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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2020

	EDR 1 - Northwest	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13	12	21	-7.7%	75.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	47	37	100	-21.3%	170.3%
31	Manufacturing	107	62	1,090	-42.1%	1,658.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	10	140	-23.1%	1,300.0%
44	Retail Trade	49	29	495	-40.8%	1,606.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		13	76	0.0%	484.6%
51	Information			18	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			18	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services			45	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			168	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services			56	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			58	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance			248	0.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			149	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			366	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			181	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			38	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			59	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			104	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			29	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			77	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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			38	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			29	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			82	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations			69	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			16	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations			376	0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			71	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			132	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	11	11	167	0.0%	1,418.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations			203	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14	11	24	-21.4%	118.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	70	40	160	-42.9%	300.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			138	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	104	65	1,071	-37.5%	1,547.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	19	130	11.8%	584.2%
990000	Unknown	22	10	403	-54.5%	3,930.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	30	14	213	-53.3%	1,421.4%
	12 years	152	106	1,596	-30.3%	1,405.7%
	13-15 years	83	68	1,235	-18.1%	1,716.2%
	Over 15 years	15	11	293	-26.7%	2,563.6%
Sex
	Male	212	139	1,835	-34.4%	1,220.1%
	Female	68	60	1,502	-11.8%	2,403.3%
Age
	Under age 22		10	184	0.0%	1,740.0%
	Age 22 to 29	51	34	563	-33.3%	1,555.9%
	Age 30 to 39	71	48	784	-32.4%	1,533.3%
	Age 40 to 49	52	35	670	-32.7%	1,814.3%
	Age 50 to 59	59	38	717	-35.6%	1,786.8%
	Age 60 to 64	26	23	285	-11.5%	1,139.1%
	Age 65 and over			116	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available			18	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	251	177	3,001	-29.5%	1,595.5%
	Black or African American,			39	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			81	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			30	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	18	10	182	-44.4%	1,720.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	246	174	2,898	-29.3%	1,565.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	11		188	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	23	19	251	-17.4%	1,221.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%
	Kittson County			92	0.0%	0.0%
	Marshall County	24	23	290	-4.2%	1,160.9%
	Norman County			132	0.0%	0.0%
	Pennington County	65	44	771	-32.3%	1,652.3%
	Polk County	69	56	799	-18.8%	1,326.8%
	Red Lake County	34	15	153	-55.9%	920.0%
	Roseau County	80	52	1,100	-35.0%	2,015.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	323	284	3,773	-12.1%	1,228.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,178	1,108	16,785	-5.9%	1,414.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	441	457	8,107	3.6%	1,674.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	80	127	1,419	58.8%	1,017.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	606	642	8,435	5.9%	1,213.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,162	1,081	19,867	-7.0%	1,737.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,622	6,338	168,704	-4.3%	2,561.8%

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

March 2020

EDR 1 - Northwest