Table III-A2
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INSURED UNEMPLOYED IN WASHINGTON STATE BY SERVICE DELIVERY AREA
(Claimant Count)
July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999

Percent

Service Delivery Area

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

TOTAL

of Total

Total Number of Claimants

18,833

31,154

23,447

34,040

83,671

36,777

29,058

27,680

31,211

10,292

15,382

27,559

369,331

100.0%

Sex:

Male

12,152

20,722

15,122

21,249

50,048

22,707

19,358

16,922

18,898

6,888

10,253

18,646

233,122

63.1%

Female

6,681

10,432

8,325

12,791

33,623

14,070

9,700

10,758

12,313

3,404

5,129

8,913

136,209

36.9%

Race/Ethnic Origin:

White

16,418

28,647

19,807

29,790

62,223

27,850

20,932

16,017

13,426

8,198

8,695

25,871

278,048

75.3%

Black

656

402

309

679

8,187

3,357

202

159

270

57

228

433

14,951

4.0%

Hispanic

321

899

2,159

955

3,496

1,363

451

10,672

16,638

1,401

5,836

335

44,552

12.1%

American Indian

363

351

498

528

1,122

739

100

580

522

330

104

192

5,431

1.5%

Asian

618

534

566

1,424

7,650

2,376

256

125

124

54

361

447

14,544

3.9%

Unknown

457

321

108

664

993

1,092

7,117

127

231

252

158

281

11,805

3.2%

Education:

Less than High School

1,711

4,294

3,684

3,751

8,056

4,259

3,468

10,626

13,968

2,007

5,228

2,643

63,735

17.3%

High School

7,763

13,548

9,546

15,377

29,137

17,744

12,737

8,716

8,734

4,045

4,618

10,781

142,834

38.7%

More than High School

7,707

10,319

8,669

13,393

43,407

13,414

10,288

5,688

5,086

3,280

3,906

11,655

136,900

37.1%

Unknown

1,652

2,993

1,548

1,519

3,071

1,360

2,565

2,650

3,423

960

1,630

2,480

25,862

7.0%

Weeks Claimed:

1 to 5

7,968

13,860

10,070

14,825

35,320

16,439

13,786

10,747

11,827

3,597

6,942

11,310

156,786

42.5%

6 to 10

3,800

6,271

4,872

7,108

17,090

7,383

5,486

5,787

6,416

2,022

3,060

5,288

74,618

20.2%

11 to 15

2,519

3,925

3,105

4,643

11,030

4,631

3,601

3,897

4,329

1,517

1,880

3,562

48,671

13.2%

16 to 20

1,892

2,965

2,465

3,124

8,405

3,500

2,532

3,455

4,191

1,386

1,633

2,768

38,344

10.4%

21 to 25

1,218

1,908

1,548

2,189

5,884

2,351

1,726

2,192

2,668

964

1,023

2,040

25,728

7.0%

26+

1,436

2,225

1,387

2,151

5,942

2,473

1,927

1,602

1,780

806

844

2,591

25,184

6.8%

Industry:

Agriculture

224

561

1,495

418

671

421

286

7,901

9,211

788

2,930

636

25,560

6.9%

Forestry & Fishing

202

998

403

344

639

212

150

72

65

63

31

37

3,217

0.9%

Construction & Mining

3,346

5,853

5,496

7,334

10,923

6,687

6,830

3,450

3,032

1,848

2,872

5,007

62,717

17.0%

Manufacturing

2,930

7,221

4,458

7,787

15,394

8,114

7,291

4,791

5,240

2,163

2,803

6,016

74,251

20.1%

Nondurable Goods

815

1,964

1,628

1,346

5,261

2,689

1,674

3,146

2,943

736

2,437

924

25,576

6.9%

Durable Goods

2,115

5,257

2,830

6,441

10,133

5,425

5,617

1,645

2,297

1,427

366

5,092

48,675

13.2%

Trans.,Comm, & Utilities

1,020

1,659

972

1,668

6,790

2,231

1,517

1,073

1,092

456

861

1,502

20,856

5.6%

Trade

3,515

5,237

3,909

5,752

15,955

6,819

3,908

4,974

6,604

1,600

2,113

5,239

65,667

17.8%

Finance, Ins. & Real Estate

540

701

459

1,348

3,765

1,213

725

321

414

178

272

1,062

11,004

3.0%

Services

4,916

6,371

5,047

8,072

26,014

8,484

5,356

4,038

4,377

2,148

2,828

6,559

84,257

22.8%

Public Administration

1,749

1,971

842

868

1,902

2,038

546

739

736

517

280

845

13,043

3.5%

Unknown

391

582

366

449

1,618

558

2,449

321

440

531

392

656

8,759

2.4%

Percent detail may not add due to rounding. Employees with more than one employer or occupation may be counted twice.