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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2022

	EDR 4 - West Central	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2020/ 2021 % Change	2021/ 2022 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,853	522	304	-71.8%	-41.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	122	71	38	-41.8%	-46.5%
31	Manufacturing	334	77	51	-76.9%	-33.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	69	21	13	-69.6%	-38.1%
44	Retail Trade	145	59	28	-59.3%	-52.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	41	11		-73.2%	0.0%
51	Information	34			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	39	13	17	-66.7%	30.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	26			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	77	20	13	-74.0%	-35.0%
61	Educational Services	115	28	13	-75.7%	-53.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	315	85	46	-73.0%	-45.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	37			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	224	43	34	-80.8%	-20.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	95	13	10	-86.3%	-23.1%
92	Public Administration	40	22		-45.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	91	24		-73.6%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	43	19		-55.8%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	22			0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	18			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	28	11		-60.7%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	69	22	26	-68.1%	18.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	54			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	92	20	10	-78.3%	-50.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	117	37	15	-68.4%	-59.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	261	44	24	-83.1%	-45.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	45	19		-57.8%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	58	15		-74.1%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	141	47	29	-66.7%	-38.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	96	20	19	-79.2%	-5.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	26			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	138	85	46	-38.4%	-45.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	35			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	331	69	37	-79.2%	-46.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	66	26	16	-60.6%	-38.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	193	46	34	-76.2%	-26.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	133	47	30	-64.7%	-36.2%
	12 years	683	189	125	-72.3%	-33.9%
	13-15 years	772	179	111	-76.8%	-38.0%
	Over 15 years	264	107	38	-59.5%	-64.5%
Sex
	Male	761	275	163	-63.9%	-40.7%
	Female	1,092	247	141	-77.4%	-42.9%
Age
	Under age 22	149	31	15	-79.2%	-51.6%
	Age 22 to 29	385	88	64	-77.1%	-27.3%
	Age 30 to 39	482	106	53	-78.0%	-50.0%
	Age 40 to 49	318	116	67	-63.5%	-42.2%
	Age 50 to 59	297	98	56	-67.0%	-42.9%
	Age 60 to 64	122	45	34	-63.1%	-24.4%
	Age 65 and over	78	30	13	-61.5%	-56.7%
	Info. not available	22			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,606	405	236	-74.8%	-41.7%
	Black or African American,	68	43	19	-36.8%	-55.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	53	20	15	-62.3%	-25.0%
	Asian	15			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	109	49	32	-55.0%	-34.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,648	457	258	-72.3%	-43.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	65	20	24	-69.2%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	140	45	22	-67.9%	-51.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,133	533	142	-53.0%	-73.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	992	302	208	-69.6%	-31.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	3,917	1,270	779	-67.6%	-38.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,853	522	304	-71.8%	-41.8%
	Becker County	504	97	75	-80.8%	-22.7%
	Clay County	283	114	61	-59.7%	-46.5%
	Douglas County	319	87	47	-72.7%	-46.0%
	Grant County	31	14		-54.8%	0.0%
	Otter Tail County	502	158	90	-68.5%	-43.0%
	Pope County	101	25	10	-75.2%	-60.0%
	Stevens County	66	15		-77.3%	0.0%
	Traverse County	15			0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	32			0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,634	612	274	-62.5%	-55.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	1,142	388	198	-66.0%	-49.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	513	132	65	-74.3%	-50.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	2,269	699	441	-69.2%	-36.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	5,709	1,906	1,000	-66.6%	-47.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,086	514	537	-52.7%	4.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	3,098	911	521	-70.6%	-42.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	7,172	1,686	873	-76.5%	-48.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	43,122	10,955	6,582	-74.6%	-39.9%

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

July 2022

EDR 4 - West Central