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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2020

	EDR 7W- Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,219	1,131	3,849	-7.2%	240.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10	14	0.0%	40.0%
21	Mining			11	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	12	14	23	16.7%	64.3%
23	Construction	558	396	1,113	-29.0%	181.1%
31	Manufacturing	134	174	515	29.9%	196.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	47	32	166	-31.9%	418.8%
44	Retail Trade	69	78	306	13.0%	292.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	23	32	92	39.1%	187.5%
51	Information			47	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	18	14	40	-22.2%	185.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10		19	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	34	31	95	-8.8%	206.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	15	66	7.1%	340.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	94	103	261	9.6%	153.4%
61	Educational Services	16	15	76	-6.3%	406.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	70	64	432	-8.6%	575.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	15	27	46	80.0%	70.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	40	36	289	-10.0%	702.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20	24	118	20.0%	391.7%
92	Public Administration	21	28	49	33.3%	75.0%
99	Unclassified		14	71	0.0%	407.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	67	64	110	-4.5%	71.9%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	21	29	46	38.1%	58.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		16	32	0.0%	100.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			41	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			23	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		10	62	0.0%	520.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			29	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	14	11	116	-21.4%	954.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	25	172	19.0%	588.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	35	19	355	-45.7%	1,768.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	25	27	106	8.0%	292.6%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10		97	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	57	56	252	-1.8%	350.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	88	97	178	10.2%	83.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	11	13	32	18.2%	146.2%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	544	414	1,093	-23.9%	164.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	29	27	95	-6.9%	251.9%
510000	Production Occupations	116	118	416	1.7%	252.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	59	57	178	-3.4%	212.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	80	113	394	41.3%	248.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	75	63	305	-16.0%	384.1%
	12 years	558	515	1,619	-7.7%	214.4%
	13-15 years	457	415	1,467	-9.2%	253.5%
	Over 15 years	129	138	458	7.0%	231.9%
Sex
	Male	919	798	2,366	-13.2%	196.5%
	Female	300	333	1,483	11.0%	345.3%
Age
	Under age 22	44	50	284	13.6%	468.0%
	Age 22 to 29	226	201	875	-11.1%	335.3%
	Age 30 to 39	309	283	1,004	-8.4%	254.8%
	Age 40 to 49	258	223	690	-13.6%	209.4%
	Age 50 to 59	266	256	651	-3.8%	154.3%
	Age 60 to 64	76	74	211	-2.6%	185.1%
	Age 65 and over	35	42	115	20.0%	173.8%
	Info. not available			19	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,085	981	3,168	-9.6%	222.9%
	Black or African American,	47	55	293	17.0%	432.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			30	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			66	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	74	76	287	2.7%	277.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,082	1,006	3,394	-7.0%	237.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	28	37	150	32.1%	305.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	109	88	305	-19.3%	246.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	182	181	752	-0.5%	315.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	341	310	725	-9.1%	133.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,361	1,269	2,944	-6.8%	132.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	465	447	1,313	-3.9%	193.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	725	593	1,812	-18.2%	205.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	276	289	920	4.7%	218.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	91	139	306	52.7%	120.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	697	693	1,804	-0.6%	160.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,219	1,131	3,849	-7.2%	240.3%
	Benton County	123	116	459	-5.7%	295.7%
	Sherburne County	303	279	859	-7.9%	207.9%
	Stearns County	416	381	1,410	-8.4%	270.1%
	Wright County	377	355	1,121	-5.8%	215.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	274	190	839	-30.7%	341.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	669	508	1,734	-24.1%	241.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	990	1,039	3,708	4.9%	256.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,345	6,305	22,768	-0.6%	261.1%

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

October 2020

EDR 7W- Central