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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2020

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	276	289	920	4.7%	218.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			19	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	98	82	221	-16.3%	169.5%
31	Manufacturing	44	61	144	38.6%	136.1%
42	Wholesale Trade			21	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	15	18	69	20.0%	283.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			28	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information			22	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		11	22	0.0%	100.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	13	12	46	-7.7%	283.3%
61	Educational Services			15	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	19	18	124	-5.3%	588.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		16	84	0.0%	425.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			32	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			26	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			20	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	17	24	6.3%	41.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			15	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			14	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			13	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			21	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations			64	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	10	11	92	10.0%	736.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		13	23	0.0%	76.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			20	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10		71	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	23	23	35	0.0%	52.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			19	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	102	88	221	-13.7%	151.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			21	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	46	80	53.3%	73.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	16	66	-5.9%	312.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	19	24	102	26.3%	325.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	27	24	115	-11.1%	379.2%
	12 years	120	139	370	15.8%	166.2%
	13-15 years	105	104	340	-1.0%	226.9%
	Over 15 years	24	22	95	-8.3%	331.8%
Sex
	Male	200	196	533	-2.0%	171.9%
	Female	76	93	387	22.4%	316.1%
Age
	Under age 22	10	10	48	0.0%	380.0%
	Age 22 to 29	56	47	206	-16.1%	338.3%
	Age 30 to 39	66	61	205	-7.6%	236.1%
	Age 40 to 49	54	56	179	3.7%	219.6%
	Age 50 to 59	58	70	167	20.7%	138.6%
	Age 60 to 64	24	26	66	8.3%	153.8%
	Age 65 and over		17	41	0.0%	141.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	251	262	783	4.4%	198.9%
	Black or African American,			26	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	20	21	93	5.0%	342.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	223	242	726	8.5%	200.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	33	33	129	0.0%	290.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	14	65	-30.0%	364.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	182	181	752	-0.5%	315.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	341	310	725	-9.1%	133.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,361	1,269	2,944	-6.8%	132.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	465	447	1,313	-3.9%	193.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	725	593	1,812	-18.2%	205.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	276	289	920	4.7%	218.3%
	Kandiyohi County	87	90	344	3.4%	282.2%
	McLeod County	93	100	301	7.5%	201.0%
	Meeker County	67	73	182	9.0%	149.3%
	Renville County	29	26	93	-10.3%	257.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	91	139	306	52.7%	120.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	697	693	1,804	-0.6%	160.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,219	1,131	3,849	-7.2%	240.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	274	190	839	-30.7%	341.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	669	508	1,734	-24.1%	241.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	990	1,039	3,708	4.9%	256.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,345	6,305	22,768	-0.6%	261.1%

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

October 2020

EDR 6E- Southwest Central