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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2023

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	733	312	644	-57.4%	106.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	18	16	11	-11.1%	-31.3%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	169	88	109	-47.9%	23.9%
31	Manufacturing	108	44	60	-59.3%	36.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	24	12	23	-50.0%	91.7%
44	Retail Trade	67	19	12	-71.6%	-36.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	11	11	-56.0%	0.0%
51	Information	13			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	23	10	19	-56.5%	90.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	22		303	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	28	18	26	-35.7%	44.4%
61	Educational Services	13			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	85	27	15	-68.2%	-44.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	57	19	14	-66.7%	-26.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	22			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	17	11	10	-35.3%	-9.1%
99	Unclassified	13			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	39	13		-66.7%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	15		10	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				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	10			0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	17			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	39	13		-66.7%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	68	19	14	-72.1%	-26.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	14			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	61	16		-73.8%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	13	18	-60.6%	38.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	19			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	189	94	128	-50.3%	36.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	18		43	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	76	39	259	-48.7%	564.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	33	21	46	-36.4%	119.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	66	37	59	-43.9%	59.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	83	35	34	-57.8%	-2.9%
	12 years	278	144	289	-48.2%	100.7%
	13-15 years	232	108	261	-53.4%	141.7%
	Over 15 years	140	25	60	-82.1%	140.0%
Sex
	Male	460	210	435	-54.3%	107.1%
	Female	273	102	209	-62.6%	104.9%
Age
	Under age 22	62	18	25	-71.0%	38.9%
	Age 22 to 29	143	63	112	-55.9%	77.8%
	Age 30 to 39	169	70	158	-58.6%	125.7%
	Age 40 to 49	152	67	128	-55.9%	91.0%
	Age 50 to 59	115	56	158	-51.3%	182.1%
	Age 60 to 64	42	24	45	-42.9%	87.5%
	Age 65 and over	45	11	15	-75.6%	36.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	656	272	584	-58.5%	114.7%
	Black or African American,	24	12	12	-50.0%	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	46	25	37	-45.7%	48.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	598	253	555	-57.7%	119.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	90	35	42	-61.1%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	45	24	47	-46.7%	95.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	442	207	165	-53.2%	-20.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	577	278	220	-51.8%	-20.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,789	1,219	1,150	-56.3%	-5.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,081	438	403	-59.5%	-8.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,232	513	501	-58.4%	-2.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	733	312	644	-57.4%	106.4%
	Kandiyohi County	250	91	83	-63.6%	-8.8%
	McLeod County	233	104	404	-55.4%	288.5%
	Meeker County	156	73	119	-53.2%	63.0%
	Renville County	94	44	38	-53.2%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	82	95	-65.1%	15.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,667	772	885	-53.7%	14.6%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,813	1,523	1,678	-60.1%	10.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	600	242	258	-59.7%	6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,805	740	738	-59.0%	-0.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	3,898	1,330	1,359	-65.9%	2.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	21,846	8,024	8,795	-63.3%	9.6%

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

February 2023

EDR 6E- Southwest Central