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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2019

	EDR 9 - South Central	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,571	1,447	1,742	-7.9%	20.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	32	23	30	-28.1%	30.4%
21	Mining	17	14	36	-17.6%	157.1%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	737	657	860	-10.9%	30.9%
31	Manufacturing	263	251	293	-4.6%	16.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	44	36	41	-18.2%	13.9%
44	Retail Trade	47	61	54	29.8%	-11.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	44	52	61	18.2%	17.3%
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	21	19	35	-9.5%	84.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	10	12	-44.4%	20.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	145	114	94	-21.4%	-17.5%
61	Educational Services	11	14	15	27.3%	7.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	63	57	65	-9.5%	14.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10			0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	60	61	62	1.7%	1.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	18	17	20	-5.6%	17.6%
92	Public Administration	17	22	16	29.4%	-27.3%
99	Unclassified		12	14	0.0%	16.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	23	27	28	17.4%	3.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			10	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	15	17	17	13.3%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	16	14	11	-12.5%	-21.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	19	16	23	-15.8%	43.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	56	71	68	26.8%	-4.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	42	40	32	-4.8%	-20.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	35	33	24	-5.7%	-27.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	50	40	46	-20.0%	15.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	45	46	44	2.2%	-4.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	752	688	907	-8.5%	31.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	42	28	34	-33.3%	21.4%
510000	Production Occupations	150	128	159	-14.7%	24.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	165	166	173	0.6%	4.2%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	125	105	127	-16.0%	21.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	156	153	178	-1.9%	16.3%
	12 years	792	717	855	-9.5%	19.2%
	13-15 years	511	471	601	-7.8%	27.6%
	Over 15 years	112	106	108	-5.4%	1.9%
Sex
	Male	1,270	1,159	1,417	-8.7%	22.3%
	Female	301	288	325	-4.3%	12.8%
Age
	Under age 22	53	58	78	9.4%	34.5%
	Age 22 to 29	282	264	333	-6.4%	26.1%
	Age 30 to 39	412	336	424	-18.4%	26.2%
	Age 40 to 49	299	301	358	0.7%	18.9%
	Age 50 to 59	344	290	334	-15.7%	15.2%
	Age 60 to 64	111	126	134	13.5%	6.3%
	Age 65 and over	64	63	74	-1.6%	17.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,421	1,301	1,579	-8.4%	21.4%
	Black or African American,	28	22	19	-21.4%	-13.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	111	109	130	-1.8%	19.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,322	1,208	1,461	-8.6%	20.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	142	135	146	-4.9%	8.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	107	104	135	-2.8%	29.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	847	945	1,169	11.6%	23.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	611	598	736	-2.1%	23.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,672	1,778	2,203	6.3%	23.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,087	1,104	1,453	1.6%	31.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,236	1,261	1,545	2.0%	22.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	813	810	908	-0.4%	12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	276	312	10.8%	13.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,561	1,667	2,020	6.8%	21.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,884	2,811	3,284	-2.5%	16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	832	890	958	7.0%	7.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,571	1,447	1,742	-7.9%	20.4%
	Blue Earth County	362	312	370	-13.8%	18.6%
	Brown County	240	217	238	-9.6%	9.7%
	Faribault County	95	82	101	-13.7%	23.2%
	Le Sueur County	297	268	316	-9.8%	17.9%
	Martin County	108	118	149	9.3%	26.3%
	Nicollet County	148	133	190	-10.1%	42.9%
	Sibley County	107	114	150	6.5%	31.6%
	Waseca County	128	101	134	-21.1%	32.7%
	Watonwan County	86	102	94	18.6%	-7.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,598	2,249	2,891	-13.4%	28.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,873	9,538	11,081	-3.4%	16.2%

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

December 2019

EDR 9 - South Central