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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2024

	EDR 9 - South Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		12		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	168	191	136	13.7%	-28.8%
31	Manufacturing	75	90	128	20.0%	42.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	22	18	27	-18.2%	50.0%
44	Retail Trade	53	66	48	24.5%	-27.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	30	36	66.7%	20.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance			13	0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	11	21	12	90.9%	-42.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	11	14	-38.9%	27.3%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15	51	49	240.0%	-3.9%
61	Educational Services		14	13	0.0%	-7.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	45	44	59	-2.2%	34.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	18	28	38	55.6%	35.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12	16		33.3%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	14	13	13	-7.1%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22	25	23	13.6%	-8.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	12	11	13	-8.3%	18.2%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering 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	14	0.0%	16.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	18	16	37	-11.1%	131.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	21	38	30	81.0%	-21.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	20	24	66.7%	20.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	22	35	40	59.1%	14.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	26	26	30	0.0%	15.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	16	12	60.0%	-25.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	159	200	123	25.8%	-38.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14	12	22	-14.3%	83.3%
510000	Production Occupations	78	82	104	5.1%	26.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	28	45	43	60.7%	-4.4%
990000	Unknown	63	64	82	1.6%	28.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	46	64	69	39.1%	7.8%
	12 years	228	307	285	34.6%	-7.2%
	13-15 years	181	218	190	20.4%	-12.8%
	Over 15 years	60	54	88	-10.0%	63.0%
Sex
	Male	352	442	384	25.6%	-13.1%
	Female	163	201	248	23.3%	23.4%
Age
	Under age 22	38	40	34	5.3%	-15.0%
	Age 22 to 29	109	122	96	11.9%	-21.3%
	Age 30 to 39	122	178	153	45.9%	-14.0%
	Age 40 to 49	99	105	152	6.1%	44.8%
	Age 50 to 59	82	105	119	28.0%	13.3%
	Age 60 to 64	40	64	46	60.0%	-28.1%
	Age 65 and over	23	23	32	0.0%	39.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	435	538	530	23.7%	-1.5%
	Black or African American,	17	38	33	123.5%	-13.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	54	62	57	14.8%	-8.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	403	524	515	30.0%	-1.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	72	72	80	0.0%	11.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	40	47	37	17.5%	-21.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	200	302	273	51.0%	-9.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	257	332	334	29.2%	0.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,142	1,330	1,114	16.5%	-16.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	553	666	679	20.4%	2.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	59	90	94	52.5%	4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	615	833	801	35.4%	-3.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%
	Blue Earth County	138	180	175	30.4%	-2.8%
	Brown County	55	62	47	12.7%	-24.2%
	Faribault County	39	47	46	20.5%	-2.1%
	Le Sueur County	88	118	95	34.1%	-19.5%
	Martin County	35	42	37	20.0%	-11.9%
	Nicollet County	54	63	90	16.7%	42.9%
	Sibley County	33	45	39	36.4%	-13.3%
	Waseca County	47	61	71	29.8%	16.4%
	Watonwan County	26	25	32	-3.8%	28.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,001	1,229	1,112	22.8%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%

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 2024

EDR 9 - South Central