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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2020

	EDR 4 - West Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	386	371	8,236	-3.9%	2,119.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		13	44	0.0%	238.5%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	95	94	503	-1.1%	435.1%
31	Manufacturing	45	63	1,064	40.0%	1,588.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	23		302	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	40	27	958	-32.5%	3,448.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	32	31	167	-3.1%	438.7%
51	Information			458	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			80	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			77	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	11	13	253	18.2%	1,846.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			56	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	18	17	284	-5.6%	1,570.6%
61	Educational Services			373	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	39	35	1,539	-10.3%	4,297.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			155	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	24	17	928	-29.2%	5,358.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			418	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			285	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	10		283	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	14	276	-12.5%	1,871.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			119	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			47	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			61	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			113	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations			25	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			306	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			196	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			609	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	13	469	-13.3%	3,507.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			22	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21	18	1,011	-14.3%	5,516.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10		266	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			378	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	34	21	870	-38.2%	4,042.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	20	577	0.0%	2,785.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14	17	82	21.4%	382.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	99	104	638	5.1%	513.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		13	251	0.0%	1,830.8%
510000	Production Occupations	17	28	689	64.7%	2,360.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	50	51	303	2.0%	494.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	45	30	916	-33.3%	2,953.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	33	25	555	-24.2%	2,120.0%
	12 years	167	147	2,671	-12.0%	1,717.0%
	13-15 years	143	159	3,643	11.2%	2,191.2%
	Over 15 years	43	40	1,366	-7.0%	3,315.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	271	267	3,553	-1.5%	1,230.7%
	Female	115	104	4,683	-9.6%	4,402.9%
Age
	Under age 22	12		813	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	65	49	1,394	-24.6%	2,744.9%
	Age 30 to 39	94	89	1,789	-5.3%	1,910.1%
	Age 40 to 49	70	75	1,406	7.1%	1,774.7%
	Age 50 to 59	93	95	1,439	2.2%	1,414.7%
	Age 60 to 64	33	32	754	-3.0%	2,256.3%
	Age 65 and over	18	23	534	27.8%	2,221.7%
	Info. not available			107	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	339	329	7,227	-2.9%	2,096.7%
	Black or African American,	12	11	209	-8.3%	1,800.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			250	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			108	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			16	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	26	25	426	-3.8%	1,604.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	349	337	7,449	-3.4%	2,110.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	14	11	224	-21.4%	1,936.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	23	23	563	0.0%	2,347.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	191	185	3,319	-3.1%	1,694.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	259	215	4,639	-17.0%	2,057.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,071	1,096	19,100	2.3%	1,642.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	386	371	8,236	-3.9%	2,119.9%
	Becker County	73	57	1,922	-21.9%	3,271.9%
	Clay County	66	65	1,386	-1.5%	2,032.3%
	Douglas County	61	88	1,806	44.3%	1,952.3%
	Grant County	18	19	192	5.6%	910.5%
	Otter Tail County	130	108	2,110	-16.9%	1,853.7%
	Pope County	24	18	401	-25.0%	2,127.8%
	Stevens County			209	0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County			68	0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County			142	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	452	395	8,913	-12.6%	2,156.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	303	272	4,625	-10.2%	1,600.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	70	102	1,757	45.7%	1,622.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	612	542	10,386	-11.4%	1,816.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,225	1,079	23,394	-11.9%	2,068.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	175	182	3,558	4.0%	1,854.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	675	577	11,852	-14.5%	1,954.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,132	940	26,236	-17.0%	2,691.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,570	6,297	190,483	-4.2%	2,925.0%

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

April 2020

EDR 4 - West Central