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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2020

	EDR 7W- Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			29	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	14	15	27	7.1%	80.0%
23	Construction	468	414	1,815	-11.5%	338.4%
31	Manufacturing	121	130	2,489	7.4%	1,814.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	43	31	694	-27.9%	2,138.7%
44	Retail Trade	91	63	2,894	-30.8%	4,493.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	22	39	571	77.3%	1,364.1%
51	Information			244	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	22	21	178	-4.5%	747.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14		151	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	32	36	611	12.5%	1,597.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	18	269	0.0%	1,394.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	112	77	897	-31.3%	1,064.9%
61	Educational Services	17	10	568	-41.2%	5,580.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	70	60	3,365	-14.3%	5,508.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		11	521	0.0%	4,636.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	53	43	4,176	-18.9%	9,611.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	26	17	2,016	-34.6%	11,758.8%
92	Public Administration	16	22	187	37.5%	750.0%
99	Unclassified	23	23	350	0.0%	1,421.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	61	49	930	-19.7%	1,798.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	22	24	255	9.1%	962.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	11	17	106	54.5%	523.5%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	10		115	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		10	109	0.0%	990.0%
230000	Legal Occupations			33	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	10	13	743	30.0%	5,615.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			310	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13	13	1,327	0.0%	10,107.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	25	23	997	-8.0%	4,234.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			28	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	49	41	4,392	-16.3%	10,612.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	19	373	0.0%	1,863.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			1,517	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	44	54	1,998	22.7%	3,600.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	78	64	1,696	-17.9%	2,550.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			32	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	483	450	1,690	-6.8%	275.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	43	16	802	-62.8%	4,912.5%
510000	Production Occupations	106	84	1,699	-20.8%	1,922.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	73	58	741	-20.5%	1,177.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	97	85	2,154	-12.4%	2,434.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	68	65	1,337	-4.4%	1,956.9%
	12 years	538	452	7,065	-16.0%	1,463.1%
	13-15 years	440	398	10,415	-9.5%	2,516.8%
	Over 15 years	137	136	3,243	-0.7%	2,284.6%
Sex
	Male	862	764	9,300	-11.4%	1,117.3%
	Female	321	287	12,758	-10.6%	4,345.3%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	36	33	2,421	-8.3%	7,236.4%
	Age 22 to 29	230	186	4,675	-19.1%	2,413.4%
	Age 30 to 39	315	273	5,476	-13.3%	1,905.9%
	Age 40 to 49	249	225	4,047	-9.6%	1,698.7%
	Age 50 to 59	270	250	3,507	-7.4%	1,302.8%
	Age 60 to 64	57	62	1,213	8.8%	1,856.5%
	Age 65 and over	23	20	624	-13.0%	3,020.0%
	Info. not available			97	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,030	922	19,583	-10.5%	2,024.0%
	Black or African American,	56	38	710	-32.1%	1,768.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10		111	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			412	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			28	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	77	78	1,216	1.3%	1,459.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,058	943	19,928	-10.9%	2,013.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	24	613	-20.0%	2,454.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	95	84	1,519	-11.6%	1,708.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	323	284	3,773	-12.1%	1,228.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,178	1,108	16,785	-5.9%	1,414.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	441	457	8,107	3.6%	1,674.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	80	127	1,419	58.8%	1,017.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	606	642	8,435	5.9%	1,213.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%
	Benton County	131	104	2,240	-20.6%	2,053.8%
	Sherburne County	253	249	5,214	-1.6%	1,994.0%
	Stearns County	426	371	7,663	-12.9%	1,965.5%
	Wright County	373	327	6,943	-12.3%	2,023.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,162	1,081	19,867	-7.0%	1,737.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,622	6,338	168,704	-4.3%	2,561.8%

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 2020

EDR 7W- Central