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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2020

	EDR 4 - West Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			24	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities			11	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	104	112	460	7.7%	310.7%
31	Manufacturing	60	51	1,318	-15.0%	2,484.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	12		147	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	25	30	875	20.0%	2,816.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12	12	116	0.0%	866.7%
51	Information			80	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			45	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			56	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services			206	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			37	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	18	24	174	33.3%	625.0%
61	Educational Services	10		249	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	28	27	1,277	-3.6%	4,629.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			208	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	26	29	2,025	11.5%	6,882.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			699	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			72	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	10	11	192	10.0%	1,645.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	12	13	296	8.3%	2,176.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			67	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			23	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			44	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			67	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			224	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			146	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			439	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	13	17	363	30.8%	2,035.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			18	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	28	26	2,030	-7.1%	7,707.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17	11	219	-35.3%	1,890.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			550	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	17	14	640	-17.6%	4,471.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12	18	581	50.0%	3,127.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10		32	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	105	129	465	22.9%	260.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10		234	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	27	26	823	-3.7%	3,065.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	31	30	191	-3.2%	536.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	30	28	802	-6.7%	2,764.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	23	22	509	-4.3%	2,213.6%
	12 years	151	170	2,858	12.6%	1,581.2%
	13-15 years	134	130	3,851	-3.0%	2,862.3%
	Over 15 years	36	26	1,055	-27.8%	3,957.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	242	246	3,383	1.7%	1,275.2%
	Female	102	102	4,891	0.0%	4,695.1%
Age
	Under age 22	13	16	763	23.1%	4,668.8%
	Age 22 to 29	67	61	1,717	-9.0%	2,714.8%
	Age 30 to 39	65	81	2,023	24.6%	2,397.5%
	Age 40 to 49	81	67	1,411	-17.3%	2,006.0%
	Age 50 to 59	75	75	1,357	0.0%	1,709.3%
	Age 60 to 64	28	35	560	25.0%	1,500.0%
	Age 65 and over	14	12	396	-14.3%	3,200.0%
	Info. not available			47	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	302	309	7,504	2.3%	2,328.5%
	Black or African American,		10	128	0.0%	1,180.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			147	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			85	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	24	19	398	-20.8%	1,994.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	300	314	7,476	4.7%	2,280.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	16		200	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	28	598	0.0%	2,035.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	323	284	3,773	-12.1%	1,228.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,178	1,108	16,785	-5.9%	1,414.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%
	Becker County	73	93	1,809	27.4%	1,845.2%
	Clay County	62	49	1,182	-21.0%	2,312.2%
	Douglas County	64	65	1,913	1.6%	2,843.1%
	Grant County	14	13	229	-7.1%	1,661.5%
	Otter Tail County	94	85	2,343	-9.6%	2,656.5%
	Pope County	14	20	406	42.9%	1,930.0%
	Stevens County	14	10	232	-28.6%	2,220.0%
	Traverse County			59	0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County			101	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	441	457	8,107	3.6%	1,674.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	80	127	1,419	58.8%	1,017.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	606	642	8,435	5.9%	1,213.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,162	1,081	19,867	-7.0%	1,737.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,622	6,338	168,704	-4.3%	2,561.8%

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

March 2020

EDR 4 - West Central