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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2021

	EDR 4 - West Central	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	219	1,017	529	364.4%	-48.0%

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	34	111	84	226.5%	-24.3%
31	Manufacturing	38	110	74	189.5%	-32.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	27	20	125.0%	-25.9%
44	Retail Trade	24	85	50	254.2%	-41.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		23	13	0.0%	-43.5%
51	Information		16		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		33	19	0.0%	-42.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		47	30	0.0%	-36.2%
61	Educational Services	15	37	20	146.7%	-45.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	185	83	611.5%	-55.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		19		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	26	143	46	450.0%	-67.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		42	21	0.0%	-50.0%
92	Public Administration	11	37	14	236.4%	-62.2%
99	Unclassified		55	15	0.0%	-72.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		33	23	0.0%	-30.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			10	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	16	75.0%	-54.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		19		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		49	23	0.0%	-53.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	86	37	616.7%	-57.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	15	164	32	993.3%	-80.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		29	18	0.0%	-37.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		33		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	86	40	309.5%	-53.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18	63	36	250.0%	-42.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		16		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	38	110	93	189.5%	-15.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		25	20	0.0%	-20.0%
510000	Production Occupations	23	86	49	273.9%	-43.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		34	25	0.0%	-26.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	14	101	57	621.4%	-43.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	17	67	73	294.1%	9.0%
	12 years	81	379	181	367.9%	-52.2%
	13-15 years	88	408	195	363.6%	-52.2%
	Over 15 years	32	160	80	400.0%	-50.0%
Sex
	Male	126	432	291	242.9%	-32.6%
	Female	93	585	238	529.0%	-59.3%
Age
	Under age 22	13	71	40	446.2%	-43.7%
	Age 22 to 29	35	216	98	517.1%	-54.6%
	Age 30 to 39	52	222	131	326.9%	-41.0%
	Age 40 to 49	36	191	97	430.6%	-49.2%
	Age 50 to 59	49	183	100	273.5%	-45.4%
	Age 60 to 64	16	71	33	343.8%	-53.5%
	Age 65 and over	17	54	28	217.6%	-48.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	191	864	417	352.4%	-51.7%
	Black or African American,		43	35	0.0%	-18.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		24	16	0.0%	-33.3%
	Asian		14		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	18	72	57	300.0%	-20.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	191	909	448	375.9%	-50.7%
	Hispanic or Latino		49	28	0.0%	-42.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	19	59	53	210.5%	-10.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	84	446	304	431.0%	-31.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	148	486	331	228.4%	-31.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	669	2,431	1,326	263.4%	-45.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	219	1,017	529	364.4%	-48.0%
	Becker County	49	195	90	298.0%	-53.8%
	Clay County	21	153	112	628.6%	-26.8%
	Douglas County	42	226	99	438.1%	-56.2%
	Grant County		39	21	0.0%	-46.2%
	Otter Tail County	67	298	146	344.8%	-51.0%
	Pope County	19	46	28	142.1%	-39.1%
	Stevens County		37	19	0.0%	-48.6%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County		17	11	0.0%	-35.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	300	997	615	232.3%	-38.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	188	738	431	292.6%	-41.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	57	218	126	282.5%	-42.2%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	333	1,298	825	289.8%	-36.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	701	3,060	1,853	336.5%	-39.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	354	613	350	73.2%	-42.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	380	1,691	917	345.0%	-45.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	657	3,454	2,014	425.7%	-41.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	4,829	25,939	11,255	437.2%	-56.6%

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 2021

EDR 4 - West Central