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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2014

	EDR 7W- Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,635	1,760	2,073	7.6%	17.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10		16	0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	484	513	549	6.0%	7.0%
31	Manufacturing	230	363	727	57.8%	100.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	54	44	44	-18.5%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	120	132	115	10.0%	-12.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	45	43	34	-4.4%	-20.9%
51	Information	12			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	29	23	26	-20.7%	13.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		13	17	0.0%	30.8%
54	Professional and Technical Services	46	45	44	-2.2%	-2.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	52	44	30.0%	-15.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	144	148	143	2.8%	-3.4%
61	Educational Services	24	38	16	58.3%	-57.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	124	94	88	-24.2%	-6.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		11		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	92	79	62	-14.1%	-21.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	43	36	32	-16.3%	-11.1%
92	Public Administration	23	26	20	13.0%	-23.1%
99	Unclassified	89	73	69	-18.0%	-5.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	44	43	49	-2.3%	14.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	25	38	33	52.0%	-13.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	13	11	23	-15.4%	109.1%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15	15	14	0.0%	-6.7%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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	25	25	18	0.0%	-28.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	31	27	27	-12.9%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	57	60	44	5.3%	-26.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	94	91	75	-3.2%	-17.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	22	20	23	-9.1%	15.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	22	10	11	-54.5%	10.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	118	92	99	-22.0%	7.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	98	86	74	-12.2%	-14.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	518	566	578	9.3%	2.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	73	74	63	1.4%	-14.9%
510000	Production Occupations	219	315	622	43.8%	97.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	94	90	81	-4.3%	-10.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	135	148	200	9.6%	35.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	122	116	198	-4.9%	70.7%
	12 years	734	818	1,010	11.4%	23.5%
	13-15 years	643	670	684	4.2%	2.1%
	Over 15 years	136	156	181	14.7%	16.0%
Sex
	Male	1,088	1,231	1,458	13.1%	18.4%
	Female	547	528	615	-3.5%	16.5%
Age
	Under age 22	51	55	59	7.8%	7.3%
	Age 22 to 29	329	317	339	-3.6%	6.9%
	Age 30 to 39	426	466	504	9.4%	8.2%
	Age 40 to 49	414	416	526	0.5%	26.4%
	Age 50 to 59	324	397	486	22.5%	22.4%
	Age 60 to 64	69	74	125	7.2%	68.9%
	Age 65 and over	21	33	33	57.1%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,475	1,576	1,687	6.8%	7.0%
	Black or African American,	52	42	156	-19.2%	271.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	26	22	88	-15.4%	300.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	72	110	128	52.8%	16.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,453	1,555	1,817	7.0%	16.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	23	30	48	30.4%	60.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	159	175	208	10.1%	18.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	285	422	361	48.1%	-14.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	483	419	416	-13.3%	-0.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,733	1,549	1,554	-10.6%	0.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	561	593	520	5.7%	-12.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	738	673	678	-8.8%	0.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	464	510	444	9.9%	-12.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	114	205	87	79.8%	-57.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	822	823	929	0.1%	12.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,635	1,760	2,073	7.6%	17.8%
	Benton County	187	245	308	31.0%	25.7%
	Sherburne County	385	347	378	-9.9%	8.9%
	Stearns County	545	636	919	16.7%	44.5%
	Wright County	518	532	468	2.7%	-12.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	282	332	258	17.7%	-22.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,101	851	840	-22.7%	-1.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,706	1,454	1,599	-14.8%	10.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,598	9,136	9,271	-4.8%	1.5%

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

March 2014

EDR 7W- Central