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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2019

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	813	810	908	-0.4%	12.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	45	51	53	13.3%	3.9%
21	Mining	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	382	378	413	-1.0%	9.3%
31	Manufacturing	111	110	168	-0.9%	52.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	18	23	20.0%	27.8%
44	Retail Trade	22	22	18	0.0%	-18.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	29	30	26	3.4%	-13.3%
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		12	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	62	56	45	-9.7%	-19.6%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	37	38	32	2.7%	-15.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	16	18	0.0%	12.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	26	22	41	-15.4%	86.4%
92	Public Administration		10		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	11	19	12	72.7%	-36.8%
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	24	13	20	-45.8%	53.8%
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		12	14	0.0%	16.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	19	12	15	-36.8%	25.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	30	25	50.0%	-16.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10	10	11	0.0%	10.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18	34	31	88.9%	-8.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	54	43	47	-20.4%	9.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	414	399	451	-3.6%	13.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	19	16	35.7%	-15.8%
510000	Production Occupations	46	47	88	2.2%	87.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	77	72	88	-6.5%	22.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	69	69	68	0.0%	-1.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	97	98	102	1.0%	4.1%
	12 years	435	391	499	-10.1%	27.6%
	13-15 years	249	278	272	11.6%	-2.2%
	Over 15 years	32	43	35	34.4%	-18.6%
Sex
	Male	693	666	739	-3.9%	11.0%
	Female	120	144	169	20.0%	17.4%
Age
	Under age 22	43	36	35	-16.3%	-2.8%
	Age 22 to 29	171	126	177	-26.3%	40.5%
	Age 30 to 39	207	198	218	-4.3%	10.1%
	Age 40 to 49	145	178	191	22.8%	7.3%
	Age 50 to 59	151	171	170	13.2%	-0.6%
	Age 60 to 64	64	70	76	9.4%	8.6%
	Age 65 and over	25	27	34	8.0%	25.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	748	734	834	-1.9%	13.6%
	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	53	67	63	26.4%	-6.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	681	682	754	0.1%	10.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	77	76	95	-1.3%	25.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	55	52	59	-5.5%	13.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	847	945	1,169	11.6%	23.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	611	598	736	-2.1%	23.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,672	1,778	2,203	6.3%	23.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,087	1,104	1,453	1.6%	31.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,236	1,261	1,545	2.0%	22.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	813	810	908	-0.4%	12.1%
	Kandiyohi County	281	262	301	-6.8%	14.9%
	McLeod County	256	243	279	-5.1%	14.8%
	Meeker County	172	182	210	5.8%	15.4%
	Renville County	104	123	118	18.3%	-4.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	276	312	10.8%	13.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,561	1,667	2,020	6.8%	21.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,884	2,811	3,284	-2.5%	16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	832	890	958	7.0%	7.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,571	1,447	1,742	-7.9%	20.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,598	2,249	2,891	-13.4%	28.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,873	9,538	11,081	-3.4%	16.2%

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

December 2019

EDR 6E- Southwest Central