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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2014

	EDR 7W- Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,633	1,370	1,372	-16.1%	0.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	42	32	35	-23.8%	9.4%
23	Construction	256	253	223	-1.2%	-11.9%
31	Manufacturing	312	282	288	-9.6%	2.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	52	40	47	-23.1%	17.5%
44	Retail Trade	127	88	104	-30.7%	18.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	50	32	35	-36.0%	9.4%
51	Information	12		10	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	24	19	12	-20.8%	-36.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		11		0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	46	41	54	-10.9%	31.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	41	26	-21.2%	-36.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	128	101	102	-21.1%	1.0%
61	Educational Services	90	69	87	-23.3%	26.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	126	119	125	-5.6%	5.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	86	95	85	10.5%	-10.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	66	31	51	-53.0%	64.5%
92	Public Administration	18	21	21	16.7%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	113	67	47	-40.7%	-29.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	43	48	37	11.6%	-22.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	31	28	36	-9.7%	28.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		13	11	0.0%	-15.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	121	112	114	-7.4%	1.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	27	27	25	0.0%	-7.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	51	41	46	-19.6%	12.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	96	73	90	-24.0%	23.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	20	16	13	-20.0%	-18.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	19	14		-26.3%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	120	88	79	-26.7%	-10.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	84	90	91	7.1%	1.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14		10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	325	293	258	-9.8%	-11.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	71	49	41	-31.0%	-16.3%
510000	Production Occupations	296	244	284	-17.6%	16.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	69	42	40	-39.1%	-4.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	34			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	172	138	143	-19.8%	3.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	93	90	71	-3.2%	-21.1%
	12 years	692	542	575	-21.7%	6.1%
	13-15 years	625	555	522	-11.2%	-5.9%
	Over 15 years	223	183	204	-17.9%	11.5%
Sex
	Male	997	814	736	-18.4%	-9.6%
	Female	636	556	636	-12.6%	14.4%
Age
	Under age 22	53	42	33	-20.8%	-21.4%
	Age 22 to 29	304	271	231	-10.9%	-14.8%
	Age 30 to 39	372	317	319	-14.8%	0.6%
	Age 40 to 49	383	307	342	-19.8%	11.4%
	Age 50 to 59	398	330	341	-17.1%	3.3%
	Age 60 to 64	85	72	72	-15.3%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	34	25	28	-26.5%	12.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,486	1,223	1,208	-17.7%	-1.2%
	Black or African American,	49	38	55	-22.4%	44.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	11	26	23	136.4%	-11.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	77	75	70	-2.6%	-6.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,475	1,214	1,206	-17.7%	-0.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	32	41	43	28.1%	4.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	126	115	123	-8.7%	7.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	488	583	307	19.5%	-47.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	335	286	357	-14.6%	24.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,481	1,261	1,230	-14.9%	-2.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	418	375	362	-10.3%	-3.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	598	503	486	-15.9%	-3.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	492	396	411	-19.5%	3.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	108	129	33.3%	19.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	699	542	553	-22.5%	2.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,633	1,370	1,372	-16.1%	0.1%
	Benton County	210	166	161	-21.0%	-3.0%
	Sherburne County	377	289	286	-23.3%	-1.0%
	Stearns County	628	506	543	-19.4%	7.3%
	Wright County	418	409	382	-2.2%	-6.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	575	603	694	4.9%	15.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	868	809	810	-6.8%	0.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,525	1,358	1,354	-11.0%	-0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,625	8,827	8,107	-8.3%	-8.2%

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

June 2014

EDR 7W- Central