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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2014

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	575	603	694	4.9%	15.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	22	21	23	-4.5%	9.5%
31	Manufacturing	358	426	501	19.0%	17.6%
42	Wholesale Trade		13	13	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	32	24	22	-25.0%	-8.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				0.0%	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		11	26	0.0%	136.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	13	10	14	-23.1%	40.0%
61	Educational Services	11			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	21	14	-38.2%	-33.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	14	10	22	-28.6%	120.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12	14	13	16.7%	-7.1%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	39	20	11	-48.7%	-45.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			10	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	19	15	11	-21.1%	-26.7%
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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21	15	23	-28.6%	53.3%
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	11	10	-21.4%	-9.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	11	13		18.2%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15		10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	26	44	30	69.2%	-31.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	321	328	422	2.2%	28.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		32	20	0.0%	-37.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	13			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	75	97	110	29.3%	13.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	68	71	82	4.4%	15.5%
	12 years	319	317	364	-0.6%	14.8%
	13-15 years	157	176	210	12.1%	19.3%
	Over 15 years	31	39	38	25.8%	-2.6%
Sex
	Male	314	347	416	10.5%	19.9%
	Female	260	255	278	-1.9%	9.0%
Age
	Under age 22	24	18	28	-25.0%	55.6%
	Age 22 to 29	104	100	126	-3.8%	26.0%
	Age 30 to 39	122	129	170	5.7%	31.8%
	Age 40 to 49	138	140	138	1.4%	-1.4%
	Age 50 to 59	139	152	151	9.4%	-0.7%
	Age 60 to 64	38	56	62	47.4%	10.7%
	Age 65 and over			18	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	495	509	564	2.8%	10.8%
	Black or African American,		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	33	36	57	9.1%	58.3%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	32	41	51	28.1%	24.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	512	514	606	0.4%	17.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	28	44	46	57.1%	4.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	35	45	42	28.6%	-6.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	488	583	307	19.5%	-47.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	335	286	357	-14.6%	24.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,481	1,261	1,230	-14.9%	-2.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	418	375	362	-10.3%	-3.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	598	503	486	-15.9%	-3.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	492	396	411	-19.5%	3.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	108	129	33.3%	19.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	699	542	553	-22.5%	2.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,633	1,370	1,372	-16.1%	0.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	575	603	694	4.9%	15.1%
	Cottonwood County	260	306	297	17.7%	-2.9%
	Jackson County	64	70	169	9.4%	141.4%
	Lincoln County			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	48	32	37	-33.3%	15.6%
	Murray County	46	43	44	-6.5%	2.3%
	Nobles County	53	91	84	71.7%	-7.7%
	Pipestone County	17	19		11.8%	0.0%
	Redwood County	67	35	39	-47.8%	11.4%
	Rock County	12			0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	868	809	810	-6.8%	0.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,525	1,358	1,354	-11.0%	-0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,625	8,827	8,107	-8.3%	-8.2%

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

June 2014

EDR 8 - Southwest