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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2024

	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	2022 Claims	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2022/ 2023 % Change	2023/ 2024 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	18	21	16	16.7%	-23.8%
21	Mining		13		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	36	50	26	38.9%	-48.0%
23	Construction	1,479	1,685	1,607	13.9%	-4.6%
31	Manufacturing	527	965	833	83.1%	-13.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	269	459	320	70.6%	-30.3%
44	Retail Trade	747	1,040	717	39.2%	-31.1%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	367	491	514	33.8%	4.7%
51	Information	175	279	172	59.4%	-38.4%
52	Finance and Insurance	249	427	227	71.5%	-46.8%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	134	177	117	32.1%	-33.9%
54	Professional and Technical Services	529	911	762	72.2%	-16.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	172	303	221	76.2%	-27.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	782	876	692	12.0%	-21.0%
61	Educational Services	193	253	259	31.1%	2.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	911	1,073	872	17.8%	-18.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	116	188	153	62.1%	-18.6%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	686	595	600	-13.3%	0.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	269	344	294	27.9%	-14.5%
92	Public Administration	159	226	146	42.1%	-35.4%
99	Unclassified	157	183	134	16.6%	-26.8%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	528	836	673	58.3%	-19.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	249	383	334	53.8%	-12.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	187	339	288	81.3%	-15.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	74	150	107	102.7%	-28.7%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	33	51	52	54.5%	2.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	62	93	94	50.0%	1.1%
230000	Legal Occupations	55	51	64	-7.3%	25.5%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	160	125	191	-21.9%	52.8%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	176	604	216	243.2%	-64.2%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	168	164	167	-2.4%	1.8%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	445	364	317	-18.2%	-12.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	57	66	83	15.8%	25.8%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	724	585	643	-19.2%	9.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	202	252	179	24.8%	-29.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	131	106	102	-19.1%	-3.8%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	700	1,303	601	86.1%	-53.9%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	607	962	580	58.5%	-39.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	27	16	20	-40.7%	25.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,517	1,701	1,579	12.1%	-7.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	188	267	262	42.0%	-1.9%
510000	Production Occupations	311	524	513	68.5%	-2.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	437	459	574	5.0%	25.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	937	1,153	1,046	23.1%	-9.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	466	501	449	7.5%	-10.4%
	12 years	2,901	4,359	3,108	50.3%	-28.7%
	13-15 years	2,798	3,277	2,816	17.1%	-14.1%
	Over 15 years	1,816	2,422	2,317	33.4%	-4.3%
Sex
	Male	4,710	6,446	5,333	36.9%	-17.3%
	Female	3,271	4,113	3,357	25.7%	-18.4%
Age
	Under age 22	402	405	388	0.7%	-4.2%
	Age 22 to 29	1,706	2,036	1,766	19.3%	-13.3%
	Age 30 to 39	2,147	2,922	2,266	36.1%	-22.5%
	Age 40 to 49	1,547	2,152	1,767	39.1%	-17.9%
	Age 50 to 59	1,390	1,938	1,560	39.4%	-19.5%
	Age 60 to 64	504	709	576	40.7%	-18.8%
	Age 65 and over	245	355	323	44.9%	-9.0%
	Info. not available	40	42	44	5.0%	4.8%
Race
	White	4,829	7,189	5,331	48.9%	-25.8%
	Black or African American,	1,568	1,536	1,540	-2.0%	0.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	93	83	78	-10.8%	-6.0%
	Asian	361	440	508	21.9%	15.5%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22	21	20	-4.5%	-4.8%
	Race Unknown	1,108	1,290	1,213	16.4%	-6.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	6,634	8,905	7,233	34.2%	-18.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	602	625	621	3.8%	-0.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	745	1,029	836	38.1%	-18.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	189	258	390	36.5%	51.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	348	328	292	-5.7%	-11.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,380	1,397	1,220	1.2%	-12.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	363	606	414	66.9%	-31.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	447	552	446	23.5%	-19.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	265	362	305	36.6%	-15.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	130	69	88.4%	-46.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	747	918	813	22.9%	-11.4%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,404	1,592	1,507	13.4%	-5.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	237	322	227	35.9%	-29.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	690	792	698	14.8%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,247	1,579	1,180	26.6%	-25.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,981	10,559	8,690	32.3%	-17.7%
	Anoka County	1,072	1,312	1,169	22.4%	-10.9%
	Carver County	212	308	275	45.3%	-10.7%
	Dakota County	1,109	1,502	1,217	35.4%	-19.0%
	Hennepin County	3,175	4,290	3,428	35.1%	-20.1%
	Ramsey County	1,444	1,855	1,523	28.5%	-17.9%
	Scott County	352	480	421	36.4%	-12.3%
	Washington County	617	812	657	31.6%	-19.1%

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

March 2024

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities