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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	37	38	41	2.7%	7.9%
21	Mining	17	15	22	-11.8%	46.7%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	366	487	521	33.1%	7.0%
31	Manufacturing	77	118	103	53.2%	-12.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	20	66	45	230.0%	-31.8%
44	Retail Trade	28	31	31	10.7%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	25	30	34	20.0%	13.3%
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	23	25	29	8.7%	16.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	15	18	-57.1%	20.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	64	59	64	-7.8%	8.5%
61	Educational Services	12	40	37	233.3%	-7.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	38	34	42	-10.5%	23.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		10		0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	18	19	16	5.6%	-15.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16	25	38	56.3%	52.0%
92	Public Administration	10	17		70.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	14		14	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%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	21	48	42	128.6%	-12.5%
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		16	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	23	27	27	17.4%	0.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	32	25	34	-21.9%	36.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	22	22	17	0.0%	-22.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	31	26	55.0%	-16.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	42	39	40	-7.1%	2.6%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	381	521	545	36.7%	4.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	24	25	20	4.2%	-20.0%
510000	Production Occupations	53	90	44	69.8%	-51.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	63	87	111	38.1%	27.6%
990000	Unknown	85	103	116	21.2%	12.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	92	123	122	33.7%	-0.8%
	12 years	427	558	605	30.7%	8.4%
	13-15 years	253	331	308	30.8%	-6.9%
	Over 15 years	42	47	46	11.9%	-2.1%
Sex
	Male	663	853	871	28.7%	2.1%
	Female	151	206	210	36.4%	1.9%
Age
	Under age 22	48	78	87	62.5%	11.5%
	Age 22 to 29	160	194	223	21.3%	14.9%
	Age 30 to 39	183	230	255	25.7%	10.9%
	Age 40 to 49	178	219	215	23.0%	-1.8%
	Age 50 to 59	125	175	157	40.0%	-10.3%
	Age 60 to 64	63	83	73	31.7%	-12.0%
	Age 65 and over	46	71	62	54.3%	-12.7%
	Info. not available	11			0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	727	949	961	30.5%	1.3%
	Black or African American,		21		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	68	82	106	20.6%	29.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	660	836	833	26.7%	-0.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	86	135	160	57.0%	18.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	68	88	88	29.4%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
	Kandiyohi County	257	399	402	55.3%	0.8%
	McLeod County	301	318	333	5.6%	4.7%
	Meeker County	162	223	213	37.7%	-4.5%
	Renville County	94	119	133	26.6%	11.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central