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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2024

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	788	984	810	24.9%	-17.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	34	32	27	-5.9%	-15.6%
21	Mining	18	11	12	-38.9%	9.1%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	399	453	411	13.5%	-9.3%
31	Manufacturing	80	107	78	33.8%	-27.1%
42	Wholesale Trade		18	16	0.0%	-11.1%
44	Retail Trade	19	28	23	47.4%	-17.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17	21	22	23.5%	4.8%
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	25	20	92.3%	-20.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	84	12	35.5%	-85.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	59	73	71	23.7%	-2.7%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	20	34	30	70.0%	-11.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10	14	0.0%	40.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		17	13	0.0%	-23.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	19	27	27	42.1%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		18		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		17	16	0.0%	-5.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			10	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		24		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	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	26	42	45	61.5%	7.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		10	17	0.0%	70.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	17	20	-19.0%	17.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	44	56	43	27.3%	-23.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	400	469	406	17.3%	-13.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		27		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	84	93	36	10.7%	-61.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	86	85	60	-1.2%	-29.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	74	93	104	25.7%	11.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	107	129	113	20.6%	-12.4%
	12 years	417	504	443	20.9%	-12.1%
	13-15 years	240	293	213	22.1%	-27.3%
	Over 15 years	24	58	41	141.7%	-29.3%
Sex
	Male	671	798	679	18.9%	-14.9%
	Female	117	186	131	59.0%	-29.6%
Age
	Under age 22	33	55	65	66.7%	18.2%
	Age 22 to 29	144	181	128	25.7%	-29.3%
	Age 30 to 39	187	225	207	20.3%	-8.0%
	Age 40 to 49	170	179	153	5.3%	-14.5%
	Age 50 to 59	143	198	134	38.5%	-32.3%
	Age 60 to 64	59	84	67	42.4%	-20.2%
	Age 65 and over	45	53	49	17.8%	-7.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	711	876	708	23.2%	-19.2%
	Black or African American,	13	10	20	-23.1%	100.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	61	90	74	47.5%	-17.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	621	754	618	21.4%	-18.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	112	161	136	43.8%	-15.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	55	69	56	25.5%	-18.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	545	621	965	13.9%	55.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	675	763	769	13.0%	0.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,934	2,410	2,154	24.6%	-10.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,106	1,358	1,341	22.8%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	788	984	810	24.9%	-17.7%
	Kandiyohi County	220	296	271	34.5%	-8.4%
	McLeod County	282	333	233	18.1%	-30.0%
	Meeker County	185	219	203	18.4%	-7.3%
	Renville County	101	136	103	34.7%	-24.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	206	218	272	5.8%	24.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,770	1,868	1,796	5.5%	-3.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,726	2,999	2,819	10.0%	-6.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	439	454	474	3.4%	4.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,352	1,423	1,431	5.3%	0.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,100	2,297	2,275	9.4%	-1.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,191	12,293	11,094	33.8%	-9.8%

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

November 2024

EDR 6E- Southwest Central