Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2012

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	327	283	439	-13.5 %	55.1 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	3	6	5	100.0 %	-16.7 %
21	Mining				0.0 %	0.0 %
22	Utilities	1	1		0.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	49	20	18	-59.2 %	-10.0 %
31	Manufacturing	80	104	279	30.0 %	168.3 %
42	Wholesale Trade	7	6	2	-14.3 %	-66.7 %
44	Retail Trade	28	18	21	-35.7 %	16.7 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	2	5	3	150.0 %	-40.0 %
51	Information	2	3	3	50.0 %	0.0 %
52	Finance and Insurance	4	7	2	75.0 %	-71.4 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	5	1		-80.0 %	0.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	6	6	4	0.0 %	-33.3 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	1	2	-75.0 %	100.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	14	20	18	42.9 %	-10.0 %
61	Educational Services	11	7	4	-36.4 %	-42.9 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	55	35	25	-36.4 %	-28.6 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	4	2	2	-50.0 %	0.0 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	12	12	-25.0 %	0.0 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	4	3	10	-25.0 %	233.3 %
92	Public Administration	6	6	8	0.0 %	33.3 %
99	Unclassified	26	20	21	-23.1 %	5.0 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	7	7	6	0.0 %	-14.3 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	2	5	1	150.0 %	-80.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	1	1	2	0.0 %	100.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	2	1		-50.0 %	0.0 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations		1		0.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	3		1	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	5		2	0.0 %	0.0 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	8	18	9	125.0 %	-50.0 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	26	15	7	-42.3 %	-53.3 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	1	4	1	300.0 %	-75.0 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	16	22	17	37.5 %	-22.7 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10	12	6	20.0 %	-50.0 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	9	2	2	-77.8 %	0.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	19	11	10	-42.1 %	-9.1 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	16	13	60.0 %	-18.8 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	4	8	5	100.0 %	-37.5 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	78	31	25	-60.3 %	-19.4 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	5	7	5	40.0 %	-28.6 %
510000	Production Occupations	58	76	248	31.0 %	226.3 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	12	10	17	-16.7 %	70.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	3	1		-66.7 %	0.0 %
990000	Unknown	41	30	57	-26.8 %	90.0 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	52	45	59	-13.5 %	31.1 %
	12 years	144	110	233	-23.6 %	111.8 %
	13-15 years	107	106	117	-0.9 %	10.4 %
	Over 15 years	24	21	30	-12.5 %	42.9 %
Sex
	Male	194	158	235	-18.6 %	48.7 %
	Female	133	125	203	-6.0 %	62.4 %
	Unspecified			1	0.0 %	0.0 %
Age
	Under age 22	21	16	12	-23.8 %	-25.0 %
	Age 22 to 29	68	64	61	-5.9 %	-4.7 %
	Age 30 to 39	91	50	99	-45.1 %	98.0 %
	Age 40 to 49	52	61	104	17.3 %	70.5 %
	Age 50 to 59	57	58	115	1.8 %	98.3 %
	Age 60 to 64	24	24	37	0.0 %	54.2 %
	Age 65 and over	10	8	9	-20.0 %	12.5 %
	Info. not available	4	2	2	-50.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	286	219	368	-23.4 %	68.0 %
	Black or African American,	7	5	6	-28.6 %	20.0 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	2	2	4	0.0 %	100.0 %
	Asian	7	24	32	242.9 %	33.3 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	1			0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	24	33	29	37.5 %	-12.1 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	280	231	386	-17.5 %	67.1 %
	Hispanic or Latino	27	28	25	3.7 %	-10.7 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	24	28	20.0 %	16.7 %

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	213	147	143	-31.0 %	-2.7 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	462	292	221	-36.8 %	-24.3 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,444	1,195	1,268	-17.2 %	6.1 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	636	419	292	-34.1 %	-30.3 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	885	694	529	-21.6 %	-23.8 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	492	397	274	-19.3 %	-31.0 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	141	87	82	-38.3 %	-5.7 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	990	692	581	-30.1 %	-16.0 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,908	1,377	1,375	-27.8 %	-0.1 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	327	283	439	-13.5 %	55.1 %
	Cottonwood County	36	37	213	2.8 %	475.7 %
	Jackson County	29	31	54	6.9 %	74.2 %
	Lincoln County	13	6	6	-53.8 %	0.0 %
	Lyon County	59	67	59	13.6 %	-11.9 %
	Murray County	19	15	32	-21.1 %	113.3 %
	Nobles County	70	54	38	-22.9 %	-29.6 %
	Pipestone County	34	8	11	-76.5 %	37.5 %
	Redwood County	46	50	24	8.7 %	-52.0 %
	Rock County	21	15	2	-28.6 %	-86.7 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	871	716	628	-17.8 %	-12.3 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,842	1,300	1,144	-29.4 %	-12.0 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,207	8,790	7,661	-21.6 %	-12.8 %

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

September 2012

EDR 8 - Southwest