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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2020

	EDR 7W- Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,262	1,351	1,322	7.1%	-2.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		14		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities		19	25	0.0%	31.6%
23	Construction	536	622	646	16.0%	3.9%
31	Manufacturing	138	156	130	13.0%	-16.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	39	38	42	-2.6%	10.5%
44	Retail Trade	83	72	79	-13.3%	9.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	32	43	31	34.4%	-27.9%
51	Information		11		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	18	17	26	-5.6%	52.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14		11	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	39	45	47	15.4%	4.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	13	15	-23.5%	15.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	119	115	91	-3.4%	-20.9%
61	Educational Services	17		10	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	70	78	54	11.4%	-30.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	38	25	35	-34.2%	40.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	25	15	23	-40.0%	53.3%
92	Public Administration	21	20	20	-4.8%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	25	21	15	-16.0%	-28.6%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	61	46	60	-24.6%	30.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	19	28	26	47.4%	-7.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		12	15	0.0%	25.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	10	11		10.0%	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		12		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	19	18	10	-5.3%	-44.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	28	32	40	14.3%	25.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	23	24	-32.4%	4.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	22	12	19	-45.5%	58.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	71	53	52	-25.4%	-1.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	71	64	58	-9.9%	-9.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	555	666	671	20.0%	0.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	38	36	38	-5.3%	5.6%
510000	Production Occupations	109	102	103	-6.4%	1.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	79	90	57	13.9%	-36.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	91	107	105	17.6%	-1.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	71	71	69	0.0%	-2.8%
	12 years	563	659	645	17.1%	-2.1%
	13-15 years	494	499	484	1.0%	-3.0%
	Over 15 years	134	122	124	-9.0%	1.6%
Sex
	Male	962	1,062	1,033	10.4%	-2.7%
	Female	300	289	289	-3.7%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	55	54	62	-1.8%	14.8%
	Age 22 to 29	225	225	231	0.0%	2.7%
	Age 30 to 39	340	376	340	10.6%	-9.6%
	Age 40 to 49	277	292	308	5.4%	5.5%
	Age 50 to 59	273	304	257	11.4%	-15.5%
	Age 60 to 64	67	78	87	16.4%	11.5%
	Age 65 and over	22	18	37	-18.2%	105.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,098	1,179	1,166	7.4%	-1.1%
	Black or African American,	53	61	49	15.1%	-19.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	15			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	12		13	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	80	90	82	12.5%	-8.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,121	1,197	1,175	6.8%	-1.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	32	43	32	34.4%	-25.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	109	111	115	1.8%	3.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	256	240	281	-6.3%	17.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	245	235	187	-4.1%	-20.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,132	971	1,024	-14.2%	5.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	411	434	421	5.6%	-3.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	445	487	475	9.4%	-2.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	290	347	305	19.7%	-12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	98	94	133	-4.1%	41.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	666	768	749	15.3%	-2.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,262	1,351	1,322	7.1%	-2.1%
	Benton County	155	149	115	-3.9%	-22.8%
	Sherburne County	289	319	361	10.4%	13.2%
	Stearns County	419	440	377	5.0%	-14.3%
	Wright County	399	443	469	11.0%	5.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	221	267	207	20.8%	-22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	662	663	655	0.2%	-1.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,150	1,149	1,135	-0.1%	-1.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,982	6,795	6,793	-2.7%	0.0%

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

February 2020

EDR 7W- Central