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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2023

	EDR 9 - South Central	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	140	90	61	-35.7%	-32.2%
31	Manufacturing	174	80	107	-54.0%	33.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	23	13	14	-43.5%	7.7%
44	Retail Trade	109	38	25	-65.1%	-34.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	19	26	-24.0%	36.8%
51	Information	16			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	21		11	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	31	11	16	-64.5%	45.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	11	21	-38.9%	90.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	60	22	32	-63.3%	45.5%
61	Educational Services	20	12	63	-40.0%	425.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	121	64	56	-47.1%	-12.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	77	28	28	-63.6%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	31	14	13	-54.8%	-7.1%
92	Public Administration	19	11		-42.1%	0.0%
99	Unclassified	14		14	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	41	26	23	-36.6%	-11.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				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	27	12	52	-55.6%	333.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	22	11		-50.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	54	25	18	-53.7%	-28.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	89	35	36	-60.7%	2.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	24			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	23			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	83	28	19	-66.3%	-32.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	42	27	40	-35.7%	48.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	168	97	58	-42.3%	-40.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	26		23	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	143	60	85	-58.0%	41.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	49	15	33	-69.4%	120.0%
990000	Unknown	73	44	73	-39.7%	65.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	89	36	44	-59.6%	22.2%
	12 years	407	190	229	-53.3%	20.5%
	13-15 years	301	141	174	-53.2%	23.4%
	Over 15 years	120	74	65	-38.3%	-12.2%
Sex
	Male	519	261	279	-49.7%	6.9%
	Female	398	180	233	-54.8%	29.4%
Age
	Under age 22	67	26	22	-61.2%	-15.4%
	Age 22 to 29	222	83	90	-62.6%	8.4%
	Age 30 to 39	228	112	128	-50.9%	14.3%
	Age 40 to 49	146	87	101	-40.4%	16.1%
	Age 50 to 59	147	83	101	-43.5%	21.7%
	Age 60 to 64	65	31	39	-52.3%	25.8%
	Age 65 and over	39	17	23	-56.4%	35.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	761	365	427	-52.0%	17.0%
	Black or African American,	48	22	29	-54.2%	31.8%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	92	47	50	-48.9%	6.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	755	362	413	-52.1%	14.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	100	50	60	-50.0%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	62	29	39	-53.2%	34.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	304	119	162	-60.9%	36.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	331	211	204	-36.3%	-3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,326	774	932	-41.6%	20.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	615	286	376	-53.5%	31.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	126	71	81	-43.7%	14.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	825	496	516	-39.9%	4.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%
	Blue Earth County	272	124	130	-54.4%	4.8%
	Brown County	97	25	59	-74.2%	136.0%
	Faribault County	70	35	40	-50.0%	14.3%
	Le Sueur County	109	70	67	-35.8%	-4.3%
	Martin County	44	39	45	-11.4%	15.4%
	Nicollet County	106	44	53	-58.5%	20.5%
	Sibley County	53	35	28	-34.0%	-20.0%
	Waseca County	123	39	43	-68.3%	10.3%
	Watonwan County	43	30	47	-30.2%	56.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,014	932	1,181	-53.7%	26.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%

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

August 2023

EDR 9 - South Central