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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	90	61	70	-32.2%	14.8%
31	Manufacturing	43	44	47	2.3%	6.8%
42	Wholesale Trade	11	18		63.6%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	20	27	21	35.0%	-22.2%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	38	17	58	-55.3%	241.2%
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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	20	11		-45.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	12			0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	30	23	15.4%	-23.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	12	11	-29.4%	-8.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	11			0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		10		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		11	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	11	17	11	54.5%	-35.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	18	14	12	-22.2%	-14.3%
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	22	17	46.7%	-22.7%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	18		19	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15		10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	94	69	72	-26.6%	4.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	18	35	28	94.4%	-20.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	53	24	52	-54.7%	116.7%
990000	Unknown	26	29	22	11.5%	-24.1%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	20	34	-37.5%	70.0%
	12 years	149	137	128	-8.1%	-6.6%
	13-15 years	120	95	115	-20.8%	21.1%
	Over 15 years	40	23	15	-42.5%	-34.8%
Sex
	Male	227	177	188	-22.0%	6.2%
	Female	114	98	104	-14.0%	6.1%
Age
	Under age 22	19	15	14	-21.1%	-6.7%
	Age 22 to 29	53	44	50	-17.0%	13.6%
	Age 30 to 39	76	58	68	-23.7%	17.2%
	Age 40 to 49	80	69	68	-13.8%	-1.4%
	Age 50 to 59	58	49	54	-15.5%	10.2%
	Age 60 to 64	33	24	20	-27.3%	-16.7%
	Age 65 and over	20	13	18	-35.0%	38.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	292	241	252	-17.5%	4.6%
	Black or African American,	16		14	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	30	20	23	-33.3%	15.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	283	217	226	-23.3%	4.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	39	41	14.7%	5.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	24	19	25	-20.8%	31.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	249	257	158	3.2%	-38.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	198	213	220	7.6%	3.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,112	1,004	893	-9.7%	-11.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	338	404	326	19.5%	-19.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	459	344	382	-25.1%	11.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	341	275	292	-19.4%	6.2%
	Kandiyohi County	99	99	114	0.0%	15.2%
	McLeod County	120	95	93	-20.8%	-2.1%
	Meeker County	76	52	42	-31.6%	-19.2%
	Renville County	46	29	43	-37.0%	48.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	86	72	-4.4%	-16.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	701	602	588	-14.1%	-2.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,302	1,170	1,213	-10.1%	3.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	191	193	148	1.0%	-23.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	639	559	510	-12.5%	-8.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,133	1,100	995	-2.9%	-9.5%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,539	8,586	8,222	0.6%	-4.2%

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

April 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central