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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2024

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	439	454	474	3.4%	4.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		12		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	18	11		-38.9%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	231	183	199	-20.8%	8.7%
31	Manufacturing	59	70	86	18.6%	22.9%
42	Wholesale Trade		10		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	12	27	16	125.0%	-40.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	12		11	0.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services			13	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		15	22	0.0%	46.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	24	24	24	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		12		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	11	16	20	45.5%	25.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12	17	14	41.7%	-17.6%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	15	13	22	-13.3%	69.2%
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		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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		12		0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	18	16	25	-11.1%	56.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	22	28	24	27.3%	-14.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		14	15	0.0%	7.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	15	17	15.4%	13.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12	16	0.0%	33.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	227	183	186	-19.4%	1.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		11		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	32	38	50	18.8%	31.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	51	32	53	-37.3%	65.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	39	53	42	35.9%	-20.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	62	59	61	-4.8%	3.4%
	12 years	232	216	244	-6.9%	13.0%
	13-15 years	126	141	140	11.9%	-0.7%
	Over 15 years	19	38	29	100.0%	-23.7%
Sex
	Male	371	350	370	-5.7%	5.7%
	Female	68	104	104	52.9%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	23	21	17	-8.7%	-19.0%
	Age 22 to 29	79	69	76	-12.7%	10.1%
	Age 30 to 39	88	101	113	14.8%	11.9%
	Age 40 to 49	77	89	85	15.6%	-4.5%
	Age 50 to 59	80	83	70	3.8%	-15.7%
	Age 60 to 64	45	53	58	17.8%	9.4%
	Age 65 and over	41	36	47	-12.2%	30.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	392	377	388	-3.8%	2.9%
	Black or African American,	10	14		40.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian		10	21	0.0%	110.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	33	44	38	33.3%	-13.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	373	372	389	-0.3%	4.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	43	52	53	20.9%	1.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	23	30	32	30.4%	6.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	545	621	965	13.9%	55.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	675	763	769	13.0%	0.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,934	2,410	2,154	24.6%	-10.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,106	1,358	1,341	22.8%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	788	984	810	24.9%	-17.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	206	218	272	5.8%	24.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,770	1,868	1,796	5.5%	-3.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,726	2,999	2,819	10.0%	-6.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	439	454	474	3.4%	4.4%
	Cottonwood County	49	70	63	42.9%	-10.0%
	Jackson County	34	49	51	44.1%	4.1%
	Lincoln County	39	30	24	-23.1%	-20.0%
	Lyon County	93	109	121	17.2%	11.0%
	Murray County	60	45	45	-25.0%	0.0%
	Nobles County	56	45	52	-19.6%	15.6%
	Pipestone County	41	31	41	-24.4%	32.3%
	Redwood County	50	62	62	24.0%	0.0%
	Rock County	17	13	15	-23.5%	15.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,352	1,423	1,431	5.3%	0.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,100	2,297	2,275	9.4%	-1.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,191	12,293	11,094	33.8%	-9.8%

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

November 2024

EDR 8 - Southwest