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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2020

	EDR 9 - South Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	401	380	1,691	-5.2%	345.0%

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	56	62	163	10.7%	162.9%
31	Manufacturing	123	96	401	-22.0%	317.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	20	16	43	-20.0%	168.8%
44	Retail Trade	33	39	163	18.2%	317.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		14	30	0.0%	114.3%
51	Information			33	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			33	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			14	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services			42	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10		27	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	33	21	80	-36.4%	281.0%
61	Educational Services			49	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	45	47	275	4.4%	485.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			15	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	14	18	167	28.6%	827.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			48	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			41	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified		10	49	0.0%	390.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	19	19	36	0.0%	89.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			16	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			17	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations			19	0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	11		54	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			27	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations			42	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	17	15	125	-11.8%	733.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	19	18	199	-5.3%	1,005.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10		37	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			48	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	28	26	142	-7.1%	446.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	33	35	102	6.1%	191.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			19	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	64	58	177	-9.4%	205.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12	13	47	8.3%	261.5%
510000	Production Occupations	97	67	331	-30.9%	394.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	19	27	58	42.1%	114.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	32	41	169	28.1%	312.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	41	31	135	-24.4%	335.5%
	12 years	177	154	636	-13.0%	313.0%
	13-15 years	137	143	669	4.4%	367.8%
	Over 15 years	46	52	251	13.0%	382.7%
Sex
	Male	222	210	862	-5.4%	310.5%
	Female	179	170	829	-5.0%	387.6%
Age
	Under age 22	16		197	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	64	64	365	0.0%	470.3%
	Age 30 to 39	112	103	386	-8.0%	274.8%
	Age 40 to 49	82	84	277	2.4%	229.8%
	Age 50 to 59	78	81	282	3.8%	248.1%
	Age 60 to 64	27	22	117	-18.5%	431.8%
	Age 65 and over	20	16	59	-20.0%	268.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	337	320	1,386	-5.0%	333.1%
	Black or African American,	15	21	126	40.0%	500.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	40	32	152	-20.0%	375.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	320	324	1,410	1.3%	335.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	45	34	145	-24.4%	326.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	36	22	136	-38.9%	518.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	101	84	446	-16.8%	431.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	151	148	486	-2.0%	228.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	739	669	2,431	-9.5%	263.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	256	219	1,017	-14.5%	364.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	260	300	997	15.4%	232.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	180	188	738	4.4%	292.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	76	57	218	-25.0%	282.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	362	333	1,298	-8.0%	289.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	765	701	3,060	-8.4%	336.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	337	354	613	5.0%	73.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	401	380	1,691	-5.2%	345.0%
	Blue Earth County	86	100	641	16.3%	541.0%
	Brown County	46	35	116	-23.9%	231.4%
	Faribault County	32	19	92	-40.6%	384.2%
	Le Sueur County	52	55	201	5.8%	265.5%
	Martin County	39	31	106	-20.5%	241.9%
	Nicollet County	44	35	251	-20.5%	617.1%
	Sibley County	29	21	88	-27.6%	319.0%
	Waseca County	30	28	120	-6.7%	328.6%
	Watonwan County	43	56	76	30.2%	35.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	699	657	3,454	-6.0%	425.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,413	4,829	25,939	-10.8%	437.2%

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

August 2020

EDR 9 - South Central