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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2020

	EDR 9 - South Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	662	663	655	0.2%	-1.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	220	232	225	5.5%	-3.0%
31	Manufacturing	139	120	165	-13.7%	37.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	22	30	21	36.4%	-30.0%
44	Retail Trade	41	39	43	-4.9%	10.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	32	21	24	-34.4%	14.3%
51	Information		11		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	17	14	11	-17.6%	-21.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		18		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	48	42	29	-12.5%	-31.0%
61	Educational Services	10	12		20.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	45	36	32	-20.0%	-11.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	20	18	25.0%	-10.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	13	22	18	69.2%	-18.2%
99	Unclassified	10		13	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	16	24	15	50.0%	-37.5%
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%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	10	13	-61.5%	30.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21	23	17	9.5%	-26.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	20		53.8%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	18	31	16	72.2%	-48.4%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	37	36	50	-2.7%	38.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15	14		-6.7%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	244	253	227	3.7%	-10.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	21	19	110.0%	-9.5%
510000	Production Occupations	94	88	92	-6.4%	4.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	64	55	76	-14.1%	38.2%
990000	Unknown	43	46	73	7.0%	58.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	65	58	53	-10.8%	-8.6%
	12 years	315	314	321	-0.3%	2.2%
	13-15 years	221	216	226	-2.3%	4.6%
	Over 15 years	61	75	55	23.0%	-26.7%
Sex
	Male	460	491	483	6.7%	-1.6%
	Female	202	172	171	-14.9%	-0.6%
Age
	Under age 22	27	28	21	3.7%	-25.0%
	Age 22 to 29	125	114	88	-8.8%	-22.8%
	Age 30 to 39	199	164	176	-17.6%	7.3%
	Age 40 to 49	114	129	148	13.2%	14.7%
	Age 50 to 59	132	154	149	16.7%	-3.2%
	Age 60 to 64	42	48	52	14.3%	8.3%
	Age 65 and over	21	25	20	19.0%	-20.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	580	584	585	0.7%	0.2%
	Black or African American,	18	16	22	-11.1%	37.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	54	57	46	5.6%	-19.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	554	558	553	0.7%	-0.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	63	53	52	-15.9%	-1.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	45	52	50	15.6%	-3.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	256	240	281	-6.3%	17.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	245	235	187	-4.1%	-20.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,132	971	1,024	-14.2%	5.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	411	434	421	5.6%	-3.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	445	487	475	9.4%	-2.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	290	347	305	19.7%	-12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	98	94	133	-4.1%	41.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	666	768	749	15.3%	-2.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,262	1,351	1,322	7.1%	-2.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	221	267	207	20.8%	-22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	662	663	655	0.2%	-1.2%
	Blue Earth County	158	156	171	-1.3%	9.6%
	Brown County	117	85	99	-27.4%	16.5%
	Faribault County	42	44	39	4.8%	-11.4%
	Le Sueur County	75	116	85	54.7%	-26.7%
	Martin County	56	45	64	-19.6%	42.2%
	Nicollet County	83	92	81	10.8%	-12.0%
	Sibley County	44	50	39	13.6%	-22.0%
	Waseca County	50	51	42	2.0%	-17.6%
	Watonwan County	37	24	35	-35.1%	45.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,150	1,149	1,135	-0.1%	-1.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,982	6,795	6,793	-2.7%	0.0%

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

February 2020

EDR 9 - South Central