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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2020

	EDR 7W- Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,225	1,079	23,394	-11.9%	2,068.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			49	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
22	Utilities	11	18	30	63.6%	66.7%
23	Construction	521	358	1,561	-31.3%	336.0%
31	Manufacturing	130	168	3,748	29.2%	2,131.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	44	40	1,023	-9.1%	2,457.5%
44	Retail Trade	73	68	3,250	-6.8%	4,679.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	46	29	783	-37.0%	2,600.0%
51	Information			992	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	18	23	277	27.8%	1,104.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			262	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	48	54	798	12.5%	1,377.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	16	614	-15.8%	3,737.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	116	83	1,299	-28.4%	1,465.1%
61	Educational Services	22	15	981	-31.8%	6,440.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	53	70	3,689	32.1%	5,170.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			368	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	38	37	1,665	-2.6%	4,400.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	14	20	1,099	42.9%	5,395.0%
92	Public Administration	22	29	285	31.8%	882.8%
99	Unclassified	22	19	610	-13.6%	3,110.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	55	70	948	27.3%	1,254.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	31	26	394	-16.1%	1,415.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	13	14	189	7.7%	1,250.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		13	193	0.0%	1,384.6%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			137	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations			56	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12		734	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			494	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11	11	1,260	0.0%	11,354.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	30	27	1,286	-10.0%	4,663.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			52	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	38	30	1,975	-21.1%	6,483.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	21	13	551	-38.1%	4,138.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			888	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	55	40	2,898	-27.3%	7,145.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	80	80	1,831	0.0%	2,188.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			57	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	566	395	1,705	-30.2%	331.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	27	26	866	-3.7%	3,230.8%
510000	Production Occupations	80	93	2,966	16.3%	3,089.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	72	75	1,088	4.2%	1,350.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	96	114	2,807	18.8%	2,362.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	67	60	1,736	-10.4%	2,793.3%
	12 years	574	475	7,940	-17.2%	1,571.6%
	13-15 years	460	419	9,747	-8.9%	2,226.3%
	Over 15 years	124	125	3,971	0.8%	3,076.8%
Sex
	Male	921	765	10,884	-16.9%	1,322.7%
	Female	304	314	12,509	3.3%	3,883.8%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	58	36	2,568	-37.9%	7,033.3%
	Age 22 to 29	216	171	4,254	-20.8%	2,387.7%
	Age 30 to 39	325	288	5,274	-11.4%	1,731.3%
	Age 40 to 49	285	215	4,431	-24.6%	1,960.9%
	Age 50 to 59	235	264	4,262	12.3%	1,514.4%
	Age 60 to 64	78	74	1,518	-5.1%	1,951.4%
	Age 65 and over	27	28	944	3.7%	3,271.4%
	Info. not available			143	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,077	943	19,234	-12.4%	1,939.7%
	Black or African American,	52	60	2,044	15.4%	3,306.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			118	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			574	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			22	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	81	63	1,402	-22.2%	2,125.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,083	963	21,056	-11.1%	2,086.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	38	722	46.2%	1,800.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	116	78	1,616	-32.8%	1,971.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	191	185	3,319	-3.1%	1,694.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	259	215	4,639	-17.0%	2,057.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,071	1,096	19,100	2.3%	1,642.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	386	371	8,236	-3.9%	2,119.9%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	452	395	8,913	-12.6%	2,156.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	303	272	4,625	-10.2%	1,600.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	70	102	1,757	45.7%	1,622.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	612	542	10,386	-11.4%	1,816.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,225	1,079	23,394	-11.9%	2,068.1%
	Benton County	137	102	2,268	-25.5%	2,123.5%
	Sherburne County	287	253	5,408	-11.8%	2,037.5%
	Stearns County	390	350	8,365	-10.3%	2,290.0%
	Wright County	411	374	7,353	-9.0%	1,866.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	175	182	3,558	4.0%	1,854.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	675	577	11,852	-14.5%	1,954.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,132	940	26,236	-17.0%	2,691.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,570	6,297	190,483	-4.2%	2,925.0%

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

April 2020

EDR 7W- Central