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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2024

	EDR 4 - West Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12	14	10	16.7%	-28.6%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	80	95	106	18.8%	11.6%
31	Manufacturing	52	68	60	30.8%	-11.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	27	14	125.0%	-48.1%
44	Retail Trade	38	65	32	71.1%	-50.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	18	17	20.0%	-5.6%
51	Information		10		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		24	10	0.0%	-58.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		25	17	0.0%	-32.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15	31	16	106.7%	-48.4%
61	Educational Services	10	18		80.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	35	73	56	108.6%	-23.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	37	57	28	54.1%	-50.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13	20		53.8%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	14	26	10	85.7%	-61.5%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	12	34	13	183.3%	-61.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				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	10			0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		33		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		18	12	0.0%	-33.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	17	16	-19.0%	-5.9%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	37	27	5.7%	-27.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		18		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	31	112	32	261.3%	-71.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18	57	33	216.7%	-42.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	83	102	101	22.9%	-1.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			18	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	47	34	56.7%	-27.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	33	30	35	-9.1%	16.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	41	31	34	-24.4%	9.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	35	41	31	17.1%	-24.4%
	12 years	139	365	170	162.6%	-53.4%
	13-15 years	155	167	153	7.7%	-8.4%
	Over 15 years	34	33	60	-2.9%	81.8%
Sex
	Male	236	359	256	52.1%	-28.7%
	Female	127	247	158	94.5%	-36.0%
Age
	Under age 22	13	29	15	123.1%	-48.3%
	Age 22 to 29	61	88	70	44.3%	-20.5%
	Age 30 to 39	86	173	104	101.2%	-39.9%
	Age 40 to 49	80	118	96	47.5%	-18.6%
	Age 50 to 59	78	123	75	57.7%	-39.0%
	Age 60 to 64	31	44	26	41.9%	-40.9%
	Age 65 and over	13	28	23	115.4%	-17.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	304	540	347	77.6%	-35.7%
	Black or African American,	12	17	15	41.7%	-11.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10		15	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	35	39	37	11.4%	-5.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	326	553	362	69.6%	-34.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	13	12	17	-7.7%	41.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	24	41	35	70.8%	-14.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	189	258	390	36.5%	51.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	348	328	292	-5.7%	-11.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,380	1,397	1,220	1.2%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%
	Becker County	65	103	65	58.5%	-36.9%
	Clay County	66	177	86	168.2%	-51.4%
	Douglas County	60	97	77	61.7%	-20.6%
	Grant County	12	13	11	8.3%	-15.4%
	Otter Tail County	123	149	128	21.1%	-14.1%
	Pope County	20	20	28	0.0%	40.0%
	Stevens County	11	16	13	45.5%	-18.8%
	Traverse County		14		0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County		17		0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	130	69	88.4%	-46.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	747	918	813	22.9%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,247	1,579	1,180	26.6%	-25.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%

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

March 2024

EDR 4 - West Central