Characteristics of Initial Claimants, 2009, Labor Market Information RI Department of Labor and Training

Total	11,703	12,586	15,491	10,381	6,927	9,144	10,934	7,398	6,605	6,909	7,264	10,776
Male	7,099	6,607	9,163	4,974	3,926	4,292	5,855	4,188	3,975	4,350	4,669	6,616
Female	4,604	5,979	6,328	5,407	3,001	4,852	5,079	3,210	2,630	2,559	2,595	4,160

Age	11,703	12,586	15,491	10,381	6,927	9,144	10,934	7,398	6,605	6,909	7,264	10,776
Under 22	304	346	565	286	245	281	355	295	326	345	389	461
22 - 24	561	655	920	556	472	480	569	514	475	560	555	642
25 - 34	2,278	2,276	3,290	1,811	1,431	1,897	2,154	1,574	1,577	1,574	1,663	2,183
35 - 44	2,691	2,664	3,507	2,184	1,545	2,088	2,397	1,666	1,439	1,448	1,533	2,486
45 - 54	3,147	3,493	3,973	2,910	1,713	2,346	2,859	1,832	1,575	1,654	1,753	2,811
55 - 59	1,243	1,404	1,477	1,086	695	943	1,182	742	591	655	636	1,052
60 - 64	852	961	1,085	810	466	600	811	488	379	390	422	638
65 or over	626	787	676	739	360	509	606	289	243	284	312	503

Education	11,703	12,586	15,491	10,381	6,927	9,144	10,934	7,398	6,605	6,909	7,264	10,776
Less than 9th Grade	514	417	512	339	282	256	399	235	213	221	254	479
9th to 12th, no diploma	1,013	1,199	1,419	995	676	746	938	671	602	594	714	1,182
High School Graduate	4,403	5,273	5,964	4,265	2,703	3,490	4,157	2,882	2,708	2,723	2,975	4,841
Some College	1,686	2,150	2,890	1,832	1,297	1,605	1,971	1,393	1,286	1,433	1,395	1,864
Bachelor's Degree	797	848	1,330	805	621	994	958	712	567	581	578	659
Beyond Bachelor's	824	911	1,439	766	644	1,081	1,091	766	640	657	620	722
Information Not Available	2,466	1,788	1,937	1,380	704	972	1,419	740	589	701	727	1,027

Industry	11,703	12,586	15,491	10,381	6,927	9,144	10,934	7,398	6,605	6,909	7,264	10,776
Agriculture/Forestry	56	26	24	10	4	2	24	13	19	32	59	101
Mining	19	12	23	2	3	4	8	2	0	1	14	34
Utilities	0	2	4	1	2	1	3	1	4	6	9	1
Construction	1,480	1,358	1,638	837	758	790	917	927	952	871	1,038	1,861
Manufacturing	3,482	2,147	3,252	1,579	1,234	1,102	1,807	1,165	951	834	873	1,284
Wholesale Trade	273	351	606	304	243	308	392	187	186	191	168	210
Retail Trade	536	784	1,085	503	412	409	522	439	384	394	396	455
Transportation & Warehousing	375	1,434	407	1,486	151	780	600	362	142	143	125	699
Information	76	141	281	116	61	95	122	60	75	107	51	59
Finance & Insurance	278	352	659	230	209	193	249	188	181	203	129	142
Real Estate	93	126	201	119	112	109	113	99	76	113	106	96
Professional & Tech. Services	256	354	578	422	314	295	302	274	210	173	220	222
Management of Companies	96	207	250	49	32	31	47	24	25	32	21	43
Administrative & Waste Services	872	749	1,000	558	466	554	652	450	409	493	671	1,148
Educational Services	66	121	135	103	109	776	405	202	130	99	59	101
Health Care & Social Assistance	306	506	895	545	480	782	593	471	476	366	363	428
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation	316	127	156	84	77	84	108	101	105	170	266	262
Accommodation & Food Services	847	1,419	972	1,238	499	749	696	424	395	521	611	1,030
Other Services	184	246	287	192	163	224	249	212	200	159	138	153
Public Administration	60	172	86	161	47	146	104	60	35	64	33	66
Information Not Available	2,034	1,953	2,952	1,839	1,549	1,710	3,024	1,738	1,651	1,935	1,914	2,383

Occupation	11,703	12,586	15,491	10,381	6,927	9,144	10,934	7,398	6,605	6,909	7,264	10,776
Management	664	710	1,053	575	470	621	782	507	394	517	504	549
Business & Financial Operations	173	194	402	300	201	266	278	207	153	163	142	138
Computer & Mathematical	129	131	212	113	84	111	132	99	76	73	58	69
Architecture & Engineering	169	174	392	148	122	161	184	144	109	103	97	109
Life, Physical & Social Science	44	45	81	49	28	37	50	42	27	32	36	33
Community & Social Services	47	51	118	55	59	78	108	57	68	45	39	51
Legal	15	30	39	12	18	24	26	16	26	18	19	12
Education, Training & Library	103	141	143	145	148	195	430	225	156	82	78	138
Arts, Design, Ent., Sports & Media	98	155	225	145	108	142	143	105	74	95	110	148
Healthcare Practitioner & Technical	82	111	240	144	119	157	139	127	120	117	101	87
Healthcare Support	94	134	255	187	139	184	190	173	148	135	122	141
Protective Service	101	154	131	160	67	89	125	66	57	77	60	94
Food Preparation & Serving Related	851	1,297	886	1,108	430	567	674	386	404	560	575	1,018
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maint.	385	230	296	134	100	132	211	135	139	207	479	808
Personal Care & Service	154	243	201	194	102	135	181	115	129	127	136	135
Sales & Related	401	564	867	480	362	478	499	346	327	346	324	375
Office & Administrative Support	1,179	1,368	2,055	1,062	951	1,255	1,452	910	834	842	850	941
Farming, Fishing & Forestry	35	25	17	2	7	9	24	13	19	32	54	73
Construction & Extraction	942	845	1,000	503	415	547	658	507	468	458	625	1,014
Installation, Maintenance & Repair	259	339	484	254	181	238	304	189	213	258	218	255
Production	3,070	1,875	2,385	1,305	896	1,182	1,727	975	859	810	887	1,267
Transportation & Material Moving	885	1,912	1,385	1,769	420	554	1,007	609	345	392	413	1,239
Military Specific	16	10	24	12	17	23	25	21	23	11	10	11
Information Not Available	1,805	1,851	2,599	1,522	1,483	1,958	1,586	1,423	1,437	1,408	1,326	2,071