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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2021

	EDR 7W- Central	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,198	1,947	4,563	-11.4%	134.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	15	15	25	0.0%	66.7%
21	Mining			10	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	25	21	47	-16.0%	123.8%
23	Construction	1,117	807	1,160	-27.8%	43.7%
31	Manufacturing	232	339	538	46.1%	58.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	58	60	154	3.4%	156.7%
44	Retail Trade	99	108	465	9.1%	330.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	53	56	143	5.7%	155.4%
51	Information	15		69	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	21	21	73	0.0%	247.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14	15	36	7.1%	140.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	56	54	137	-3.6%	153.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	30	58	66.7%	93.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	186	179	358	-3.8%	100.0%
61	Educational Services	16	18	108	12.5%	500.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	83	62	492	-25.3%	693.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12		48	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	50	43	313	-14.0%	627.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	39	50	163	28.2%	226.0%
92	Public Administration	62	26	72	-58.1%	176.9%
99	Unclassified	20	17	94	-15.0%	452.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	77	63	191	-18.2%	203.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	34	26	105	-23.5%	303.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	10	13	28	30.0%	115.4%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	20	14	47	-30.0%	235.7%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	13		20	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	18	12	94	-33.3%	683.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	11		32	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	11	94	-31.3%	754.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	24	212	-7.7%	783.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	43	35	368	-18.6%	951.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	36	41	106	13.9%	158.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		17	113	0.0%	564.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	60	78	361	30.0%	362.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	96	93	175	-3.1%	88.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	20	24	11.1%	20.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,171	869	1,220	-25.8%	40.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	50	67	126	34.0%	88.1%
510000	Production Occupations	162	248	517	53.1%	108.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	125	121	248	-3.2%	105.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	191	179	447	-6.3%	149.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	148	143	432	-3.4%	202.1%
	12 years	1,045	934	1,852	-10.6%	98.3%
	13-15 years	835	700	1,576	-16.2%	125.1%
	Over 15 years	170	170	703	0.0%	313.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	1,761	1,530	2,906	-13.1%	89.9%
	Female	437	417	1,657	-4.6%	297.4%
Age
	Under age 22	86	84	470	-2.3%	459.5%
	Age 22 to 29	408	367	916	-10.0%	149.6%
	Age 30 to 39	618	513	1,109	-17.0%	116.2%
	Age 40 to 49	467	417	876	-10.7%	110.1%
	Age 50 to 59	443	381	729	-14.0%	91.3%
	Age 60 to 64	125	126	274	0.8%	117.5%
	Age 65 and over	49	57	162	16.3%	184.2%
	Info. not available			27	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,971	1,684	3,626	-14.6%	115.3%
	Black or African American,	65	92	519	41.5%	464.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	13	13	20	0.0%	53.8%
	Asian	19	20	75	5.3%	275.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	127	136	319	7.1%	134.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,966	1,739	4,009	-11.5%	130.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	51	61	184	19.6%	201.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	181	147	370	-18.8%	151.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	606	651	735	7.4%	12.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	444	355	693	-20.0%	95.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,749	1,460	3,584	-16.5%	145.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	726	624	1,573	-14.0%	152.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	862	722	1,715	-16.2%	137.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	566	472	1,115	-16.6%	136.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	232	202	325	-12.9%	60.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,288	1,007	2,142	-21.8%	112.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,198	1,947	4,563	-11.4%	134.4%
	Benton County	228	207	489	-9.2%	136.2%
	Sherburne County	518	445	1,076	-14.1%	141.8%
	Stearns County	706	720	1,696	2.0%	135.6%
	Wright County	746	575	1,302	-22.9%	126.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	526	417	992	-20.7%	137.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,140	1,019	2,459	-10.6%	141.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,832	1,632	4,700	-10.9%	188.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,255	8,920	29,917	-13.0%	235.4%

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

January 2021

EDR 7W- Central