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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	32	27	25	-15.6%	-7.4%
21	Mining	11	12		9.1%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	453	411	345	-9.3%	-16.1%
31	Manufacturing	107	78	73	-27.1%	-6.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	18	16		-11.1%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	28	23	19	-17.9%	-17.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	21	22	13	4.8%	-40.9%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			10	0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	25	20	19	-20.0%	-5.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	12		-85.7%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	73	71	61	-2.7%	-14.1%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	34	30	27	-11.8%	-10.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10	14	23	40.0%	64.3%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	13	10	-23.5%	-23.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	27	27	18	0.0%	-33.3%
92	Public Administration	18		13	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	17	16	16	-5.9%	0.0%
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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	24			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		12	14	0.0%	16.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	15		16	0.0%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	42	45	41	7.1%	-8.9%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10	17	14	70.0%	-17.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	17	20	27	17.6%	35.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	56	43	39	-23.2%	-9.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	469	406	329	-13.4%	-19.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	27		11	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	93	36	35	-61.3%	-2.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	85	60	41	-29.4%	-31.7%
990000	Unknown	93	104	86	11.8%	-17.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	129	113	94	-12.4%	-16.8%
	12 years	504	443	372	-12.1%	-16.0%
	13-15 years	293	213	187	-27.3%	-12.2%
	Over 15 years	58	41	42	-29.3%	2.4%
Sex
	Male	798	679	550	-14.9%	-19.0%
	Female	186	131	145	-29.6%	10.7%
Age
	Under age 22	55	65	47	18.2%	-27.7%
	Age 22 to 29	181	128	120	-29.3%	-6.3%
	Age 30 to 39	225	207	189	-8.0%	-8.7%
	Age 40 to 49	179	153	123	-14.5%	-19.6%
	Age 50 to 59	198	134	113	-32.3%	-15.7%
	Age 60 to 64	84	67	50	-20.2%	-25.4%
	Age 65 and over	53	49	46	-7.5%	-6.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	876	708	604	-19.2%	-14.7%
	Black or African American,	10	20	11	100.0%	-45.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	90	74	73	-17.8%	-1.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	754	618	520	-18.0%	-15.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	161	136	125	-15.5%	-8.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	69	56	50	-18.8%	-10.7%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
	Kandiyohi County	296	271	238	-8.4%	-12.2%
	McLeod County	333	233	216	-30.0%	-7.3%
	Meeker County	219	203	162	-7.3%	-20.2%
	Renville County	136	103	79	-24.3%	-23.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central