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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	19	19	17	0.0%	-10.5%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	277	177	179	-36.1%	1.1%
31	Manufacturing	79	71	52	-10.1%	-26.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	31	14	138.5%	-54.8%
44	Retail Trade	29	24	38	-17.2%	58.3%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	21	19	30	-9.5%	57.9%
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	21	17	16	-19.0%	-5.9%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	10	10	-72.2%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	34	27	18	-20.6%	-33.3%
61	Educational Services	21	21		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	23	34	24	47.8%	-29.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	23	22	15	-4.3%	-31.8%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	15		14	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11	10		-9.1%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			10	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	12	15	11	25.0%	-26.7%
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	23	19	13	-17.4%	-31.6%
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	18	15	11	-16.7%	-26.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	19	15	17	-21.1%	13.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	12	13	13	8.3%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	12	21	22	75.0%	4.8%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	20	23	24	15.0%	4.3%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	18	18	18	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	292	186	191	-36.3%	2.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	28	19	15	-32.1%	-21.1%
510000	Production Occupations	55	41	30	-25.5%	-26.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	41	42	44	2.4%	4.8%
990000	Unknown	81	62	41	-23.5%	-33.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	73	54	50	-26.0%	-7.4%
	12 years	325	283	249	-12.9%	-12.0%
	13-15 years	219	142	147	-35.2%	3.5%
	Over 15 years	40	37	26	-7.5%	-29.7%
Sex
	Male	499	371	352	-25.7%	-5.1%
	Female	158	145	120	-8.2%	-17.2%
Age
	Under age 22	45	38	38	-15.6%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	104	97	106	-6.7%	9.3%
	Age 30 to 39	165	136	108	-17.6%	-20.6%
	Age 40 to 49	142	99	98	-30.3%	-1.0%
	Age 50 to 59	118	80	49	-32.2%	-38.8%
	Age 60 to 64	60	26	41	-56.7%	57.7%
	Age 65 and over	20	35	29	75.0%	-17.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	588	454	413	-22.8%	-9.0%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	51	51	46	0.0%	-9.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	540	402	361	-25.6%	-10.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	61	72	69	18.0%	-4.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	56	42	42	-25.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
	Kandiyohi County	188	172	144	-8.5%	-16.3%
	McLeod County	244	167	150	-31.6%	-10.2%
	Meeker County	139	99	112	-28.8%	13.1%
	Renville County	86	78	66	-9.3%	-15.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central