| Section 1 | Overview | |||
| Originator | Minnesota Department of Employment and Ecnomic Development (DEED) | |||
| Title | Unemployment, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area | |||
| Abstract | This dataset is based upon the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). LAUS is a collaborative effort between the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and state employment security agencies to develop monthly estimates of the labor force, employment, and unemployment for states and local areas. Estimates are based on regression techniques using current and historical data from the Current Population Survey, the Current Employment Statistics program and state Unemployment Insurance programs. Within the seven-county Twin Cities area, this information is available at the county-level and for larger cities. | |||
| Purpose | State and local agencies use LAUS to help plan budgets and to make decisions about employment training and workforce development programs. Unemployment statistics are also used to determine eligibility for Federal benefits, such as the Workforce Investment Act. | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | ||||
| Currentness Reference | For all counties and most cities for which data are available, data are available from 1990 to the previous month. Cities that have only recently reached the population thresholds for the data will have less historical information available. | |||
| Progress | In work | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | Monthly | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | DEED makes data available for Minnesota. BLS has LAUS data available nationwide. | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -94.012 -92.732 45.415 44.471 | |||
| Place Keywords | Twin Cities, Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Scott County, Washington County | |||
| Theme Keywords | labor force, employment, unemployment, economic statistics | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | None | |||
| Access Constraints | None. This summary dataset does not include restricted data. | |||
| Use Constraints | None | |||
| Contact Person Information | Todd Graham,
Principal Forecaster Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1805 Phone: 651-602-1322 Fax: 651-602-1674 Email: [email protected] | |||
| Browse Graphic | none available | |||
| Associated Data Sets | ||||
| Section 2 | Data Quality | |||
| Attribute Accuracy | Valid code tests have been conducted. No known attribute errors exist. | |||
| Logical Consistency | ||||
| Completeness | Entire seven county geographic area is covered. | |||
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | ||||
| Lineage | Dataset copied. | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization (not used in this metadata) | |||
| Section 4 | Coordinate System | |||
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | ||||
| Horizontal Datum | ||||
| Horizontal Units | ||||
| Section 5 | Attributes | |||
| Overview | GEOGRAPHY: Name of the city, township or unorganized territory,
e.g. Benton Twp., Blaine. PERCENT_UNEMPLOYMENT: Annual average unemployment (for partial years, represents an average of the months available in a calendar year) defined as a calculation to one decimal point of total unemployed divided by the total labor force (the sum of those employed and those unemployed). EMPLOYED is defined as people age 16 or over who, during the week they were surveyed, either worked for pay or profit, worked unpaid in a family business, or were temporarily absent from work. UNEMPLOYED is defined as people age 16 or over who were not employed, but who were available for work and who had actively sought employment over the last four weeks. This includes laid-off employees waiting to be called back to work and people waiting to start a new job. YEAR: The year of the data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field types and lengths GEOGRAPHY varchar2 60 PERCENT_UNEMPLOYMENT number YEAR varchar2 4 | |||
| Detailed Citation | Information used in some attribute descriptions were obtained from the Minnesota Department of
Employment and Economic Development and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics websites. | |||
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| Section 6 | Distribution | |||
| Publisher | Metropolitan Council | |||
| Publication Date | Periodically revised | |||
| Contact Person Information | Todd Graham,
Principal Forecaster Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1805 Phone: 651-602-1322 Fax: 651-602-1674 Email: [email protected] | |||
| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | Unemployment | |||
| Ordering Instructions | This entire dataset is available from the Minnesota Department of Economic Development at www.positivelyminnesota.com/apps/lmi/laus/. | |||
| Distribution Liability | NOTICE: The data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). THE DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The Metropolitan Council developed some of the data for its own internal business purposes and is redistributing data developed by other data providers (e.g., the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). The Metropolitan Council does not represent or warrant that the data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the data or your reliance on the data. You should consult the data documentation for these particular data to determine the limitations of the data. If you transmit or provide the data (or any portion of it) to another user, it is recommended that the data include a copy of this disclaimer and this metadata. | |||
| Online Linkage | None available | |||
| Section 7 | Metadata Reference | |||
| Metadata Date | 09/02/2010 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Todd Graham,
Principal Forecaster Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1805 Phone: 651-602-1322 Fax: 651-602-1674 Email: [email protected] | |||
| Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |||
| Metadata Standard Version | 1.2 | |||
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.gis.state.mn.us/stds/metadata.htm | |||