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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2014

	EDR 4 - West Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	418	375	362	-10.3%	-3.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	55	56	54	1.8%	-3.6%
31	Manufacturing	38	65	41	71.1%	-36.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	18	12	12.5%	-33.3%
44	Retail Trade	27	21	23	-22.2%	9.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				0.0%	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				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	19	13	-20.8%	-31.6%
61	Educational Services	27	21	19	-22.2%	-9.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	50	51	38.9%	2.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	32	26	29	-18.8%	11.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	57	19	39	-66.7%	105.3%
92	Public Administration		10		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	68	36	33	-47.1%	-8.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		18		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	58	27	46	-53.4%	70.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	27	19	80.0%	-29.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	37	34	40	-8.1%	17.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11	12		9.1%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	17			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	22	22	18	0.0%	-18.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	14	12	13	-14.3%	8.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	64	61	58	-4.7%	-4.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	44	55	54	25.0%	-1.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	20	13	28	-35.0%	115.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	49	34	15	-30.6%	-55.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	28	39	30	39.3%	-23.1%
	12 years	145	145	139	0.0%	-4.1%
	13-15 years	179	133	138	-25.7%	3.8%
	Over 15 years	66	58	55	-12.1%	-5.2%
Sex
	Male	210	206	191	-1.9%	-7.3%
	Female	207	169	171	-18.4%	1.2%
Age
	Under age 22	24	11		-54.2%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	93	66	53	-29.0%	-19.7%
	Age 30 to 39	88	68	76	-22.7%	11.8%
	Age 40 to 49	88	76	80	-13.6%	5.3%
	Age 50 to 59	87	110	96	26.4%	-12.7%
	Age 60 to 64	24	27	27	12.5%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	12	17	21	41.7%	23.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	375	337	329	-10.1%	-2.4%
	Black or African American,		10		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	13	13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	22	14	14	-36.4%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	377	343	331	-9.0%	-3.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	15			0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	26	27	22	3.8%	-18.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	488	583	307	19.5%	-47.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	335	286	357	-14.6%	24.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,481	1,261	1,230	-14.9%	-2.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	418	375	362	-10.3%	-3.5%
	Becker County	76	73	60	-3.9%	-17.8%
	Clay County	77	73	68	-5.2%	-6.8%
	Douglas County	99	75	59	-24.2%	-21.3%
	Grant County	19	14	26	-26.3%	85.7%
	Otter Tail County	113	107	105	-5.3%	-1.9%
	Pope County	14	22	24	57.1%	9.1%
	Stevens County				0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	10			0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	598	503	486	-15.9%	-3.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	492	396	411	-19.5%	3.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	108	129	33.3%	19.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	699	542	553	-22.5%	2.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,633	1,370	1,372	-16.1%	0.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	575	603	694	4.9%	15.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	868	809	810	-6.8%	0.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,525	1,358	1,354	-11.0%	-0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,625	8,827	8,107	-8.3%	-8.2%

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

June 2014

EDR 4 - West Central