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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2023

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	63	51	31	-19.0%	-39.2%
31	Manufacturing	78	29	39	-62.8%	34.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	23			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	33	18	35	-45.5%	94.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12			0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				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	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12		12	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	19	12	10	-36.8%	-16.7%
61	Educational Services			40	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	75	27	27	-64.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	24	13	16	-45.8%	23.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			11	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	14			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	13			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	12	11	-42.9%	-8.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering 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			48	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	37	16	10	-56.8%	-37.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	33	14	15	-57.6%	7.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	35	12	23	-65.7%	91.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	31	13	21	-58.1%	61.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	69	42	35	-39.1%	-16.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	17		15	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	64	22	28	-65.6%	27.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	15	17	14	13.3%	-17.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	47	19	26	-59.6%	36.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	60	23	26	-61.7%	13.0%
	12 years	168	93	102	-44.6%	9.7%
	13-15 years	160	66	117	-58.8%	77.3%
	Over 15 years	43	30	29	-30.2%	-3.3%
Sex
	Male	251	122	133	-51.4%	9.0%
	Female	180	90	141	-50.0%	56.7%
Age
	Under age 22	24	15	16	-37.5%	6.7%
	Age 22 to 29	93	38	44	-59.1%	15.8%
	Age 30 to 39	113	44	58	-61.1%	31.8%
	Age 40 to 49	74	50	57	-32.4%	14.0%
	Age 50 to 59	70	38	67	-45.7%	76.3%
	Age 60 to 64	28	13	16	-53.6%	23.1%
	Age 65 and over	25	14	13	-44.0%	-7.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	361	171	239	-52.6%	39.8%
	Black or African American,	20	14		-30.0%	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	41	26	22	-36.6%	-15.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	353	170	222	-51.8%	30.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	43	22	31	-48.8%	40.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	35	20	21	-42.9%	5.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	304	119	162	-60.9%	36.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	331	211	204	-36.3%	-3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,326	774	932	-41.6%	20.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	615	286	376	-53.5%	31.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%
	Kandiyohi County	155	62	83	-60.0%	33.9%
	McLeod County	141	77	103	-45.4%	33.8%
	Meeker County	94	45	56	-52.1%	24.4%
	Renville County	41	28	32	-31.7%	14.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	126	71	81	-43.7%	14.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	825	496	516	-39.9%	4.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,014	932	1,181	-53.7%	26.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%

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

August 2023

EDR 6E- Southwest Central