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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

November 2024

	Minnesota	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	25,695	31,250	29,312	21.6%	-6.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	366	384	352	4.9%	-8.3%
21	Mining	318	293	258	-7.9%	-11.9%
22	Utilities	157	192	172	22.3%	-10.4%
23	Construction	12,429	13,409	12,526	7.9%	-6.6%
31	Manufacturing	1,822	2,675	2,802	46.8%	4.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	461	675	722	46.4%	7.0%
44	Retail Trade	1,076	1,566	1,315	45.5%	-16.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	681	862	860	26.6%	-0.2%
51	Information	186	242	234	30.1%	-3.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	310	460	326	48.4%	-29.1%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	201	269	224	33.8%	-16.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	901	1,358	1,164	50.7%	-14.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	339	580	488	71.1%	-15.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	2,485	2,534	2,345	2.0%	-7.5%
61	Educational Services	224	460	398	105.4%	-13.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	942	1,541	1,359	63.6%	-11.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	443	620	596	40.0%	-3.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	929	1,361	1,235	46.5%	-9.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	677	740	923	9.3%	24.7%
92	Public Administration	525	697	704	32.8%	1.0%
99	Unclassified	223	332	309	48.9%	-6.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	649	1,314	1,117	102.5%	-15.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	353	628	453	77.9%	-27.9%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	198	413	334	108.6%	-19.1%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	129	245	232	89.9%	-5.3%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	37	52	51	40.5%	-1.9%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	104	152	157	46.2%	3.3%
230000	Legal Occupations	43	50	47	16.3%	-6.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	137	337	290	146.0%	-13.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	180	331	259	83.9%	-21.8%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	188	284	229	51.1%	-19.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	375	593	530	58.1%	-10.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	83	116	136	39.8%	17.2%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	865	1,245	1,082	43.9%	-13.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	1,284	1,360	1,362	5.9%	0.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	91	174	170	91.2%	-2.3%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	851	1,141	1,045	34.1%	-8.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	856	1,182	1,089	38.1%	-7.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	511	563	526	10.2%	-6.6%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	12,425	13,207	12,333	6.3%	-6.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	494	669	646	35.4%	-3.4%
510000	Production Occupations	879	1,437	1,594	63.5%	10.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	2,262	2,306	2,263	1.9%	-1.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	2,691	3,442	3,357	27.9%	-2.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	2,377	2,613	2,546	9.9%	-2.6%
	12 years	12,729	14,653	14,290	15.1%	-2.5%
	13-15 years	8,017	9,565	8,686	19.3%	-9.2%
	Over 15 years	2,567	4,414	3,783	72.0%	-14.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	20,831	24,144	22,725	15.9%	-5.9%
	Female	4,864	7,104	6,585	46.1%	-7.3%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	1,452	1,631	1,698	12.3%	4.1%
	Age 22 to 29	5,243	6,179	5,782	17.9%	-6.4%
	Age 30 to 39	6,389	7,650	7,056	19.7%	-7.8%
	Age 40 to 49	5,105	6,128	5,957	20.0%	-2.8%
	Age 50 to 59	4,539	5,598	4,982	23.3%	-11.0%
	Age 60 to 64	1,777	2,419	2,257	36.1%	-6.7%
	Age 65 and over	1,018	1,429	1,350	40.4%	-5.5%
	Info. not available	172	216	230	25.6%	6.5%
Race
	White	20,846	24,589	22,870	18.0%	-7.0%
	Black or African American,	1,418	2,073	1,887	46.2%	-9.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	381	485	504	27.3%	3.9%
	Asian	395	660	630	67.1%	-4.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	41	58	54	41.5%	-6.9%
	Race Unknown	2,614	3,384	3,367	29.5%	-0.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	21,478	25,897	24,240	20.6%	-6.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,798	2,413	2,288	34.2%	-5.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,419	2,940	2,784	21.5%	-5.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	545	621	965	13.9%	55.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	675	763	769	13.0%	0.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,934	2,410	2,154	24.6%	-10.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,106	1,358	1,341	22.8%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	788	984	810	24.9%	-17.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	206	218	272	5.8%	24.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,770	1,868	1,796	5.5%	-3.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,726	2,999	2,819	10.0%	-6.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	439	454	474	3.4%	4.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,352	1,423	1,431	5.3%	0.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,100	2,297	2,275	9.4%	-1.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,191	12,293	11,094	33.8%	-9.8%

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

November 2024

Minnesota