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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2020

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	240	289	2,080	20.4%	619.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			31	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	28	53	108	89.3%	103.8%
31	Manufacturing	38	56	481	47.4%	758.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	12	12	61	0.0%	408.3%
44	Retail Trade	19	25	208	31.6%	732.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	28	16	58	-42.9%	262.5%
51	Information			43	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			22	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			13	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	16		51	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		14	32	0.0%	128.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	27	22	95	-18.5%	331.8%
61	Educational Services		12	96	0.0%	700.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	16	30	441	87.5%	1,370.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			17	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	10		159	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			45	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			53	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			58	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		12	64	0.0%	433.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			32	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			37	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			16	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			67	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			26	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			111	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		17	201	0.0%	1,082.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			23	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	11	13	200	18.2%	1,438.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			45	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			58	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	19	13	158	-31.6%	1,115.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	23	22	134	-4.3%	509.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			43	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	39	58	141	48.7%	143.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			32	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	26	46	355	76.9%	671.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	33	27	105	-18.2%	288.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	25	33	219	32.0%	563.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	35	27	270	-22.9%	900.0%
	12 years	94	129	746	37.2%	478.3%
	13-15 years	94	101	784	7.4%	676.2%
	Over 15 years	17	32	280	88.2%	775.0%
Sex
	Male	139	171	973	23.0%	469.0%
	Female	101	118	1,107	16.8%	838.1%
Age
	Under age 22			191	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	52	47	363	-9.6%	672.3%
	Age 30 to 39	54	63	471	16.7%	647.6%
	Age 40 to 49	50	59	399	18.0%	576.3%
	Age 50 to 59	50	73	374	46.0%	412.3%
	Age 60 to 64	17	23	158	35.3%	587.0%
	Age 65 and over		18	103	0.0%	472.2%
	Info. not available			21	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	200	251	1,707	25.5%	580.1%
	Black or African American,		10	191	0.0%	1,810.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			15	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	26	25	153	-3.8%	512.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	197	249	1,760	26.4%	606.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	27	16	192	-40.7%	1,100.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	24	128	50.0%	433.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	239	311	1,730	30.1%	456.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	247	226	1,397	-8.5%	518.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	982	7,270	-2.2%	640.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	346	323	3,009	-6.6%	831.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	314	348	2,970	10.8%	753.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	240	289	2,080	20.4%	619.7%
	Kandiyohi County	90	75	732	-16.7%	876.0%
	McLeod County	59	114	718	93.2%	529.8%
	Meeker County	41	62	384	51.2%	519.4%
	Renville County	50	38	246	-24.0%	547.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	99	108	517	9.1%	378.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	453	443	3,298	-2.2%	644.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	858	908	9,353	5.8%	930.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	173	239	1,639	38.2%	585.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	511	566	4,917	10.8%	768.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	930	964	13,962	3.7%	1,348.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,809	5,701	77,191	-1.9%	1,254.0%

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

May 2020

EDR 6E- Southwest Central