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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2021

	EDR 9 - South Central	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,140	1,019	2,459	-10.6%	141.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	12	27	-14.3%	125.0%
21	Mining		12		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	412	373	500	-9.5%	34.0%
31	Manufacturing	253	268	512	5.9%	91.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	46	29	88	-37.0%	203.4%
44	Retail Trade	67	57	248	-14.9%	335.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	36	26	65	-27.8%	150.0%
51	Information			27	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			31	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			22	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	27	28	57	3.7%	103.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		21	42	0.0%	100.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	58	48	148	-17.2%	208.3%
61	Educational Services	11		60	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	51	42	236	-17.6%	461.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			22	0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	38	27	192	-28.9%	611.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15	21	68	40.0%	223.8%
92	Public Administration	49		46	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	18	10	57	-44.4%	470.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	27	34	77	25.9%	126.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14		38	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			36	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	12		59	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	19	13	26	-31.6%	100.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	12		45	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	20	18	115	-10.0%	538.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	39	29	265	-25.6%	813.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	26	15	66	-42.3%	340.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations			49	0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	42	26	167	-38.1%	542.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	68	49	79	-27.9%	61.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	34	21	43	-38.2%	104.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	435	404	535	-7.1%	32.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	30	20	62	-33.3%	210.0%
510000	Production Occupations	169	192	376	13.6%	95.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	93	67	124	-28.0%	85.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	81	84	257	3.7%	206.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	108	104	274	-3.7%	163.5%
	12 years	545	483	1,011	-11.4%	109.3%
	13-15 years	396	348	795	-12.1%	128.4%
	Over 15 years	91	84	379	-7.7%	351.2%
Sex
	Male	814	747	1,539	-8.2%	106.0%
	Female	326	272	920	-16.6%	238.2%
Age
	Under age 22	47	40	270	-14.9%	575.0%
	Age 22 to 29	201	160	515	-20.4%	221.9%
	Age 30 to 39	305	254	526	-16.7%	107.1%
	Age 40 to 49	228	235	437	3.1%	86.0%
	Age 50 to 59	227	198	410	-12.8%	107.1%
	Age 60 to 64	72	87	183	20.8%	110.3%
	Age 65 and over	52	39	93	-25.0%	138.5%
	Info. not available			25	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	1,001	913	2,022	-8.8%	121.5%
	Black or African American,	18	18	164	0.0%	811.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Asian			36	0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	106	79	224	-25.5%	183.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	930	831	2,044	-10.6%	146.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	118	114	249	-3.4%	118.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	92	74	166	-19.6%	124.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	606	651	735	7.4%	12.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	444	355	693	-20.0%	95.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,749	1,460	3,584	-16.5%	145.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	726	624	1,573	-14.0%	152.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	862	722	1,715	-16.2%	137.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	566	472	1,115	-16.6%	136.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	232	202	325	-12.9%	60.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,288	1,007	2,142	-21.8%	112.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,198	1,947	4,563	-11.4%	134.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	526	417	992	-20.7%	137.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,140	1,019	2,459	-10.6%	141.3%
	Blue Earth County	260	261	708	0.4%	171.3%
	Brown County	187	190	294	1.6%	54.7%
	Faribault County	81	68	215	-16.0%	216.2%
	Le Sueur County	169	149	314	-11.8%	110.7%
	Martin County	111	81	172	-27.0%	112.3%
	Nicollet County	117	90	332	-23.1%	268.9%
	Sibley County	68	54	130	-20.6%	140.7%
	Waseca County	77	65	171	-15.6%	163.1%
	Watonwan County	70	61	123	-12.9%	101.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,832	1,632	4,700	-10.9%	188.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,255	8,920	29,917	-13.0%	235.4%

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

January 2021

EDR 9 - South Central