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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2019

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	270	303	272	12.2%	-10.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	53	76	80	43.4%	5.3%
31	Manufacturing	34	48	56	41.2%	16.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	11	11	10.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	18	20	12	11.1%	-40.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	55	28	12	-49.1%	-57.1%
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	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	24	14	41.2%	-41.7%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	21	22	-8.7%	4.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		11		0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	12		14	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				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				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		10	14	0.0%	40.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	11	16		45.5%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	17	28	29	64.7%	3.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	56	85	95	51.8%	11.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25	28	26	12.0%	-7.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	56	38	26	-32.1%	-31.6%
990000	Unknown	22	24	15	9.1%	-37.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	27	17	-12.9%	-37.0%
	12 years	112	140	126	25.0%	-10.0%
	13-15 years	110	116	106	5.5%	-8.6%
	Over 15 years	17	20	23	17.6%	15.0%
Sex
	Male	177	202	181	14.1%	-10.4%
	Female	93	101	91	8.6%	-9.9%
Age
	Under age 22		21		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	44	57	48	29.5%	-15.8%
	Age 30 to 39	57	77	53	35.1%	-31.2%
	Age 40 to 49	61	54	61	-11.5%	13.0%
	Age 50 to 59	69	63	70	-8.7%	11.1%
	Age 60 to 64	21	20	25	-4.8%	25.0%
	Age 65 and over	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	232	270	247	16.4%	-8.5%
	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	27	21	14	-22.2%	-33.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	214	256	234	19.6%	-8.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	28	29	15	3.6%	-48.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	18	23	-35.7%	27.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	320	191	185	-40.3%	-3.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	249	259	215	4.0%	-17.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,032	1,071	1,096	3.8%	2.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	297	386	371	30.0%	-3.9%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	352	452	395	28.4%	-12.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	270	303	272	12.2%	-10.2%
	Kandiyohi County	91	98	85	7.7%	-13.3%
	McLeod County	71	91	82	28.2%	-9.9%
	Meeker County	43	79	78	83.7%	-1.3%
	Renville County	65	35	27	-46.2%	-22.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	70	102	-16.7%	45.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	468	612	542	30.8%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	953	1,225	1,079	28.5%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	166	175	182	5.4%	4.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	463	675	577	45.8%	-14.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	779	1,132	940	45.3%	-17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,924	6,570	6,297	10.9%	-4.2%

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

April 2019

EDR 6E- Southwest Central