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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2024

	EDR 7W- Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	2,726	2,999	2,819	10.0%	-6.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	29	24	24	-17.2%	0.0%
21	Mining	35	35	32	0.0%	-8.6%
22	Utilities	20	31	34	55.0%	9.7%
23	Construction	1,624	1,637	1,505	0.8%	-8.1%
31	Manufacturing	210	258	272	22.9%	5.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	37	51	74	37.8%	45.1%
44	Retail Trade	86	154	103	79.1%	-33.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	49	60	67	22.4%	11.7%
51	Information		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
52	Finance and Insurance	20	24	21	20.0%	-12.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	17	22	19	29.4%	-13.6%
54	Professional and Technical Services	66	85	63	28.8%	-25.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	16	18	-54.3%	12.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	224	209	205	-6.7%	-1.9%
61	Educational Services		31	32	0.0%	3.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	63	102	83	61.9%	-18.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	33	59	65	78.8%	10.2%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	46	61	45	32.6%	-26.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	76	71	79	-6.6%	11.3%
92	Public Administration	32	39	44	21.9%	12.8%
99	Unclassified		18	23	0.0%	27.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	44	105	71	138.6%	-32.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	19	46	28	142.1%	-39.1%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		17	24	0.0%	41.2%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations		15	14	0.0%	-6.7%
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		23	24	0.0%	4.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15	28	20	86.7%	-28.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	42	30	100.0%	-28.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	44	55	39	25.0%	-29.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	102	121	123	18.6%	1.7%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	85	104	96	22.4%	-7.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	83	103	96	24.1%	-6.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	38	35	26	-7.9%	-25.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,589	1,569	1,494	-1.3%	-4.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	37	58	64	56.8%	10.3%
510000	Production Occupations	94	110	128	17.0%	16.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	242	240	215	-0.8%	-10.4%
990000	Unknown	253	281	292	11.1%	3.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	245	248	229	1.2%	-7.7%
	12 years	1,492	1,568	1,543	5.1%	-1.6%
	13-15 years	838	892	827	6.4%	-7.3%
	Over 15 years	151	291	220	92.7%	-24.4%
Sex
	Male	2,332	2,424	2,327	3.9%	-4.0%
	Female	394	575	492	45.9%	-14.4%
Age
	Under age 22	188	182	194	-3.2%	6.6%
	Age 22 to 29	605	638	601	5.5%	-5.8%
	Age 30 to 39	661	722	679	9.2%	-6.0%
	Age 40 to 49	546	587	575	7.5%	-2.0%
	Age 50 to 59	465	528	466	13.5%	-11.7%
	Age 60 to 64	159	210	169	32.1%	-19.5%
	Age 65 and over	94	119	120	26.6%	0.8%
	Info. not available		13	15	0.0%	15.4%
Race
	White	2,384	2,592	2,436	8.7%	-6.0%
	Black or African American,	86	108	104	25.6%	-3.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	14	19	14	35.7%	-26.3%
	Asian	15	29	19	93.3%	-34.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	224	243	244	8.5%	0.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	2,351	2,591	2,417	10.2%	-6.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	101	134	122	32.7%	-9.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	274	274	280	0.0%	2.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	545	621	965	13.9%	55.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	675	763	769	13.0%	0.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,934	2,410	2,154	24.6%	-10.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,106	1,358	1,341	22.8%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	788	984	810	24.9%	-17.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	206	218	272	5.8%	24.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,770	1,868	1,796	5.5%	-3.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,726	2,999	2,819	10.0%	-6.0%
	Benton County	306	367	359	19.9%	-2.2%
	Sherburne County	663	732	660	10.4%	-9.8%
	Stearns County	878	962	926	9.6%	-3.7%
	Wright County	879	938	874	6.7%	-6.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	439	454	474	3.4%	4.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,352	1,423	1,431	5.3%	0.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,100	2,297	2,275	9.4%	-1.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,191	12,293	11,094	33.8%	-9.8%

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

November 2024

EDR 7W- Central