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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

August 2021

	Minnesota	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	9,627	43,678	21,690	353.7 %	-50.3 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	58	137	99	136.2 %	-27.7 %
21	Mining	18	51	46	183.3 %	-9.8 %
22	Utilities	68	108	114	58.8 %	5.6 %
23	Construction	1,768	4,510	3,616	155.1 %	-19.8 %
31	Manufacturing	1,400	6,167	2,334	340.5 %	-62.2 %
42	Wholesale Trade	397	1,316	664	231.5 %	-49.5 %
44	Retail Trade	767	3,963	2,155	416.7 %	-45.6 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	237	1,428	763	502.5 %	-46.6 %
51	Information	152	853	357	461.2 %	-58.1 %
52	Finance and Insurance	271	654	518	141.3 %	-20.8 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	112	376	271	235.7 %	-27.9 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	565	1,665	922	194.7 %	-44.6 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	198	883	443	346.0 %	-49.8 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	773	2,496	1,568	222.9 %	-37.2 %
61	Educational Services	335	1,665	688	397.0 %	-58.7 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	953	6,758	3,186	609.1 %	-52.9 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	106	802	281	656.6 %	-65.0 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	570	5,431	1,806	852.8 %	-66.7 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	259	1,727	796	566.8 %	-53.9 %
92	Public Administration	193	900	523	366.3 %	-41.9 %
99	Unclassified	427	1,787	539	318.5 %	-69.8 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	697	1,950	1,111	179.8 %	-43.0 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	348	1,017	489	192.2 %	-51.9 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	260	918	306	253.1 %	-66.7 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	133	945	253	610.5 %	-73.2 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	33	91	61	175.8 %	-33.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	98	399	248	307.1 %	-37.8 %
230000	Legal Occupations	66	166	123	151.5 %	-25.9 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	254	1,486	671	485.0 %	-54.8 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	181	874	356	382.9 %	-59.3 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	199	1,695	545	751.8 %	-67.8 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	364	2,835	1,398	678.8 %	-50.7 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	56	274	202	389.3 %	-26.3 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	539	6,002	1,826	1,013.5 %	-69.6 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	149	951	554	538.3 %	-41.7 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	115	1,420	619	1,134.8 %	-56.4 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	677	3,642	1,811	438.0 %	-50.3 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	835	2,704	1,318	223.8 %	-51.3 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	80	210	137	162.5 %	-34.8 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,884	4,804	3,943	155.0 %	-17.9 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	263	1,147	542	336.1 %	-52.7 %
510000	Production Occupations	885	3,692	1,931	317.2 %	-47.7 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	318	1,650	931	418.9 %	-43.6 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations		23	31	0.0 %	34.8 %
990000	Unknown	1,188	4,782	2,283	302.5 %	-52.3 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	470	2,800	1,942	495.7 %	-30.6 %
	12 years	3,231	14,685	8,191	354.5 %	-44.2 %
	13-15 years	3,473	16,191	7,464	366.2 %	-53.9 %
	Over 15 years	2,142	9,991	4,090	366.4 %	-59.1 %
	Info. not available	311	11		-96.5 %	0.0 %
Sex
	Male	5,598	21,580	12,113	285.5 %	-43.9 %
	Female	3,720	22,097	9,577	494.0 %	-56.7 %
	Unspecified	309			0.0 %	0.0 %
Age
	Under age 22	244	3,440	1,650	1,309.8 %	-52.0 %
	Age 22 to 29	1,565	9,766	4,727	524.0 %	-51.6 %
	Age 30 to 39	2,391	10,866	5,463	354.5 %	-49.7 %
	Age 40 to 49	1,957	7,765	4,103	296.8 %	-47.2 %
	Age 50 to 59	2,017	7,336	3,540	263.7 %	-51.7 %
	Age 60 to 64	780	2,699	1,243	246.0 %	-53.9 %
	Age 65 and over	334	1,551	838	364.4 %	-46.0 %
	Info. not available	339	255	126	-24.8 %	-50.6 %
Race
	White	7,072	30,683	14,622	333.9 %	-52.3 %
	Black or African American,	841	5,450	3,227	548.0 %	-40.8 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	162	531	309	227.8 %	-41.8 %
	Asian	287	2,555	798	790.2 %	-68.8 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	32	90	52	181.3 %	-42.2 %
	Race Unknown	1,233	4,369	2,681	254.3 %	-38.6 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,078	37,369	18,090	362.6 %	-51.6 %
	Hispanic or Latino	410	2,589	1,369	531.5 %	-47.1 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,139	3,720	2,231	226.6 %	-40.0 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	84	446	304	431.0 %	-31.8 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	148	486	331	228.4 %	-31.9 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	669	2,431	1,326	263.4 %	-45.5 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	219	1,017	529	364.4 %	-48.0 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	300	997	615	232.3 %	-38.3 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	188	738	431	292.6 %	-41.6 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	57	218	126	282.5 %	-42.2 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	333	1,298	825	289.8 %	-36.4 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	701	3,060	1,853	336.5 %	-39.4 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	354	613	350	73.2 %	-42.9 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	380	1,691	917	345.0 %	-45.8 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	657	3,454	2,014	425.7 %	-41.7 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	4,829	25,939	11,255	437.2 %	-56.6 %

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

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 2021

Minnesota