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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 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	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	16	11	14	-31.3%	27.3%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	40	27	36	-32.5%	33.3%
23	Construction	1,282	968	835	-24.5%	-13.7%
31	Manufacturing	862	562	736	-34.8%	31.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	370	203	314	-45.1%	54.7%
44	Retail Trade	1,237	676	662	-45.4%	-2.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	466	239	648	-48.7%	171.1%
51	Information	247	169	184	-31.6%	8.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	345	262	340	-24.1%	29.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	191	159	137	-16.8%	-13.8%
54	Professional and Technical Services	604	464	806	-23.2%	73.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	284	183	263	-35.6%	43.7%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	949	600	662	-36.8%	10.3%
61	Educational Services	434	266	861	-38.7%	223.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,744	777	961	-55.4%	23.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	184	102	137	-44.6%	34.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	965	524	618	-45.7%	17.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	454	267	267	-41.2%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	264	122	147	-53.8%	20.5%
99	Unclassified	310	86	119	-72.3%	38.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	726	538	747	-25.9%	38.8%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	343	313	431	-8.7%	37.7%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	221	184	336	-16.7%	82.6%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	142	69	134	-51.4%	94.2%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	47	24	34	-48.9%	41.7%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	155	90	98	-41.9%	8.9%
230000	Legal Occupations	97	49	55	-49.5%	12.2%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	426	239	745	-43.9%	211.7%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	280	170	211	-39.3%	24.1%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	276	118	141	-57.2%	19.5%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	735	340	370	-53.7%	8.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	118	42	82	-64.4%	95.2%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	988	534	642	-46.0%	20.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	290	108	148	-62.8%	37.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	386	107	115	-72.3%	7.5%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,160	627	640	-45.9%	2.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	772	563	682	-27.1%	21.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	33	20	18	-39.4%	-10.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,346	985	804	-26.8%	-18.4%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	236	148	187	-37.3%	26.4%
510000	Production Occupations	684	366	416	-46.5%	13.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	492	218	668	-55.7%	206.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	16			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,286	814	1,037	-36.7%	27.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	908	340	452	-62.6%	32.9%
	12 years	3,838	2,214	2,695	-42.3%	21.7%
	13-15 years	3,797	2,316	2,796	-39.0%	20.7%
	Over 15 years	2,710	1,801	2,806	-33.5%	55.8%
Sex
	Male	5,950	3,702	4,629	-37.8%	25.0%
	Female	5,305	2,969	4,118	-44.0%	38.7%
	Unspecified				0.0%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	909	378	325	-58.4%	-14.0%
	Age 22 to 29	2,592	1,374	1,693	-47.0%	23.2%
	Age 30 to 39	2,805	1,845	2,250	-34.2%	22.0%
	Age 40 to 49	2,002	1,274	1,719	-36.4%	34.9%
	Age 50 to 59	1,783	1,126	1,623	-36.8%	44.1%
	Age 60 to 64	638	407	697	-36.2%	71.3%
	Age 65 and over	463	238	373	-48.6%	56.7%
	Info. not available	63	29	69	-54.0%	137.9%
Race
	White	6,302	3,914	5,243	-37.9%	34.0%
	Black or African American,	2,472	1,415	1,706	-42.8%	20.6%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	99	59	89	-40.4%	50.8%
	Asian	664	334	460	-49.7%	37.7%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	31	15	18	-51.6%	20.0%
	Race Unknown	1,687	934	1,233	-44.6%	32.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	9,245	5,614	7,343	-39.3%	30.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	778	434	550	-44.2%	26.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,232	623	856	-49.4%	37.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	304	119	162	-60.9%	36.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	331	211	204	-36.3%	-3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,326	774	932	-41.6%	20.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	529	259	374	-51.0%	44.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	615	286	376	-53.5%	31.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	431	212	274	-50.8%	29.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	126	71	81	-43.7%	14.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	825	496	516	-39.9%	4.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,853	1,020	1,206	-45.0%	18.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	350	205	366	-41.4%	78.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	917	441	512	-51.9%	16.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,014	932	1,181	-53.7%	26.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,255	6,671	8,749	-40.7%	31.1%
	Anoka County	1,440	878	1,056	-39.0%	20.3%
	Carver County	277	158	235	-43.0%	48.7%
	Dakota County	1,438	869	1,217	-39.6%	40.0%
	Hennepin County	4,660	2,842	3,687	-39.0%	29.7%
	Ramsey County	2,187	1,177	1,528	-46.2%	29.8%
	Scott County	464	262	382	-43.5%	45.8%
	Washington County	789	485	644	-38.5%	32.8%

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

August 2023

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities