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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2019

	EDR 4 - West Central	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,087	1,104	1,453	1.6%	31.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	59	42	55	-28.8%	31.0%
21	Mining	14	22	26	57.1%	18.2%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	546	564	653	3.3%	15.8%
31	Manufacturing	116	110	277	-5.2%	151.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	37	41	44	10.8%	7.3%
44	Retail Trade	59	42	44	-28.8%	4.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	37	42	49	13.5%	16.7%
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	30	30	31	0.0%	3.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		11		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	53	64	66	20.8%	3.1%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	25	32	59	28.0%	84.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	39	28	45	-28.2%	60.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	19	15	24	-21.1%	60.0%
92	Public Administration	20	25	19	25.0%	-24.0%
99	Unclassified		14	19	0.0%	35.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	24	17	20	-29.2%	17.6%
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			37	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		12	17	0.0%	41.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	28	41	-17.6%	46.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	28	37	3.7%	32.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	31	20	30	-35.5%	50.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	17	24	20	41.2%	-16.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	65	57	72	-12.3%	26.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	560	592	685	5.7%	15.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	49	38	51	-22.4%	34.2%
510000	Production Occupations	55	53	151	-3.6%	184.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	116	121	145	4.3%	19.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	66	72	120	9.1%	66.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	89	88	140	-1.1%	59.1%
	12 years	558	562	708	0.7%	26.0%
	13-15 years	388	389	515	0.3%	32.4%
	Over 15 years	52	64	90	23.1%	40.6%
Sex
	Male	945	949	1,223	0.4%	28.9%
	Female	142	155	230	9.2%	48.4%
Age
	Under age 22	44	48	77	9.1%	60.4%
	Age 22 to 29	191	208	266	8.9%	27.9%
	Age 30 to 39	250	237	345	-5.2%	45.6%
	Age 40 to 49	194	197	254	1.5%	28.9%
	Age 50 to 59	235	223	299	-5.1%	34.1%
	Age 60 to 64	101	117	136	15.8%	16.2%
	Age 65 and over	63	64	64	1.6%	0.0%
	Info. not available		10	12	0.0%	20.0%
Race
	White	1,002	1,019	1,338	1.7%	31.3%
	Black or African American,	10	10	19	0.0%	90.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	25	21	21	-16.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	47	49	72	4.3%	46.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	979	1,021	1,315	4.3%	28.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	31	36	-8.8%	16.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	74	52	102	-29.7%	96.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	847	945	1,169	11.6%	23.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	611	598	736	-2.1%	23.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,672	1,778	2,203	6.3%	23.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,087	1,104	1,453	1.6%	31.6%
	Becker County	216	256	295	18.5%	15.2%
	Clay County	158	166	174	5.1%	4.8%
	Douglas County	166	153	208	-7.8%	35.9%
	Grant County	57	49	48	-14.0%	-2.0%
	Otter Tail County	373	362	578	-2.9%	59.7%
	Pope County	49	48	49	-2.0%	2.1%
	Stevens County	34	41	50	20.6%	22.0%
	Traverse County	19		28	0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	15	23	23	53.3%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,236	1,261	1,545	2.0%	22.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	813	810	908	-0.4%	12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	276	312	10.8%	13.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,561	1,667	2,020	6.8%	21.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,884	2,811	3,284	-2.5%	16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	832	890	958	7.0%	7.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,571	1,447	1,742	-7.9%	20.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,598	2,249	2,891	-13.4%	28.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,873	9,538	11,081	-3.4%	16.2%

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

December 2019

EDR 4 - West Central