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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2023

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	600	242	258	-59.7%	6.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	95	50	46	-47.4%	-8.0%
31	Manufacturing	139	66	98	-52.5%	48.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	30			0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	57	28	17	-50.9%	-39.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18			0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	10			0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	17			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12		12	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	22		15	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	19			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	65	28	11	-56.9%	-60.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	58	13	11	-77.6%	-15.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	13			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	11	10	10.0%	-9.1%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	29	11		-62.1%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12			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	13			0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	31	20		-35.5%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	60	13	10	-78.3%	-23.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13		12	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	49	19		-61.2%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	22			0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	118	60	88	-49.2%	46.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	20			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	107	42	49	-60.7%	16.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	28	14	21	-50.0%	50.0%
990000	Unknown	37	16	34	-56.8%	112.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	84	28	31	-66.7%	10.7%
	12 years	246	116	131	-52.8%	12.9%
	13-15 years	160	68	80	-57.5%	17.6%
	Over 15 years	110	30	16	-72.7%	-46.7%
Sex
	Male	371	157	176	-57.7%	12.1%
	Female	229	85	82	-62.9%	-3.5%
Age
	Under age 22	45			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	120	47	40	-60.8%	-14.9%
	Age 30 to 39	127	74	98	-41.7%	32.4%
	Age 40 to 49	102	46	47	-54.9%	2.2%
	Age 50 to 59	110	39	39	-64.5%	0.0%
	Age 60 to 64	44	17	17	-61.4%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	36			0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available	16			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	478	182	198	-61.9%	8.8%
	Black or African American,	25	15	15	-40.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	21			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	64	32	34	-50.0%	6.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	475	194	185	-59.2%	-4.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	77	30	46	-61.0%	53.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	48	18	27	-62.5%	50.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	442	207	165	-53.2%	-20.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	577	278	220	-51.8%	-20.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,789	1,219	1,150	-56.3%	-5.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,081	438	403	-59.5%	-8.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,232	513	501	-58.4%	-2.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	733	312	644	-57.4%	106.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	82	95	-65.1%	15.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,667	772	885	-53.7%	14.6%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,813	1,523	1,678	-60.1%	10.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	600	242	258	-59.7%	6.6%
	Cottonwood County	99	54	31	-45.5%	-42.6%
	Jackson County	49	20	26	-59.2%	30.0%
	Lincoln County	24			0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	112	45	52	-59.8%	15.6%
	Murray County	54	29	26	-46.3%	-10.3%
	Nobles County	79	27	58	-65.8%	114.8%
	Pipestone County	39	21	19	-46.2%	-9.5%
	Redwood County	117	34	30	-70.9%	-11.8%
	Rock County	27		11	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,805	740	738	-59.0%	-0.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	3,898	1,330	1,359	-65.9%	2.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	21,846	8,024	8,795	-63.3%	9.6%

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

February 2023

EDR 8 - Southwest