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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2021

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	526	417	992	-20.7%	137.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12		20	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	10	10	14	0.0%	40.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	182	145	198	-20.3%	36.6%
31	Manufacturing	158	142	287	-10.1%	102.1%
42	Wholesale Trade			27	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	25	11	72	-56.0%	554.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		14	18	0.0%	28.6%
51	Information			15	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	12		20	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			10	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	15	32	36.4%	113.3%
61	Educational Services			12	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	18	21	94	16.7%	347.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	19	13	72	-31.6%	453.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			31	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	41		29	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			20	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	12		32	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			21	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			10	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			20	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations			59	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	16	14	79	-12.5%	464.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10		28	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			17	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		10	59	0.0%	490.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	39	11	33	-71.8%	200.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14		16	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	207	191	228	-7.7%	19.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			24	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	90	66	188	-26.7%	184.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	39	33	52	-15.4%	57.6%
990000	Unknown	46	36	98	-21.7%	172.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	49	58	142	18.4%	144.8%
	12 years	242	205	417	-15.3%	103.4%
	13-15 years	192	126	293	-34.4%	132.5%
	Over 15 years	43	28	140	-34.9%	400.0%
Sex
	Male	379	315	614	-16.9%	94.9%
	Female	147	102	378	-30.6%	270.6%
Age
	Under age 22	30	20	70	-33.3%	250.0%
	Age 22 to 29	83	56	173	-32.5%	208.9%
	Age 30 to 39	126	92	232	-27.0%	152.2%
	Age 40 to 49	97	104	182	7.2%	75.0%
	Age 50 to 59	121	87	189	-28.1%	117.2%
	Age 60 to 64	43	41	71	-4.7%	73.2%
	Age 65 and over	21	10	57	-52.4%	470.0%
	Info. not available			18	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	464	350	778	-24.6%	122.3%
	Black or African American,			36	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			21	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	10	10	49	0.0%	390.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	40	47	99	17.5%	110.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	447	338	811	-24.4%	139.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	37	48	117	29.7%	143.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	42	31	64	-26.2%	106.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	606	651	735	7.4%	12.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	444	355	693	-20.0%	95.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,749	1,460	3,584	-16.5%	145.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	726	624	1,573	-14.0%	152.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	862	722	1,715	-16.2%	137.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	566	472	1,115	-16.6%	136.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	232	202	325	-12.9%	60.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,288	1,007	2,142	-21.8%	112.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,198	1,947	4,563	-11.4%	134.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	526	417	992	-20.7%	137.9%
	Cottonwood County	86	58	195	-32.6%	236.2%
	Jackson County	64	49	110	-23.4%	124.5%
	Lincoln County	28	15	36	-46.4%	140.0%
	Lyon County	95	71	164	-25.3%	131.0%
	Murray County	46	35	107	-23.9%	205.7%
	Nobles County	86	81	149	-5.8%	84.0%
	Pipestone County	39	38	60	-2.6%	57.9%
	Redwood County	78	59	130	-24.4%	120.3%
	Rock County		11	41	0.0%	272.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,140	1,019	2,459	-10.6%	141.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,832	1,632	4,700	-10.9%	188.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,255	8,920	29,917	-13.0%	235.4%

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

January 2021

EDR 8 - Southwest