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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2022

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2020/ 2021 % Change	2021/ 2022 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,142	388	198	-66.0%	-49.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	21	10		-52.4%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	119	65	29	-45.4%	-55.4%
31	Manufacturing	279	83	41	-70.3%	-50.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	34	17	11	-50.0%	-35.3%
44	Retail Trade	105	30	28	-71.4%	-6.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	29	19		-34.5%	0.0%
51	Information	22			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	11			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	24	13		-45.8%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	22			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	44	12	11	-72.7%	-8.3%
61	Educational Services	36	14		-61.1%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	185	59	24	-68.1%	-59.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	16			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	106	20	10	-81.1%	-50.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	25			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	26			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	31	11		-64.5%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	37	12		-67.6%	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	19			0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	32	10		-68.8%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	16			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	40			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	105	26	16	-75.2%	-38.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	124	31		-75.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	21	14		-33.3%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	81	32	13	-60.5%	-59.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	85	14		-83.5%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	16	10		-37.5%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	130	78	32	-40.0%	-59.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	25			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	175	69	32	-60.6%	-53.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	46	16	11	-65.2%	-31.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	129	35	21	-72.9%	-40.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	98	43	24	-56.1%	-44.2%
	12 years	430	164	69	-61.9%	-57.9%
	13-15 years	473	129	77	-72.7%	-40.3%
	Over 15 years	141	52	28	-63.1%	-46.2%
Sex
	Male	565	228	118	-59.6%	-48.2%
	Female	577	160	80	-72.3%	-50.0%
Age
	Under age 22	96	25	10	-74.0%	-60.0%
	Age 22 to 29	218	77	29	-64.7%	-62.3%
	Age 30 to 39	250	94	58	-62.4%	-38.3%
	Age 40 to 49	234	79	38	-66.2%	-51.9%
	Age 50 to 59	204	60	38	-70.6%	-36.7%
	Age 60 to 64	81	27	16	-66.7%	-40.7%
	Age 65 and over	52	21		-59.6%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	986	320	159	-67.5%	-50.3%
	Black or African American,	46	36	16	-21.7%	-55.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	88	27	20	-69.3%	-25.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	953	311	157	-67.4%	-49.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	105	45	25	-57.1%	-44.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	84	32	16	-61.9%	-50.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,133	533	142	-53.0%	-73.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	992	302	208	-69.6%	-31.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	3,917	1,270	779	-67.6%	-38.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,853	522	304	-71.8%	-41.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,634	612	274	-62.5%	-55.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	1,142	388	198	-66.0%	-49.0%
	Kandiyohi County	373	136	66	-63.5%	-51.5%
	McLeod County	455	113	57	-75.2%	-49.6%
	Meeker County	190	89	49	-53.2%	-44.9%
	Renville County	124	50	26	-59.7%	-48.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	513	132	65	-74.3%	-50.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	2,269	699	441	-69.2%	-36.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	5,709	1,906	1,000	-66.6%	-47.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,086	514	537	-52.7%	4.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	3,098	911	521	-70.6%	-42.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	7,172	1,686	873	-76.5%	-48.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	43,122	10,955	6,582	-74.6%	-39.9%

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

July 2022

EDR 6E- Southwest Central