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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2024

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			11	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	77	79	110	2.6%	39.2%
31	Manufacturing	49	58	55	18.4%	-5.2%
42	Wholesale Trade			10	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	16	18	16	12.5%	-11.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			11	0.0%	0.0%
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			13	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	20		53.8%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	13	15	21	15.4%	40.0%
61	Educational Services		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	24	35	25	45.8%	-28.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	13	11	17	-15.4%	54.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations				0.0%	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			12	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	15	15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	17	20	21.4%	17.6%
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		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	19	16	26.7%	-15.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	11	12	16	9.1%	33.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	89	87	120	-2.2%	37.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		14		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	44	40	38	-9.1%	-5.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		18	12	0.0%	-33.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	22	31	37	40.9%	19.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	36	22	44	-38.9%	100.0%
	12 years	115	142	157	23.5%	10.6%
	13-15 years	91	120	115	31.9%	-4.2%
	Over 15 years	15	22	24	46.7%	9.1%
Sex
	Male	172	202	231	17.4%	14.4%
	Female	86	104	109	20.9%	4.8%
Age
	Under age 22	14	13	27	-7.1%	107.7%
	Age 22 to 29	62	43	63	-30.6%	46.5%
	Age 30 to 39	54	82	73	51.9%	-11.0%
	Age 40 to 49	47	63	70	34.0%	11.1%
	Age 50 to 59	48	59	59	22.9%	0.0%
	Age 60 to 64	22	26	28	18.2%	7.7%
	Age 65 and over	10	16	17	60.0%	6.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	220	263	303	19.5%	15.2%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	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	32	32	26	0.0%	-18.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	196	243	260	24.0%	7.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	46	35	58	-23.9%	65.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	28	22	75.0%	-21.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	200	302	273	51.0%	-9.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	257	332	334	29.2%	0.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,142	1,330	1,114	16.5%	-16.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	553	666	679	20.4%	2.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%
	Kandiyohi County	79	88	101	11.4%	14.8%
	McLeod County	97	104	119	7.2%	14.4%
	Meeker County	56	77	73	37.5%	-5.2%
	Renville County	26	37	47	42.3%	27.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	59	90	94	52.5%	4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	615	833	801	35.4%	-3.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,001	1,229	1,112	22.8%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%

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

October 2024

EDR 6E- Southwest Central