Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	168	102	104	-39.3 %	2.0 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	2	1	1	-50.0 %	0.0 %
21	Mining		1		0.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	23	16	8	-30.4 %	-50.0 %
31	Manufacturing	22	25	42	13.6 %	68.0 %
42	Wholesale Trade	13	2	3	-84.6 %	50.0 %
44	Retail Trade	13	9	7	-30.8 %	-22.2 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	9	4	6	-55.6 %	50.0 %
51	Information		1	2	0.0 %	100.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	1		2	0.0 %	0.0 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	9	7	4	-22.2 %	-42.9 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	1		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	6	5	3	-16.7 %	-40.0 %
61	Educational Services	1	1		0.0 %	0.0 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	9	6	-65.4 %	-33.3 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	2	2	2	0.0 %	0.0 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	5	1	2	-80.0 %	100.0 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	3	2	4	-33.3 %	100.0 %
92	Public Administration	27	4	3	-85.2 %	-25.0 %
99	Unclassified	4	12	7	200.0 %	-41.7 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	3	4	1	33.3 %	-75.0 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	3	3	3	0.0 %	0.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0 %	0.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations			1	0.0 %	0.0 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	1			0.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	2	2		0.0 %	0.0 %
230000	Legal Occupations	1			0.0 %	0.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	2	3		50.0 %	0.0 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0 %	0.0 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	9	2		-77.8 %	0.0 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	9	4	5	-55.6 %	25.0 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	5	1		-80.0 %	0.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	7	6	3	-14.3 %	-50.0 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	4	1	1	-75.0 %	0.0 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	2	2		0.0 %	0.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	11	6	7	-45.5 %	16.7 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	9	5	9	-44.4 %	80.0 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	6	3	3	-50.0 %	0.0 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	26	23	14	-11.5 %	-39.1 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	3	2	1	-33.3 %	-50.0 %
510000	Production Occupations	18	18	32	0.0 %	77.8 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	5	8	-70.6 %	60.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	6			0.0 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	13	12	16	-7.7 %	33.3 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25	10	13	-60.0 %	30.0 %
	12 years	68	43	47	-36.8 %	9.3 %
	13-15 years	66	41	35	-37.9 %	-14.6 %
	Over 15 years	9	8	9	-11.1 %	12.5 %
Sex
	Male	103	56	60	-45.6 %	7.1 %
	Female	65	46	44	-29.2 %	-4.3 %
Age
	Under age 22	14	3	4	-78.6 %	33.3 %
	Age 22 to 29	44	22	25	-50.0 %	13.6 %
	Age 30 to 39	34	22	13	-35.3 %	-40.9 %
	Age 40 to 49	34	19	25	-44.1 %	31.6 %
	Age 50 to 59	27	23	32	-14.8 %	39.1 %
	Age 60 to 64	11	9	2	-18.2 %	-77.8 %
	Age 65 and over	4	4	3	0.0 %	-25.0 %
	Info. not available				0.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	153	92	98	-39.9 %	6.5 %
	Black or African American,	1	2		100.0 %	0.0 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1		-50.0 %	0.0 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	12	7	6	-41.7 %	-14.3 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	149	86	92	-42.3 %	7.0 %
	Hispanic or Latino	8	10	8	25.0 %	-20.0 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	11	6	4	-45.5 %	-33.3 %

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 %
	Big Stone County	15	11	10	-26.7 %	-9.1 %
	Chippewa County	52	37	42	-28.8 %	13.5 %
	Lac qui Parle County	22	12	13	-45.5 %	8.3 %
	Swift County	47	23	26	-51.1 %	13.0 %
	Yellow Medicine County	32	19	13	-40.6 %	-31.6 %
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 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley