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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2024

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		14		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	57	88	86	54.4%	-2.3%
31	Manufacturing	55	59	52	7.3%	-11.9%
42	Wholesale Trade		20	13	0.0%	-35.0%
44	Retail Trade	26	27	19	3.8%	-29.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	11	11	18	0.0%	63.6%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	10	10	12	0.0%	20.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		20		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	13	11	-18.8%	-15.4%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	38	38	65.2%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11	16	15	45.5%	-6.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		12		0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11	14	10	27.3%	-28.6%
99	Unclassified	10			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	17		30.8%	0.0%
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			11	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		12	17	0.0%	41.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	13	15	-7.1%	15.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	20	40	12	100.0%	-70.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	25	11	92.3%	-56.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	73	96	92	31.5%	-4.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		16	13	0.0%	-18.8%
510000	Production Occupations	28	40	25	42.9%	-37.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	17	23	-26.1%	35.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	37	26	33	-29.7%	26.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	31	35	0.0%	12.9%
	12 years	118	181	130	53.4%	-28.2%
	13-15 years	95	120	113	26.3%	-5.8%
	Over 15 years	21	30	27	42.9%	-10.0%
Sex
	Male	183	230	201	25.7%	-12.6%
	Female	82	132	104	61.0%	-21.2%
Age
	Under age 22	14		19	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	61	75	55	23.0%	-26.7%
	Age 30 to 39	69	93	73	34.8%	-21.5%
	Age 40 to 49	49	78	60	59.2%	-23.1%
	Age 50 to 59	34	68	60	100.0%	-11.8%
	Age 60 to 64	27	25	15	-7.4%	-40.0%
	Age 65 and over			18	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	220	324	259	47.3%	-20.1%
	Black or African American,	15	11	12	-26.7%	9.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	25	23	30	-8.0%	30.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	205	304	247	48.3%	-18.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	31	34	34	9.7%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	29	24	24	-17.2%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	189	258	390	36.5%	51.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	348	328	292	-5.7%	-11.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,380	1,397	1,220	1.2%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%
	Kandiyohi County	89	106	86	19.1%	-18.9%
	McLeod County	94	120	128	27.7%	6.7%
	Meeker County	52	88	49	69.2%	-44.3%
	Renville County	30	48	42	60.0%	-12.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	130	69	88.4%	-46.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	747	918	813	22.9%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,247	1,579	1,180	26.6%	-25.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%

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

March 2024

EDR 6E- Southwest Central