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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2019

	EDR 7W- Central	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,884	2,811	3,284	-2.5%	16.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	25	19	28	-24.0%	47.4%
21	Mining	47	53	33	12.8%	-37.7%
22	Utilities	21	41	52	95.2%	26.8%
23	Construction	1,490	1,543	1,880	3.6%	21.8%
31	Manufacturing	374	286	378	-23.5%	32.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	62	75	70	21.0%	-6.7%
44	Retail Trade	98	84	107	-14.3%	27.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	71	48	55	-32.4%	14.6%
51	Information		10		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	12	20	19	66.7%	-5.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	37	12	21	-67.6%	75.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	50	51	70	2.0%	37.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	68	59	6.3%	-13.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	245	220	230	-10.2%	4.5%
61	Educational Services	25	17	15	-32.0%	-11.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	93	91	85	-2.2%	-6.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11	14	13	27.3%	-7.1%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	54	63	50	16.7%	-20.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	44	49	51	11.4%	4.1%
92	Public Administration	37	36	40	-2.7%	11.1%
99	Unclassified	17	11	20	-35.3%	81.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	61	61	65	0.0%	6.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	20	33	24	65.0%	-27.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	12	11	17	-8.3%	54.5%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	23	18	23	-21.7%	27.8%
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	42	36	24	-14.3%	-33.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	19		14	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	24	32	60.0%	33.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	43	53	45	23.3%	-15.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	73	69	86	-5.5%	24.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	77	64	74	-16.9%	15.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	77	82	94	6.5%	14.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	33	29	37	-12.1%	27.6%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,561	1,624	1,935	4.0%	19.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	72	51	67	-29.2%	31.4%
510000	Production Occupations	275	187	210	-32.0%	12.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	247	203	236	-17.8%	16.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	201	225	272	11.9%	20.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	223	236	220	5.8%	-6.8%
	12 years	1,556	1,509	1,757	-3.0%	16.4%
	13-15 years	945	891	1,122	-5.7%	25.9%
	Over 15 years	160	175	185	9.4%	5.7%
Sex
	Male	2,426	2,347	2,826	-3.3%	20.4%
	Female	458	464	458	1.3%	-1.3%
Age
	Under age 22	144	125	165	-13.2%	32.0%
	Age 22 to 29	591	532	653	-10.0%	22.7%
	Age 30 to 39	743	732	843	-1.5%	15.2%
	Age 40 to 49	574	589	683	2.6%	16.0%
	Age 50 to 59	620	613	651	-1.1%	6.2%
	Age 60 to 64	153	152	203	-0.7%	33.6%
	Age 65 and over	55	64	75	16.4%	17.2%
	Info. not available			11	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	2,556	2,539	2,998	-0.7%	18.1%
	Black or African American,	119	75	56	-37.0%	-25.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			17	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	30	29	11	-3.3%	-62.1%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	173	156	200	-9.8%	28.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,540	2,527	2,920	-0.5%	15.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	85	63	85	-25.9%	34.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	259	221	279	-14.7%	26.2%

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%
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%
	Benton County	365	331	347	-9.3%	4.8%
	Sherburne County	659	697	800	5.8%	14.8%
	Stearns County	984	898	1,081	-8.7%	20.4%
	Wright County	876	885	1,056	1.0%	19.3%
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 7W- Central