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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%

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	86	82	107	-4.7%	30.5%
31	Manufacturing	52	60	41	15.4%	-31.7%
42	Wholesale Trade	13	15		15.4%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	19	28	22	47.4%	-21.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	68	29	277.8%	-57.4%
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	12	11	10	-8.3%	-9.1%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	11	20	10	81.8%	-50.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	38	30	28	-21.1%	-6.7%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	15	15	15	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	10	13		30.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		12		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	11	16	15	45.5%	-6.3%
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	17	10	12	-41.2%	20.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	15	14	11	-6.7%	-21.4%
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	12	15		25.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	11	18	20	63.6%	11.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10	13	0.0%	30.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	92	98	112	6.5%	14.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	13	12	15	-7.7%	25.0%
510000	Production Occupations	25	33	29	32.0%	-12.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	23	77	38	234.8%	-50.6%
990000	Unknown	33	41	27	24.2%	-34.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	35	44	38	25.7%	-13.6%
	12 years	130	172	148	32.3%	-14.0%
	13-15 years	113	144	116	27.4%	-19.4%
	Over 15 years	27	23	29	-14.8%	26.1%
Sex
	Male	201	265	224	31.8%	-15.5%
	Female	104	118	107	13.5%	-9.3%
Age
	Under age 22	19	11	18	-42.1%	63.6%
	Age 22 to 29	55	73	65	32.7%	-11.0%
	Age 30 to 39	73	102	79	39.7%	-22.5%
	Age 40 to 49	60	76	83	26.7%	9.2%
	Age 50 to 59	60	64	44	6.7%	-31.3%
	Age 60 to 64	15	29	22	93.3%	-24.1%
	Age 65 and over	18	24	17	33.3%	-29.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	259	327	276	26.3%	-15.6%
	Black or African American,	12	16		33.3%	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	30	38	42	26.7%	10.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	247	303	257	22.7%	-15.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	51	49	50.0%	-3.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	24	29	25	20.8%	-13.8%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
	Kandiyohi County	86	112	101	30.2%	-9.8%
	McLeod County	128	142	130	10.9%	-8.5%
	Meeker County	49	66	58	34.7%	-12.1%
	Renville County	42	63	42	50.0%	-33.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central