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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2020

	EDR 9 - South Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	675	577	11,852	-14.5%	1,954.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			64	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining			12	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	207	136	659	-34.3%	384.6%
31	Manufacturing	135	132	2,225	-2.2%	1,585.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	26	35	273	34.6%	680.0%
44	Retail Trade	28	46	1,513	64.3%	3,189.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	21	18	262	-14.3%	1,355.6%
51	Information			442	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		12	122	0.0%	916.7%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	10		89	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	21	13	295	-38.1%	2,169.2%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	17	141	54.5%	729.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	42	29	516	-31.0%	1,679.3%
61	Educational Services			438	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	52	40	2,510	-23.1%	6,175.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10	166	0.0%	1,560.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	34	17	1,148	-50.0%	6,652.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		11	507	0.0%	4,509.1%
92	Public Administration	20	17	172	-15.0%	911.8%
99	Unclassified	24	17	290	-29.2%	1,605.9%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	18	405	-14.3%	2,150.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	15	14	189	-6.7%	1,250.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			121	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			78	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			150	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12		356	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			241	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	12		797	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	18	16	780	-11.1%	4,775.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			43	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	25	19	1,314	-24.0%	6,815.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	13	11	329	-15.4%	2,890.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			430	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23	29	1,155	26.1%	3,882.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	35	1,092	16.7%	3,020.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			94	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	250	153	796	-38.8%	420.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15	12	422	-20.0%	3,416.7%
510000	Production Occupations	109	117	1,440	7.3%	1,130.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	49	52	391	6.1%	651.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	55	67	1,198	21.8%	1,688.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	58	63	767	8.6%	1,117.5%
	12 years	296	243	3,791	-17.9%	1,460.1%
	13-15 years	246	217	5,124	-11.8%	2,261.3%
	Over 15 years	75	54	2,169	-28.0%	3,916.7%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	458	357	5,153	-22.1%	1,343.4%
	Female	217	220	6,699	1.4%	2,945.0%
Age
	Under age 22	24	15	1,313	-37.5%	8,653.3%
	Age 22 to 29	137	111	2,344	-19.0%	2,011.7%
	Age 30 to 39	175	135	2,501	-22.9%	1,752.6%
	Age 40 to 49	127	102	2,058	-19.7%	1,917.6%
	Age 50 to 59	150	148	1,987	-1.3%	1,242.6%
	Age 60 to 64	39	36	929	-7.7%	2,480.6%
	Age 65 and over	21	26	623	23.8%	2,296.2%
	Info. not available			97	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	598	514	10,293	-14.0%	1,902.5%
	Black or African American,	13	15	535	15.4%	3,466.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			40	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			199	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			13	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	54	44	772	-18.5%	1,654.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	568	477	10,416	-16.0%	2,083.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	56	60	722	7.1%	1,103.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	51	40	714	-21.6%	1,685.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	191	185	3,319	-3.1%	1,694.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	259	215	4,639	-17.0%	2,057.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,071	1,096	19,100	2.3%	1,642.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	386	371	8,236	-3.9%	2,119.9%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	452	395	8,913	-12.6%	2,156.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	303	272	4,625	-10.2%	1,600.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	70	102	1,757	45.7%	1,622.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	612	542	10,386	-11.4%	1,816.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,225	1,079	23,394	-11.9%	2,068.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	175	182	3,558	4.0%	1,854.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	675	577	11,852	-14.5%	1,954.1%
	Blue Earth County	148	127	4,232	-14.2%	3,232.3%
	Brown County	122	97	999	-20.5%	929.9%
	Faribault County	37	61	683	64.9%	1,019.7%
	Le Sueur County	97	68	1,535	-29.9%	2,157.4%
	Martin County	68	52	768	-23.5%	1,376.9%
	Nicollet County	68	61	1,800	-10.3%	2,850.8%
	Sibley County	48	43	644	-10.4%	1,397.7%
	Waseca County	60	44	806	-26.7%	1,731.8%
	Watonwan County	27	24	385	-11.1%	1,504.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,132	940	26,236	-17.0%	2,691.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,570	6,297	190,483	-4.2%	2,925.0%

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

April 2020

EDR 9 - South Central