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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	80	76	58	-5.0%	-23.7%
31	Manufacturing	60	55	24	-8.3%	-56.4%
42	Wholesale Trade		14	57	0.0%	307.1%
44	Retail Trade	27	34	23	25.9%	-32.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	79	41	39	-48.1%	-4.9%
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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	16	18		12.5%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	235	150	154	-36.2%	2.7%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	39	32	24	-17.9%	-25.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	33	27	17.9%	-18.2%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	16	12		-25.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	14	13	12	-7.1%	-7.7%
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	212	135	135	-36.3%	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	19	15	10	-21.1%	-33.3%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	42	37	28	-11.9%	-24.3%
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	20	16	33.3%	-20.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	21	23	16	9.5%	-30.4%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	10		17	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	89	83	51	-6.7%	-38.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	40	36	35	-10.0%	-2.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	79	48	45	-39.2%	-6.3%
990000	Unknown	56	39	60	-30.4%	53.8%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	40	41	35	2.5%	-14.6%
	12 years	270	223	191	-17.4%	-14.3%
	13-15 years	264	185	191	-29.9%	3.2%
	Over 15 years	64	42	43	-34.4%	2.4%
Sex
	Male	252	208	194	-17.5%	-6.7%
	Female	386	283	266	-26.7%	-6.0%
Age
	Under age 22	24	18	14	-25.0%	-22.2%
	Age 22 to 29	87	69	60	-20.7%	-13.0%
	Age 30 to 39	132	108	109	-18.2%	0.9%
	Age 40 to 49	123	112	88	-8.9%	-21.4%
	Age 50 to 59	134	96	79	-28.4%	-17.7%
	Age 60 to 64	73	39	60	-46.6%	53.8%
	Age 65 and over	51	39	41	-23.5%	5.1%
	Info. not available	14	10		-28.6%	0.0%
Race
	White	581	422	393	-27.4%	-6.9%
	Black or African American,	14		10	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	35	56	53	60.0%	-5.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	537	399	353	-25.7%	-11.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	53	42	64	-20.8%	52.4%
	Ethnicity Unknown	48	50	43	4.2%	-14.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
	Kandiyohi County	199	173	188	-13.1%	8.7%
	McLeod County	211	135	114	-36.0%	-15.6%
	Meeker County	139	93	67	-33.1%	-28.0%
	Renville County	89	90	91	1.1%	1.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central