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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2020

	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	6,982	6,795	6,793	-2.7%	0.0%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	12	11	10	-8.3%	-9.1%
21	Mining		13		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	27	43	50	59.3%	16.3%
23	Construction	1,701	1,804	1,720	6.1%	-4.7%
31	Manufacturing	572	632	580	10.5%	-8.2%
42	Wholesale Trade	264	285	288	8.0%	1.1%
44	Retail Trade	499	439	494	-12.0%	12.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	219	194	224	-11.4%	15.5%
51	Information	132	137	130	3.8%	-5.1%
52	Finance and Insurance	275	231	286	-16.0%	23.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	98	119	97	21.4%	-18.5%
54	Professional and Technical Services	513	529	533	3.1%	0.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	161	155	161	-3.7%	3.9%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	797	673	651	-15.6%	-3.3%
61	Educational Services	166	160	133	-3.6%	-16.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	531	522	532	-1.7%	1.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	93	89	96	-4.3%	7.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	436	412	415	-5.5%	0.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	225	134	174	-40.4%	29.9%
92	Public Administration	125	102	120	-18.4%	17.6%
99	Unclassified	130	111	92	-14.6%	-17.1%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	590	520	559	-11.9%	7.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	261	277	282	6.1%	1.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	270	234	244	-13.3%	4.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	111	88	120	-20.7%	36.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	26	24	22	-7.7%	-8.3%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	52	62	62	19.2%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations	71	56	55	-21.1%	-1.8%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	109	102	95	-6.4%	-6.9%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	165	123	162	-25.5%	31.7%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	129	130	111	0.8%	-14.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	169	173	182	2.4%	5.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	31	29	33	-6.5%	13.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	369	385	355	4.3%	-7.8%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	196	161	190	-17.9%	18.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	65	42	41	-35.4%	-2.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	456	485	465	6.4%	-4.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	721	598	615	-17.1%	2.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	21	19	20	-9.5%	5.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,739	1,880	1,733	8.1%	-7.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	183	151	215	-17.5%	42.4%
510000	Production Occupations	318	330	282	3.8%	-14.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	291	306	300	5.2%	-2.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	632	615	647	-2.7%	5.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	355	289	284	-18.6%	-1.7%
	12 years	2,114	2,192	2,150	3.7%	-1.9%
	13-15 years	2,733	2,581	2,591	-5.6%	0.4%
	Over 15 years	1,780	1,733	1,768	-2.6%	2.0%
Sex
	Male	4,563	4,597	4,522	0.7%	-1.6%
	Female	2,419	2,198	2,271	-9.1%	3.3%
Age
	Under age 22	168	132	148	-21.4%	12.1%
	Age 22 to 29	1,298	1,255	1,229	-3.3%	-2.1%
	Age 30 to 39	1,841	1,796	1,745	-2.4%	-2.8%
	Age 40 to 49	1,413	1,447	1,436	2.4%	-0.8%
	Age 50 to 59	1,570	1,479	1,433	-5.8%	-3.1%
	Age 60 to 64	486	472	544	-2.9%	15.3%
	Age 65 and over	185	194	238	4.9%	22.7%
	Info. not available	21	20	20	-4.8%	0.0%
Race
	White	4,941	4,778	4,782	-3.3%	0.1%
	Black or African American,	877	849	845	-3.2%	-0.5%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	76	64	64	-15.8%	0.0%
	Asian	251	251	267	0.0%	6.4%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	12	18	13	50.0%	-27.8%
	Race Unknown	825	835	822	1.2%	-1.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	5,879	5,722	5,740	-2.7%	0.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	396	372	373	-6.1%	0.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	707	701	680	-0.8%	-3.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	256	240	281	-6.3%	17.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	245	235	187	-4.1%	-20.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,132	971	1,024	-14.2%	5.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	411	434	421	5.6%	-3.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	445	487	475	9.4%	-2.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	290	347	305	19.7%	-12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	98	94	133	-4.1%	41.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	666	768	749	15.3%	-2.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,262	1,351	1,322	7.1%	-2.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	221	267	207	20.8%	-22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	662	663	655	0.2%	-1.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,150	1,149	1,135	-0.1%	-1.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,982	6,795	6,793	-2.7%	0.0%
	Anoka County	980	1,009	956	3.0%	-5.3%
	Carver County	207	189	197	-8.7%	4.2%
	Dakota County	954	985	980	3.2%	-0.5%
	Hennepin County	2,685	2,525	2,562	-6.0%	1.5%
	Ramsey County	1,231	1,136	1,200	-7.7%	5.6%
	Scott County	320	345	338	7.8%	-2.0%
	Washington County	605	606	560	0.2%	-7.6%

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

February 2020

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities