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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2020

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			27	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	71	75	290	5.6%	286.7%
31	Manufacturing	59	67	602	13.6%	798.5%
42	Wholesale Trade		10	77	0.0%	670.0%
44	Retail Trade	25	25	513	0.0%	1,952.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	47	106	161.1%	125.5%
51	Information			36	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			32	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			32	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	12		130	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			49	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22	13	128	-40.9%	884.6%
61	Educational Services			105	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	18	17	873	-5.6%	5,035.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			98	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	10		930	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11	15	395	36.4%	2,533.3%
92	Public Administration			54	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			80	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	10		159	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			41	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			18	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			30	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			31	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	10	13	144	30.0%	1,007.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			48	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			313	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		10	285	0.0%	2,750.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	10		931	0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			102	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			333	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	13	11	344	-15.4%	3,027.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	11	25	377	127.3%	1,408.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12	35	0.0%	191.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	93	84	322	-9.7%	283.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			134	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	46	41	340	-10.9%	729.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	26	49	127	88.5%	159.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	17	32	434	88.2%	1,256.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	30	32	306	6.7%	856.3%
	12 years	128	150	1,536	17.2%	924.0%
	13-15 years	106	114	2,129	7.5%	1,767.5%
	Over 15 years	25	27	594	8.0%	2,100.0%
Sex
	Male	194	222	1,733	14.4%	680.6%
	Female	95	101	2,832	6.3%	2,704.0%
Age
	Under age 22	13		399	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	48	51	871	6.3%	1,607.8%
	Age 30 to 39	71	71	1,114	0.0%	1,469.0%
	Age 40 to 49	63	58	814	-7.9%	1,303.4%
	Age 50 to 59	61	94	787	54.1%	737.2%
	Age 60 to 64	16	24	345	50.0%	1,337.5%
	Age 65 and over	13	14	212	7.7%	1,414.3%
	Info. not available			23	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	250	287	4,179	14.8%	1,356.1%
	Black or African American,		10	63	0.0%	530.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			33	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			38	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	26	23	250	-11.5%	987.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	234	270	4,013	15.4%	1,386.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	27	30	267	11.1%	790.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	23	285	-17.9%	1,139.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	323	284	3,773	-12.1%	1,228.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,178	1,108	16,785	-5.9%	1,414.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	441	457	8,107	3.6%	1,674.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%
	Kandiyohi County	84	97	1,514	15.5%	1,460.8%
	McLeod County	98	91	1,599	-7.1%	1,657.1%
	Meeker County	67	58	900	-13.4%	1,451.7%
	Renville County	40	77	552	92.5%	616.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	80	127	1,419	58.8%	1,017.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	606	642	8,435	5.9%	1,213.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,162	1,081	19,867	-7.0%	1,737.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,622	6,338	168,704	-4.3%	2,561.8%

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

March 2020

EDR 6E- Southwest Central