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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2022

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2020/ 2021 % Change	2021/ 2022 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,086	514	537	-52.7%	4.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	20			0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	63	35	18	-44.4%	-48.6%
31	Manufacturing	380	256	280	-32.6%	9.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	22			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	77	25	18	-67.5%	-28.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13			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	12	10		-16.7%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12		110	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	33	12		-63.6%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	43		10	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	169	47	27	-72.2%	-42.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	112	45	23	-59.8%	-48.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	33			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	20	15		-25.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	48	11		-77.1%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21			0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	15			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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	28		12	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	43			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	78	19	15	-75.6%	-21.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	133	49	23	-63.2%	-53.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	19	12		-36.8%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	28			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	58	32	12	-44.8%	-62.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	39	10	11	-74.4%	10.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	13		-27.8%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	74	69	28	-6.8%	-59.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	34		11	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	291	163	261	-44.0%	60.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	20	21	-31.0%	5.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	147	64	109	-56.5%	70.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	104	66	63	-36.5%	-4.5%
	12 years	482	240	262	-50.2%	9.2%
	13-15 years	373	135	173	-63.8%	28.1%
	Over 15 years	127	73	39	-42.5%	-46.6%
Sex
	Male	508	281	312	-44.7%	11.0%
	Female	578	233	225	-59.7%	-3.4%
Age
	Under age 22	90	39	26	-56.7%	-33.3%
	Age 22 to 29	223	83	95	-62.8%	14.5%
	Age 30 to 39	262	133	113	-49.2%	-15.0%
	Age 40 to 49	194	88	127	-54.6%	44.3%
	Age 50 to 59	183	102	109	-44.3%	6.9%
	Age 60 to 64	88	44	55	-50.0%	25.0%
	Age 65 and over	36	21	10	-41.7%	-52.4%
	Info. not available	10			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	852	378	405	-55.6%	7.1%
	Black or African American,	35	16	17	-54.3%	6.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	23	12		-47.8%	0.0%
	Asian	52	37	42	-28.8%	13.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13			0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	111	65	59	-41.4%	-9.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	874	377	418	-56.9%	10.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	128	93	90	-27.3%	-3.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	84	44	29	-47.6%	-34.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,133	533	142	-53.0%	-73.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	992	302	208	-69.6%	-31.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	3,917	1,270	779	-67.6%	-38.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,853	522	304	-71.8%	-41.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,634	612	274	-62.5%	-55.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	1,142	388	198	-66.0%	-49.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	513	132	65	-74.3%	-50.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	2,269	699	441	-69.2%	-36.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	5,709	1,906	1,000	-66.6%	-47.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,086	514	537	-52.7%	4.5%
	Cottonwood County	221	139	234	-37.1%	68.3%
	Jackson County	149	53	101	-64.4%	90.6%
	Lincoln County	39	17		-56.4%	0.0%
	Lyon County	218	66	47	-69.7%	-28.8%
	Murray County	69	34	24	-50.7%	-29.4%
	Nobles County	147	109	63	-25.9%	-42.2%
	Pipestone County	48	17	18	-64.6%	5.9%
	Redwood County	163	58	35	-64.4%	-39.7%
	Rock County	32	21	13	-34.4%	-38.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	3,098	911	521	-70.6%	-42.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	7,172	1,686	873	-76.5%	-48.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	43,122	10,955	6,582	-74.6%	-39.9%

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

July 2022

EDR 8 - Southwest