February 2026 Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

February 2026

*State report currently unavailable for the month of January.

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants
February 2026
	Feb 2026	Jan 2026	Monthly Change	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,112,663	2,105,610	7,053	2,140,975	-28,312	-1.3
Alaska	4,511	4,761	-250	4,681	-170	-3.6
Alabama	8,902	9,415	-513	9,158	-256	-2.8
Arkansas	4,395	5,938	-1,543	7,323	-2,928	-40.0
Arizona	16,525	16,659	-134	22,613	-6,088	-26.9
California	373,987	372,472	1,515	405,562	-31,575	-7.8
Colorado	34,942	34,913	29	33,099	1,843	5.6
Connecticut	33,913	33,194	719	33,014	899	2.7
District of Columbia	8,110	8,569	-459	9,169	-1,059	-11.5
Delaware	6,639	6,448	191	6,590	49	0.7
Florida	25,182	25,094	88	29,961	-4,779	-16.0
Georgia	27,151	27,379	-228	30,303	-3,152	-10.4
Hawaii	5,832	5,645	187	5,422	410	7.6
Iowa	20,912	19,550	1,362	23,500	-2,588	-11.0
Idaho	10,846	11,150	-304	11,785	-939	-8.0
Illinois	130,661	129,753	908	136,660	-5,999	-4.4
Indiana	19,270	21,221	-1,951	24,427	-5,157	-21.1
Kansas	7,926	9,591	-1,665	11,264	-3,338	-29.6
Kentucky	15,233	14,660	573	15,416	-183	-1.2
Louisiana	6,724	7,951	-1,227	11,387	-4,663	-41.0
Massachusetts	95,090	92,534	2,556	78,691	16,399	20.8
Maryland	27,251	27,017	234	26,154	1,097	4.2
Maine	9,222	9,009	213	8,765	457	5.2
Michigan	79,832	95,420	-15,588	82,818	-2,986	-3.6
Minnesota	70,398	70,782	-384	73,556	-3,158	-4.3
Missouri	23,239	26,978	-3,739	26,607	-3,368	-12.7
Mississippi	6,772	6,858	-86	7,093	-321	-4.5
Montana	10,592	10,778	-186	12,018	-1,426	-11.9
North Carolina	20,735	20,540	195	29,585	-8,850	-29.9
North Dakota	6,486	6,478	8	6,544	-58	-0.9
Nebraska	8,290	7,594	696	7,997	293	3.7
New Hampshire	3,895	3,810	85	3,962	-67	-1.7
New Jersey	122,635	116,803	5,832	122,365	270	0.2
New Mexico	11,421	11,444	-23	11,011	410	3.7
Nevada	27,652	28,722	-1,070	26,966	686	2.5
New York	210,043	195,298	14,745	180,098	29,945	16.6
Ohio	65,120	64,097	1,023	67,014	-1,894	-2.8
Oklahoma	12,057	11,790	267	10,947	1,110	10.1
Oregon	38,438	37,933	505	35,185	3,253	9.2
Pennsylvania	116,275	113,865	2,410	118,957	-2,682	-2.3
Puerto Rico *	5,786	0	5,786	5,300	486	9.2
Rhode Island	14,584	13,775	809	14,072	512	3.6
South Carolina	16,134	16,293	-159	15,555	579	3.7
South Dakota	3,138	3,077	61	3,296	-158	-4.8
Tennessee	18,898	19,592	-694	19,161	-263	-1.4
Texas	149,605	150,433	-828	143,041	6,564	4.6
Utah	18,450	18,602	-152	17,574	876	5.0
Virginia	23,759	24,134	-375	21,149	2,610	12.3
Virgin Islands	110	139	-29	108	2	1.9
Vermont	3,696	3,600	96	3,602	94	2.6
Washington	85,971	88,285	-2,314	82,190	3,781	4.6
Wisconsin	32,442	33,859	-1,417	35,947	-3,505	-9.8
West Virginia	10,197	8,913	1,284	9,371	826	8.8
Wyoming	2,789	2,795	-6	2,942	-153	-5.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
US Totals
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,112,663		2,105,610	2,140,975	-28,312	-1.3%
Male	1,276,566	60.4%	1,267,631	1,309,833	-33,267	-2.5%
Female	806,001	38.2%	807,047	806,585	-584	-0.1%
Information Not Available	30,096	1.4%	30,932	24,557	5,539	22.6%

Ethnicity	2,112,658		2,105,604	2,140,967
Hispanic or Latino	494,161	23.4%	477,896	493,925	236	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,422,984	67.4%	1,429,888	1,458,101	-35,117	-2.4%
Information Not Available	195,513	9.3%	197,820	188,941	6,572	3.5%

Race	2,118,643		2,107,688	2,141,282
American Indian or Alaskan Native	26,889	1.3%	27,290	27,498	-609	-2.2%
Asian	104,493	4.9%	102,012	97,740	6,753	6.9%
Black or African American	355,199	16.8%	361,760	359,754	-4,555	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,886	0.6%	11,859	12,104	-218	-1.8%
White	1,099,339	51.9%	1,095,090	1,126,643	-27,304	-2.4%
Information Not Available	520,837	24.6%	509,677	517,543	3,294	0.6%

Years of Age	2,112,663		2,105,610	2,140,975
Younger than 22	48,465	2.3%	46,261	48,392	73	0.2%
22-24	95,370	4.5%	92,556	97,267	-1,897	-2.0%
25-34	490,490	23.2%	484,840	513,508	-23,018	-4.5%
35-44	510,268	24.2%	507,882	510,079	189	0.0%
45-54	420,291	19.9%	422,590	422,205	-1,914	-0.5%
55-59	205,402	9.7%	206,992	210,902	-5,500	-2.6%
60-64	181,974	8.6%	181,711	184,756	-2,782	-1.5%
65 and older	157,953	7.5%	160,298	151,983	5,970	3.9%
Information Not Available	2,450	0.1%	2,480	1,883	567	30.1%

Industry	2,112,663		2,105,610	2,140,975
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75,256	3.6%	69,852	78,781	-3,525	-4.5%
Mining	12,982	0.6%	13,037	13,349	-367	-2.7%
Utilities	4,980	0.2%	4,885	4,795	185	3.9%
Construction	354,275	16.8%	340,807	360,701	-6,426	-1.8%
Manufacturing	166,002	7.9%	184,501	189,209	-23,207	-12.3%
Wholesale Trade	68,533	3.2%	67,822	71,158	-2,625	-3.7%
Retail Trade	138,550	6.6%	134,518	144,547	-5,997	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	91,654	4.3%	89,501	87,422	4,232	4.8%
Information	54,163	2.6%	53,313	59,424	-5,261	-8.9%
Finance and Insurance	56,476	2.7%	55,385	55,203	1,273	2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30,353	1.4%	29,420	29,498	855	2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	137,350	6.5%	138,589	131,942	5,408	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17,552	0.8%	19,683	16,327	1,225	7.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	241,040	11.4%	235,432	243,089	-2,049	-0.8%
Educational Services	37,722	1.8%	40,095	35,462	2,260	6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	160,428	7.6%	151,850	145,209	15,219	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45,626	2.2%	45,709	47,759	-2,133	-4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	113,993	5.4%	123,404	115,648	-1,655	-1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	47,915	2.3%	48,859	51,002	-3,087	-6.1%
Public Administration	33,532	1.6%	33,268	31,109	2,423	7.8%
Information Not Available	224,281	10.6%	225,680	229,341	-5,060	-2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Alaska
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,511		4,761	4,681	-170	-3.6%
Male	2,781	61.6%	2,948	2,857	-76	-2.7%
Female	1,696	37.6%	1,780	1,762	-66	-3.7%
Information Not Available	34	0.8%	33	62	-28	-45.2%

Ethnicity	4,511	0.0%	4,761	4,681	0	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3	0.1%	1	0	3	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,254	94.3%	4,470	4,404	-150	-3.4%
Information Not Available	254	5.6%	290	277	-23	-8.3%

Race	4,511		4,761	4,681
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,472	32.6%	1,582	1,540	-68	-4.4%
Asian	151	3.3%	209	182	-31	-17.0%
Black or African American	211	4.7%	206	205	6	2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	101	2.2%	101	93	8	8.6%
White	2,321	51.5%	2,373	2,384	-63	-2.6%
Information Not Available	255	5.7%	290	277	-22	-7.9%

Years of Age	4,511		4,761	4,681
Younger than 22	71	1.6%	71	78	-7	-9.0%
22-24	137	3.0%	138	160	-23	-14.4%
25-34	851	18.9%	979	1,009	-158	-15.7%
35-44	1,379	30.6%	1,431	1,346	33	2.5%
45-54	962	21.3%	1,008	982	-20	-2.0%
55-59	422	9.4%	463	423	-1	-0.2%
60-64	427	9.5%	403	397	30	7.6%
65 and older	262	5.8%	268	286	-24	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,511		4,761	4,681
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.7%	37	22	11	50.0%
Mining	141	3.1%	149	129	12	9.3%
Utilities	36	0.8%	39	33	3	9.1%
Construction	1,121	24.7%	1,215	1,151	-30	-2.6%
Manufacturing	210	4.6%	276	225	-15	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	63	1.4%	69	57	6	10.5%
Retail Trade	365	8.0%	355	409	-44	-10.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	309	6.8%	353	299	10	3.3%
Information	45	1.0%	37	40	5	12.5%
Finance and Insurance	73	1.6%	76	67	6	9.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	80	1.8%	73	83	-3	-3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	146	3.2%	141	120	26	21.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.3%	18	9	5	55.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	260	5.7%	267	311	-51	-16.4%
Educational Services	82	1.8%	88	96	-14	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	343	7.5%	348	374	-31	-8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	84	1.8%	84	84	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	360	7.9%	360	382	-22	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	160	3.5%	183	146	14	9.6%
Public Administration	472	10.4%	487	539	-67	-12.4%
Information Not Available	114	2.5%	106	105	9	8.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Alabama
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,902		9,415	9,158
Male	3,916	44.0%	4,243	4,226	-310	-7.3%
Female	4,949	55.6%	5,142	4,898	51	1.0%
Information Not Available	37	0.4%	30	34	3	8.8%

Ethnicity	8,902		9,415	9,158
Hispanic or Latino	230	2.6%	234	221	9	4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,518	95.7%	8,991	8,826	-308	-3.5%
Information Not Available	154	1.7%	190	111	43	38.7%

Race	8,902		9,415	9,158
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48	0.5%	49	46	2	4.3%
Asian	47	0.5%	43	63	-16	-25.4%
Black or African American	4,753	53.4%	5,098	5,050	-297	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.5%	46	48	-6	-12.5%
White	3,753	42.2%	3,894	3,746	7	0.2%
Information Not Available	259	2.9%	285	205	54	26.3%

Years of Age	8,902		9,415	9,158
Younger than 22	141	1.6%	158	187	-46	-24.6%
22-24	339	3.8%	383	422	-83	-19.7%
25-34	1,976	22.2%	2,082	2,024	-48	-2.4%
35-44	2,376	26.7%	2,452	2,461	-85	-3.5%
45-54	2,090	23.5%	2,289	2,067	23	1.1%
55-59	878	9.9%	906	887	-9	-1.0%
60-64	620	7.0%	655	662	-42	-6.3%
65 and older	480	5.4%	490	448	32	7.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Industry	8,902		9,415	9,158
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	0.4%	35	42	-8	-19.0%
Mining	32	0.4%	39	28	4	14.3%
Utilities	20	0.2%	29	20	0	0.0%
Construction	492	5.5%	643	562	-70	-12.5%
Manufacturing	1,436	16.1%	1,343	1,375	61	4.4%
Wholesale Trade	357	4.0%	360	364	-7	-1.9%
Retail Trade	956	10.7%	936	1,001	-45	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	428	4.8%	478	396	32	8.1%
Information	152	1.7%	171	159	-7	-4.4%
Finance and Insurance	448	5.0%	484	530	-82	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	120	1.3%	140	148	-28	-18.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	574	6.4%	606	519	55	10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.4%	31	39	-4	-10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,351	15.1%	1,325	1,277	74	5.8%
Educational Services	153	1.7%	168	116	37	31.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	818	9.2%	842	770	48	6.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	55	0.6%	68	49	6	12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	557	6.2%	614	609	-52	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	165	1.8%	193	218	-53	-24.3%
Public Administration	123	1.4%	147	101	22	21.8%
Information Not Available	596	6.7%	763	835	-239	-28.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Arkansas
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,395		5,938	7,323
Male	1,962	44.6%	2,753	3,735	-1,773	-47.5%
Female	1,731	39.4%	2,347	2,875	-1,144	-39.8%
Information Not Available	702	16.0%	838	713	-11	-1.5%

Ethnicity	4,395		5,938	7,323
Hispanic or Latino	35	0.8%	46	48	-13	-27.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,658	83.2%	5,054	6,562	-2,904	-44.3%
Information Not Available	702	16.0%	838	713	-11	-1.5%

Race	4,395		5,938	7,323
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	1.0%	62	88	-46	-52.3%
Asian	8	0.2%	10	7	1	14.3%
Black or African American	1,194	27.2%	1,537	2,185	-991	-45.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	241	5.5%	358	461	-220	-47.7%
White	2,173	49.4%	3,087	3,821	-1,648	-43.1%
Information Not Available	737	16.8%	884	761	-24	-3.2%

Years of Age	4,395		5,938	7,323
Younger than 22	46	1.0%	61	137	-91	-66.4%
22-24	85	1.9%	146	246	-161	-65.4%
25-34	726	16.5%	961	1,364	-638	-46.8%
35-44	910	20.7%	1,341	1,685	-775	-46.0%
45-54	1,005	22.9%	1,301	1,613	-608	-37.7%
55-59	366	8.3%	543	709	-343	-48.4%
60-64	315	7.2%	399	513	-198	-38.6%
65 and older	240	5.5%	348	343	-103	-30.0%
Information Not Available	702	16.0%	838	713	-11	-1.5%

Industry	4,395		5,938	7,323
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	73	1.6%	132	144	-71	-49.3%
Mining	18	0.4%	19	46	-28	-60.9%
Utilities	11	0.2%	24	17	-6	-35.3%
Construction	406	9.1%	458	829	-423	-51.0%
Manufacturing	508	11.4%	881	1,066	-558	-52.3%
Wholesale Trade	199	4.5%	303	320	-121	-37.8%
Retail Trade	359	8.0%	505	689	-330	-47.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	217	4.9%	269	429	-212	-49.4%
Information	45	1.0%	69	74	-29	-39.2%
Finance and Insurance	108	2.4%	131	156	-48	-30.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	76	1.7%	54	137	-61	-44.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	219	4.9%	239	303	-84	-27.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.5%	28	65	-42	-64.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	381	8.5%	584	687	-306	-44.5%
Educational Services	64	1.4%	80	107	-43	-40.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	380	8.5%	502	589	-209	-35.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45	1.0%	74	92	-47	-51.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	230	5.1%	358	411	-181	-44.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	104	2.3%	130	157	-53	-33.8%
Public Administration	99	2.2%	84	83	16	19.3%
Information Not Available	830	18.6%	1,014	922	-92	-10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Arizona
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,525		16,659	22,613
Male	8,243	49.9%	8,377	11,753	-3,510	-29.9%
Female	8,247	49.9%	8,246	10,818	-2,571	-23.8%
Information Not Available	35	0.2%	36	42	-7	-16.7%

Ethnicity	16,525		16,659	22,613
Hispanic or Latino	5,612	34.0%	5,670	7,196	-1,584	-22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,626	58.3%	9,578	12,478	-2,852	-22.9%
Information Not Available	1,287	7.8%	1,411	2,939	-1,652	-56.2%

Race	16,525		16,659	22,613
American Indian or Alaskan Native	789	4.8%	863	1,272	-483	-38.0%
Asian	2,082	12.6%	1,908	1,016	1,066	104.9%
Black or African American	1,965	11.9%	1,976	2,939	-974	-33.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.6%	117	218	-124	-56.9%
White	8,595	52.0%	8,797	13,144	-4,549	-34.6%
Information Not Available	3,000	18.2%	2,998	4,024	-1,024	-25.4%

Years of Age	16,525		16,659	22,613
Younger than 22	309	1.9%	329	360	-51	-14.2%
22-24	612	3.7%	636	821	-209	-25.5%
25-34	3,622	21.9%	3,707	5,180	-1,558	-30.1%
35-44	4,076	24.7%	4,089	5,544	-1,468	-26.5%
45-54	3,426	20.7%	3,546	4,747	-1,321	-27.8%
55-59	1,758	10.6%	1,756	2,255	-497	-22.0%
60-64	1,504	9.1%	1,410	2,068	-564	-27.3%
65 and older	1,018	6.2%	967	1,638	-620	-37.9%
Information Not Available	200	1.2%	219	0	200	0.0%

Industry	16,525		16,659	22,613
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	382	2.3%	292	494	-112	-22.7%
Mining	54	0.3%	64	78	-24	-30.8%
Utilities	54	0.3%	44	36	18	50.0%
Construction	1,457	8.6%	1,594	2,192	-735	-33.5%
Manufacturing	778	4.6%	901	1,370	-592	-43.2%
Wholesale Trade	583	3.4%	566	936	-353	-37.7%
Retail Trade	372	2.2%	392	1,810	-1,438	-79.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	661	3.9%	627	925	-264	-28.5%
Information	121	0.7%	112	512	-391	-76.4%
Finance and Insurance	770	4.6%	764	1,185	-415	-35.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	313	1.9%	336	478	-165	-34.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,162	6.9%	1,164	1,463	-301	-20.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	246	1.5%	196	219	27	12.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,822	10.8%	1,934	3,234	-1,412	-43.7%
Educational Services	383	2.3%	436	480	-97	-20.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,536	9.1%	1,562	2,150	-614	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	178	1.1%	188	273	-95	-34.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	676	4.0%	728	1,149	-473	-41.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	427	2.5%	411	631	-204	-32.3%
Public Administration	228	1.3%	251	372	-144	-38.7%
Information Not Available	4,322	25.6%	4,097	2,626	1,696	64.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
California
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	373,987		372,472	405,562
Male	206,240	55.1%	208,886	223,868	-17,628	-7.9%
Female	165,388	44.2%	160,478	178,816	-13,428	-7.5%
Information Not Available	2,359	0.6%	3,108	2,878	-519	-18.0%

Ethnicity	373,987		372,472	405,562
Hispanic or Latino	176,333	47.1%	168,107	182,984	-6,651	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	168,879	45.2%	174,793	190,923	-22,044	-11.5%
Information Not Available	28,775	7.7%	29,572	31,655	-2,880	-9.1%

Race	373,987		372,472	405,562
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,642	0.7%	3,014	2,977	-335	-11.3%
Asian	37,833	10.1%	39,084	44,456	-6,623	-14.9%
Black or African American	32,832	8.8%	32,115	31,357	1,475	4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	95,572	25.6%	100,582	112,132	-16,560	-14.8%
Information Not Available	205,108	54.8%	197,677	214,640	-9,532	-4.4%

Years of Age	373,987		372,472	405,562
Younger than 22	9,435	2.5%	7,723	6,847	2,588	37.8%
22-24	19,813	5.3%	17,517	17,763	2,050	11.5%
25-34	92,364	24.7%	89,280	110,246	-17,882	-16.2%
35-44	90,195	24.1%	89,092	97,148	-6,953	-7.2%
45-54	67,740	18.1%	69,597	69,463	-1,723	-2.5%
55-59	32,832	8.8%	35,128	39,594	-6,762	-17.1%
60-64	32,172	8.6%	32,774	34,136	-1,964	-5.8%
65 and older	29,247	7.8%	31,361	30,365	-1,118	-3.7%
Information Not Available	189	0.1%	0	0	189	0.0%

Industry	373,987		372,472	405,562
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57,740	13.4%	52,174	60,631	-2,891	-4.8%
Mining	377	0.1%	377	595	-218	-36.6%
Utilities	1,132	0.3%	1,130	1,290	-158	-12.2%
Construction	31,040	7.2%	34,563	36,517	-5,477	-15.0%
Manufacturing	26,322	6.1%	28,253	35,128	-8,806	-25.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,472	1.3%	4,897	6,152	-680	-11.1%
Retail Trade	26,606	6.2%	25,334	31,754	-5,148	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,869	3.2%	13,562	12,106	1,763	14.6%
Information	15,944	3.7%	15,633	23,121	-7,177	-31.0%
Finance and Insurance	6,321	1.5%	6,216	7,442	-1,121	-15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,359	0.5%	1,789	2,183	176	8.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,567	2.4%	10,736	11,412	-845	-7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,756	3.6%	14,598	19,251	-3,495	-18.2%
Educational Services	6,038	1.4%	6,122	7,939	-1,901	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	19,058	4.4%	19,495	25,106	-6,048	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,793	0.4%	1,884	5,259	-3,466	-65.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,322	2.6%	11,772	13,992	-2,670	-19.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,378	1.2%	4,709	6,053	-675	-11.2%
Public Administration	3,019	0.7%	2,543	2,779	240	8.6%
Information Not Available	113,874	26.4%	116,685	96,852	17,022	17.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Colorado
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,942		34,913	33,099
Male	21,119	60.4%	20,992	20,114	1,005	5.0%
Female	13,777	39.4%	13,882	12,953	824	6.4%
Information Not Available	46	0.1%	39	32	14	43.8%

Ethnicity	34,942		34,913	33,099
Hispanic or Latino	9,067	25.9%	9,218	8,437	630	7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,223	66.5%	23,037	22,224	999	4.5%
Information Not Available	2,652	7.6%	2,658	2,438	214	8.8%

Race	34,942		34,913	33,099
American Indian or Alaskan Native	772	2.2%	763	695	77	11.1%
Asian	945	2.7%	961	955	-10	-1.0%
Black or African American	2,736	7.8%	2,745	2,500	236	9.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	170	0.5%	169	144	26	18.1%
White	25,209	72.1%	25,032	23,901	1,308	5.5%
Information Not Available	5,110	14.6%	5,243	4,904	206	4.2%

Years of Age	34,942		34,913	33,099
Younger than 22	601	1.7%	590	602	-1	-0.2%
22-24	1,202	3.4%	1,228	1,123	79	7.0%
25-34	7,954	22.8%	8,078	7,853	101	1.3%
35-44	9,060	25.9%	9,108	8,517	543	6.4%
45-54	7,415	21.2%	7,265	6,802	613	9.0%
55-59	3,532	10.1%	3,456	3,176	356	11.2%
60-64	2,933	8.4%	2,954	2,937	-4	-0.1%
65 and older	2,245	6.4%	2,234	2,089	156	7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,942		34,913	33,099
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	213	0.6%	235	217	-4	-1.8%
Mining	352	1.0%	341	228	124	54.4%
Utilities	70	0.2%	62	57	13	22.8%
Construction	6,262	17.8%	6,212	5,759	503	8.7%
Manufacturing	1,767	5.0%	1,783	1,824	-57	-3.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,498	4.3%	1,485	1,415	83	5.9%
Retail Trade	2,552	7.3%	2,520	2,326	226	9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,226	3.5%	1,115	1,102	124	11.3%
Information	1,251	3.6%	1,183	1,098	153	13.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,056	3.0%	1,088	1,168	-112	-9.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	723	2.1%	700	637	86	13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,008	11.4%	4,016	3,515	493	14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	686	2.0%	693	648	38	5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,975	11.3%	3,882	3,582	393	11.0%
Educational Services	860	2.4%	922	655	205	31.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,343	6.7%	2,303	2,229	114	5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	648	1.8%	643	535	113	21.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,100	6.0%	2,121	1,949	151	7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	904	2.6%	889	921	-17	-1.8%
Public Administration	800	2.3%	819	665	135	20.3%
Information Not Available	1,648	4.7%	1,901	2,569	-921	-35.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Connecticut
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,913		33,194	33,014
Male	23,091	68.1%	21,927	22,290	801	3.6%
Female	10,682	31.5%	11,124	10,639	43	0.4%
Information Not Available	140	0.4%	143	85	55	64.7%

Ethnicity	33,913		33,194	33,014
Hispanic or Latino	8,885	26.2%	8,563	8,458	427	5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,769	73.0%	24,351	24,416	353	1.4%
Information Not Available	259	0.8%	280	140	119	85.0%

Race	33,913		33,194	33,014
American Indian or Alaskan Native	254	0.7%	252	256	-2	-0.8%
Asian	672	2.0%	747	687	-15	-2.2%
Black or African American	5,673	16.7%	5,833	5,509	164	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	113	0.3%	114	114	-1	-0.9%
White	18,704	55.2%	18,088	18,206	498	2.7%
Information Not Available	8,497	25.1%	8,160	8,242	255	3.1%

Years of Age	33,913		33,194	33,014
Younger than 22	490	1.4%	420	485	5	1.0%
22-24	1,249	3.7%	1,191	1,331	-82	-6.2%
25-34	7,430	21.9%	7,167	7,351	79	1.1%
35-44	8,015	23.6%	7,840	7,605	410	5.4%
45-54	6,411	18.9%	6,353	6,280	131	2.1%
55-59	3,498	10.3%	3,387	3,439	59	1.7%
60-64	3,345	9.9%	3,382	3,368	-23	-0.7%
65 and older	3,475	10.2%	3,454	3,155	320	10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,913		33,194	33,014
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	314	0.9%	315	331	-17	-5.1%
Mining	48	0.1%	37	49	-1	-2.0%
Utilities	40	0.1%	33	30	10	33.3%
Construction	7,162	20.9%	6,208	6,523	639	9.8%
Manufacturing	2,686	7.8%	2,657	2,857	-171	-6.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,278	3.7%	1,219	1,341	-63	-4.7%
Retail Trade	2,631	7.7%	2,627	2,767	-136	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,475	4.3%	1,542	1,519	-44	-2.9%
Information	566	1.7%	506	546	20	3.7%
Finance and Insurance	920	2.7%	875	888	32	3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	455	1.3%	459	527	-72	-13.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,743	5.1%	1,734	1,794	-51	-2.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	288	0.8%	290	227	61	26.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,569	16.3%	5,367	5,426	143	2.6%
Educational Services	695	2.0%	756	743	-48	-6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,133	9.2%	3,088	2,842	291	10.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,161	3.4%	1,048	1,109	52	4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,717	5.0%	2,492	1,658	59	3.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	822	2.4%	796	729	93	12.8%
Public Administration	346	1.0%	316	284	62	21.8%
Information Not Available	864	2.5%	829	824	40	4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
District of Columbia
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,110		8,569	9,169
Male	3,366	41.5%	3,552	3,792	-426	-11.2%
Female	4,718	58.2%	4,983	5,330	-612	-11.5%
Information Not Available	26	0.3%	34	47	-21	-44.7%

Ethnicity	8,110		8,569	9,169
Hispanic or Latino	656	8.1%	698	807	-151	-18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,683	82.4%	7,051	7,368	-685	-9.3%
Information Not Available	771	9.5%	820	994	-223	-22.4%

Race	8,110		8,569	9,169
American Indian or Alaskan Native	18	0.2%	20	42	-24	-57.1%
Asian	562	6.9%	553	398	164	41.2%
Black or African American	4,583	56.5%	4,809	4,281	302	7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	2	12	-10	-83.3%
White	1,394	17.2%	1,471	2,558	-1,164	-45.5%
Information Not Available	1,551	19.1%	1,714	1,878	-327	-17.4%

Years of Age	8,110		8,569	9,169
Younger than 22	102	1.3%	107	84	18	21.4%
22-24	273	3.4%	293	413	-140	-33.9%
25-34	2,500	30.8%	2,680	3,093	-593	-19.2%
35-44	2,155	26.6%	2,266	2,424	-269	-11.1%
45-54	1,419	17.5%	1,526	1,548	-129	-8.3%
55-59	667	8.2%	676	690	-23	-3.3%
60-64	561	6.9%	586	544	17	3.1%
65 and older	427	5.3%	429	362	65	18.0%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	6	11	-5	-45.5%

Industry	8,110		8,569	9,169
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	7	9	2	22.2%
Construction	183	2.3%	170	270	-87	-32.2%
Manufacturing	18	0.2%	11	15	3	20.0%
Wholesale Trade	73	0.9%	76	76	-3	-3.9%
Retail Trade	238	2.9%	245	192	46	24.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	69	0.9%	80	122	-53	-43.4%
Information	233	2.9%	211	170	63	37.1%
Finance and Insurance	133	1.6%	120	126	7	5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	177	2.2%	156	134	43	32.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,534	18.9%	1,725	2,096	-562	-26.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.2%	29	44	-24	-54.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	948	11.7%	976	969	-21	-2.2%
Educational Services	361	4.5%	403	329	32	9.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	711	8.8%	724	677	34	5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	1.4%	136	114	-4	-3.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	812	10.0%	872	653	159	24.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	823	10.1%	863	1,068	-245	-22.9%
Public Administration	20	0.2%	37	213	-193	-90.6%
Information Not Available	1,636	20.2%	1,728	1,890	-254	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Delaware
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,639		6,448	6,590
Male	2,971	44.8%	2,755	3,189	-218	-6.8%
Female	3,128	47.1%	3,124	2,935	193	6.6%
Information Not Available	540	8.1%	569	466	74	15.9%

Ethnicity	6,639		6,448	6,590
Hispanic or Latino	995	15.0%	873	911	84	9.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,104	76.9%	5,006	5,213	-109	-2.1%
Information Not Available	540	8.1%	569	466	74	15.9%

Race	6,639		6,448	6,590
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.7%	64	51	-2	-3.9%
Asian	159	2.4%	162	126	33	26.2%
Black or African American	2,935	44.2%	2,792	2,993	-58	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	3	16	-16	-100.0%
White	3,212	48.4%	3,117	3,157	55	1.7%
Information Not Available	284	4.3%	310	247	37	15.0%

Years of Age	6,639		6,448	6,590
Younger than 22	78	1.2%	64	80	-2	-2.5%
22-24	202	3.0%	173	228	-26	-11.4%
25-34	1,398	21.1%	1,307	1,336	62	4.6%
35-44	1,668	25.1%	1,537	1,574	94	6.0%
45-54	1,239	18.7%	1,256	1,377	-138	-10.0%
55-59	673	10.1%	690	631	42	6.7%
60-64	696	10.5%	684	628	68	10.8%
65 and older	569	8.6%	633	602	-33	-5.5%
Information Not Available	116	1.7%	104	134	-18	-13.4%

Industry	6,639		6,448	6,590
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	1.0%	112	29	39	134.5%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	10	0	7	0.0%
Construction	579	8.6%	423	634	-55	-8.7%
Manufacturing	374	5.6%	288	283	91	32.2%
Wholesale Trade	319	4.8%	376	267	52	19.5%
Retail Trade	683	10.2%	646	711	-28	-3.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	315	4.7%	274	386	-71	-18.4%
Information	94	1.4%	132	116	-22	-19.0%
Finance and Insurance	540	8.1%	548	467	73	15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	124	1.8%	125	138	-14	-10.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	621	9.3%	667	615	6	1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.5%	37	48	-12	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	969	14.4%	873	1,062	-93	-8.8%
Educational Services	130	1.9%	112	145	-15	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	822	12.3%	883	653	169	25.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	124	1.8%	105	135	-11	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	579	8.6%	542	599	-20	-3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	179	2.7%	193	187	-8	-4.3%
Public Administration	68	1.0%	81	97	-29	-29.9%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	21	18	-10	-55.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Florida
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,182		25,094	29,961
Male	11,426	45.4%	11,359	13,424	-1,998	-14.9%
Female	13,756	54.6%	13,735	16,537	-2,781	-16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,182		25,094	29,961
Hispanic or Latino	6,671	26.5%	6,597	8,577	-1,906	-22.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,889	67.1%	17,029	19,615	-2,726	-13.9%
Information Not Available	1,622	6.4%	1,468	1,769	-147	-8.3%

Race	25,182		25,094	28,961
American Indian or Alaskan Native	177	0.7%	168	187	-10	-5.3%
Asian	499	2.0%	528	619	-120	-19.4%
Black or African American	7,029	27.9%	7,073	8,669	-1,640	-18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	0.3%	76	83	0	0.0%
White	14,701	58.4%	14,764	17,322	-2,621	-15.1%
Information Not Available	2,693	10.7%	2,485	2,081	612	29.4%

Years of Age	25,182		25,094	29,961
Younger than 22	236	0.9%	240	287	-51	-17.8%
22-24	628	2.5%	562	876	-248	-28.3%
25-34	4,961	19.7%	4,937	5,893	-932	-15.8%
35-44	6,218	24.7%	6,399	7,523	-1,305	-17.3%
45-54	5,594	22.2%	5,666	6,727	-1,133	-16.8%
55-59	2,924	11.6%	2,863	3,293	-369	-11.2%
60-64	2,571	10.2%	2,470	3,085	-514	-16.7%
65 and older	2,050	8.1%	1,957	2,277	-227	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,182		25,094	29,961
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	117	0.5%	102	180	-63	-35.0%
Mining	12	0.0%	11	12	0	0.0%
Utilities	41	0.2%	49	38	3	7.9%
Construction	1,651	6.5%	1,595	1,542	109	7.1%
Manufacturing	1,203	4.8%	1,155	1,318	-115	-8.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,094	4.3%	1,088	1,337	-243	-18.2%
Retail Trade	2,034	8.0%	1,944	2,672	-638	-23.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,273	5.0%	1,219	1,164	109	9.4%
Information	612	2.4%	600	827	-215	-26.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,424	5.6%	1,321	1,516	-92	-6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	631	2.5%	645	741	-110	-14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,621	10.4%	2,520	2,902	-281	-9.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	391	1.5%	348	407	-16	-3.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,084	16.1%	3,880	4,641	-557	-12.0%
Educational Services	499	2.0%	587	505	-6	-1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,159	8.5%	2,151	2,654	-495	-18.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	341	1.3%	362	367	-26	-7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,463	5.8%	1,577	1,850	-387	-20.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	669	2.6%	635	617	52	8.4%
Public Administration	297	1.2%	302	346	-49	-14.2%
Information Not Available	2,566	10.1%	3,003	4,325	-1,759	-40.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Georgia
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,151		27,379	30,303
Male	10,796	39.8%	11,022	12,676	-1,880	-14.8%
Female	9,721	35.8%	9,759	10,079	-358	-3.6%
Information Not Available	6,634	24.4%	6,598	7,548	-914	-12.1%

Ethnicity	27,151		27,379	30,303
Hispanic or Latino	324	1.2%	326	342	-18	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,193	74.4%	20,455	22,413	-2,220	-9.9%
Information Not Available	6,634	24.4%	6,598	7,548	-914	-12.1%

Race	27,151		27,379	30,303
American Indian or Alaskan Native	74	0.3%	72	78	-4	-5.1%
Asian	695	2.6%	613	681	14	2.1%
Black or African American	13,071	48.1%	13,178	14,042	-971	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,677	24.6%	6,918	7,954	-1,277	-16.1%
Information Not Available	6,634	24.4%	6,598	7,548	-914	-12.1%

Years of Age	27,151		27,379	30,303
Younger than 22	324	1.2%	322	385	-61	-15.8%
22-24	846	3.1%	884	1,072	-226	-21.1%
25-34	6,138	22.6%	6,196	7,180	-1,042	-14.5%
35-44	7,079	26.1%	7,197	7,926	-847	-10.7%
45-54	6,079	22.4%	6,137	6,527	-448	-6.9%
55-59	2,747	10.1%	2,747	3,030	-283	-9.3%
60-64	2,338	8.6%	2,269	2,446	-108	-4.4%
65 and older	1,600	5.9%	1,627	1,737	-137	-7.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,151		27,379	30,303
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	255	0.9%	282	287	-32	-11.1%
Mining	75	0.3%	73	64	11	17.2%
Utilities	12	0.0%	17	21	-9	-42.9%
Construction	602	2.2%	636	725	-123	-17.0%
Manufacturing	1,408	5.1%	1,419	1,305	103	7.9%
Wholesale Trade	827	3.0%	829	916	-89	-9.7%
Retail Trade	1,347	4.9%	1,302	1,509	-162	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	531	1.9%	574	618	-87	-14.1%
Information	335	1.2%	331	378	-43	-11.4%
Finance and Insurance	625	2.3%	624	730	-105	-14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	237	0.9%	258	297	-60	-20.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,463	19.9%	5,417	6,536	-1,073	-16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.1%	24	16	7	43.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	48	0.2%	62	101	-53	-52.5%
Educational Services	342	1.2%	351	282	60	21.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	954	3.5%	933	994	-40	-4.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,018	3.7%	1,041	1,190	-172	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	108	0.4%	124	130	-22	-16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133	0.5%	133	141	-8	-5.7%
Public Administration	126	0.5%	114	166	-40	-24.1%
Information Not Available	12,682	46.3%	12,835	13,897	-1,215	-8.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Hawaii
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,832		5,645	5,422
Male	3,977	68.2%	3,838	3,704	273	7.4%
Female	1,853	31.8%	1,805	1,717	136	7.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	5,832		5,645	5,422
Hispanic or Latino	510	8.7%	466	446	64	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,085	70.0%	4,020	3,722	363	9.8%
Information Not Available	1,237	21.2%	1,159	1,254	-17	-1.4%

Race	5,832		5,645	5,422
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36	0.6%	30	30	6	20.0%
Asian	1,630	27.9%	1,553	1,539	91	5.9%
Black or African American	118	2.0%	102	104	14	13.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,896	32.5%	1,833	1,678	218	13.0%
White	1,221	20.9%	1,254	1,182	39	3.3%
Information Not Available	931	16.0%	873	889	42	4.7%

Years of Age	5,832		5,645	5,422
Younger than 22	85	1.5%	76	89	-4	-4.5%
22-24	206	3.5%	212	187	19	10.2%
25-34	1,229	21.1%	1,164	1,088	141	13.0%
35-44	1,497	25.7%	1,410	1,352	145	10.7%
45-54	1,296	22.2%	1,223	1,198	98	8.2%
55-59	574	9.8%	588	581	-7	-1.2%
60-64	506	8.7%	503	510	-4	-0.8%
65 and older	439	7.5%	469	417	22	5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,832		5,645	5,422
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.7%	33	28	11	39.3%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	13	0.2%	15	13	0	0.0%
Construction	2,130	36.3%	1,996	1,755	375	21.4%
Manufacturing	94	1.6%	87	132	-38	-28.8%
Wholesale Trade	79	1.3%	73	104	-25	-24.0%
Retail Trade	251	4.3%	183	218	33	15.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	268	4.6%	228	203	65	32.0%
Information	104	1.8%	129	375	-271	-72.3%
Finance and Insurance	54	0.9%	60	73	-19	-26.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	88	1.5%	102	82	6	7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	198	3.4%	238	186	12	6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.2%	15	22	-8	-36.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	711	12.1%	727	720	-9	-1.3%
Educational Services	35	0.6%	38	34	1	2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	251	4.3%	198	173	78	45.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	54	0.9%	72	62	-8	-12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	417	7.1%	442	395	22	5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	125	2.1%	116	110	15	13.6%
Public Administration	56	1.0%	57	60	-4	-6.7%
Information Not Available	850	14.5%	836	677	173	25.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Iowa
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,912		19,550	23,500
Male	16,653	79.6%	15,618	18,979	-2,326	-12.3%
Female	4,039	19.3%	3,698	4,345	-306	-7.0%
Information Not Available	220	1.1%	234	176	44	25.0%

Ethnicity	20,912		19,550	23,500
Hispanic or Latino	3,723	17.8%	3,548	3,975	-252	-6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,870	75.9%	14,739	19,248	-3,378	-17.5%
Information Not Available	1,319	6.3%	1,263	277	1,042	376.2%

Race	20,912		19,550	23,500
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.5%	84	426	-324	-76.1%
Asian	1,076	5.1%	1,001	314	762	242.7%
Black or African American	1,572	7.5%	1,167	1,517	55	3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.3%	41	0	55	0.0%
White	14,954	71.5%	14,235	16,991	-2,037	-12.0%
Information Not Available	3,153	15.1%	3,022	4,252	-1,099	-25.8%

Years of Age	20,912		19,550	23,500
Younger than 22	974	4.7%	959	689	285	41.4%
22-24	1,183	5.7%	1,119	1,322	-139	-10.5%
25-34	4,764	22.8%	4,525	5,417	-653	-12.1%
35-44	4,695	22.5%	4,360	5,207	-512	-9.8%
45-54	4,195	20.1%	3,922	4,677	-482	-10.3%
55-59	1,988	9.5%	1,796	2,246	-258	-11.5%
60-64	1,720	8.2%	1,614	2,124	-404	-19.0%
65 and older	1,383	6.6%	1,251	1,818	-435	-23.9%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	4	0	10	0.0%

Industry	20,912		19,550	23,500
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.5%	103	115	-13	-11.3%
Mining	391	1.9%	469	629	-238	-37.8%
Utilities	22	0.1%	19	30	-8	-26.7%
Construction	8,569	40.8%	8,202	10,918	-2,349	-21.5%
Manufacturing	2,981	14.2%	2,109	3,680	-699	-19.0%
Wholesale Trade	449	2.1%	440	512	-63	-12.3%
Retail Trade	758	3.6%	704	789	-31	-3.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	747	3.6%	676	880	-133	-15.1%
Information	137	0.7%	150	159	-22	-13.8%
Finance and Insurance	378	1.8%	362	357	21	5.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	1.1%	225	257	-27	-10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	522	2.5%	486	521	1	0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	116	0.6%	107	87	29	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,211	10.5%	2,133	2,473	-262	-10.6%
Educational Services	102	0.5%	140	97	5	5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	484	2.3%	520	556	-72	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	234	1.1%	249	269	-35	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	417	2.0%	456	474	-57	-12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	253	1.2%	267	346	-93	-26.9%
Public Administration	220	1.0%	243	258	-38	-14.7%
Information Not Available	1,589	7.6%	1,490	93	1,496	1608.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Idaho
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,846		11,150	11,785
Male	7,796	71.9%	8,070	8,729	-933	-10.7%
Female	3,036	28.0%	3,066	3,052	-16	-0.5%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	14	4	10	250.0%

Ethnicity	10,846		11,150	11,785
Hispanic or Latino	2,022	18.6%	2,091	2,304	-282	-12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,702	71.0%	7,914	8,279	-577	-7.0%
Information Not Available	1,122	10.3%	1,145	1,202	-80	-6.7%

Race	12,010		12,341	13,100
American Indian or Alaskan Native	340	2.8%	339	368	-28	-7.6%
Asian	121	1.0%	122	112	9	8.0%
Black or African American	163	1.4%	159	174	-11	-6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	86	0.7%	82	91	-5	-5.5%
White	9,150	76.2%	9,436	9,853	-703	-7.1%
Information Not Available	2,150	17.9%	2,203	2,502	-352	-14.1%

Years of Age	10,846		11,150	11,785
Younger than 22	447	4.1%	490	545	-98	-18.0%
22-24	657	6.1%	668	748	-91	-12.2%
25-34	2,379	21.9%	2,437	2,604	-225	-8.6%
35-44	2,360	21.8%	2,441	2,416	-56	-2.3%
45-54	2,045	18.9%	2,057	2,251	-206	-9.2%
55-59	996	9.2%	1,032	1,106	-110	-9.9%
60-64	884	8.2%	916	1,016	-132	-13.0%
65 and older	1,036	9.6%	1,060	1,064	-28	-2.6%
Information Not Available	42	0.4%	49	35	7	20.0%

Industry	10,846		11,150	11,785
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	473	4.2%	457	503	-30	-6.0%
Mining	81	0.7%	91	112	-31	-27.7%
Utilities	35	0.3%	34	51	-16	-31.4%
Construction	2,678	23.7%	2,839	3,299	-621	-18.8%
Manufacturing	925	8.2%	953	1,071	-146	-13.6%
Wholesale Trade	323	2.9%	352	335	-12	-3.6%
Retail Trade	829	7.3%	858	902	-73	-8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	484	4.3%	434	465	19	4.1%
Information	86	0.8%	88	138	-52	-37.7%
Finance and Insurance	225	2.0%	203	160	65	40.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	109	1.0%	113	118	-9	-7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	545	4.8%	540	539	6	1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.3%	25	20	14	70.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,861	16.4%	1,933	1,860	1	0.1%
Educational Services	120	1.1%	123	109	11	10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	700	6.2%	679	680	20	2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	224	2.0%	256	212	12	5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	376	3.3%	408	443	-67	-15.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	171	1.5%	161	191	-20	-10.5%
Public Administration	244	2.2%	269	244	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	323	2.9%	334	333	-10	-3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Illinois
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	130,661		129,753	136,660
Male	88,109	67.4%	86,010	94,083	-5,974	-6.3%
Female	42,087	32.2%	43,304	41,993	94	0.2%
Information Not Available	465	0.4%	439	584	-119	-20.4%

Ethnicity	130,661		129,753	136,660
Hispanic or Latino	35,727	27.3%	34,776	37,567	-1,840	-4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,137	66.7%	87,140	90,553	-3,416	-3.8%
Information Not Available	7,797	6.0%	7,837	8,540	-743	-8.7%

Race	130,609		129,753	136,660
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,064	0.8%	1,067	1,136	-72	-6.3%
Asian	3,837	2.9%	3,840	3,559	278	7.8%
Black or African American	26,509	20.3%	27,186	27,571	-1,062	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	295	0.2%	301	323	-28	-8.7%
White	78,716	60.3%	77,637	82,325	-3,609	-4.4%
Information Not Available	20,188	15.5%	19,722	21,746	-1,558	-7.2%

Years of Age	130,661		129,753	136,660
Younger than 22	1,909	1.5%	1,755	1,941	-32	-1.6%
22-24	4,774	3.7%	4,485	5,028	-254	-5.1%
25-34	27,724	21.2%	27,445	30,346	-2,622	-8.6%
35-44	31,803	24.3%	31,535	32,682	-879	-2.7%
45-54	28,499	21.8%	28,577	30,090	-1,591	-5.3%
55-59	14,417	11.0%	14,329	15,206	-789	-5.2%
60-64	11,806	9.0%	11,686	12,233	-427	-3.5%
65 and older	9,729	7.4%	9,941	9,134	595	6.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	130,661		129,753	136,660
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	726	0.6%	722	738	-12	-1.6%
Mining	475	0.4%	491	557	-82	-14.7%
Utilities	317	0.2%	315	342	-25	-7.3%
Construction	27,950	21.3%	26,644	30,415	-2,465	-8.1%
Manufacturing	10,495	8.0%	10,553	13,211	-2,716	-20.6%
Wholesale Trade	6,219	4.7%	5,710	5,845	374	6.4%
Retail Trade	7,355	5.6%	7,195	7,780	-425	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,955	6.1%	8,591	7,770	185	2.4%
Information	2,646	2.0%	2,573	2,211	435	19.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,282	2.5%	3,299	3,387	-105	-3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,864	1.4%	1,836	1,872	-8	-0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,037	6.9%	9,040	9,236	-199	-2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	958	0.7%	1,042	930	28	3.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,609	15.7%	20,250	21,996	-1,387	-6.3%
Educational Services	2,439	1.9%	2,682	2,006	433	21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,533	5.7%	7,450	7,028	505	7.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,255	2.5%	3,258	3,227	28	0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,657	5.1%	7,090	6,827	-170	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,060	2.3%	3,120	3,156	-96	-3.0%
Public Administration	1,868	1.4%	1,841	1,894	-26	-1.4%
Information Not Available	5,961	4.5%	6,051	6,232	-271	-4.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Indiana
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,270		21,221	24,427
Male	12,170	63.2%	13,218	15,982	-3,812	-23.9%
Female	6,992	36.3%	7,883	8,299	-1,307	-15.7%
Information Not Available	108	0.6%	120	146	-38	-26.0%

Ethnicity	19,270		21,221	24,427
Hispanic or Latino	1,650	8.6%	1,870	2,066	-416	-20.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,443	80.1%	16,910	19,310	-3,867	-20.0%
Information Not Available	2,177	11.3%	2,441	3,051	-874	-28.6%

Race	19,270		21,221	24,427
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.5%	116	142	-38	-26.8%
Asian	181	0.9%	198	216	-35	-16.2%
Black or African American	3,665	19.0%	4,116	4,511	-846	-18.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.2%	42	64	-35	-54.7%
White	13,512	70.1%	14,679	17,205	-3,693	-21.5%
Information Not Available	1,779	9.2%	2,070	2,289	-510	-22.3%

Years of Age	19,270		21,221	24,427
Younger than 22	418	2.2%	464	618	-200	-32.4%
22-24	772	4.0%	830	1,033	-261	-25.3%
25-34	3,918	20.3%	4,259	5,314	-1,396	-26.3%
35-44	4,724	24.5%	5,149	6,068	-1,344	-22.1%
45-54	4,462	23.2%	5,089	5,659	-1,197	-21.2%
55-59	2,185	11.3%	2,438	2,411	-226	-9.4%
60-64	1,644	8.5%	1,822	2,082	-438	-21.0%
65 and older	1,147	6.0%	1,170	1,242	-95	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,270		21,221	24,427
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	64	0.3%	87	93	-29	-31.2%
Mining	42	0.2%	43	53	-11	-20.8%
Utilities	52	0.3%	47	34	18	52.9%
Construction	4,836	25.0%	4,387	6,346	-1,510	-23.8%
Manufacturing	2,496	12.9%	4,828	3,730	-1,234	-33.1%
Wholesale Trade	678	3.5%	706	916	-238	-26.0%
Retail Trade	1,118	5.8%	1,164	1,559	-441	-28.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,313	6.8%	1,246	1,674	-361	-21.6%
Information	203	1.0%	192	223	-20	-9.0%
Finance and Insurance	591	3.1%	564	591	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	264	1.4%	274	275	-11	-4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,083	5.6%	1,144	1,111	-28	-2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	123	0.6%	115	135	-12	-8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,106	10.9%	2,097	2,738	-632	-23.1%
Educational Services	375	1.9%	436	337	38	11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,566	8.1%	1,487	1,612	-46	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	172	0.9%	174	199	-27	-13.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	691	3.6%	661	882	-191	-21.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	370	1.9%	431	479	-109	-22.8%
Public Administration	247	1.3%	273	289	-42	-14.5%
Information Not Available	880	4.6%	865	1,151	-271	-23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Kansas
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,926		9,591	11,264
Male	4,926	62.1%	6,110	7,453	-2,527	-33.9%
Female	2,991	37.7%	3,479	3,811	-820	-21.5%
Information Not Available	9	0.1%	2	0	9	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,926		9,591	11,264
Hispanic or Latino	1,277	16.1%	1,608	1,548	-271	-17.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,528	82.4%	7,933	8,189	-1,661	-20.3%
Information Not Available	121	1.5%	50	1,527	-1,406	-92.1%

Race	7,926		9,591	11,264
American Indian or Alaskan Native	158	2.0%	193	166	-8	-4.8%
Asian	251	3.2%	209	219	32	14.6%
Black or African American	997	12.6%	1,369	1,613	-616	-38.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.4%	45	35	-5	-14.3%
White	5,620	70.9%	6,794	8,138	-2,518	-30.9%
Information Not Available	870	11.0%	981	1,093	-223	-20.4%

Years of Age	7,926		9,591	11,264
Younger than 22	123	1.6%	248	216	-93	-43.1%
22-24	271	3.4%	391	435	-164	-37.7%
25-34	1,555	19.6%	2,034	2,155	-600	-27.8%
35-44	1,920	24.2%	2,383	2,805	-885	-31.6%
45-54	1,823	23.0%	2,167	2,664	-841	-31.6%
55-59	880	11.1%	1,009	1,297	-417	-32.2%
60-64	732	9.2%	869	1,068	-336	-31.5%
65 and older	622	7.8%	490	624	-2	-0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,926		9,591	11,264
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.6%	41	41	4	9.8%
Mining	48	0.6%	56	82	-34	-41.5%
Utilities	7	0.1%	24	20	-13	-65.0%
Construction	1,389	17.4%	1,864	2,429	-1,040	-42.8%
Manufacturing	1,122	14.1%	1,835	3,186	-2,064	-64.8%
Wholesale Trade	304	3.8%	348	551	-247	-44.8%
Retail Trade	603	7.6%	790	717	-114	-15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	339	4.3%	430	533	-194	-36.4%
Information	156	2.0%	163	192	-36	-18.8%
Finance and Insurance	244	3.1%	259	266	-22	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	102	1.3%	124	119	-17	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	533	6.7%	688	582	-49	-8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.7%	60	57	-4	-7.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	778	9.8%	975	969	-191	-19.7%
Educational Services	124	1.6%	153	130	-6	-4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	735	9.2%	788	623	112	18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	0.9%	67	67	5	7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	289	3.6%	387	269	20	7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	178	2.2%	274	192	-14	-7.3%
Public Administration	148	1.9%	161	181	-33	-18.2%
Information Not Available	657	8.2%	104	58	599	1032.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Kentucky
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,233		14,660	15,416
Male	10,639	69.8%	9,803	10,784	-145	-1.3%
Female	4,594	30.2%	4,857	4,632	-38	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,233		14,660	15,416
Hispanic or Latino	21	0.1%	31	11	10	90.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	322	2.1%	299	305	17	5.6%
Information Not Available	14,890	97.7%	14,330	15,100	-210	-1.4%

Race	15,233		14,660	15,416
American Indian or Alaskan Native	175	1.1%	113	110	65	59.1%
Asian	42	0.3%	48	29	13	44.8%
Black or African American	2,334	15.3%	2,623	2,171	163	7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,553	82.4%	11,742	12,907	-354	-2.7%
Information Not Available	129	0.8%	134	199	-70	-35.2%

Years of Age	15,233		14,660	15,416
Younger than 22	164	1.1%	148	265	-101	-38.1%
22-24	584	3.8%	505	589	-5	-0.8%
25-34	2,592	17.0%	2,530	2,962	-370	-12.5%
35-44	3,705	24.3%	3,729	3,646	59	1.6%
45-54	3,730	24.5%	3,437	3,701	29	0.8%
55-59	1,760	11.6%	1,798	1,737	23	1.3%
60-64	1,448	9.5%	1,378	1,255	193	15.4%
65 and older	1,064	7.0%	914	997	67	6.7%
Information Not Available	186	1.2%	221	264	-78	-29.5%

Industry	15,233		14,660	15,416
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.2%	34	22	13	59.1%
Mining	189	1.2%	124	132	57	43.2%
Utilities	14	0.1%	7	26	-12	-46.2%
Construction	3,247	21.3%	2,382	3,646	-399	-10.9%
Manufacturing	4,478	29.3%	5,534	3,723	755	20.3%
Wholesale Trade	346	2.3%	406	637	-291	-45.7%
Retail Trade	766	5.0%	584	1,001	-235	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	731	4.8%	636	861	-130	-15.1%
Information	241	1.6%	189	375	-134	-35.7%
Finance and Insurance	392	2.6%	272	302	90	29.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	119	0.8%	113	155	-36	-23.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	665	4.4%	612	497	168	33.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.7%	120	151	-46	-30.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,039	6.8%	1,007	1,240	-201	-16.2%
Educational Services	122	0.8%	124	125	-3	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	871	5.7%	849	953	-82	-8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	175	1.1%	189	184	-9	-4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	588	3.9%	492	559	29	5.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	203	1.3%	275	147	56	38.1%
Public Administration	154	1.0%	103	195	-41	-21.0%
Information Not Available	753	4.9%	608	485	268	55.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Louisiana
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,724		7,951	11,387
Male	3,399	50.6%	4,041	5,078	-1,679	-33.1%
Female	3,226	48.0%	3,819	6,039	-2,813	-46.6%
Information Not Available	99	1.5%	91	270	-171	-63.3%

Ethnicity	6,724		7,951	11,387
Hispanic or Latino	356	5.3%	468	558	-202	-36.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,973	74.0%	5,846	9,096	-4,123	-45.3%
Information Not Available	1,395	20.7%	1,637	1,733	-338	-19.5%

Race	6,724		7,951	11,387
American Indian or Alaskan Native	42	0.6%	39	76	-34	-44.7%
Asian	136	2.0%	190	88	48	54.5%
Black or African American	3,543	52.7%	4,150	6,177	-2,634	-42.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	4	14	-10	-71.4%
White	2,387	35.5%	2,826	4,021	-1,634	-40.6%
Information Not Available	612	9.1%	742	1,011	-399	-39.5%

Years of Age	6,724		7,951	11,387
Younger than 22	157	2.3%	224	220	-63	-28.6%
22-24	254	3.8%	340	430	-176	-40.9%
25-34	1,442	21.4%	1,761	2,353	-911	-38.7%
35-44	1,840	27.4%	2,201	3,017	-1,177	-39.0%
45-54	1,434	21.3%	1,659	2,500	-1,066	-42.6%
55-59	614	9.1%	680	1,068	-454	-42.5%
60-64	499	7.4%	534	952	-453	-47.6%
65 and older	384	5.7%	422	795	-411	-51.7%
Information Not Available	100	1.5%	130	52	48	92.3%

Industry	6,724		7,951	11,387
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	1.5%	113	173	-70	-40.5%
Mining	133	1.9%	158	245	-112	-45.7%
Utilities	23	0.3%	29	21	2	9.5%
Construction	1,112	16.3%	1,496	1,880	-768	-40.9%
Manufacturing	423	6.2%	497	735	-312	-42.4%
Wholesale Trade	219	3.2%	227	314	-95	-30.3%
Retail Trade	109	1.6%	140	298	-189	-63.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	362	5.3%	395	486	-124	-25.5%
Information	43	0.6%	46	174	-131	-75.3%
Finance and Insurance	166	2.4%	179	255	-89	-34.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	102	1.5%	125	187	-85	-45.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	499	7.3%	602	790	-291	-36.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.8%	71	68	-16	-23.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	750	11.0%	915	1,137	-387	-34.0%
Educational Services	167	2.4%	185	222	-55	-24.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	679	9.9%	784	1,214	-535	-44.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	94	1.4%	98	166	-72	-43.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	428	6.3%	517	852	-424	-49.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	195	2.9%	257	336	-141	-42.0%
Public Administration	142	2.1%	147	182	-40	-22.0%
Information Not Available	923	13.5%	970	1,652	-729	-44.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Massachusetts
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	95,090		92,534	78,691
Male	59,201	62.3%	56,031	53,212	5,989	11.3%
Female	30,663	32.2%	31,436	25,327	5,336	21.1%
Information Not Available	5,226	5.5%	5,067	152	5,074	3338.2%

Ethnicity	95,090		92,534	78,691
Hispanic or Latino	16,270	17.1%	16,053	13,781	2,489	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,533	61.6%	57,221	59,968	-1,435	-2.4%
Information Not Available	20,287	21.3%	19,260	4,942	15,345	310.5%

Race	95,090		92,534	78,691
American Indian or Alaskan Native	647	0.7%	598	501	146	29.1%
Asian	3,633	3.8%	3,817	3,207	426	13.3%
Black or African American	10,133	10.7%	10,176	8,239	1,894	23.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	294	0.3%	274	214	80	37.4%
White	59,691	62.8%	57,523	53,575	6,116	11.4%
Information Not Available	20,692	21.8%	20,146	12,955	7,737	59.7%

Years of Age	95,090		92,534	78,691
Younger than 22	1,298	1.4%	1,226	1,758	-460	-26.2%
22-24	3,288	3.5%	3,112	3,401	-113	-3.3%
25-34	21,146	22.2%	20,372	18,037	3,109	17.2%
35-44	23,166	24.4%	22,538	18,596	4,570	24.6%
45-54	18,777	19.7%	18,238	15,410	3,367	21.8%
55-59	9,193	9.7%	8,991	7,880	1,313	16.7%
60-64	9,024	9.5%	8,772	7,270	1,754	24.1%
65 and older	9,198	9.7%	9,285	6,339	2,859	45.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	95,090		92,534	78,691
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	980	1.0%	952	1,137	-157	-13.8%
Mining	174	0.2%	157	209	-35	-16.7%
Utilities	165	0.2%	165	175	-10	-5.7%
Construction	16,731	17.4%	14,799	16,734	-3	0.0%
Manufacturing	5,306	5.5%	5,191	4,613	693	15.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,079	3.2%	3,031	2,863	216	7.5%
Retail Trade	5,844	6.1%	5,766	4,636	1,208	26.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,546	3.7%	3,195	2,638	908	34.4%
Information	2,758	2.9%	2,743	1,730	1,028	59.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,417	2.5%	2,421	1,949	468	24.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,220	1.3%	1,158	1,257	-37	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,310	9.7%	9,418	7,937	1,373	17.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	580	0.6%	574	526	54	10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,069	13.6%	12,441	10,897	2,172	19.9%
Educational Services	2,011	2.1%	2,137	1,242	769	61.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,086	7.4%	7,165	4,583	2,503	54.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,586	2.7%	2,529	2,678	-92	-3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,978	7.3%	7,677	5,772	1,206	20.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,127	2.2%	2,076	3,940	-1,813	-46.0%
Public Administration	2,549	2.7%	2,814	1,213	1,336	110.1%
Information Not Available	6,574	6.8%	6,125	1,962	4,612	235.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Maryland
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,251		27,017	26,154
Male	14,530	53.3%	13,770	14,165	365	2.6%
Female	12,622	46.3%	13,158	11,901	721	6.1%
Information Not Available	99	0.4%	89	88	11	12.5%

Ethnicity	27,251		27,017	26,154
Hispanic or Latino	2,161	7.9%	1,954	2,078	83	4.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,827	87.4%	23,750	22,855	972	4.3%
Information Not Available	1,263	4.6%	1,313	1,221	42	3.4%

Race	27,251		27,017	26,154
American Indian or Alaskan Native	158	0.6%	143	123	35	28.5%
Asian	1,049	3.8%	1,052	906	143	15.8%
Black or African American	12,501	45.9%	12,790	11,904	597	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.2%	44	55	-10	-18.2%
White	10,702	39.3%	10,263	10,385	317	3.1%
Information Not Available	2,796	10.3%	2,725	2,781	15	0.5%

Years of Age	27,251		27,017	26,154
Younger than 22	477	1.8%	461	518	-41	-7.9%
22-24	1,036	3.8%	987	1,074	-38	-3.5%
25-34	6,148	22.6%	6,178	6,222	-74	-1.2%
35-44	6,662	24.4%	6,684	6,245	417	6.7%
45-54	5,381	19.7%	5,290	4,925	456	9.3%
55-59	2,745	10.1%	2,663	2,588	157	6.1%
60-64	2,518	9.2%	2,446	2,492	26	1.0%
65 and older	2,284	8.4%	2,308	2,090	194	9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,251		27,017	26,154
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	90	0.3%	100	118	-28	-23.7%
Mining	27	0.1%	28	22	5	22.7%
Utilities	45	0.2%	53	37	8	21.6%
Construction	3,034	11.1%	2,340	3,164	-130	-4.1%
Manufacturing	308	1.1%	306	311	-3	-1.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,028	3.8%	1,042	965	63	6.5%
Retail Trade	2,545	9.3%	2,470	2,519	26	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	864	3.2%	854	790	74	9.4%
Information	552	2.0%	502	470	82	17.4%
Finance and Insurance	758	2.8%	758	650	108	16.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	554	2.0%	524	563	-9	-1.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,203	15.4%	4,353	3,595	608	16.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	195	0.7%	191	211	-16	-7.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,372	12.3%	3,393	3,416	-44	-1.3%
Educational Services	853	3.1%	889	787	66	8.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,719	9.9%	2,717	2,420	299	12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	650	2.4%	614	645	5	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,153	7.9%	2,487	2,212	-59	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,479	9.1%	2,493	2,505	-26	-1.0%
Public Administration	603	2.2%	627	543	60	11.0%
Information Not Available	219	0.8%	276	211	8	3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Maine
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,222		9,009	8,765
Male	5,867	63.6%	5,608	5,440	427	7.8%
Female	3,272	35.5%	3,324	3,254	18	0.6%
Information Not Available	83	0.9%	77	71	12	16.9%

Ethnicity	9,222		9,009	8,765
Hispanic or Latino	258	2.8%	241	261	-3	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,063	76.6%	6,888	6,677	386	5.8%
Information Not Available	1,901	20.6%	1,880	1,827	74	4.1%

Race	9,222		9,009	8,765
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	1.2%	109	112	-2	-1.8%
Asian	119	1.3%	107	98	21	21.4%
Black or African American	349	3.8%	313	390	-41	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	12	15	-3	-20.0%
White	8,066	87.5%	7,930	7,624	442	5.8%
Information Not Available	566	6.1%	538	526	40	7.6%

Years of Age	9,222		9,009	8,765
Younger than 22	177	1.9%	139	143	34	23.8%
22-24	317	3.4%	322	292	25	8.6%
25-34	1,816	19.7%	1,818	1,775	41	2.3%
35-44	2,070	22.4%	2,068	2,060	10	0.5%
45-54	1,826	19.8%	1,778	1,731	95	5.5%
55-59	957	10.4%	919	857	100	11.7%
60-64	935	10.1%	875	882	53	6.0%
65 and older	1,124	12.2%	1,090	1,025	99	9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,222		9,009	8,765
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	189	2.0%	186	195	-6	-3.1%
Mining	31	0.3%	28	21	10	47.6%
Utilities	15	0.2%	17	13	2	15.4%
Construction	1,841	19.6%	1,714	1,569	272	17.3%
Manufacturing	842	8.9%	825	859	-17	-2.0%
Wholesale Trade	324	3.4%	275	294	30	10.2%
Retail Trade	774	8.2%	719	841	-67	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	260	2.8%	247	230	30	13.0%
Information	145	1.5%	117	113	32	28.3%
Finance and Insurance	137	1.5%	143	137	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	1.8%	158	163	2	1.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	439	4.7%	425	419	20	4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.8%	77	83	-5	-6.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	978	10.4%	924	927	51	5.5%
Educational Services	160	1.7%	158	151	9	6.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	652	6.9%	676	532	120	22.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	175	1.9%	206	180	-5	-2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,366	14.5%	1,450	1,475	-109	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	214	2.3%	214	183	31	16.9%
Public Administration	115	1.2%	116	110	5	4.5%
Information Not Available	322	3.4%	334	270	52	19.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Michigan
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,832		95,420	82,818
Male	54,430	68.2%	63,427	56,507	-2,077	-3.7%
Female	24,678	30.9%	31,180	25,584	-906	-3.5%
Information Not Available	724	0.9%	813	727	-3	-0.4%

Ethnicity	79,832		95,420	82,818
Hispanic or Latino	7,989	10.0%	8,553	8,020	-31	-0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	68,157	85.4%	80,502	70,647	-2,490	-3.5%
Information Not Available	3,686	4.6%	6,365	4,151	-465	-11.2%

Race	79,832		95,420	82,818
American Indian or Alaskan Native	966	1.2%	1,042	1,043	-77	-7.4%
Asian	1,264	1.6%	1,860	1,551	-287	-18.5%
Black or African American	15,019	18.8%	19,429	17,331	-2,312	-13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	84	0.1%	96	94	-10	-10.6%
White	50,301	63.0%	56,810	50,050	251	0.5%
Information Not Available	12,198	15.3%	16,183	12,749	-551	-4.3%

Years of Age	79,832		95,420	82,818
Younger than 22	2,419	3.0%	2,863	2,915	-496	-17.0%
22-24	3,911	4.9%	4,724	4,338	-427	-9.8%
25-34	17,927	22.5%	21,199	19,288	-1,361	-7.1%
35-44	18,374	23.0%	22,184	18,866	-492	-2.6%
45-54	16,084	20.1%	19,893	16,510	-426	-2.6%
55-59	8,366	10.5%	10,032	8,272	94	1.1%
60-64	7,105	8.9%	8,239	7,158	-53	-0.7%
65 and older	5,574	7.0%	6,206	5,405	169	3.1%
Information Not Available	72	0.1%	80	66	6	9.1%

Industry	79,832		95,420	82,818
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,045	1.3%	1,062	1,139	-94	-8.3%
Mining	767	0.9%	738	707	60	8.5%
Utilities	149	0.2%	157	154	-5	-3.2%
Construction	19,581	24.2%	18,587	18,500	1,081	5.8%
Manufacturing	12,220	15.1%	22,086	14,995	-2,775	-18.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,310	2.9%	3,112	2,447	-137	-5.6%
Retail Trade	4,456	5.5%	4,595	4,985	-529	-10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,169	3.9%	3,553	3,817	-648	-17.0%
Information	853	1.1%	855	786	67	8.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,648	2.0%	1,576	1,210	438	36.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,171	1.4%	1,203	1,046	125	12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,286	5.3%	4,982	3,965	321	8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,210	1.5%	4,141	1,890	-680	-36.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,605	13.1%	11,265	11,359	-754	-6.6%
Educational Services	876	1.1%	1,035	641	235	36.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,466	5.5%	4,737	3,958	508	12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,607	3.2%	2,684	2,585	22	0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,856	4.8%	4,344	4,080	-224	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,790	2.2%	1,829	1,829	-39	-2.1%
Public Administration	1,210	1.5%	1,319	1,177	33	2.8%
Information Not Available	1,557	1.9%	1,560	1,548	9	0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Minnesota
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	70,398		70,782	73,556
Male	52,769	75.0%	53,021	56,848	-4,079	-7.2%
Female	17,610	25.0%	17,746	16,698	912	5.5%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	15	10	9	90.0%

Ethnicity	70,398		70,782	73,556
Hispanic or Latino	5,186	7.4%	5,204	5,240	-54	-1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,258	82.8%	58,575	60,860	-2,602	-4.3%
Information Not Available	6,954	9.9%	7,003	7,456	-502	-6.7%

Race	70,398		70,782	73,556
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,017	1.4%	1,031	1,110	-93	-8.4%
Asian	1,789	2.5%	1,819	1,703	86	5.0%
Black or African American	5,312	7.5%	5,580	5,302	10	0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	0.2%	131	161	-38	-23.6%
White	54,146	76.9%	54,133	57,050	-2,904	-5.1%
Information Not Available	8,011	11.4%	8,088	8,230	-219	-2.7%

Years of Age	70,398		70,782	73,556
Younger than 22	2,297	3.3%	2,300	2,334	-37	-1.6%
22-24	4,162	5.9%	4,118	4,325	-163	-3.8%
25-34	16,696	23.7%	16,815	17,826	-1,130	-6.3%
35-44	16,409	23.3%	16,659	17,474	-1,065	-6.1%
45-54	13,361	19.0%	13,388	13,874	-513	-3.7%
55-59	6,310	9.0%	6,319	6,460	-150	-2.3%
60-64	5,866	8.3%	5,854	6,155	-289	-4.7%
65 and older	5,238	7.4%	5,279	5,068	170	3.4%
Information Not Available	59	0.1%	50	40	19	47.5%

Industry	70,398		70,782	73,556
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	859	1.2%	865	898	-39	-4.3%
Mining	741	1.0%	737	698	43	6.2%
Utilities	242	0.3%	236	283	-41	-14.5%
Construction	26,587	37.3%	26,540	29,234	-2,647	-9.1%
Manufacturing	5,931	8.3%	5,907	6,778	-847	-12.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,526	3.5%	2,518	2,481	45	1.8%
Retail Trade	3,645	5.1%	3,619	3,716	-71	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,205	3.1%	2,213	2,198	7	0.3%
Information	812	1.1%	772	906	-94	-10.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,280	1.8%	1,265	1,188	92	7.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	949	1.3%	968	963	-14	-1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,701	5.2%	3,662	3,852	-151	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	974	1.4%	990	964	10	1.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,655	7.9%	5,753	6,156	-501	-8.1%
Educational Services	1,100	1.5%	1,171	968	132	13.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,494	6.3%	4,422	3,373	1,121	33.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,278	1.8%	1,287	1,232	46	3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,557	3.6%	2,723	2,486	71	2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,114	3.0%	2,220	2,127	-13	-0.6%
Public Administration	1,336	1.9%	1,389	1,377	-41	-3.0%
Information Not Available	1,412	2.0%	1,525	1,678	-266	-15.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Missouri
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,239		26,978	26,607
Male	13,013	56.0%	15,389	15,780	-2,767	-17.5%
Female	10,198	43.9%	11,555	10,802	-604	-5.6%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	34	25	3	12.0%

Ethnicity	23,239		26,978	26,607
Hispanic or Latino	1,023	4.4%	1,120	1,203	-180	-15.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,818	81.0%	21,468	21,416	-2,598	-12.1%
Information Not Available	3,398	14.6%	4,390	3,988	-590	-14.8%

Race	23,239		26,978	26,607
American Indian or Alaskan Native	143	0.6%	137	155	-12	-7.7%
Asian	248	1.1%	277	232	16	6.9%
Black or African American	4,628	19.9%	6,165	5,238	-610	-11.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.4%	99	105	-20	-19.0%
White	15,104	65.0%	16,504	17,335	-2,231	-12.9%
Information Not Available	3,031	13.0%	3,796	3,542	-511	-14.4%

Years of Age	23,239		26,978	26,607
Younger than 22	455	2.0%	499	467	-12	-2.6%
22-24	803	3.5%	939	869	-66	-7.6%
25-34	4,412	19.0%	5,044	5,086	-674	-13.3%
35-44	5,605	24.1%	6,651	6,324	-719	-11.4%
45-54	5,024	21.6%	5,898	5,876	-852	-14.5%
55-59	2,516	10.8%	2,898	2,839	-323	-11.4%
60-64	2,192	9.4%	2,565	2,670	-478	-17.9%
65 and older	2,232	9.6%	2,484	2,476	-244	-9.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,239		26,978	26,607
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	0.8%	184	185	6	3.2%
Mining	55	0.2%	50	72	-17	-23.6%
Utilities	35	0.1%	32	41	-6	-14.6%
Construction	2,791	11.9%	2,654	4,194	-1,403	-33.5%
Manufacturing	1,853	7.9%	5,053	2,320	-467	-20.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,014	4.3%	1,111	1,097	-83	-7.6%
Retail Trade	1,901	8.1%	1,979	1,942	-41	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	880	3.8%	1,180	1,139	-259	-22.7%
Information	559	2.4%	572	522	37	7.1%
Finance and Insurance	997	4.3%	978	1,011	-14	-1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	441	1.9%	440	461	-20	-4.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,296	5.5%	1,327	1,360	-64	-4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	269	1.1%	246	253	16	6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,612	11.1%	2,630	2,876	-264	-9.2%
Educational Services	460	2.0%	438	340	120	35.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,056	8.8%	2,132	2,038	18	0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,292	5.5%	1,297	1,259	33	2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,270	9.7%	2,393	2,255	15	0.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	492	2.1%	478	476	16	3.4%
Public Administration	269	1.1%	253	271	-2	-0.7%
Information Not Available	1,506	6.4%	1,551	2,495	-989	-39.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Mississippi
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,772		6,858	7,093
Male	3,218	47.5%	3,284	3,533	-315	-8.9%
Female	3,515	51.9%	3,542	3,538	-23	-0.7%
Information Not Available	39	0.6%	32	22	17	77.3%

Ethnicity	6,772		6,861	7,093
Hispanic or Latino	108	1.6%	153	137	-29	-21.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,411	94.7%	6,445	6,720	-309	-4.6%
Information Not Available	253	3.7%	263	236	17	7.2%

Race	6,772		6,861	7,093
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.5%	27	47	-13	-27.7%
Asian	45	0.7%	41	39	6	15.4%
Black or African American	4,511	66.6%	4,579	4,848	-337	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	6	15	-7	-46.7%
White	1,982	29.3%	1,970	1,997	-15	-0.8%
Information Not Available	192	2.8%	238	147	45	30.6%

Years of Age	6,772		6,858	7,093
Younger than 22	73	1.1%	70	85	-12	-14.1%
22-24	197	2.9%	186	228	-31	-13.6%
25-34	1,535	22.7%	1,542	1,590	-55	-3.5%
35-44	1,820	26.9%	1,819	1,819	1	0.1%
45-54	1,495	22.1%	1,551	1,582	-87	-5.5%
55-59	593	8.8%	586	625	-32	-5.1%
60-64	509	7.5%	532	562	-53	-9.4%
65 and older	550	8.1%	572	602	-52	-8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,772		6,858	7,093
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	299	4.2%	324	364	-65	-17.9%
Mining	44	0.6%	51	70	-26	-37.1%
Utilities	25	0.4%	34	12	13	108.3%
Construction	511	7.2%	554	565	-54	-9.6%
Manufacturing	815	11.5%	810	951	-136	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	208	2.9%	198	188	20	10.6%
Retail Trade	587	8.3%	546	877	-290	-33.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	392	5.5%	366	461	-69	-15.0%
Information	81	1.1%	77	82	-1	-1.2%
Finance and Insurance	217	3.1%	188	168	49	29.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	87	1.2%	89	87	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	361	5.1%	372	270	91	33.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	76	1.1%	53	71	5	7.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	921	13.0%	991	896	25	2.8%
Educational Services	129	1.8%	149	147	-18	-12.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	700	9.9%	614	574	126	22.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	23	0.3%	20	32	-9	-28.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	487	6.9%	533	483	4	0.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	130	1.8%	153	116	14	12.1%
Public Administration	164	2.3%	155	120	44	36.7%
Information Not Available	515	7.3%	581	559	-44	-7.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Montana
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,592		10,778	12,018
Male	7,714	72.8%	7,800	9,042	-1,328	-14.7%
Female	2,698	25.5%	2,794	2,770	-72	-2.6%
Information Not Available	180	1.7%	184	206	-26	-12.6%

Ethnicity	10,592		10,778	12,018
Hispanic or Latino	523	4.9%	536	652	-129	-19.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,133	86.2%	9,277	10,135	-1,002	-9.9%
Information Not Available	936	8.8%	965	1,231	-295	-24.0%

Race	10,592		10,778	12,018
American Indian or Alaskan Native	853	8.1%	888	877	-24	-2.7%
Asian	41	0.4%	55	69	-28	-40.6%
Black or African American	152	1.4%	174	170	-18	-10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.5%	55	59	-7	-11.9%
White	8,936	84.4%	9,052	10,110	-1,174	-11.6%
Information Not Available	558	5.3%	554	733	-175	-23.9%

Years of Age	10,592		10,778	12,018
Younger than 22	340	3.2%	341	391	-51	-13.0%
22-24	599	5.7%	625	662	-63	-9.5%
25-34	2,447	23.1%	2,546	2,907	-460	-15.8%
35-44	2,500	23.6%	2,529	2,769	-269	-9.7%
45-54	1,949	18.4%	1,954	2,196	-247	-11.2%
55-59	856	8.1%	861	985	-129	-13.1%
60-64	890	8.4%	916	1,075	-185	-17.2%
65 and older	1,011	9.5%	1,006	1,033	-22	-2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,592		10,778	12,018
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.1%	12	110	-95	-86.4%
Mining	14	0.1%	17	241	-227	-94.2%
Utilities	1	0.0%	1	15	-14	-93.3%
Construction	127	1.2%	129	1,326	-1,199	-90.4%
Manufacturing	9	0.1%	10	180	-171	-95.0%
Wholesale Trade	10	0.1%	8	90	-80	-88.9%
Retail Trade	18	0.2%	19	244	-226	-92.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	21	0.2%	17	126	-105	-83.3%
Information	7	0.1%	6	30	-23	-76.7%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	14	59	-50	-84.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	0.0%	4	42	-38	-90.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	26	0.2%	32	173	-147	-85.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	58	0.5%	61	407	-349	-85.7%
Educational Services	7	0.1%	9	49	-42	-85.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13	0.1%	12	162	-149	-92.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	0.0%	6	126	-121	-96.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	29	0.3%	32	296	-267	-90.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8	0.1%	6	101	-93	-92.1%
Public Administration	21	0.2%	23	158	-137	-86.7%
Information Not Available	10,189	96.1%	10,358	8,081	2,108	26.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
North Carolina
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,735		20,540	29,585
Male	9,923	47.9%	9,916	14,300	-4,377	-30.6%
Female	10,720	51.7%	10,518	15,187	-4,467	-29.4%
Information Not Available	92	0.4%	106	98	-6	-6.1%

Ethnicity	20,735		20,540	29,585
Hispanic or Latino	1,351	6.5%	1,366	2,108	-757	-35.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,933	86.5%	17,658	25,525	-7,592	-29.7%
Information Not Available	1,451	7.0%	1,516	1,952	-501	-25.7%

Race	20,735		20,540	29,585
American Indian or Alaskan Native	393	1.9%	401	542	-149	-27.5%
Asian	507	2.4%	482	638	-131	-20.5%
Black or African American	8,425	40.6%	8,249	11,867	-3,442	-29.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.2%	43	58	-17	-29.3%
White	9,446	45.6%	9,446	13,905	-4,459	-32.1%
Information Not Available	1,923	9.3%	1,919	2,575	-652	-25.3%

Years of Age	20,735		20,540	29,585
Younger than 22	324	1.6%	298	656	-332	-50.6%
22-24	698	3.4%	677	1,351	-653	-48.3%
25-34	4,732	22.8%	4,711	7,307	-2,575	-35.2%
35-44	5,430	26.2%	5,375	7,536	-2,106	-27.9%
45-54	4,592	22.1%	4,559	6,306	-1,714	-27.2%
55-59	2,134	10.3%	2,130	2,843	-709	-24.9%
60-64	1,635	7.9%	1,627	2,198	-563	-25.6%
65 and older	1,190	5.7%	1,163	1,388	-198	-14.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,735		20,540	29,585
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.2%	37	58	-7	-12.1%
Mining	23	0.1%	14	14	9	64.3%
Utilities	28	0.1%	36	27	1	3.7%
Construction	1,047	5.0%	995	1,643	-596	-36.3%
Manufacturing	1,911	9.2%	1,980	2,832	-921	-32.5%
Wholesale Trade	935	4.5%	968	1,262	-327	-25.9%
Retail Trade	1,413	6.8%	1,375	2,250	-837	-37.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	710	3.4%	636	1,016	-306	-30.1%
Information	481	2.3%	485	607	-126	-20.8%
Finance and Insurance	977	4.7%	970	1,051	-74	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	421	2.0%	337	475	-54	-11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,799	8.7%	1,747	2,049	-250	-12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	142	0.7%	109	221	-79	-35.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,547	12.3%	2,566	3,581	-1,034	-28.9%
Educational Services	372	1.8%	414	465	-93	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,613	7.8%	1,610	2,132	-519	-24.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	253	1.2%	245	534	-281	-52.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,363	6.6%	1,305	2,242	-879	-39.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	467	2.2%	456	727	-260	-35.8%
Public Administration	265	1.3%	320	436	-171	-39.2%
Information Not Available	3,917	18.8%	3,935	5,963	-2,046	-34.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
North Dakota
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,486		6,478	6,544
Male	5,476	84.4%	5,477	5,683	-207	-3.6%
Female	1,008	15.5%	1,000	860	148	17.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	6,486		6,478	6,544
Hispanic or Latino	788	12.1%	793	733	55	7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,538	85.4%	5,517	5,628	-90	-1.6%
Information Not Available	160	2.5%	168	183	-23	-12.6%

Race	6,486		6,478	6,544
American Indian or Alaskan Native	429	6.6%	419	390	39	10.0%
Asian	31	0.5%	39	28	3	10.7%
Black or African American	373	5.8%	378	317	56	17.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	20	9	7	77.8%
White	4,689	72.3%	4,661	4,884	-195	-4.0%
Information Not Available	948	14.6%	961	916	32	3.5%

Years of Age	6,486		6,478	6,544
Younger than 22	132	2.0%	125	151	-19	-12.6%
22-24	338	5.2%	318	344	-6	-1.7%
25-34	1,419	21.9%	1,453	1,428	-9	-0.6%
35-44	1,533	23.6%	1,545	1,518	15	1.0%
45-54	1,260	19.4%	1,239	1,199	61	5.1%
55-59	539	8.3%	553	587	-48	-8.2%
60-64	570	8.8%	559	625	-55	-8.8%
65 and older	695	10.7%	686	692	3	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,486		6,478	6,544
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	177	2.7%	173	191	-14	-7.3%
Mining	576	8.6%	551	585	-9	-1.5%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	11	-4	-36.4%
Construction	2,859	42.9%	2,875	3,157	-298	-9.4%
Manufacturing	548	8.2%	566	563	-15	-2.7%
Wholesale Trade	274	4.1%	268	227	47	20.7%
Retail Trade	236	3.5%	230	192	44	22.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	252	3.8%	229	237	15	6.3%
Information	44	0.7%	51	39	5	12.8%
Finance and Insurance	63	0.9%	57	43	20	46.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	47	0.7%	43	46	1	2.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	242	3.6%	217	213	29	13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.2%	15	11	-1	-9.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	341	5.1%	335	311	30	9.6%
Educational Services	8	0.1%	8	2	6	300.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	154	2.3%	164	124	30	24.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	37	0.6%	37	31	6	19.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	114	1.7%	121	139	-25	-18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	78	1.2%	75	63	15	23.8%
Public Administration	198	3.0%	215	150	48	32.0%
Information Not Available	221	3.3%	241	209	12	5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Nebraska
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,290		7,594	7,997
Male	5,120	61.8%	4,909	5,340	-220	-4.1%
Female	2,863	34.5%	2,453	2,510	353	14.1%
Information Not Available	307	3.7%	232	147	160	108.8%

Ethnicity	8,290		7,594	7,997
Hispanic or Latino	2,083	25.1%	1,632	1,783	300	16.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,674	68.4%	5,433	5,558	116	2.1%
Information Not Available	533	6.4%	529	656	-123	-18.8%

Race	8,290		7,594	7,997
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	1.3%	106	112	-3	-2.7%
Asian	825	10.0%	412	74	751	1014.9%
Black or African American	976	11.8%	773	890	86	9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	11	14	-3	-21.4%
White	4,589	55.4%	4,777	5,137	-548	-10.7%
Information Not Available	1,780	21.5%	1,515	1,770	10	0.6%

Years of Age	8,290		7,594	7,997
Younger than 22	211	2.5%	209	263	-52	-19.8%
22-24	350	4.2%	338	379	-29	-7.7%
25-34	1,691	20.4%	1,629	1,672	19	1.1%
35-44	2,058	24.8%	1,860	1,958	100	5.1%
45-54	1,663	20.1%	1,547	1,645	18	1.1%
55-59	908	11.0%	804	854	54	6.3%
60-64	811	9.8%	725	732	79	10.8%
65 and older	534	6.4%	453	463	71	15.3%
Information Not Available	64	0.8%	29	31	33	106.5%

Industry	8,290		7,594	7,997
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.6%	57	60	-13	-21.7%
Mining	48	0.6%	45	77	-29	-37.7%
Utilities	27	0.3%	34	37	-10	-27.0%
Construction	1,989	23.9%	1,987	2,524	-535	-21.2%
Manufacturing	540	6.5%	553	726	-186	-25.6%
Wholesale Trade	215	2.6%	206	228	-13	-5.7%
Retail Trade	442	5.3%	413	390	52	13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	312	3.7%	233	300	12	4.0%
Information	144	1.7%	141	158	-14	-8.9%
Finance and Insurance	215	2.6%	218	221	-6	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	87	1.0%	79	87	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	420	5.0%	403	394	26	6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	1.2%	96	86	14	16.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	970	11.6%	939	1,022	-52	-5.1%
Educational Services	94	1.1%	103	68	26	38.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	467	5.6%	511	443	24	5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	85	1.0%	94	87	-2	-2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	268	3.2%	270	264	4	1.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	154	1.8%	149	162	-8	-4.9%
Public Administration	138	1.7%	143	112	26	23.2%
Information Not Available	1,528	18.3%	920	551	977	177.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
New Hampshire
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,895		3,810	3,962
Male	2,323	59.6%	2,245	2,460	-137	-5.6%
Female	1,545	39.7%	1,533	1,478	67	4.5%
Information Not Available	27	0.7%	32	24	3	12.5%

Ethnicity	3,895		3,810	3,962
Hispanic or Latino	393	10.1%	373	420	-27	-6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,245	83.3%	3,193	3,269	-24	-0.7%
Information Not Available	257	6.6%	244	273	-16	-5.9%

Race	3,895		3,810	3,962
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.4%	22	19	-2	-10.5%
Asian	141	3.6%	130	128	13	10.2%
Black or African American	138	3.5%	123	124	14	11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	5	6	-2	-33.3%
White	3,232	83.0%	3,225	3,331	-99	-3.0%
Information Not Available	363	9.3%	305	354	9	2.5%

Years of Age	3,895		3,810	3,962
Younger than 22	43	1.1%	44	54	-11	-20.4%
22-24	94	2.4%	90	88	6	6.8%
25-34	653	16.8%	630	628	25	4.0%
35-44	866	22.2%	893	886	-20	-2.3%
45-54	821	21.1%	741	847	-26	-3.1%
55-59	462	11.9%	456	478	-16	-3.3%
60-64	507	13.0%	504	480	27	5.6%
65 and older	449	11.5%	452	501	-52	-10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,895		3,810	3,962
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.5%	21	18	3	16.7%
Mining	12	0.3%	7	19	-7	-36.8%
Utilities	5	0.1%	6	6	-1	-16.7%
Construction	168	4.3%	144	192	-24	-12.5%
Manufacturing	381	9.7%	322	358	23	6.4%
Wholesale Trade	209	5.3%	211	276	-67	-24.3%
Retail Trade	182	4.6%	181	185	-3	-1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	63	1.6%	62	75	-12	-16.0%
Information	64	1.6%	54	47	17	36.2%
Finance and Insurance	87	2.2%	87	103	-16	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39	1.0%	38	52	-13	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	332	8.5%	344	337	-5	-1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	1.1%	45	50	-8	-16.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	620	15.8%	605	605	15	2.5%
Educational Services	98	2.5%	112	75	23	30.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	261	6.7%	240	251	10	4.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	2.7%	112	86	18	20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	62	1.6%	101	50	12	24.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	92	2.3%	90	87	5	5.7%
Public Administration	41	1.0%	45	45	-4	-8.9%
Information Not Available	1,012	25.8%	983	1,045	-33	-3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
New Jersey
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	122,635		116,803	122,365
Male	77,041	62.8%	71,356	76,381	660	0.9%
Female	45,545	37.1%	45,391	45,941	-396	-0.9%
Information Not Available	49	0.0%	56	43	6	14.0%

Ethnicity	122,635		116,803	122,365
Hispanic or Latino	32,911	26.8%	31,179	33,299	-388	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80,433	65.6%	76,449	79,830	603	0.8%
Information Not Available	9,291	7.6%	9,175	9,236	55	0.6%

Race	122,635		116,803	122,365
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,142	0.9%	1,078	1,118	24	2.1%
Asian	5,563	4.5%	5,419	5,455	108	2.0%
Black or African American	23,976	19.6%	23,987	24,515	-539	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	723	0.6%	704	694	29	4.2%
White	66,044	53.9%	61,380	65,643	401	0.6%
Information Not Available	25,187	20.5%	24,235	24,940	247	1.0%

Years of Age	122,635		116,803	122,365
Younger than 22	3,700	3.0%	3,390	3,947	-247	-6.3%
22-24	6,838	5.6%	6,452	7,292	-454	-6.2%
25-34	28,940	23.6%	27,712	28,899	41	0.1%
35-44	27,188	22.2%	25,597	26,011	1,177	4.5%
45-54	22,679	18.5%	21,453	23,002	-323	-1.4%
55-59	11,734	9.6%	11,129	11,971	-237	-2.0%
60-64	10,826	8.8%	10,434	10,868	-42	-0.4%
65 and older	10,730	8.7%	10,636	10,375	355	3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	122,635		116,803	122,365
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	972	0.8%	945	1,001	-29	-2.9%
Mining	136	0.1%	82	93	43	46.2%
Utilities	266	0.2%	244	247	19	7.7%
Construction	16,427	13.3%	12,730	14,391	2,036	14.1%
Manufacturing	6,373	5.2%	6,032	6,768	-395	-5.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,031	4.1%	4,953	5,499	-468	-8.5%
Retail Trade	10,789	8.7%	10,455	10,356	433	4.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,898	5.6%	6,919	7,700	-802	-10.4%
Information	1,633	1.3%	1,531	1,641	-8	-0.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,811	2.3%	2,798	2,944	-133	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,058	1.7%	2,046	2,027	31	1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,878	5.6%	6,664	6,816	62	0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,380	1.1%	1,339	1,614	-234	-14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,840	16.1%	18,933	19,624	216	1.1%
Educational Services	2,234	1.8%	2,366	2,111	123	5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,742	8.7%	10,457	9,598	1,144	11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,725	3.8%	4,599	4,766	-41	-0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,046	8.1%	10,557	10,306	-260	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,640	2.1%	2,577	2,843	-203	-7.1%
Public Administration	1,542	1.2%	1,492	1,478	64	4.3%
Information Not Available	9,214	7.5%	9,084	10,542	-1,328	-12.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
New Mexico
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,421		11,444	11,011
Male	6,537	57.2%	6,528	6,283	254	4.0%
Female	4,873	42.7%	4,903	4,724	149	3.2%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	13	4	7	175.0%

Ethnicity	11,421		11,444	11,011
Hispanic or Latino	6,446	56.4%	6,358	6,265	181	2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,228	37.0%	4,306	4,087	141	3.4%
Information Not Available	747	6.5%	780	659	88	13.4%

Race	11,421		11,444	11,011
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,224	10.7%	1,286	1,206	18	1.5%
Asian	135	1.2%	132	114	21	18.4%
Black or African American	510	4.5%	510	457	53	11.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.4%	42	43	-3	-7.0%
White	7,086	62.0%	7,056	6,929	157	2.3%
Information Not Available	2,426	21.2%	2,418	2,262	164	7.3%

Years of Age	11,421		11,444	11,011
Younger than 22	405	3.5%	373	394	11	2.8%
22-24	566	5.0%	565	554	12	2.2%
25-34	2,527	22.1%	2,550	2,530	-3	-0.1%
35-44	2,820	24.7%	2,862	2,761	59	2.1%
45-54	2,290	20.1%	2,298	2,138	152	7.1%
55-59	1,050	9.2%	1,084	1,008	42	4.2%
60-64	955	8.4%	932	904	51	5.6%
65 and older	808	7.1%	780	722	86	11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,421		11,444	11,011
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	971	7.8%	851	1,013	-42	-4.1%
Mining	231	1.9%	241	198	33	16.7%
Utilities	27	0.2%	26	29	-2	-6.9%
Construction	1,803	14.5%	1,761	1,554	249	16.0%
Manufacturing	638	5.1%	613	603	35	5.8%
Wholesale Trade	279	2.3%	265	285	-6	-2.1%
Retail Trade	989	8.0%	1,026	1,011	-22	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	331	2.7%	331	296	35	11.8%
Information	758	6.1%	719	912	-154	-16.9%
Finance and Insurance	218	1.8%	205	229	-11	-4.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	122	1.0%	136	103	19	18.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	685	5.5%	699	566	119	21.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	24	37	-16	-43.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	917	7.4%	909	1,021	-104	-10.2%
Educational Services	231	1.9%	270	181	50	27.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,018	8.2%	1,006	858	160	18.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	189	1.5%	186	185	4	2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	675	5.4%	807	734	-59	-8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	223	1.8%	254	224	-1	-0.4%
Public Administration	334	2.7%	350	330	4	1.2%
Information Not Available	761	6.1%	765	642	119	18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Nevada
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,652		28,722	26,966
Male	15,400	55.7%	16,212	15,425	-25	-0.2%
Female	11,595	41.9%	11,875	11,395	200	1.8%
Information Not Available	657	2.4%	635	146	511	350.0%

Ethnicity	27,652		28,722	26,966
Hispanic or Latino	8,434	30.5%	9,044	8,265	169	2.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,722	60.5%	17,168	15,713	1,009	6.4%
Information Not Available	2,496	9.0%	2,510	2,988	-492	-16.5%

Race	27,652		28,722	26,966
American Indian or Alaskan Native	687	2.5%	710	650	37	5.7%
Asian	1,520	5.5%	1,553	1,759	-239	-13.6%
Black or African American	5,256	19.0%	5,422	5,393	-137	-2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	637	2.3%	689	774	-137	-17.7%
White	14,250	51.5%	14,777	12,992	1,258	9.7%
Information Not Available	5,302	19.2%	5,571	5,398	-96	-1.8%

Years of Age	27,652		28,722	26,966
Younger than 22	585	2.1%	643	785	-200	-25.5%
22-24	1,286	4.7%	1,316	1,185	101	8.5%
25-34	6,655	24.1%	6,960	6,482	173	2.7%
35-44	7,115	25.7%	7,437	6,723	392	5.8%
45-54	5,460	19.7%	5,548	5,373	87	1.6%
55-59	2,563	9.3%	2,685	2,508	55	2.2%
60-64	2,155	7.8%	2,244	2,171	-16	-0.7%
65 and older	1,833	6.6%	1,889	1,739	94	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,652		28,722	26,966
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	120	0.4%	113	15	105	700.0%
Mining	105	0.4%	112	89	16	18.0%
Utilities	112	0.4%	121	29	83	286.2%
Construction	4,380	15.8%	4,720	2,864	1,516	52.9%
Manufacturing	1,086	3.9%	1,125	555	531	95.7%
Wholesale Trade	718	2.6%	699	431	287	66.6%
Retail Trade	1,973	7.1%	1,958	1,117	856	76.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,744	6.3%	1,674	627	1,117	178.1%
Information	469	1.7%	455	166	303	182.5%
Finance and Insurance	698	2.5%	690	485	213	43.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	535	1.9%	618	366	169	46.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,367	4.9%	1,393	718	649	90.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	570	2.1%	617	120	450	375.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,945	10.6%	3,022	1,510	1,435	95.0%
Educational Services	357	1.3%	379	131	226	172.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,748	6.3%	1,691	713	1,035	145.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	831	3.0%	842	332	499	150.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,353	15.7%	4,858	2,894	1,459	50.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	604	2.2%	634	301	303	100.7%
Public Administration	287	1.0%	316	281	6	2.1%
Information Not Available	2,650	9.5%	2,685	13,222	-10,572	-80.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
New York
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	210,043		195,298	180,098
Male	123,684	58.9%	115,715	109,746	13,938	12.7%
Female	82,563	39.3%	75,993	67,299	15,264	22.7%
Information Not Available	3,796	1.8%	3,590	3,053	743	24.3%

Ethnicity	210,043		195,298	180,098
Hispanic or Latino	46,929	22.3%	43,582	39,715	7,214	18.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	144,394	68.7%	134,287	122,788	21,606	17.6%
Information Not Available	18,720	8.9%	17,429	17,595	1,125	6.4%

Race	210,043		195,298	180,098
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,444	1.2%	2,194	2,096	348	16.6%
Asian	12,973	6.2%	10,197	9,028	3,945	43.7%
Black or African American	43,326	20.6%	40,609	37,158	6,168	16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,013	0.5%	975	930	83	8.9%
White	110,325	52.5%	104,665	96,004	14,321	14.9%
Information Not Available	39,962	19.0%	36,658	34,882	5,080	14.6%

Years of Age	210,043		195,298	180,098
Younger than 22	4,941	2.4%	4,531	4,797	144	3.0%
22-24	10,577	5.0%	9,963	10,015	562	5.6%
25-34	57,242	27.3%	51,911	48,114	9,128	19.0%
35-44	50,351	24.0%	46,404	41,471	8,880	21.4%
45-54	37,827	18.0%	35,535	32,346	5,481	16.9%
55-59	18,394	8.8%	17,305	16,320	2,074	12.7%
60-64	16,355	7.8%	15,441	14,293	2,062	14.4%
65 and older	14,356	6.8%	14,208	12,742	1,614	12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	210,043		195,298	180,098
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	866	0.4%	822	842	24	2.9%
Mining	1,124	0.5%	1,087	888	236	26.6%
Utilities	239	0.1%	235	171	68	39.8%
Construction	32,328	15.3%	28,308	28,144	4,184	14.9%
Manufacturing	9,234	4.4%	8,584	8,971	263	2.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,686	2.7%	5,498	5,206	480	9.2%
Retail Trade	13,666	6.5%	13,108	12,795	871	6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,971	4.3%	8,414	7,237	1,734	24.0%
Information	7,722	3.7%	7,937	8,088	-366	-4.5%
Finance and Insurance	5,881	2.8%	5,711	5,120	761	14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,864	1.8%	3,676	3,592	272	7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,161	5.8%	12,016	10,345	1,816	17.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,380	0.7%	1,307	1,221	159	13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	32,570	15.4%	30,987	29,440	3,130	10.6%
Educational Services	4,386	2.1%	4,832	3,787	599	15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	29,195	13.8%	21,091	17,644	11,551	65.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,485	4.0%	8,411	7,996	489	6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,354	7.8%	17,875	14,523	1,831	12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,596	2.2%	4,723	4,442	154	3.5%
Public Administration	5,088	2.4%	4,912	4,773	315	6.6%
Information Not Available	6,247	3.0%	5,764	4,873	1,374	28.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Ohio
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,120		64,097	67,014
Male	45,449	69.8%	44,291	46,382	-933	-2.0%
Female	19,280	29.6%	19,436	20,212	-932	-4.6%
Information Not Available	391	0.6%	370	420	-29	-6.9%

Ethnicity	65,120		64,097	67,014
Hispanic or Latino	3,540	5.4%	3,484	3,602	-62	-1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,531	89.9%	57,640	60,037	-1,506	-2.5%
Information Not Available	3,049	4.7%	2,973	3,375	-326	-9.7%

Race	65,120		64,097	67,014
American Indian or Alaskan Native	250	0.4%	244	282	-32	-11.3%
Asian	603	0.9%	623	632	-29	-4.6%
Black or African American	10,697	16.4%	10,905	11,654	-957	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	90	0.1%	87	105	-15	-14.3%
White	48,871	75.0%	47,661	49,377	-506	-1.0%
Information Not Available	4,609	7.1%	4,577	4,964	-355	-7.2%

Years of Age	65,120		64,097	67,014
Younger than 22	1,670	2.6%	1,620	1,910	-240	-12.6%
22-24	2,721	4.2%	2,672	2,902	-181	-6.2%
25-34	13,756	21.1%	13,405	14,490	-734	-5.1%
35-44	15,191	23.3%	14,999	15,894	-703	-4.4%
45-54	14,542	22.3%	14,283	14,711	-169	-1.1%
55-59	7,352	11.3%	7,262	7,147	205	2.9%
60-64	5,974	9.2%	5,929	6,057	-83	-1.4%
65 and older	3,914	6.0%	3,927	3,903	11	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	65,120		64,097	67,014
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	353	0.5%	372	383	-30	-7.8%
Mining	270	0.4%	281	276	-6	-2.2%
Utilities	103	0.2%	88	104	-1	-1.0%
Construction	20,470	31.3%	19,019	20,196	274	1.4%
Manufacturing	10,013	15.3%	10,792	9,284	729	7.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,241	3.4%	2,218	2,832	-591	-20.9%
Retail Trade	1,966	3.0%	1,839	2,097	-131	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,218	4.9%	3,168	3,519	-301	-8.6%
Information	919	1.4%	884	991	-72	-7.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,359	2.1%	1,373	1,811	-452	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,031	1.6%	997	999	32	3.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,511	5.4%	3,507	3,514	-3	-0.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	935	1.4%	947	847	88	10.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,432	11.4%	7,447	8,110	-678	-8.4%
Educational Services	799	1.2%	856	789	10	1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,131	6.3%	3,957	4,052	79	1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,012	1.5%	1,041	1,060	-48	-4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,088	3.2%	2,141	2,396	-308	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,214	1.9%	1,163	1,351	-137	-10.1%
Public Administration	575	0.9%	545	562	13	2.3%
Information Not Available	1,480	2.3%	1,462	1,841	-361	-19.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Oklahoma
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,057		11,790	10,947
Male	6,552	54.3%	6,442	6,100	452	7.4%
Female	5,389	44.7%	5,242	4,795	594	12.4%
Information Not Available	116	1.0%	106	52	64	123.1%

Ethnicity	12,057		11,790	10,947
Hispanic or Latino	1,607	13.3%	1,540	1,493	114	7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,450	86.7%	10,250	9,454	996	10.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	12,057		11,790	10,947
American Indian or Alaskan Native	786	6.5%	827	580	206	35.5%
Asian	109	0.9%	132	48	61	127.1%
Black or African American	1,503	12.5%	1,621	1,199	304	25.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	29	17	5	29.4%
White	5,752	47.7%	5,322	3,354	2,398	71.5%
Information Not Available	3,885	32.2%	3,859	5,749	-1,864	-32.4%

Years of Age	12,057		11,790	10,947
Younger than 22	184	1.5%	164	160	24	15.0%
22-24	396	3.3%	428	375	21	5.6%
25-34	2,511	20.8%	2,625	2,372	139	5.9%
35-44	3,078	25.5%	3,037	2,769	309	11.2%
45-54	2,653	22.0%	2,608	2,497	156	6.2%
55-59	1,233	10.2%	1,113	1,133	100	8.8%
60-64	1,041	8.6%	1,009	889	152	17.1%
65 and older	961	8.0%	806	752	209	27.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,057		11,790	10,947
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.4%	75	56	-7	-12.5%
Mining	289	2.4%	278	239	50	20.9%
Utilities	35	0.3%	45	32	3	9.4%
Construction	953	7.9%	915	1,028	-75	-7.3%
Manufacturing	1,317	10.9%	1,337	1,389	-72	-5.2%
Wholesale Trade	549	4.5%	551	533	16	3.0%
Retail Trade	1,052	8.7%	1,162	1,093	-41	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	545	4.5%	472	517	28	5.4%
Information	260	2.1%	296	234	26	11.1%
Finance and Insurance	379	3.1%	379	331	48	14.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	223	1.8%	216	209	14	6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	993	8.2%	1,152	909	84	9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.5%	81	45	12	26.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,333	11.0%	1,459	1,366	-33	-2.4%
Educational Services	183	1.5%	209	267	-84	-31.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,246	10.3%	1,290	1,160	86	7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	217	1.8%	262	186	31	16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	685	5.7%	776	741	-56	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	375	3.1%	383	257	118	45.9%
Public Administration	421	3.5%	450	355	66	18.6%
Information Not Available	896	7.4%	2	0	896	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Oregon
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,438		37,933	35,185
Male	21,950	57.1%	21,654	20,837	1,113	5.3%
Female	13,983	36.4%	13,817	12,319	1,664	13.5%
Information Not Available	2,505	6.5%	2,462	2,029	476	23.5%

Ethnicity	38,438		37,933	35,185
Hispanic or Latino	5,444	14.2%	5,329	5,556	-112	-2.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,923	72.6%	27,634	25,297	2,626	10.4%
Information Not Available	5,071	13.2%	4,970	4,332	739	17.1%

Race	38,438		37,933	35,185
American Indian or Alaskan Native	618	1.6%	597	633	-15	-2.4%
Asian	1,220	3.2%	1,273	1,111	109	9.8%
Black or African American	1,292	3.4%	1,307	1,106	186	16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	259	0.7%	278	222	37	16.7%
White	24,425	63.5%	24,043	22,356	2,069	9.3%
Information Not Available	10,624	27.6%	10,435	9,757	867	8.9%

Years of Age	38,438		37,933	35,185
Younger than 22	577	1.5%	535	500	77	15.4%
22-24	1,290	3.4%	1,235	1,140	150	13.2%
25-34	8,385	21.8%	8,096	7,461	924	12.4%
35-44	10,285	26.8%	10,174	9,367	918	9.8%
45-54	8,362	21.8%	8,394	7,836	526	6.7%
55-59	3,868	10.1%	3,893	3,678	190	5.2%
60-64	3,146	8.2%	3,076	3,021	125	4.1%
65 and older	2,525	6.6%	2,530	2,182	343	15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,438		37,933	35,185
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,299	3.3%	1,355	1,286	13	1.0%
Mining	74	0.2%	75	95	-21	-22.1%
Utilities	94	0.2%	89	58	36	62.1%
Construction	6,836	17.2%	6,650	6,964	-128	-1.8%
Manufacturing	4,057	10.2%	4,286	4,390	-333	-7.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,458	3.7%	1,441	1,389	69	5.0%
Retail Trade	3,299	8.3%	3,033	2,713	586	21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,449	3.6%	1,326	1,222	227	18.6%
Information	993	2.5%	996	1,132	-139	-12.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,685	4.2%	1,656	1,348	337	25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	699	1.8%	672	591	108	18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,105	5.3%	2,147	1,912	193	10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	547	1.4%	550	361	186	51.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,744	9.4%	3,669	3,355	389	11.6%
Educational Services	924	2.3%	933	738	186	25.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,648	9.2%	3,502	2,657	991	37.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	642	1.6%	649	529	113	21.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,555	6.4%	2,543	2,506	49	2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,078	2.7%	1,110	889	189	21.3%
Public Administration	1,167	2.9%	1,158	958	209	21.8%
Information Not Available	85	0.2%	93	92	-7	-7.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Pennsylvania
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	116,275		113,865	118,957
Male	76,986	66.2%	73,129	78,116	-1,130	-1.4%
Female	39,287	33.8%	40,734	40,801	-1,514	-3.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	40	-38	-95.0%

Ethnicity	116,275		113,865	118,957
Hispanic or Latino	13,707	11.8%	13,232	13,563	144	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	98,804	85.0%	96,884	100,754	-1,950	-1.9%
Information Not Available	3,764	3.2%	3,749	4,640	-876	-18.9%

Race	116,275		113,865	118,957
American Indian or Alaskan Native	312	0.3%	326	460	-148	-32.2%
Asian	5,878	5.1%	5,190	1,585	4,293	270.9%
Black or African American	18,164	15.6%	18,853	18,653	-489	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	141	0.1%	149	222	-81	-36.5%
White	79,134	68.1%	76,715	83,285	-4,151	-5.0%
Information Not Available	12,646	10.9%	12,632	14,752	-2,106	-14.3%

Years of Age	116,275		113,865	118,957
Younger than 22	3,117	2.7%	2,961	3,305	-188	-5.7%
22-24	5,332	4.6%	5,135	5,668	-336	-5.9%
25-34	25,827	22.2%	25,307	26,714	-887	-3.3%
35-44	27,055	23.3%	26,434	27,079	-24	-0.1%
45-54	22,411	19.3%	21,938	23,048	-637	-2.8%
55-59	11,732	10.1%	11,357	12,147	-415	-3.4%
60-64	10,681	9.2%	10,392	11,198	-517	-4.6%
65 and older	10,053	8.6%	10,274	9,714	339	3.5%
Information Not Available	67	0.1%	67	84	-17	-20.2%

Industry	116,275		113,865	118,957
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	752	0.6%	811	810	-58	-7.2%
Mining	1,208	1.0%	1,169	1,464	-256	-17.5%
Utilities	192	0.2%	203	206	-14	-6.8%
Construction	25,997	22.2%	22,734	25,224	773	3.1%
Manufacturing	10,289	8.8%	10,532	10,966	-677	-6.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,538	3.0%	3,504	3,639	-101	-2.8%
Retail Trade	7,837	6.7%	7,874	7,417	420	5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,842	5.8%	6,459	6,384	458	7.2%
Information	1,637	1.4%	1,618	1,483	154	10.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,770	2.4%	2,781	2,588	182	7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,518	1.3%	1,452	1,416	102	7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,880	5.9%	7,079	6,865	15	0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,258	1.1%	1,358	1,327	-69	-5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,339	13.1%	14,684	15,089	250	1.7%
Educational Services	2,158	1.8%	2,209	1,774	384	21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,397	9.7%	11,700	11,670	-273	-2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,400	3.8%	4,443	4,358	42	1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,298	5.4%	7,310	6,614	-316	-4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,882	2.5%	2,825	3,131	-249	-8.0%
Public Administration	1,786	1.5%	1,741	1,633	153	9.4%
Information Not Available	1,297	1.1%	1,379	4,899	-3,602	-73.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Puerto Rico
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,786		0	5,300
Male	2,734	47.3%	0	2,466	268	10.9%
Female	3,052	52.7%	0	2,834	218	7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,786		0	5,300
Hispanic or Latino	5,591	96.6%	0	5,100	491	9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26	0.4%	0	22	4	18.2%
Information Not Available	169	2.9%	0	178	-9	-5.1%

Race	9,786		0	5,300
American Indian or Alaskan Native	103	1.1%	0	127	-24	-18.9%
Asian	9	0.1%	0	4	5	125.0%
Black or African American	438	4.5%	0	424	14	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.2%	0	11	10	90.9%
White	2,524	25.8%	0	2,538	-14	-0.6%
Information Not Available	6,691	68.4%	0	2,196	4,495	204.7%

Years of Age	5,786		0	5,300
Younger than 22	203	3.5%	0	185	18	9.7%
22-24	349	6.0%	0	321	28	8.7%
25-34	1,463	25.3%	0	1,345	118	8.8%
35-44	1,371	23.7%	0	1,237	134	10.8%
45-54	1,238	21.4%	0	1,144	94	8.2%
55-59	549	9.5%	0	493	56	11.4%
60-64	360	6.2%	0	341	19	5.6%
65 and older	252	4.4%	0	234	18	7.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	5,786		0	5,300
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	93	1.6%	0	117	-24	-20.5%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	1	1	100.0%
Utilities	66	1.1%	0	20	46	230.0%
Construction	513	8.7%	0	343	170	49.6%
Manufacturing	817	13.9%	0	1,182	-365	-30.9%
Wholesale Trade	156	2.7%	0	149	7	4.7%
Retail Trade	507	8.6%	0	490	17	3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	77	1.3%	0	64	13	20.3%
Information	103	1.8%	0	82	21	25.6%
Finance and Insurance	155	2.6%	0	76	79	103.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	2.0%	0	58	60	103.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	236	4.0%	0	193	43	22.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.5%	0	21	9	42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	990	16.8%	0	638	352	55.2%
Educational Services	205	3.5%	0	329	-124	-37.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	431	7.3%	0	323	108	33.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	54	0.9%	0	37	17	45.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	332	5.6%	0	275	57	20.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	102	1.7%	0	110	-8	-7.3%
Public Administration	328	5.6%	0	540	-212	-39.3%
Information Not Available	471	8.0%	0	252	219	86.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Rhode Island
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,584		13,775	14,072
Male	9,763	66.9%	8,808	9,298	465	5.0%
Female	4,821	33.1%	4,967	4,774	47	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,584		13,775	14,072
Hispanic or Latino	2,900	19.9%	2,862	2,855	45	1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,808	74.1%	10,094	10,397	411	4.0%
Information Not Available	876	6.0%	819	820	56	6.8%

Race	14,584		13,775	14,072
American Indian or Alaskan Native	194	1.3%	213	222	-28	-12.6%
Asian	231	1.6%	243	213	18	8.5%
Black or African American	1,497	10.3%	1,490	1,465	32	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.6%	84	82	0	0.0%
White	9,650	66.2%	8,924	9,222	428	4.6%
Information Not Available	2,930	20.1%	2,821	2,868	62	2.2%

Years of Age	14,584		13,775	14,072
Younger than 22	448	3.1%	422	503	-55	-10.9%
22-24	769	5.3%	737	753	16	2.1%
25-34	3,286	22.5%	3,159	3,297	-11	-0.3%
35-44	3,419	23.4%	3,235	3,218	201	6.2%
45-54	2,616	17.9%	2,461	2,592	24	0.9%
55-59	1,408	9.7%	1,318	1,334	74	5.5%
60-64	1,308	9.0%	1,237	1,201	107	8.9%
65 and older	1,330	9.1%	1,206	1,174	156	13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,584		13,775	14,072
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	192	1.3%	171	190	2	1.1%
Mining	56	0.4%	46	32	24	75.0%
Utilities	24	0.2%	30	32	-8	-25.0%
Construction	2,951	20.0%	2,346	2,627	324	12.3%
Manufacturing	873	5.9%	953	893	-20	-2.2%
Wholesale Trade	388	2.6%	351	409	-21	-5.1%
Retail Trade	810	5.5%	828	984	-174	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	523	3.5%	442	436	87	20.0%
Information	139	0.9%	146	106	33	31.1%
Finance and Insurance	318	2.2%	358	269	49	18.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	304	2.1%	271	257	47	18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	665	4.5%	695	574	91	15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	96	0.6%	113	135	-39	-28.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,877	19.5%	2,576	2,839	38	1.3%
Educational Services	276	1.9%	324	233	43	18.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,013	6.9%	1,041	1,000	13	1.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	654	4.4%	638	634	20	3.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,624	11.0%	1,688	1,682	-58	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	412	2.8%	392	396	16	4.0%
Public Administration	160	1.1%	168	158	2	1.3%
Information Not Available	229	1.5%	198	186	43	23.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
South Carolina
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,134		16,293	15,555
Male	7,671	47.5%	7,735	7,378	293	4.0%
Female	8,381	51.9%	8,470	8,078	303	3.8%
Information Not Available	82	0.5%	88	99	-17	-17.2%

Ethnicity	16,134		16,293	15,555
Hispanic or Latino	731	4.5%	724	693	38	5.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,219	88.1%	14,411	13,731	488	3.6%
Information Not Available	1,184	7.3%	1,158	1,131	53	4.7%

Race	16,134		16,293	15,555
American Indian or Alaskan Native	231	1.4%	205	155	76	49.0%
Asian	191	1.2%	169	193	-2	-1.0%
Black or African American	7,556	46.8%	7,694	7,106	450	6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.2%	37	33	6	18.2%
White	7,107	44.0%	7,154	7,075	32	0.5%
Information Not Available	1,010	6.3%	1,034	993	17	1.7%

Years of Age	16,134		16,293	15,555
Younger than 22	286	1.8%	326	313	-27	-8.6%
22-24	543	3.4%	594	585	-42	-7.2%
25-34	3,377	20.9%	3,344	3,400	-23	-0.7%
35-44	4,115	25.5%	4,156	3,861	254	6.6%
45-54	3,530	21.9%	3,570	3,469	61	1.8%
55-59	1,654	10.3%	1,625	1,560	94	6.0%
60-64	1,421	8.8%	1,422	1,308	113	8.6%
65 and older	1,208	7.5%	1,256	1,059	149	14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,134		16,293	15,555
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	77	0.5%	57	57	20	35.1%
Mining	12	0.1%	7	10	2	20.0%
Utilities	33	0.2%	33	20	13	65.0%
Construction	823	5.1%	786	726	97	13.4%
Manufacturing	2,191	13.5%	2,200	2,221	-30	-1.4%
Wholesale Trade	965	6.0%	887	968	-3	-0.3%
Retail Trade	1,012	6.2%	986	1,019	-7	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	642	4.0%	598	599	43	7.2%
Information	330	2.0%	305	373	-43	-11.5%
Finance and Insurance	504	3.1%	478	566	-62	-11.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	329	2.0%	329	321	8	2.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,174	7.2%	1,157	982	192	19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.8%	134	129	1	0.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,083	12.8%	2,034	1,952	131	6.7%
Educational Services	235	1.4%	264	211	24	11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,166	7.2%	1,153	1,016	150	14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	211	1.3%	265	175	36	20.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,618	10.0%	1,895	1,680	-62	-3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	412	2.5%	408	320	92	28.8%
Public Administration	269	1.7%	253	230	39	17.0%
Information Not Available	1,918	11.8%	2,064	1,980	-62	-3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
South Dakota
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,138		3,077	3,296
Male	2,449	78.0%	2,394	2,586	-137	-5.3%
Female	662	21.1%	663	710	-48	-6.8%
Information Not Available	27	0.9%	20	0	27	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,138		3,077	3,296
Hispanic or Latino	301	9.6%	310	271	30	11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,717	86.6%	2,644	2,829	-112	-4.0%
Information Not Available	120	3.8%	123	196	-76	-38.8%

Race	3,138		3,077	3,296
American Indian or Alaskan Native	290	9.2%	280	273	17	6.2%
Asian	12	0.4%	16	6	6	100.0%
Black or African American	98	3.1%	93	100	-2	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.4%	9	3	8	266.7%
White	2,422	77.2%	2,387	2,505	-83	-3.3%
Information Not Available	305	9.7%	292	409	-104	-25.4%

Years of Age	3,138		3,077	3,296
Younger than 22	115	3.7%	99	64	51	79.7%
22-24	142	4.5%	145	152	-10	-6.6%
25-34	610	19.4%	577	620	-10	-1.6%
35-44	651	20.7%	663	709	-58	-8.2%
45-54	559	17.8%	553	614	-55	-9.0%
55-59	301	9.6%	305	313	-12	-3.8%
60-64	326	10.4%	321	371	-45	-12.1%
65 and older	412	13.1%	394	453	-41	-9.1%
Information Not Available	22	0.7%	20	0	22	0.0%

Industry	3,138		3,077	3,296
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.6%	13	28	-9	-32.1%
Mining	89	2.8%	91	87	2	2.3%
Utilities	5	0.2%	2	1	4	400.0%
Construction	1,351	42.8%	1,321	1,315	36	2.7%
Manufacturing	207	6.6%	195	306	-99	-32.4%
Wholesale Trade	101	3.2%	92	120	-19	-15.8%
Retail Trade	141	4.5%	152	159	-18	-11.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	115	3.6%	116	134	-19	-14.2%
Information	21	0.7%	23	24	-3	-12.5%
Finance and Insurance	72	2.3%	76	70	2	2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25	0.8%	28	25	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	107	3.4%	100	99	8	8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.2%	3	6	-1	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	229	7.3%	209	243	-14	-5.8%
Educational Services	28	0.9%	22	33	-5	-15.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	104	3.3%	101	117	-13	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45	1.4%	39	39	6	15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	115	3.6%	118	168	-53	-31.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38	1.2%	38	42	-4	-9.5%
Public Administration	103	3.3%	113	120	-17	-14.2%
Information Not Available	218	6.9%	225	160	58	36.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Tennessee
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,898		19,592	19,161
Male	8,036	42.5%	8,300	8,522	-486	-5.7%
Female	8,178	43.3%	8,228	7,981	197	2.5%
Information Not Available	2,684	14.2%	3,064	2,658	26	1.0%

Ethnicity	18,898		19,592	19,161
Hispanic or Latino	688	3.6%	685	698	-10	-1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,495	76.7%	14,833	14,755	-260	-1.8%
Information Not Available	3,715	19.7%	4,074	3,708	7	0.2%

Race	18,898		19,592	19,161
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.5%	110	91	5	5.5%
Asian	159	0.8%	182	159	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5,540	29.3%	5,539	5,521	19	0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.2%	44	46	-5	-10.9%
White	9,657	51.1%	9,908	9,981	-324	-3.2%
Information Not Available	3,405	18.0%	3,809	3,363	42	1.2%

Years of Age	18,898		19,592	19,161
Younger than 22	786	4.2%	820	778	8	1.0%
22-24	1,026	5.4%	989	1,006	20	2.0%
25-34	4,377	23.2%	4,635	4,517	-140	-3.1%
35-44	4,389	23.2%	4,540	4,435	-46	-1.0%
45-54	3,709	19.6%	3,842	3,816	-107	-2.8%
55-59	1,770	9.4%	1,868	1,716	54	3.1%
60-64	1,415	7.5%	1,474	1,527	-112	-7.3%
65 and older	1,426	7.5%	1,424	1,366	60	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,898		19,592	19,161
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.3%	53	50	7	14.0%
Mining	66	0.3%	65	59	7	11.9%
Utilities	19	0.1%	19	20	-1	-5.0%
Construction	1,655	8.7%	1,700	1,667	-12	-0.7%
Manufacturing	2,396	12.6%	2,629	2,986	-590	-19.8%
Wholesale Trade	728	3.8%	737	810	-82	-10.1%
Retail Trade	1,507	8.0%	1,576	1,403	104	7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,171	6.2%	1,133	1,221	-50	-4.1%
Information	367	1.9%	387	378	-11	-2.9%
Finance and Insurance	461	2.4%	447	490	-29	-5.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	287	1.5%	339	307	-20	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,138	6.0%	1,160	1,023	115	11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	350	1.8%	326	310	40	12.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,050	10.8%	2,089	2,044	6	0.3%
Educational Services	214	1.1%	236	194	20	10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,563	8.2%	1,451	1,282	281	21.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,034	5.5%	1,092	952	82	8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,322	7.0%	1,462	1,273	49	3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	398	2.1%	423	451	-53	-11.8%
Public Administration	210	1.1%	229	245	-35	-14.3%
Information Not Available	1,905	10.1%	2,039	1,996	-91	-4.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Texas
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	149,605		150,433	143,041
Male	80,826	54.0%	82,822	77,735	3,091	4.0%
Female	68,452	45.8%	67,281	65,031	3,421	5.3%
Information Not Available	327	0.2%	330	275	52	18.9%

Ethnicity	149,605		150,433	143,041
Hispanic or Latino	47,412	31.7%	50,254	45,032	2,380	5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,670	58.6%	85,677	83,873	3,797	4.5%
Information Not Available	14,523	9.7%	14,502	14,136	387	2.7%

Race	149,605		150,433	143,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	630	0.4%	627	602	28	4.7%
Asian	5,852	3.9%	5,444	5,283	569	10.8%
Black or African American	36,280	24.3%	35,495	35,451	829	2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,598	1.7%	2,365	2,581	17	0.7%
White	43,671	29.2%	42,912	41,474	2,197	5.3%
Information Not Available	60,574	40.5%	63,590	57,650	2,924	5.1%

Years of Age	149,605		150,433	143,041
Younger than 22	2,489	1.7%	2,584	2,766	-277	-10.0%
22-24	5,762	3.9%	6,104	5,949	-187	-3.1%
25-34	35,149	23.5%	36,129	34,742	407	1.2%
35-44	37,555	25.1%	37,494	35,403	2,152	6.1%
45-54	32,097	21.5%	32,146	30,704	1,393	4.5%
55-59	14,635	9.8%	14,338	13,476	1,159	8.6%
60-64	11,829	7.9%	11,812	11,221	608	5.4%
65 and older	9,512	6.4%	9,199	8,329	1,183	14.2%
Information Not Available	577	0.4%	627	451	126	27.9%

Industry	149,605		150,433	143,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	374	0.2%	351	537	-163	-30.4%
Mining	3,222	2.1%	3,559	3,099	123	4.0%
Utilities	721	0.5%	645	598	123	20.6%
Construction	18,481	12.3%	21,645	15,953	2,528	15.8%
Manufacturing	11,749	7.8%	10,254	10,073	1,676	16.6%
Wholesale Trade	7,550	5.0%	7,403	8,006	-456	-5.7%
Retail Trade	9,746	6.5%	9,083	9,883	-137	-1.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,632	4.4%	6,044	6,543	89	1.4%
Information	4,163	2.8%	3,647	3,349	814	24.3%
Finance and Insurance	8,458	5.6%	8,203	7,584	874	11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,106	2.1%	3,196	3,056	50	1.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	17,178	11.5%	17,063	17,246	-68	-0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,888	1.3%	1,684	1,841	47	2.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,456	15.6%	23,362	23,054	402	1.7%
Educational Services	3,261	2.2%	3,414	2,817	444	15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,652	7.8%	11,366	11,284	368	3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,223	0.8%	1,007	966	257	26.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,899	3.9%	6,400	6,710	-811	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,716	2.5%	4,702	3,876	-160	-4.1%
Public Administration	1,746	1.2%	1,817	1,383	363	26.2%
Information Not Available	5,384	3.6%	5,588	5,183	201	3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Utah
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,450		18,602	17,574
Male	11,693	63.4%	11,851	11,159	534	4.8%
Female	6,080	33.0%	6,054	5,814	266	4.6%
Information Not Available	677	3.7%	697	601	76	12.6%

Ethnicity	18,450		18,602	17,574
Hispanic or Latino	3,520	19.1%	3,491	3,549	-29	-0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,774	74.7%	13,925	13,048	726	5.6%
Information Not Available	1,156	6.3%	1,186	977	179	18.3%

Race	18,450		18,602	17,574
American Indian or Alaskan Native	663	3.6%	679	611	52	8.5%
Asian	447	2.4%	456	478	-31	-6.5%
Black or African American	520	2.8%	525	509	11	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	412	2.2%	420	494	-82	-16.6%
White	13,560	73.5%	13,714	12,762	798	6.3%
Information Not Available	2,848	15.4%	2,808	2,720	128	4.7%

Years of Age	18,450		18,602	17,574
Younger than 22	556	3.0%	597	557	-1	-0.2%
22-24	996	5.4%	1,032	1,006	-10	-1.0%
25-34	4,706	25.5%	4,750	4,712	-6	-0.1%
35-44	4,483	24.3%	4,518	4,283	200	4.7%
45-54	3,810	20.7%	3,813	3,509	301	8.6%
55-59	1,641	8.9%	1,639	1,399	242	17.3%
60-64	1,332	7.2%	1,317	1,269	63	5.0%
65 and older	926	5.0%	936	839	87	10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,450		18,602	17,574
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70	0.4%	37	56	14	25.0%
Mining	187	1.0%	194	128	59	46.1%
Utilities	49	0.3%	36	34	15	44.1%
Construction	3,488	18.8%	3,620	3,127	361	11.5%
Manufacturing	1,680	9.1%	1,608	1,534	146	9.5%
Wholesale Trade	767	4.1%	767	703	64	9.1%
Retail Trade	1,376	7.4%	1,341	1,544	-168	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	793	4.3%	727	733	60	8.2%
Information	775	4.2%	814	643	132	20.5%
Finance and Insurance	623	3.4%	601	630	-7	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	266	1.4%	267	253	13	5.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,561	8.4%	1,572	1,550	11	0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.5%	87	88	5	5.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,839	15.3%	2,868	2,813	26	0.9%
Educational Services	412	2.2%	455	350	62	17.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	839	4.5%	798	723	116	16.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	261	1.4%	290	256	5	2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	923	5.0%	1,041	973	-50	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	332	1.8%	341	311	21	6.8%
Public Administration	496	2.7%	478	430	66	15.3%
Information Not Available	620	3.3%	660	695	-75	-10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Virginia
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,759		24,134	21,149
Male	12,201	51.4%	12,263	11,143	1,058	9.5%
Female	11,558	48.6%	11,871	10,006	1,552	15.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,759		24,134	21,149
Hispanic or Latino	1,776	7.5%	1,719	1,572	204	13.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,929	83.9%	20,348	17,552	2,377	13.5%
Information Not Available	2,054	8.6%	2,067	2,025	29	1.4%

Race	23,759		24,134	21,149
American Indian or Alaskan Native	133	0.6%	127	126	7	5.6%
Asian	1,561	6.6%	1,579	1,051	510	48.5%
Black or African American	9,195	38.7%	9,189	8,310	885	10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.2%	55	33	26	78.8%
White	11,017	46.4%	11,457	10,034	983	9.8%
Information Not Available	1,794	7.6%	1,727	1,595	199	12.5%

Years of Age	23,759		24,134	21,149
Younger than 22	222	0.9%	197	196	26	13.3%
22-24	631	2.7%	607	624	7	1.1%
25-34	4,928	20.7%	5,040	4,486	442	9.9%
35-44	6,073	25.6%	6,099	5,365	708	13.2%
45-54	5,162	21.7%	5,360	4,534	628	13.9%
55-59	2,560	10.8%	2,571	2,251	309	13.7%
60-64	2,264	9.5%	2,346	2,088	176	8.4%
65 and older	1,919	8.1%	1,914	1,605	314	19.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,759		24,134	21,149
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	0.4%	30	99	4	4.0%
Mining	45	0.2%	40	36	9	25.0%
Utilities	18	0.1%	27	18	0	0.0%
Construction	1,496	6.3%	1,304	1,429	67	4.7%
Manufacturing	1,152	4.8%	1,915	1,509	-357	-23.7%
Wholesale Trade	563	2.4%	589	539	24	4.5%
Retail Trade	1,193	5.0%	1,143	1,132	61	5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	541	2.3%	527	445	96	21.6%
Information	548	2.3%	546	402	146	36.3%
Finance and Insurance	861	3.6%	863	834	27	3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	302	1.3%	286	283	19	6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,741	15.7%	3,675	2,396	1,345	56.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	204	0.9%	178	185	19	10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,940	8.1%	1,860	1,707	233	13.6%
Educational Services	377	1.6%	373	263	114	43.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,304	5.5%	1,176	1,192	112	9.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	221	0.9%	230	218	3	1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	849	3.6%	987	737	112	15.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	579	2.4%	546	532	47	8.8%
Public Administration	271	1.1%	247	236	35	14.8%
Information Not Available	7,451	31.2%	7,592	6,957	494	7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Virgin Islands
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	110		139	108
Male	62	56.4%	77	59	3	5.1%
Female	48	43.6%	62	49	-1	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	105		130	100
Hispanic or Latino	9	8.6%	12	10	-1	-10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95	90.5%	116	88	7	8.0%
Information Not Available	1	1.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%

Race	105		130	100
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	87	82.9%	104	80	7	8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
White	8	7.6%	12	8	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	10	9.5%	13	11	-1	-9.1%

Years of Age	110		139	108
Younger than 22	2	1.8%	1	0	2	0.0%
22-24	7	6.4%	2	3	4	133.3%
25-34	14	12.7%	25	19	-5	-26.3%
35-44	26	23.6%	30	23	3	13.0%
45-54	23	20.9%	20	24	-1	-4.2%
55-59	14	12.7%	27	18	-4	-22.2%
60-64	16	14.5%	18	11	5	45.5%
65 and older	8	7.3%	15	8	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	110		139	108
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	13.4%	25	21	-4	-19.0%
Mining	3	2.4%	0	0	3	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	36	28.3%	39	32	4	12.5%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.8%	3	2	-1	-50.0%
Retail Trade	16	12.6%	6	3	13	433.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2	1.6%	2	1	1	100.0%
Information	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.8%	1	1	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.8%	3	2	-1	-50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1	0.8%	8	9	-8	-88.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	2.4%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2	1.6%	6	4	-2	-50.0%
Educational Services	1	0.8%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4	3.1%	9	6	-2	-33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	1.6%	0	0	2	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	11	8.7%	21	11	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4	3.1%	4	3	1	33.3%
Public Administration	4	3.1%	4	4	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.8%	0	1	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Vermont
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,696		3,600	3,602
Male	2,660	72.0%	2,534	2,618	42	1.6%
Female	1,036	28.0%	1,066	984	52	5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,696		3,600	3,602
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,695	100.0%	3,599	3,601	94	2.6%

Race	3,696		3,600	3,602
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,695	100.0%	3,599	3,601	94	2.6%

Years of Age	3,696		3,600	3,602
Younger than 22	68	1.8%	42	53	15	28.3%
22-24	127	3.4%	104	113	14	12.4%
25-34	640	17.3%	609	601	39	6.5%
35-44	815	22.1%	828	865	-50	-5.8%
45-54	738	20.0%	732	772	-34	-4.4%
55-59	452	12.2%	436	379	73	19.3%
60-64	394	10.7%	384	357	37	10.4%
65 and older	462	12.5%	465	462	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,696		3,600	3,602
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	66	1.8%	58	68	-2	-2.9%
Mining	45	1.2%	47	50	-5	-10.0%
Utilities	6	0.2%	6	4	2	50.0%
Construction	1,107	29.4%	955	1,188	-81	-6.8%
Manufacturing	383	10.2%	492	358	25	7.0%
Wholesale Trade	133	3.5%	123	125	8	6.4%
Retail Trade	301	8.0%	278	259	42	16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	74	2.0%	53	78	-4	-5.1%
Information	59	1.6%	52	41	18	43.9%
Finance and Insurance	44	1.2%	52	33	11	33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	1.0%	35	42	-6	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	245	6.5%	244	233	12	5.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.3%	7	8	3	37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	414	11.0%	411	398	16	4.0%
Educational Services	63	1.7%	70	73	-10	-13.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	213	5.7%	219	193	20	10.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	2.9%	92	103	7	6.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	239	6.4%	265	208	31	14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86	2.3%	74	81	5	6.2%
Public Administration	60	1.6%	67	59	1	1.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Washington
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,971		88,285	82,190
Male	55,242	64.3%	57,135	53,743	1,499	2.8%
Female	30,327	35.3%	30,743	28,000	2,327	8.3%
Information Not Available	402	0.5%	407	447	-45	-10.1%

Ethnicity	85,971		88,285	82,190
Hispanic or Latino	16,108	18.7%	16,931	15,685	423	2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,111	72.2%	63,382	59,263	2,848	4.8%
Information Not Available	7,752	9.0%	7,972	7,242	510	7.0%

Race	85,971		88,285	82,190
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,088	3.6%	3,129	2,873	215	7.5%
Asian	6,857	8.0%	6,794	6,218	639	10.3%
Black or African American	6,488	7.5%	6,779	6,113	375	6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,608	1.9%	1,688	1,537	71	4.6%
White	56,624	65.9%	58,169	54,750	1,874	3.4%
Information Not Available	11,306	13.2%	11,726	10,699	607	5.7%

Years of Age	85,971		88,285	82,190
Younger than 22	2,118	2.5%	2,260	2,148	-30	-1.4%
22-24	3,909	4.5%	4,050	3,668	241	6.6%
25-34	20,517	23.9%	21,135	20,068	449	2.2%
35-44	21,905	25.5%	22,261	20,764	1,141	5.5%
45-54	17,805	20.7%	18,354	16,754	1,051	6.3%
55-59	8,512	9.9%	8,835	8,058	454	5.6%
60-64	6,691	7.8%	6,860	6,642	49	0.7%
65 and older	4,514	5.3%	4,530	4,088	426	10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	85,971		88,285	82,190
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,686	4.1%	4,060	3,184	502	15.8%
Mining	90	0.1%	82	103	-13	-12.6%
Utilities	213	0.2%	233	162	51	31.5%
Construction	19,111	21.3%	20,000	16,715	2,396	14.3%
Manufacturing	6,842	7.6%	7,394	7,886	-1,044	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,867	4.3%	3,924	3,304	563	17.0%
Retail Trade	5,662	6.3%	5,555	4,228	1,434	33.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,625	4.0%	3,315	2,305	1,320	57.3%
Information	3,263	3.6%	3,586	2,487	776	31.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,885	2.1%	1,921	1,480	405	27.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,715	1.9%	1,728	1,283	432	33.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,950	7.8%	7,063	5,061	1,889	37.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,389	1.5%	854	121	1,268	1047.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,413	8.3%	7,735	6,173	1,240	20.1%
Educational Services	1,632	1.8%	1,791	1,326	306	23.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,481	7.2%	6,459	4,368	2,113	48.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,389	1.5%	1,491	925	464	50.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,392	4.9%	4,485	3,069	1,323	43.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,968	3.3%	3,158	2,346	622	26.5%
Public Administration	2,253	2.5%	2,363	1,896	357	18.8%
Information Not Available	1,145	1.3%	1,088	13,768	-12,623	-91.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Wisconsin
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,442		33,859	35,947
Male	22,685	69.9%	23,563	25,684	-2,999	-11.7%
Female	9,687	29.9%	10,221	10,235	-548	-5.4%
Information Not Available	70	0.2%	75	28	42	150.0%

Ethnicity	32,442		33,859	35,947
Hispanic or Latino	3,244	10.0%	3,362	3,224	20	0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,887	86.0%	29,085	31,357	-3,470	-11.1%
Information Not Available	1,311	4.0%	1,412	1,366	-55	-4.0%

Race	33,315		34,752	35,947
American Indian or Alaskan Native	670	2.0%	751	611	59	9.7%
Asian	509	1.5%	485	431	78	18.1%
Black or African American	3,898	11.7%	4,229	3,872	26	0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.2%	59	65	-6	-9.2%
White	24,953	74.9%	25,956	29,602	-4,649	-15.7%
Information Not Available	3,226	9.7%	3,272	1,366	1,860	136.2%

Years of Age	32,442		33,859	35,947
Younger than 22	1,304	4.0%	1,422	924	380	41.1%
22-24	1,602	4.9%	1,746	1,812	-210	-11.6%
25-34	6,738	20.8%	7,018	7,530	-792	-10.5%
35-44	7,330	22.6%	7,689	8,126	-796	-9.8%
45-54	6,802	21.0%	6,899	7,526	-724	-9.6%
55-59	3,313	10.2%	3,470	3,691	-378	-10.2%
60-64	3,008	9.3%	3,082	3,570	-562	-15.7%
65 and older	2,310	7.1%	2,498	2,768	-458	-16.5%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	35	0	35	0.0%

Industry	32,442		33,859	35,947
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	279	0.9%	328	338	-59	-17.5%
Mining	116	0.4%	137	133	-17	-12.8%
Utilities	74	0.2%	71	79	-5	-6.3%
Construction	9,125	27.9%	9,819	10,667	-1,542	-14.5%
Manufacturing	3,555	10.9%	3,616	4,899	-1,344	-27.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,017	3.1%	1,021	1,150	-133	-11.6%
Retail Trade	2,016	6.2%	2,077	2,168	-152	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,717	5.2%	1,836	1,927	-210	-10.9%
Information	386	1.2%	376	395	-9	-2.3%
Finance and Insurance	583	1.8%	527	687	-104	-15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	315	1.0%	297	341	-26	-7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,048	3.2%	1,049	1,100	-52	-4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	273	0.8%	258	327	-54	-16.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,407	13.5%	4,304	4,316	91	2.1%
Educational Services	357	1.1%	418	349	8	2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,014	6.2%	2,098	2,168	-154	-7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	799	2.4%	829	773	26	3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,657	5.1%	1,964	1,610	47	2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	525	1.6%	527	629	-104	-16.5%
Public Administration	576	1.8%	606	561	15	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,603	4.9%	1,701	1,330	273	20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
West Virginia
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,197		8,913	9,371
Male	7,876	77.2%	6,518	7,020	856	12.2%
Female	2,317	22.7%	2,390	2,348	-31	-1.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	10,197		8,913	9,371
Hispanic or Latino	225	2.2%	210	195	30	15.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,050	88.8%	7,945	8,397	653	7.8%
Information Not Available	922	9.0%	758	779	143	18.4%

Race	10,197		8,913	9,371
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30	0.3%	20	25	5	20.0%
Asian	29	0.3%	38	29	0	0.0%
Black or African American	430	4.2%	404	443	-13	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	11	7	7	100.0%
White	8,756	85.9%	7,672	8,069	687	8.5%
Information Not Available	938	9.2%	768	798	140	17.5%

Years of Age	10,197		8,913	9,371
Younger than 22	282	2.8%	189	193	89	46.1%
22-24	490	4.8%	416	424	66	15.6%
25-34	2,193	21.5%	1,827	2,013	180	8.9%
35-44	2,204	21.6%	1,998	2,073	131	6.3%
45-54	2,304	22.6%	2,081	2,185	119	5.4%
55-59	1,111	10.9%	952	982	129	13.1%
60-64	916	9.0%	795	823	93	11.3%
65 and older	697	6.8%	655	678	19	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,197		8,913	9,371
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	0.4%	25	44	-4	-9.1%
Mining	467	4.6%	319	305	162	53.1%
Utilities	17	0.2%	15	25	-8	-32.0%
Construction	3,933	38.4%	2,727	3,291	642	19.5%
Manufacturing	636	6.2%	843	572	64	11.2%
Wholesale Trade	208	2.0%	242	186	22	11.8%
Retail Trade	501	4.9%	491	571	-70	-12.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	374	3.7%	321	363	11	3.0%
Information	75	0.7%	77	87	-12	-13.8%
Finance and Insurance	118	1.2%	110	138	-20	-14.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	0.9%	103	115	-18	-15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	480	4.7%	451	414	66	15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.3%	20	16	17	106.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	980	9.6%	909	992	-12	-1.2%
Educational Services	82	0.8%	101	73	9	12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	590	5.8%	522	568	22	3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	145	1.4%	134	155	-10	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	468	4.6%	515	516	-48	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	205	2.0%	234	283	-78	-27.6%
Public Administration	153	1.5%	166	146	7	4.8%
Information Not Available	595	5.8%	588	511	84	16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants
Wyoming
	Feb 2026	Percent	Jan 2026	Feb 2025	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,789		2,795	2,942
Male	1,905	68.3%	1,905	2,126	-221	-10.4%
Female	884	31.7%	890	816	68	8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,789		2,795	2,942
Hispanic or Latino	408	14.6%	419	411	-3	-0.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,271	81.4%	2,266	2,426	-155	-6.4%
Information Not Available	110	3.9%	110	105	5	4.8%

Race	2,789		2,795	2,942
American Indian or Alaskan Native	64	2.3%	74	40	24	60.0%
Asian	16	0.6%	17	4	12	300.0%
Black or African American	48	1.7%	42	37	11	29.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	3	5	-4	-80.0%
White	2,194	78.7%	2,185	2,352	-158	-6.7%
Information Not Available	466	16.7%	474	504	-38	-7.5%

Years of Age	2,789		2,795	2,942
Younger than 22	51	1.8%	61	64	-13	-20.3%
22-24	131	4.7%	127	142	-11	-7.7%
25-34	504	18.1%	560	562	-58	-10.3%
35-44	681	24.4%	662	645	36	5.6%
45-54	577	20.7%	551	637	-60	-9.4%
55-59	266	9.5%	283	273	-7	-2.6%
60-64	278	10.0%	264	303	-25	-8.3%
65 and older	301	10.8%	287	316	-15	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,789		2,795	2,942
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.7%	21	21	0	0.0%
Mining	164	5.8%	160	190	-26	-13.7%
Utilities	6	0.2%	5	7	-1	-14.3%
Construction	879	31.3%	863	1,062	-183	-17.2%
Manufacturing	126	4.5%	128	143	-17	-11.9%
Wholesale Trade	77	2.7%	76	60	17	28.3%
Retail Trade	216	7.7%	211	224	-8	-3.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	124	4.4%	110	106	18	17.0%
Information	29	1.0%	27	32	-3	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	37	1.3%	35	33	4	12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	44	1.6%	37	42	2	4.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	91	3.2%	98	116	-25	-21.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.2%	4	4	1	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	264	9.4%	271	274	-10	-3.6%
Educational Services	48	1.7%	42	38	10	26.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	172	6.1%	177	150	22	14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45	1.6%	42	46	-1	-2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	200	7.1%	247	185	15	8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	62	2.2%	68	43	19	44.2%
Public Administration	117	4.2%	99	71	46	64.8%
Information Not Available	62	2.2%	74	95	-33	-34.7%