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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

March 2020

	Minnesota	2018 Claims	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2018/ 2019 % Change	2019/ 2020 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	14,833	14,153	286,817	-4.6%	1,926.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	235	258	729	9.8%	182.6%
21	Mining	39	36	106	-7.7%	194.4%
22	Utilities	76	116	219	52.6%	88.8%
23	Construction	4,134	3,688	17,499	-10.8%	374.5%
31	Manufacturing	1,669	1,575	22,332	-5.6%	1,317.9%
42	Wholesale Trade	535	493	6,961	-7.9%	1,312.0%
44	Retail Trade	964	867	32,203	-10.1%	3,614.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	392	547	8,879	39.5%	1,523.2%
51	Information	161	145	4,041	-9.9%	2,686.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	354	353	2,014	-0.3%	470.5%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	154	152	2,889	-1.3%	1,800.7%
54	Professional and Technical Services	680	728	9,732	7.1%	1,236.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	209	224	5,751	7.2%	2,467.4%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,193	1,109	11,881	-7.0%	971.3%
61	Educational Services	283	287	8,307	1.4%	2,794.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,034	1,006	41,544	-2.7%	4,029.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	178	165	12,195	-7.3%	7,290.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	946	896	66,085	-5.3%	7,275.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	349	315	25,085	-9.7%	7,863.5%
92	Public Administration	267	284	2,797	6.4%	884.9%
99	Unclassified	981	909	5,567	-7.3%	512.4%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	841	793	13,389	-5.7%	1,588.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	356	344	3,435	-3.4%	898.5%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	271	312	1,860	15.1%	496.2%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	141	119	1,544	-15.6%	1,197.5%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	40	35	335	-12.5%	857.1%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	117	110	2,165	-6.0%	1,868.2%
230000	Legal Occupations	97	74	532	-23.7%	618.9%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	214	209	9,933	-2.3%	4,652.6%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	191	220	7,061	15.2%	3,109.5%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	211	210	14,893	-0.5%	6,991.9%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	367	378	12,001	3.0%	3,074.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	70	54	1,179	-22.9%	2,083.3%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	859	805	65,862	-6.3%	8,081.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	352	336	6,226	-4.5%	1,753.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	110	111	18,862	0.9%	16,892.8%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	736	749	25,582	1.8%	3,315.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	992	999	21,021	0.7%	2,004.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	211	259	774	22.7%	198.8%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	4,377	3,962	16,876	-9.5%	325.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	434	358	8,192	-17.5%	2,188.3%
510000	Production Occupations	1,184	1,066	13,998	-10.0%	1,213.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	768	814	11,503	6.0%	1,313.1%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	14		35	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	1,880	1,831	29,554	-2.6%	1,514.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	847	812	15,867	-4.1%	1,854.1%
	12 years	5,464	5,198	88,240	-4.9%	1,597.6%
	13-15 years	5,381	5,076	122,928	-5.7%	2,321.7%
	Over 15 years	2,432	2,414	59,191	-0.7%	2,352.0%
	Info. not available	709	653	591	-7.9%	-9.5%
Sex
	Male	9,720	9,198	123,611	-5.4%	1,243.9%
	Female	4,405	4,304	162,626	-2.3%	3,678.5%
	Unspecified	708	651	579	-8.1%	-11.1%
Age
	Under age 22	390	385	25,847	-1.3%	6,613.5%
	Age 22 to 29	2,520	2,366	66,962	-6.1%	2,730.2%
	Age 30 to 39	3,682	3,370	70,533	-8.5%	1,993.0%
	Age 40 to 49	2,919	2,793	48,401	-4.3%	1,632.9%
	Age 50 to 59	3,208	3,132	44,604	-2.4%	1,324.1%
	Age 60 to 64	968	987	17,471	2.0%	1,670.1%
	Age 65 and over	382	411	10,934	7.6%	2,560.3%
	Info. not available	764	709	2,065	-7.2%	191.3%
Race
	White	11,125	10,723	224,046	-3.6%	1,989.4%
	Black or African American,	1,092	998	19,501	-8.6%	1,854.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	197	191	3,200	-3.0%	1,575.4%
	Asian	311	309	12,931	-0.6%	4,084.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	37	21	537	-43.2%	2,457.1%
	Race Unknown	2,071	1,911	26,588	-7.7%	1,291.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	12,093	11,673	248,825	-3.5%	2,031.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	692	561	14,213	-18.9%	2,433.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,048	1,919	23,779	-6.3%	1,139.1%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	280	199	3,337	-28.9%	1,576.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	323	284	3,773	-12.1%	1,228.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,178	1,108	16,785	-5.9%	1,414.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	344	348	8,274	1.2%	2,277.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	441	457	8,107	3.6%	1,674.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	289	323	4,565	11.8%	1,313.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	80	127	1,419	58.8%	1,017.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	606	642	8,435	5.9%	1,213.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,183	1,051	22,060	-11.2%	1,999.0%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	183	188	3,187	2.7%	1,595.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	702	649	10,832	-7.5%	1,569.0%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,162	1,081	19,867	-7.0%	1,737.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,622	6,338	168,704	-4.3%	2,561.8%

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

March 2020

Minnesota