Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 7W- Central	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,860	1,696	2,097	-8.8 %	23.6 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	4	4	4	0.0 %	0.0 %
21	Mining	6	2	4	-66.7 %	100.0 %
22	Utilities	29	17	7	-41.4 %	-58.8 %
23	Construction	484	439	382	-9.3 %	-13.0 %
31	Manufacturing	274	212	817	-22.6 %	285.4 %
42	Wholesale Trade	84	52	52	-38.1 %	0.0 %
44	Retail Trade	159	156	114	-1.9 %	-26.9 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	49	24	38	-51.0 %	58.3 %
51	Information	22	26	13	18.2 %	-50.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	41	32	30	-22.0 %	-6.3 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	14	18	9	28.6 %	-50.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	75	78	48	4.0 %	-38.5 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	25	40	-40.5 %	60.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	154	165	181	7.1 %	9.7 %
61	Educational Services	37	40	29	8.1 %	-27.5 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	142	129	113	-9.2 %	-12.4 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	9	16	11	77.8 %	-31.3 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	90	71	56	-21.1 %	-21.1 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	42	53	38	26.2 %	-28.3 %
92	Public Administration	57	26	28	-54.4 %	7.7 %
99	Unclassified	46	111	83	141.3 %	-25.2 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	61	45	35	-26.2 %	-22.2 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	52	55	44	5.8 %	-20.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	24	12	16	-50.0 %	33.3 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	25	17	12	-32.0 %	-29.4 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations			2	0.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	12	6	6	-50.0 %	0.0 %
230000	Legal Occupations	5	6	1	20.0 %	-83.3 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	25	23	30	-8.0 %	30.4 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	18	13	14	-27.8 %	7.7 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	38	36	37	-5.3 %	2.8 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	58	68	48	17.2 %	-29.4 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	7	6	3	-14.3 %	-50.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	87	76	79	-12.6 %	3.9 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	25	21	-7.4 %	-16.0 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	23	17	29	-26.1 %	70.6 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	142	142	99	0.0 %	-30.3 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	131	97	89	-26.0 %	-8.2 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	7	7	8	0.0 %	14.3 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	527	522	424	-0.9 %	-18.8 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	75	68	68	-9.3 %	0.0 %
510000	Production Occupations	244	206	755	-15.6 %	266.5 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	95	73	65	-23.2 %	-11.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	16	8	12	-50.0 %	50.0 %
990000	Unknown	161	168	200	4.3 %	19.0 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	121	118	210	-2.5 %	78.0 %
	12 years	796	697	1,007	-12.4 %	44.5 %
	13-15 years	733	700	723	-4.5 %	3.3 %
	Over 15 years	210	181	157	-13.8 %	-13.3 %
Sex
	Male	1,206	1,131	1,354	-6.2 %	19.7 %
	Female	652	565	743	-13.3 %	31.5 %
Age
	Under age 22	89	89	49	0.0 %	-44.9 %
	Age 22 to 29	429	386	335	-10.0 %	-13.2 %
	Age 30 to 39	477	423	488	-11.3 %	15.4 %
	Age 40 to 49	440	383	563	-13.0 %	47.0 %
	Age 50 to 59	348	314	522	-9.8 %	66.2 %
	Age 60 to 64	48	72	109	50.0 %	51.4 %
	Age 65 and over	23	27	28	17.4 %	3.7 %
	Info. not available	6	2	3	-66.7 %	50.0 %
Race
	White	1,715	1,556	1,747	-9.3 %	12.3 %
	Black or African American,	36	50	143	38.9 %	186.0 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	9	7	7	-22.2 %	0.0 %
	Asian	11	16	89	45.5 %	456.3 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	3		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	86	67	110	-22.1 %	64.2 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,667	1,510	1,827	-9.4 %	21.0 %
	Hispanic or Latino	36	33	45	-8.3 %	36.4 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	157	153	225	-2.5 %	47.1 %

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 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,860	1,696	2,097	-8.8 %	23.6 %
	Benton County	201	218	287	8.5 %	31.7 %
	Sherburne County	450	410	390	-8.9 %	-4.9 %
	Stearns County	625	540	950	-13.6 %	75.9 %
	Wright County	584	528	470	-9.6 %	-11.0 %
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 7W- Central