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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2024

	EDR 4 - West Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,106	1,358	1,341	22.8%	-1.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	44	50	27	13.6%	-46.0%
21	Mining	29	27	36	-6.9%	33.3%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	579	605	613	4.5%	1.3%
31	Manufacturing	63	150	133	138.1%	-11.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	26	34	62.5%	30.8%
44	Retail Trade	54	81	44	50.0%	-45.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	30	34	20.0%	13.3%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			10	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	45	52	57	15.6%	9.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	79	71	79	-10.1%	11.3%
61	Educational Services		17		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	21	50	43	138.1%	-14.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	21	30	34	42.9%	13.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	44	68	80	54.5%	17.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	31	36	40	16.1%	11.1%
92	Public Administration	21	27	37	28.6%	37.0%
99	Unclassified	11	11	13	0.0%	18.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	26	37	45	42.3%	21.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				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		15		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	59	65	68.6%	10.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	54	65	79	20.4%	21.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	28	40	28	42.9%	-30.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	33	34	50.0%	3.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	45	50	43	11.1%	-14.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	553	587	594	6.1%	1.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	31	30	41	-3.2%	36.7%
510000	Production Occupations	28	75	60	167.9%	-20.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	133	141	142	6.0%	0.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	105	155	144	47.6%	-7.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	113	151	162	33.6%	7.3%
	12 years	570	690	675	21.1%	-2.2%
	13-15 years	345	407	407	18.0%	0.0%
	Over 15 years	77	109	97	41.6%	-11.0%
Sex
	Male	947	1,078	1,111	13.8%	3.1%
	Female	159	280	230	76.1%	-17.9%
Age
	Under age 22	70	95	100	35.7%	5.3%
	Age 22 to 29	178	230	239	29.2%	3.9%
	Age 30 to 39	239	274	258	14.6%	-5.8%
	Age 40 to 49	213	260	268	22.1%	3.1%
	Age 50 to 59	218	240	246	10.1%	2.5%
	Age 60 to 64	94	137	118	45.7%	-13.9%
	Age 65 and over	78	102	92	30.8%	-9.8%
	Info. not available	16	20	20	25.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	999	1,196	1,204	19.7%	0.7%
	Black or African American,	13	20	22	53.8%	10.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	25	44	29	76.0%	-34.1%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	65	96	78	47.7%	-18.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	981	1,169	1,184	19.2%	1.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	44	73	64	65.9%	-12.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	81	116	93	43.2%	-19.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	545	621	965	13.9%	55.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	675	763	769	13.0%	0.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,934	2,410	2,154	24.6%	-10.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,106	1,358	1,341	22.8%	-1.3%
	Becker County	253	280	271	10.7%	-3.2%
	Clay County	159	181	201	13.8%	11.0%
	Douglas County	188	231	212	22.9%	-8.2%
	Grant County	36	60	58	66.7%	-3.3%
	Otter Tail County	355	423	436	19.2%	3.1%
	Pope County	51	81	60	58.8%	-25.9%
	Stevens County	36	66	65	83.3%	-1.5%
	Traverse County	11	18	16	63.6%	-11.1%
	Wilkin County	17	18	22	5.9%	22.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	788	984	810	24.9%	-17.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	206	218	272	5.8%	24.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,770	1,868	1,796	5.5%	-3.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,726	2,999	2,819	10.0%	-6.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	439	454	474	3.4%	4.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,352	1,423	1,431	5.3%	0.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,100	2,297	2,275	9.4%	-1.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,191	12,293	11,094	33.8%	-9.8%

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

November 2024

EDR 4 - West Central