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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2020

	EDR 9 - South Central	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	669	508	1,734	-24.1%	241.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			15	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	150	156	426	4.0%	173.1%
31	Manufacturing	163	108	349	-33.7%	223.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	41	24	38	-41.5%	58.3%
44	Retail Trade	58	36	133	-37.9%	269.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	16	51	-36.0%	218.8%
51	Information		14	26	0.0%	85.7%
52	Finance and Insurance			25	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			13	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services		11	28	0.0%	154.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises			30	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	62	33	90	-46.8%	172.7%
61	Educational Services	14		37	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	66	43	188	-34.8%	337.2%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			19	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	21	14	140	-33.3%	900.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		11	53	0.0%	381.8%
92	Public Administration	13		21	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			41	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	24	21	47	-12.5%	123.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			25	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			14	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	16	14	33	-12.5%	135.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ			20	0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	15	13	46	-13.3%	253.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16	11	90	-31.3%	718.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	25	14	158	-44.0%	1,028.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	24	12	37	-50.0%	208.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			48	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	32	29	114	-9.4%	293.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	41	21	72	-48.8%	242.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	24	15	30	-37.5%	100.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	179	163	429	-8.9%	163.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	13	22	45	69.2%	104.5%
510000	Production Occupations	140	74	263	-47.1%	255.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	41	31	96	-24.4%	209.7%
990000	Unknown	48	40	146	-16.7%	265.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	88	52	158	-40.9%	203.8%
	12 years	279	225	766	-19.4%	240.4%
	13-15 years	235	181	606	-23.0%	234.8%
	Over 15 years	67	50	204	-25.4%	308.0%
Sex
	Male	428	358	1,086	-16.4%	203.4%
	Female	241	150	648	-37.8%	332.0%
Age
	Under age 22	29	20	120	-31.0%	500.0%
	Age 22 to 29	122	108	372	-11.5%	244.4%
	Age 30 to 39	178	122	397	-31.5%	225.4%
	Age 40 to 49	126	105	334	-16.7%	218.1%
	Age 50 to 59	141	92	299	-34.8%	225.0%
	Age 60 to 64	45	42	122	-6.7%	190.5%
	Age 65 and over	26	19	79	-26.9%	315.8%
	Info. not available			11	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	552	448	1,459	-18.8%	225.7%
	Black or African American,	33	11	104	-66.7%	845.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			20	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	69	40	143	-42.0%	257.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	518	400	1,449	-22.8%	262.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	85	73	143	-14.1%	95.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	66	35	142	-47.0%	305.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	182	181	752	-0.5%	315.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	341	310	725	-9.1%	133.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,361	1,269	2,944	-6.8%	132.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	465	447	1,313	-3.9%	193.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	725	593	1,812	-18.2%	205.6%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	276	289	920	4.7%	218.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	91	139	306	52.7%	120.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	697	693	1,804	-0.6%	160.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,219	1,131	3,849	-7.2%	240.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	274	190	839	-30.7%	341.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	669	508	1,734	-24.1%	241.3%
	Blue Earth County	177	111	484	-37.3%	336.0%
	Brown County	57	65	174	14.0%	167.7%
	Faribault County	55	48	106	-12.7%	120.8%
	Le Sueur County	103	85	267	-17.5%	214.1%
	Martin County	53	42	186	-20.8%	342.9%
	Nicollet County	61	41	221	-32.8%	439.0%
	Sibley County	53	37	108	-30.2%	191.9%
	Waseca County	52	46	118	-11.5%	156.5%
	Watonwan County	58	33	70	-43.1%	112.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	990	1,039	3,708	4.9%	256.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,345	6,305	22,768	-0.6%	261.1%

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

October 2020

EDR 9 - South Central