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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2021

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	255	775	235	203.9%	-69.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		12		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	32	57	41	78.1%	-28.1%
31	Manufacturing	124	292	78	135.5%	-73.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	15	18		20.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	16	55	16	243.8%	-70.9%
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		10		0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		12		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		27		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		14		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	18	93	30	416.7%	-67.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	86	15	437.5%	-82.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		17		0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		20		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		27		0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		20		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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		20		0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	11	49	15	345.5%	-69.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	13	88	14	576.9%	-84.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		24		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		13		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		52	13	0.0%	-75.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12	33	11	175.0%	-66.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	43	63	48	46.5%	-23.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		21		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	91	199	47	118.7%	-76.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	10	27		170.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	34	107	28	214.7%	-73.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	29	97	27	234.5%	-72.2%
	12 years	133	323	115	142.9%	-64.4%
	13-15 years	76	266	74	250.0%	-72.2%
	Over 15 years	17	89	19	423.5%	-78.7%
Sex
	Male	141	391	129	177.3%	-67.0%
	Female	114	384	106	236.8%	-72.4%
Age
	Under age 22		64	10	0.0%	-84.4%
	Age 22 to 29	36	140	49	288.9%	-65.0%
	Age 30 to 39	54	196	64	263.0%	-67.3%
	Age 40 to 49	58	136	53	134.5%	-61.0%
	Age 50 to 59	57	134	33	135.1%	-75.4%
	Age 60 to 64	25	66	16	164.0%	-75.8%
	Age 65 and over	16	29		81.3%	0.0%
	Info. not available		10		0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	190	577	172	203.7%	-70.2%
	Black or African American,	12	42	10	250.0%	-76.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		22		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	20	44	17	120.0%	-61.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	30	83	30	176.7%	-63.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	196	603	190	207.7%	-68.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	106	32	253.3%	-69.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	29	66	13	127.6%	-80.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	103	489	277	374.8%	-43.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	184	513	289	178.8%	-43.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	849	2,366	1,165	178.7%	-50.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	254	1,193	399	369.7%	-66.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	373	1,092	497	192.8%	-54.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	209	803	321	284.2%	-60.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	174	223	80	28.2%	-64.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	455	1,379	656	203.1%	-52.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	810	3,047	1,298	276.2%	-57.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	255	775	235	203.9%	-69.7%
	Cottonwood County	67	120	60	79.1%	-50.0%
	Jackson County	22	98	22	345.5%	-77.6%
	Lincoln County		22		0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	41	126	45	207.3%	-64.3%
	Murray County	20	44	18	120.0%	-59.1%
	Nobles County	44	138	41	213.6%	-70.3%
	Pipestone County	18	33		83.3%	0.0%
	Redwood County	29	165	25	469.0%	-84.8%
	Rock County		29	12	0.0%	-58.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	405	1,602	636	295.6%	-60.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	688	3,296	1,393	379.1%	-57.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,488	25,549	7,820	365.5%	-69.4%

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

September 2021

EDR 8 - Southwest