Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,582	1,534	1,378	-3.0 %	-10.2 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	41	77	52	87.8 %	-32.5 %
21	Mining	7	9	16	28.6 %	77.8 %
22	Utilities	8	5	2	-37.5 %	-60.0 %
23	Construction	400	383	357	-4.3 %	-6.8 %
31	Manufacturing	93	114	82	22.6 %	-28.1 %
42	Wholesale Trade	44	38	23	-13.6 %	-39.5 %
44	Retail Trade	108	87	126	-19.4 %	44.8 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	39	31	29	-20.5 %	-6.5 %
51	Information	11	17	9	54.5 %	-47.1 %
52	Finance and Insurance	28	15	12	-46.4 %	-20.0 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	29	32	12	10.3 %	-62.5 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	52	55	53	5.8 %	-3.6 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	14	6	27.3 %	-57.1 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	107	83	94	-22.4 %	13.3 %
61	Educational Services	35	26	29	-25.7 %	11.5 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	181	161	155	-11.0 %	-3.7 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	72	74	62	2.8 %	-16.2 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	166	116	96	-30.1 %	-17.2 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	43	42	27	-2.3 %	-35.7 %
92	Public Administration	55	59	48	7.3 %	-18.6 %
99	Unclassified	52	96	88	84.6 %	-8.3 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	27	28	33	3.7 %	17.9 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	24	26	20	8.3 %	-23.1 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	6	7	8	16.7 %	14.3 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	7	3	4	-57.1 %	33.3 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	1	2		100.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	12	7	15	-41.7 %	114.3 %
230000	Legal Occupations	3	5	4	66.7 %	-20.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	15	19	21	26.7 %	10.5 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	12	11	18	-8.3 %	63.6 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	53	42	41	-20.8 %	-2.4 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	85	82	70	-3.5 %	-14.6 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	7	6	7	-14.3 %	16.7 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	176	149	101	-15.3 %	-32.2 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	45	36	35	-20.0 %	-2.8 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	38	24	31	-36.8 %	29.2 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	111	80	109	-27.9 %	36.3 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	98	83	70	-15.3 %	-15.7 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	29	70	43	141.4 %	-38.6 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	401	407	380	1.5 %	-6.6 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	58	74	67	27.6 %	-9.5 %
510000	Production Occupations	88	119	59	35.2 %	-50.4 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	75	74	77	-1.3 %	4.1 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	14	13	9	-7.1 %	-30.8 %
990000	Unknown	197	167	156	-15.2 %	-6.6 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	120	94	82	-21.7 %	-12.8 %
	12 years	649	647	550	-0.3 %	-15.0 %
	13-15 years	669	638	594	-4.6 %	-6.9 %
	Over 15 years	144	155	151	7.6 %	-2.6 %
	Info. not available			1	0.0 %	0.0 %
Sex
	Male	966	1,025	905	6.1 %	-11.7 %
	Female	615	509	473	-17.2 %	-7.1 %
Age
	Under age 22	92	67	42	-27.2 %	-37.3 %
	Age 22 to 29	341	294	253	-13.8 %	-13.9 %
	Age 30 to 39	332	311	348	-6.3 %	11.9 %
	Age 40 to 49	365	383	285	4.9 %	-25.6 %
	Age 50 to 59	359	386	347	7.5 %	-10.1 %
	Age 60 to 64	65	68	69	4.6 %	1.5 %
	Age 65 and over	25	21	27	-16.0 %	28.6 %
	Info. not available	3	4	7	33.3 %	75.0 %
Race
	White	1,429	1,415	1,249	-1.0 %	-11.7 %
	Black or African American,	24	11	18	-54.2 %	63.6 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	55	39	42	-29.1 %	7.7 %
	Asian	5	3	4	-40.0 %	33.3 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	2	2		0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	66	63	65	-4.5 %	3.2 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,420	1,384	1,234	-2.5 %	-10.8 %
	Hispanic or Latino	18	10	13	-44.4 %	30.0 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	144	140	131	-2.8 %	-6.4 %

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 %
	Aitkin County	84	65	53	-22.6 %	-18.5 %
	Carlton County	148	151	141	2.0 %	-6.6 %
	Cook County	38	52	46	36.8 %	-11.5 %
	Itasca County	299	223	245	-25.4 %	9.9 %
	Koochiching County	82	99	64	20.7 %	-35.4 %
	Lake County	58	95	55	63.8 %	-42.1 %
	Saint Louis County	873	849	774	-2.7 %	-8.8 %
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

EDR 3 - Arrowhead