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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2019

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	249	276	312	10.8%	13.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10	16	18	60.0%	12.5%
21	Mining	19		13	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	102	102	116	0.0%	13.7%
31	Manufacturing	37	63	77	70.3%	22.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	10	19	-28.6%	90.0%
44	Retail Trade			10	0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	10		16	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		10		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		10		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance				0.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11			0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	12		20.0%	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%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations				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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		12		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	24	16	18	-33.3%	12.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	122	137	154	12.3%	12.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	14	14	25	0.0%	78.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	37	43	27.6%	16.2%
990000	Unknown	12	13	24	8.3%	84.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	29	36	28	24.1%	-22.2%
	12 years	112	118	160	5.4%	35.6%
	13-15 years	98	109	110	11.2%	0.9%
	Over 15 years	10	13	14	30.0%	7.7%
Sex
	Male	215	240	275	11.6%	14.6%
	Female	34	36	37	5.9%	2.8%
Age
	Under age 22	11		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	37	46	49	24.3%	6.5%
	Age 30 to 39	64	64	74	0.0%	15.6%
	Age 40 to 49	34	58	53	70.6%	-8.6%
	Age 50 to 59	54	58	69	7.4%	19.0%
	Age 60 to 64	32	24	33	-25.0%	37.5%
	Age 65 and over	12	16	18	33.3%	12.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	220	259	287	17.7%	10.8%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	24	14	21	-41.7%	50.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	217	242	273	11.5%	12.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	15	15	18	0.0%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	17	19	21	11.8%	10.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	847	945	1,169	11.6%	23.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	611	598	736	-2.1%	23.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,672	1,778	2,203	6.3%	23.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,087	1,104	1,453	1.6%	31.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,236	1,261	1,545	2.0%	22.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	813	810	908	-0.4%	12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	276	312	10.8%	13.0%
	Big Stone County	31	23	33	-25.8%	43.5%
	Chippewa County	81	86	113	6.2%	31.4%
	Lac qui Parle County	26	37	43	42.3%	16.2%
	Swift County	46	58	57	26.1%	-1.7%
	Yellow Medicine County	65	72	66	10.8%	-8.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,561	1,667	2,020	6.8%	21.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,884	2,811	3,284	-2.5%	16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	832	890	958	7.0%	7.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,571	1,447	1,742	-7.9%	20.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,598	2,249	2,891	-13.4%	28.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,873	9,538	11,081	-3.4%	16.2%

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

December 2019

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley