Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

May 2013

	Minnesota	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2013 Claims	2011/ 2012 % Change	2012/ 2013 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	21,939	20,026	18,845	-8.7 %	-5.9 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	105	140	83	33.3 %	-40.7 %
21	Mining	53	52	53	-1.9 %	1.9 %
22	Utilities	210	104	136	-50.5 %	30.8 %
23	Construction	3,347	3,074	2,978	-8.2 %	-3.1 %
31	Manufacturing	2,504	2,195	2,405	-12.3 %	9.6 %
42	Wholesale Trade	701	617	628	-12.0 %	1.8 %
44	Retail Trade	1,718	1,553	1,352	-9.6 %	-12.9 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	588	503	555	-14.5 %	10.3 %
51	Information	420	284	249	-32.4 %	-12.3 %
52	Finance and Insurance	440	391	383	-11.1 %	-2.0 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	327	214	246	-34.6 %	15.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	1,103	912	1,059	-17.3 %	16.1 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	304	314	267	3.3 %	-15.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	2,043	2,107	1,780	3.1 %	-15.5 %
61	Educational Services	700	618	573	-11.7 %	-7.3 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	2,074	1,746	1,501	-15.8 %	-14.0 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	351	321	329	-8.5 %	2.5 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,598	1,469	1,425	-8.1 %	-3.0 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	1,181	1,014	1,056	-14.1 %	4.1 %
92	Public Administration	369	225	349	-39.0 %	55.1 %
99	Unclassified	1,803	2,173	1,438	20.5 %	-33.8 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	680	627	678	-7.8 %	8.1 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	798	664	637	-16.8 %	-4.1 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	325	313	320	-3.7 %	2.2 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	207	192	370	-7.2 %	92.7 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	34	32	44	-5.9 %	37.5 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	168	151	144	-10.1 %	-4.6 %
230000	Legal Occupations	117	98	140	-16.2 %	42.9 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	1,047	923	1,002	-11.8 %	8.6 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	370	312	320	-15.7 %	2.6 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	505	427	406	-15.4 %	-4.9 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	992	880	706	-11.3 %	-19.8 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	106	80	67	-24.5 %	-16.3 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	1,813	1,706	1,565	-5.9 %	-8.3 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	373	305	283	-18.2 %	-7.2 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	392	332	283	-15.3 %	-14.8 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,753	1,583	1,401	-9.7 %	-11.5 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	1,508	1,276	1,159	-15.4 %	-9.2 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	170	189	129	11.2 %	-31.7 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	3,771	3,403	3,548	-9.8 %	4.3 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	710	656	559	-7.6 %	-14.8 %
510000	Production Occupations	2,392	2,235	1,982	-6.6 %	-11.3 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	869	806	838	-7.2 %	4.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	58	513	84	784.5 %	-83.6 %
990000	Unknown	2,781	2,317	2,180	-16.7 %	-5.9 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,439	1,268	1,112	-11.9 %	-12.3 %
	12 years	8,066	7,375	6,631	-8.6 %	-10.1 %
	13-15 years	8,164	7,518	7,093	-7.9 %	-5.7 %
	Over 15 years	3,753	3,402	3,626	-9.4 %	6.6 %
	Info. not available	517	463	383	-10.4 %	-17.3 %
Sex
	Male	12,273	11,354	10,851	-7.5 %	-4.4 %
	Female	9,148	8,212	7,613	-10.2 %	-7.3 %
	Unspecified	518	460	381	-11.2 %	-17.2 %
Age
	Under age 22	815	866	539	6.3 %	-37.8 %
	Age 22 to 29	4,478	4,185	3,466	-6.5 %	-17.2 %
	Age 30 to 39	4,784	4,446	4,249	-7.1 %	-4.4 %
	Age 40 to 49	4,946	4,297	4,188	-13.1 %	-2.5 %
	Age 50 to 59	4,643	4,258	4,466	-8.3 %	4.9 %
	Age 60 to 64	1,168	975	1,060	-16.5 %	8.7 %
	Age 65 and over	508	471	427	-7.3 %	-9.3 %
	Info. not available	597	528	450	-11.6 %	-14.8 %
Race
	White	17,433	15,763	14,727	-9.6 %	-6.6 %
	Black or African American,	1,590	1,601	1,496	0.7 %	-6.6 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	303	270	294	-10.9 %	8.9 %
	Asian	570	498	490	-12.6 %	-1.6 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	48	37	31	-22.9 %	-16.2 %
	Race Unknown	1,995	1,857	1,807	-6.9 %	-2.7 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	18,833	17,118	16,157	-9.1 %	-5.6 %
	Hispanic or Latino	712	739	699	3.8 %	-5.4 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	2,394	2,169	1,989	-9.4 %	-8.3 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	495	355	254	-28.3 %	-28.5 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	417	377	306	-9.6 %	-18.8 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,541	1,488	1,460	-3.4 %	-1.9 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	563	528	488	-6.2 %	-7.6 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	779	649	657	-16.7 %	1.2 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	531	424	426	-20.2 %	0.5 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	150	100	189	-33.3 %	89.0 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	792	731	627	-7.7 %	-14.2 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,783	1,616	1,588	-9.4 %	-1.7 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	444	379	326	-14.6 %	-14.0 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	890	965	769	8.4 %	-20.3 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,686	1,597	1,438	-5.3 %	-10.0 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,363	9,529	9,080	-8.0 %	-4.7 %

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

May 2013

Minnesota