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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%

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	59	54	47	-8.5%	-13.0%
31	Manufacturing	79	79	25	0.0%	-68.4%
42	Wholesale Trade	11	25	23	127.3%	-8.0%
44	Retail Trade	23	34	24	47.8%	-29.4%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	17		18	0.0%	0.0%
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			10	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	10	11		10.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	46	69	68	50.0%	-1.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	43	38	36	-11.6%	-5.3%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	18	18	15	0.0%	-16.7%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			14	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		18	10	0.0%	-44.4%
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	57	54	61	-5.3%	13.0%
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	15	22	13	46.7%	-40.9%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	25	30	21	20.0%	-30.0%
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	14	18	16	28.6%	-11.1%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	22	24	25	9.1%	4.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	64	65	51	1.6%	-21.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	45	50	22	11.1%	-56.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	29	19	25	-34.5%	31.6%
990000	Unknown	34	43	31	26.5%	-27.9%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	20	37	24	85.0%	-35.1%
	12 years	146	177	140	21.2%	-20.9%
	13-15 years	140	140	105	0.0%	-25.0%
	Over 15 years	39	38	38	-2.6%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	191	190	151	-0.5%	-20.5%
	Female	154	202	156	31.2%	-22.8%
Age
	Under age 22	12	23	15	91.7%	-34.8%
	Age 22 to 29	53	64	49	20.8%	-23.4%
	Age 30 to 39	78	87	83	11.5%	-4.6%
	Age 40 to 49	77	81	61	5.2%	-24.7%
	Age 50 to 59	72	91	56	26.4%	-38.5%
	Age 60 to 64	29	26	24	-10.3%	-7.7%
	Age 65 and over	23	19	16	-17.4%	-15.8%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	297	326	253	9.8%	-22.4%
	Black or African American,	14	15	12	7.1%	-20.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	32	48	33	50.0%	-31.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	283	282	243	-0.4%	-13.8%
	Hispanic or Latino	34	81	43	138.2%	-46.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	28	29	21	3.6%	-27.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	656	362	168	-44.8%	-53.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	375	350	239	-6.7%	-31.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,004	954	969	-5.0%	1.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	549	471	388	-14.2%	-17.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	524	439	415	-16.2%	-5.5%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	345	392	307	13.6%	-21.7%
	Kandiyohi County	105	171	120	62.9%	-29.8%
	McLeod County	112	104	79	-7.1%	-24.0%
	Meeker County	73	70	73	-4.1%	4.3%
	Renville County	55	47	35	-14.5%	-25.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	128	258	148	101.6%	-42.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	808	660	614	-18.3%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,582	1,450	1,341	-8.3%	-7.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	333	420	-35.1%	26.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	817	673	594	-17.6%	-11.7%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,528	1,188	1,216	-22.3%	2.4%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,974	10,517	10,295	-4.2%	-2.1%

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

July 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central