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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

March 2024

	Minnesota	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	16,082	20,111	16,983	25.1%	-15.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	240	224	174	-6.7%	-22.3%
21	Mining	51	63	48	23.5%	-23.8%
22	Utilities	87	115	84	32.2%	-27.0%
23	Construction	4,269	4,466	4,596	4.6%	2.9%
31	Manufacturing	1,374	2,074	1,812	50.9%	-12.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	475	817	596	72.0%	-27.1%
44	Retail Trade	1,324	1,792	1,314	35.3%	-26.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	643	837	840	30.2%	0.4%
51	Information	247	363	225	47.0%	-38.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	344	610	312	77.3%	-48.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	188	240	168	27.7%	-30.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	756	1,268	984	67.7%	-22.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	255	484	356	89.8%	-26.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,177	1,360	1,055	15.5%	-22.4%
61	Educational Services	306	421	421	37.6%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,624	2,021	1,479	24.4%	-26.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	200	281	236	40.5%	-16.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,359	1,204	1,154	-11.4%	-4.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	464	598	507	28.9%	-15.2%
92	Public Administration	367	529	311	44.1%	-41.2%
99	Unclassified	332	344	311	3.6%	-9.6%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	786	1,275	931	62.2%	-27.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	347	530	437	52.7%	-17.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	232	441	343	90.1%	-22.2%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	128	249	156	94.5%	-37.3%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	43	58	63	34.9%	8.6%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	101	170	154	68.3%	-9.4%
230000	Legal Occupations	65	74	71	13.8%	-4.1%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	255	219	335	-14.1%	53.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	226	937	253	314.6%	-73.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	306	333	298	8.8%	-10.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	754	619	551	-17.9%	-11.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	105	108	105	2.9%	-2.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,337	1,134	1,176	-15.2%	3.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	388	476	348	22.7%	-26.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	221	175	153	-20.8%	-12.6%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,099	2,241	961	103.9%	-57.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	974	1,633	924	67.7%	-43.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	231	191	188	-17.3%	-1.6%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	4,540	4,726	4,698	4.1%	-0.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	439	549	567	25.1%	3.3%
510000	Production Occupations	820	1,192	1,261	45.4%	5.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	951	922	1,168	-3.0%	26.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,723	1,847	1,834	7.2%	-0.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,105	1,147	1,079	3.8%	-5.9%
	12 years	6,599	9,314	7,014	41.1%	-24.7%
	13-15 years	5,827	6,389	5,742	9.6%	-10.1%
	Over 15 years	2,549	3,259	3,147	27.9%	-3.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	10,382	12,853	11,255	23.8%	-12.4%
	Female	5,698	7,258	5,728	27.4%	-21.1%
Age
	Under age 22	821	836	792	1.8%	-5.3%
	Age 22 to 29	3,173	3,620	3,311	14.1%	-8.5%
	Age 30 to 39	4,324	5,367	4,364	24.1%	-18.7%
	Age 40 to 49	3,254	4,298	3,562	32.1%	-17.1%
	Age 50 to 59	2,848	3,777	3,067	32.6%	-18.8%
	Age 60 to 64	1,068	1,423	1,180	33.2%	-17.1%
	Age 65 and over	507	690	617	36.1%	-10.6%
	Info. not available	87	100	90	14.9%	-10.0%
Race
	White	11,647	15,484	12,303	32.9%	-20.5%
	Black or African American,	1,914	1,863	1,886	-2.7%	1.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	274	233	229	-15.0%	-1.7%
	Asian	436	497	572	14.0%	15.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	45	37	41	-17.8%	10.8%
	Race Unknown	1,766	1,997	1,952	13.1%	-2.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	13,568	17,187	14,250	26.7%	-17.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	993	1,048	1,103	5.5%	5.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,521	1,876	1,630	23.3%	-13.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	189	258	390	36.5%	51.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	348	328	292	-5.7%	-11.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,380	1,397	1,220	1.2%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	130	69	88.4%	-46.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	747	918	813	22.9%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,247	1,579	1,180	26.6%	-25.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%

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

March 2024

Minnesota