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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2021

	EDR 4 - West Central	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	726	624	1,573	-14.0%	152.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	34	30	36	-11.8%	20.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	273	253	301	-7.3%	19.0%
31	Manufacturing	82	57	177	-30.5%	210.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	25	16	42	-36.0%	162.5%
44	Retail Trade	47	51	170	8.5%	233.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26	27	48	3.8%	77.8%
51	Information			24	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			18	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			13	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	22	18	43	-18.2%	138.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			27	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	39	32	61	-17.9%	90.6%
61	Educational Services			54	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	32	27	198	-15.6%	633.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12		19	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	29	32	180	10.3%	462.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	12	41	-14.3%	241.7%
92	Public Administration	41	18	56	-56.1%	211.1%
99	Unclassified	19	12	51	-36.8%	325.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	31	18	66	-41.9%	266.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			33	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			16	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			45	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			16	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		11	40	0.0%	263.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	17	11	89	-35.3%	709.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	26	29	207	11.5%	613.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	11	18	46	63.6%	155.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			38	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	29	23	116	-20.7%	404.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	44	20	77	-54.5%	285.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	45	33	53	-26.7%	60.6%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	305	274	312	-10.2%	13.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	21	18	40	-14.3%	122.2%
510000	Production Occupations	32	29	130	-9.4%	348.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	53	58	83	9.4%	43.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	79	63	139	-20.3%	120.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	47	41	158	-12.8%	285.4%
	12 years	357	300	608	-16.0%	102.7%
	13-15 years	254	231	504	-9.1%	118.2%
	Over 15 years	68	52	303	-23.5%	482.7%
Sex
	Male	572	505	944	-11.7%	86.9%
	Female	154	119	629	-22.7%	428.6%
Age
	Under age 22	37	27	127	-27.0%	370.4%
	Age 22 to 29	149	111	289	-25.5%	160.4%
	Age 30 to 39	186	148	362	-20.4%	144.6%
	Age 40 to 49	113	128	266	13.3%	107.8%
	Age 50 to 59	146	116	277	-20.5%	138.8%
	Age 60 to 64	55	53	135	-3.6%	154.7%
	Age 65 and over	34	37	100	8.8%	170.3%
	Info. not available			17	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	660	571	1,347	-13.5%	135.9%
	Black or African American,		17	79	0.0%	364.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	17		38	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	38	26	94	-31.6%	261.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	655	571	1,393	-12.8%	144.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	15	75	-42.3%	400.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	45	38	105	-15.6%	176.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	606	651	735	7.4%	12.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	444	355	693	-20.0%	95.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,749	1,460	3,584	-16.5%	145.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	726	624	1,573	-14.0%	152.1%
	Becker County	151	123	295	-18.5%	139.8%
	Clay County	110	110	295	0.0%	168.2%
	Douglas County	142	103	275	-27.5%	167.0%
	Grant County	31	15	47	-51.6%	213.3%
	Otter Tail County	205	197	481	-3.9%	144.2%
	Pope County	43	34	64	-20.9%	88.2%
	Stevens County	19	19	57	0.0%	200.0%
	Traverse County	12	13	25	8.3%	92.3%
	Wilkin County	13	10	34	-23.1%	240.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	862	722	1,715	-16.2%	137.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	566	472	1,115	-16.6%	136.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	232	202	325	-12.9%	60.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,288	1,007	2,142	-21.8%	112.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,198	1,947	4,563	-11.4%	134.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	526	417	992	-20.7%	137.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,140	1,019	2,459	-10.6%	141.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,832	1,632	4,700	-10.9%	188.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,255	8,920	29,917	-13.0%	235.4%

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

January 2021

EDR 4 - West Central