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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2014

	EDR 7W- Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,616	1,588	1,460	-1.7%	-8.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	27	29	33	7.4%	13.8%
23	Construction	318	301	386	-5.3%	28.2%
31	Manufacturing	277	388	327	40.1%	-15.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	47	56	30	19.1%	-46.4%
44	Retail Trade	135	102	106	-24.4%	3.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	30	47	42	56.7%	-10.6%
51	Information	14		10	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	21	28	25	33.3%	-10.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		22	13	0.0%	-40.9%
54	Professional and Technical Services	47	62	52	31.9%	-16.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	48	19	71.4%	-60.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	163	119	129	-27.0%	8.4%
61	Educational Services	45	31	26	-31.1%	-16.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	115	71	73	-38.3%	2.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	19	16	10	-15.8%	-37.5%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	108	99	86	-8.3%	-13.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	51	56	25	9.8%	-55.4%
92	Public Administration	11	29	14	163.6%	-51.7%
99	Unclassified	147	65	52	-55.8%	-20.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	57	57	54	0.0%	-5.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	44	45	47	2.3%	4.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	15	13	13	-13.3%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		60		0.0%	0.0%
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	54	54	44	0.0%	-18.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	40	34	19	-15.0%	-44.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	62	28	41	-54.8%	46.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	129	114	79	-11.6%	-30.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	21	13	20	-38.1%	53.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	22		11	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	123	91	64	-26.0%	-29.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	85	104	72	22.4%	-30.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	359	352	437	-1.9%	24.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	57	39	47	-31.6%	20.5%
510000	Production Occupations	262	315	288	20.2%	-8.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	70	63	54	-10.0%	-14.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	55	16		-70.9%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	129	150	127	16.3%	-15.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	111	98	109	-11.7%	11.2%
	12 years	672	664	644	-1.2%	-3.0%
	13-15 years	664	615	539	-7.4%	-12.4%
	Over 15 years	169	211	168	24.9%	-20.4%
Sex
	Male	954	1,007	929	5.6%	-7.7%
	Female	662	581	531	-12.2%	-8.6%
Age
	Under age 22	66	42	33	-36.4%	-21.4%
	Age 22 to 29	356	248	226	-30.3%	-8.9%
	Age 30 to 39	404	392	399	-3.0%	1.8%
	Age 40 to 49	366	404	338	10.4%	-16.3%
	Age 50 to 59	335	391	355	16.7%	-9.2%
	Age 60 to 64	60	77	74	28.3%	-3.9%
	Age 65 and over	28	32	31	14.3%	-3.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,456	1,376	1,250	-5.5%	-9.2%
	Black or African American,	51	54	74	5.9%	37.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	13	33	42	153.8%	27.3%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	88	111	86	26.1%	-22.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,454	1,402	1,297	-3.6%	-7.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	25	35	26	40.0%	-25.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	137	151	137	10.2%	-9.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	355	254	206	-28.5%	-18.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	377	306	298	-18.8%	-2.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,488	1,460	1,275	-1.9%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	528	488	455	-7.6%	-6.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	649	657	495	1.2%	-24.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	424	426	366	0.5%	-14.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	100	189	103	89.0%	-45.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	731	627	680	-14.2%	8.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,616	1,588	1,460	-1.7%	-8.1%
	Benton County	174	199	193	14.4%	-3.0%
	Sherburne County	355	365	297	2.8%	-18.6%
	Stearns County	567	587	570	3.5%	-2.9%
	Wright County	520	437	400	-16.0%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	379	326	338	-14.0%	3.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	965	769	815	-20.3%	6.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,597	1,438	1,216	-10.0%	-15.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,529	9,080	7,799	-4.7%	-14.1%

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

May 2014

EDR 7W- Central