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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2020

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	175	182	3,558	4.0%	1,854.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			53	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	47	43	205	-8.5%	376.7%
31	Manufacturing	27	45	538	66.7%	1,095.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	11		88	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade		18	418	0.0%	2,222.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			100	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information			172	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			39	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			36	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services			74	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			18	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	13		87	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			129	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	10	16	669	60.0%	4,081.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			58	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11		497	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		10	151	0.0%	1,410.0%
92	Public Administration			101	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			112	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			101	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			48	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			12	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			27	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			100	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			64	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			234	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations			218	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			27	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		11	520	0.0%	4,627.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			79	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			183	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		10	335	0.0%	3,250.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	11		258	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			57	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	58	52	342	-10.3%	557.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			83	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	15	25	314	66.7%	1,156.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	16		156	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	16	19	383	18.8%	1,915.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	16	21	329	31.3%	1,466.7%
	12 years	88	94	1,258	6.8%	1,238.3%
	13-15 years	50	50	1,509	0.0%	2,918.0%
	Over 15 years	21	17	462	-19.0%	2,617.6%
Sex
	Male	124	105	1,449	-15.3%	1,280.0%
	Female	51	77	2,109	51.0%	2,639.0%
Age
	Under age 22			356	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	31	26	606	-16.1%	2,230.8%
	Age 30 to 39	46	48	774	4.3%	1,512.5%
	Age 40 to 49	25	28	605	12.0%	2,060.7%
	Age 50 to 59	45	46	641	2.2%	1,293.5%
	Age 60 to 64		22	300	0.0%	1,263.6%
	Age 65 and over	11		238	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available			38	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	156	155	2,998	-0.6%	1,834.2%
	Black or African American,			73	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			76	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			130	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	12	17	271	41.7%	1,494.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	154	142	3,044	-7.8%	2,043.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	13	25	287	92.3%	1,048.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown		15	227	0.0%	1,413.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	191	185	3,319	-3.1%	1,694.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	259	215	4,639	-17.0%	2,057.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,071	1,096	19,100	2.3%	1,642.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	386	371	8,236	-3.9%	2,119.9%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	452	395	8,913	-12.6%	2,156.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	303	272	4,625	-10.2%	1,600.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	70	102	1,757	45.7%	1,622.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	612	542	10,386	-11.4%	1,816.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,225	1,079	23,394	-11.9%	2,068.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	175	182	3,558	4.0%	1,854.9%
	Cottonwood County	15	29	381	93.3%	1,213.8%
	Jackson County	15	13	343	-13.3%	2,538.5%
	Lincoln County			113	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	52	35	893	-32.7%	2,451.4%
	Murray County	15	15	283	0.0%	1,786.7%
	Nobles County	22	29	631	31.8%	2,075.9%
	Pipestone County		15	202	0.0%	1,246.7%
	Redwood County	33	31	509	-6.1%	1,541.9%
	Rock County			203	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	675	577	11,852	-14.5%	1,954.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,132	940	26,236	-17.0%	2,691.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,570	6,297	190,483	-4.2%	2,925.0%

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 2020

EDR 8 - Southwest