Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 7E- East Central	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	935	870	751	-7.0 %	-13.7 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	7	13	6	85.7 %	-53.8 %
21	Mining	1	2	2	100.0 %	0.0 %
22	Utilities	9	8	3	-11.1 %	-62.5 %
23	Construction	301	266	267	-11.6 %	0.4 %
31	Manufacturing	114	85	95	-25.4 %	11.8 %
42	Wholesale Trade	32	16	18	-50.0 %	12.5 %
44	Retail Trade	67	63	52	-6.0 %	-17.5 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	31	23	15	-25.8 %	-34.8 %
51	Information	10	9	5	-10.0 %	-44.4 %
52	Finance and Insurance	9	14	10	55.6 %	-28.6 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	8	6	4	-25.0 %	-33.3 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	30	43	24	43.3 %	-44.2 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	3	6	-78.6 %	100.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	48	71	51	47.9 %	-28.2 %
61	Educational Services	15	11	7	-26.7 %	-36.4 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	83	73	59	-12.0 %	-19.2 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	26	25	22	-3.8 %	-12.0 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	44	38	36	-13.6 %	-5.3 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	23	25	24	8.7 %	-4.0 %
92	Public Administration	38	19	13	-50.0 %	-31.6 %
99	Unclassified	25	57	32	128.0 %	-43.9 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	17	19	17	11.8 %	-10.5 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	17	13	14	-23.5 %	7.7 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	2	7	4	250.0 %	-42.9 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	6	7	6	16.7 %	-14.3 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	9	6	4	-33.3 %	-33.3 %
230000	Legal Occupations	4	2		-50.0 %	0.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	11	6	6	-45.5 %	0.0 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	6	5	5	-16.7 %	0.0 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	21	14	10	-33.3 %	-28.6 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	37	40	34	8.1 %	-15.0 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	3	1	5	-66.7 %	400.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	59	43	42	-27.1 %	-2.3 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	16	12	8	-25.0 %	-33.3 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	24	13	12	-45.8 %	-7.7 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	60	49	37	-18.3 %	-24.5 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	50	51	32	2.0 %	-37.3 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	7	6	6	-14.3 %	0.0 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	308	291	279	-5.5 %	-4.1 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	37	32	48	-13.5 %	50.0 %
510000	Production Occupations	92	88	84	-4.3 %	-4.5 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	45	54	34	20.0 %	-37.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	9	8	3	-11.1 %	-62.5 %
990000	Unknown	95	102	61	7.4 %	-40.2 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	76	73	53	-3.9 %	-27.4 %
	12 years	480	451	370	-6.0 %	-18.0 %
	13-15 years	318	306	297	-3.8 %	-2.9 %
	Over 15 years	61	40	31	-34.4 %	-22.5 %
Sex
	Male	614	594	523	-3.3 %	-12.0 %
	Female	321	276	228	-14.0 %	-17.4 %
Age
	Under age 22	50	44	25	-12.0 %	-43.2 %
	Age 22 to 29	208	200	143	-3.8 %	-28.5 %
	Age 30 to 39	234	196	193	-16.2 %	-1.5 %
	Age 40 to 49	200	206	177	3.0 %	-14.1 %
	Age 50 to 59	195	177	172	-9.2 %	-2.8 %
	Age 60 to 64	31	35	33	12.9 %	-5.7 %
	Age 65 and over	17	11	8	-35.3 %	-27.3 %
	Info. not available		1		0.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	873	808	702	-7.4 %	-13.1 %
	Black or African American,	6	7	2	16.7 %	-71.4 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	11	15	7	36.4 %	-53.3 %
	Asian	5	4	8	-20.0 %	100.0 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander		4	2	0.0 %	-50.0 %
	Race Unknown	40	32	30	-20.0 %	-6.3 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	823	767	674	-6.8 %	-12.1 %
	Hispanic or Latino	16	14	7	-12.5 %	-50.0 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	96	89	70	-7.3 %	-21.3 %

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 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	935	870	751	-7.0 %	-13.7 %
	Chisago County	260	277	228	6.5 %	-17.7 %
	Isanti County	259	216	176	-16.6 %	-18.5 %
	Kanabec County	116	99	102	-14.7 %	3.0 %
	Mille Lacs County	149	133	111	-10.7 %	-16.5 %
	Pine County	151	145	134	-4.0 %	-7.6 %
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 7E- East Central