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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2021

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	354	613	350	73.2%	-42.9%

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		43	42	0.0%	-2.3%
31	Manufacturing	252	169	78	-32.9%	-53.8%
42	Wholesale Trade		13		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	19	62	42	226.3%	-32.3%
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		11		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
61	Educational Services		18	11	0.0%	-38.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	95	59	265.4%	-37.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		76	33	0.0%	-56.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		16	11	0.0%	-31.3%
92	Public Administration		25	15	0.0%	-40.0%
99	Unclassified		16		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		15	13	0.0%	-13.3%
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	11	0.0%	-54.2%
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	29	206.3%	-40.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	10	90	32	800.0%	-64.4%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		20	17	0.0%	-15.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		12	11	0.0%	-8.3%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		42	21	0.0%	-50.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	25	15	150.0%	-40.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	29	99	45	241.4%	-54.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	180	78	63	-56.7%	-19.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	13	17	15	30.8%	-11.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	56	67	36	19.6%	-46.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	42	83	55	97.6%	-33.7%
	12 years	188	281	155	49.5%	-44.8%
	13-15 years	103	183	91	77.7%	-50.3%
	Over 15 years	21	66	49	214.3%	-25.8%
Sex
	Male	195	284	181	45.6%	-36.3%
	Female	159	329	169	106.9%	-48.6%
Age
	Under age 22	11	50	32	354.5%	-36.0%
	Age 22 to 29	56	131	61	133.9%	-53.4%
	Age 30 to 39	66	178	83	169.7%	-53.4%
	Age 40 to 49	77	94	83	22.1%	-11.7%
	Age 50 to 59	94	87	52	-7.4%	-40.2%
	Age 60 to 64	37	39	19	5.4%	-51.3%
	Age 65 and over	10	26	16	160.0%	-38.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	265	463	254	74.7%	-45.1%
	Black or African American,		36	31	0.0%	-13.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		20	18	0.0%	-10.0%
	Asian	36	22	14	-38.9%	-36.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	32	68	30	112.5%	-55.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	291	479	290	64.6%	-39.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	93	28	173.5%	-69.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	29	41	32	41.4%	-22.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	84	446	304	431.0%	-31.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	148	486	331	228.4%	-31.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	669	2,431	1,326	263.4%	-45.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	219	1,017	529	364.4%	-48.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	300	997	615	232.3%	-38.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	188	738	431	292.6%	-41.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	57	218	126	282.5%	-42.2%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	333	1,298	825	289.8%	-36.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	701	3,060	1,853	336.5%	-39.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	354	613	350	73.2%	-42.9%
	Cottonwood County	167	86	54	-48.5%	-37.2%
	Jackson County	39	57	42	46.2%	-26.3%
	Lincoln County		13	13	0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	25	125	79	400.0%	-36.8%
	Murray County	28	44	29	57.1%	-34.1%
	Nobles County	51	157	48	207.8%	-69.4%
	Pipestone County		28	17	0.0%	-39.3%
	Redwood County	26	79	55	203.8%	-30.4%
	Rock County		24	13	0.0%	-45.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	380	1,691	917	345.0%	-45.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	657	3,454	2,014	425.7%	-41.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	4,829	25,939	11,255	437.2%	-56.6%

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 2021

EDR 8 - Southwest