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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2020

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	173	239	1,639	38.2%	585.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			35	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	17	34	62	100.0%	82.4%
31	Manufacturing	31	79	420	154.8%	431.6%
42	Wholesale Trade			39	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	12	25	139	108.3%	456.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			43	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information			40	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			21	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services			39	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			24	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15		41	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			84	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	15	16	304	6.7%	1,800.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			21	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	26	30	191	15.4%	536.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			38	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			50	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			39	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		10	44	0.0%	340.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			22	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			12	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			59	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			22	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			126	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations			118	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	27	25	202	-7.4%	708.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			43	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			46	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		11	122	0.0%	1,009.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	17	95	13.3%	458.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			43	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	22	35	79	59.1%	125.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			51	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	22	50	298	127.3%	496.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		21	65	0.0%	209.5%
990000	Unknown	23	28	165	21.7%	489.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	19	22	207	15.8%	840.9%
	12 years	76	105	610	38.2%	481.0%
	13-15 years	52	92	604	76.9%	556.5%
	Over 15 years	26	20	218	-23.1%	990.0%
Sex
	Male	85	136	681	60.0%	400.7%
	Female	88	103	958	17.0%	830.1%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22		13	111	0.0%	753.8%
	Age 22 to 29	28	36	321	28.6%	791.7%
	Age 30 to 39	46	38	391	-17.4%	928.9%
	Age 40 to 49	30	46	252	53.3%	447.8%
	Age 50 to 59	47	55	298	17.0%	441.8%
	Age 60 to 64	10	26	140	160.0%	438.5%
	Age 65 and over		22	103	0.0%	368.2%
	Info. not available			23	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	146	207	1,215	41.8%	487.0%
	Black or African American,	10		94	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			39	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		10	140	0.0%	1,300.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			13	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	15	11	138	-26.7%	1,154.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	154	222	1,358	44.2%	511.7%
	Hispanic or Latino			164	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	10	11	117	10.0%	963.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	239	311	1,730	30.1%	456.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	247	226	1,397	-8.5%	518.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	982	7,270	-2.2%	640.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	346	323	3,009	-6.6%	831.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	314	348	2,970	10.8%	753.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	240	289	2,080	20.4%	619.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	99	108	517	9.1%	378.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	453	443	3,298	-2.2%	644.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	858	908	9,353	5.8%	930.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	173	239	1,639	38.2%	585.8%
	Cottonwood County	24	38	184	58.3%	384.2%
	Jackson County	13	38	134	192.3%	252.6%
	Lincoln County		11	46	0.0%	318.2%
	Lyon County	45	40	372	-11.1%	830.0%
	Murray County		14	95	0.0%	578.6%
	Nobles County	26	43	373	65.4%	767.4%
	Pipestone County	11	12	79	9.1%	558.3%
	Redwood County	36	41	279	13.9%	580.5%
	Rock County			77	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	511	566	4,917	10.8%	768.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	930	964	13,962	3.7%	1,348.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,809	5,701	77,191	-1.9%	1,254.0%

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

May 2020

EDR 8 - Southwest