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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2020

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	337	354	613	5.0%	73.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			17	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	11		43	0.0%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	234	252	169	7.7%	-32.9%
42	Wholesale Trade			13	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	12	19	62	58.3%	226.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10		15	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			18	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	20	26	95	30.0%	265.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			76	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			16	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			25	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			16	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			15	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			24	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			22	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations		16	49	0.0%	206.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		10	90	0.0%	800.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			20	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations			42	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	10	25	-23.1%	150.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	20	29	99	45.0%	241.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	181	180	78	-0.6%	-56.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	14	13	17	-7.1%	30.8%
990000	Unknown	48	56	67	16.7%	19.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	39	42	83	7.7%	97.6%
	12 years	167	188	281	12.6%	49.5%
	13-15 years	101	103	183	2.0%	77.7%
	Over 15 years	30	21	66	-30.0%	214.3%
Sex
	Male	194	195	284	0.5%	45.6%
	Female	143	159	329	11.2%	106.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22		11	50	0.0%	354.5%
	Age 22 to 29	47	56	131	19.1%	133.9%
	Age 30 to 39	89	66	178	-25.8%	169.7%
	Age 40 to 49	62	77	94	24.2%	22.1%
	Age 50 to 59	95	94	87	-1.1%	-7.4%
	Age 60 to 64	25	37	39	48.0%	5.4%
	Age 65 and over	12	10	26	-16.7%	160.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	264	265	463	0.4%	74.7%
	Black or African American,			36	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			20	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	37	36	22	-2.7%	-38.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	20	32	68	60.0%	112.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	288	291	479	1.0%	64.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	21	34	93	61.9%	173.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	29	41	3.6%	41.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	101	84	446	-16.8%	431.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	151	148	486	-2.0%	228.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	739	669	2,431	-9.5%	263.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	256	219	1,017	-14.5%	364.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	260	300	997	15.4%	232.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	180	188	738	4.4%	292.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	76	57	218	-25.0%	282.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	362	333	1,298	-8.0%	289.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	765	701	3,060	-8.4%	336.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	337	354	613	5.0%	73.2%
	Cottonwood County	154	167	86	8.4%	-48.5%
	Jackson County	39	39	57	0.0%	46.2%
	Lincoln County			13	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	31	25	125	-19.4%	400.0%
	Murray County	25	28	44	12.0%	57.1%
	Nobles County	41	51	157	24.4%	207.8%
	Pipestone County	11		28	0.0%	0.0%
	Redwood County	30	26	79	-13.3%	203.8%
	Rock County			24	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	401	380	1,691	-5.2%	345.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	699	657	3,454	-6.0%	425.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,413	4,829	25,939	-10.8%	437.2%

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

August 2020

EDR 8 - Southwest