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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	67	61	44	-9.0%	-27.9%
31	Manufacturing	26	102	36	292.3%	-64.7%
42	Wholesale Trade		35	43	0.0%	22.9%
44	Retail Trade	13	15	21	15.4%	40.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				0.0%	0.0%
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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	16		-46.7%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	12	14		16.7%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		12		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	29	38	26.1%	31.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				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			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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	12	12		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	10		17	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
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	14	19	16	35.7%	-15.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	10	11	20	10.0%	81.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	67	72	49	7.5%	-31.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	43	83	39	93.0%	-53.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	12	15		25.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	30	43	40	43.3%	-7.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	19	41	26	115.8%	-36.6%
	12 years	100	156	126	56.0%	-19.2%
	13-15 years	101	119	87	17.8%	-26.9%
	Over 15 years	22	21	22	-4.5%	4.8%
Sex
	Male	158	226	152	43.0%	-32.7%
	Female	84	111	109	32.1%	-1.8%
Age
	Under age 22		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
	Age 22 to 29	30	58	39	93.3%	-32.8%
	Age 30 to 39	57	91	67	59.6%	-26.4%
	Age 40 to 49	68	67	64	-1.5%	-4.5%
	Age 50 to 59	53	59	47	11.3%	-20.3%
	Age 60 to 64	18	28	22	55.6%	-21.4%
	Age 65 and over		19	11	0.0%	-42.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	210	267	214	27.1%	-19.9%
	Black or African American,		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	23	52	35	126.1%	-32.7%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	200	233	199	16.5%	-14.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	26	74	47	184.6%	-36.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	16	30	15	87.5%	-50.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	216	113	33.3%	-47.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	169	213	164	26.0%	-23.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	782	911	853	16.5%	-6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	285	474	382	66.3%	-19.4%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	396	421	373	6.3%	-11.4%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	242	337	261	39.3%	-22.6%
	Kandiyohi County	73	136	114	86.3%	-16.2%
	McLeod County	100	114	76	14.0%	-33.3%
	Meeker County	48	55	45	14.6%	-18.2%
	Renville County	21	32	26	52.4%	-18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	71	235	208	231.0%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	513	566	522	10.3%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	974	1,235	1,027	26.8%	-16.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	287	410	383	42.9%	-6.6%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	526	556	520	5.7%	-6.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	960	976	948	1.7%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	6,828	7,733	8,154	13.3%	5.4%

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

September 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central