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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2023

	EDR 4 - West Central	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,081	438	403	-59.5%	-8.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	19	14	11	-26.3%	-21.4%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	208	139	149	-33.2%	7.2%
31	Manufacturing	103	50	39	-51.5%	-22.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	38	15		-60.5%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	105	33	38	-68.6%	15.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	43	13	12	-69.8%	-7.7%
51	Information	19			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	20			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	16			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	33	18		-45.5%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	41	22	21	-46.3%	-4.5%
61	Educational Services	37	11		-70.3%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	141	37	30	-73.8%	-18.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	128	26	27	-79.7%	3.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	35			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	29	12	10	-58.6%	-16.7%
99	Unclassified	31	12	13	-61.3%	8.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	64	15		-76.6%	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	11			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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	10			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	29			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	66	21	13	-68.2%	-38.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	129	31	29	-76.0%	-6.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	16		-40.7%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	29			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	92	25	20	-72.8%	-20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	48	22	19	-54.2%	-13.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	28	20	15	-28.6%	-25.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	210	142	157	-32.4%	10.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	17	12	10	-29.4%	-16.7%
510000	Production Occupations	99	33	29	-66.7%	-12.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	66	29	29	-56.1%	0.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	86	36	39	-58.1%	8.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	104	38	32	-63.5%	-15.8%
	12 years	407	204	181	-49.9%	-11.3%
	13-15 years	328	157	163	-52.1%	3.8%
	Over 15 years	241	39	27	-83.8%	-30.8%
Sex
	Male	634	294	286	-53.6%	-2.7%
	Female	447	143	117	-68.0%	-18.2%
Age
	Under age 22	90	28	28	-68.9%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	171	80	83	-53.2%	3.8%
	Age 30 to 39	236	109	95	-53.8%	-12.8%
	Age 40 to 49	217	77	87	-64.5%	13.0%
	Age 50 to 59	204	74	64	-63.7%	-13.5%
	Age 60 to 64	90	38	25	-57.8%	-34.2%
	Age 65 and over	59	22	18	-62.7%	-18.2%
	Info. not available	14	10		-28.6%	0.0%
Race
	White	914	388	347	-57.5%	-10.6%
	Black or African American,	57	12	16	-78.9%	33.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	37	13	11	-64.9%	-15.4%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	66	22	26	-66.7%	18.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	945	388	352	-58.9%	-9.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	47	16	16	-66.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	89	34	35	-61.8%	2.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	442	207	165	-53.2%	-20.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	577	278	220	-51.8%	-20.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,789	1,219	1,150	-56.3%	-5.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,081	438	403	-59.5%	-8.0%
	Becker County	207	89	79	-57.0%	-11.2%
	Clay County	207	70	69	-66.2%	-1.4%
	Douglas County	226	70	90	-69.0%	28.6%
	Grant County	36	18	14	-50.0%	-22.2%
	Otter Tail County	286	139	117	-51.4%	-15.8%
	Pope County	54	30	20	-44.4%	-33.3%
	Stevens County	31	11		-64.5%	0.0%
	Traverse County	17			0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	17			0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,232	513	501	-58.4%	-2.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	733	312	644	-57.4%	106.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	82	95	-65.1%	15.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,667	772	885	-53.7%	14.6%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,813	1,523	1,678	-60.1%	10.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	600	242	258	-59.7%	6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,805	740	738	-59.0%	-0.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	3,898	1,330	1,359	-65.9%	2.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	21,846	8,024	8,795	-63.3%	9.6%

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

February 2023

EDR 4 - West Central