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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2021

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	566	472	1,115	-16.6%	136.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	39	26	39	-33.3%	50.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	206	160	247	-22.3%	54.4%
31	Manufacturing	96	93	186	-3.1%	100.0%
42	Wholesale Trade		33	29	0.0%	-12.1%
44	Retail Trade	31	17	122	-45.2%	617.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	19	18	33	-5.3%	83.3%
51	Information			21	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			13	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	11	17	33	54.5%	94.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			19	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	28	24	44	-14.3%	83.3%
61	Educational Services	11	11	30	0.0%	172.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	31	18	113	-41.9%	527.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			18	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		18	90	0.0%	400.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17		22	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	33		23	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			18	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	19	14	37	-26.3%	164.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	10		10	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			20	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			11	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			23	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	10	52	-16.7%	420.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		15	127	0.0%	746.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	17	35	41.7%	105.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			18	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	12	94	-40.0%	683.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	51	14	40	-72.5%	185.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	30	33	41	10.0%	24.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	238	193	269	-18.9%	39.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15		30	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	53	50	107	-5.7%	114.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	33	32	68	-3.0%	112.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	35	49	105	40.0%	114.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	67	74	144	10.4%	94.6%
	12 years	261	222	456	-14.9%	105.4%
	13-15 years	189	147	359	-22.2%	144.2%
	Over 15 years	49	29	156	-40.8%	437.9%
Sex
	Male	396	358	719	-9.6%	100.8%
	Female	170	114	396	-32.9%	247.4%
Age
	Under age 22	33	23	100	-30.3%	334.8%
	Age 22 to 29	108	78	207	-27.8%	165.4%
	Age 30 to 39	138	119	248	-13.8%	108.4%
	Age 40 to 49	112	98	208	-12.5%	112.2%
	Age 50 to 59	112	85	177	-24.1%	108.2%
	Age 60 to 64	44	43	106	-2.3%	146.5%
	Age 65 and over	14	19	56	35.7%	194.7%
	Info. not available			13	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	505	412	945	-18.4%	129.4%
	Black or African American,			59	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			16	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	50	55	90	10.0%	63.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	459	368	915	-19.8%	148.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	58	67	125	15.5%	86.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	49	37	75	-24.5%	102.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	606	651	735	7.4%	12.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	444	355	693	-20.0%	95.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,749	1,460	3,584	-16.5%	145.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	726	624	1,573	-14.0%	152.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	862	722	1,715	-16.2%	137.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	566	472	1,115	-16.6%	136.2%
	Kandiyohi County	193	165	379	-14.5%	129.7%
	McLeod County	172	143	367	-16.9%	156.6%
	Meeker County	123	95	214	-22.8%	125.3%
	Renville County	78	69	155	-11.5%	124.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	232	202	325	-12.9%	60.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,288	1,007	2,142	-21.8%	112.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,198	1,947	4,563	-11.4%	134.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	526	417	992	-20.7%	137.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,140	1,019	2,459	-10.6%	141.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,832	1,632	4,700	-10.9%	188.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,255	8,920	29,917	-13.0%	235.4%

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

January 2021

EDR 6E- Southwest Central