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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2020

	EDR 4 - West Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	465	447	1,313	-3.9%	193.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	21	21	30	0.0%	42.9%
21	Mining			10	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	157	133	292	-15.3%	119.5%
31	Manufacturing	45	48	155	6.7%	222.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	18	26	20.0%	44.4%
44	Retail Trade	46	35	97	-23.9%	177.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	14	11	26	-21.4%	136.4%
51	Information			26	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	11	14	41	27.3%	192.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			12	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	22	62	0.0%	181.8%
61	Educational Services			37	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	32	20	177	-37.5%	785.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	19	15	23	-21.1%	53.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	36	53	160	47.2%	201.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			55	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11	14	23	27.3%	64.3%
99	Unclassified		10	40	0.0%	300.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	16	39	-27.3%	143.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			14	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			20	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			23	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			60	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	18		86	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	23	49	154	113.0%	214.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	21	50	-22.2%	138.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			36	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	35	24	88	-31.4%	266.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	17	41	-15.0%	141.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	21	22	34	4.8%	54.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	148	147	280	-0.7%	90.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	13	23	8.3%	76.9%
510000	Production Occupations	22	27	103	22.7%	281.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	48	24	85	-50.0%	254.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	33	48	142	45.5%	195.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25	36	115	44.0%	219.4%
	12 years	199	194	559	-2.5%	188.1%
	13-15 years	196	166	484	-15.3%	191.6%
	Over 15 years	45	51	154	13.3%	202.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	326	297	743	-8.9%	150.2%
	Female	139	150	570	7.9%	280.0%
Age
	Under age 22	11	24	107	118.2%	345.8%
	Age 22 to 29	77	67	241	-13.0%	259.7%
	Age 30 to 39	100	91	326	-9.0%	258.2%
	Age 40 to 49	81	88	229	8.6%	160.2%
	Age 50 to 59	107	106	223	-0.9%	110.4%
	Age 60 to 64	54	32	93	-40.7%	190.6%
	Age 65 and over	31	37	74	19.4%	100.0%
	Info. not available			20	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	413	373	1,092	-9.7%	192.8%
	Black or African American,		15	65	0.0%	333.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	14	43	16.7%	207.1%
	Asian			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	30	40	98	33.3%	145.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	423	390	1,159	-7.8%	197.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	15	15	63	0.0%	320.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	27	42	91	55.6%	116.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	182	181	752	-0.5%	315.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	341	310	725	-9.1%	133.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,361	1,269	2,944	-6.8%	132.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	465	447	1,313	-3.9%	193.7%
	Becker County	88	105	269	19.3%	156.2%
	Clay County	61	60	232	-1.6%	286.7%
	Douglas County	73	79	266	8.2%	236.7%
	Grant County	13	14	43	7.7%	207.1%
	Otter Tail County	174	125	348	-28.2%	178.4%
	Pope County	24	30	73	25.0%	143.3%
	Stevens County	25	24	49	-4.0%	104.2%
	Traverse County			15	0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County			18	0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	725	593	1,812	-18.2%	205.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	276	289	920	4.7%	218.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	91	139	306	52.7%	120.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	697	693	1,804	-0.6%	160.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,219	1,131	3,849	-7.2%	240.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	274	190	839	-30.7%	341.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	669	508	1,734	-24.1%	241.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	990	1,039	3,708	4.9%	256.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,345	6,305	22,768	-0.6%	261.1%

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

October 2020

EDR 4 - West Central