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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	66	90	61	36.4%	-32.2%
31	Manufacturing	79	43	44	-45.6%	2.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	11	11	18	0.0%	63.6%
44	Retail Trade	17	20	27	17.6%	35.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	53	38	17	-28.3%	-55.3%
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	11			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	17	20	11	17.6%	-45.0%
61	Educational Services		12		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	26	30	0.0%	15.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	17	12	6.3%	-29.4%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	10			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration		11		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	22		10	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%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		11		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	11	11	17	0.0%	54.5%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	17	18	14	5.9%	-22.2%
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	19	15	22	-21.1%	46.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	25	18		-28.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	15		25.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	72	94	69	30.6%	-26.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		15		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	46	18	35	-60.9%	94.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	52	53	24	1.9%	-54.7%
990000	Unknown	29	26	29	-10.3%	11.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	49	32	20	-34.7%	-37.5%
	12 years	166	149	137	-10.2%	-8.1%
	13-15 years	117	120	95	2.6%	-20.8%
	Over 15 years	23	40	23	73.9%	-42.5%
Sex
	Male	232	227	177	-2.2%	-22.0%
	Female	123	114	98	-7.3%	-14.0%
Age
	Under age 22	16	19	15	18.8%	-21.1%
	Age 22 to 29	64	53	44	-17.2%	-17.0%
	Age 30 to 39	82	76	58	-7.3%	-23.7%
	Age 40 to 49	76	80	69	5.3%	-13.8%
	Age 50 to 59	72	58	49	-19.4%	-15.5%
	Age 60 to 64	31	33	24	6.5%	-27.3%
	Age 65 and over	11	20	13	81.8%	-35.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	293	292	241	-0.3%	-17.5%
	Black or African American,	18	16		-11.1%	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	39	30	20	-23.1%	-33.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	267	283	217	6.0%	-23.3%
	Hispanic or Latino	62	34	39	-45.2%	14.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	26	24	19	-7.7%	-20.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
	Kandiyohi County	114	99	99	-13.2%	0.0%
	McLeod County	123	120	95	-2.4%	-20.8%
	Meeker County	48	76	52	58.3%	-31.6%
	Renville County	70	46	29	-34.3%	-37.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central