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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2020

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	180	188	738	4.4%	292.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	33	27	72	-18.2%	166.7%
31	Manufacturing	47	52	158	10.6%	203.8%
42	Wholesale Trade			16	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	20	17	85	-15.0%	400.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			25	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information			16	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			17	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			17	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	13	11	24	-15.4%	118.2%
61	Educational Services			19	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	22	23	114	4.5%	395.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			78	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			24	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			18	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			27	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			25	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	11		18	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			22	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			26	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	13	51	8.3%	292.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations			95	0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			16	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			20	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	17		57	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	16	17	40	6.3%	135.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	34	31	85	-8.8%	174.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			24	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	22	30	88	36.4%	193.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		14	42	0.0%	200.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	21	22	76	4.8%	245.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	14	14	79	0.0%	464.3%
	12 years	75	82	282	9.3%	243.9%
	13-15 years	78	72	293	-7.7%	306.9%
	Over 15 years	13	20	84	53.8%	320.0%
Sex
	Male	99	112	348	13.1%	210.7%
	Female	81	76	390	-6.2%	413.2%
Age
	Under age 22		11	54	0.0%	390.9%
	Age 22 to 29	24	26	141	8.3%	442.3%
	Age 30 to 39	50	36	185	-28.0%	413.9%
	Age 40 to 49	34	39	143	14.7%	266.7%
	Age 50 to 59	46	49	136	6.5%	177.6%
	Age 60 to 64	14	20	44	42.9%	120.0%
	Age 65 and over			29	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	153	169	630	10.5%	272.8%
	Black or African American,			32	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	23	12	64	-47.8%	433.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	144	165	608	14.6%	268.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	16		79	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	14	51	-30.0%	264.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	101	84	446	-16.8%	431.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	151	148	486	-2.0%	228.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	739	669	2,431	-9.5%	263.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	256	219	1,017	-14.5%	364.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	260	300	997	15.4%	232.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	180	188	738	4.4%	292.6%
	Kandiyohi County	63	57	244	-9.5%	328.1%
	McLeod County	65	69	280	6.2%	305.8%
	Meeker County	28	42	134	50.0%	219.0%
	Renville County	24	20	80	-16.7%	300.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	76	57	218	-25.0%	282.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	362	333	1,298	-8.0%	289.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	765	701	3,060	-8.4%	336.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	337	354	613	5.0%	73.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	401	380	1,691	-5.2%	345.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	699	657	3,454	-6.0%	425.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,413	4,829	25,939	-10.8%	437.2%

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

August 2020

EDR 6E- Southwest Central