Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 9 - South Central	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,085	847	888	-21.9 %	4.8 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	22	14	6	-36.4 %	-57.1 %
21	Mining	3	2	1	-33.3 %	-50.0 %
22	Utilities	2	1		-50.0 %	0.0 %
23	Construction	196	186	158	-5.1 %	-15.1 %
31	Manufacturing	271	143	273	-47.2 %	90.9 %
42	Wholesale Trade	28	41	46	46.4 %	12.2 %
44	Retail Trade	92	56	46	-39.1 %	-17.9 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	29	20	16.0 %	-31.0 %
51	Information	21	18	17	-14.3 %	-5.6 %
52	Finance and Insurance	21	9	6	-57.1 %	-33.3 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	2	4	4	100.0 %	0.0 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	32	28	33	-12.5 %	17.9 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	7	7	-12.5 %	0.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	83	69	67	-16.9 %	-2.9 %
61	Educational Services	25	19	14	-24.0 %	-26.3 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	109	91	68	-16.5 %	-25.3 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	9	7	5	-22.2 %	-28.6 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	68	33	32	-51.5 %	-3.0 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	19	17	19	-10.5 %	11.8 %
92	Public Administration	20	19	14	-5.0 %	-26.3 %
99	Unclassified	29	54	52	86.2 %	-3.7 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	18	19	21	5.6 %	10.5 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	18	12	15	-33.3 %	25.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	6	5	5	-16.7 %	0.0 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	7	3	12	-57.1 %	300.0 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations		1	3	0.0 %	200.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	7	11	4	57.1 %	-63.6 %
230000	Legal Occupations	4	4		0.0 %	0.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	17	17	16	0.0 %	-5.9 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	15	8	5	-46.7 %	-37.5 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	20	15	19	-25.0 %	26.7 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	58	40	37	-31.0 %	-7.5 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations		3	1	0.0 %	-66.7 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	75	46	50	-38.7 %	8.7 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	5	13	15	160.0 %	15.4 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	11	10	9	-9.1 %	-10.0 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	116	67	41	-42.2 %	-38.8 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	61	53	44	-13.1 %	-17.0 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	28	14	13	-50.0 %	-7.1 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	194	177	171	-8.8 %	-3.4 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	32	26	30	-18.8 %	15.4 %
510000	Production Occupations	229	146	226	-36.2 %	54.8 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	49	59	45	20.4 %	-23.7 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	12	6	8	-50.0 %	33.3 %
990000	Unknown	103	92	98	-10.7 %	6.5 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	103	75	64	-27.2 %	-14.7 %
	12 years	457	395	410	-13.6 %	3.8 %
	13-15 years	409	299	327	-26.9 %	9.4 %
	Over 15 years	116	78	87	-32.8 %	11.5 %
Sex
	Male	633	493	525	-22.1 %	6.5 %
	Female	452	354	362	-21.7 %	2.3 %
Age
	Under age 22	57	40	50	-29.8 %	25.0 %
	Age 22 to 29	266	187	166	-29.7 %	-11.2 %
	Age 30 to 39	247	201	207	-18.6 %	3.0 %
	Age 40 to 49	202	174	177	-13.9 %	1.7 %
	Age 50 to 59	232	166	212	-28.4 %	27.7 %
	Age 60 to 64	55	54	48	-1.8 %	-11.1 %
	Age 65 and over	24	21	24	-12.5 %	14.3 %
	Info. not available	2	4	4	100.0 %	0.0 %
Race
	White	998	784	823	-21.4 %	5.0 %
	Black or African American,	17	13	16	-23.5 %	23.1 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	3	3		0.0 %	0.0 %
	Asian	7	7	8	0.0 %	14.3 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0 %	0.0 %
	Race Unknown	60	40	41	-33.3 %	2.5 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	936	739	777	-21.0 %	5.1 %
	Hispanic or Latino	67	54	45	-19.4 %	-16.7 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	82	54	66	-34.1 %	22.2 %

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 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,085	847	888	-21.9 %	4.8 %
	Blue Earth County	286	201	160	-29.7 %	-20.4 %
	Brown County	141	102	220	-27.7 %	115.7 %
	Faribault County	51	45	46	-11.8 %	2.2 %
	Le Sueur County	152	134	96	-11.8 %	-28.4 %
	Martin County	118	89	64	-24.6 %	-28.1 %
	Nicollet County	144	113	144	-21.5 %	27.4 %
	Sibley County	60	62	57	3.3 %	-8.1 %
	Waseca County	72	61	62	-15.3 %	1.6 %
	Watonwan County	61	40	39	-34.4 %	-2.5 %
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 9 - South Central