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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2020

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			27	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	33	38	173	15.2%	355.3%
31	Manufacturing	34	39	278	14.7%	612.8%
42	Wholesale Trade			51	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	17		376	0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		10	56	0.0%	460.0%
51	Information			43	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			35	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			13	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services			66	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			18	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		11	70	0.0%	536.4%
61	Educational Services			89	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	24	17	462	-29.2%	2,617.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			46	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	13	20	986	53.8%	4,830.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			273	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			75	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			45	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16		89	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			34	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			26	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			106	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			38	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			189	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		10	156	0.0%	1,460.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			15	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	17	823	21.4%	4,741.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			92	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			249	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10		268	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	11	217	-26.7%	1,872.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			29	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	39	43	188	10.3%	337.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			86	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	27	24	172	-11.1%	616.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		14	72	0.0%	414.3%
990000	Unknown		16	314	0.0%	1,862.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	16	17	237	6.3%	1,294.1%
	12 years	75	79	1,103	5.3%	1,296.2%
	13-15 years	70	78	1,457	11.4%	1,767.9%
	Over 15 years	22	14	390	-36.4%	2,685.7%
Sex
	Male	92	111	1,134	20.7%	921.6%
	Female	91	77	2,053	-15.4%	2,566.2%
Age
	Under age 22		11	297	0.0%	2,600.0%
	Age 22 to 29	32	27	654	-15.6%	2,322.2%
	Age 30 to 39	42	43	716	2.4%	1,565.1%
	Age 40 to 49	37	43	513	16.2%	1,093.0%
	Age 50 to 59	49	38	555	-22.4%	1,360.5%
	Age 60 to 64	12	16	249	33.3%	1,456.3%
	Age 65 and over			173	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available			30	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	155	165	2,719	6.5%	1,547.9%
	Black or African American,			45	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			141	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			65	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	15	14	208	-6.7%	1,385.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	154	164	2,815	6.5%	1,616.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	13	15	154	15.4%	926.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16		218	0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	323	284	3,773	-12.1%	1,228.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,178	1,108	16,785	-5.9%	1,414.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	441	457	8,107	3.6%	1,674.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	80	127	1,419	58.8%	1,017.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	606	642	8,435	5.9%	1,213.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%
	Cottonwood County	14	26	247	85.7%	850.0%
	Jackson County	15	19	226	26.7%	1,089.5%
	Lincoln County	14	10	102	-28.6%	920.0%
	Lyon County	37	49	850	32.4%	1,634.7%
	Murray County	15		217	0.0%	0.0%
	Nobles County	26	17	376	-34.6%	2,111.8%
	Pipestone County		16	183	0.0%	1,043.8%
	Redwood County	49	34	785	-30.6%	2,208.8%
	Rock County			201	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,162	1,081	19,867	-7.0%	1,737.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,622	6,338	168,704	-4.3%	2,561.8%

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

March 2020

EDR 8 - Southwest