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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		11		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	79	110	89	39.2%	-19.1%
31	Manufacturing	58	55	51	-5.2%	-7.3%
42	Wholesale Trade		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
44	Retail Trade	18	16	28	-11.1%	75.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		11	11	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		13	14	0.0%	7.7%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	20			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15	21	14	40.0%	-33.3%
61	Educational Services	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	35	25	51	-28.6%	104.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11	17	15	54.5%	-11.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			14	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations				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		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	15	10	21	-33.3%	110.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	17	20	16	17.6%	-20.0%
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	15	11	23	-26.7%	109.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19	16	27	-15.8%	68.8%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	16	14	33.3%	-12.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	87	120	92	37.9%	-23.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	14			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	40	38	31	-5.0%	-18.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	18	12	21	-33.3%	75.0%
990000	Unknown	31	37	37	19.4%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	22	44	32	100.0%	-27.3%
	12 years	142	157	162	10.6%	3.2%
	13-15 years	120	115	118	-4.2%	2.6%
	Over 15 years	22	24	25	9.1%	4.2%
Sex
	Male	202	231	208	14.4%	-10.0%
	Female	104	109	129	4.8%	18.3%
Age
	Under age 22	13	27	23	107.7%	-14.8%
	Age 22 to 29	43	63	51	46.5%	-19.0%
	Age 30 to 39	82	73	64	-11.0%	-12.3%
	Age 40 to 49	63	70	77	11.1%	10.0%
	Age 50 to 59	59	59	67	0.0%	13.6%
	Age 60 to 64	26	28	32	7.7%	14.3%
	Age 65 and over	16	17	20	6.3%	17.6%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	263	303	290	15.2%	-4.3%
	Black or African American,			11	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	32	26	30	-18.8%	15.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	243	260	265	7.0%	1.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	35	58	44	65.7%	-24.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	22	28	-21.4%	27.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
	Kandiyohi County	88	101	129	14.8%	27.7%
	McLeod County	104	119	97	14.4%	-18.5%
	Meeker County	77	73	67	-5.2%	-8.2%
	Renville County	37	47	44	27.0%	-6.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central