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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2019

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	166	175	182	5.4%	4.0%

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	24	47	43	95.8%	-8.5%
31	Manufacturing	46	27	45	-41.3%	66.7%
42	Wholesale Trade		11		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	13		18	0.0%	0.0%
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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	10	16	-56.5%	60.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		11		0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			10	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	11			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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
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			10	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	40	58	52	45.0%	-10.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	27	15	25	-44.4%	66.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		16		0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	15	16	19	6.7%	18.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	20	16	21	-20.0%	31.3%
	12 years	79	88	94	11.4%	6.8%
	13-15 years	53	50	50	-5.7%	0.0%
	Over 15 years	14	21	17	50.0%	-19.0%
Sex
	Male	98	124	105	26.5%	-15.3%
	Female	68	51	77	-25.0%	51.0%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	30	31	26	3.3%	-16.1%
	Age 30 to 39	45	46	48	2.2%	4.3%
	Age 40 to 49	30	25	28	-16.7%	12.0%
	Age 50 to 59	38	45	46	18.4%	2.2%
	Age 60 to 64	12		22	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over		11		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	129	156	155	20.9%	-0.6%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	21	12	17	-42.9%	41.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	133	154	142	15.8%	-7.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	22	13	25	-40.9%	92.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	11		15	0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	320	191	185	-40.3%	-3.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	249	259	215	4.0%	-17.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,032	1,071	1,096	3.8%	2.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	297	386	371	30.0%	-3.9%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	352	452	395	28.4%	-12.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	270	303	272	12.2%	-10.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	70	102	-16.7%	45.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	468	612	542	30.8%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	953	1,225	1,079	28.5%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	166	175	182	5.4%	4.0%
	Cottonwood County	25	15	29	-40.0%	93.3%
	Jackson County	15	15	13	0.0%	-13.3%
	Lincoln County				0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	43	52	35	20.9%	-32.7%
	Murray County		15	15	0.0%	0.0%
	Nobles County	39	22	29	-43.6%	31.8%
	Pipestone County			15	0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	24	33	31	37.5%	-6.1%
	Rock County				0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	463	675	577	45.8%	-14.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	779	1,132	940	45.3%	-17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,924	6,570	6,297	10.9%	-4.2%

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

April 2019

EDR 8 - Southwest