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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	109	111	128	1.8%	15.3%
31	Manufacturing	60	53	58	-11.7%	9.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	23	16	16	-30.4%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	12	21	17	75.0%	-19.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	11	14	26	27.3%	85.7%
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	19			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	303		12	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	26	15		-42.3%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			14	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	15	20	39	33.3%	95.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	14			0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			10	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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			10	0.0%	0.0%
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		12	18	0.0%	50.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18	21	15	16.7%	-28.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10	16	0.0%	60.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	128	124	134	-3.1%	8.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	43		19	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	259	30	31	-88.4%	3.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	46	27	34	-41.3%	25.9%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	59	23	36	-61.0%	56.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	34	45	41	32.4%	-8.9%
	12 years	289	141	166	-51.2%	17.7%
	13-15 years	261	108	131	-58.6%	21.3%
	Over 15 years	60	19	34	-68.3%	78.9%
Sex
	Male	435	226	275	-48.0%	21.7%
	Female	209	87	97	-58.4%	11.5%
Age
	Under age 22	25	13	19	-48.0%	46.2%
	Age 22 to 29	112	66	79	-41.1%	19.7%
	Age 30 to 39	158	72	88	-54.4%	22.2%
	Age 40 to 49	128	63	74	-50.8%	17.5%
	Age 50 to 59	158	54	65	-65.8%	20.4%
	Age 60 to 64	45	26	26	-42.2%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	15	14	17	-6.7%	21.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	584	279	316	-52.2%	13.3%
	Black or African American,	12		10	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	37	24	43	-35.1%	79.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	555	255	283	-54.1%	11.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	42	36	56	-14.3%	55.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	47	22	33	-53.2%	50.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
	Kandiyohi County	83	96	125	15.7%	30.2%
	McLeod County	404	107	126	-73.5%	17.8%
	Meeker County	119	69	75	-42.0%	8.7%
	Renville County	38	41	46	7.9%	12.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central