-5,504	-14.4%
Information Not Available	6,235	15.3%	7,724	8,240	-2,005	-24.3%

Race	40,723		48,407	48,380
American Indian or Alaskan Native	332	0.8%	323	308	24	7.8%
Asian	419	1.0%	520	630	-211	-33.5%
Black or African American	8,900	21.9%	10,993	11,180	-2,280	-20.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	50	67	-15	-22.4%
White	22,604	55.5%	26,295	26,000	-3,396	-13.1%
Information Not Available	8,416	20.7%	10,226	10,195	-1,779	-17.4%

Years of Age	40,723		48,407	48,380
Younger than 22	537	0.9%	636	802	-265	-33.0%
22-24	1,455	2.4%	1,760	2,091	-636	-30.4%
25-34	9,068	15.1%	10,872	11,277	-2,209	-19.6%
35-44	9,131	15.2%	11,014	11,033	-1,902	-17.2%
45-54	10,477	17.5%	12,458	12,154	-1,677	-13.8%
55-59	5,065	8.4%	5,941	5,703	-638	-11.2%
60-64	3,293	5.5%	3,774	3,573	-280	-7.8%
65 and older	1,696	2.8%	1,952	1,747	-51	-2.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	40,723		48,407	48,380
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	320	0.8%	353	260	60	23.1%
Mining	57	0.1%	55	52	5	9.6%
Utilities	71	0.2%	94	65	6	9.2%
Construction	3,715	9.1%	2,674	2,565	1,150	44.8%
Manufacturing	6,207	15.1%	7,408	8,110	-1,903	-23.5%
Wholesale Trade	5,774	14.1%	8,604	7,478	-1,704	-22.8%
Retail Trade	2,813	6.9%	2,678	2,805	8	0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,035	2.5%	1,212	1,338	-303	-22.6%
Information	662	1.6%	675	779	-117	-15.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,455	3.5%	1,454	1,282	173	13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	618	1.5%	680	564	54	9.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,284	8.0%	3,801	3,969	-685	-17.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	975	2.4%	1,160	1,809	-834	-46.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,269	10.4%	4,352	5,027	-758	-15.1%
Educational Services	921	2.2%	1,212	1,130	-209	-18.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,059	9.9%	5,983	3,944	115	2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	371	0.9%	583	424	-53	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,711	4.2%	2,376	1,705	6	0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	953	2.3%	1,282	1,225	-272	-22.2%
Public Administration	456	1.1%	664	636	-180	-28.3%
Information Not Available	997	2.4%	1,107	3,213	-2,216	-69.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,095		24,447	24,696
Male	12,056	54.6%	12,635	13,564	-1,508	-11.1%
Female	10,035	45.4%	11,807	11,125	-1,090	-9.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	7	-3	-42.9%

Ethnicity	22,095		24,447	24,696
Hispanic or Latino	820	3.7%	995	927	-107	-11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,939	85.7%	20,861	21,207	-2,268	-10.7%
Information Not Available	2,336	10.6%	2,591	2,562	-226	-8.8%

Race	22,095		24,447	24,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	293	1.3%	368	363	-70	-19.3%
Asian	669	3.0%	782	745	-76	-10.2%
Black or African American	2,168	9.8%	2,473	2,351	-183	-7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.3%	58	65	-2	-3.1%
White	16,790	76.0%	18,431	18,820	-2,030	-10.8%
Information Not Available	2,112	9.6%	2,335	2,352	-240	-10.2%

Years of Age	22,095		24,447	24,696
Younger than 22	235	0.6%	253	299	-64	-21.4%
22-24	703	1.9%	711	798	-95	-11.9%
25-34	4,635	12.6%	5,169	5,490	-855	-15.6%
35-44	4,974	13.6%	5,491	5,403	-429	-7.9%
45-54	4,983	13.6%	5,564	5,702	-719	-12.6%
55-59	2,993	8.2%	3,274	3,255	-262	-8.0%
60-64	2,236	6.1%	2,469	2,426	-190	-7.8%
65 and older	1,330	3.6%	1,510	1,314	16	1.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	6	9	-3	-33.3%

Industry	22,095		24,447	24,696
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	178	0.8%	220	150	28	18.7%
Mining	33	0.1%	24	51	-18	-35.3%
Utilities	95	0.4%	120	67	28	41.8%
Construction	2,629	11.8%	2,413	2,783	-154	-5.5%
Manufacturing	2,760	12.4%	2,956	3,203	-443	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,173	5.3%	1,239	1,336	-163	-12.2%
Retail Trade	2,071	9.3%	1,894	2,187	-116	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	605	2.7%	758	690	-85	-12.3%
Information	616	2.8%	626	667	-51	-7.6%
Finance and Insurance	966	4.3%	961	1,025	-59	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	399	1.8%	463	407	-8	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,810	8.1%	1,954	2,051	-241	-11.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	426	1.9%	447	568	-142	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,996	9.0%	2,187	2,175	-179	-8.2%
Educational Services	908	4.1%	1,115	999	-91	-9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,179	9.8%	2,436	2,557	-378	-14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	282	1.3%	322	313	-31	-9.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,073	4.8%	1,839	1,244	-171	-13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	796	3.6%	1,230	864	-68	-7.9%
Public Administration	345	1.5%	433	436	-91	-20.9%
Information Not Available	755	3.4%	810	923	-168	-18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,128		21,434	20,745
Male	8,686	47.9%	9,761	10,276	-1,590	-15.5%
Female	9,419	52.0%	11,651	10,439	-1,020	-9.8%
Information Not Available	23	0.1%	22	30	-7	-23.3%

Ethnicity	18,128		21,434	20,745
Hispanic or Latino	755	4.2%	857	843	-88	-10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,006	77.3%	16,703	16,104	-2,098	-13.0%
Information Not Available	3,367	18.6%	3,874	3,798	-431	-11.3%

Race	18,128		21,434	20,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	129	0.7%	135	123	6	4.9%
Asian	141	0.8%	199	166	-25	-15.1%
Black or African American	4,419	24.4%	5,237	4,821	-402	-8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	100	0.6%	134	183	-83	-45.4%
White	10,951	60.4%	13,087	12,939	-1,988	-15.4%
Information Not Available	2,388	13.2%	2,642	2,513	-125	-5.0%

Years of Age	18,128		21,434	20,745
Younger than 22	222	0.8%	270	300	-78	-26.0%
22-24	562	2.1%	624	788	-226	-28.7%
25-34	3,743	13.7%	4,456	4,546	-803	-17.7%
35-44	4,234	15.5%	4,915	4,832	-598	-12.4%
45-54	4,346	15.9%	5,120	4,901	-555	-11.3%
55-59	2,246	8.2%	2,648	2,484	-238	-9.6%
60-64	1,720	6.3%	1,979	1,732	-12	-0.7%
65 and older	1,055	3.9%	1,422	1,162	-107	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,128		21,434	20,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.5%	101	116	-31	-26.7%
Mining	30	0.2%	40	30	0	0.0%
Utilities	28	0.2%	21	34	-6	-17.6%
Construction	1,655	9.1%	1,812	2,126	-471	-22.2%
Manufacturing	2,026	11.1%	2,000	2,214	-188	-8.5%
Wholesale Trade	884	4.9%	955	973	-89	-9.1%
Retail Trade	1,732	9.5%	2,099	2,128	-396	-18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	557	3.1%	1,223	715	-158	-22.1%
Information	493	2.7%	622	488	5	1.0%
Finance and Insurance	870	4.8%	948	722	148	20.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	330	1.8%	375	356	-26	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,561	8.6%	1,662	1,524	37	2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.7%	147	129	1	0.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,054	11.3%	2,284	2,570	-516	-20.1%
Educational Services	438	2.4%	503	571	-133	-23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,312	12.7%	2,725	2,622	-310	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	162	0.9%	222	192	-30	-15.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,098	6.0%	1,720	1,300	-202	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	472	2.6%	571	532	-60	-11.3%
Public Administration	187	1.0%	220	200	-13	-6.5%
Information Not Available	1,024	5.6%	1,184	1,203	-179	-14.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,187		8,852	10,157
Male	3,144	43.7%	3,597	4,660	-1,516	-32.5%
Female	4,032	56.1%	5,241	5,482	-1,450	-26.5%
Information Not Available	11	0.2%	14	15	-4	-26.7%

Ethnicity	7,187		8,852	10,157
Hispanic or Latino	145	2.0%	203	207	-62	-30.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,723	93.5%	8,281	9,576	-2,853	-29.8%
Information Not Available	319	4.4%	368	374	-55	-14.7%

Race	7,187		8,852	10,157
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.6%	49	34	11	32.4%
Asian	33	0.5%	34	52	-19	-36.5%
Black or African American	4,299	59.8%	5,586	6,041	-1,742	-28.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.3%	24	45	-22	-48.9%
White	2,541	35.4%	2,874	3,708	-1,167	-31.5%
Information Not Available	246	3.4%	285	277	-31	-11.2%

Years of Age	7,187		8,852	10,157
Younger than 22	106	1.2%	98	143	-37	-25.9%
22-24	289	3.1%	328	425	-136	-32.0%
25-34	1,746	19.0%	2,124	2,509	-763	-30.4%
35-44	1,793	19.5%	2,196	2,592	-799	-30.8%
45-54	1,565	17.0%	1,975	2,295	-730	-31.8%
55-59	788	8.6%	975	998	-210	-21.0%
60-64	538	5.9%	658	726	-188	-25.9%
65 and older	362	3.9%	498	469	-107	-22.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,187		8,852	10,157
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.4%	58	95	-64	-67.4%
Mining	8	0.1%	9	32	-24	-75.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	11	23	-14	-60.9%
Construction	315	4.4%	350	478	-163	-34.1%
Manufacturing	925	12.8%	989	1,327	-402	-30.3%
Wholesale Trade	199	2.8%	196	307	-108	-35.2%
Retail Trade	710	9.8%	717	1,014	-304	-30.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	153	2.1%	166	254	-101	-39.8%
Information	80	1.1%	64	166	-86	-51.8%
Finance and Insurance	149	2.1%	152	155	-6	-3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	88	1.2%	99	119	-31	-26.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	302	4.2%	341	394	-92	-23.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	127	1.8%	140	103	24	23.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	688	9.5%	740	1,008	-320	-31.7%
Educational Services	202	2.8%	249	318	-116	-36.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	861	11.9%	1,737	1,082	-221	-20.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	44	0.6%	43	61	-17	-27.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	373	5.2%	551	687	-314	-45.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	101	1.4%	117	119	-18	-15.1%
Public Administration	100	1.4%	103	192	-92	-47.9%
Information Not Available	1,722	23.9%	2,020	2,223	-501	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,146		3,661	3,753
Male	1,559	49.6%	1,620	2,122	-563	-26.5%
Female	1,581	50.3%	2,038	1,627	-46	-2.8%
Information Not Available	6	0.2%	3	4	2	50.0%

Ethnicity	3,146		3,661	3,753
Hispanic or Latino	136	4.3%	171	192	-56	-29.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,879	91.5%	3,335	3,390	-511	-15.1%
Information Not Available	131	4.2%	155	171	-40	-23.4%

Race	3,146		3,661	3,753
American Indian or Alaskan Native	380	12.1%	579	450	-70	-15.6%
Asian	18	0.6%	20	25	-7	-28.0%
Black or African American	43	1.4%	47	54	-11	-20.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.3%	17	14	-3	-21.4%
White	2,663	84.6%	2,946	3,155	-492	-15.6%
Information Not Available	31	1.0%	52	55	-24	-43.6%

Years of Age	3,146		3,661	3,753
Younger than 22	39	0.7%	42	47	-8	-17.0%
22-24	131	2.4%	111	142	-11	-7.7%
25-34	629	11.5%	687	827	-198	-23.9%
35-44	710	12.9%	811	865	-155	-17.9%
45-54	735	13.4%	811	814	-79	-9.7%
55-59	370	6.7%	455	457	-87	-19.0%
60-64	317	5.8%	439	380	-63	-16.6%
65 and older	215	3.9%	305	221	-6	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,146		3,661	3,753
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	1.0%	28	60	-27	-45.0%
Mining	76	2.4%	58	39	37	94.9%
Utilities	10	0.3%	13	14	-4	-28.6%
Construction	339	10.7%	336	592	-253	-42.7%
Manufacturing	148	4.7%	152	230	-82	-35.7%
Wholesale Trade	75	2.4%	88	97	-22	-22.7%
Retail Trade	406	12.8%	362	363	43	11.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	79	2.5%	176	132	-53	-40.2%
Information	70	2.2%	80	54	16	29.6%
Finance and Insurance	79	2.5%	58	77	2	2.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	1.1%	40	63	-27	-42.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	190	6.0%	227	224	-34	-15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.3%	7	6	5	83.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	259	8.1%	258	384	-125	-32.6%
Educational Services	132	4.2%	179	149	-17	-11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	433	13.6%	656	372	61	16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	2.5%	78	91	-12	-13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	374	11.8%	373	405	-31	-7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	88	2.8%	114	87	1	1.1%
Public Administration	189	5.9%	330	234	-45	-19.2%
Information Not Available	40	1.3%	48	80	-40	-50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,586		19,135	19,581
Male	8,675	44.3%	8,353	9,256	-581	-6.3%
Female	10,894	55.6%	10,766	10,314	580	5.6%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	16	11	6	54.5%

Ethnicity	19,586		19,135	19,581
Hispanic or Latino	949	4.8%	914	955	-6	-0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,945	91.6%	17,781	18,203	-258	-1.4%
Information Not Available	692	3.5%	440	423	269	63.6%

Race	19,586		19,135	19,581
American Indian or Alaskan Native	270	1.4%	237	291	-21	-7.2%
Asian	280	1.5%	248	443	-163	-36.8%
Black or African American	8,405	44.8%	8,766	8,265	140	1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	25	255	-217	-85.1%
White	9,100	48.5%	8,478	9,071	29	0.3%
Information Not Available	672	3.6%	1,381	1,256	-584	-46.5%

Years of Age	19,586		19,135	19,581
Younger than 22	237	0.9%	246	252	-15	-6.0%
22-24	608	2.2%	623	689	-81	-11.8%
25-34	4,627	16.9%	4,552	4,683	-56	-1.2%
35-44	4,980	18.2%	4,619	4,884	96	2.0%
45-54	4,888	17.9%	4,677	4,957	-69	-1.4%
55-59	2,129	7.8%	2,155	2,128	1	0.0%
60-64	1,320	4.8%	1,412	1,298	22	1.7%
65 and older	797	2.9%	851	690	107	15.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,586		19,135	19,581
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.4%	71	98	-27	-27.6%
Mining	3	0.0%	6	8	-5	-62.5%
Utilities	25	0.1%	18	21	4	19.0%
Construction	947	4.8%	844	1,120	-173	-15.4%
Manufacturing	2,516	12.8%	2,372	2,540	-24	-0.9%
Wholesale Trade	871	4.4%	901	908	-37	-4.1%
Retail Trade	1,871	9.5%	1,789	1,759	112	6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	393	2.0%	491	419	-26	-6.2%
Information	360	1.8%	389	454	-94	-20.7%
Finance and Insurance	743	3.8%	719	805	-62	-7.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	269	1.4%	277	275	-6	-2.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,212	6.2%	1,247	1,403	-191	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.4%	73	150	-81	-54.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,872	14.6%	3,336	3,264	-392	-12.0%
Educational Services	703	3.6%	801	662	41	6.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,967	10.0%	1,910	1,823	144	7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	150	0.8%	124	109	41	37.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	975	5.0%	1,084	929	46	5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	394	2.0%	425	443	-49	-11.1%
Public Administration	389	2.0%	393	423	-34	-8.0%
Information Not Available	2,786	14.2%	1,865	1,968	818	41.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,305		1,799	1,798
Male	758	58.1%	1,044	1,123	-365	-32.5%
Female	547	41.9%	755	675	-128	-19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,305		1,799	1,798
Hispanic or Latino	55	4.2%	92	67	-12	-17.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,219	93.4%	1,661	1,678	-459	-27.4%
Information Not Available	31	2.4%	46	53	-22	-41.5%

Race	1,305		1,799	1,798
American Indian or Alaskan Native	84	6.4%	163	138	-54	-39.1%
Asian	10	0.8%	20	7	3	42.9%
Black or African American	99	7.6%	115	96	3	3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.4%	5	3	2	66.7%
White	1,021	78.2%	1,358	1,434	-413	-28.8%
Information Not Available	86	6.6%	138	120	-34	-28.3%

Years of Age	1,305		1,799	1,798
Younger than 22	12	0.5%	19	15	-3	-20.0%
22-24	25	1.1%	35	51	-26	-51.0%
25-34	276	12.6%	362	371	-95	-25.6%
35-44	300	13.7%	404	401	-101	-25.2%
45-54	272	12.4%	381	436	-164	-37.6%
55-59	192	8.8%	251	240	-48	-20.0%
60-64	135	6.2%	193	190	-55	-28.9%
65 and older	93	4.2%	154	94	-1	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,305		1,799	1,798
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37	2.8%	64	19	18	94.7%
Mining	65	4.8%	57	69	-4	-5.8%
Utilities	12	0.9%	11	17	-5	-29.4%
Construction	191	14.2%	234	372	-181	-48.7%
Manufacturing	127	9.5%	264	129	-2	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	77	5.7%	92	125	-48	-38.4%
Retail Trade	142	10.6%	153	161	-19	-11.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	55	4.1%	110	98	-43	-43.9%
Information	52	3.9%	56	22	30	136.4%
Finance and Insurance	41	3.1%	46	57	-16	-28.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24	1.8%	29	35	-11	-31.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	68	5.1%	81	102	-34	-33.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.4%	5	15	-10	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	54	4.0%	64	82	-28	-34.1%
Educational Services	6	0.4%	7	5	1	20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	97	7.2%	118	118	-21	-17.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	0.5%	6	4	3	75.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	69	5.1%	86	73	-4	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	20	1.5%	30	41	-21	-51.2%
Public Administration	87	6.5%	179	160	-73	-45.6%
Information Not Available	69	5.1%	107	94	-25	-26.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,917		3,288	3,780
Male	1,278	43.8%	1,383	1,821	-543	-29.8%
Female	1,487	51.0%	1,733	1,729	-242	-14.0%
Information Not Available	152	5.2%	172	230	-78	-33.9%

Ethnicity	2,917		3,288	3,780
Hispanic or Latino	206	7.1%	241	241	-35	-14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,427	83.2%	2,728	3,004	-577	-19.2%
Information Not Available	284	9.7%	319	535	-251	-46.9%

Race	2,917		3,288	3,780
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	1.4%	49	63	-21	-33.3%
Asian	54	1.9%	60	74	-20	-27.0%
Black or African American	437	15.0%	494	446	-9	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.3%	9	4	5	125.0%
White	2,139	73.3%	2,378	2,700	-561	-20.8%
Information Not Available	236	8.1%	298	493	-257	-52.1%

Years of Age	2,917		3,288	3,780
Younger than 22	16	0.3%	26	29	-13	-44.8%
22-24	47	1.0%	73	68	-21	-30.9%
25-34	572	12.0%	622	784	-212	-27.0%
35-44	717	15.0%	792	933	-216	-23.2%
45-54	685	14.4%	775	870	-185	-21.3%
55-59	426	8.9%	424	479	-53	-11.1%
60-64	288	6.0%	353	394	-106	-26.9%
65 and older	166	3.5%	223	223	-57	-25.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,917		3,288	3,780
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.8%	32	27	-3	-11.1%
Mining	2	0.1%	3	7	-5	-71.4%
Utilities	6	0.2%	2	3	3	100.0%
Construction	237	8.1%	235	353	-116	-32.9%
Manufacturing	377	12.8%	371	627	-250	-39.9%
Wholesale Trade	154	5.2%	145	156	-2	-1.3%
Retail Trade	310	10.5%	294	395	-85	-21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	84	2.9%	179	91	-7	-7.7%
Information	87	3.0%	87	98	-11	-11.2%
Finance and Insurance	167	5.7%	181	180	-13	-7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	43	1.5%	42	48	-5	-10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	188	6.4%	209	195	-7	-3.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	1.0%	34	51	-21	-41.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	264	9.0%	295	342	-78	-22.8%
Educational Services	60	2.0%	73	87	-27	-31.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	344	11.7%	375	431	-87	-20.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	58	2.0%	62	59	-1	-1.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	142	4.8%	244	180	-38	-21.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53	1.8%	76	91	-38	-41.8%
Public Administration	65	2.2%	80	92	-27	-29.3%
Information Not Available	222	7.5%	269	267	-45	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,746		3,528	3,238
Male	1,404	51.1%	1,622	1,610	-206	-12.8%
Female	1,325	48.3%	1,887	1,610	-285	-17.7%
Information Not Available	17	0.6%	19	18	-1	-5.6%

Ethnicity	2,746		3,528	3,238
Hispanic or Latino	109	4.0%	128	146	-37	-25.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,326	84.7%	2,997	2,701	-375	-13.9%
Information Not Available	311	11.3%	403	391	-80	-20.5%

Race	2,746		3,528	3,238
American Indian or Alaskan Native	8	0.3%	6	10	-2	-20.0%
Asian	59	2.1%	61	80	-21	-26.3%
Black or African American	71	2.6%	65	73	-2	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
White	2,408	87.7%	3,154	2,819	-411	-14.6%
Information Not Available	197	7.2%	239	252	-55	-21.8%

Years of Age	2,746		3,528	3,238
Younger than 22	12	0.2%	14	24	-12	-50.0%
22-24	35	0.7%	43	58	-23	-39.7%
25-34	407	8.5%	495	480	-73	-15.2%
35-44	537	11.2%	673	614	-77	-12.5%
45-54	722	15.0%	901	904	-182	-20.1%
55-59	458	9.5%	578	509	-51	-10.0%
60-64	353	7.4%	479	416	-63	-15.1%
65 and older	222	4.6%	345	233	-11	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,746		3,528	3,238
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.5%	12	21	-7	-33.3%
Mining	3	0.1%	2	2	1	50.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	2	8	-7	-87.5%
Construction	49	1.8%	50	51	-2	-3.9%
Manufacturing	316	11.4%	351	380	-64	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	211	7.6%	197	192	19	9.9%
Retail Trade	173	6.3%	163	200	-27	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	49	1.8%	493	73	-24	-32.9%
Information	44	1.6%	52	58	-14	-24.1%
Finance and Insurance	140	5.1%	155	132	8	6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30	1.1%	36	34	-4	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	205	7.4%	210	246	-41	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	1.2%	39	39	-6	-15.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	304	11.0%	346	437	-133	-30.4%
Educational Services	153	5.5%	180	137	16	11.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	257	9.3%	332	334	-77	-23.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	44	1.6%	32	40	4	10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	32	1.2%	115	46	-14	-30.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	87	3.2%	110	100	-13	-13.0%
Public Administration	38	1.4%	44	37	1	2.7%
Information Not Available	563	20.4%	607	671	-108	-16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,422		97,836	81,298
Male	39,975	52.3%	43,997	42,206	-2,231	-5.3%
Female	36,447	47.7%	53,839	39,092	-2,645	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	76,422		97,836	81,298
Hispanic or Latino	15,261	20.0%	19,828	16,202	-941	-5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,987	69.3%	67,568	56,720	-3,733	-6.6%
Information Not Available	8,174	10.7%	10,440	8,376	-202	-2.4%

Race	76,422		97,836	81,298
American Indian or Alaskan Native	409	0.5%	485	432	-23	-5.3%
Asian	3,022	4.0%	3,587	3,342	-320	-9.6%
Black or African American	19,517	25.5%	23,915	20,484	-967	-4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	484	0.6%	587	535	-51	-9.5%
White	41,974	54.9%	55,963	44,614	-2,640	-5.9%
Information Not Available	11,016	14.4%	13,299	11,891	-875	-7.4%

Years of Age	76,422		97,836	81,298
Younger than 22	3,522	3.1%	3,702	1,639	1,883	114.9%
22-24	4,771	4.2%	5,200	4,019	752	18.7%
25-34	18,462	16.3%	20,663	20,064	-1,602	-8.0%
35-44	15,035	13.3%	18,349	16,809	-1,774	-10.6%
45-54	16,949	15.0%	22,472	17,431	-482	-2.8%
55-59	8,008	7.1%	11,060	8,806	-798	-9.1%
60-64	5,443	4.8%	7,876	6,749	-1,306	-19.4%
65 and older	4,232	3.7%	8,514	5,781	-1,549	-26.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,422		97,836	81,298
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	128	0.2%	128	151	-23	-15.2%
Mining	40	0.1%	37	30	10	33.3%
Utilities	143	0.2%	136	150	-7	-4.7%
Construction	6,551	8.6%	6,102	6,343	208	3.3%
Manufacturing	4,964	6.5%	4,890	5,310	-346	-6.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,138	5.4%	4,263	4,749	-611	-12.9%
Retail Trade	7,959	10.4%	8,282	9,369	-1,410	-15.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,690	6.1%	9,764	4,696	-6	-0.1%
Information	1,337	1.7%	1,356	1,711	-374	-21.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,093	4.0%	3,188	3,095	-2	-0.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,128	1.5%	1,257	1,295	-167	-12.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,418	7.1%	5,762	5,984	-566	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,802	2.4%	2,142	1,212	590	48.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,683	12.6%	11,617	10,766	-1,083	-10.1%
Educational Services	3,003	3.9%	5,028	3,414	-411	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,686	10.0%	8,830	8,613	-927	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	812	1.1%	920	889	-77	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,361	5.7%	11,217	5,147	-786	-15.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,829	2.4%	2,037	2,042	-213	-10.4%
Public Administration	811	1.1%	3,631	868	-57	-6.6%
Information Not Available	6,846	8.9%	7,249	5,464	1,382	25.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,379		7,850	8,958
Male	3,923	53.2%	3,997	4,520	-597	-13.2%
Female	3,456	46.8%	3,853	4,438	-982	-22.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,379		7,850	8,958
Hispanic or Latino	3,596	48.7%	3,785	4,274	-678	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,138	42.5%	3,352	3,871	-733	-18.9%
Information Not Available	645	8.7%	713	813	-168	-20.7%

Race	7,379		7,850	8,958
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,063	14.4%	1,173	1,144	-81	-7.1%
Asian	61	0.8%	61	70	-9	-12.9%
Black or African American	261	3.5%	259	295	-34	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.4%	32	24	4	16.7%
White	3,984	54.0%	4,263	5,022	-1,038	-20.7%
Information Not Available	1,982	26.9%	2,062	2,402	-420	-17.5%

Years of Age	7,379		7,850	8,958
Younger than 22	158	1.5%	152	181	-23	-12.7%
22-24	274	2.6%	317	427	-153	-35.8%
25-34	1,664	15.5%	1,746	2,153	-489	-22.7%
35-44	1,682	15.7%	1,777	2,033	-351	-17.3%
45-54	1,695	15.8%	1,785	1,955	-260	-13.3%
55-59	850	7.9%	953	1,008	-158	-15.7%
60-64	628	5.9%	650	710	-82	-11.5%
65 and older	428	4.0%	470	491	-63	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,379		7,850	8,958
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	210	2.8%	119	157	53	33.8%
Mining	135	1.8%	139	164	-29	-17.7%
Utilities	18	0.2%	18	36	-18	-50.0%
Construction	1,261	16.6%	1,307	1,123	138	12.3%
Manufacturing	240	3.2%	248	329	-89	-27.1%
Wholesale Trade	185	2.4%	183	270	-85	-31.5%
Retail Trade	820	10.8%	828	1,038	-218	-21.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	141	1.9%	199	201	-60	-29.9%
Information	293	3.9%	318	667	-374	-56.1%
Finance and Insurance	221	2.9%	217	270	-49	-18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	120	1.6%	130	137	-17	-12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	478	6.3%	503	572	-94	-16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.4%	23	25	2	8.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	631	8.3%	682	805	-174	-21.6%
Educational Services	287	3.8%	310	372	-85	-22.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	973	12.8%	1,093	1,222	-249	-20.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	162	2.1%	181	202	-40	-19.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	493	6.5%	611	616	-123	-20.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	185	2.4%	195	198	-13	-6.6%
Public Administration	313	4.1%	353	380	-67	-17.6%
Information Not Available	186	2.5%	193	174	12	6.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,659		17,708	19,165
Male	9,553	54.1%	9,467	10,537	-984	-9.3%
Female	8,008	45.3%	8,151	8,533	-525	-6.2%
Information Not Available	98	0.6%	90	95	3	3.2%

Ethnicity	17,659		17,708	19,165
Hispanic or Latino	3,621	20.5%	3,531	4,014	-393	-9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,299	64.0%	11,457	12,151	-852	-7.0%
Information Not Available	2,739	15.5%	2,720	3,000	-261	-8.7%

Race	17,659		17,708	19,165
American Indian or Alaskan Native	401	2.3%	443	455	-54	-11.9%
Asian	1,145	6.5%	1,101	1,193	-48	-4.0%
Black or African American	3,360	19.0%	3,391	3,437	-77	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	395	2.2%	446	448	-53	-11.8%
White	9,412	53.3%	9,442	10,294	-882	-8.6%
Information Not Available	2,946	16.7%	2,885	3,338	-392	-11.7%

Years of Age	17,659		17,708	19,165
Younger than 22	303	1.2%	331	367	-64	-17.4%
22-24	692	2.7%	706	851	-159	-18.7%
25-34	4,120	16.1%	4,197	4,527	-407	-9.0%
35-44	4,048	15.8%	4,000	4,281	-233	-5.4%
45-54	4,007	15.6%	4,057	4,539	-532	-11.7%
55-59	1,986	7.7%	1,958	1,993	-7	-0.4%
60-64	1,406	5.5%	1,416	1,462	-56	-3.8%
65 and older	1,097	4.3%	1,043	1,145	-48	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,659		17,708	19,165
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.1%	9	24	-11	-45.8%
Mining	57	0.3%	52	80	-23	-28.8%
Utilities	10	0.1%	13	21	-11	-52.4%
Construction	1,749	9.9%	1,797	2,063	-314	-15.2%
Manufacturing	475	2.7%	489	557	-82	-14.7%
Wholesale Trade	319	1.8%	331	390	-71	-18.2%
Retail Trade	1,037	5.9%	1,116	1,319	-282	-21.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	716	4.1%	757	708	8	1.1%
Information	191	1.1%	189	200	-9	-4.5%
Finance and Insurance	398	2.3%	413	392	6	1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	521	2.9%	548	550	-29	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	700	4.0%	726	845	-145	-17.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.9%	166	163	-8	-4.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,992	11.3%	1,814	2,087	-95	-4.6%
Educational Services	149	0.8%	195	195	-46	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	877	5.0%	886	986	-109	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	248	1.4%	253	297	-49	-16.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,368	13.4%	2,162	2,691	-323	-12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	260	1.5%	251	315	-55	-17.5%
Public Administration	213	1.2%	224	300	-87	-29.0%
Information Not Available	5,211	29.5%	5,317	4,982	229	4.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	110,155		137,979	121,493
Male	56,177	51.0%	65,770	64,369	-8,192	-12.7%
Female	53,972	49.0%	72,197	57,110	-3,138	-5.5%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	12	14	-8	-57.1%

Ethnicity	110,155		137,979	121,493
Hispanic or Latino	21,761	19.8%	28,969	23,495	-1,734	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,991	68.1%	92,166	82,448	-7,457	-9.0%
Information Not Available	13,403	12.2%	16,844	15,547	-2,144	-13.8%

Race	110,155		137,979	121,493
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,075	1.0%	1,232	1,174	-99	-8.4%
Asian	4,548	4.1%	5,106	5,149	-601	-11.7%
Black or African American	24,883	22.6%	29,805	26,714	-1,831	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	654	0.6%	833	776	-122	-15.7%
White	54,565	49.5%	68,792	60,707	-6,142	-10.1%
Information Not Available	24,430	22.2%	32,211	26,970	-2,540	-9.4%

Years of Age	110,155		137,979	121,493
Younger than 22	2,179	1.4%	2,310	2,558	-379	-14.8%
22-24	5,326	3.4%	5,980	6,376	-1,050	-16.5%
25-34	29,499	18.9%	33,538	33,665	-4,166	-12.4%
35-44	23,786	15.2%	28,406	26,240	-2,454	-9.4%
45-54	22,937	14.7%	29,777	25,883	-2,946	-11.4%
55-59	11,124	7.1%	15,304	11,836	-712	-6.0%
60-64	8,373	5.4%	11,830	8,486	-113	-1.3%
65 and older	6,931	4.4%	10,834	6,449	482	7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	110,155		137,979	121,493
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	212	0.2%	380	202	10	5.0%
Mining	78	0.1%	62	59	19	32.2%
Utilities	144	0.1%	142	131	13	9.9%
Construction	10,027	9.1%	9,244	12,268	-2,241	-18.3%
Manufacturing	5,534	5.0%	5,620	6,103	-569	-9.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,218	3.8%	4,439	4,818	-600	-12.5%
Retail Trade	10,256	9.3%	10,958	11,672	-1,416	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,794	5.2%	19,075	4,453	1,341	30.1%
Information	4,770	4.3%	5,192	5,921	-1,151	-19.4%
Finance and Insurance	4,471	4.1%	4,650	5,286	-815	-15.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,334	2.1%	2,432	2,517	-183	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,478	7.7%	8,888	9,689	-1,211	-12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	791	0.7%	841	868	-77	-8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,037	13.6%	16,228	16,165	-1,128	-7.0%
Educational Services	4,656	4.2%	6,569	4,796	-140	-2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,803	11.6%	15,445	14,120	-1,317	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,153	2.9%	3,577	3,199	-46	-1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,257	7.5%	13,929	8,441	-184	-2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,270	3.0%	3,819	3,509	-239	-6.8%
Public Administration	2,814	2.5%	3,343	2,658	156	5.9%
Information Not Available	3,058	2.8%	3,146	4,618	-1,560	-33.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,784		41,490	46,437
Male	19,677	53.5%	21,051	26,300	-6,623	-25.2%
Female	16,969	46.1%	20,286	19,952	-2,983	-15.0%
Information Not Available	138	0.4%	153	185	-47	-25.4%

Ethnicity	36,784		41,490	46,437
Hispanic or Latino	1,230	3.3%	1,399	1,658	-428	-25.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,505	91.1%	37,908	42,339	-8,834	-20.9%
Information Not Available	2,049	5.6%	2,183	2,440	-391	-16.0%

Race	36,784		41,490	46,437
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	0.5%	178	214	-30	-14.0%
Asian	379	1.0%	412	419	-40	-9.5%
Black or African American	7,228	19.6%	8,261	8,947	-1,719	-19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	59	77	-25	-32.5%
White	26,663	72.5%	30,080	34,062	-7,399	-21.7%
Information Not Available	2,278	6.2%	2,500	2,718	-440	-16.2%

Years of Age	36,784		41,490	46,437
Younger than 22	441	0.7%	483	618	-177	-28.6%
22-24	1,101	1.8%	1,176	1,560	-459	-29.4%
25-34	7,264	12.1%	8,071	9,301	-2,037	-21.9%
35-44	8,558	14.3%	9,669	10,661	-2,103	-19.7%
45-54	9,401	15.7%	10,680	12,109	-2,708	-22.4%
55-59	4,794	8.0%	5,409	6,251	-1,457	-23.3%
60-64	3,441	5.7%	3,903	4,074	-633	-15.5%
65 and older	1,784	3.0%	2,099	1,863	-79	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,784		41,490	46,437
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	98	0.3%	104	136	-38	-27.9%
Mining	80	0.2%	85	108	-28	-25.9%
Utilities	126	0.3%	156	105	21	20.0%
Construction	4,457	12.1%	4,585	5,034	-577	-11.5%
Manufacturing	6,562	17.8%	7,381	12,508	-5,946	-47.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,123	5.8%	2,083	2,270	-147	-6.5%
Retail Trade	1,655	4.5%	1,719	2,097	-442	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,181	3.2%	2,052	1,899	-718	-37.8%
Information	766	2.1%	787	889	-123	-13.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,746	4.7%	1,698	1,719	27	1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	673	1.8%	659	672	1	0.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,874	7.8%	3,021	3,127	-253	-8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	792	2.1%	886	882	-90	-10.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,898	10.6%	4,365	4,905	-1,007	-20.5%
Educational Services	1,194	3.2%	1,478	1,224	-30	-2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,996	10.8%	5,010	4,287	-291	-6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	384	1.0%	486	393	-9	-2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,272	3.4%	1,837	1,442	-170	-11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	858	2.3%	951	1,019	-161	-15.8%
Public Administration	336	0.9%	372	297	39	13.1%
Information Not Available	1,713	4.6%	1,775	1,424	289	20.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,759		12,264	14,293
Male	5,746	48.9%	5,925	7,354	-1,608	-21.9%
Female	5,985	50.9%	6,314	6,908	-923	-13.4%
Information Not Available	28	0.2%	25	31	-3	-9.7%

Ethnicity	11,759		12,264	14,293
Hispanic or Latino	845	7.2%	902	1,064	-219	-20.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,914	92.8%	11,362	13,229	-2,315	-17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	11,759		12,264	14,293
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,278	10.9%	1,343	1,529	-251	-16.4%
Asian	100	0.9%	94	156	-56	-35.9%
Black or African American	2,103	17.9%	2,196	2,430	-327	-13.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.2%	26	23	1	4.3%
White	6,977	59.3%	7,262	8,515	-1,538	-18.1%
Information Not Available	1,277	10.9%	1,343	1,640	-363	-22.1%

Years of Age	11,759		12,264	14,293
Younger than 22	186	1.0%	177	221	-35	-15.8%
22-24	423	2.4%	396	538	-115	-21.4%
25-34	2,559	14.4%	2,595	3,290	-731	-22.2%
35-44	2,933	16.5%	3,052	3,439	-506	-14.7%
45-54	2,681	15.1%	2,903	3,326	-645	-19.4%
55-59	1,382	7.8%	1,428	1,592	-210	-13.2%
60-64	955	5.4%	1,012	1,109	-154	-13.9%
65 and older	640	3.6%	701	778	-138	-17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,759		12,264	14,293
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	59	0.5%	65	64	-5	-7.8%
Mining	444	3.8%	458	459	-15	-3.3%
Utilities	39	0.3%	36	48	-9	-18.8%
Construction	948	8.0%	995	1,343	-395	-29.4%
Manufacturing	1,159	9.8%	1,182	1,319	-160	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	560	4.7%	599	789	-229	-29.0%
Retail Trade	1,201	10.2%	1,189	1,497	-296	-19.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	273	2.3%	296	298	-25	-8.4%
Information	314	2.7%	296	396	-82	-20.7%
Finance and Insurance	424	3.6%	436	478	-54	-11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	219	1.9%	225	238	-19	-8.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	934	7.9%	997	1,071	-137	-12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.4%	56	70	-21	-30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,471	12.4%	1,588	1,715	-244	-14.2%
Educational Services	290	2.5%	328	383	-93	-24.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,355	11.5%	1,414	1,652	-297	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	158	1.3%	164	142	16	11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	659	5.6%	696	806	-147	-18.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	357	3.0%	355	434	-77	-17.7%
Public Administration	523	4.4%	553	609	-86	-14.1%
Information Not Available	323	2.7%	336	482	-159	-33.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,359		23,284	23,357
Male	11,333	53.1%	11,473	12,184	-851	-7.0%
Female	10,020	46.9%	11,809	11,167	-1,147	-10.3%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	2	6	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,359		23,284	23,357
Hispanic or Latino	2,222	10.4%	2,497	2,297	-75	-3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,856	78.9%	18,443	18,630	-1,774	-9.5%
Information Not Available	2,281	10.7%	2,344	2,430	-149	-6.1%

Race	21,359		23,284	23,357
American Indian or Alaskan Native	262	1.2%	274	300	-38	-12.7%
Asian	460	2.2%	483	606	-146	-24.1%
Black or African American	505	2.4%	588	503	2	0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	138	0.6%	141	140	-2	-1.4%
White	12,478	58.4%	14,187	14,267	-1,789	-12.5%
Information Not Available	7,516	35.2%	7,611	7,541	-25	-0.3%

Years of Age	21,359		23,284	23,357
Younger than 22	216	0.7%	210	268	-52	-19.4%
22-24	639	2.0%	692	751	-112	-14.9%
25-34	4,831	15.1%	5,074	5,439	-608	-11.2%
35-44	5,427	16.9%	5,806	5,733	-306	-5.3%
45-54	4,983	15.5%	5,379	5,384	-401	-7.4%
55-59	2,394	7.5%	2,720	2,697	-303	-11.2%
60-64	1,779	5.5%	2,006	1,977	-198	-10.0%
65 and older	1,090	3.4%	1,397	1,108	-18	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,359		23,284	23,357
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	489	2.2%	433	467	22	4.7%
Mining	27	0.1%	25	19	8	42.1%
Utilities	52	0.2%	53	50	2	4.0%
Construction	2,138	9.8%	1,875	1,904	234	12.3%
Manufacturing	2,581	11.8%	2,435	2,886	-305	-10.6%
Wholesale Trade	894	4.1%	953	978	-84	-8.6%
Retail Trade	2,149	9.8%	2,199	2,311	-162	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	506	2.3%	1,001	628	-122	-19.4%
Information	733	3.4%	780	855	-122	-14.3%
Finance and Insurance	755	3.5%	750	737	18	2.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	358	1.6%	364	394	-36	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,258	5.8%	1,322	1,488	-230	-15.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	175	0.8%	179	288	-113	-39.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,054	9.4%	2,195	2,285	-231	-10.1%
Educational Services	646	3.0%	799	721	-75	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,694	12.3%	3,563	3,049	-355	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	197	0.9%	250	246	-49	-19.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,454	6.7%	1,774	1,625	-171	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	691	3.2%	730	696	-5	-0.7%
Public Administration	456	2.1%	538	541	-85	-15.7%
Information Not Available	1,052	4.8%	1,066	1,189	-137	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,740		113,135	94,700
Male	43,506	50.7%	51,725	49,562	-6,056	-12.2%
Female	42,224	49.2%	61,404	45,120	-2,896	-6.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	6	18	-8	-44.4%

Ethnicity	85,740		113,135	94,700
Hispanic or Latino	7,044	8.2%	8,110	6,950	94	1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,807	87.2%	100,526	83,936	-9,129	-10.9%
Information Not Available	3,889	4.5%	4,499	3,814	75	2.0%

Race	85,740		113,135	94,700
American Indian or Alaskan Native	251	0.3%	336	227	24	10.6%
Asian	37	0.0%	29	45	-8	-17.8%
Black or African American	16,573	19.3%	20,563	18,151	-1,578	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,112	1.3%	1,305	1,469	-357	-24.3%
White	56,971	66.4%	78,440	64,234	-7,263	-11.3%
Information Not Available	10,796	12.6%	12,462	10,574	222	2.1%

Years of Age	85,740		113,135	94,700
Younger than 22	1,639	1.2%	1,775	1,955	-316	-16.2%
22-24	3,375	2.5%	3,996	4,293	-918	-21.4%
25-34	19,775	14.7%	22,942	22,042	-2,267	-10.3%
35-44	17,939	13.3%	22,083	19,497	-1,558	-8.0%
45-54	18,891	14.0%	24,728	22,030	-3,139	-14.2%
55-59	9,834	7.3%	13,595	10,886	-1,052	-9.7%
60-64	8,005	5.9%	11,542	8,143	-138	-1.7%
65 and older	6,282	4.7%	12,474	5,854	428	7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	85,740		113,135	94,700
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	218	0.3%	241	255	-37	-14.5%
Mining	567	0.7%	541	435	132	30.3%
Utilities	198	0.2%	218	242	-44	-18.2%
Construction	8,385	9.8%	8,487	9,364	-979	-10.5%
Manufacturing	10,201	11.9%	10,452	11,747	-1,546	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,844	3.3%	3,023	3,504	-660	-18.8%
Retail Trade	9,438	11.0%	9,766	10,692	-1,254	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,177	6.0%	18,332	5,530	-353	-6.4%
Information	1,327	1.5%	1,344	1,662	-335	-20.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,961	3.4%	3,014	3,322	-361	-10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,209	1.4%	1,253	1,225	-16	-1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,432	6.3%	5,679	6,064	-632	-10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	795	0.9%	832	741	54	7.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,526	11.1%	11,736	10,295	-769	-7.5%
Educational Services	2,424	2.8%	3,182	2,799	-375	-13.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,849	14.9%	14,814	13,466	-617	-4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,202	1.4%	1,455	1,395	-193	-13.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,392	6.3%	12,711	5,876	-484	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,322	2.7%	2,419	2,428	-106	-4.4%
Public Administration	928	1.1%	1,063	1,082	-154	-14.2%
Information Not Available	2,345	2.7%	2,573	2,576	-231	-9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,023		13,106	15,675
Male	5,804	48.3%	6,101	6,918	-1,114	-16.1%
Female	6,219	51.7%	7,005	8,757	-2,538	-29.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,023		13,106	15,675
Hispanic or Latino	11,761	97.8%	12,847	15,455	-3,694	-23.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	139	1.2%	125	76	63	82.9%
Information Not Available	123	1.0%	134	144	-21	-14.6%

Race	12,023		13,106	15,675
American Indian or Alaskan Native	383	3.2%	380	133	250	188.0%
Asian	108	0.9%	121	26	82	315.4%
Black or African American	424	3.5%	459	938	-514	-54.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.3%	36	18	24	133.3%
White	2,537	21.1%	2,711	3,294	-757	-23.0%
Information Not Available	8,529	70.9%	9,399	11,266	-2,737	-24.3%

Years of Age	12,023		13,106	15,675
Younger than 22	271	1.9%	274	241	30	12.4%
22-24	651	4.7%	691	661	-10	-1.5%
25-34	3,041	21.9%	3,410	4,116	-1,075	-26.1%
35-44	3,274	23.5%	3,608	4,179	-905	-21.7%
45-54	2,710	19.5%	2,906	3,710	-1,000	-27.0%
55-59	961	6.9%	1,042	1,397	-436	-31.2%
60-64	646	4.6%	693	793	-147	-18.5%
65 and older	463	3.3%	475	573	-110	-19.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	5	1	20.0%

Industry	12,023		13,106	15,675
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	565	4.5%	557	764	-199	-26.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	8	-6	-75.0%
Utilities	5	0.0%	8	9	-4	-44.4%
Construction	656	5.2%	659	850	-194	-22.8%
Manufacturing	827	6.6%	885	1,765	-938	-53.1%
Wholesale Trade	265	2.1%	270	291	-26	-8.9%
Retail Trade	1,193	9.5%	1,269	1,100	93	8.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	218	1.7%	295	272	-54	-19.9%
Information	277	2.2%	264	187	90	48.1%
Finance and Insurance	222	1.8%	243	151	71	47.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	112	0.9%	123	134	-22	-16.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	527	4.2%	509	562	-35	-6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.4%	55	45	1	2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,065	16.4%	2,101	1,871	194	10.4%
Educational Services	1,657	13.2%	2,195	2,331	-674	-28.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	693	5.5%	767	953	-260	-27.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	39	0.3%	33	59	-20	-33.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	912	7.2%	946	624	288	46.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	169	1.3%	187	158	11	7.0%
Public Administration	1,028	8.2%	1,130	3,151	-2,123	-67.4%
Information Not Available	545	4.3%	607	390	155	39.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,182		9,021	6,377
Male	2,819	45.6%	3,342	3,106	-287	-9.2%
Female	3,363	54.4%	5,679	3,271	92	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,182		9,021	6,377
Hispanic or Latino	1,167	18.9%	1,557	1,106	61	5.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,761	60.8%	5,397	4,012	-251	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,254	20.3%	2,067	1,259	-5	-0.4%

Race	6,182		9,021	6,377
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	0.8%	70	45	6	13.3%
Asian	93	1.5%	97	101	-8	-7.9%
Black or African American	495	8.0%	592	522	-27	-5.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.6%	44	36	2	5.6%
White	4,009	64.8%	5,927	4,245	-236	-5.6%
Information Not Available	1,496	24.2%	2,291	1,428	68	4.8%

Years of Age	6,182		9,021	6,377
Younger than 22	106	1.1%	120	99	7	7.1%
22-24	247	2.6%	287	292	-45	-15.4%
25-34	1,396	14.5%	1,666	1,366	30	2.2%
35-44	1,211	12.6%	1,647	1,290	-79	-6.1%
45-54	1,393	14.5%	2,132	1,466	-73	-5.0%
55-59	765	7.9%	1,180	779	-14	-1.8%
60-64	566	5.9%	975	581	-15	-2.6%
65 and older	498	5.2%	1,014	504	-6	-1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,182		9,021	6,377
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.2%	10	4	10	250.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	8	4	3	75.0%
Construction	431	7.0%	367	541	-110	-20.3%
Manufacturing	829	13.4%	874	703	126	17.9%
Wholesale Trade	292	4.7%	280	302	-10	-3.3%
Retail Trade	623	10.1%	675	650	-27	-4.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	286	4.6%	1,623	184	102	55.4%
Information	67	1.1%	77	74	-7	-9.5%
Finance and Insurance	329	5.3%	316	340	-11	-3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	137	2.2%	141	105	32	30.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	396	6.4%	432	434	-38	-8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	1.4%	76	132	-48	-36.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	709	11.4%	758	747	-38	-5.1%
Educational Services	210	3.4%	363	205	5	2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	860	13.9%	1,021	932	-72	-7.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	91	1.5%	116	104	-13	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	417	6.7%	1,442	475	-58	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	183	3.0%	211	269	-86	-32.0%
Public Administration	70	1.1%	80	45	25	55.6%
Information Not Available	146	2.4%	151	126	20	15.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,806		17,467	14,269
Male	6,825	43.2%	7,301	6,852	-27	-0.4%
Female	8,827	55.8%	9,969	7,416	1,411	19.0%
Information Not Available	154	1.0%	197	1	153	15300.0%

Ethnicity	15,806		17,467	14,269
Hispanic or Latino	433	2.7%	489	396	37	9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,187	89.8%	15,750	13,748	439	3.2%
Information Not Available	1,186	7.5%	1,228	125	1,061	848.8%

Race	15,806		17,467	14,269
American Indian or Alaskan Native	162	1.0%	174	108	54	50.0%
Asian	107	0.7%	107	72	35	48.6%
Black or African American	8,209	51.9%	9,274	6,714	1,495	22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.2%	33	28	4	14.3%
White	6,531	41.3%	7,068	6,468	63	1.0%
Information Not Available	765	4.8%	811	879	-114	-13.0%

Years of Age	15,806		17,467	14,269
Younger than 22	204	1.0%	228	275	-71	-25.8%
22-24	517	2.5%	553	498	19	3.8%
25-34	3,565	16.9%	3,859	3,310	255	7.7%
35-44	3,865	18.4%	4,080	3,435	430	12.5%
45-54	3,733	17.7%	4,119	3,429	304	8.9%
55-59	1,776	8.4%	2,006	1,528	248	16.2%
60-64	1,284	6.1%	1,492	1,117	167	15.0%
65 and older	862	4.1%	1,130	677	185	27.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,806		17,467	14,269
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.4%	66	58	7	12.1%
Mining	7	0.0%	6	10	-3	-30.0%
Utilities	26	0.2%	28	22	4	18.2%
Construction	929	5.9%	801	946	-17	-1.8%
Manufacturing	2,402	15.1%	2,510	2,111	291	13.8%
Wholesale Trade	572	3.6%	612	648	-76	-11.7%
Retail Trade	1,308	8.2%	1,360	1,355	-47	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	564	3.6%	548	389	175	45.0%
Information	184	1.2%	172	213	-29	-13.6%
Finance and Insurance	549	3.5%	597	355	194	54.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	198	1.2%	190	234	-36	-15.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,038	6.5%	1,109	1,895	-857	-45.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.5%	86	98	-20	-20.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,137	13.5%	2,382	2,255	-118	-5.2%
Educational Services	357	2.2%	462	366	-9	-2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,174	7.4%	1,327	1,025	149	14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	148	0.9%	135	140	8	5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	938	5.9%	1,478	966	-28	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	342	2.2%	491	427	-85	-19.9%
Public Administration	220	1.4%	248	243	-23	-9.5%
Information Not Available	2,570	16.2%	2,859	513	2,057	401.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	768		918	915
Male	373	48.6%	419	468	-95	-20.3%
Female	395	51.4%	499	447	-52	-11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	768		918	915
Hispanic or Latino	20	2.6%	31	30	-10	-33.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	667	86.8%	805	775	-108	-13.9%
Information Not Available	81	10.5%	82	110	-29	-26.4%

Race	768		918	915
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	14.1%	194	137	-29	-21.2%
Asian	7	0.9%	5	2	5	250.0%
Black or African American	31	4.0%	38	32	-1	-3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	1	5	-4	-80.0%
White	542	70.6%	588	627	-85	-13.6%
Information Not Available	79	10.3%	92	112	-33	-29.5%

Years of Age	768		918	915
Younger than 22	7	0.6%	7	11	-4	-36.4%
22-24	16	1.3%	14	21	-5	-23.8%
25-34	118	9.6%	133	129	-11	-8.5%
35-44	203	16.5%	223	189	14	7.4%
45-54	177	14.4%	215	255	-78	-30.6%
55-59	111	9.0%	147	126	-15	-11.9%
60-64	82	6.7%	112	108	-26	-24.1%
65 and older	54	4.4%	67	76	-22	-28.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	768		918	915
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4	0.5%	3	8	-4	-50.0%
Mining	1	0.1%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	1	0.1%	0	0	1	0.0%
Construction	53	6.9%	74	91	-38	-41.8%
Manufacturing	77	10.0%	63	91	-14	-15.4%
Wholesale Trade	33	4.3%	34	51	-18	-35.3%
Retail Trade	100	13.0%	93	87	13	14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	15	1.9%	13	18	-3	-16.7%
Information	15	1.9%	19	31	-16	-51.6%
Finance and Insurance	68	8.8%	56	55	13	23.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	12	1.6%	18	15	-3	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	32	4.1%	41	46	-14	-30.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.5%	5	5	-1	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	47	6.1%	36	51	-4	-7.8%
Educational Services	42	5.4%	54	43	-1	-2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	73	9.5%	98	94	-21	-22.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12	1.6%	21	11	1	9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	47	6.1%	77	63	-16	-25.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13	1.7%	17	18	-5	-27.8%
Public Administration	70	9.1%	140	88	-18	-20.5%
Information Not Available	49	6.3%	54	47	2	4.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,904		17,846	18,488
Male	6,876	43.2%	7,465	8,183	-1,307	-16.0%
Female	8,984	56.5%	10,333	10,275	-1,291	-12.6%
Information Not Available	44	0.3%	48	30	14	46.7%

Ethnicity	15,904		17,846	18,488
Hispanic or Latino	318	2.0%	355	355	-37	-10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,163	95.3%	17,011	17,690	-2,527	-14.3%
Information Not Available	423	2.7%	480	443	-20	-4.5%

Race	15,904		17,846	18,488
American Indian or Alaskan Native	43	0.3%	59	60	-17	-28.3%
Asian	91	0.6%	121	177	-86	-48.6%
Black or African American	5,138	32.3%	5,606	5,476	-338	-6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	218	1.4%	214	253	-35	-13.8%
White	9,619	60.5%	10,904	11,583	-1,964	-17.0%
Information Not Available	795	5.0%	942	939	-144	-15.3%

Years of Age	15,904		17,846	18,488
Younger than 22	255	1.1%	253	288	-33	-11.5%
22-24	490	2.0%	552	633	-143	-22.6%
25-34	3,258	13.5%	3,661	3,923	-665	-17.0%
35-44	3,734	15.5%	4,267	4,364	-630	-14.4%
45-54	3,920	16.2%	4,328	4,478	-558	-12.5%
55-59	1,845	7.6%	2,073	2,154	-309	-14.3%
60-64	1,396	5.8%	1,547	1,537	-141	-9.2%
65 and older	1,006	4.2%	1,165	1,111	-105	-9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,904		17,846	18,488
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.3%	64	83	-29	-34.9%
Mining	14	0.1%	16	26	-12	-46.2%
Utilities	25	0.2%	37	43	-18	-41.9%
Construction	1,016	6.4%	1,309	1,349	-333	-24.7%
Manufacturing	2,268	14.2%	2,198	2,688	-420	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	919	5.8%	963	912	7	0.8%
Retail Trade	1,443	9.0%	1,702	1,381	62	4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	620	3.9%	690	650	-30	-4.6%
Information	279	1.7%	288	356	-77	-21.6%
Finance and Insurance	525	3.3%	601	483	42	8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	1.7%	273	272	7	2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,140	7.1%	1,413	1,185	-45	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	145	0.9%	164	151	-6	-4.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,957	12.3%	2,213	2,340	-383	-16.4%
Educational Services	492	3.1%	540	505	-13	-2.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,614	10.1%	1,773	1,595	19	1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	143	0.9%	177	156	-13	-8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	673	4.2%	919	730	-57	-7.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	417	2.6%	553	552	-135	-24.5%
Public Administration	378	2.4%	343	364	14	3.8%
Information Not Available	1,503	9.4%	1,610	2,667	-1,164	-43.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	107,079		118,758	156,397
Male	55,717	52.0%	60,338	83,928	-28,211	-33.6%
Female	51,251	47.9%	58,304	72,347	-21,096	-29.2%
Information Not Available	111	0.1%	116	122	-11	-9.0%

Ethnicity	107,079		118,758	156,397
Hispanic or Latino	33,653	31.4%	37,371	50,161	-16,508	-32.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,709	60.4%	70,501	92,488	-27,779	-30.0%
Information Not Available	8,717	8.1%	10,886	13,748	-5,031	-36.6%

Race	107,079		118,758	156,397
American Indian or Alaskan Native	501	0.5%	482	612	-111	-18.1%
Asian	2,394	2.2%	2,653	3,778	-1,384	-36.6%
Black or African American	27,181	25.4%	30,142	38,627	-11,446	-29.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,105	1.0%	1,213	1,577	-472	-29.9%
White	34,093	31.8%	36,661	48,762	-14,669	-30.1%
Information Not Available	41,805	39.0%	47,607	63,041	-21,236	-33.7%

Years of Age	107,079		118,758	156,397
Younger than 22	1,590	1.2%	1,796	3,549	-1,959	-55.2%
22-24	3,887	2.9%	4,429	7,899	-4,012	-50.8%
25-34	24,714	18.6%	27,017	39,633	-14,919	-37.6%
35-44	26,374	19.8%	28,825	38,097	-11,723	-30.8%
45-54	25,284	19.0%	27,953	35,000	-9,716	-27.8%
55-59	11,836	8.9%	13,055	15,403	-3,567	-23.2%
60-64	8,242	6.2%	9,287	10,534	-2,292	-21.8%
65 and older	5,084	3.8%	6,326	6,204	-1,120	-18.1%
Information Not Available	68	0.1%	70	78	-10	-12.8%

Industry	107,079		118,758	156,397
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	578	0.5%	652	656	-78	-11.9%
Mining	2,204	2.0%	2,275	2,982	-778	-26.1%
Utilities	434	0.4%	491	550	-116	-21.1%
Construction	13,743	12.8%	15,065	25,969	-12,226	-47.1%
Manufacturing	7,191	6.7%	7,898	11,008	-3,817	-34.7%
Wholesale Trade	5,907	5.5%	6,091	7,565	-1,658	-21.9%
Retail Trade	8,079	7.5%	8,660	11,536	-3,457	-30.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,836	3.6%	6,307	5,810	-1,974	-34.0%
Information	2,879	2.7%	2,937	3,420	-541	-15.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,853	5.4%	6,244	5,988	-135	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,348	2.2%	2,363	2,660	-312	-11.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,274	9.5%	10,908	12,785	-2,511	-19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	825	0.8%	969	1,030	-205	-19.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,248	14.2%	15,781	21,002	-5,754	-27.4%
Educational Services	2,649	2.5%	2,920	3,780	-1,131	-29.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,195	10.4%	11,833	17,381	-6,186	-35.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	633	0.6%	807	1,090	-457	-41.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,977	3.7%	6,777	8,267	-4,290	-51.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,929	2.7%	3,250	4,404	-1,475	-33.5%
Public Administration	1,309	1.2%	1,287	1,565	-256	-16.4%
Information Not Available	4,988	4.6%	5,243	6,949	-1,961	-28.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,754		7,630	7,581
Male	3,902	57.8%	4,272	4,267	-365	-8.6%
Female	2,820	41.8%	3,320	3,312	-492	-14.9%
Information Not Available	32	0.5%	38	2	30	1500.0%

Ethnicity	6,754		7,630	7,581
Hispanic or Latino	782	11.6%	885	830	-48	-5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,602	82.9%	6,336	5,848	-246	-4.2%
Information Not Available	370	5.5%	409	903	-533	-59.0%

Race	6,754		7,630	7,581
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	3.4%	282	207	20	9.7%
Asian	145	2.1%	168	136	9	6.6%
Black or African American	178	2.6%	209	165	13	7.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	114	1.7%	155	115	-1	-0.9%
White	5,360	79.4%	5,932	4,433	927	20.9%
Information Not Available	730	10.8%	884	2,519	-1,789	-71.0%

Years of Age	6,754		7,630	7,581
Younger than 22	126	1.1%	157	117	9	7.7%
22-24	256	2.2%	300	299	-43	-14.4%
25-34	1,583	13.7%	1,745	1,886	-303	-16.1%
35-44	1,798	15.5%	2,031	2,032	-234	-11.5%
45-54	1,497	12.9%	1,718	1,679	-182	-10.8%
55-59	713	6.1%	812	747	-34	-4.6%
60-64	519	4.5%	554	546	-27	-4.9%
65 and older	262	2.3%	313	275	-13	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,754		7,630	7,581
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.2%	21	14	1	7.1%
Mining	58	0.9%	60	85	-27	-31.8%
Utilities	5	0.1%	4	9	-4	-44.4%
Construction	918	13.6%	928	650	268	41.2%
Manufacturing	676	10.0%	707	691	-15	-2.2%
Wholesale Trade	328	4.8%	342	414	-86	-20.8%
Retail Trade	642	9.5%	805	768	-126	-16.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	180	2.7%	239	268	-88	-32.8%
Information	235	3.5%	264	277	-42	-15.2%
Finance and Insurance	313	4.6%	346	354	-41	-11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	130	1.9%	142	108	22	20.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	675	10.0%	756	893	-218	-24.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.8%	52	40	11	27.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	894	13.2%	942	1,003	-109	-10.9%
Educational Services	259	3.8%	271	245	14	5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	438	6.5%	536	451	-13	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	1.1%	82	106	-29	-27.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	271	4.0%	284	295	-24	-8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	139	2.1%	152	141	-2	-1.4%
Public Administration	95	1.4%	139	138	-43	-31.2%
Information Not Available	355	5.2%	558	631	-276	-43.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,471		23,409	26,452
Male	10,388	48.4%	10,909	13,360	-2,972	-22.2%
Female	11,076	51.6%	12,493	13,080	-2,004	-15.3%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	7	12	-5	-41.7%

Ethnicity	21,471		23,409	26,452
Hispanic or Latino	272	1.3%	315	968	-696	-71.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,505	90.8%	21,267	24,117	-4,612	-19.1%
Information Not Available	1,694	7.9%	1,827	1,367	327	23.9%

Race	21,471		23,409	26,452
American Indian or Alaskan Native	348	1.6%	411	1,103	-755	-68.4%
Asian	642	3.0%	666	135	507	375.6%
Black or African American	9,088	42.3%	9,984	11,343	-2,255	-19.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,699	45.2%	10,521	11,840	-2,141	-18.1%
Information Not Available	1,694	7.9%	1,827	1,367	327	23.9%

Years of Age	21,471		23,409	26,452
Younger than 22	190	0.7%	226	294	-104	-35.4%
22-24	595	2.0%	644	942	-347	-36.8%
25-34	4,406	15.1%	4,812	5,861	-1,455	-24.8%
35-44	5,043	17.3%	5,404	5,936	-893	-15.0%
45-54	5,350	18.3%	5,668	6,492	-1,142	-17.6%
55-59	2,692	9.2%	3,010	3,221	-529	-16.4%
60-64	1,971	6.8%	2,222	2,381	-410	-17.2%
65 and older	1,224	4.2%	1,423	1,325	-101	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,471		23,409	26,452
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	0.4%	82	98	-22	-22.4%
Mining	60	0.3%	66	49	11	22.4%
Utilities	33	0.2%	35	34	-1	-2.9%
Construction	1,459	6.8%	1,380	1,636	-177	-10.8%
Manufacturing	1,391	6.5%	1,764	2,230	-839	-37.6%
Wholesale Trade	821	3.8%	797	869	-48	-5.5%
Retail Trade	1,968	9.1%	2,073	2,440	-472	-19.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	762	3.5%	835	891	-129	-14.5%
Information	550	2.6%	519	625	-75	-12.0%
Finance and Insurance	929	4.3%	957	916	13	1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	389	1.8%	375	505	-116	-23.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,586	12.0%	2,634	3,572	-986	-27.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	194	0.9%	147	160	34	21.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,575	12.0%	2,830	3,203	-628	-19.6%
Educational Services	596	2.8%	735	753	-157	-20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,898	8.8%	2,071	2,130	-232	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	143	0.7%	175	161	-18	-11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	813	3.8%	1,504	1,092	-279	-25.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	697	3.2%	816	822	-125	-15.2%
Public Administration	1,393	6.5%	1,388	1,708	-315	-18.4%
Information Not Available	2,138	9.9%	2,226	2,558	-420	-16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	198		187	2,416
Male	67	33.8%	80	1,011	-944	-93.4%
Female	131	66.2%	107	1,404	-1,273	-90.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	198		187	2,416
Hispanic or Latino	23	11.6%	23	184	-161	-87.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	170	85.9%	156	2,073	-1,903	-91.8%
Information Not Available	5	2.5%	8	159	-154	-96.9%

Race	198		187	2,416
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	43	-43	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Black or African American	162	81.8%	149	1,749	-1,587	-90.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.5%	3	114	-113	-99.1%
White	8	4.0%	7	280	-272	-97.1%
Information Not Available	27	13.6%	28	229	-202	-88.2%

Years of Age	198		187	2,416
Younger than 22	3	1.6%	3	41	-38	-92.7%
22-24	6	3.2%	8	83	-77	-92.8%
25-34	32	17.3%	22	395	-363	-91.9%
35-44	32	17.3%	30	422	-390	-92.4%
45-54	53	28.6%	50	594	-541	-91.1%
55-59	22	11.9%	29	307	-285	-92.8%
60-64	21	11.4%	22	242	-221	-91.3%
65 and older	26	14.1%	20	297	-271	-91.2%
Information Not Available	3	1.6%	3	35	-32	-91.4%

Industry	198		187	2,416
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	10	-10	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	17	8.6%	13	67	-50	-74.6%
Manufacturing	1	0.5%	4	26	-25	-96.2%
Wholesale Trade	2	1.0%	1	33	-31	-93.9%
Retail Trade	9	4.5%	11	566	-557	-98.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	14	7.1%	34	168	-154	-91.7%
Information	2	1.0%	2	21	-19	-90.5%
Finance and Insurance	2	1.0%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	1.5%	3	82	-79	-96.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3	1.5%	2	80	-77	-96.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	1.5%	3	28	-25	-89.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13	6.6%	17	91	-78	-85.7%
Educational Services	2	1.0%	2	23	-21	-91.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7	3.5%	5	111	-104	-93.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	1.0%	3	101	-99	-98.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	88	44.4%	59	795	-707	-88.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4	2.0%	6	83	-79	-95.2%
Public Administration	7	3.5%	4	25	-18	-72.0%
Information Not Available	19	9.6%	15	97	-78	-80.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,065		2,863	2,150
Male	1,045	50.6%	1,224	1,113	-68	-6.1%
Female	1,020	49.4%	1,639	1,037	-17	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,065		2,863	2,150
Hispanic or Latino	12	0.6%	10	4	8	200.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	543	26.3%	677	454	89	19.6%
Information Not Available	1,510	73.1%	2,176	1,692	-182	-10.8%

Race	2,065		2,863	2,150
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5	0.2%	9	5	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	20	1.0%	19	14	6	42.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	5	2	2	100.0%
White	526	25.5%	654	437	89	20.4%
Information Not Available	1,510	73.1%	2,176	1,692	-182	-10.8%

Years of Age	2,065		2,863	2,150
Younger than 22	21	0.9%	21	30	-9	-30.0%
22-24	59	2.5%	48	79	-20	-25.3%
25-34	400	17.0%	476	453	-53	-11.7%
35-44	409	17.4%	591	420	-11	-2.6%
45-54	477	20.3%	649	486	-9	-1.9%
55-59	277	11.8%	385	262	15	5.7%
60-64	238	10.1%	327	246	-8	-3.3%
65 and older	184	7.8%	366	174	10	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,065		2,863	2,150
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	1.0%	22	7	13	185.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	2	0.1%	6	2	0	0.0%
Construction	137	6.6%	135	188	-51	-27.1%
Manufacturing	306	14.7%	216	297	9	3.0%
Wholesale Trade	99	4.7%	81	84	15	17.9%
Retail Trade	245	11.8%	282	275	-30	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	47	2.3%	367	68	-21	-30.9%
Information	29	1.4%	29	43	-14	-32.6%
Finance and Insurance	33	1.6%	45	59	-26	-44.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	0.8%	17	24	-7	-29.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	110	5.3%	122	110	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	144	6.9%	140	138	6	4.3%
Educational Services	120	5.8%	216	125	-5	-4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	286	13.7%	396	267	19	7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	23	1.1%	31	24	-1	-4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	320	15.3%	619	319	1	0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53	2.5%	57	60	-7	-11.7%
Public Administration	70	3.4%	79	54	16	29.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,026		40,229	42,740
Male	22,915	58.7%	23,162	25,302	-2,387	-9.4%
Female	16,111	41.3%	17,067	17,438	-1,327	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,026		40,229	42,740
Hispanic or Latino	3,958	10.1%	4,601	4,008	-50	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,025	82.1%	32,499	35,524	-3,499	-9.8%
Information Not Available	3,043	7.8%	3,129	3,208	-165	-5.1%

Race	39,026		40,229	42,740
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,152	3.0%	1,188	1,167	-15	-1.3%
Asian	2,018	5.2%	1,966	2,071	-53	-2.6%
Black or African American	2,941	7.5%	2,955	3,289	-348	-10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	560	1.4%	538	515	45	8.7%
White	26,983	69.1%	27,698	29,409	-2,426	-8.2%
Information Not Available	5,372	13.8%	5,884	6,289	-917	-14.6%

Years of Age	39,026		40,229	42,740
Younger than 22	494	0.8%	445	479	15	3.1%
22-24	1,317	2.1%	1,287	1,408	-91	-6.5%
25-34	8,922	14.2%	8,915	9,910	-988	-10.0%
35-44	9,279	14.8%	9,418	9,909	-630	-6.4%
45-54	9,127	14.6%	9,631	10,371	-1,244	-12.0%
55-59	4,651	7.4%	4,942	5,047	-396	-7.8%
60-64	3,320	5.3%	3,537	3,630	-310	-8.5%
65 and older	1,916	3.1%	2,054	1,986	-70	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	39,026		40,229	42,740
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,081	2.7%	1,352	1,169	-88	-7.5%
Mining	32	0.1%	29	67	-35	-52.2%
Utilities	77	0.2%	83	98	-21	-21.4%
Construction	6,067	15.1%	6,239	6,600	-533	-8.1%
Manufacturing	3,913	9.8%	3,924	5,664	-1,751	-30.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,907	4.8%	1,926	2,074	-167	-8.1%
Retail Trade	3,210	8.0%	3,133	3,403	-193	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,204	3.0%	1,654	1,316	-112	-8.5%
Information	1,319	3.3%	1,257	1,404	-85	-6.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,130	2.8%	1,072	1,147	-17	-1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	681	1.7%	688	717	-36	-5.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,084	7.7%	3,091	3,612	-528	-14.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	121	0.3%	121	119	2	1.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,218	8.0%	3,187	3,667	-449	-12.2%
Educational Services	1,116	2.8%	1,198	1,205	-89	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,457	8.6%	3,691	3,816	-359	-9.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	553	1.4%	579	586	-33	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,630	4.1%	1,793	1,877	-247	-13.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,238	3.1%	1,323	1,467	-229	-15.6%
Public Administration	1,331	3.3%	1,373	1,539	-208	-13.5%
Information Not Available	2,657	6.6%	2,516	1,193	1,464	122.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,871		24,071	21,128
Male	9,447	50.1%	10,683	10,754	-1,307	-12.2%
Female	9,403	49.8%	13,364	10,349	-946	-9.1%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	24	25	-4	-16.0%

Ethnicity	18,871		24,071	21,128
Hispanic or Latino	808	4.3%	1,045	900	-92	-10.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,051	85.1%	21,546	19,651	-3,600	-18.3%
Information Not Available	2,012	10.7%	1,480	577	1,435	248.7%

Race	18,871		24,071	21,128
American Indian or Alaskan Native	208	1.1%	296	260	-52	-20.0%
Asian	245	1.3%	282	327	-82	-25.1%
Black or African American	2,817	14.9%	3,907	3,577	-760	-21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	19	38	-12	-31.6%
White	13,563	71.9%	18,087	16,349	-2,786	-17.0%
Information Not Available	2,012	10.7%	1,480	577	1,435	248.7%

Years of Age	18,871		24,071	21,128
Younger than 22	228	0.7%	260	281	-53	-18.9%
22-24	549	1.8%	657	682	-133	-19.5%
25-34	3,934	12.9%	4,522	4,612	-678	-14.7%
35-44	4,124	13.5%	4,929	4,629	-505	-10.9%
45-54	4,438	14.5%	5,429	5,019	-581	-11.6%
55-59	2,523	8.2%	3,305	2,671	-148	-5.5%
60-64	1,849	6.0%	2,641	2,123	-274	-12.9%
65 and older	1,162	3.8%	2,275	1,111	51	4.6%
Information Not Available	64	0.2%	53	0	64	0.0%

Industry	18,871		24,071	21,128
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.5%	168	116	-14	-12.1%
Mining	40	0.2%	29	21	19	90.5%
Utilities	38	0.2%	39	32	6	18.8%
Construction	1,759	9.3%	1,514	1,784	-25	-1.4%
Manufacturing	3,298	17.4%	3,144	3,949	-651	-16.5%
Wholesale Trade	857	4.5%	922	1,004	-147	-14.6%
Retail Trade	2,210	11.6%	2,340	2,135	75	3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	634	3.3%	3,262	786	-152	-19.3%
Information	396	2.1%	484	492	-96	-19.5%
Finance and Insurance	751	4.0%	826	938	-187	-19.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	208	1.1%	212	199	9	4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,025	5.4%	1,107	1,173	-148	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	364	1.9%	298	304	60	19.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,985	10.5%	2,174	2,158	-173	-8.0%
Educational Services	421	2.2%	590	513	-92	-17.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,244	11.8%	2,771	2,517	-273	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	215	1.1%	342	254	-39	-15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	947	5.0%	2,200	1,052	-105	-10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	417	2.2%	491	499	-82	-16.4%
Public Administration	349	1.8%	486	431	-82	-19.0%
Information Not Available	611	3.2%	672	771	-160	-20.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,584		7,365	8,137
Male	3,890	59.1%	4,227	4,853	-963	-19.8%
Female	2,694	40.9%	3,135	3,282	-588	-17.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,584		7,365	8,137
Hispanic or Latino	121	1.8%	108	127	-6	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,929	90.1%	6,598	7,043	-1,114	-15.8%
Information Not Available	534	8.1%	659	967	-433	-44.8%

Race	6,584		7,365	8,137
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22	0.3%	19	28	-6	-21.4%
Asian	17	0.3%	17	30	-13	-43.3%
Black or African American	283	4.3%	324	417	-134	-32.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	5	13	-6	-46.2%
White	5,808	88.2%	6,451	7,149	-1,341	-18.8%
Information Not Available	447	6.8%	549	500	-53	-10.6%

Years of Age	6,584		7,365	8,137
Younger than 22	100	0.8%	118	160	-60	-37.5%
22-24	278	2.3%	283	327	-49	-15.0%
25-34	1,344	11.3%	1,501	1,770	-426	-24.1%
35-44	1,607	13.6%	1,868	2,037	-430	-21.1%
45-54	1,649	13.9%	1,848	1,974	-325	-16.5%
55-59	693	5.8%	763	910	-217	-23.8%
60-64	535	4.5%	592	598	-63	-10.5%
65 and older	378	3.2%	391	360	18	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	6,584		7,365	8,137
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.4%	29	32	-6	-18.8%
Mining	250	3.8%	263	190	60	31.6%
Utilities	27	0.4%	23	28	-1	-3.6%
Construction	1,105	16.7%	1,189	1,370	-265	-19.3%
Manufacturing	589	8.9%	646	697	-108	-15.5%
Wholesale Trade	192	2.9%	214	260	-68	-26.2%
Retail Trade	839	12.7%	770	962	-123	-12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	217	3.3%	214	232	-15	-6.5%
Information	89	1.3%	99	267	-178	-66.7%
Finance and Insurance	119	1.8%	132	159	-40	-25.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	69	1.0%	84	92	-23	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	363	5.5%	338	398	-35	-8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.2%	19	13	3	23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	628	9.5%	693	721	-93	-12.9%
Educational Services	148	2.2%	181	231	-83	-35.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	689	10.4%	1,040	825	-136	-16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	0.9%	68	81	-19	-23.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	423	6.4%	523	542	-119	-22.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	198	3.0%	233	246	-48	-19.5%
Public Administration	110	1.7%	118	195	-85	-43.6%
Information Not Available	425	6.4%	489	596	-171	-28.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Sep 2018	Percent	Aug 2018	Sep 2017	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,137		1,349	1,689
Male	570	50.1%	627	927	-357	-38.5%
Female	567	49.9%	722	762	-195	-25.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,137		1,349	1,689
Hispanic or Latino	124	10.9%	147	191	-67	-35.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	971	85.4%	1,154	1,449	-478	-33.0%
Information Not Available	42	3.7%	48	49	-7	-14.3%

Race	1,137		1,349	1,689
American Indian or Alaskan Native	31	2.7%	55	138	-107	-77.5%
Asian	6	0.5%	7	11	-5	-45.5%
Black or African American	13	1.1%	21	46	-33	-71.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	4	10	-9	-90.0%
White	963	84.7%	1,116	1,348	-385	-28.6%
Information Not Available	123	10.8%	146	136	-13	-9.6%

Years of Age	1,137		1,349	1,689
Younger than 22	21	1.1%	21	11	10	90.9%
22-24	39	2.0%	40	75	-36	-48.0%
25-34	227	11.5%	283	342	-115	-33.6%
35-44	232	11.8%	274	381	-149	-39.1%
45-54	265	13.5%	303	398	-133	-33.4%
55-59	153	7.8%	165	171	-18	-10.5%
60-64	130	6.6%	164	196	-66	-33.7%
65 and older	70	3.6%	99	115	-45	-39.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,137		1,349	1,689
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.9%	5	11	-1	-9.1%
Mining	78	6.8%	100	93	-15	-16.1%
Utilities	3	0.3%	6	6	-3	-50.0%
Construction	141	12.3%	163	283	-142	-50.2%
Manufacturing	41	3.6%	62	58	-17	-29.3%
Wholesale Trade	36	3.1%	31	58	-22	-37.9%
Retail Trade	143	12.5%	142	173	-30	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	45	3.9%	47	62	-17	-27.4%
Information	34	3.0%	32	21	13	61.9%
Finance and Insurance	24	2.1%	38	34	-10	-29.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27	2.4%	30	6	21	350.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	40	3.5%	71	65	-25	-38.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.2%	1	0	2	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65	5.7%	78	89	-24	-27.0%
Educational Services	52	4.5%	63	65	-13	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	156	13.6%	180	171	-15	-8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	1.5%	15	25	-8	-32.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	108	9.4%	118	126	-18	-14.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38	3.3%	47	53	-15	-28.3%
Public Administration	45	3.9%	80	65	-20	-30.8%
Information Not Available	32	2.8%	40	225	-193	-85.8%