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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2024

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%

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	26	49	37	88.5%	-24.5%
31	Manufacturing	74	39	56	-47.3%	43.6%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	11	14	23	27.3%	64.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		15		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services		10	14	0.0%	40.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	14	21	11	50.0%	-47.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	22	13	37.5%	-40.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations				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				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	10			0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	18	26	17	44.4%	-34.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	15	18	15.4%	20.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations			15	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	10	10	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	55	53	40	-3.6%	-24.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25	33	43	32.0%	30.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	24	23	37	-4.2%	60.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	38	27	20	-28.9%	-25.9%
	12 years	88	121	116	37.5%	-4.1%
	13-15 years	57	63	67	10.5%	6.3%
	Over 15 years	11	15	19	36.4%	26.7%
Sex
	Male	114	131	148	14.9%	13.0%
	Female	80	95	74	18.8%	-22.1%
Age
	Under age 22	12	11		-8.3%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	28	43	30	53.6%	-30.2%
	Age 30 to 39	52	53	69	1.9%	30.2%
	Age 40 to 49	34	49	48	44.1%	-2.0%
	Age 50 to 59	36	41	36	13.9%	-12.2%
	Age 60 to 64	19	18	17	-5.3%	-5.6%
	Age 65 and over	12		15	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	143	184	153	28.7%	-16.8%
	Black or African American,	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			16	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	30	27	36	-10.0%	33.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	139	179	158	28.8%	-11.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	45	29	35	-35.6%	20.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	10	18	29	80.0%	61.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	200	302	273	51.0%	-9.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	257	332	334	29.2%	0.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,142	1,330	1,114	16.5%	-16.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	553	666	679	20.4%	2.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	59	90	94	52.5%	4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	615	833	801	35.4%	-3.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%
	Cottonwood County	25	40	63	60.0%	57.5%
	Jackson County	15	35	16	133.3%	-54.3%
	Lincoln County				0.0%	0.0%
	Lyon County	25	43	45	72.0%	4.7%
	Murray County	19	23	11	21.1%	-52.2%
	Nobles County	56	23	30	-58.9%	30.4%
	Pipestone County		17	12	0.0%	-29.4%
	Redwood County	32	31	30	-3.1%	-3.2%
	Rock County	13			0.0%	0.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,001	1,229	1,112	22.8%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%

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

October 2024

EDR 8 - Southwest