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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2020

	EDR 4 - West Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	411	434	421	5.6%	-3.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	20			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	131	167	131	27.5%	-21.6%
31	Manufacturing	53	50	64	-5.7%	28.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	27	14	125.0%	-48.1%
44	Retail Trade	49	31	28	-36.7%	-9.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17	15	29	-11.8%	93.3%
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	16	40	-33.3%	150.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	29	29	26	0.0%	-10.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	20	23	24	15.0%	4.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16	12	11	-25.0%	-8.3%
92	Public Administration		10		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		13	13	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	13	14	0.0%	7.7%
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				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	10	11	13	10.0%	18.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	23	23	26	0.0%	13.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10		14	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	26	15	0.0%	-42.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	17	24	13	41.2%	-45.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	19	19	11	0.0%	-42.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	154	172	167	11.7%	-2.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	23	14	130.0%	-39.1%
510000	Production Occupations	35	19	25	-45.7%	31.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	30	38	48	26.7%	26.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	33	32	31	-3.0%	-3.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25	37	34	48.0%	-8.1%
	12 years	176	177	188	0.6%	6.2%
	13-15 years	173	180	157	4.0%	-12.8%
	Over 15 years	37	37	42	0.0%	13.5%
Sex
	Male	300	325	317	8.3%	-2.5%
	Female	111	109	104	-1.8%	-4.6%
Age
	Under age 22	12	19	20	58.3%	5.3%
	Age 22 to 29	82	83	61	1.2%	-26.5%
	Age 30 to 39	99	110	126	11.1%	14.5%
	Age 40 to 49	80	96	88	20.0%	-8.3%
	Age 50 to 59	79	62	65	-21.5%	4.8%
	Age 60 to 64	40	32	38	-20.0%	18.8%
	Age 65 and over	16	29	22	81.3%	-24.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	368	384	374	4.3%	-2.6%
	Black or African American,	10			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	17	14	21.4%	-17.6%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	18	27	22	50.0%	-18.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	371	390	369	5.1%	-5.4%
	Hispanic or Latino		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	33	33	41	0.0%	24.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	256	240	281	-6.3%	17.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	245	235	187	-4.1%	-20.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,132	971	1,024	-14.2%	5.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	411	434	421	5.6%	-3.0%
	Becker County	70	99	98	41.4%	-1.0%
	Clay County	85	65	90	-23.5%	38.5%
	Douglas County	77	87	73	13.0%	-16.1%
	Grant County	18	21	10	16.7%	-52.4%
	Otter Tail County	131	116	120	-11.5%	3.4%
	Pope County		29	15	0.0%	-48.3%
	Stevens County	13			0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	445	487	475	9.4%	-2.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	290	347	305	19.7%	-12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	98	94	133	-4.1%	41.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	666	768	749	15.3%	-2.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,262	1,351	1,322	7.1%	-2.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	221	267	207	20.8%	-22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	662	663	655	0.2%	-1.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,150	1,149	1,135	-0.1%	-1.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,982	6,795	6,793	-2.7%	0.0%

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

February 2020

EDR 4 - West Central