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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2023

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	42	16	12	-61.9%	-25.0%
31	Manufacturing	78	56	144	-28.2%	157.1%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	42	16	13	-61.9%	-18.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15		11	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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		24	55	0.0%	129.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	11		46	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	59	33	25	-44.1%	-24.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	33		14	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	15		11	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	13	11		-15.4%	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		44	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	29	14		-51.7%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	32	10	22	-68.8%	120.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	17		11	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	13	10	-38.1%	-23.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15	21	12	40.0%	-42.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	45	18	17	-60.0%	-5.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	63	45	130	-28.6%	188.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	15		21	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	36	28	64	-22.2%	128.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	55	23	37	-58.2%	60.9%
	12 years	155	89	186	-42.6%	109.0%
	13-15 years	91	70	115	-23.1%	64.3%
	Over 15 years	49	23	28	-53.1%	21.7%
Sex
	Male	181	96	165	-47.0%	71.9%
	Female	169	109	201	-35.5%	84.4%
Age
	Under age 22	32		14	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	61	37	60	-39.3%	62.2%
	Age 30 to 39	83	54	77	-34.9%	42.6%
	Age 40 to 49	83	51	81	-38.6%	58.8%
	Age 50 to 59	52	29	77	-44.2%	165.5%
	Age 60 to 64	19	20	38	5.3%	90.0%
	Age 65 and over	16		17	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	254	152	266	-40.2%	75.0%
	Black or African American,	31	10	11	-67.7%	10.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	18			0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	14	10	17	-28.6%	70.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	30	29	61	-3.3%	110.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	290	158	261	-45.5%	65.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	28	36	65	28.6%	80.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	32	11	40	-65.6%	263.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	304	119	162	-60.9%	36.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	331	211	204	-36.3%	-3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,326	774	932	-41.6%	20.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	615	286	376	-53.5%	31.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	126	71	81	-43.7%	14.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	825	496	516	-39.9%	4.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%
	Cottonwood County	54	54	151	0.0%	179.6%
	Jackson County	42	20	44	-52.4%	120.0%
	Lincoln County	13			0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	79	36	37	-54.4%	2.8%
	Murray County	29	17	15	-41.4%	-11.8%
	Nobles County	48	29	57	-39.6%	96.6%
	Pipestone County	17	18	14	5.9%	-22.2%
	Redwood County	55	22	35	-60.0%	59.1%
	Rock County	13		10	0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,014	932	1,181	-53.7%	26.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%

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 2023

EDR 8 - Southwest