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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2020

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	290	347	305	19.7%	-12.1%

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	95	111	95	16.8%	-14.4%
31	Manufacturing	46	68	74	47.8%	8.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	15		7.1%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	24	17	21	-29.2%	23.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		19	13	0.0%	-31.6%
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	13	11		-15.4%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	19	21	18	10.5%	-14.3%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	17	16	15	-5.9%	-6.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		18		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			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%
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				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		11		0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
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	19	10	12	-47.4%	20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19	22	17	15.8%	-22.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	113	132	106	16.8%	-19.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12		10	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	36	43	49	19.4%	14.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	19	28	27	47.4%	-3.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	15	35	25	133.3%	-28.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	34	49	35	44.1%	-28.6%
	12 years	118	154	136	30.5%	-11.7%
	13-15 years	118	120	114	1.7%	-5.0%
	Over 15 years	20	24	20	20.0%	-16.7%
Sex
	Male	207	250	218	20.8%	-12.8%
	Female	83	97	87	16.9%	-10.3%
Age
	Under age 22	11	23	15	109.1%	-34.8%
	Age 22 to 29	55	70	36	27.3%	-48.6%
	Age 30 to 39	75	88	77	17.3%	-12.5%
	Age 40 to 49	57	81	71	42.1%	-12.3%
	Age 50 to 59	57	60	73	5.3%	21.7%
	Age 60 to 64	23	13	23	-43.5%	76.9%
	Age 65 and over		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	254	309	282	21.7%	-8.7%
	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	28	25	16	-10.7%	-36.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	248	296	257	19.4%	-13.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	36	28	50.0%	-22.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	18	15	20	-16.7%	33.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	256	240	281	-6.3%	17.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	245	235	187	-4.1%	-20.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,132	971	1,024	-14.2%	5.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	411	434	421	5.6%	-3.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	445	487	475	9.4%	-2.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	290	347	305	19.7%	-12.1%
	Kandiyohi County	86	111	82	29.1%	-26.1%
	McLeod County	111	127	107	14.4%	-15.7%
	Meeker County	55	66	70	20.0%	6.1%
	Renville County	38	43	46	13.2%	7.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	98	94	133	-4.1%	41.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	666	768	749	15.3%	-2.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,262	1,351	1,322	7.1%	-2.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	221	267	207	20.8%	-22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	662	663	655	0.2%	-1.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,150	1,149	1,135	-0.1%	-1.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,982	6,795	6,793	-2.7%	0.0%

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

February 2020

EDR 6E- Southwest Central