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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2014

	EDR 4 - West Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	561	593	520	5.7%	-12.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13	12	11	-7.7%	-8.3%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	109	114	114	4.6%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	86	142	108	65.1%	-23.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	18	12	12.5%	-33.3%
44	Retail Trade	50	42	42	-16.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	23	13	18	-43.5%	38.5%
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	10	23	19	130.0%	-17.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	39	38	27	-2.6%	-28.9%
61	Educational Services		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	74	42	42	-43.2%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	43	37	29	-14.0%	-21.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	14	12	40.0%	-14.3%
99	Unclassified	41	47	37	14.6%	-21.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
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%
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	10			0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20	13	10	-35.0%	-23.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	37	24	25	-35.1%	4.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	55	42	36	-23.6%	-14.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	15	17	13	13.3%	-23.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	40	25	37.9%	-37.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	29	20	16	-31.0%	-20.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	19	21	5.6%	10.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	132	127	164	-3.8%	29.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	21	16	-8.7%	-23.8%
510000	Production Occupations	75	125	63	66.7%	-49.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	44	44	54	0.0%	22.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	45	57	41	26.7%	-28.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	40	34	45	-15.0%	32.4%
	12 years	271	276	232	1.8%	-15.9%
	13-15 years	200	234	200	17.0%	-14.5%
	Over 15 years	49	49	43	0.0%	-12.2%
Sex
	Male	330	404	355	22.4%	-12.1%
	Female	231	189	165	-18.2%	-12.7%
Age
	Under age 22	19	11	20	-42.1%	81.8%
	Age 22 to 29	128	100	100	-21.9%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	111	115	118	3.6%	2.6%
	Age 40 to 49	125	99	98	-20.8%	-1.0%
	Age 50 to 59	126	191	130	51.6%	-31.9%
	Age 60 to 64	38	47	30	23.7%	-36.2%
	Age 65 and over	13	24	24	84.6%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	513	540	469	5.3%	-13.1%
	Black or African American,		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		15	17	0.0%	13.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	25	25	20	0.0%	-20.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	503	526	470	4.6%	-10.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	10	16	11	60.0%	-31.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	48	51	39	6.3%	-23.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	285	422	361	48.1%	-14.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	483	419	416	-13.3%	-0.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,733	1,549	1,554	-10.6%	0.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	561	593	520	5.7%	-12.3%
	Becker County	96	158	143	64.6%	-9.5%
	Clay County	91	89	76	-2.2%	-14.6%
	Douglas County	115	106	90	-7.8%	-15.1%
	Grant County	18	18	10	0.0%	-44.4%
	Otter Tail County	182	188	175	3.3%	-6.9%
	Pope County	33	15	12	-54.5%	-20.0%
	Stevens County	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	738	673	678	-8.8%	0.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	464	510	444	9.9%	-12.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	114	205	87	79.8%	-57.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	822	823	929	0.1%	12.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,635	1,760	2,073	7.6%	17.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	282	332	258	17.7%	-22.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,101	851	840	-22.7%	-1.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,706	1,454	1,599	-14.8%	10.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,598	9,136	9,271	-4.8%	1.5%

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

March 2014

EDR 4 - West Central