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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 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	5,413	4,829	25,939	-10.8%	437.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			29	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining			11	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	32	27	44	-15.6%	63.0%
23	Construction	779	595	1,889	-23.6%	217.5%
31	Manufacturing	517	531	3,380	2.7%	536.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	234	254	832	8.5%	227.6%
44	Retail Trade	451	408	2,406	-9.5%	489.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	176	130	1,014	-26.1%	680.0%
51	Information	154	98	578	-36.4%	489.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	226	193	434	-14.6%	124.9%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	91	86	260	-5.5%	202.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	466	444	1,228	-4.7%	176.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	166	136	636	-18.1%	367.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	590	514	1,659	-12.9%	222.8%
61	Educational Services	247	230	1,105	-6.9%	380.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	525	490	3,741	-6.7%	663.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	94	73	543	-22.3%	643.8%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	340	318	3,361	-6.5%	956.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	160	152	1,143	-5.0%	652.0%
92	Public Administration	104	90	512	-13.5%	468.9%
99	Unclassified	54	52	1,134	-3.7%	2,080.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	552	485	1,404	-12.1%	189.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	256	257	777	0.4%	202.3%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	198	213	629	7.6%	195.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	91	91	732	0.0%	704.4%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	27	25	66	-7.4%	164.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	79	58	237	-26.6%	308.6%
230000	Legal Occupations	56	56	128	0.0%	128.6%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	166	149	950	-10.2%	537.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	182	144	637	-20.9%	342.4%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	100	107	997	7.0%	831.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	184	192	1,556	4.3%	710.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	38	32	189	-15.8%	490.6%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	300	316	3,701	5.3%	1,071.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	103	77	579	-25.2%	651.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	60	55	931	-8.3%	1,592.7%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	475	418	2,318	-12.0%	454.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	605	544	1,755	-10.1%	222.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10	44	0.0%	340.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	810	578	1,932	-28.6%	234.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	126	119	654	-5.6%	449.6%
510000	Production Occupations	306	287	1,645	-6.2%	473.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	144	151	1,028	4.9%	580.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	545	461	3,038	-15.4%	559.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	211	173	1,447	-18.0%	736.4%
	12 years	1,482	1,358	7,975	-8.4%	487.3%
	13-15 years	2,008	1,715	9,179	-14.6%	435.2%
	Over 15 years	1,712	1,582	7,337	-7.6%	363.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	3,049	2,758	12,540	-9.5%	354.7%
	Female	2,364	2,071	13,398	-12.4%	546.9%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	105	89	1,960	-15.2%	2,102.2%
	Age 22 to 29	986	819	6,085	-16.9%	643.0%
	Age 30 to 39	1,363	1,289	6,548	-5.4%	408.0%
	Age 40 to 49	1,128	1,026	4,519	-9.0%	340.4%
	Age 50 to 59	1,189	1,012	4,170	-14.9%	312.1%
	Age 60 to 64	415	413	1,565	-0.5%	278.9%
	Age 65 and over	205	168	949	-18.0%	464.9%
	Info. not available	22	13	143	-40.9%	1,000.0%
Race
	White	3,666	3,257	16,050	-11.2%	392.8%
	Black or African American,	808	696	4,370	-13.9%	527.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	63	51	223	-19.0%	337.3%
	Asian	225	224	2,255	-0.4%	906.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13	16	52	23.1%	225.0%
	Race Unknown	638	585	2,989	-8.3%	410.9%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	4,628	4,154	21,984	-10.2%	429.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	273	215	1,653	-21.2%	668.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	512	460	2,302	-10.2%	400.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	101	84	446	-16.8%	431.0%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	151	148	486	-2.0%	228.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	739	669	2,431	-9.5%	263.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	256	219	1,017	-14.5%	364.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	260	300	997	15.4%	232.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	180	188	738	4.4%	292.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	76	57	218	-25.0%	282.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	362	333	1,298	-8.0%	289.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	765	701	3,060	-8.4%	336.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	337	354	613	5.0%	73.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	401	380	1,691	-5.2%	345.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	699	657	3,454	-6.0%	425.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,413	4,829	25,939	-10.8%	437.2%
	Anoka County	690	603	3,029	-12.6%	402.3%
	Carver County	145	153	830	5.5%	442.5%
	Dakota County	713	689	3,536	-3.4%	413.2%
	Hennepin County	2,227	1,955	10,806	-12.2%	452.7%
	Ramsey County	1,022	867	4,714	-15.2%	443.7%
	Scott County	227	195	1,290	-14.1%	561.5%
	Washington County	389	367	1,734	-5.7%	372.5%

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

August 2020

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities