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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2014

	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2014 Claims	2012/ 2013 % Change	2013/ 2014 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	9,598	9,136	9,271	-4.8%	1.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11	11	12	0.0%	9.1%
21	Mining	14	10	16	-28.6%	60.0%
22	Utilities	35	29	28	-17.1%	-3.4%
23	Construction	1,406	1,245	1,571	-11.5%	26.2%
31	Manufacturing	709	859	700	21.2%	-18.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	372	336	400	-9.7%	19.0%
44	Retail Trade	955	847	765	-11.3%	-9.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	283	259	253	-8.5%	-2.3%
51	Information	227	206	167	-9.3%	-18.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	305	298	345	-2.3%	15.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	159	164	198	3.1%	20.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	627	602	732	-4.0%	21.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	160	166	181	3.8%	9.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,292	1,309	1,312	1.3%	0.2%
61	Educational Services	245	232	220	-5.3%	-5.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	912	830	771	-9.0%	-7.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	143	175	134	22.4%	-23.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	789	690	708	-12.5%	2.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	295	322	245	9.2%	-23.9%
92	Public Administration	169	160	136	-5.3%	-15.0%
99	Unclassified	490	386	377	-21.2%	-2.3%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	384	392	453	2.1%	15.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	405	439	511	8.4%	16.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	253	265	334	4.7%	26.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	115	112	134	-2.6%	19.6%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	17	27	22	58.8%	-18.5%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	74	51	70	-31.1%	37.3%
230000	Legal Occupations	115	82	102	-28.7%	24.4%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	203	209	209	3.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	202	295	187	46.0%	-36.6%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	230	206	184	-10.4%	-10.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	443	464	386	4.7%	-16.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	70	59	47	-15.7%	-20.3%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	830	737	749	-11.2%	1.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	205	260	275	26.8%	5.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	171	152	114	-11.1%	-25.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,106	862	822	-22.1%	-4.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	758	694	698	-8.4%	0.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	21	16	16.7%	-23.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,466	1,333	1,690	-9.1%	26.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	335	322	315	-3.9%	-2.2%
510000	Production Occupations	771	753	631	-2.3%	-16.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	402	378	372	-6.0%	-1.6%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	30	39	20	30.0%	-48.7%
990000	Unknown	995	984	930	-1.1%	-5.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	568	542	424	-4.6%	-21.8%
	12 years	3,133	2,923	2,982	-6.7%	2.0%
	13-15 years	3,737	3,562	3,590	-4.7%	0.8%
	Over 15 years	2,159	2,109	2,275	-2.3%	7.9%
Sex
	Male	5,672	5,495	5,699	-3.1%	3.7%
	Female	3,925	3,640	3,572	-7.3%	-1.9%
Age
	Under age 22	338	293	279	-13.3%	-4.8%
	Age 22 to 29	2,115	1,892	1,888	-10.5%	-0.2%
	Age 30 to 39	2,187	2,186	2,224	0.0%	1.7%
	Age 40 to 49	2,192	2,039	2,038	-7.0%	0.0%
	Age 50 to 59	2,052	2,068	2,152	0.8%	4.1%
	Age 60 to 64	505	473	500	-6.3%	5.7%
	Age 65 and over	188	167	168	-11.2%	0.6%
	Info. not available	21	18	22	-14.3%	22.2%
Race
	White	6,881	6,534	6,699	-5.0%	2.5%
	Black or African American,	1,280	1,261	1,097	-1.5%	-13.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	85	85	91	0.0%	7.1%
	Asian	458	381	441	-16.8%	15.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	21	18	19	-14.3%	5.6%
	Race Unknown	873	857	924	-1.8%	7.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,293	7,886	7,982	-4.9%	1.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	363	357	376	-1.7%	5.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	942	893	913	-5.2%	2.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	285	422	361	48.1%	-14.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	483	419	416	-13.3%	-0.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,733	1,549	1,554	-10.6%	0.3%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	561	593	520	5.7%	-12.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	738	673	678	-8.8%	0.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	464	510	444	9.9%	-12.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	114	205	87	79.8%	-57.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	822	823	929	0.1%	12.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,635	1,760	2,073	7.6%	17.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	282	332	258	17.7%	-22.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,101	851	840	-22.7%	-1.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,706	1,454	1,599	-14.8%	10.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,598	9,136	9,271	-4.8%	1.5%
	Anoka County	1,308	1,277	1,301	-2.4%	1.9%
	Carver County	268	254	238	-5.2%	-6.3%
	Dakota County	1,371	1,265	1,308	-7.7%	3.4%
	Hennepin County	3,874	3,632	3,555	-6.2%	-2.1%
	Ramsey County	1,667	1,620	1,712	-2.8%	5.7%
	Scott County	432	416	448	-3.7%	7.7%
	Washington County	678	672	709	-0.9%	5.5%

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

March 2014

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities