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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2024

	EDR 5 - North Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	26	45	37	73.1%	-17.8%
21	Mining	15	14	16	-6.7%	14.3%
22	Utilities	16	10	11	-37.5%	10.0%
23	Construction	710	785	797	10.6%	1.5%
31	Manufacturing	79	182	158	130.4%	-13.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	29	14	81.3%	-51.7%
44	Retail Trade	57	84	70	47.4%	-16.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	22	27	16	22.7%	-40.7%
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	26	42	29	61.5%	-31.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	130	131	145	0.8%	10.7%
61	Educational Services	10			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	31	44	29	41.9%	-34.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	32	41	46	28.1%	12.2%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	87	137	135	57.5%	-1.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	36	37	52	2.8%	40.5%
92	Public Administration	31	30	27	-3.2%	-10.0%
99	Unclassified		10	15	0.0%	50.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	40	36	150.0%	-10.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				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				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16	29	13	81.3%	-55.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	55	79	80	43.6%	1.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	94	102	106	8.5%	3.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	42	24	35	-42.9%	45.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	33	41	10.0%	24.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	45	46	53	2.2%	15.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	669	779	765	16.4%	-1.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	45	56	56	24.4%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	16	82	73	412.5%	-11.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	141	145	136	2.8%	-6.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	151	196	200	29.8%	2.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	163	183	176	12.3%	-3.8%
	12 years	732	888	901	21.3%	1.5%
	13-15 years	414	513	488	23.9%	-4.9%
	Over 15 years	51	84	66	64.7%	-21.4%
Sex
	Male	1,145	1,386	1,369	21.0%	-1.2%
	Female	215	282	262	31.2%	-7.1%
Age
	Under age 22	107	115	130	7.5%	13.0%
	Age 22 to 29	254	310	298	22.0%	-3.9%
	Age 30 to 39	267	367	328	37.5%	-10.6%
	Age 40 to 49	232	295	318	27.2%	7.8%
	Age 50 to 59	292	325	286	11.3%	-12.0%
	Age 60 to 64	106	146	167	37.7%	14.4%
	Age 65 and over	87	94	86	8.0%	-8.5%
	Info. not available	15	16	18	6.7%	12.5%
Race
	White	1,261	1,547	1,486	22.7%	-3.9%
	Black or African American,		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	29	24	30	-17.2%	25.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	63	77	95	22.2%	23.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,214	1,464	1,438	20.6%	-1.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	25	54	54	116.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	121	150	139	24.0%	-7.3%

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%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%
	Cass County	245	331	307	35.1%	-7.3%
	Crow Wing County	406	554	544	36.5%	-1.8%
	Morrison County	451	393	412	-12.9%	4.8%
	Todd County	181	244	240	34.8%	-1.6%
	Wadena County	77	146	128	89.6%	-12.3%
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 5 - North Central