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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2019

	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	9,873	9,538	11,081	-3.4%	16.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	83	75	85	-9.6%	13.3%
21	Mining	34	28	43	-17.6%	53.6%
22	Utilities	64	86	98	34.4%	14.0%
23	Construction	3,347	3,374	4,037	0.8%	19.7%
31	Manufacturing	768	660	952	-14.1%	44.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	318	277	290	-12.9%	4.7%
44	Retail Trade	547	522	602	-4.6%	15.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	304	228	313	-25.0%	37.3%
51	Information	117	126	110	7.7%	-12.7%
52	Finance and Insurance	177	190	203	7.3%	6.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	108	109	120	0.9%	10.1%
54	Professional and Technical Services	544	494	585	-9.2%	18.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	131	157	204	19.8%	29.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,332	1,260	1,353	-5.4%	7.4%
61	Educational Services	250	181	175	-27.6%	-3.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	470	429	514	-8.7%	19.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	143	127	174	-11.2%	37.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	573	486	628	-15.2%	29.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	276	331	275	19.9%	-16.9%
92	Public Administration	190	281	189	47.9%	-32.7%
99	Unclassified	97	117	131	20.6%	12.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	490	491	534	0.2%	8.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	216	256	275	18.5%	7.4%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	222	175	202	-21.2%	15.4%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	100	92	138	-8.0%	50.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	19	23	30	21.1%	30.4%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	62	49	49	-21.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations	67	54	55	-19.4%	1.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	181	117	120	-35.4%	2.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	199	168	191	-15.6%	13.7%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	86	90	109	4.7%	21.1%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	166	151	177	-9.0%	17.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	40	39	37	-2.5%	-5.1%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	492	426	583	-13.4%	36.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	519	490	533	-5.6%	8.8%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	54	59	61	9.3%	3.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	501	471	498	-6.0%	5.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	593	644	641	8.6%	-0.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	115	127	119	10.4%	-6.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	3,518	3,498	4,236	-0.6%	21.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	257	231	239	-10.1%	3.5%
510000	Production Occupations	407	316	434	-22.4%	37.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	529	523	620	-1.1%	18.5%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,032	1,043	1,196	1.1%	14.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	773	624	782	-19.3%	25.3%
	12 years	3,684	3,600	4,294	-2.3%	19.3%
	13-15 years	3,547	3,432	3,895	-3.2%	13.5%
	Over 15 years	1,868	1,882	2,110	0.7%	12.1%
Sex
	Male	7,351	7,021	8,306	-4.5%	18.3%
	Female	2,522	2,517	2,775	-0.2%	10.3%
Age
	Under age 22	337	263	335	-22.0%	27.4%
	Age 22 to 29	2,016	1,838	2,052	-8.8%	11.6%
	Age 30 to 39	2,480	2,497	2,953	0.7%	18.3%
	Age 40 to 49	1,913	1,878	2,282	-1.8%	21.5%
	Age 50 to 59	2,190	2,095	2,319	-4.3%	10.7%
	Age 60 to 64	663	675	794	1.8%	17.6%
	Age 65 and over	250	274	318	9.6%	16.1%
	Info. not available	24	18	28	-25.0%	55.6%
Race
	White	7,273	6,977	8,086	-4.1%	15.9%
	Black or African American,	911	924	1,089	1.4%	17.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	111	114	115	2.7%	0.9%
	Asian	283	256	348	-9.5%	35.9%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17	17	22	0.0%	29.4%
	Race Unknown	1,278	1,250	1,421	-2.2%	13.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,124	7,921	9,175	-2.5%	15.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	724	640	817	-11.6%	27.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,025	977	1,089	-4.7%	11.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	847	945	1,169	11.6%	23.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	611	598	736	-2.1%	23.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,672	1,778	2,203	6.3%	23.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,087	1,104	1,453	1.6%	31.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,236	1,261	1,545	2.0%	22.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	813	810	908	-0.4%	12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	276	312	10.8%	13.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,561	1,667	2,020	6.8%	21.2%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,884	2,811	3,284	-2.5%	16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	832	890	958	7.0%	7.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,571	1,447	1,742	-7.9%	20.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,598	2,249	2,891	-13.4%	28.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,873	9,538	11,081	-3.4%	16.2%
	Anoka County	1,495	1,523	1,808	1.9%	18.7%
	Carver County	351	342	428	-2.6%	25.1%
	Dakota County	1,550	1,543	1,838	-0.5%	19.1%
	Hennepin County	3,296	3,204	3,505	-2.8%	9.4%
	Ramsey County	1,690	1,528	1,850	-9.6%	21.1%
	Scott County	593	547	658	-7.8%	20.3%
	Washington County	898	851	994	-5.2%	16.8%

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

December 2019

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities