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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2024

	EDR 7W- Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		13		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		11		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	13			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	431	514	489	19.3%	-4.9%
31	Manufacturing	151	168	233	11.3%	38.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	30	39	57	30.0%	46.2%
44	Retail Trade	88	74	95	-15.9%	28.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	31	58	46	87.1%	-20.7%
51	Information		21		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	31	25	29	-19.4%	16.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10	17		70.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	54	66	38	22.2%	-42.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	74	85	159	14.9%	87.1%
61	Educational Services	14	22	33	57.1%	50.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	83	112	107	34.9%	-4.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	17	29	23	70.6%	-20.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	40	57	59	42.5%	3.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	41	49	28	19.5%	-42.9%
92	Public Administration	14	21	19	50.0%	-9.5%
99	Unclassified		18	21	0.0%	16.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	52	70	83	34.6%	18.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	20	16	33	-20.0%	106.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	12	19	19	58.3%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		13	17	0.0%	30.8%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		13	28	0.0%	115.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			13	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	25	15	56.3%	-40.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	47	47	44	0.0%	-6.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	34	64	57	88.2%	-10.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	31	38	40	22.6%	5.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	58	73	66	25.9%	-9.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	72	96	98	33.3%	2.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	413	503	450	21.8%	-10.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	29	39	38	34.5%	-2.6%
510000	Production Occupations	145	119	190	-17.9%	59.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	52	77	78	48.1%	1.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	112	163	178	45.5%	9.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	91	107	96	17.6%	-10.3%
	12 years	535	646	687	20.7%	6.3%
	13-15 years	411	512	509	24.6%	-0.6%
	Over 15 years	109	156	188	43.1%	20.5%
Sex
	Male	800	963	980	20.4%	1.8%
	Female	346	458	500	32.4%	9.2%
Age
	Under age 22	70	66	78	-5.7%	18.2%
	Age 22 to 29	245	309	275	26.1%	-11.0%
	Age 30 to 39	318	339	357	6.6%	5.3%
	Age 40 to 49	214	274	306	28.0%	11.7%
	Age 50 to 59	193	267	262	38.3%	-1.9%
	Age 60 to 64	71	107	120	50.7%	12.1%
	Age 65 and over	32	57	74	78.1%	29.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	915	1,155	1,177	26.2%	1.9%
	Black or African American,	95	112	118	17.9%	5.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	12		14	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	14	15	26	7.1%	73.3%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	108	130	141	20.4%	8.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	989	1,208	1,261	22.1%	4.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	54	73	68	35.2%	-6.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	103	140	151	35.9%	7.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	200	302	273	51.0%	-9.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	257	332	334	29.2%	0.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,142	1,330	1,114	16.5%	-16.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	553	666	679	20.4%	2.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	59	90	94	52.5%	4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	615	833	801	35.4%	-3.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%
	Benton County	124	132	169	6.5%	28.0%
	Sherburne County	271	349	357	28.8%	2.3%
	Stearns County	393	526	554	33.8%	5.3%
	Wright County	358	414	400	15.6%	-3.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,001	1,229	1,112	22.8%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%

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 2024

EDR 7W- Central