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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 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	9,529	9,080	7,799	-4.7%	-14.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	38	51	43	34.2%	-15.7%
23	Construction	1,049	898	1,010	-14.4%	12.5%
31	Manufacturing	763	982	635	28.7%	-35.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	353	346	322	-2.0%	-6.9%
44	Retail Trade	906	801	642	-11.6%	-19.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	238	241	224	1.3%	-7.1%
51	Information	202	166	175	-17.8%	5.4%
52	Finance and Insurance	303	270	296	-10.9%	9.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	155	179	116	15.5%	-35.2%
54	Professional and Technical Services	623	729	660	17.0%	-9.5%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	194	158	150	-18.6%	-5.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,309	1,138	1,032	-13.1%	-9.3%
61	Educational Services	343	375	263	9.3%	-29.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	889	779	744	-12.4%	-4.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	201	203	127	1.0%	-37.4%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	733	745	611	1.6%	-18.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	467	493	324	5.6%	-34.3%
92	Public Administration	79	139	135	75.9%	-2.9%
99	Unclassified	673	380	283	-43.5%	-25.5%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	422	466	423	10.4%	-9.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	493	475	456	-3.7%	-4.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	248	251	261	1.2%	4.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	131	253	85	93.1%	-66.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	21	26	24	23.8%	-7.7%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	75	76	78	1.3%	2.6%
230000	Legal Occupations	88	120	103	36.4%	-14.2%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	323	383	228	18.6%	-40.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	254	263	195	3.5%	-25.9%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	217	209	190	-3.7%	-9.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	460	391	399	-15.0%	2.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	40	38	37	-5.0%	-2.6%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	820	788	611	-3.9%	-22.5%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	161	164	151	1.9%	-7.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	176	150	119	-14.8%	-20.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	981	916	765	-6.6%	-16.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	824	746	678	-9.5%	-9.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,147	1,050	1,131	-8.5%	7.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	295	217	154	-26.4%	-29.0%
510000	Production Occupations	850	755	621	-11.2%	-17.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	340	343	298	0.9%	-13.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	216	38	33	-82.4%	-13.2%
990000	Unknown	941	950	753	1.0%	-20.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	514	476	359	-7.4%	-24.6%
	12 years	3,105	2,709	2,462	-12.8%	-9.1%
	13-15 years	3,610	3,390	2,831	-6.1%	-16.5%
	Over 15 years	2,300	2,505	2,146	8.9%	-14.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	5,333	5,052	4,444	-5.3%	-12.0%
	Female	4,196	4,028	3,355	-4.0%	-16.7%
Age
	Under age 22	415	234	194	-43.6%	-17.1%
	Age 22 to 29	2,022	1,799	1,502	-11.0%	-16.5%
	Age 30 to 39	2,141	2,075	1,762	-3.1%	-15.1%
	Age 40 to 49	2,160	2,062	1,812	-4.5%	-12.1%
	Age 50 to 59	2,043	2,141	1,824	4.8%	-14.8%
	Age 60 to 64	490	525	493	7.1%	-6.1%
	Age 65 and over	225	208	181	-7.6%	-13.0%
	Info. not available	33	36	31	9.1%	-13.9%
Race
	White	6,760	6,432	5,532	-4.9%	-14.0%
	Black or African American,	1,379	1,261	1,072	-8.6%	-15.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	87	92	73	5.7%	-20.7%
	Asian	410	397	287	-3.2%	-27.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	24	21	21	-12.5%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	869	877	814	0.9%	-7.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,231	7,843	6,650	-4.7%	-15.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	399	384	345	-3.8%	-10.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	899	853	804	-5.1%	-5.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	355	254	206	-28.5%	-18.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	377	306	298	-18.8%	-2.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,488	1,460	1,275	-1.9%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	528	488	455	-7.6%	-6.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	649	657	495	1.2%	-24.7%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	424	426	366	0.5%	-14.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	100	189	103	89.0%	-45.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	731	627	680	-14.2%	8.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,616	1,588	1,460	-1.7%	-8.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	379	326	338	-14.0%	3.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	965	769	815	-20.3%	6.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,597	1,438	1,216	-10.0%	-15.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,529	9,080	7,799	-4.7%	-14.1%
	Anoka County	1,278	1,251	1,027	-2.1%	-17.9%
	Carver County	244	228	238	-6.6%	4.4%
	Dakota County	1,296	1,232	1,075	-4.9%	-12.7%
	Hennepin County	3,742	3,585	3,081	-4.2%	-14.1%
	Ramsey County	1,891	1,694	1,416	-10.4%	-16.4%
	Scott County	376	389	356	3.5%	-8.5%
	Washington County	702	701	606	-0.1%	-13.6%

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

May 2014

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities