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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2024

	EDR 4 - West Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12		17	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	114	136	140	19.3%	2.9%
31	Manufacturing	34	79	154	132.4%	94.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	16	13	23.1%	-18.8%
44	Retail Trade	36	56	40	55.6%	-28.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	10	23	23	130.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	27	16	58.8%	-40.7%
61	Educational Services			20	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	32	34	23.1%	6.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16	17	14	6.3%	-17.6%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	29	46	45	58.6%	-2.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17	14	19	-17.6%	35.7%
92	Public Administration	15	12	16	-20.0%	33.3%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		21	19	0.0%	-9.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10	16	11	60.0%	-31.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			14	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	23	0.0%	130.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	12	15	0.0%	25.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	27	36	41	33.3%	13.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	22	31	10.0%	40.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	31	23	47.6%	-25.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	16	20	34	25.0%	70.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14	13	13	-7.1%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	109	119	112	9.2%	-5.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15	14	18	-6.7%	28.6%
510000	Production Occupations	26	64	101	146.2%	57.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	25	23	41	-8.0%	78.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	44	72	69	63.6%	-4.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	33	56	58	69.7%	3.6%
	12 years	177	220	276	24.3%	25.5%
	13-15 years	126	164	195	30.2%	18.9%
	Over 15 years	42	63	61	50.0%	-3.2%
Sex
	Male	250	317	387	26.8%	22.1%
	Female	128	186	203	45.3%	9.1%
Age
	Under age 22	15	24	42	60.0%	75.0%
	Age 22 to 29	79	74	91	-6.3%	23.0%
	Age 30 to 39	64	133	110	107.8%	-17.3%
	Age 40 to 49	73	83	136	13.7%	63.9%
	Age 50 to 59	74	92	100	24.3%	8.7%
	Age 60 to 64	45	63	62	40.0%	-1.6%
	Age 65 and over	25	33	42	32.0%	27.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	313	421	500	34.5%	18.8%
	Black or African American,	11	21	14	90.9%	-33.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12	14	16	16.7%	14.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	40	45	58	12.5%	28.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	323	432	484	33.7%	12.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	22	34	46	54.5%	35.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	33	37	60	12.1%	62.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	200	302	273	51.0%	-9.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	257	332	334	29.2%	0.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,142	1,330	1,114	16.5%	-16.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%
	Becker County	75	87	128	16.0%	47.1%
	Clay County	51	54	74	5.9%	37.0%
	Douglas County	74	100	113	35.1%	13.0%
	Grant County	14	15	14	7.1%	-6.7%
	Otter Tail County	128	191	207	49.2%	8.4%
	Pope County	24	29	30	20.8%	3.4%
	Stevens County		18	15	0.0%	-16.7%
	Traverse County				0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County				0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	553	666	679	20.4%	2.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	59	90	94	52.5%	4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	615	833	801	35.4%	-3.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,001	1,229	1,112	22.8%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%

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

October 2024

EDR 4 - West Central