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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

January 2021

	Minnesota	2019 Claims	2020 Claims	2021 Claims	2019/ 2020 % Change	2020/ 2021 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	24,535	21,306	56,309	-13.2%	164.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	252	227	389	-9.9%	71.4%
21	Mining	125	94	165	-24.8%	75.5%
22	Utilities	185	137	237	-25.9%	73.0%
23	Construction	8,995	7,222	10,357	-19.7%	43.4%
31	Manufacturing	2,604	2,943	6,064	13.0%	106.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	761	723	1,769	-5.0%	144.7%
44	Retail Trade	1,347	1,242	6,109	-7.8%	391.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	685	688	2,268	0.4%	229.7%
51	Information	221	228	930	3.2%	307.9%
52	Finance and Insurance	393	373	1,084	-5.1%	190.6%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	172	178	607	3.5%	241.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,062	933	2,461	-12.1%	163.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	307	370	1,066	20.5%	188.1%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,928	1,668	3,641	-13.5%	118.3%
61	Educational Services	352	283	1,761	-19.6%	522.3%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,155	1,032	6,416	-10.6%	521.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	251	233	834	-7.2%	257.9%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,036	976	5,127	-5.8%	425.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	512	484	2,323	-5.5%	380.0%
92	Public Administration	1,201	385	1,196	-67.9%	210.6%
99	Unclassified	991	887	1,504	-10.5%	69.6%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	1,135	970	2,558	-14.5%	163.7%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	554	399	1,492	-28.0%	273.9%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	440	337	657	-23.4%	95.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	242	233	662	-3.7%	184.1%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	133	44	130	-66.9%	195.5%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	131	120	408	-8.4%	240.0%
230000	Legal Occupations	112	60	165	-46.4%	175.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	222	178	1,423	-19.8%	699.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	313	275	899	-12.1%	226.9%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	231	235	1,308	1.7%	456.6%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	430	391	2,715	-9.1%	594.4%
330000	Protective Service Occupations	121	80	348	-33.9%	335.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	918	821	6,039	-10.6%	635.6%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	511	558	1,591	9.2%	185.1%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	116	162	1,740	39.7%	974.1%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,051	958	5,178	-8.8%	440.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,566	1,147	2,551	-26.8%	122.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	410	314	585	-23.4%	86.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	9,525	7,801	10,781	-18.1%	38.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	562	534	1,548	-5.0%	189.9%
510000	Production Occupations	1,649	1,950	4,612	18.3%	136.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	1,362	1,204	2,910	-11.6%	141.7%
550000	Military Specific Occupations	13	17	46	30.8%	170.6%
990000	Unknown	2,788	2,517	5,963	-9.7%	136.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,491	1,383	5,004	-7.2%	261.8%
	12 years	9,877	8,832	20,654	-10.6%	133.9%
	13-15 years	8,627	7,474	18,435	-13.4%	146.7%
	Over 15 years	3,887	3,035	12,207	-21.9%	302.2%
	Info. not available	653	582		-10.9%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	17,559	15,385	33,736	-12.4%	119.3%
	Female	6,325	5,340	22,570	-15.6%	322.7%
	Unspecified	650	581		-10.6%	0.0%
Age
	Under age 22	830	748	5,638	-9.9%	653.7%
	Age 22 to 29	4,477	3,736	11,202	-16.6%	199.8%
	Age 30 to 39	6,225	5,288	12,593	-15.1%	138.1%
	Age 40 to 49	4,810	4,325	10,189	-10.1%	135.6%
	Age 50 to 59	5,102	4,352	9,809	-14.7%	125.4%
	Age 60 to 64	1,645	1,536	3,850	-6.6%	150.7%
	Age 65 and over	701	661	2,528	-5.7%	282.5%
	Info. not available	745	660	500	-11.4%	-24.2%
Race
	White	19,502	16,620	40,710	-14.8%	144.9%
	Black or African American,	1,346	1,402	6,887	4.2%	391.2%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	321	274	682	-14.6%	148.9%
	Asian	468	430	2,549	-8.1%	492.8%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	61	34	115	-44.3%	238.2%
	Race Unknown	2,836	2,546	5,365	-10.2%	110.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	20,548	17,667	48,001	-14.0%	171.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	1,149	1,111	3,643	-3.3%	227.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,838	2,528	4,665	-10.9%	84.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	606	651	735	7.4%	12.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	444	355	693	-20.0%	95.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,749	1,460	3,584	-16.5%	145.5%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	726	624	1,573	-14.0%	152.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	862	722	1,715	-16.2%	137.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	566	472	1,115	-16.6%	136.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	232	202	325	-12.9%	60.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,288	1,007	2,142	-21.8%	112.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,198	1,947	4,563	-11.4%	134.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	526	417	992	-20.7%	137.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,140	1,019	2,459	-10.6%	141.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,832	1,632	4,700	-10.9%	188.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,255	8,920	29,917	-13.0%	235.4%

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

January 2021

Minnesota