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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

October 2024

	Minnesota	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	13,344	16,794	16,842	25.9%	0.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	113	160	131	41.6%	-18.1%
21	Mining	90	70	38	-22.2%	-45.7%
22	Utilities	56	66	74	17.9%	12.1%
23	Construction	3,685	4,751	4,401	28.9%	-7.4%
31	Manufacturing	1,272	1,630	2,078	28.1%	27.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	414	495	548	19.6%	10.7%
44	Retail Trade	1,072	1,196	1,212	11.6%	1.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	393	628	641	59.8%	2.1%
51	Information	197	240	226	21.8%	-5.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	351	382	333	8.8%	-12.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	184	232	209	26.1%	-9.9%
54	Professional and Technical Services	745	978	948	31.3%	-3.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	283	385	350	36.0%	-9.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	971	1,148	1,211	18.2%	5.5%
61	Educational Services	269	443	493	64.7%	11.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,128	1,416	1,518	25.5%	7.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	270	362	326	34.1%	-9.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	921	1,086	1,000	17.9%	-7.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	429	464	424	8.2%	-8.6%
92	Public Administration	357	450	457	26.1%	1.6%
99	Unclassified	144	212	224	47.2%	5.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	737	996	1,011	35.1%	1.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	384	467	474	21.6%	1.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	288	388	373	34.7%	-3.9%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	101	175	192	73.3%	9.7%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	37	58	61	56.8%	5.2%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	140	148	173	5.7%	16.9%
230000	Legal Occupations	53	62	54	17.0%	-12.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	209	308	394	47.4%	27.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	193	241	245	24.9%	1.7%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	226	278	262	23.0%	-5.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	525	587	622	11.8%	6.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	98	113	117	15.3%	3.5%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	839	1,063	1,005	26.7%	-5.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	465	473	525	1.7%	11.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	129	151	154	17.1%	2.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	857	1,030	991	20.2%	-3.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	879	973	1,044	10.7%	7.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	158	207	207	31.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	3,684	4,764	4,184	29.3%	-12.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	329	391	422	18.8%	7.9%
510000	Production Occupations	934	1,107	1,419	18.5%	28.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	579	851	869	47.0%	2.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations		12	17	0.0%	41.7%
990000	Unknown	1,494	1,951	2,027	30.6%	3.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	868	1,139	1,091	31.2%	-4.2%
	12 years	5,492	6,776	6,990	23.4%	3.2%
	13-15 years	4,476	5,634	5,434	25.9%	-3.5%
	Over 15 years	2,497	3,241	3,323	29.8%	2.5%
	Info. not available	11			0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	8,602	10,908	10,882	26.8%	-0.2%
	Female	4,742	5,886	5,960	24.1%	1.3%
Age
	Under age 22	653	710	831	8.7%	17.0%
	Age 22 to 29	2,706	3,299	3,268	21.9%	-0.9%
	Age 30 to 39	3,455	4,337	4,228	25.5%	-2.5%
	Age 40 to 49	2,599	3,333	3,433	28.2%	3.0%
	Age 50 to 59	2,351	3,002	2,931	27.7%	-2.4%
	Age 60 to 64	969	1,310	1,280	35.2%	-2.3%
	Age 65 and over	541	702	761	29.8%	8.4%
	Info. not available	70	101	110	44.3%	8.9%
Race
	White	9,616	12,333	12,022	28.3%	-2.5%
	Black or African American,	1,429	1,713	1,887	19.9%	10.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	248	282	285	13.7%	1.1%
	Asian	419	480	597	14.6%	24.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	41	42	40	2.4%	-4.8%
	Race Unknown	1,591	1,944	2,011	22.2%	3.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	11,146	14,029	13,939	25.9%	-0.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	933	1,160	1,263	24.3%	8.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,265	1,605	1,640	26.9%	2.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	200	302	273	51.0%	-9.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	257	332	334	29.2%	0.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,142	1,330	1,114	16.5%	-16.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	553	666	679	20.4%	2.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	59	90	94	52.5%	4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	615	833	801	35.4%	-3.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,001	1,229	1,112	22.8%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%

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

October 2024

Minnesota