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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2020

	EDR 4 - West Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	346	323	3,009	-6.6%	831.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			18	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	30	44	159	46.7%	261.4%
31	Manufacturing	44	62	393	40.9%	533.9%
42	Wholesale Trade			68	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	33	20	261	-39.4%	1,205.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15		68	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information			95	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			29	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			25	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		10	52	0.0%	420.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			40	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	14		104	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	17	13	216	-23.5%	1,561.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	96	80	719	-16.7%	798.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			41	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	23	14	362	-39.1%	2,485.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	10		113	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	17	13	95	-23.5%	630.8%
99	Unclassified			146	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	14	14	98	0.0%	600.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			37	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			16	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			31	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			25	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	64	63	147	-1.6%	133.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			55	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	17		266	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	22		218	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			24	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	27	25	461	-7.4%	1,744.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			82	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			90	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	20	231	0.0%	1,055.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	14	188	-36.4%	1,242.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		14	39	0.0%	178.6%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	30	47	182	56.7%	287.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			55	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	31	32	320	3.2%	900.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	30	25	115	-16.7%	360.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	25	25	319	0.0%	1,176.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	11	13	243	18.2%	1,769.2%
	12 years	121	110	937	-9.1%	751.8%
	13-15 years	155	144	1,304	-7.1%	805.6%
	Over 15 years	59	56	523	-5.1%	833.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	154	160	1,292	3.9%	707.5%
	Female	192	163	1,717	-15.1%	953.4%
Age
	Under age 22	13		292	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	46	44	537	-4.3%	1,120.5%
	Age 30 to 39	75	91	716	21.3%	686.8%
	Age 40 to 49	71	50	500	-29.6%	900.0%
	Age 50 to 59	94	77	478	-18.1%	520.8%
	Age 60 to 64	27	30	217	11.1%	623.3%
	Age 65 and over	20	22	217	10.0%	886.4%
	Info. not available			52	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	296	287	2,507	-3.0%	773.5%
	Black or African American,			201	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11		73	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			35	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	28	16	185	-42.9%	1,056.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	298	291	2,695	-2.3%	826.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	14	12	95	-14.3%	691.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	34	20	219	-41.2%	995.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	239	311	1,730	30.1%	456.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	247	226	1,397	-8.5%	518.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	982	7,270	-2.2%	640.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	346	323	3,009	-6.6%	831.6%
	Becker County	82	65	659	-20.7%	913.8%
	Clay County	61	53	544	-13.1%	926.4%
	Douglas County	65	58	606	-10.8%	944.8%
	Grant County	11	20	103	81.8%	415.0%
	Otter Tail County	100	87	828	-13.0%	851.7%
	Pope County	16	24	122	50.0%	408.3%
	Stevens County			77	0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County			24	0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County			46	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	314	348	2,970	10.8%	753.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	240	289	2,080	20.4%	619.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	99	108	517	9.1%	378.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	453	443	3,298	-2.2%	644.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	858	908	9,353	5.8%	930.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	173	239	1,639	38.2%	585.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	511	566	4,917	10.8%	768.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	930	964	13,962	3.7%	1,348.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,809	5,701	77,191	-1.9%	1,254.0%

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

May 2020

EDR 4 - West Central