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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14			0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	88	86	82	-2.3%	-4.7%
31	Manufacturing	59	52	60	-11.9%	15.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	20	13	15	-35.0%	15.4%
44	Retail Trade	27	19	28	-29.6%	47.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	11	18	68	63.6%	277.8%
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	10	12	11	20.0%	-8.3%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	20			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	13	11	20	-15.4%	81.8%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	38	38	30	0.0%	-21.1%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	15	15	-6.3%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	12			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	14	10	13	-28.6%	30.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	17		12	0.0%	0.0%
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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		11	16	0.0%	45.5%
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	17	10	41.7%	-41.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	13	15	14	15.4%	-6.7%
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	40	12	15	-70.0%	25.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	11	18	-56.0%	63.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	96	92	98	-4.2%	6.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	16	13	12	-18.8%	-7.7%
510000	Production Occupations	40	25	33	-37.5%	32.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	23	77	35.3%	234.8%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	26	33	41	26.9%	24.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	31	35	44	12.9%	25.7%
	12 years	181	130	172	-28.2%	32.3%
	13-15 years	120	113	144	-5.8%	27.4%
	Over 15 years	30	27	23	-10.0%	-14.8%
Sex
	Male	230	201	265	-12.6%	31.8%
	Female	132	104	118	-21.2%	13.5%
Age
	Under age 22		19	11	0.0%	-42.1%
	Age 22 to 29	75	55	73	-26.7%	32.7%
	Age 30 to 39	93	73	102	-21.5%	39.7%
	Age 40 to 49	78	60	76	-23.1%	26.7%
	Age 50 to 59	68	60	64	-11.8%	6.7%
	Age 60 to 64	25	15	29	-40.0%	93.3%
	Age 65 and over		18	24	0.0%	33.3%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	324	259	327	-20.1%	26.3%
	Black or African American,	11	12	16	9.1%	33.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	23	30	38	30.4%	26.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	304	247	303	-18.8%	22.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	34	51	0.0%	50.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	24	24	29	0.0%	20.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
	Kandiyohi County	106	86	112	-18.9%	30.2%
	McLeod County	120	128	142	6.7%	10.9%
	Meeker County	88	49	66	-44.3%	34.7%
	Renville County	48	42	63	-12.5%	50.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central