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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2020

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	274	190	839	-30.7%	341.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			16	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	65	41	119	-36.9%	190.2%
31	Manufacturing	105	47	333	-55.2%	608.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	10		22	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade		12	38	0.0%	216.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			15	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			10	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10		36	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			16	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	17	17	84	0.0%	394.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			10	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	21	14	60	-33.3%	328.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			21	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			14	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			17	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	12		14	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			11	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	11	16	40	45.5%	150.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	14	59	0.0%	321.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17		33	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations			52	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	12	24	20.0%	100.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			15	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	57	44	148	-22.8%	236.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			23	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	80	36	224	-55.0%	522.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations			41	0.0%	0.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	30	14	102	-53.3%	628.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	35	22	82	-37.1%	272.7%
	12 years	128	87	405	-32.0%	365.5%
	13-15 years	85	65	291	-23.5%	347.7%
	Over 15 years	26	16	60	-38.5%	275.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	160	114	506	-28.8%	343.9%
	Female	114	76	333	-33.3%	338.2%
Age
	Under age 22	11		46	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	35	30	156	-14.3%	420.0%
	Age 30 to 39	76	43	196	-43.4%	355.8%
	Age 40 to 49	44	38	173	-13.6%	355.3%
	Age 50 to 59	54	42	156	-22.2%	271.4%
	Age 60 to 64	33	20	73	-39.4%	265.0%
	Age 65 and over	19		32	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	230	160	652	-30.4%	307.5%
	Black or African American,			31	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			18	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			52	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	27	20	77	-25.9%	285.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	219	159	697	-27.4%	338.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	21	89	-30.0%	323.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	25	10	53	-60.0%	430.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	182	181	752	-0.5%	315.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	341	310	725	-9.1%	133.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,361	1,269	2,944	-6.8%	132.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	465	447	1,313	-3.9%	193.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	725	593	1,812	-18.2%	205.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	276	289	920	4.7%	218.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	91	139	306	52.7%	120.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	697	693	1,804	-0.6%	160.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,219	1,131	3,849	-7.2%	240.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	274	190	839	-30.7%	341.6%
	Cottonwood County	61	32	177	-47.5%	453.1%
	Jackson County	49	18	133	-63.3%	638.9%
	Lincoln County			37	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	48	30	140	-37.5%	366.7%
	Murray County	20	20	62	0.0%	210.0%
	Nobles County	32	28	110	-12.5%	292.9%
	Pipestone County		10	33	0.0%	230.0%
	Redwood County	44	36	124	-18.2%	244.4%
	Rock County		11	23	0.0%	109.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	669	508	1,734	-24.1%	241.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	990	1,039	3,708	4.9%	256.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,345	6,305	22,768	-0.6%	261.1%

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

October 2020

EDR 8 - Southwest