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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	31	36	38	16.1%	5.6%
31	Manufacturing	39	47	41	20.5%	-12.8%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	35	17	19	-51.4%	11.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
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	11		10.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	16		33.3%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10			0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	40	31	28	-22.5%	-9.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	27	38	24	40.7%	-36.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	16	17	17	6.3%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	11			0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	11	20		81.8%	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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	48	35	22	-27.1%	-37.1%
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	10	14		40.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	15	14	19	-6.7%	35.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.		10		0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	23		10	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	13	14	-38.1%	7.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	35	34	40	-2.9%	17.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15	11		-26.7%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	28	33	27	17.9%	-18.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	14	22	25	57.1%	13.6%
990000	Unknown	26	29	29	11.5%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	26	19	25	-26.9%	31.6%
	12 years	102	112	104	9.8%	-7.1%
	13-15 years	117	106	86	-9.4%	-18.9%
	Over 15 years	29	30	18	3.4%	-40.0%
Sex
	Male	133	126	125	-5.3%	-0.8%
	Female	141	141	108	0.0%	-23.4%
Age
	Under age 22	16		11	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	44	43	43	-2.3%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	58	61	59	5.2%	-3.3%
	Age 40 to 49	57	56	51	-1.8%	-8.9%
	Age 50 to 59	67	55	42	-17.9%	-23.6%
	Age 60 to 64	16	22	17	37.5%	-22.7%
	Age 65 and over	13	21		61.5%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	239	236	196	-1.3%	-16.9%
	Black or African American,		11	12	0.0%	9.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	22	18	24	-18.2%	33.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	222	222	187	0.0%	-15.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	31	30	22	-3.2%	-26.7%
	Ethnicity Unknown	21	15	24	-28.6%	60.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
	Kandiyohi County	83	81	82	-2.4%	1.2%
	McLeod County	103	99	71	-3.9%	-28.3%
	Meeker County	56	55	55	-1.8%	0.0%
	Renville County	32	32	25	0.0%	-21.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central