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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2024

	EDR 9 - South Central	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,352	1,423	1,431	5.3%	0.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	21	20	11	-4.8%	-45.0%
21	Mining	20	19	16	-5.0%	-15.8%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	736	695	750	-5.6%	7.9%
31	Manufacturing	137	153	158	11.7%	3.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	23	44	46	91.3%	4.5%
44	Retail Trade	57	69	64	21.1%	-7.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	50	70	67	40.0%	-4.3%
51	Information			12	0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	27	36	31	33.3%	-13.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	19	16	90.0%	-15.8%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	102	90	95	-11.8%	5.6%
61	Educational Services	18	21	11	16.7%	-47.6%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	53	64	50	20.8%	-21.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10	15	15	50.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	22	38	23	72.7%	-39.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20	23	26	15.0%	13.0%
92	Public Administration	13	26	17	100.0%	-34.6%
99	Unclassified	13			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	15	33	28	120.0%	-15.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		16	17	0.0%	6.3%
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	11	15		36.4%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		13	11	0.0%	-15.4%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	25	19	19.0%	-24.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	27	40	26	48.1%	-35.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	48	43	49	-10.4%	14.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	19	18	31	-5.3%	72.2%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	40	53	47	32.5%	-11.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	27	42	25	55.6%	-40.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	742	685	742	-7.7%	8.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	17	23	20	35.3%	-13.0%
510000	Production Occupations	55	100	101	81.8%	1.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	163	150	159	-8.0%	6.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	121	136	122	12.4%	-10.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	132	152	134	15.2%	-11.8%
	12 years	690	741	778	7.4%	5.0%
	13-15 years	431	417	411	-3.2%	-1.4%
	Over 15 years	99	113	108	14.1%	-4.4%
Sex
	Male	1,129	1,117	1,156	-1.1%	3.5%
	Female	223	306	275	37.2%	-10.1%
Age
	Under age 22	77	86	75	11.7%	-12.8%
	Age 22 to 29	251	240	276	-4.4%	15.0%
	Age 30 to 39	349	340	346	-2.6%	1.8%
	Age 40 to 49	256	287	312	12.1%	8.7%
	Age 50 to 59	228	246	225	7.9%	-8.5%
	Age 60 to 64	115	111	117	-3.5%	5.4%
	Age 65 and over	66	90	65	36.4%	-27.8%
	Info. not available	10	23	15	130.0%	-34.8%
Race
	White	1,223	1,258	1,264	2.9%	0.5%
	Black or African American,	24	38	34	58.3%	-10.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	99	113	116	14.1%	2.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,114	1,145	1,200	2.8%	4.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	133	152	119	14.3%	-21.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	105	126	112	20.0%	-11.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	545	621	965	13.9%	55.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	675	763	769	13.0%	0.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,934	2,410	2,154	24.6%	-10.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,106	1,358	1,341	22.8%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,360	1,668	1,631	22.6%	-2.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	788	984	810	24.9%	-17.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	206	218	272	5.8%	24.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,770	1,868	1,796	5.5%	-3.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,726	2,999	2,819	10.0%	-6.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	439	454	474	3.4%	4.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,352	1,423	1,431	5.3%	0.6%
	Blue Earth County	280	316	315	12.9%	-0.3%
	Brown County	142	153	163	7.7%	6.5%
	Faribault County	80	72	86	-10.0%	19.4%
	Le Sueur County	367	379	355	3.3%	-6.3%
	Martin County	75	90	82	20.0%	-8.9%
	Nicollet County	127	148	148	16.5%	0.0%
	Sibley County	120	108	120	-10.0%	11.1%
	Waseca County	98	101	104	3.1%	3.0%
	Watonwan County	63	56	58	-11.1%	3.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,100	2,297	2,275	9.4%	-1.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,191	12,293	11,094	33.8%	-9.8%

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

November 2024

EDR 9 - South Central