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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2023

	EDR 7W- Central	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	26	19	21	-26.9%	10.5%
23	Construction	389	287	251	-26.2%	-12.5%
31	Manufacturing	261	134	157	-48.7%	17.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	64	41	44	-35.9%	7.3%
44	Retail Trade	171	100	107	-41.5%	7.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	67	32	70	-52.2%	118.8%
51	Information			10	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	35	27	32	-22.9%	18.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	17	15	14	-11.8%	-6.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	58	34	41	-41.4%	20.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	21		16	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	135	73	78	-45.9%	6.8%
61	Educational Services	51	23	104	-54.9%	352.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	256	107	107	-58.2%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	13			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	130	42	58	-67.7%	38.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	66	30	44	-54.5%	46.7%
92	Public Administration	39	15	24	-61.5%	60.0%
99	Unclassified	39		13	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	70	52	68	-25.7%	30.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	40	22	39	-45.0%	77.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	17	20	23	17.6%	15.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	20		16	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	19			0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	51	16	103	-68.6%	543.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	50	27	22	-46.0%	-18.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	117	50	38	-57.3%	-24.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	129	51	63	-60.5%	23.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	37	15	13	-59.5%	-13.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	36	11		-69.4%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	116	68	74	-41.4%	8.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	98	80	99	-18.4%	23.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	437	305	259	-30.2%	-15.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	51	33	31	-35.3%	-6.1%
510000	Production Occupations	262	97	130	-63.0%	34.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	71	36	76	-49.3%	111.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	198	109	111	-44.9%	1.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	169	73	107	-56.8%	46.6%
	12 years	764	450	460	-41.1%	2.2%
	13-15 years	628	376	441	-40.1%	17.3%
	Over 15 years	292	121	198	-58.6%	63.6%
Sex
	Male	1,064	640	675	-39.8%	5.5%
	Female	789	380	531	-51.8%	39.7%
Age
	Under age 22	152	64	55	-57.9%	-14.1%
	Age 22 to 29	388	201	215	-48.2%	7.0%
	Age 30 to 39	485	263	287	-45.8%	9.1%
	Age 40 to 49	368	214	271	-41.8%	26.6%
	Age 50 to 59	289	189	223	-34.6%	18.0%
	Age 60 to 64	108	70	108	-35.2%	54.3%
	Age 65 and over	51	15	42	-70.6%	180.0%
	Info. not available	12			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,404	793	973	-43.5%	22.7%
	Black or African American,	233	95	101	-59.2%	6.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	30	25	16	-16.7%	-36.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	177	97	110	-45.2%	13.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,592	879	1,044	-44.8%	18.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	88	38	51	-56.8%	34.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	173	103	111	-40.5%	7.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	304	119	162	-60.9%	36.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	331	211	204	-36.3%	-3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,326	774	932	-41.6%	20.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	615	286	376	-53.5%	31.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	126	71	81	-43.7%	14.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	825	496	516	-39.9%	4.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%
	Benton County	235	95	116	-59.6%	22.1%
	Sherburne County	447	284	289	-36.5%	1.8%
	Stearns County	650	351	413	-46.0%	17.7%
	Wright County	521	290	388	-44.3%	33.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,014	932	1,181	-53.7%	26.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%

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

August 2023

EDR 7W- Central