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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2020

	EDR 4 - West Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	256	219	1,017	-14.5%	364.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			12	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	38	34	111	-10.5%	226.5%
31	Manufacturing	33	38	110	15.2%	189.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	12	27	-14.3%	125.0%
44	Retail Trade	47	24	85	-48.9%	254.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			23	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information			16	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			13	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	12		33	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services			47	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		15	37	0.0%	146.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	29	26	185	-10.3%	611.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			19	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	26	143	62.5%	450.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			42	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		11	37	0.0%	236.4%
99	Unclassified			55	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	19		33	0.0%	0.0%
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			12	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		20	35	0.0%	75.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			19	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11		49	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	14	12	86	-14.3%	616.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	15	15	164	0.0%	993.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			29	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			33	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	27	21	86	-22.2%	309.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	24	18	63	-25.0%	250.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			16	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	44	38	110	-13.6%	189.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			25	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	28	23	86	-17.9%	273.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	10		34	0.0%	0.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	18	14	101	-22.2%	621.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	22	17	67	-22.7%	294.1%
	12 years	101	81	379	-19.8%	367.9%
	13-15 years	97	88	408	-9.3%	363.6%
	Over 15 years	36	32	160	-11.1%	400.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	127	126	432	-0.8%	242.9%
	Female	129	93	585	-27.9%	529.0%
Age
	Under age 22		13	71	0.0%	446.2%
	Age 22 to 29	35	35	216	0.0%	517.1%
	Age 30 to 39	58	52	222	-10.3%	326.9%
	Age 40 to 49	50	36	191	-28.0%	430.6%
	Age 50 to 59	69	49	183	-29.0%	273.5%
	Age 60 to 64	20	16	71	-20.0%	343.8%
	Age 65 and over	17	17	54	0.0%	217.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	219	191	864	-12.8%	352.4%
	Black or African American,	11		43	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			24	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			14	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	20	18	72	-10.0%	300.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	217	191	909	-12.0%	375.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	12		49	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	27	19	59	-29.6%	210.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	101	84	446	-16.8%	431.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	151	148	486	-2.0%	228.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	739	669	2,431	-9.5%	263.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	256	219	1,017	-14.5%	364.4%
	Becker County	46	49	195	6.5%	298.0%
	Clay County	43	21	153	-51.2%	628.6%
	Douglas County	55	42	226	-23.6%	438.1%
	Grant County	11		39	0.0%	0.0%
	Otter Tail County	71	67	298	-5.6%	344.8%
	Pope County	13	19	46	46.2%	142.1%
	Stevens County			37	0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County			17	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	260	300	997	15.4%	232.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	180	188	738	4.4%	292.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	76	57	218	-25.0%	282.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	362	333	1,298	-8.0%	289.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	765	701	3,060	-8.4%	336.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	337	354	613	5.0%	73.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	401	380	1,691	-5.2%	345.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	699	657	3,454	-6.0%	425.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,413	4,829	25,939	-10.8%	437.2%

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

August 2020

EDR 4 - West Central