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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%

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	45	36	-43.8%	-20.0%
31	Manufacturing	45	46	35	2.2%	-23.9%
42	Wholesale Trade			46	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	32	30	33	-6.3%	10.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	69	98	95	42.0%	-3.1%
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	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	15	22	10	46.7%	-54.5%
61	Educational Services	445	536	528	20.4%	-1.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	63	79	61	25.4%	-22.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	45	44	40	-2.2%	-9.1%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	26	28	16	7.7%	-42.9%
92	Public Administration		11		0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations		13	15	0.0%	15.4%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
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	399	467	439	17.0%	-6.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations		20	18	0.0%	-10.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	17	14	18	-17.6%	28.6%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	85	99	94	16.5%	-5.1%
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	13	18	12	38.5%	-33.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	50	47	43	-6.0%	-8.5%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	85	50	44	-41.2%	-12.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	10	10		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	30	36	42	20.0%	16.7%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	83	96	112	15.7%	16.7%
990000	Unknown	48	66	78	37.5%	18.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	32	30	30	-6.3%	0.0%
	12 years	348	375	371	7.8%	-1.1%
	13-15 years	392	459	433	17.1%	-5.7%
	Over 15 years	103	129	120	25.2%	-7.0%
Sex
	Male	266	236	241	-11.3%	2.1%
	Female	609	757	713	24.3%	-5.8%
Age
	Under age 22	19	39	29	105.3%	-25.6%
	Age 22 to 29	105	112	119	6.7%	6.3%
	Age 30 to 39	175	200	177	14.3%	-11.5%
	Age 40 to 49	177	196	189	10.7%	-3.6%
	Age 50 to 59	206	230	214	11.7%	-7.0%
	Age 60 to 64	104	110	119	5.8%	8.2%
	Age 65 and over	81	92	93	13.6%	1.1%
	Info. not available		14	14	0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	777	883	842	13.6%	-4.6%
	Black or African American,	27	14	24	-48.1%	71.4%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	63	82	72	30.2%	-12.2%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	728	815	777	12.0%	-4.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	79	100	108	26.6%	8.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	68	78	69	14.7%	-11.5%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	646	595	514	-7.9%	-13.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	615	689	638	12.0%	-7.4%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,060	2,244	2,267	8.9%	1.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	830	1,040	955	25.3%	-8.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	964	1,147	984	19.0%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	875	993	954	13.5%	-3.9%
	Kandiyohi County	324	344	377	6.2%	9.6%
	McLeod County	261	314	293	20.3%	-6.7%
	Meeker County	199	234	200	17.6%	-14.5%
	Renville County	91	101	84	11.0%	-16.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	249	297	381	19.3%	28.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,662	1,645	1,637	-1.0%	-0.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,517	3,708	3,500	5.4%	-5.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	984	964	713	-2.0%	-26.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,541	1,534	1,351	-0.5%	-11.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,753	3,100	2,896	12.6%	-6.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	18,971	21,127	20,970	11.4%	-0.7%

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

June 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central