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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	20	80	45	300.0%	-43.8%
31	Manufacturing	37	45	46	21.6%	2.2%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	29	32	30	10.3%	-6.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	57	69	98	21.1%	42.0%
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	12			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	51	15	22	-70.6%	46.7%
61	Educational Services	510	445	536	-12.7%	20.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	71	63	79	-11.3%	25.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	40	45	44	12.5%	-2.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	23	26	28	13.0%	7.7%
92	Public Administration			11	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	10		13	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			12	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	452	399	467	-11.7%	17.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	10		20	0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	21	17	14	-19.0%	-17.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	89	85	99	-4.5%	16.5%
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	13	18	-18.8%	38.5%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	62	50	47	-19.4%	-6.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			12	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	22	85	50	286.4%	-41.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	21	30	36	42.9%	20.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	86	83	96	-3.5%	15.7%
990000	Unknown	64	48	66	-25.0%	37.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	24	32	30	33.3%	-6.3%
	12 years	321	348	375	8.4%	7.8%
	13-15 years	443	392	459	-11.5%	17.1%
	Over 15 years	109	103	129	-5.5%	25.2%
Sex
	Male	169	266	236	57.4%	-11.3%
	Female	728	609	757	-16.3%	24.3%
Age
	Under age 22	26	19	39	-26.9%	105.3%
	Age 22 to 29	80	105	112	31.3%	6.7%
	Age 30 to 39	179	175	200	-2.2%	14.3%
	Age 40 to 49	190	177	196	-6.8%	10.7%
	Age 50 to 59	221	206	230	-6.8%	11.7%
	Age 60 to 64	104	104	110	0.0%	5.8%
	Age 65 and over	85	81	92	-4.7%	13.6%
	Info. not available	12		14	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	811	777	883	-4.2%	13.6%
	Black or African American,	16	27	14	68.8%	-48.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	64	63	82	-1.6%	30.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	732	728	815	-0.5%	12.0%
	Hispanic or Latino	87	79	100	-9.2%	26.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	78	68	78	-12.8%	14.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	543	646	595	19.0%	-7.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	567	615	689	8.5%	12.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,022	2,060	2,244	1.9%	8.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,012	964	1,147	-4.7%	19.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%
	Kandiyohi County	330	324	344	-1.8%	6.2%
	McLeod County	267	261	314	-2.2%	20.3%
	Meeker County	197	199	234	1.0%	17.6%
	Renville County	103	91	101	-11.7%	11.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,385	1,662	1,645	20.0%	-1.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,569	2,753	3,100	7.2%	12.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	16,217	18,971	21,127	17.0%	11.4%

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

June 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central