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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2024

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%

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	41	49	48	19.5%	-2.0%
31	Manufacturing	64	66	42	3.1%	-36.4%
42	Wholesale Trade		14		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	23	28	23	21.7%	-17.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			12	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		16		0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		20		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		10	18	0.0%	80.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	30	36	19	20.0%	-47.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	32	15	45.5%	-53.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		11		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		25		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			18	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		17		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16	12		-25.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	20	37	24	85.0%	-35.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		12		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	15	33	11	120.0%	-66.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations		25	10	0.0%	-60.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	48	64	51	33.3%	-20.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	42	36	30	-14.3%	-16.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	10	11	20	10.0%	81.8%
990000	Unknown	34	21	27	-38.2%	28.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	33	38	32	15.2%	-15.8%
	12 years	109	177	109	62.4%	-38.4%
	13-15 years	67	89	69	32.8%	-22.5%
	Over 15 years	28	18	17	-35.7%	-5.6%
Sex
	Male	134	180	143	34.3%	-20.6%
	Female	103	142	84	37.9%	-40.8%
Age
	Under age 22		17		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	48	44	36	-8.3%	-18.2%
	Age 30 to 39	58	79	66	36.2%	-16.5%
	Age 40 to 49	50	63	39	26.0%	-38.1%
	Age 50 to 59	35	74	43	111.4%	-41.9%
	Age 60 to 64	21	31	21	47.6%	-32.3%
	Age 65 and over	13	13	13	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	179	276	179	54.2%	-35.1%
	Black or African American,	20	11	12	-45.0%	9.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			13	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	23	32	21	39.1%	-34.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	184	256	178	39.1%	-30.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	33	40	33	21.2%	-17.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	26	16	30.0%	-38.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	189	258	390	36.5%	51.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	348	328	292	-5.7%	-11.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,380	1,397	1,220	1.2%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	130	69	88.4%	-46.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	747	918	813	22.9%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%
	Cottonwood County	46	33	43	-28.3%	30.3%
	Jackson County	22	40	22	81.8%	-45.0%
	Lincoln County	10	19		90.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	59	63	50	6.8%	-20.6%
	Murray County	16	16	17	0.0%	6.3%
	Nobles County	29	46	43	58.6%	-6.5%
	Pipestone County	17	25		47.1%	0.0%
	Redwood County	29	54	33	86.2%	-38.9%
	Rock County		26		0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,247	1,579	1,180	26.6%	-25.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%

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

March 2024

EDR 8 - Southwest