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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%

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	32	80	76	150.0%	-5.0%
31	Manufacturing	41	60	55	46.3%	-8.3%
42	Wholesale Trade			14	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	21	27	34	28.6%	25.9%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	27	79	41	192.6%	-48.1%
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	16			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	11			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	21	16	18	-23.8%	12.5%
61	Educational Services	58	235	150	305.2%	-36.2%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	27	39	32	44.4%	-17.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	15	28	33	86.7%	17.9%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		16	12	0.0%	-25.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		14	13	0.0%	-7.1%
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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	54	212	135	292.6%	-36.3%
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	15	19	15	26.7%	-21.1%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	18	42	37	133.3%	-11.9%
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	16	15	20	-6.3%	33.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	23	21	23	-8.7%	9.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	39	89	83	128.2%	-6.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25	40	36	60.0%	-10.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	79	48	243.5%	-39.2%
990000	Unknown	33	56	39	69.7%	-30.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25	40	41	60.0%	2.5%
	12 years	119	270	223	126.9%	-17.4%
	13-15 years	129	264	185	104.7%	-29.9%
	Over 15 years	33	64	42	93.9%	-34.4%
Sex
	Male	139	252	208	81.3%	-17.5%
	Female	167	386	283	131.1%	-26.7%
Age
	Under age 22	16	24	18	50.0%	-25.0%
	Age 22 to 29	45	87	69	93.3%	-20.7%
	Age 30 to 39	70	132	108	88.6%	-18.2%
	Age 40 to 49	61	123	112	101.6%	-8.9%
	Age 50 to 59	65	134	96	106.2%	-28.4%
	Age 60 to 64	28	73	39	160.7%	-46.6%
	Age 65 and over	18	51	39	183.3%	-23.5%
	Info. not available		14	10	0.0%	-28.6%
Race
	White	270	581	422	115.2%	-27.4%
	Black or African American,		14		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	25	35	56	40.0%	60.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	255	537	399	110.6%	-25.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	31	53	42	71.0%	-20.8%
	Ethnicity Unknown	20	48	50	140.0%	4.2%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
	Kandiyohi County	104	199	173	91.3%	-13.1%
	McLeod County	100	211	135	111.0%	-36.0%
	Meeker County	51	139	93	172.5%	-33.1%
	Renville County	51	89	90	74.5%	1.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central