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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	34	19	19	-44.1%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	192	277	177	44.3%	-36.1%
31	Manufacturing	83	79	71	-4.8%	-10.1%
42	Wholesale Trade	18	13	31	-27.8%	138.5%
44	Retail Trade	47	29	24	-38.3%	-17.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	15	21	19	40.0%	-9.5%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	14	21	17	50.0%	-19.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	36	10	-58.6%	-72.2%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	36	34	27	-5.6%	-20.6%
61	Educational Services		21	21	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	36	23	34	-36.1%	47.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	27	23	22	-14.8%	-4.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		15		0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
99	Unclassified	10			0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	11	12	15	9.1%	25.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		23	19	0.0%	-17.4%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	11	18	15	63.6%	-16.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	30	19	15	-36.7%	-21.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	14	12	13	-14.3%	8.3%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	26	12	21	-53.8%	75.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	20	23	-20.0%	15.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	29	18	18	-37.9%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	201	292	186	45.3%	-36.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	38	28	19	-26.3%	-32.1%
510000	Production Occupations	115	55	41	-52.2%	-25.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	31	41	42	32.3%	2.4%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	73	81	62	11.0%	-23.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	78	73	54	-6.4%	-26.0%
	12 years	279	325	283	16.5%	-12.9%
	13-15 years	231	219	142	-5.2%	-35.2%
	Over 15 years	43	40	37	-7.0%	-7.5%
Sex
	Male	450	499	371	10.9%	-25.7%
	Female	181	158	145	-12.7%	-8.2%
Age
	Under age 22	43	45	38	4.7%	-15.6%
	Age 22 to 29	106	104	97	-1.9%	-6.7%
	Age 30 to 39	161	165	136	2.5%	-17.6%
	Age 40 to 49	140	142	99	1.4%	-30.3%
	Age 50 to 59	99	118	80	19.2%	-32.2%
	Age 60 to 64	49	60	26	22.4%	-56.7%
	Age 65 and over	30	20	35	-33.3%	75.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	545	588	454	7.9%	-22.8%
	Black or African American,	16			0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	59	51	51	-13.6%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	487	540	402	10.9%	-25.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	96	61	72	-36.5%	18.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	48	56	42	16.7%	-25.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
	Kandiyohi County	186	188	172	1.1%	-8.5%
	McLeod County	278	244	167	-12.2%	-31.6%
	Meeker County	95	139	99	46.3%	-28.8%
	Renville County	72	86	78	19.4%	-9.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

January 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central