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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

April 2019

	Minnesota	2017 Claims	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2017/ 2018 % Change	2018/ 2019 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	12,516	14,416	13,381	15.2 %	-7.2 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	128	210	196	64.1 %	-6.7 %
21	Mining	39	69	45	76.9 %	-34.8 %
22	Utilities	65	89	85	36.9 %	-4.5 %
23	Construction	2,739	4,038	3,246	47.4 %	-19.6 %
31	Manufacturing	1,473	1,491	1,641	1.2 %	10.1 %
42	Wholesale Trade	499	495	488	-0.8 %	-1.4 %
44	Retail Trade	952	886	919	-6.9 %	3.7 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	483	559	498	15.7 %	-10.9 %
51	Information	206	175	157	-15.0 %	-10.3 %
52	Finance and Insurance	315	315	360	0.0 %	14.3 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	114	138	120	21.1 %	-13.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	783	754	846	-3.7 %	12.2 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	202	216	246	6.9 %	13.9 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	964	1,116	962	15.8 %	-13.8 %
61	Educational Services	267	275	253	3.0 %	-8.0 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,049	1,016	1,069	-3.1 %	5.2 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	170	169	165	-0.6 %	-2.4 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	639	847	734	32.6 %	-13.3 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	283	355	337	25.4 %	-5.1 %
92	Public Administration	299	302	283	1.0 %	-6.3 %
99	Unclassified	847	901	731	6.4 %	-18.9 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	753	794	804	5.4 %	1.3 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	458	446	441	-2.6 %	-1.1 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	289	262	305	-9.3 %	16.4 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	185	140	141	-24.3 %	0.7 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	33	38	27	15.2 %	-28.9 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	132	118	127	-10.6 %	7.6 %
230000	Legal Occupations	40	73	56	82.5 %	-23.3 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	182	202	150	11.0 %	-25.7 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	208	186	233	-10.6 %	25.3 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	197	216	235	9.6 %	8.8 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	374	396	369	5.9 %	-6.8 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	50	75	51	50.0 %	-32.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	605	731	682	20.8 %	-6.7 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	206	280	279	35.9 %	-0.4 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	110	108	94	-1.8 %	-13.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	768	802	736	4.4 %	-8.2 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,088	1,005	1,088	-7.6 %	8.3 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	133	229	186	72.2 %	-18.8 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	2,981	4,392	3,470	47.3 %	-21.0 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	341	377	338	10.6 %	-10.3 %
510000	Production Occupations	1,074	903	1,050	-15.9 %	16.3 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	659	894	796	35.7 %	-11.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	12			0.0 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	1,638	1,739	1,716	6.2 %	-1.3 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	686	786	734	14.6 %	-6.6 %
	12 years	4,271	5,362	4,861	25.5 %	-9.3 %
	13-15 years	4,657	5,311	4,927	14.0 %	-7.2 %
	Over 15 years	2,289	2,355	2,374	2.9 %	0.8 %
	Info. not available	613	602	485	-1.8 %	-19.4 %
Sex
	Male	7,621	9,419	8,418	23.6 %	-10.6 %
	Female	4,284	4,398	4,479	2.7 %	1.8 %
	Unspecified	611	599	484	-2.0 %	-19.2 %
Age
	Under age 22	277	399	284	44.0 %	-28.8 %
	Age 22 to 29	2,097	2,456	2,098	17.1 %	-14.6 %
	Age 30 to 39	2,937	3,551	3,258	20.9 %	-8.3 %
	Age 40 to 49	2,491	2,835	2,697	13.8 %	-4.9 %
	Age 50 to 59	2,919	3,075	3,044	5.3 %	-1.0 %
	Age 60 to 64	837	1,039	1,017	24.1 %	-2.1 %
	Age 65 and over	322	423	443	31.4 %	4.7 %
	Info. not available	636	638	540	0.3 %	-15.4 %
Race
	White	9,262	10,950	10,052	18.2 %	-8.2 %
	Black or African American,	1,012	1,088	1,101	7.5 %	1.2 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	162	174	154	7.4 %	-11.5 %
	Asian	331	288	337	-13.0 %	17.0 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22	27	29	22.7 %	7.4 %
	Race Unknown	1,727	1,889	1,706	9.4 %	-9.7 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	10,272	11,915	11,074	16.0 %	-7.1 %
	Hispanic or Latino	496	593	579	19.6 %	-2.4 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,748	1,908	1,728	9.2 %	-9.4 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	320	191	185	-40.3 %	-3.1 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	249	259	215	4.0 %	-17.0 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,032	1,071	1,096	3.8 %	2.3 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	297	386	371	30.0 %	-3.9 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	352	452	395	28.4 %	-12.6 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	270	303	272	12.2 %	-10.2 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	70	102	-16.7 %	45.7 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	468	612	542	30.8 %	-11.4 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	953	1,225	1,079	28.5 %	-11.9 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	166	175	182	5.4 %	4.0 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	463	675	577	45.8 %	-14.5 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	779	1,132	940	45.3 %	-17.0 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	5,924	6,570	6,297	10.9 %	-4.2 %

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

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

April 2019

Minnesota