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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2024

	EDR 9 - South Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%

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	203	165	173	-18.7%	4.8%
31	Manufacturing	115	129	123	12.2%	-4.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	28	54	56	92.9%	3.7%
44	Retail Trade	42	68	48	61.9%	-29.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	27	32	23	18.5%	-28.1%
51	Information		11		0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance		16		0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	18	30	14	66.7%	-53.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	18		38.5%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	26	39	41	50.0%	5.1%
61	Educational Services	13	17	25	30.8%	47.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	63	88	44	39.7%	-50.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	63	45	51	-28.6%	13.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	17	27	25	58.8%	-7.4%
92	Public Administration	14	19	17	35.7%	-10.5%
99	Unclassified	13		21	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	21	27	17	28.6%	-37.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
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			15	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ		42		0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	11	15		36.4%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	32	23	18	-28.1%	-21.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	59	51	59	-13.6%	15.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	22	13	16	-40.9%	23.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	80	39	281.0%	-51.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	30	76	27	153.3%	-64.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	206	187	181	-9.2%	-3.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	24	25	15	4.2%	-40.0%
510000	Production Occupations	69	104	125	50.7%	20.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	53	46	56	-13.2%	21.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	76	44	81	-42.1%	84.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	69	72	82	4.3%	13.9%
	12 years	303	397	304	31.0%	-23.4%
	13-15 years	248	239	248	-3.6%	3.8%
	Over 15 years	70	84	64	20.0%	-23.8%
Sex
	Male	458	493	451	7.6%	-8.5%
	Female	232	299	247	28.9%	-17.4%
Age
	Under age 22	32	33	47	3.1%	42.4%
	Age 22 to 29	143	132	135	-7.7%	2.3%
	Age 30 to 39	185	201	146	8.6%	-27.4%
	Age 40 to 49	139	173	146	24.5%	-15.6%
	Age 50 to 59	111	148	123	33.3%	-16.9%
	Age 60 to 64	51	65	69	27.5%	6.2%
	Age 65 and over	24	35	32	45.8%	-8.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	595	687	567	15.5%	-17.5%
	Black or African American,	32	35	38	9.4%	8.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	53	65	78	22.6%	20.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	562	653	554	16.2%	-15.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	69	83	101	20.3%	21.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	59	56	43	-5.1%	-23.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	189	258	390	36.5%	51.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	348	328	292	-5.7%	-11.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,380	1,397	1,220	1.2%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	130	69	88.4%	-46.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	747	918	813	22.9%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%
	Blue Earth County	162	204	168	25.9%	-17.6%
	Brown County	107	112	109	4.7%	-2.7%
	Faribault County	42	34	38	-19.0%	11.8%
	Le Sueur County	76	124	129	63.2%	4.0%
	Martin County	48	51	39	6.3%	-23.5%
	Nicollet County	88	101	97	14.8%	-4.0%
	Sibley County	51	73	37	43.1%	-49.3%
	Waseca County	61	60	38	-1.6%	-36.7%
	Watonwan County	55	33	43	-40.0%	30.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,247	1,579	1,180	26.6%	-25.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%

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

March 2024

EDR 9 - South Central