Characteristics of Initial Claimants, 2008, Labor Market Information RI Department of Labor and Training

Total	11,475	9,169	6,388	7,815	5,633	8,584	7,529	6,145	6,424	6,151	7,369	11,079
Male	6,864	4,492	3,541	3,226	3,024	3,495	3,748	3,279	3,846	3,859	4,764	6,879
Female	4,611	4,677	2,847	4,589	2,609	5,089	3,781	2,866	2,578	2,292	2,605	4,200

Age	11,475	9,169	6,388	7,815	5,633	8,584	7,529	6,145	6,424	6,151	7,369	11,079
Under 22	700	410	389	342	326	345	434	384	410	460	569	516
22 - 24	823	512	457	395	382	483	468	464	477	430	553	656
25 - 34	2,453	1,572	1,403	1,357	1,207	1,744	1,547	1,368	1,414	1,316	1,599	2,217
35 - 44	2,802	2,290	1,546	1,837	1,354	2,095	1,809	1,509	1,543	1,435	1,711	2,628
45 - 54	2,761	2,449	1,583	2,129	1,364	2,180	1,886	1,442	1,579	1,472	1,762	2,859
55 - 59	883	850	512	741	504	793	673	507	517	550	600	1,035
60 - 64	597	561	303	503	303	480	455	295	314	305	347	681
65 or over	456	524	196	512	194	464	257	177	171	182	228	488

Education	11,475	9,169	6,388	7,815	5,633	8,584	7,529	6,145	6,424	6,151	7,369	11,079
Less than 9th Grade	453	388	292	323	257	247	339	260	283	303	326	558
9th to 12th, no diploma	1,163	954	625	768	611	703	778	589	673	604	739	1,216
High School Graduate	4,967	4,395	2,732	3,660	2,388	3,521	3,085	2,540	2,776	2,612	3,112	4,817
Some College	1,745	1,344	1,111	1,204	1,039	1,391	1,236	1,121	1,206	1,075	1,301	1,719
Bachelor's Degree	712	511	441	517	406	1,030	578	508	458	468	553	631
Beyond Bachelor's	631	433	405	378	392	886	544	463	415	390	569	628
Information Not Available	1,804	1,145	782	966	541	805	969	664	614	699	768	1,510

Industry	11,475	9,169	6,388	7,815	5,633	8,584	7,529	6,145	6,424	6,151	7,369	11,079
Agriculture/Forestry	79	9	11	2	6	8	7	10	8	8	45	104
Mining	53	27	9	7	2	4	14	11	2	14	26	36
Utilities	11	7	8	14	2	4	1	1	4	3	11	3
Construction	1,901	1,318	841	569	665	616	768	695	831	757	1,106	1,679
Manufacturing	1,566	1,006	953	955	1,032	839	1,241	844	1,131	960	1,167	1,960
Wholesale Trade	312	228	161	166	141	173	217	162	158	186	198	228
Retail Trade	828	526	652	448	427	426	407	395	478	391	454	507
Transportation & Warehousing	369	1,033	221	1,002	146	860	438	389	150	122	170	762
Information	64	47	81	48	52	48	67	52	84	75	65	82
Finance & Insurance	260	196	215	199	232	206	250	197	209	182	223	159
Real Estate	109	98	87	73	86	92	88	76	70	60	100	121
Professional & Tech. Services	216	188	194	251	173	225	189	141	169	168	224	222
Management of Companies	119	79	55	6	12	4	6	18	15	21	31	30
Administrative & Waste Services	958	718	436	491	395	452	462	345	373	416	683	1,226
Educational Services	71	98	48	60	60	728	247	145	104	58	54	88
Health Care & Social Assistance	470	449	526	488	440	859	482	571	513	331	339	357
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation	345	100	116	60	74	88	103	101	55	95	258	253
Accommodation & Food Services	1,142	1,226	552	1,072	401	947	505	318	328	330	519	1,141
Other Services	248	167	161	129	168	269	215	217	174	178	169	167
Public Administration	113	135	48	143	19	212	94	33	41	17	37	92
Information Not Available	2,242	1,515	1,014	1,632	1,100	1,525	1,730	1,423	1,526	1,777	1,488	1,862

Occupation	11,475	9,169	6,388	7,815	5,633	8,584	7,529	6,145	6,424	6,151	7,369	11,079
Management	673	434	445	343	341	470	431	373	423	416	475	535
Business & Financial Operations	207	124	149	191	160	128	217	135	145	140	144	145
Computer & Mathematical	52	46	72	48	43	79	55	50	41	58	67	71
Architecture & Engineering	78	69	54	57	44	47	47	38	54	62	72	90
Life, Physical & Social Science	41	25	26	18	25	37	26	17	32	28	24	38
Community & Social Services	50	38	46	44	54	126	71	60	68	27	34	45
Legal	18	31	21	15	13	24	31	10	21	13	17	13
Education, Training & Library	98	121	52	97	109	1,116	315	209	123	58	56	92
Arts, Design, Ent., Sports & Media	134	82	93	105	110	119	111	87	76	88	87	109
Healthcare Practitioner & Technical	103	79	112	113	99	122	116	118	124	96	87	71
Healthcare Support	200	139	155	148	153	156	146	182	143	114	119	114
Protective Service	128	178	48	182	61	159	77	66	77	75	59	118
Food Preparation & Serving Related	1,133	1,084	501	981	338	952	539	320	340	330	460	936
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maint.	550	191	131	80	67	118	111	119	120	167	450	833
Personal Care & Service	194	193	94	192	109	238	143	130	82	93	107	130
Sales & Related	608	421	342	381	305	304	316	262	333	302	327	384
Office & Administrative Support	1,363	977	1,023	942	832	986	985	810	797	793	864	935
Farming, Fishing & Forestry	60	6	12	3	13	10	8	6	5	15	37	53
Construction & Extraction	1,362	769	497	324	363	381	492	459	578	491	735	1,053
Installation, Maintenance & Repair	385	273	228	201	174	180	175	196	244	218	240	291
Production	1,678	1,052	944	983	1,000	836	1,288	873	1,032	967	1,171	1,762
Transportation & Material Moving	940	1,604	475	1,455	351	1,118	728	586	393	370	467	1,203
Military Specific	10	7	12	11	8	6	22	18	14	21	13	14
Information Not Available	1,410	1,225	858	902	860	873	1,078	1,023	1,160	1,209	1,258	2,043