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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

February 2020

	Minnesota	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	15,399	15,294	15,068	-0.7%	-1.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	128	106	90	-17.2%	-15.1%
21	Mining	40	55	42	37.5%	-23.6%
22	Utilities	71	108	118	52.1%	9.3%
23	Construction	4,842	5,153	5,025	6.4%	-2.5%
31	Manufacturing	1,527	1,653	1,626	8.3%	-1.6%
42	Wholesale Trade	504	541	499	7.3%	-7.8%
44	Retail Trade	985	870	979	-11.7%	12.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	417	433	492	3.8%	13.6%
51	Information	181	190	177	5.0%	-6.8%
52	Finance and Insurance	374	292	395	-21.9%	35.3%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	147	171	138	16.3%	-19.3%
54	Professional and Technical Services	739	697	728	-5.7%	4.4%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	234	230	245	-1.7%	6.5%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,288	1,195	1,127	-7.2%	-5.7%
61	Educational Services	255	244	194	-4.3%	-20.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	979	955	900	-2.5%	-5.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	158	151	154	-4.4%	2.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	739	749	717	1.4%	-4.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	406	287	313	-29.3%	9.1%
92	Public Administration	306	264	296	-13.7%	12.1%
99	Unclassified	1,079	950	813	-12.0%	-14.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	843	738	771	-12.5%	4.5%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	344	353	363	2.6%	2.8%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	312	272	296	-12.8%	8.8%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	183	128	182	-30.1%	42.2%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	38	35	28	-7.9%	-20.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	80	128	93	60.0%	-27.3%
230000	Legal Occupations	85	61	65	-28.2%	6.6%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	177	167	142	-5.6%	-15.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	201	170	204	-15.4%	20.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	243	222	215	-8.6%	-3.2%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	371	344	327	-7.3%	-4.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	59	49	51	-16.9%	4.1%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	653	706	627	8.1%	-11.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	366	305	340	-16.7%	11.5%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	124	97	84	-21.8%	-13.4%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	796	780	727	-2.0%	-6.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,075	934	975	-13.1%	4.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	163	154	147	-5.5%	-4.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	5,121	5,554	5,328	8.5%	-4.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	429	388	440	-9.6%	13.4%
510000	Production Occupations	997	1,012	956	1.5%	-5.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	731	808	831	10.5%	2.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	13			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,994	1,883	1,868	-5.6%	-0.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	906	883	798	-2.5%	-9.6%
	12 years	5,537	5,903	5,846	6.6%	-1.0%
	13-15 years	5,694	5,410	5,446	-5.0%	0.7%
	Over 15 years	2,461	2,403	2,388	-2.4%	-0.6%
	Info. not available	801	695	590	-13.2%	-15.1%
Sex
	Male	10,330	10,610	10,497	2.7%	-1.1%
	Female	4,272	3,996	3,983	-6.5%	-0.3%
	Unspecified	797	688	587	-13.7%	-14.7%
Age
	Under age 22	445	424	448	-4.7%	5.7%
	Age 22 to 29	2,672	2,695	2,564	0.9%	-4.9%
	Age 30 to 39	3,879	3,799	3,738	-2.1%	-1.6%
	Age 40 to 49	3,062	3,146	3,098	2.7%	-1.5%
	Age 50 to 59	3,150	3,122	3,019	-0.9%	-3.3%
	Age 60 to 64	963	968	1,123	0.5%	16.0%
	Age 65 and over	382	404	447	5.8%	10.6%
	Info. not available	846	736	631	-13.0%	-14.3%
Race
	White	11,689	11,637	11,586	-0.4%	-0.4%
	Black or African American,	1,056	1,087	1,051	2.9%	-3.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	210	192	183	-8.6%	-4.7%
	Asian	303	289	308	-4.6%	6.6%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	26	35	29	34.6%	-17.1%
	Race Unknown	2,114	2,054	1,911	-2.8%	-7.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	12,576	12,563	12,478	-0.1%	-0.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	678	684	656	0.9%	-4.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,145	2,047	1,934	-4.6%	-5.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	256	240	281	-6.3%	17.1%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	245	235	187	-4.1%	-20.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,132	971	1,024	-14.2%	5.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	411	434	421	5.6%	-3.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	445	487	475	9.4%	-2.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	290	347	305	19.7%	-12.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	98	94	133	-4.1%	41.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	666	768	749	15.3%	-2.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,262	1,351	1,322	7.1%	-2.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	221	267	207	20.8%	-22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	662	663	655	0.2%	-1.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,150	1,149	1,135	-0.1%	-1.2%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,982	6,795	6,793	-2.7%	0.0%

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 2020

Minnesota