Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2012

	EDR 4 - West Central	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	975	698	594	-28.4 %	-14.9 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	27	17	14	-37.0 %	-17.6 %
21	Mining	8			0.0 %	0.0 %
22	Utilities	1	3		200.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	235	176	171	-25.1 %	-2.8 %
31	Manufacturing	179	85	72	-52.5 %	-15.3 %
42	Wholesale Trade	39	21	16	-46.2 %	-23.8 %
44	Retail Trade	81	69	41	-14.8 %	-40.6 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	22	12	19	-45.5 %	58.3 %
51	Information	7	1	4	-85.7 %	300.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	12	9	5	-25.0 %	-44.4 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	5	4	1	-20.0 %	-75.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	12	19	16	58.3 %	-15.8 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	16	10	60.0 %	-37.5 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	76	62	42	-18.4 %	-32.3 %
61	Educational Services	20	8	12	-60.0 %	50.0 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	80	59	51	-26.3 %	-13.6 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11	7	3	-36.4 %	-57.1 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	70	37	42	-47.1 %	13.5 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	29	20	16	-31.0 %	-20.0 %
92	Public Administration	26	22	11	-15.4 %	-50.0 %
99	Unclassified	25	51	48	104.0 %	-5.9 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	26	12	10	-53.8 %	-16.7 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	9	8	3	-11.1 %	-62.5 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	1	6	3	500.0 %	-50.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	5	5	4	0.0 %	-20.0 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations		1	2	0.0 %	100.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	5	3	5	-40.0 %	66.7 %
230000	Legal Occupations	1	3	1	200.0 %	-66.7 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12	6	10	-50.0 %	66.7 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	4	2	2	-50.0 %	0.0 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	23	13	10	-43.5 %	-23.1 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	25	30	17	20.0 %	-43.3 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	7	2	1	-71.4 %	-50.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	101	51	47	-49.5 %	-7.8 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	23	21	19	-8.7 %	-9.5 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	20	19	14	-5.0 %	-26.3 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	51	48	33	-5.9 %	-31.3 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	34	29	25	-14.7 %	-13.8 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	35	20	12	-42.9 %	-40.0 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	267	195	189	-27.0 %	-3.1 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	44	28	19	-36.4 %	-32.1 %
510000	Production Occupations	140	68	71	-51.4 %	4.4 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	47	29	36	-38.3 %	24.1 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	6	2	4	-66.7 %	100.0 %
990000	Unknown	89	97	57	9.0 %	-41.2 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	94	61	50	-35.1 %	-18.0 %
	12 years	450	311	282	-30.9 %	-9.3 %
	13-15 years	353	287	210	-18.7 %	-26.8 %
	Over 15 years	78	39	51	-50.0 %	30.8 %
	Info. not available			1	0.0 %	0.0 %
Sex
	Male	651	454	395	-30.3 %	-13.0 %
	Female	324	241	199	-25.6 %	-17.4 %
Age
	Under age 22	63	41	31	-34.9 %	-24.4 %
	Age 22 to 29	240	169	116	-29.6 %	-31.4 %
	Age 30 to 39	189	137	130	-27.5 %	-5.1 %
	Age 40 to 49	197	143	126	-27.4 %	-11.9 %
	Age 50 to 59	190	145	137	-23.7 %	-5.5 %
	Age 60 to 64	65	42	33	-35.4 %	-21.4 %
	Age 65 and over	27	17	20	-37.0 %	17.6 %
	Info. not available	4	4	1	0.0 %	-75.0 %
Race
	White	886	637	525	-28.1 %	-17.6 %
	Black or African American,	13	10	9	-23.1 %	-10.0 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	17	23	21	35.3 %	-8.7 %
	Asian	5	2	2	-60.0 %	0.0 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander		2	3	0.0 %	50.0 %
	Race Unknown	54	24	34	-55.6 %	41.7 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	850	624	518	-26.6 %	-17.0 %
	Hispanic or Latino	34	12	11	-64.7 %	-8.3 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	91	62	65	-31.9 %	4.8 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	414	401	331	-3.1 %	-17.5 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	626	402	353	-35.8 %	-12.2 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,990	1,550	1,431	-22.1 %	-7.7 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	975	698	594	-28.4 %	-14.9 %
	Becker County	235	139	130	-40.9 %	-6.5 %
	Clay County	110	101	86	-8.2 %	-14.9 %
	Douglas County	195	140	99	-28.2 %	-29.3 %
	Grant County	40	21	23	-47.5 %	9.5 %
	Otter Tail County	296	221	199	-25.3 %	-10.0 %
	Pope County	46	30	30	-34.8 %	0.0 %
	Stevens County	35	30	13	-14.3 %	-56.7 %
	Traverse County	7	2	2	-71.4 %	0.0 %
	Wilkin County	11	14	12	27.3 %	-14.3 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,188	863	889	-27.4 %	3.0 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	648	647	533	-0.2 %	-17.6 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	142	139	-46.8 %	-2.1 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,197	1,029	961	-14.0 %	-6.6 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,733	2,009	1,934	-26.5 %	-3.7 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	470	430	370	-8.5 %	-14.0 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,466	1,084	958	-26.1 %	-11.6 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,633	2,064	1,904	-21.6 %	-7.8 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	14,530	11,431	10,607	-21.3 %	-7.2 %

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

February 2012

EDR 4 - West Central