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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2014

	EDR 9 - South Central	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	965	769	815	-20.3%	6.0%

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	158	143	211	-9.5%	47.6%
31	Manufacturing	206	126	126	-38.8%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	30	23	27	-23.3%	17.4%
44	Retail Trade	55	43	44	-21.8%	2.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	24	20	13	-16.7%	-35.0%
51	Information	14	18	23	28.6%	27.8%
52	Finance and Insurance		10		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	12			0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	29	31	26	6.9%	-16.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	81	67	80	-17.3%	19.4%
61	Educational Services	33	21	22	-36.4%	4.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	73	74	76	1.4%	2.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	59	73	64	23.7%	-12.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	70	56	42	-20.0%	-25.0%
92	Public Administration		12		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	87	25	23	-71.3%	-8.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	14	21	12	50.0%	-42.9%
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	11			0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	71	47	48	-33.8%	2.1%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		11		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	13	18	21	38.5%	16.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	44	33	33	-25.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	94	94	80	0.0%	-14.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			13	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations		16		0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	69	40	37	-42.0%	-7.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	37	53	12.1%	43.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	19	15	18	-21.1%	20.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	173	143	207	-17.3%	44.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	32	16	20	-50.0%	25.0%
510000	Production Occupations	175	129	128	-26.3%	-0.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	37	41	52	10.8%	26.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	32			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	99	75	58	-24.2%	-22.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	77	49	77	-36.4%	57.1%
	12 years	404	332	360	-17.8%	8.4%
	13-15 years	364	299	293	-17.9%	-2.0%
	Over 15 years	120	89	85	-25.8%	-4.5%
Sex
	Male	558	422	482	-24.4%	14.2%
	Female	407	347	333	-14.7%	-4.0%
Age
	Under age 22	61	26	18	-57.4%	-30.8%
	Age 22 to 29	236	160	148	-32.2%	-7.5%
	Age 30 to 39	223	164	198	-26.5%	20.7%
	Age 40 to 49	170	160	166	-5.9%	3.8%
	Age 50 to 59	208	191	193	-8.2%	1.0%
	Age 60 to 64	49	48	65	-2.0%	35.4%
	Age 65 and over	14	16	22	14.3%	37.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	871	689	738	-20.9%	7.1%
	Black or African American,	21	24	12	14.3%	-50.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	61	47	56	-23.0%	19.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	825	680	706	-17.6%	3.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	71	36	66	-49.3%	83.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	69	53	43	-23.2%	-18.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	355	254	206	-28.5%	-18.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	377	306	298	-18.8%	-2.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,488	1,460	1,275	-1.9%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	528	488	455	-7.6%	-6.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	649	657	495	1.2%	-24.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	424	426	366	0.5%	-14.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	100	189	103	89.0%	-45.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	731	627	680	-14.2%	8.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,616	1,588	1,460	-1.7%	-8.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	379	326	338	-14.0%	3.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	965	769	815	-20.3%	6.0%
	Blue Earth County	223	191	199	-14.3%	4.2%
	Brown County	163	105	93	-35.6%	-11.4%
	Faribault County	54	42	52	-22.2%	23.8%
	Le Sueur County	134	129	134	-3.7%	3.9%
	Martin County	85	68	77	-20.0%	13.2%
	Nicollet County	110	87	86	-20.9%	-1.1%
	Sibley County	66	37	43	-43.9%	16.2%
	Waseca County	76	71	85	-6.6%	19.7%
	Watonwan County	54	39	46	-27.8%	17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,597	1,438	1,216	-10.0%	-15.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,529	9,080	7,799	-4.7%	-14.1%

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

May 2014

EDR 9 - South Central