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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2014

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	492	396	411	-19.5%	3.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13		15	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	70	72	51	2.9%	-29.2%
31	Manufacturing	75	71	111	-5.3%	56.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	23	19	17	-17.4%	-10.5%
44	Retail Trade	32	25	21	-21.9%	-16.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16		15	0.0%	0.0%
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	13	14	-7.1%	7.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	37	34	30	-8.1%	-11.8%
61	Educational Services	24	22	19	-8.3%	-13.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	50	30	37	-40.0%	23.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	28	18	0.0%	-35.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	34	24	32	-29.4%	33.3%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	36	14		-61.1%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			16	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	49	35	37	-28.6%	5.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13		18	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	29	12	12	-58.6%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	44	36	23	-18.2%	-36.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	16	11		-31.3%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	16	28	16	75.0%	-42.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	26	22	30.0%	-15.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	13	10	12	-23.1%	20.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	76	64	56	-15.8%	-12.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	13	14	-18.8%	7.7%
510000	Production Occupations	82	72	94	-12.2%	30.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	20	15	16	-25.0%	6.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	47	34	34	-27.7%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	38	50	31	31.6%	-38.0%
	12 years	224	168	170	-25.0%	1.2%
	13-15 years	184	135	167	-26.6%	23.7%
	Over 15 years	46	43	43	-6.5%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	256	190	213	-25.8%	12.1%
	Female	236	206	198	-12.7%	-3.9%
Age
	Under age 22	19	13		-31.6%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	99	79	84	-20.2%	6.3%
	Age 30 to 39	114	95	73	-16.7%	-23.2%
	Age 40 to 49	99	74	93	-25.3%	25.7%
	Age 50 to 59	114	89	102	-21.9%	14.6%
	Age 60 to 64	35	35	35	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	11	11	12	0.0%	9.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	451	365	374	-19.1%	2.5%
	Black or African American,			11	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	29	25	23	-13.8%	-8.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	419	331	356	-21.0%	7.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	40	40	35	0.0%	-12.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	33	25	20	-24.2%	-20.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	488	583	307	19.5%	-47.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	335	286	357	-14.6%	24.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,481	1,261	1,230	-14.9%	-2.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	418	375	362	-10.3%	-3.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	598	503	486	-15.9%	-3.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	492	396	411	-19.5%	3.8%
	Kandiyohi County	138	133	124	-3.6%	-6.8%
	McLeod County	182	123	141	-32.4%	14.6%
	Meeker County	100	85	97	-15.0%	14.1%
	Renville County	72	55	49	-23.6%	-10.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	108	129	33.3%	19.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	699	542	553	-22.5%	2.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,633	1,370	1,372	-16.1%	0.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	575	603	694	4.9%	15.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	868	809	810	-6.8%	0.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,525	1,358	1,354	-11.0%	-0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,625	8,827	8,107	-8.3%	-8.2%

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

June 2014

EDR 6E- Southwest Central