Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2012

	EDR 10 - Southeast	2010 Claims	2011 Claims	2012 Claims	2010/ 2011 % Change	2011/ 2012 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	1,889	1,771	1,419	-6.2 %	-19.9 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	5	8	10	60.0 %	25.0 %
21	Mining	3	2	5	-33.3 %	150.0 %
22	Utilities	5	10	7	100.0 %	-30.0 %
23	Construction	342	339	312	-0.9 %	-8.0 %
31	Manufacturing	348	317	193	-8.9 %	-39.1 %
42	Wholesale Trade	77	49	62	-36.4 %	26.5 %
44	Retail Trade	181	132	115	-27.1 %	-12.9 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	56	55	33	-1.8 %	-40.0 %
51	Information	20	16	13	-20.0 %	-18.8 %
52	Finance and Insurance	38	17	13	-55.3 %	-23.5 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	19	16	9	-15.8 %	-43.8 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	63	57	48	-9.5 %	-15.8 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	14	21	-41.7 %	50.0 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	178	224	149	25.8 %	-33.5 %
61	Educational Services	36	31	29	-13.9 %	-6.5 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	177	169	138	-4.5 %	-18.3 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	17	26	21	52.9 %	-19.2 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	149	111	95	-25.5 %	-14.4 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	45	46	41	2.2 %	-10.9 %
92	Public Administration	52	22	18	-57.7 %	-18.2 %
99	Unclassified	54	110	87	103.7 %	-20.9 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	49	49	30	0.0 %	-38.8 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	50	41	32	-18.0 %	-22.0 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	40	18	21	-55.0 %	16.7 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	16	17	11	6.3 %	-35.3 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	1	1	1	0.0 %	0.0 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	9	12	4	33.3 %	-66.7 %
230000	Legal Occupations	2	4	2	100.0 %	-50.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	26	20	26	-23.1 %	30.0 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	15	14	10	-6.7 %	-28.6 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	40	42	40	5.0 %	-4.8 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	78	83	55	6.4 %	-33.7 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	8	8	3	0.0 %	-62.5 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	176	139	117	-21.0 %	-15.8 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	27	43	30	59.3 %	-30.2 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	38	27	25	-28.9 %	-7.4 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	163	113	104	-30.7 %	-8.0 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	124	96	94	-22.6 %	-2.1 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	26	25	160.0 %	-3.8 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	355	374	326	5.4 %	-12.8 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	76	68	55	-10.5 %	-19.1 %
510000	Production Occupations	308	312	210	1.3 %	-32.7 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	93	73	65	-21.5 %	-11.0 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations	10	6	5	-40.0 %	-16.7 %
990000	Unknown	175	185	128	5.7 %	-30.8 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	207	185	125	-10.6 %	-32.4 %
	12 years	774	764	596	-1.3 %	-22.0 %
	13-15 years	710	602	552	-15.2 %	-8.3 %
	Over 15 years	198	220	145	11.1 %	-34.1 %
	Info. not available			1	0.0 %	0.0 %
Sex
	Male	1,152	1,154	862	0.2 %	-25.3 %
	Female	737	617	557	-16.3 %	-9.7 %
Age
	Under age 22	93	61	52	-34.4 %	-14.8 %
	Age 22 to 29	437	370	280	-15.3 %	-24.3 %
	Age 30 to 39	425	443	334	4.2 %	-24.6 %
	Age 40 to 49	436	403	340	-7.6 %	-15.6 %
	Age 50 to 59	354	368	300	4.0 %	-18.5 %
	Age 60 to 64	93	91	72	-2.2 %	-20.9 %
	Age 65 and over	49	31	33	-36.7 %	6.5 %
	Info. not available	2	4	8	100.0 %	100.0 %
Race
	White	1,625	1,524	1,226	-6.2 %	-19.6 %
	Black or African American,	96	104	73	8.3 %	-29.8 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	10	7	5	-30.0 %	-28.6 %
	Asian	35	39	19	11.4 %	-51.3 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5	2	3	-60.0 %	50.0 %
	Race Unknown	118	95	93	-19.5 %	-2.1 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	1,647	1,535	1,234	-6.8 %	-19.6 %
	Hispanic or Latino	107	82	73	-23.4 %	-11.0 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	135	154	112	14.1 %	-27.3 %

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 %
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 %
	Dodge County	82	84	66	2.4 %	-21.4 %
	Fillmore County	77	89	59	15.6 %	-33.7 %
	Freeborn County	158	82	121	-48.1 %	47.6 %
	Goodhue County	179	173	157	-3.4 %	-9.2 %
	Houston County	44	55	46	25.0 %	-16.4 %
	Mower County	121	133	96	9.9 %	-27.8 %
	Olmsted County	511	531	384	3.9 %	-27.7 %
	Rice County	300	215	179	-28.3 %	-16.7 %
	Steele County	167	178	156	6.6 %	-12.4 %
	Wabasha County	70	90	50	28.6 %	-44.4 %
	Winona County	180	141	105	-21.7 %	-25.5 %
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 10 - Southeast