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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2023

	EDR 4 - West Central	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	84	31	41	-63.1%	32.3%
31	Manufacturing	74	34	57	-54.1%	67.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	20		10	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	50	35	36	-30.0%	2.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13			0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	14			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	19			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	30	17	21	-43.3%	23.5%
61	Educational Services	20		42	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	83	41	55	-50.6%	34.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	46	27	26	-41.3%	-3.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21	10	14	-52.4%	40.0%
92	Public Administration	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	15			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	23	12	21	-47.8%	75.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10		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				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	16		45	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23		10	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	37	17	25	-54.1%	47.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	32	22	23	-31.3%	4.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	11	11	-38.9%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	40	28	27	-30.0%	-3.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	36	17	19	-52.8%	11.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	93	39	49	-58.1%	25.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	20		16	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	49	22	32	-55.1%	45.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	25	12	19	-52.0%	58.3%
990000	Unknown	57	32	42	-43.9%	31.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	73	17	28	-76.7%	64.7%
	12 years	181	116	153	-35.9%	31.9%
	13-15 years	195	88	140	-54.9%	59.1%
	Over 15 years	80	38	53	-52.5%	39.5%
Sex
	Male	291	131	179	-55.0%	36.6%
	Female	238	128	195	-46.2%	52.3%
Age
	Under age 22	40	11	24	-72.5%	118.2%
	Age 22 to 29	98	45	65	-54.1%	44.4%
	Age 30 to 39	131	72	82	-45.0%	13.9%
	Age 40 to 49	97	60	77	-38.1%	28.3%
	Age 50 to 59	100	39	76	-61.0%	94.9%
	Age 60 to 64	33	18	33	-45.5%	83.3%
	Age 65 and over	28	12	14	-57.1%	16.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	417	212	315	-49.2%	48.6%
	Black or African American,	35	16	18	-54.3%	12.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	16		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	57	19	26	-66.7%	36.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	448	224	331	-50.0%	47.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	28	13	19	-53.6%	46.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	53	22	24	-58.5%	9.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	304	119	162	-60.9%	36.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	331	211	204	-36.3%	-3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,326	774	932	-41.6%	20.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%
	Becker County	90	48	56	-46.7%	16.7%
	Clay County	112	52	62	-53.6%	19.2%
	Douglas County	99	43	87	-56.6%	102.3%
	Grant County	21	12	13	-42.9%	8.3%
	Otter Tail County	146	81	122	-44.5%	50.6%
	Pope County	28	10	16	-64.3%	60.0%
	Stevens County	19			0.0%	0.0%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	11			0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	615	286	376	-53.5%	31.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	126	71	81	-43.7%	14.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	825	496	516	-39.9%	4.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,014	932	1,181	-53.7%	26.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%

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 2023

EDR 4 - West Central