Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

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Minnesota Month of May		2007 Claims	2008 Claims	2009 Claims	2007/ 2008 % Change	2008/ 2009 % Change
	Total Claims	20,002	17,533	34,602	-12.3 %	97.4 %

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	153	127	127	-17.0 %	0.0 %
21	Mining	52	39	1,524	-25.0 %	3,807.7 %
22	Utilities	153	119	274	-22.2 %	130.3 %
23	Construction	4,756	3,041	4,665	-36.1 %	53.4 %
31	Manufacturing	4,045	2,901	8,788	-28.3 %	202.9 %
42	Wholesale Trade	713	690	1,403	-3.2 %	103.3 %
44	Retail Trade	1,262	1,336	2,247	5.9 %	68.2 %
48	Transportation and Warehousing	527	543	1,002	3.0 %	84.5 %
51	Information	257	294	484	14.4 %	64.6 %
52	Finance and Insurance	496	428	695	-13.7 %	62.4 %
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	228	215	296	-5.7 %	37.7 %
54	Professional and Technical Services	909	902	1,723	-0.8 %	91.0 %
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	270	224	979	-17.0 %	337.1 %
56	Administrative and Waste Services	1,500	1,433	2,413	-4.5 %	68.4 %
61	Educational Services	421	400	723	-5.0 %	80.8 %
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,226	1,167	2,363	-4.8 %	102.5 %
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	281	247	344	-12.1 %	39.3 %
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,238	1,190	1,916	-3.9 %	61.0 %
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	1,053	859	1,131	-18.4 %	31.7 %
92	Public Administration	212	216	578	1.9 %	167.6 %
99	Unclassified	250	1,162	926	364.8 %	-20.3 %

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	980	637	1,158	-35.0 %	81.8 %
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	358	622	1,133	73.7 %	82.2 %
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	327	322	645	-1.5 %	100.3 %
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	295	194	823	-34.2 %	324.2 %
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	57	37	65	-35.1 %	75.7 %
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations	124	121	195	-2.4 %	61.2 %
230000	Legal Occupations	61	90	153	47.5 %	70.0 %
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	704	673	819	-4.4 %	21.7 %
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	270	314	588	16.3 %	87.3 %
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	189	240	533	27.0 %	122.1 %
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	465	486	1,020	4.5 %	109.9 %
330000	Protective Service Occupations	94	80	151	-14.9 %	88.8 %
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	981	1,213	1,871	23.6 %	54.2 %
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	367	211	404	-42.5 %	91.5 %
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	160	197	369	23.1 %	87.3 %
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	1,157	1,298	2,597	12.2 %	100.1 %
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	2,620	1,385	2,277	-47.1 %	64.4 %
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	57	94	240	64.9 %	155.3 %
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	4,563	3,401	5,264	-25.5 %	54.8 %
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	655	584	1,450	-10.8 %	148.3 %
510000	Production Occupations	3,166	2,613	7,526	-17.5 %	188.0 %
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	2,099	1,008	1,535	-52.0 %	52.3 %
550000	Military Specific Occupations		34	45	0.0 %	32.4 %
990000	Unknown	253	1,679	3,738	563.6 %	122.6 %

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	1,958	1,375	2,284	-29.8 %	66.1 %
	12 years	9,141	7,049	13,225	-22.9 %	87.6 %
	13-15 years	6,203	6,169	12,956	-0.5 %	110.0 %
	Over 15 years	2,360	2,685	5,721	13.8 %	113.1 %
	Info. not available	340	255	416	-25.0 %	63.1 %
Sex
	Male	12,228	10,264	21,761	-16.1 %	112.0 %
	Female	7,579	7,031	12,427	-7.2 %	76.7 %
	Unspecified	195	238	413	22.1 %	73.5 %
Age
	Under age 22	868	723	1,267	-16.7 %	75.2 %
	Age 22 to 29	3,986	3,499	6,592	-12.2 %	88.4 %
	Age 30 to 39	4,511	3,907	7,487	-13.4 %	91.6 %
	Age 40 to 49	5,301	4,511	8,521	-14.9 %	88.9 %
	Age 50 to 59	3,991	3,498	7,959	-12.4 %	127.5 %
	Age 60 to 64	834	794	1,689	-4.8 %	112.7 %
	Age 65 and over	289	281	566	-2.8 %	101.4 %
	Info. not available	222	320	520	44.1 %	62.5 %
Race
	White	16,710	14,257	28,481	-14.7 %	99.8 %
	Black or African American,	1,437	1,221	2,055	-15.0 %	68.3 %
	American Indian or Alaska Native	242	214	361	-11.6 %	68.7 %
	Asian	381	371	1,019	-2.6 %	174.7 %
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	103	33	66	-68.0 %	100.0 %
	Race Unknown	1,129	1,437	2,620	27.3 %	82.3 %
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	17,733	15,036	29,533	-15.2 %	96.4 %
	Hispanic or Latino	717	576	1,108	-19.7 %	92.4 %
	Ethnicity Unknown	1,552	1,921	3,961	23.8 %	106.2 %

Economic Regions

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,256	679	1,012	-45.9 %	49.0 %
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	389	369	466	-5.1 %	26.3 %
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,751	1,324	3,485	-24.4 %	163.2 %
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	551	530	975	-3.8 %	84.0 %
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	806	849	1,021	5.3 %	20.3 %
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	480	316	905	-34.2 %	186.4 %
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	114	131	294	14.9 %	124.4 %
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	791	629	1,099	-20.5 %	74.7 %
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,036	1,349	2,872	-33.7 %	112.9 %
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	245	293	645	19.6 %	120.1 %
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	770	689	1,480	-10.5 %	114.8 %
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,612	1,365	2,607	-15.3 %	91.0 %
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,389	8,134	16,152	-3.0 %	98.6 %

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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

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