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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2022

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2020/ 2021 % Change	2021/ 2022 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	839	330	194	-60.7 %	-41.2 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16			0.0 %	0.0 %
21	Mining				0.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	119	42	26	-64.7 %	-38.1 %
31	Manufacturing	333	124	74	-62.8 %	-40.3 %
42	Wholesale Trade	22			0.0 %	0.0 %
44	Retail Trade	38	24	11	-36.8 %	-54.2 %
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		11		0.0 %	0.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	36			0.0 %	0.0 %
61	Educational Services	16			0.0 %	0.0 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	84	33	14	-60.7 %	-57.6 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10			0.0 %	0.0 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	60	31	16	-48.3 %	-48.4 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	21			0.0 %	0.0 %
92	Public Administration	14	12		-14.3 %	0.0 %
99	Unclassified	17			0.0 %	0.0 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	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 %
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	40	19	10	-52.5 %	-47.4 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	59	25	18	-57.6 %	-28.0 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	33	14	13	-57.6 %	-7.1 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	14			0.0 %	0.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	52	24		-53.8 %	0.0 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	24	13	10	-45.8 %	-23.1 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15	14		-6.7 %	0.0 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	148	42	55	-71.6 %	31.0 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	23			0.0 %	0.0 %
510000	Production Occupations	224	80	25	-64.3 %	-68.8 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	41	10		-75.6 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	102	46	24	-54.9 %	-47.8 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	82	47	38	-42.7 %	-19.1 %
	12 years	405	165	88	-59.3 %	-46.7 %
	13-15 years	291	89	57	-69.4 %	-36.0 %
	Over 15 years	60	29	11	-51.7 %	-62.1 %
Sex
	Male	506	184	114	-63.6 %	-38.0 %
	Female	333	146	80	-56.2 %	-45.2 %
Age
	Under age 22	46	18	12	-60.9 %	-33.3 %
	Age 22 to 29	156	63	28	-59.6 %	-55.6 %
	Age 30 to 39	196	83	52	-57.7 %	-37.3 %
	Age 40 to 49	173	76	34	-56.1 %	-55.3 %
	Age 50 to 59	156	54	36	-65.4 %	-33.3 %
	Age 60 to 64	73	15	19	-79.5 %	26.7 %
	Age 65 and over	32	18	12	-43.8 %	-33.3 %
	Info. not available				0.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	652	239	143	-63.3 %	-40.2 %
	Black or African American,	31	17	10	-45.2 %	-41.2 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	18			0.0 %	0.0 %
	Asian	52	27		-48.1 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	77	33	30	-57.1 %	-9.1 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	697	268	139	-61.5 %	-48.1 %
	Hispanic or Latino	89	43	45	-51.7 %	4.7 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	53	19	10	-64.2 %	-47.4 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	752	380	200	-49.5 %	-47.4 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	725	422	257	-41.8 %	-39.1 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,944	1,552	1,142	-47.3 %	-26.4 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,313	526	378	-59.9 %	-28.1 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,812	828	553	-54.3 %	-33.2 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	920	339	258	-63.2 %	-23.9 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	306	103	59	-66.3 %	-42.7 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,804	800	615	-55.7 %	-23.1 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,849	1,516	1,146	-60.6 %	-24.4 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	839	330	194	-60.7 %	-41.2 %
	Cottonwood County	177	92	25	-48.0 %	-72.8 %
	Jackson County	133	35	15	-73.7 %	-57.1 %
	Lincoln County	37			0.0 %	0.0 %
	Lyon County	140	52	25	-62.9 %	-51.9 %
	Murray County	62	32	19	-48.4 %	-40.6 %
	Nobles County	110	49	56	-55.5 %	14.3 %
	Pipestone County	33	18		-45.5 %	0.0 %
	Redwood County	124	35	32	-71.8 %	-8.6 %
	Rock County	23		13	0.0 %	0.0 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,734	687	515	-60.4 %	-25.0 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	3,708	1,461	1,001	-60.6 %	-31.5 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	22,768	8,218	6,443	-63.9 %	-21.6 %

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

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 2022

EDR 8 - Southwest