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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2014

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	464	510	444	9.9%	-12.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		16		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	114	107	93	-6.1%	-13.1%
31	Manufacturing	105	148	78	41.0%	-47.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	17	14	6.3%	-17.6%
44	Retail Trade	25	28	24	12.0%	-14.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	33	27	106.3%	-18.2%
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	11		17	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	14	23	7.7%	64.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	41	43	23	4.9%	-46.5%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	37	26	46	-29.7%	76.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	18	13	16	-27.8%	23.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15	14	20	-6.7%	42.9%
92	Public Administration			14	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	20	22	17	10.0%	-22.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
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		22		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	13	11	13	-15.4%	18.2%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	19	19	31	0.0%	63.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	26	14	27	-46.2%	92.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	15	28	20	86.7%	-28.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19	32	21	68.4%	-34.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	14	13	16.7%	-7.1%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	128	115	114	-10.2%	-0.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	13	30	13	130.8%	-56.7%
510000	Production Occupations	95	88	74	-7.4%	-15.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	42	37	44.8%	-11.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	47	48	37	2.1%	-22.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	53	51	35	-3.8%	-31.4%
	12 years	224	204	196	-8.9%	-3.9%
	13-15 years	161	208	177	29.2%	-14.9%
	Over 15 years	26	47	36	80.8%	-23.4%
Sex
	Male	287	341	273	18.8%	-19.9%
	Female	177	169	171	-4.5%	1.2%
Age
	Under age 22	11	11	18	0.0%	63.6%
	Age 22 to 29	95	94	85	-1.1%	-9.6%
	Age 30 to 39	103	109	94	5.8%	-13.8%
	Age 40 to 49	99	117	99	18.2%	-15.4%
	Age 50 to 59	119	135	111	13.4%	-17.8%
	Age 60 to 64	25	33	25	32.0%	-24.2%
	Age 65 and over	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	417	469	399	12.5%	-14.9%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	33	24	33	-27.3%	37.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	387	432	375	11.6%	-13.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	40	43	26	7.5%	-39.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	37	35	43	-5.4%	22.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	285	422	361	48.1%	-14.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	483	419	416	-13.3%	-0.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,733	1,549	1,554	-10.6%	0.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	561	593	520	5.7%	-12.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	738	673	678	-8.8%	0.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	464	510	444	9.9%	-12.9%
	Kandiyohi County	119	141	105	18.5%	-25.5%
	McLeod County	194	200	165	3.1%	-17.5%
	Meeker County	89	99	112	11.2%	13.1%
	Renville County	62	70	62	12.9%	-11.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	114	205	87	79.8%	-57.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	822	823	929	0.1%	12.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,635	1,760	2,073	7.6%	17.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	282	332	258	17.7%	-22.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,101	851	840	-22.7%	-1.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,706	1,454	1,599	-14.8%	10.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,598	9,136	9,271	-4.8%	1.5%

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

March 2014

EDR 6E- Southwest Central