Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	349	230	219	-34.1 %	-4.8 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	6	7	6	16.7 %	-14.3 %
21	Mining	1			0.0 %	0.0 %
22	Utilities	1		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	41	30	25	-26.8 %	-16.7 %
31	Manufacturing	95	40	43	-57.9 %	7.5 %
42	Wholesale Trade	24	9	8	-62.5 %	-11.1 %
44	Retail Trade	28	21	21	-25.0 %	0.0 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	11	14	11	27.3 %	-21.4 %
51	Information	2	1		-50.0 %	0.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	2	3	3	50.0 %	0.0 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	5	2	2	-60.0 %	0.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	7	10	8	42.9 %	-20.0 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	1	3	-75.0 %	200.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	11	17	0.0 %	54.5 %
61	Educational Services	5	9	5	80.0 %	-44.4 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	44	26	15	-40.9 %	-42.3 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	3	3	2	0.0 %	-33.3 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	13	14	-23.5 %	7.7 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	6	7	12	16.7 %	71.4 %
92	Public Administration	26	4	6	-84.6 %	50.0 %
99	Unclassified	10	19	17	90.0 %	-10.5 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	6	4	9	-33.3 %	125.0 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	4	5	6	25.0 %	20.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	2		2	0.0 %	0.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	3	2		-33.3 %	0.0 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations		1		0.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	5	2	1	-60.0 %	-50.0 %
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0 %	0.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	5	5	3	0.0 %	-40.0 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	2	2		0.0 %	0.0 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	7	3	4	-57.1 %	33.3 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	15	10	7	-33.3 %	-30.0 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	1	1		0.0 %	0.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	19	20	17	5.3 %	-15.0 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	3	9	7	200.0 %	-22.2 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	8	4	4	-50.0 %	0.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	21	12	15	-42.9 %	25.0 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	14	10	15	-28.6 %	50.0 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	11	9	9	-18.2 %	0.0 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	54	36	39	-33.3 %	8.3 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	5	6	-50.0 %	20.0 %
510000	Production Occupations	85	35	33	-58.8 %	-5.7 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	20	24	19	20.0 %	-20.8 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	15		1	0.0 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	38	31	22	-18.4 %	-29.0 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	55	30	21	-45.5 %	-30.0 %
	12 years	152	106	104	-30.3 %	-1.9 %
	13-15 years	114	79	74	-30.7 %	-6.3 %
	Over 15 years	28	15	20	-46.4 %	33.3 %
Sex
	Male	215	137	130	-36.3 %	-5.1 %
	Female	134	92	89	-31.3 %	-3.3 %
Age
	Under age 22	21	16	7	-23.8 %	-56.3 %
	Age 22 to 29	84	52	47	-38.1 %	-9.6 %
	Age 30 to 39	70	52	53	-25.7 %	1.9 %
	Age 40 to 49	71	38	33	-46.5 %	-13.2 %
	Age 50 to 59	77	41	51	-46.8 %	24.4 %
	Age 60 to 64	17	21	19	23.5 %	-9.5 %
	Age 65 and over	9	8	9	-11.1 %	12.5 %
	Info. not available		2		0.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	302	204	196	-32.5 %	-3.9 %
	Black or African American,	12	9	5	-25.0 %	-44.4 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	5	1	4	-80.0 %	300.0 %
	Asian	8	2	3	-75.0 %	50.0 %
	Race Unknown	21	14	11	-33.3 %	-21.4 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	295	201	197	-31.9 %	-2.0 %
	Hispanic or Latino	25	11	13	-56.0 %	18.2 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	29	18	9	-37.9 %	-50.0 %

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 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	349	230	219	-34.1 %	-4.8 %
	Cottonwood County	49	26	23	-46.9 %	-11.5 %
	Jackson County	33	27	18	-18.2 %	-33.3 %
	Lincoln County	9	11	6	22.2 %	-45.5 %
	Lyon County	84	53	55	-36.9 %	3.8 %
	Murray County	20	19	12	-5.0 %	-36.8 %
	Nobles County	57	30	40	-47.4 %	33.3 %
	Pipestone County	22	10	14	-54.5 %	40.0 %
	Redwood County	60	46	40	-23.3 %	-13.0 %
	Rock County	15	8	11	-46.7 %	37.5 %
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 8 - Southwest