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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2020

	EDR 9 - South Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	13	10	42	-23.1%	320.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	183	176	660	-3.8%	275.0%
31	Manufacturing	190	149	1,735	-21.6%	1,064.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	32	47	220	46.9%	368.1%
44	Retail Trade	45	39	1,213	-13.3%	3,010.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17	21	194	23.5%	823.8%
51	Information			177	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			82	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			79	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	13	10	251	-23.1%	2,410.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	18	110	20.0%	511.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	40	39	381	-2.5%	876.9%
61	Educational Services			308	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	46	52	1,781	13.0%	3,325.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			243	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	41	30	2,231	-26.8%	7,336.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17		813	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		13	125	0.0%	861.5%
99	Unclassified	11		182	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	32	22	420	-31.3%	1,809.1%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			137	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			55	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			34	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			115	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			352	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			193	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11		546	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	17	483	13.3%	2,741.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			31	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	31	33	2,306	6.5%	6,887.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18	13	212	-27.8%	1,530.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			644	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	22	31	901	40.9%	2,806.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	37	44	987	18.9%	2,143.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	12	40	0.0%	233.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	187	190	659	1.6%	246.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	18	18	341	0.0%	1,794.4%
510000	Production Occupations	174	144	1,076	-17.2%	647.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	56	46	303	-17.9%	558.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	57	36	979	-36.8%	2,619.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	81	49	568	-39.5%	1,059.2%
	12 years	292	303	3,529	3.8%	1,064.7%
	13-15 years	256	237	5,002	-7.4%	2,010.5%
	Over 15 years	73	60	1,733	-17.8%	2,788.3%
Sex
	Male	448	408	4,244	-8.9%	940.2%
	Female	254	241	6,588	-5.1%	2,633.6%
Age
	Under age 22	16	24	1,162	50.0%	4,741.7%
	Age 22 to 29	133	95	2,444	-28.6%	2,472.6%
	Age 30 to 39	180	160	2,503	-11.1%	1,464.4%
	Age 40 to 49	126	138	1,806	9.5%	1,208.7%
	Age 50 to 59	180	160	1,686	-11.1%	953.8%
	Age 60 to 64	47	43	757	-8.5%	1,660.5%
	Age 65 and over	18	25	427	38.9%	1,608.0%
	Info. not available			47	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	590	561	9,791	-4.9%	1,645.3%
	Black or African American,	23	18	256	-21.7%	1,322.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			37	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			132	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	77	62	604	-19.5%	874.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	548	540	9,588	-1.5%	1,675.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	95	60	567	-36.8%	845.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	59	49	677	-16.9%	1,281.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	323	284	3,773	-12.1%	1,228.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,178	1,108	16,785	-5.9%	1,414.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	441	457	8,107	3.6%	1,674.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	80	127	1,419	58.8%	1,017.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	606	642	8,435	5.9%	1,213.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%
	Blue Earth County	172	138	3,981	-19.8%	2,784.8%
	Brown County	125	126	1,129	0.8%	796.0%
	Faribault County	38	57	495	50.0%	768.4%
	Le Sueur County	88	96	1,340	9.1%	1,295.8%
	Martin County	48	42	690	-12.5%	1,542.9%
	Nicollet County	83	74	1,593	-10.8%	2,052.7%
	Sibley County	36	53	535	47.2%	909.4%
	Waseca County	79	24	754	-69.6%	3,041.7%
	Watonwan County	33	39	315	18.2%	707.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,162	1,081	19,867	-7.0%	1,737.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,622	6,338	168,704	-4.3%	2,561.8%

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

March 2020

EDR 9 - South Central