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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2024

	EDR 7W- Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	10	14	14	40.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	545	481	595	-11.7%	23.7%
31	Manufacturing	159	192	177	20.8%	-7.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	34	64	65	88.2%	1.6%
44	Retail Trade	108	149	101	38.0%	-32.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	45	69	73	53.3%	5.8%
51	Information		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
52	Finance and Insurance	26	39	19	50.0%	-51.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		15	15	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	55	63	46	14.5%	-27.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		37	17	0.0%	-54.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	77	117	77	51.9%	-34.2%
61	Educational Services	21	22	28	4.8%	27.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	118	134	99	13.6%	-26.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		11		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	70	52	67	-25.7%	28.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	35	41	43	17.1%	4.9%
92	Public Administration	32	34	22	6.3%	-35.3%
99	Unclassified	29	32	18	10.3%	-43.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	48	71	62	47.9%	-12.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	28	33	29	17.9%	-12.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	11	14	12	27.3%	-14.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15	10	12	-33.3%	20.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	15	11	17	-26.7%	54.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		48	11	0.0%	-77.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	33	23	43.5%	-30.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	44	49	43	11.4%	-12.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	68	47	66	-30.9%	40.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	27	29	0.0%	7.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	27			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	75	153	95	104.0%	-37.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	72	131	80	81.9%	-38.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	566	523	602	-7.6%	15.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	45	57	62	26.7%	8.8%
510000	Production Occupations	102	126	103	23.5%	-18.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	60	80	110	33.3%	37.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	146	141	126	-3.4%	-10.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	105	104	92	-1.0%	-11.5%
	12 years	633	797	673	25.9%	-15.6%
	13-15 years	527	530	567	0.6%	7.0%
	Over 15 years	139	161	175	15.8%	8.7%
Sex
	Male	982	1,068	1,118	8.8%	4.7%
	Female	422	524	389	24.2%	-25.8%
Age
	Under age 22	94	80	61	-14.9%	-23.8%
	Age 22 to 29	273	304	296	11.4%	-2.6%
	Age 30 to 39	361	399	376	10.5%	-5.8%
	Age 40 to 49	309	362	352	17.2%	-2.8%
	Age 50 to 59	229	297	279	29.7%	-6.1%
	Age 60 to 64	104	102	104	-1.9%	2.0%
	Age 65 and over	32	42	33	31.3%	-21.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,150	1,354	1,263	17.7%	-6.7%
	Black or African American,	100	98	96	-2.0%	-2.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	23	11		-52.2%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	118	120	121	1.7%	0.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,209	1,386	1,302	14.6%	-6.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	53	57	64	7.5%	12.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	142	149	141	4.9%	-5.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	189	258	390	36.5%	51.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	348	328	292	-5.7%	-11.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,380	1,397	1,220	1.2%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	130	69	88.4%	-46.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	747	918	813	22.9%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%
	Benton County	153	166	133	8.5%	-19.9%
	Sherburne County	349	405	366	16.0%	-9.6%
	Stearns County	486	519	485	6.8%	-6.6%
	Wright County	416	502	523	20.7%	4.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,247	1,579	1,180	26.6%	-25.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%

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 2024

EDR 7W- Central