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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 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	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	20	24	25	20.0%	4.2%
21	Mining			10	0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities	19	27	30	42.1%	11.1%
23	Construction	1,125	1,476	1,491	31.2%	1.0%
31	Manufacturing	532	679	827	27.6%	21.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	238	309	339	29.8%	9.7%
44	Retail Trade	589	673	708	14.3%	5.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	219	362	378	65.3%	4.4%
51	Information	146	170	142	16.4%	-16.5%
52	Finance and Insurance	248	284	240	14.5%	-15.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	131	162	147	23.7%	-9.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	539	732	718	35.8%	-1.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	188	220	228	17.0%	3.6%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	608	701	703	15.3%	0.3%
61	Educational Services	168	278	321	65.5%	15.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	637	826	911	29.7%	10.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	121	166	140	37.2%	-15.7%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	449	523	523	16.5%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	256	260	258	1.6%	-0.8%
92	Public Administration	144	207	227	43.8%	9.7%
99	Unclassified	63	104	113	65.1%	8.7%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	503	684	688	36.0%	0.6%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	282	331	333	17.4%	0.6%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	246	301	287	22.4%	-4.7%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	72	119	134	65.3%	12.6%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	27	43	48	59.3%	11.6%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	91	89	123	-2.2%	38.2%
230000	Legal Occupations	41	52	47	26.8%	-9.6%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	136	188	234	38.2%	24.5%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	145	202	199	39.3%	-1.5%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	127	153	152	20.5%	-0.7%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	285	333	357	16.8%	7.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	58	80	76	37.9%	-5.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	435	525	549	20.7%	4.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	179	179	208	0.0%	16.2%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	78	108	101	38.5%	-6.5%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	534	667	638	24.9%	-4.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	562	607	633	8.0%	4.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	23	35	39	52.2%	11.4%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	1,088	1,509	1,418	38.7%	-6.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	139	172	212	23.7%	23.3%
510000	Production Occupations	352	403	504	14.5%	25.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	234	372	399	59.0%	7.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	801	1,030	1,089	28.6%	5.7%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	285	398	419	39.6%	5.3%
	12 years	2,198	2,750	3,005	25.1%	9.3%
	13-15 years	2,131	2,656	2,627	24.6%	-1.1%
	Over 15 years	1,829	2,385	2,428	30.4%	1.8%
Sex
	Male	3,777	4,905	5,164	29.9%	5.3%
	Female	2,666	3,284	3,315	23.2%	0.9%
Age
	Under age 22	264	295	336	11.7%	13.9%
	Age 22 to 29	1,386	1,705	1,795	23.0%	5.3%
	Age 30 to 39	1,793	2,237	2,262	24.8%	1.1%
	Age 40 to 49	1,234	1,656	1,669	34.2%	0.8%
	Age 50 to 59	1,086	1,346	1,415	23.9%	5.1%
	Age 60 to 64	417	588	622	41.0%	5.8%
	Age 65 and over	230	313	333	36.1%	6.4%
	Info. not available	33	49	47	48.5%	-4.1%
Race
	White	3,887	5,112	5,087	31.5%	-0.5%
	Black or African American,	1,146	1,363	1,527	18.9%	12.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	74	91	97	23.0%	6.6%
	Asian	359	416	511	15.9%	22.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17	19	19	11.8%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	960	1,188	1,238	23.8%	4.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	5,318	6,763	6,964	27.2%	3.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	481	631	675	31.2%	7.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	644	795	840	23.4%	5.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	200	302	273	51.0%	-9.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	257	332	334	29.2%	0.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,142	1,330	1,114	16.5%	-16.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	378	503	590	33.1%	17.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	553	666	679	20.4%	2.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	258	306	340	18.6%	11.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	59	90	94	52.5%	4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	615	833	801	35.4%	-3.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,146	1,421	1,480	24.0%	4.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	194	226	222	16.5%	-1.8%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	515	643	632	24.9%	-1.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,001	1,229	1,112	22.8%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,443	8,189	8,479	27.1%	3.5%
	Anoka County	810	1,054	1,117	30.1%	6.0%
	Carver County	180	212	240	17.8%	13.2%
	Dakota County	863	1,099	1,169	27.3%	6.4%
	Hennepin County	2,660	3,378	3,483	27.0%	3.1%
	Ramsey County	1,138	1,426	1,478	25.3%	3.6%
	Scott County	284	364	367	28.2%	0.8%
	Washington County	508	656	625	29.1%	-4.7%

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

October 2024

EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities