Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

April 2012

	Minnesota	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	24,381	21,376	19,695	-12.3 %	-7.9 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	144	215	159	49.3 %	-26.0 %
21	Mining	35	32	38	-8.6 %	18.8 %
22	Utilities	122	102	38	-16.4 %	-62.7 %
23	Construction	4,153	3,574	3,313	-13.9 %	-7.3 %
31	Manufacturing	3,160	2,333	2,919	-26.2 %	25.1 %
42	Wholesale Trade	957	679	667	-29.0 %	-1.8 %
44	Retail Trade	2,124	1,716	1,563	-19.2 %	-8.9 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	799	653	615	-18.3 %	-5.8 %
51	Information	412	326	298	-20.9 %	-8.6 %
52	Finance and Insurance	616	488	394	-20.8 %	-19.3 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	315	421	229	33.7 %	-45.6 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,303	1,167	1,049	-10.4 %	-10.1 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	484	293	288	-39.5 %	-1.7 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	2,067	2,065	2,017	-0.1 %	-2.3 %
61	Educational Services	648	483	388	-25.5 %	-19.7 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	2,362	1,903	1,679	-19.4 %	-11.8 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	392	416	321	6.1 %	-22.8 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,624	1,371	1,167	-15.6 %	-14.9 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	697	606	534	-13.1 %	-11.9 %
92	Public Administration	745	425	374	-43.0 %	-12.0 %
99	Unclassified	1,222	2,108	1,645	72.5 %	-22.0 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	763	691	599	-9.4 %	-13.3 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	854	859	674	0.6 %	-21.5 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	445	324	344	-27.2 %	6.2 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	361	237	195	-34.3 %	-17.7 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	34	34	34	0.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	160	154	130	-3.8 %	-15.6 %
230000	Legal Occupations	145	121	116	-16.6 %	-4.1 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	454	394	337	-13.2 %	-14.5 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	468	343	285	-26.7 %	-16.9 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	598	484	425	-19.1 %	-12.2 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	1,039	974	799	-6.3 %	-18.0 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	134	101	104	-24.6 %	3.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,797	1,525	1,323	-15.1 %	-13.2 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	423	389	380	-8.0 %	-2.3 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	438	346	325	-21.0 %	-6.1 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	2,246	1,815	1,613	-19.2 %	-11.1 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,708	1,420	1,284	-16.9 %	-9.6 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	191	230	195	20.4 %	-15.2 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	4,332	4,106	3,568	-5.2 %	-13.1 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	833	705	717	-15.4 %	1.7 %
510000	Production Occupations	2,657	2,221	2,708	-16.4 %	21.9 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	1,081	1,047	946	-3.1 %	-9.6 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	208	102	85	-51.0 %	-16.7 %
990000	Unknown	2,997	2,754	2,508	-8.1 %	-8.9 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,739	1,540	1,349	-11.4 %	-12.4 %
	12 years	9,130	7,949	7,424	-12.9 %	-6.6 %
	13-15 years	9,055	7,918	7,310	-12.6 %	-7.7 %
	Over 15 years	3,923	3,434	3,075	-12.5 %	-10.5 %
	Info. not available	534	535	537	0.2 %	0.4 %
Sex
	Male	14,224	12,788	11,765	-10.1 %	-8.0 %
	Female	9,618	8,052	7,399	-16.3 %	-8.1 %
	Unspecified	539	535	530	-0.7 %	-0.9 %
Age
	Under age 22	1,171	838	685	-28.4 %	-18.3 %
	Age 22 to 29	5,216	4,510	3,750	-13.5 %	-16.9 %
	Age 30 to 39	5,459	4,733	4,385	-13.3 %	-7.4 %
	Age 40 to 49	5,514	4,771	4,441	-13.5 %	-6.9 %
	Age 50 to 59	4,796	4,458	4,380	-7.0 %	-1.7 %
	Age 60 to 64	1,140	1,056	1,060	-7.4 %	0.4 %
	Age 65 and over	496	413	410	-16.7 %	-0.7 %
	Info. not available	589	597	584	1.4 %	-2.2 %
Race
	White	19,552	17,129	15,327	-12.4 %	-10.5 %
	Black or African American,	1,695	1,525	1,595	-10.0 %	4.6 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	300	272	248	-9.3 %	-8.8 %
	Asian	716	523	553	-27.0 %	5.7 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	54	35	35	-35.2 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	2,063	1,891	1,937	-8.3 %	2.4 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	20,843	18,242	16,724	-12.5 %	-8.3 %
	Hispanic or Latino	824	709	650	-14.0 %	-8.3 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,714	2,425	2,321	-10.6 %	-4.3 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	434	331	305	-23.7 %	-7.9 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	382	489	440	28.0 %	-10.0 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,582	1,534	1,378	-3.0 %	-10.2 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	744	685	482	-7.9 %	-29.6 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	745	684	722	-8.2 %	5.6 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	563	511	451	-9.2 %	-11.7 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	168	102	104	-39.3 %	2.0 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	935	870	751	-7.0 %	-13.7 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,860	1,696	2,097	-8.8 %	23.6 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	349	230	219	-34.1 %	-4.8 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,085	847	888	-21.9 %	4.8 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,889	1,771	1,419	-6.2 %	-19.9 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,209	10,259	9,165	-16.0 %	-10.7 %

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Perm. Layoff Initials New and reactivated applications due to a permanent loss of job.

Regular Continuing The number of ongoing applications during the week including the 12th for benefits under the regular state UI program.

Perm. Layoff Continuing The number of ongoing applications during the week including the 12th for benefits under the regular state UI program due to permanent loss of job.

Extended Continuing The number of ongoing applications during the week including the 12th for benefits under any federal or state extensions.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

April 2012

Minnesota