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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	111	128	108	15.3%	-15.6%
31	Manufacturing	53	58	49	9.4%	-15.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	16	16		0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	21	17	13	-19.0%	-23.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	14	26	11	85.7%	-57.7%
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			11	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises		12		0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15		10	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services		14		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	20	39	25	95.0%	-35.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			13	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin		10		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	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%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		10		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	18	13	50.0%	-27.8%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
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			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	15	14	-28.6%	-6.7%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10	16		60.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	124	134	110	8.1%	-17.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		19		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	31	24	3.3%	-22.6%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	27	34	25	25.9%	-26.5%
990000	Unknown	23	36	26	56.5%	-27.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	45	41	36	-8.9%	-12.2%
	12 years	141	166	134	17.7%	-19.3%
	13-15 years	108	131	95	21.3%	-27.5%
	Over 15 years	19	34	24	78.9%	-29.4%
Sex
	Male	226	275	203	21.7%	-26.2%
	Female	87	97	86	11.5%	-11.3%
Age
	Under age 22	13	19	24	46.2%	26.3%
	Age 22 to 29	66	79	58	19.7%	-26.6%
	Age 30 to 39	72	88	53	22.2%	-39.8%
	Age 40 to 49	63	74	56	17.5%	-24.3%
	Age 50 to 59	54	65	48	20.4%	-26.2%
	Age 60 to 64	26	26	21	0.0%	-19.2%
	Age 65 and over	14	17	26	21.4%	52.9%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	279	316	253	13.3%	-19.9%
	Black or African American,		10		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	24	43	26	79.2%	-39.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	255	283	243	11.0%	-14.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	36	56	26	55.6%	-53.6%
	Ethnicity Unknown	22	33	20	50.0%	-39.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
	Kandiyohi County	96	125	104	30.2%	-16.8%
	McLeod County	107	126	109	17.8%	-13.5%
	Meeker County	69	75	46	8.7%	-38.7%
	Renville County	41	46	30	12.2%	-34.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central