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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2019

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	847	945	1,169	11.6%	23.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	40	39	39	-2.5%	0.0%
21	Mining	11	13	13	18.2%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	168	204	209	21.4%	2.5%
31	Manufacturing	313	269	341	-14.1%	26.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	134	212	18	58.2%	-91.5%
44	Retail Trade	82	81	72	-1.2%	-11.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13	24	24	84.6%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			363	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	44	25	300.0%	-43.2%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	13	10	10	-23.1%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		10	20	0.0%	100.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	10		10	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		10	12	0.0%	20.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10		14	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations			17	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	48	39	41	-18.8%	5.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	225	230	245	2.2%	6.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		17	22	0.0%	29.4%
510000	Production Occupations	399	455	601	14.0%	32.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	44	58	65	31.8%	12.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	66	87	114	31.8%	31.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	87	75	105	-13.8%	40.0%
	12 years	494	563	695	14.0%	23.4%
	13-15 years	245	270	325	10.2%	20.4%
	Over 15 years	21	36	44	71.4%	22.2%
Sex
	Male	624	680	853	9.0%	25.4%
	Female	223	264	316	18.4%	19.7%
Age
	Under age 22	27	28	51	3.7%	82.1%
	Age 22 to 29	161	140	186	-13.0%	32.9%
	Age 30 to 39	173	207	268	19.7%	29.5%
	Age 40 to 49	175	195	231	11.4%	18.5%
	Age 50 to 59	212	238	292	12.3%	22.7%
	Age 60 to 64	66	98	107	48.5%	9.2%
	Age 65 and over	26	32	29	23.1%	-9.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	737	866	1,022	17.5%	18.0%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14		17	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	90	62	109	-31.1%	75.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	687	816	972	18.8%	19.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	48	36	69	-25.0%	91.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	112	93	128	-17.0%	37.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	847	945	1,169	11.6%	23.7%
	Kittson County	15	27	23	80.0%	-14.8%
	Marshall County	91	144	114	58.2%	-20.8%
	Norman County	24	26	26	8.3%	0.0%
	Pennington County	223	183	214	-17.9%	16.9%
	Polk County	124	136	178	9.7%	30.9%
	Red Lake County	71	50	56	-29.6%	12.0%
	Roseau County	299	379	558	26.8%	47.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	611	598	736	-2.1%	23.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,672	1,778	2,203	6.3%	23.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,087	1,104	1,453	1.6%	31.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,236	1,261	1,545	2.0%	22.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	813	810	908	-0.4%	12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	276	312	10.8%	13.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,561	1,667	2,020	6.8%	21.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,884	2,811	3,284	-2.5%	16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	832	890	958	7.0%	7.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,571	1,447	1,742	-7.9%	20.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,598	2,249	2,891	-13.4%	28.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,873	9,538	11,081	-3.4%	16.2%

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

December 2019

EDR 1 - Northwest