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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2019

	EDR 4 - West Central	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	297	386	371	30.0%	-3.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			13	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	68	95	94	39.7%	-1.1%
31	Manufacturing	35	45	63	28.6%	40.0%
42	Wholesale Trade		23		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	24	40	27	66.7%	-32.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	32	31	113.3%	-3.1%
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	11	13	10.0%	18.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	14	18	17	28.6%	-5.6%
61	Educational Services	14			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	44	39	35	-11.4%	-10.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	12	24	17	100.0%	-29.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	10	10		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	16	14	23.1%	-12.5%
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%
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	23	15	13	-34.8%	-13.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	15	21	18	40.0%	-14.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		10		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	14	34	21	142.9%	-38.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18	20	20	11.1%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		14	17	0.0%	21.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	69	99	104	43.5%	5.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11		13	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25	17	28	-32.0%	64.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	50	51	72.4%	2.0%
990000	Unknown	26	45	30	73.1%	-33.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	29	33	25	13.8%	-24.2%
	12 years	101	167	147	65.3%	-12.0%
	13-15 years	124	143	159	15.3%	11.2%
	Over 15 years	43	43	40	0.0%	-7.0%
Sex
	Male	189	271	267	43.4%	-1.5%
	Female	108	115	104	6.5%	-9.6%
Age
	Under age 22		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	57	65	49	14.0%	-24.6%
	Age 30 to 39	70	94	89	34.3%	-5.3%
	Age 40 to 49	47	70	75	48.9%	7.1%
	Age 50 to 59	71	93	95	31.0%	2.2%
	Age 60 to 64	29	33	32	13.8%	-3.0%
	Age 65 and over	16	18	23	12.5%	27.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	251	339	329	35.1%	-2.9%
	Black or African American,	13	12	11	-7.7%	-8.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	24	26	25	8.3%	-3.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	265	349	337	31.7%	-3.4%
	Hispanic or Latino		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	26	23	23	-11.5%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	320	191	185	-40.3%	-3.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	249	259	215	4.0%	-17.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,032	1,071	1,096	3.8%	2.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	297	386	371	30.0%	-3.9%
	Becker County	62	73	57	17.7%	-21.9%
	Clay County	50	66	65	32.0%	-1.5%
	Douglas County	50	61	88	22.0%	44.3%
	Grant County		18	19	0.0%	5.6%
	Otter Tail County	96	130	108	35.4%	-16.9%
	Pope County	12	24	18	100.0%	-25.0%
	Stevens County				0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	352	452	395	28.4%	-12.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	270	303	272	12.2%	-10.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	70	102	-16.7%	45.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	468	612	542	30.8%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	953	1,225	1,079	28.5%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	166	175	182	5.4%	4.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	463	675	577	45.8%	-14.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	779	1,132	940	45.3%	-17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,924	6,570	6,297	10.9%	-4.2%

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

April 2019

EDR 4 - West Central