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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2023

	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	2021 Claims	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2021/ 2022 % Change	2022/ 2023 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	21,846	8,024	8,795	-63.3%	9.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	40	17	18	-57.5%	5.9%
21	Mining	20		10	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	71	36	30	-49.3%	-16.7%
23	Construction	3,317	1,648	2,148	-50.3%	30.3%
31	Manufacturing	1,834	568	771	-69.0%	35.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	782	253	337	-67.6%	33.2%
44	Retail Trade	2,542	769	679	-69.7%	-11.7%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	947	379	331	-60.0%	-12.7%
51	Information	436	156	243	-64.2%	55.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	616	211	260	-65.7%	23.2%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	298	135	142	-54.7%	5.2%
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,239	484	700	-60.9%	44.6%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	570	202	211	-64.6%	4.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,599	815	805	-49.0%	-1.2%
61	Educational Services	729	190	182	-73.9%	-4.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	2,520	868	674	-65.6%	-22.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	356	122	154	-65.7%	26.2%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,902	637	535	-66.5%	-16.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	925	260	276	-71.9%	6.2%
92	Public Administration	538	136	139	-74.7%	2.2%
99	Unclassified	565	133	150	-76.5%	12.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	1,307	476	644	-63.6%	35.3%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	596	244	333	-59.1%	36.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	370	174	272	-53.0%	56.3%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	270	84	124	-68.9%	47.6%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	57	23	43	-59.6%	87.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	179	73	61	-59.2%	-16.4%
230000	Legal Occupations	134	37	51	-72.4%	37.8%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	561	149	127	-73.4%	-14.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	488	180	245	-63.1%	36.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	568	158	119	-72.2%	-24.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	1,047	392	294	-62.6%	-25.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	180	62	51	-65.6%	-17.7%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	2,219	664	557	-70.1%	-16.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	496	208	213	-58.1%	2.4%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	689	181	75	-73.7%	-58.6%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	2,153	746	608	-65.4%	-18.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,218	565	576	-53.6%	1.9%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	78	33	33	-57.7%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	3,396	1,710	2,169	-49.6%	26.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	516	209	203	-59.5%	-2.9%
510000	Production Occupations	1,862	366	468	-80.3%	27.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	1,104	420	427	-62.0%	1.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	2,346	866	1,098	-63.1%	26.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,580	483	501	-69.4%	3.7%
	12 years	7,095	2,907	3,162	-59.0%	8.8%
	13-15 years	6,916	2,956	2,913	-57.3%	-1.5%
	Over 15 years	6,255	1,678	2,219	-73.2%	32.2%
Sex
	Male	12,569	4,926	5,758	-60.8%	16.9%
	Female	9,277	3,098	3,037	-66.6%	-2.0%
Age
	Under age 22	1,693	442	336	-73.9%	-24.0%
	Age 22 to 29	4,367	1,752	1,896	-59.9%	8.2%
	Age 30 to 39	5,057	2,141	2,414	-57.7%	12.8%
	Age 40 to 49	4,141	1,566	1,784	-62.2%	13.9%
	Age 50 to 59	3,995	1,417	1,509	-64.5%	6.5%
	Age 60 to 64	1,416	447	567	-68.4%	26.8%
	Age 65 and over	965	226	259	-76.6%	14.6%
	Info. not available	212	33	30	-84.4%	-9.1%
Race
	White	14,067	4,973	5,638	-64.6%	13.4%
	Black or African American,	3,735	1,448	1,334	-61.2%	-7.9%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	205	87	97	-57.6%	11.5%
	Asian	1,387	404	492	-70.9%	21.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	45	16	24	-64.4%	50.0%
	Race Unknown	2,407	1,096	1,210	-54.5%	10.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	18,469	6,648	7,194	-64.0%	8.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,461	583	683	-60.1%	17.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,916	793	918	-58.6%	15.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	442	207	165	-53.2%	-20.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	577	278	220	-51.8%	-20.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,789	1,219	1,150	-56.3%	-5.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,081	438	403	-59.5%	-8.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,232	513	501	-58.4%	-2.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	733	312	644	-57.4%	106.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	82	95	-65.1%	15.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,667	772	885	-53.7%	14.6%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,813	1,523	1,678	-60.1%	10.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	600	242	258	-59.7%	6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,805	740	738	-59.0%	-0.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	3,898	1,330	1,359	-65.9%	2.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	21,846	8,024	8,795	-63.3%	9.6%
	Anoka County	2,777	1,142	1,274	-58.9%	11.6%
	Carver County	577	219	251	-62.0%	14.6%
	Dakota County	2,981	1,063	1,235	-64.3%	16.2%
	Hennepin County	8,749	3,227	3,295	-63.1%	2.1%
	Ramsey County	4,086	1,413	1,551	-65.4%	9.8%
	Scott County	1,050	341	429	-67.5%	25.8%
	Washington County	1,626	619	760	-61.9%	22.8%

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

February 2023

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities