Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 4 - West Central	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	744	685	482	-7.9 %	-29.6 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	6	15	9	150.0 %	-40.0 %
21	Mining	3	1		-66.7 %	0.0 %
22	Utilities	2	2		0.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	128	112	94	-12.5 %	-16.1 %
31	Manufacturing	185	119	65	-35.7 %	-45.4 %
42	Wholesale Trade	33	16	17	-51.5 %	6.3 %
44	Retail Trade	52	45	30	-13.5 %	-33.3 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	29	30	35	3.4 %	16.7 %
51	Information	4	3	6	-25.0 %	100.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	10	4	2	-60.0 %	-50.0 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	4	4	2	0.0 %	-50.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	21	26	15	23.8 %	-42.3 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	14	6	16.7 %	-57.1 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	45	35	43	-22.2 %	22.9 %
61	Educational Services	10	12	8	20.0 %	-33.3 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	79	68	63	-13.9 %	-7.4 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	5	11	8	120.0 %	-27.3 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	48	42	30	-12.5 %	-28.6 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16	18	8	12.5 %	-55.6 %
92	Public Administration	26	19	10	-26.9 %	-47.4 %
99	Unclassified	26	89	31	242.3 %	-65.2 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	14	7	-22.2 %	-50.0 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	14	13	5	-7.1 %	-61.5 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	7	2	3	-71.4 %	50.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	26	3	3	-88.5 %	0.0 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	1	2	3	100.0 %	50.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	2	9	7	350.0 %	-22.2 %
230000	Legal Occupations	6	1		-83.3 %	0.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	6	7	5	16.7 %	-28.6 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	2	4	3	100.0 %	-25.0 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	30	15	15	-50.0 %	0.0 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	37	37	41	0.0 %	10.8 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations		4	2	0.0 %	-50.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	52	52	41	0.0 %	-21.2 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	9	14	12	55.6 %	-14.3 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	9	11	10	22.2 %	-9.1 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	47	38	23	-19.1 %	-39.5 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	45	23	20	-48.9 %	-13.0 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	16	19	11	18.8 %	-42.1 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	131	184	94	40.5 %	-48.9 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	24	27	15	12.5 %	-44.4 %
510000	Production Occupations	117	73	70	-37.6 %	-4.1 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	49	56	47	14.3 %	-16.1 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	9	8		-11.1 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	84	69	45	-17.9 %	-34.8 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	56	60	42	7.1 %	-30.0 %
	12 years	267	285	211	6.7 %	-26.0 %
	13-15 years	348	271	194	-22.1 %	-28.4 %
	Over 15 years	73	69	34	-5.5 %	-50.7 %
	Info. not available			1	0.0 %	0.0 %
Sex
	Male	434	439	288	1.2 %	-34.4 %
	Female	310	245	194	-21.0 %	-20.8 %
Age
	Under age 22	45	23	16	-48.9 %	-30.4 %
	Age 22 to 29	140	139	76	-0.7 %	-45.3 %
	Age 30 to 39	164	143	96	-12.8 %	-32.9 %
	Age 40 to 49	165	147	109	-10.9 %	-25.9 %
	Age 50 to 59	164	160	126	-2.4 %	-21.3 %
	Age 60 to 64	40	48	39	20.0 %	-18.8 %
	Age 65 and over	24	20	18	-16.7 %	-10.0 %
	Info. not available	2	5	2	150.0 %	-60.0 %
Race
	White	679	635	432	-6.5 %	-32.0 %
	Black or African American,	15	6	11	-60.0 %	83.3 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	12	11	9.1 %	-8.3 %
	Asian	2	2	1	0.0 %	-50.0 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	2		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	35	30	26	-14.3 %	-13.3 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	661	625	426	-5.4 %	-31.8 %
	Hispanic or Latino	20	9	13	-55.0 %	44.4 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	63	51	43	-19.0 %	-15.7 %

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 %
	Becker County	126	176	93	39.7 %	-47.2 %
	Clay County	88	102	75	15.9 %	-26.5 %
	Douglas County	224	131	93	-41.5 %	-29.0 %
	Grant County	16	20	15	25.0 %	-25.0 %
	Otter Tail County	194	190	168	-2.1 %	-11.6 %
	Pope County	50	22	19	-56.0 %	-13.6 %
	Stevens County	17	20	10	17.6 %	-50.0 %
	Traverse County	6	6	5	0.0 %	-16.7 %
	Wilkin County	23	18	4	-21.7 %	-77.8 %
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 4 - West Central