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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2014

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	379	326	338	-14.0%	3.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	28	32	44	14.3%	37.5%
31	Manufacturing	99	86	124	-13.1%	44.2%
42	Wholesale Trade		12		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	16	32	12	100.0%	-62.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	10	11		10.0%	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	10	17	11	70.0%	-35.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	16	11	0.0%	-31.3%
61	Educational Services	18	12	21	-33.3%	75.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	35	15	11	-57.1%	-26.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	52	50	45	-3.8%	-10.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17	11	12	-35.3%	9.1%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	42	11		-73.8%	0.0%

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%
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	21	17	23	-19.0%	35.3%
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	22			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	57	52	44	-8.8%	-15.4%
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	14	18	13	28.6%	-27.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	15	16	-28.6%	6.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	17			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	31	61	46	96.8%	-24.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	86	61	102	-29.1%	67.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	18	18	15	0.0%	-16.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	41	35	31	-14.6%	-11.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	33	43	39	30.3%	-9.3%
	12 years	174	147	151	-15.5%	2.7%
	13-15 years	136	107	105	-21.3%	-1.9%
	Over 15 years	36	29	43	-19.4%	48.3%
Sex
	Male	180	169	157	-6.1%	-7.1%
	Female	199	157	181	-21.1%	15.3%
Age
	Under age 22	22	11	10	-50.0%	-9.1%
	Age 22 to 29	85	65	62	-23.5%	-4.6%
	Age 30 to 39	66	63	66	-4.5%	4.8%
	Age 40 to 49	88	63	61	-28.4%	-3.2%
	Age 50 to 59	66	79	80	19.7%	1.3%
	Age 60 to 64	29	25	37	-13.8%	48.0%
	Age 65 and over	18	17	20	-5.6%	17.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	333	282	285	-15.3%	1.1%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	21	11	13	-47.6%	18.2%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	16	25	31	56.3%	24.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	342	284	292	-17.0%	2.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	17	28	21	64.7%	-25.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	14	25	-30.0%	78.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	355	254	206	-28.5%	-18.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	377	306	298	-18.8%	-2.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,488	1,460	1,275	-1.9%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	528	488	455	-7.6%	-6.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	649	657	495	1.2%	-24.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	424	426	366	0.5%	-14.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	100	189	103	89.0%	-45.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	731	627	680	-14.2%	8.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,616	1,588	1,460	-1.7%	-8.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	379	326	338	-14.0%	3.7%
	Cottonwood County	50	35	85	-30.0%	142.9%
	Jackson County	37	23	44	-37.8%	91.3%
	Lincoln County		15	19	0.0%	26.7%
	Lyon County	93	79	65	-15.1%	-17.7%
	Murray County	20	18	15	-10.0%	-16.7%
	Nobles County	68	63	39	-7.4%	-38.1%
	Pipestone County	17	13	14	-23.5%	7.7%
	Redwood County	63	71	49	12.7%	-31.0%
	Rock County	22			0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	965	769	815	-20.3%	6.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,597	1,438	1,216	-10.0%	-15.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,529	9,080	7,799	-4.7%	-14.1%

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

May 2014

EDR 8 - Southwest