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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2021

	EDR 4 - West Central	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	254	1,193	399	369.7%	-66.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		14		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	66	115	77	74.2%	-33.0%
31	Manufacturing	28	303	60	982.1%	-80.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	32	25		-21.9%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	21	91	42	333.3%	-53.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		24	11	0.0%	-54.2%
51	Information		22		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		11		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		30		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		40	15	0.0%	-62.5%
61	Educational Services		45	13	0.0%	-71.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	21	154	65	633.3%	-57.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		15		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	15	144	33	860.0%	-77.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		46	14	0.0%	-69.6%
92	Public Administration	10	29	11	190.0%	-62.1%
99	Unclassified		67		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	38		192.3%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		24		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		42		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		36	13	0.0%	-63.9%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	10	61	36	510.0%	-41.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	11	135	32	1,127.3%	-76.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		32	10	0.0%	-68.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		37		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	101	30	405.0%	-70.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	69	13	213.6%	-81.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12	12	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	63	116	83	84.1%	-28.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	20		42.9%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	20	232	50	1,060.0%	-78.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	44	20	158.8%	-54.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	24	146	36	508.3%	-75.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	17	92	48	441.2%	-47.8%
	12 years	105	487	159	363.8%	-67.4%
	13-15 years	106	455	136	329.2%	-70.1%
	Over 15 years	26	157	56	503.8%	-64.3%
Sex
	Male	161	489	231	203.7%	-52.8%
	Female	93	704	168	657.0%	-76.1%
Age
	Under age 22		102	34	0.0%	-66.7%
	Age 22 to 29	32	253	64	690.6%	-74.7%
	Age 30 to 39	68	304	84	347.1%	-72.4%
	Age 40 to 49	48	186	85	287.5%	-54.3%
	Age 50 to 59	58	198	82	241.4%	-58.6%
	Age 60 to 64	27	80	20	196.3%	-75.0%
	Age 65 and over	15	56	25	273.3%	-55.4%
	Info. not available		14		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	224	994	338	343.8%	-66.0%
	Black or African American,		54	14	0.0%	-74.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		40	11	0.0%	-72.5%
	Asian		13		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	15	91	32	506.7%	-64.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	229	1,031	351	350.2%	-66.0%
	Hispanic or Latino		47	20	0.0%	-57.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	19	115	28	505.3%	-75.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	103	489	277	374.8%	-43.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	184	513	289	178.8%	-43.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	849	2,366	1,165	178.7%	-50.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	254	1,193	399	369.7%	-66.6%
	Becker County	45	397	85	782.2%	-78.6%
	Clay County	26	198	73	661.5%	-63.1%
	Douglas County	49	196	68	300.0%	-65.3%
	Grant County	12	39	12	225.0%	-69.2%
	Otter Tail County	73	261	124	257.5%	-52.5%
	Pope County	26	33	15	26.9%	-54.5%
	Stevens County	17	40	10	135.3%	-75.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County		22		0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	373	1,092	497	192.8%	-54.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	209	803	321	284.2%	-60.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	174	223	80	28.2%	-64.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	455	1,379	656	203.1%	-52.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	810	3,047	1,298	276.2%	-57.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	255	775	235	203.9%	-69.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	405	1,602	636	295.6%	-60.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	688	3,296	1,393	379.1%	-57.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,488	25,549	7,820	365.5%	-69.4%

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

September 2021

EDR 4 - West Central