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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2024

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	308	1,157	984	275.6%	-15.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	13	14	56	7.7%	300.0%
31	Manufacturing	116	349	217	200.9%	-37.8%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	17	32	26	88.2%	-18.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		55	45	0.0%	-18.2%
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	36	48	88	33.3%	83.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
61	Educational Services		452	359	0.0%	-20.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	16	63	66	293.8%	4.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	54	59	51	9.3%	-13.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		22	18	0.0%	-18.2%
92	Public Administration		10	15	0.0%	50.0%
99	Unclassified	14			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		16		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	447	333	2,383.3%	-25.5%
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			15	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	52	102	85	96.2%	-16.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		10		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	14	10	12	-28.6%	20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	17	44	41	158.8%	-6.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	16	15	59	-6.3%	293.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		22	10	0.0%	-54.5%
510000	Production Occupations	103	293	193	184.5%	-34.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		72	74	0.0%	2.8%
990000	Unknown	45	70	110	55.6%	57.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	43	142	90	230.2%	-36.6%
	12 years	153	501	443	227.5%	-11.6%
	13-15 years	86	411	368	377.9%	-10.5%
	Over 15 years	26	103	83	296.2%	-19.4%
Sex
	Male	150	350	357	133.3%	2.0%
	Female	158	807	627	410.8%	-22.3%
Age
	Under age 22	20	37	30	85.0%	-18.9%
	Age 22 to 29	52	158	159	203.8%	0.6%
	Age 30 to 39	69	264	235	282.6%	-11.0%
	Age 40 to 49	59	247	204	318.6%	-17.4%
	Age 50 to 59	63	214	164	239.7%	-23.4%
	Age 60 to 64	33	135	102	309.1%	-24.4%
	Age 65 and over	11	94	82	754.5%	-12.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	215	868	777	303.7%	-10.5%
	Black or African American,	21	27	17	28.6%	-37.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		10	15	0.0%	50.0%
	Asian	28	37	32	32.1%	-13.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	39	207	137	430.8%	-33.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	234	783	716	234.6%	-8.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	51	284	193	456.9%	-32.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	23	90	75	291.3%	-16.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	207	543	646	162.3%	19.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	206	567	615	175.2%	8.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	2,022	2,060	117.0%	1.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	350	934	830	166.9%	-11.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	370	1,012	964	173.5%	-4.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	280	897	875	220.4%	-2.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	113	267	249	136.3%	-6.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	467	1,385	1,662	196.6%	20.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,058	3,147	3,517	197.4%	11.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	308	1,157	984	275.6%	-15.0%
	Cottonwood County	97	359	219	270.1%	-39.0%
	Jackson County	25	105	153	320.0%	45.7%
	Lincoln County		23	24	0.0%	4.3%
	Lyon County	60	167	136	178.3%	-18.6%
	Murray County	15	68	43	353.3%	-36.8%
	Nobles County	49	221	216	351.0%	-2.3%
	Pipestone County	17	45	50	164.7%	11.1%
	Redwood County	36	115	111	219.4%	-3.5%
	Rock County		54	32	0.0%	-40.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	584	1,280	1,541	119.2%	20.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,106	2,569	2,753	132.3%	7.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,250	16,217	18,971	123.7%	17.0%

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

June 2024

EDR 8 - Southwest