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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

August 2023

	Minnesota	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	21,690	12,187	15,471	-43.8%	26.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	99	66	55	-33.3%	-16.7%
21	Mining	46	33	11	-28.3%	-66.7%
22	Utilities	114	79	86	-30.7%	8.9%
23	Construction	3,616	2,566	2,225	-29.0%	-13.3%
31	Manufacturing	2,334	1,226	1,843	-47.5%	50.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	664	359	498	-45.9%	38.7%
44	Retail Trade	2,155	1,170	1,157	-45.7%	-1.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	763	388	950	-49.1%	144.8%
51	Information	357	227	245	-36.4%	7.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	518	377	477	-27.2%	26.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	271	210	193	-22.5%	-8.1%
54	Professional and Technical Services	922	636	1,010	-31.0%	58.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	443	270	435	-39.1%	61.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,568	910	996	-42.0%	9.5%
61	Educational Services	688	395	1,493	-42.6%	278.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	3,186	1,397	1,622	-56.2%	16.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	281	162	202	-42.3%	24.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,806	872	965	-51.7%	10.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	796	413	476	-48.1%	15.3%
92	Public Administration	523	258	300	-50.7%	16.3%
99	Unclassified	539	172	232	-68.1%	34.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	1,111	767	1,041	-31.0%	35.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	489	418	561	-14.5%	34.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	306	245	422	-19.9%	72.2%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	253	97	189	-61.7%	94.8%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	61	31	46	-49.2%	48.4%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	248	130	158	-47.6%	21.5%
230000	Legal Occupations	123	66	69	-46.3%	4.5%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	671	351	1,364	-47.7%	288.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	356	199	255	-44.1%	28.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	545	242	271	-55.6%	12.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	1,398	630	624	-54.9%	-1.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	202	65	114	-67.8%	75.4%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,826	899	1,021	-50.8%	13.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	554	222	269	-59.9%	21.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	619	173	169	-72.1%	-2.3%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,811	978	999	-46.0%	2.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,318	894	1,106	-32.2%	23.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	137	93	60	-32.1%	-35.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	3,943	2,659	2,273	-32.6%	-14.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	542	338	422	-37.6%	24.9%
510000	Production Occupations	1,931	854	1,249	-55.8%	46.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	931	415	1,062	-55.4%	155.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	31		12	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	2,283	1,412	1,715	-38.2%	21.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,942	766	923	-60.6%	20.5%
	12 years	8,191	4,650	5,478	-43.2%	17.8%
	13-15 years	7,464	4,293	5,366	-42.5%	25.0%
	Over 15 years	4,090	2,474	3,703	-39.5%	49.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	12,113	7,160	8,484	-40.9%	18.5%
	Female	9,577	5,027	6,985	-47.5%	38.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	1,650	681	620	-58.7%	-9.0%
	Age 22 to 29	4,727	2,370	2,806	-49.9%	18.4%
	Age 30 to 39	5,463	3,279	3,840	-40.0%	17.1%
	Age 40 to 49	4,103	2,480	3,187	-39.6%	28.5%
	Age 50 to 59	3,540	2,119	2,998	-40.1%	41.5%
	Age 60 to 64	1,243	794	1,257	-36.1%	58.3%
	Age 65 and over	838	405	639	-51.7%	57.8%
	Info. not available	126	59	124	-53.2%	110.2%
Race
	White	14,622	8,355	10,802	-42.9%	29.3%
	Black or African American,	3,227	1,759	2,024	-45.5%	15.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	309	174	227	-43.7%	30.5%
	Asian	798	405	535	-49.2%	32.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	52	25	33	-51.9%	32.0%
	Race Unknown	2,681	1,469	1,850	-45.2%	25.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	18,090	10,251	13,055	-43.3%	27.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,369	757	942	-44.7%	24.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,231	1,179	1,474	-47.2%	25.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	304	119	162	-60.9%	36.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	331	211	204	-36.3%	-3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,326	774	932	-41.6%	20.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	615	286	376	-53.5%	31.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	126	71	81	-43.7%	14.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	825	496	516	-39.9%	4.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,014	932	1,181	-53.7%	26.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

August 2023

Minnesota