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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2014

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	424	426	366	0.5%	-14.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14		16	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	72	67	65	-6.9%	-3.0%
31	Manufacturing	68	79	70	16.2%	-11.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	19		46.2%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	31	31	19	0.0%	-38.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	28	20	55.6%	-28.6%
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	14	19	12	35.7%	-36.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18		11	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	56	34	31	-39.3%	-8.8%
61	Educational Services		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	42	34	39	-19.0%	14.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	27	26	58.8%	-3.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		25	10	0.0%	-60.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	29	14		-51.7%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
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	13	19	10	46.2%	-47.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10	11	14	10.0%	27.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	16	27	-23.8%	68.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	24	28	21	16.7%	-25.0%
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	30	28	21	-6.7%	-25.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	20	23	0.0%	15.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13	10	15	-23.1%	50.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	75	86	75	14.7%	-12.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11	10	11	-9.1%	10.0%
510000	Production Occupations	98	75	57	-23.5%	-24.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	29	21	31.8%	-27.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	40	56	32	40.0%	-42.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	49	56	42	14.3%	-25.0%
	12 years	203	199	162	-2.0%	-18.6%
	13-15 years	140	138	131	-1.4%	-5.1%
	Over 15 years	32	33	31	3.1%	-6.1%
Sex
	Male	232	240	215	3.4%	-10.4%
	Female	192	186	151	-3.1%	-18.8%
Age
	Under age 22	22	20	17	-9.1%	-15.0%
	Age 22 to 29	106	78	66	-26.4%	-15.4%
	Age 30 to 39	73	99	84	35.6%	-15.2%
	Age 40 to 49	86	82	84	-4.7%	2.4%
	Age 50 to 59	98	105	81	7.1%	-22.9%
	Age 60 to 64	26	29	22	11.5%	-24.1%
	Age 65 and over	13	13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	376	380	335	1.1%	-11.8%
	Black or African American,		12		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	31	23	-6.1%	-25.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	350	342	305	-2.3%	-10.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	46	43	33	-6.5%	-23.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	41	28	46.4%	-31.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	355	254	206	-28.5%	-18.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	377	306	298	-18.8%	-2.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,488	1,460	1,275	-1.9%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	528	488	455	-7.6%	-6.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	649	657	495	1.2%	-24.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	424	426	366	0.5%	-14.1%
	Kandiyohi County	126	134	101	6.3%	-24.6%
	McLeod County	156	134	138	-14.1%	3.0%
	Meeker County	78	85	87	9.0%	2.4%
	Renville County	64	73	40	14.1%	-45.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	100	189	103	89.0%	-45.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	731	627	680	-14.2%	8.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,616	1,588	1,460	-1.7%	-8.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	379	326	338	-14.0%	3.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	965	769	815	-20.3%	6.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,597	1,438	1,216	-10.0%	-15.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,529	9,080	7,799	-4.7%	-14.1%

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

May 2014

EDR 6E- Southwest Central