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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2021

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	188	738	431	292.6%	-41.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	27	72	63	166.7%	-12.5%
31	Manufacturing	52	158	78	203.8%	-50.6%
42	Wholesale Trade		16	23	0.0%	43.8%
44	Retail Trade	17	85	33	400.0%	-61.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		25	12	0.0%	-52.0%
51	Information		16		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			10	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		17	10	0.0%	-41.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		17	12	0.0%	-29.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	24	19	118.2%	-20.8%
61	Educational Services		19		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	114	75	395.7%	-34.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		78	24	0.0%	-69.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		24		0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		18	14	0.0%	-22.2%
99	Unclassified		27	13	0.0%	-51.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		25	21	0.0%	-16.0%
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		18		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	13	51	37	292.3%	-27.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		95	33	0.0%	-65.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		16	10	0.0%	-37.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		20		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		57	35	0.0%	-38.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	17	40	31	135.3%	-22.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	31	85	69	174.2%	-18.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		24	17	0.0%	-29.2%
510000	Production Occupations	30	88	64	193.3%	-27.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	14	42	15	200.0%	-64.3%
990000	Unknown	22	76	47	245.5%	-38.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	14	79	60	464.3%	-24.1%
	12 years	82	282	168	243.9%	-40.4%
	13-15 years	72	293	160	306.9%	-45.4%
	Over 15 years	20	84	43	320.0%	-48.8%
Sex
	Male	112	348	251	210.7%	-27.9%
	Female	76	390	180	413.2%	-53.8%
Age
	Under age 22	11	54	24	390.9%	-55.6%
	Age 22 to 29	26	141	93	442.3%	-34.0%
	Age 30 to 39	36	185	113	413.9%	-38.9%
	Age 40 to 49	39	143	74	266.7%	-48.3%
	Age 50 to 59	49	136	70	177.6%	-48.5%
	Age 60 to 64	20	44	28	120.0%	-36.4%
	Age 65 and over		29	25	0.0%	-13.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	169	630	361	272.8%	-42.7%
	Black or African American,		32	20	0.0%	-37.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	12	64	41	433.3%	-35.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	165	608	353	268.5%	-41.9%
	Hispanic or Latino		79	43	0.0%	-45.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	14	51	35	264.3%	-31.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	84	446	304	431.0%	-31.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	148	486	331	228.4%	-31.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	669	2,431	1,326	263.4%	-45.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	219	1,017	529	364.4%	-48.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	300	997	615	232.3%	-38.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	188	738	431	292.6%	-41.6%
	Kandiyohi County	57	244	155	328.1%	-36.5%
	McLeod County	69	280	141	305.8%	-49.6%
	Meeker County	42	134	94	219.0%	-29.9%
	Renville County	20	80	41	300.0%	-48.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	57	218	126	282.5%	-42.2%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	333	1,298	825	289.8%	-36.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	701	3,060	1,853	336.5%	-39.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	354	613	350	73.2%	-42.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	380	1,691	917	345.0%	-45.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	657	3,454	2,014	425.7%	-41.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	4,829	25,939	11,255	437.2%	-56.6%

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 2021

EDR 6E- Southwest Central