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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2014

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	282	332	258	17.7%	-22.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	38	41	41	7.9%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	61	128	67	109.8%	-47.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	14	14	15	0.0%	7.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	16	20	0.0%	25.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	38	26	26	-31.6%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	21	19	-4.5%	-9.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	20	26	14	30.0%	-46.2%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering 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				0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	10	16	13	60.0%	-18.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	28	18	25	-35.7%	38.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	15	10	11	-33.3%	10.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		17	16	0.0%	-5.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	46	101	61	119.6%	-39.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	10	14	0.0%	40.0%
510000	Production Occupations	60	64	46	6.7%	-28.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	15	17	-31.8%	13.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	26	48	17	84.6%	-64.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	47	41	31	-12.8%	-24.4%
	12 years	127	153	118	20.5%	-22.9%
	13-15 years	92	113	95	22.8%	-15.9%
	Over 15 years	16	25	14	56.3%	-44.0%
Sex
	Male	166	223	144	34.3%	-35.4%
	Female	116	109	114	-6.0%	4.6%
Age
	Under age 22	12	24	17	100.0%	-29.2%
	Age 22 to 29	57	77	52	35.1%	-32.5%
	Age 30 to 39	60	63	58	5.0%	-7.9%
	Age 40 to 49	60	70	45	16.7%	-35.7%
	Age 50 to 59	66	71	60	7.6%	-15.5%
	Age 60 to 64	16	16	15	0.0%	-6.3%
	Age 65 and over	10	11	11	10.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	237	271	220	14.3%	-18.8%
	Black or African American,	11			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		17		0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	25	34	21	36.0%	-38.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	243	273	219	12.3%	-19.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	24	45	19	87.5%	-57.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	15	14	20	-6.7%	42.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	285	422	361	48.1%	-14.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	483	419	416	-13.3%	-0.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,733	1,549	1,554	-10.6%	0.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	561	593	520	5.7%	-12.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	738	673	678	-8.8%	0.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	464	510	444	9.9%	-12.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	114	205	87	79.8%	-57.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	822	823	929	0.1%	12.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,635	1,760	2,073	7.6%	17.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	282	332	258	17.7%	-22.3%
	Cottonwood County	29	30	24	3.4%	-20.0%
	Jackson County	22	19	27	-13.6%	42.1%
	Lincoln County	16		21	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	73	75	69	2.7%	-8.0%
	Murray County	13	23	19	76.9%	-17.4%
	Nobles County	41	105	33	156.1%	-68.6%
	Pipestone County	18	10	11	-44.4%	10.0%
	Redwood County	55	54	49	-1.8%	-9.3%
	Rock County	15			0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,101	851	840	-22.7%	-1.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,706	1,454	1,599	-14.8%	10.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,598	9,136	9,271	-4.8%	1.5%

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

March 2014

EDR 8 - Southwest