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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2014

	EDR 4 - West Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	528	488	455	-7.6%	-6.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	65	70	68	7.7%	-2.9%
31	Manufacturing	50	38	64	-24.0%	68.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	21	15		-28.6%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	35	34	50	-2.9%	47.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	24	23	23	-4.2%	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	12	18	16	50.0%	-11.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	44	25	22	-43.2%	-12.0%
61	Educational Services	22	21	13	-4.5%	-38.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	60	75	55	25.0%	-26.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	58	30	23	-48.3%	-23.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	47	60	45	27.7%	-25.0%
92	Public Administration		11	13	0.0%	18.2%
99	Unclassified	55	41	30	-25.5%	-26.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
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		10		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	63	85	54	34.9%	-36.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	16	10	0.0%	-37.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	23	24	15	4.3%	-37.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	70	34	36	-51.4%	5.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12		11	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	32	31	41	-3.1%	32.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	24	15	18	-37.5%	20.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	19	15	17	-21.1%	13.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	75	76	78	1.3%	2.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	19	13	14	-31.6%	7.7%
510000	Production Occupations	46	43	44	-6.5%	2.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	34	44	48	29.4%	9.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	46	36	28	-21.7%	-22.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	54	32	26	-40.7%	-18.8%
	12 years	194	172	189	-11.3%	9.9%
	13-15 years	193	200	184	3.6%	-8.0%
	Over 15 years	86	84	56	-2.3%	-33.3%
Sex
	Male	270	237	248	-12.2%	4.6%
	Female	258	251	207	-2.7%	-17.5%
Age
	Under age 22	20	12		-40.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	107	85	80	-20.6%	-5.9%
	Age 30 to 39	105	104	97	-1.0%	-6.7%
	Age 40 to 49	118	100	94	-15.3%	-6.0%
	Age 50 to 59	123	126	115	2.4%	-8.7%
	Age 60 to 64	36	39	42	8.3%	7.7%
	Age 65 and over	18	19	21	5.6%	10.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	473	428	397	-9.5%	-7.2%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	17	27	22	58.8%	-18.5%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	26	21	27	-19.2%	28.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	473	440	410	-7.0%	-6.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	42	33	36	-21.4%	9.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	355	254	206	-28.5%	-18.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	377	306	298	-18.8%	-2.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,488	1,460	1,275	-1.9%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	528	488	455	-7.6%	-6.8%
	Becker County	113	98	108	-13.3%	10.2%
	Clay County	92	92	72	0.0%	-21.7%
	Douglas County	93	78	79	-16.1%	1.3%
	Grant County	22	27	16	22.7%	-40.7%
	Otter Tail County	165	149	148	-9.7%	-0.7%
	Pope County	16	16	18	0.0%	12.5%
	Stevens County				0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	15	11		-26.7%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	649	657	495	1.2%	-24.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	424	426	366	0.5%	-14.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	100	189	103	89.0%	-45.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	731	627	680	-14.2%	8.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,616	1,588	1,460	-1.7%	-8.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	379	326	338	-14.0%	3.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	965	769	815	-20.3%	6.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,597	1,438	1,216	-10.0%	-15.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,529	9,080	7,799	-4.7%	-14.1%

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

May 2014

EDR 4 - West Central