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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2022

	EDR 4 - West Central	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2020/ 2021 % Change	2021/ 2022 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,313	526	378	-59.9 %	-28.1 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	30	14	12	-53.3 %	-14.3 %
21	Mining	10			0.0 %	0.0 %
22	Utilities				0.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	292	110	114	-62.3 %	3.6 %
31	Manufacturing	155	61	34	-60.6 %	-44.3 %
42	Wholesale Trade	26	18	13	-30.8 %	-27.8 %
44	Retail Trade	97	58	36	-40.2 %	-37.9 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	26			0.0 %	0.0 %
51	Information	26			0.0 %	0.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	13	10		-23.1 %	0.0 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0 %	0.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	41	17	10	-58.5 %	-41.2 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12			0.0 %	0.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	62	27	17	-56.5 %	-37.0 %
61	Educational Services	37	14		-62.2 %	0.0 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	177	59	26	-66.7 %	-55.9 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	23	17	16	-26.1 %	-5.9 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	160	58	29	-63.8 %	-50.0 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	55	15	17	-72.7 %	13.3 %
92	Public Administration	23	14	15	-39.1 %	7.1 %
99	Unclassified	40			0.0 %	0.0 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	39	19		-51.3 %	0.0 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14		10	0.0 %	0.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0 %	0.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering 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	14		-76.7 %	0.0 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	86	38	12	-55.8 %	-68.4 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0 %	0.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	154	52	27	-66.2 %	-48.1 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	50	20	20	-60.0 %	0.0 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	36			0.0 %	0.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	88	49	21	-44.3 %	-57.1 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	41	29	16	-29.3 %	-44.8 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	34	20	14	-41.2 %	-30.0 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	280	108	109	-61.4 %	0.9 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23	17	15	-26.1 %	-11.8 %
510000	Production Occupations	103	34	26	-67.0 %	-23.5 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	85	26	25	-69.4 %	-3.8 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	142	58	44	-59.2 %	-24.1 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	115	51	33	-55.7 %	-35.3 %
	12 years	559	188	177	-66.4 %	-5.9 %
	13-15 years	484	217	126	-55.2 %	-41.9 %
	Over 15 years	154	69	42	-55.2 %	-39.1 %
Sex
	Male	743	290	250	-61.0 %	-13.8 %
	Female	570	235	128	-58.8 %	-45.5 %
Age
	Under age 22	107	40	15	-62.6 %	-62.5 %
	Age 22 to 29	241	101	79	-58.1 %	-21.8 %
	Age 30 to 39	326	138	64	-57.7 %	-53.6 %
	Age 40 to 49	229	92	73	-59.8 %	-20.7 %
	Age 50 to 59	223	86	74	-61.4 %	-14.0 %
	Age 60 to 64	93	35	45	-62.4 %	28.6 %
	Age 65 and over	74	29	25	-60.8 %	-13.8 %
	Info. not available	20			0.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	1,092	456	313	-58.2 %	-31.4 %
	Black or African American,	65	16	11	-75.4 %	-31.3 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	43	15	12	-65.1 %	-20.0 %
	Asian	11			0.0 %	0.0 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	98	33	40	-66.3 %	21.2 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,159	465	323	-59.9 %	-30.5 %
	Hispanic or Latino	63	23	22	-63.5 %	-4.3 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	91	38	33	-58.2 %	-13.2 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	752	380	200	-49.5 %	-47.4 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	725	422	257	-41.8 %	-39.1 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,944	1,552	1,142	-47.3 %	-26.4 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,313	526	378	-59.9 %	-28.1 %
	Becker County	269	111	75	-58.7 %	-32.4 %
	Clay County	232	74	51	-68.1 %	-31.1 %
	Douglas County	266	101	74	-62.0 %	-26.7 %
	Grant County	43	24	14	-44.2 %	-41.7 %
	Otter Tail County	348	152	128	-56.3 %	-15.8 %
	Pope County	73	25	24	-65.8 %	-4.0 %
	Stevens County	49	18		-63.3 %	0.0 %
	Traverse County	15			0.0 %	0.0 %
	Wilkin County	18	13		-27.8 %	0.0 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,812	828	553	-54.3 %	-33.2 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	920	339	258	-63.2 %	-23.9 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	306	103	59	-66.3 %	-42.7 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,804	800	615	-55.7 %	-23.1 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,849	1,516	1,146	-60.6 %	-24.4 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	839	330	194	-60.7 %	-41.2 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,734	687	515	-60.4 %	-25.0 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	3,708	1,461	1,001	-60.6 %	-31.5 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	22,768	8,218	6,443	-63.9 %	-21.6 %

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

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 2022

EDR 4 - West Central