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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2024

	EDR 5 - North Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11	13		18.2%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	125	128	147	2.4%	14.8%
31	Manufacturing	52	71	72	36.5%	1.4%
42	Wholesale Trade		19		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	41	52	37	26.8%	-28.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	16	15	0.0%	-6.3%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		15		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	18	24	10	33.3%	-58.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	24	16	0.0%	-33.3%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	52	37	52.9%	-28.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	39	47	33	20.5%	-29.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11	20	12	81.8%	-40.0%
92	Public Administration	13	27		107.7%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	21			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	20	18	15	-10.0%	-16.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		11		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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		26		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	24	24	11	0.0%	-54.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	37	39	30	5.4%	-23.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	14	21	11	50.0%	-47.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	25	55	17	120.0%	-69.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	49	19	122.7%	-61.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14	13	17	-7.1%	30.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	135	141	159	4.4%	12.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	16	14	0.0%	-12.5%
510000	Production Occupations	31	38	41	22.6%	7.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	28	30	41	7.1%	36.7%
990000	Unknown	51	39	42	-23.5%	7.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	36	41	50	13.9%	22.0%
	12 years	213	298	229	39.9%	-23.2%
	13-15 years	170	174	134	2.4%	-23.0%
	Over 15 years	28	39	33	39.3%	-15.4%
Sex
	Male	304	357	312	17.4%	-12.6%
	Female	143	195	134	36.4%	-31.3%
Age
	Under age 22	20	32	29	60.0%	-9.4%
	Age 22 to 29	74	83	86	12.2%	3.6%
	Age 30 to 39	128	135	102	5.5%	-24.4%
	Age 40 to 49	84	109	101	29.8%	-7.3%
	Age 50 to 59	89	122	69	37.1%	-43.4%
	Age 60 to 64	29	37	38	27.6%	2.7%
	Age 65 and over	20	29	19	45.0%	-34.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	393	504	387	28.2%	-23.2%
	Black or African American,			11	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	12	11	-14.3%	-8.3%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	36	27	35	-25.0%	29.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	376	491	376	30.6%	-23.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	25	19	30	-24.0%	57.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	46	42	40	-8.7%	-4.8%

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%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
	Cass County	91	108	89	18.7%	-17.6%
	Crow Wing County	161	204	154	26.7%	-24.5%
	Morrison County	106	121	101	14.2%	-16.5%
	Todd County	59	73	65	23.7%	-11.0%
	Wadena County	30	46	37	53.3%	-19.6%
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 5 - North Central