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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2014

	EDR 9 - South Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,101	851	840	-22.7%	-1.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		17		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	194	204	229	5.2%	12.3%
31	Manufacturing	396	196	139	-50.5%	-29.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	40	32	29	-20.0%	-9.4%
44	Retail Trade	71	64	45	-9.9%	-29.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	27	10	29	-63.0%	190.0%
51	Information	18	16	16	-11.1%	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	13	25	24	92.3%	-4.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	85	66	67	-22.4%	1.5%
61	Educational Services	15	12	10	-20.0%	-16.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	78	56	77	-28.2%	37.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	50	56	54	12.0%	-3.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15		17	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11	14	18	27.3%	28.6%
99	Unclassified	45	41	44	-8.9%	7.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	14	17	-22.2%	21.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		11	13	0.0%	18.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations		12		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%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	14	15	12	7.1%	-20.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	13			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	17	12	19	-29.4%	58.3%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	35	29	35	-17.1%	20.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	89	70	65	-21.3%	-7.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	22	12	16	-45.5%	33.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	45	41	35	-8.9%	-14.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	45	33	42	-26.7%	27.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	17	12	41.7%	-29.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	222	213	250	-4.1%	17.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	33	32	29	-3.0%	-9.4%
510000	Production Occupations	338	191	123	-43.5%	-35.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	43	41	63	-4.7%	53.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	116	82	78	-29.3%	-4.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	76	54	71	-28.9%	31.5%
	12 years	520	398	368	-23.5%	-7.5%
	13-15 years	391	328	324	-16.1%	-1.2%
	Over 15 years	114	71	77	-37.7%	8.5%
Sex
	Male	649	570	554	-12.2%	-2.8%
	Female	451	281	286	-37.7%	1.8%
Age
	Under age 22	51	42	34	-17.6%	-19.0%
	Age 22 to 29	227	182	141	-19.8%	-22.5%
	Age 30 to 39	234	210	221	-10.3%	5.2%
	Age 40 to 49	219	151	168	-31.1%	11.3%
	Age 50 to 59	302	208	213	-31.1%	2.4%
	Age 60 to 64	52	41	40	-21.2%	-2.4%
	Age 65 and over	12	13	15	8.3%	15.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,004	775	766	-22.8%	-1.2%
	Black or African American,	21	14	19	-33.3%	35.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	64	54	48	-15.6%	-11.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	953	741	743	-22.2%	0.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	63	46	42	-27.0%	-8.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	85	64	55	-24.7%	-14.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	285	422	361	48.1%	-14.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	483	419	416	-13.3%	-0.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,733	1,549	1,554	-10.6%	0.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	561	593	520	5.7%	-12.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	738	673	678	-8.8%	0.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	464	510	444	9.9%	-12.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	114	205	87	79.8%	-57.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	822	823	929	0.1%	12.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,635	1,760	2,073	7.6%	17.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	282	332	258	17.7%	-22.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,101	851	840	-22.7%	-1.3%
	Blue Earth County	203	204	205	0.5%	0.5%
	Brown County	315	145	132	-54.0%	-9.0%
	Faribault County	69	59	54	-14.5%	-8.5%
	Le Sueur County	106	147	103	38.7%	-29.9%
	Martin County	63	62	74	-1.6%	19.4%
	Nicollet County	136	91	95	-33.1%	4.4%
	Sibley County	81	66	65	-18.5%	-1.5%
	Waseca County	85	49	77	-42.4%	57.1%
	Watonwan County	43	28	35	-34.9%	25.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,706	1,454	1,599	-14.8%	10.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,598	9,136	9,271	-4.8%	1.5%

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

March 2014

EDR 9 - South Central