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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	36	38	39	5.6%	2.6%
31	Manufacturing	47	41	22	-12.8%	-46.3%
42	Wholesale Trade			23	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	17	19	22	11.8%	15.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	14	11	18	-21.4%	63.6%
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	11		10	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services			12	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	31	28	16	-9.7%	-42.9%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	38	24	33	-36.8%	37.5%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	17	17	21	0.0%	23.5%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				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	20			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	35	22	18	-37.1%	-18.2%
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	14		13	0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	19	27	35.7%	42.1%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	10			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	14	25	7.7%	78.6%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	34	40	41	17.6%	2.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	11			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	33	27	25	-18.2%	-7.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	22	25	30	13.6%	20.0%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	29	29	32	0.0%	10.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	19	25	28	31.6%	12.0%
	12 years	112	104	100	-7.1%	-3.8%
	13-15 years	106	86	105	-18.9%	22.1%
	Over 15 years	30	18	29	-40.0%	61.1%
Sex
	Male	126	125	136	-0.8%	8.8%
	Female	141	108	126	-23.4%	16.7%
Age
	Under age 22		11	16	0.0%	45.5%
	Age 22 to 29	43	43	36	0.0%	-16.3%
	Age 30 to 39	61	59	56	-3.3%	-5.1%
	Age 40 to 49	56	51	57	-8.9%	11.8%
	Age 50 to 59	55	42	63	-23.6%	50.0%
	Age 60 to 64	22	17	19	-22.7%	11.8%
	Age 65 and over	21		14	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	236	196	214	-16.9%	9.2%
	Black or African American,	11	12		9.1%	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	18	24	33	33.3%	37.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	222	187	206	-15.8%	10.2%
	Hispanic or Latino	30	22	34	-26.7%	54.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	15	24	22	60.0%	-8.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	230	201	156	-12.6%	-22.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	234	188	154	-19.7%	-18.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	710	690	719	-2.8%	4.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	353	301	297	-14.7%	-1.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	391	344	319	-12.0%	-7.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	267	233	262	-12.7%	12.4%
	Kandiyohi County	81	82	97	1.2%	18.3%
	McLeod County	99	71	86	-28.3%	21.1%
	Meeker County	55	55	53	0.0%	-3.6%
	Renville County	32	25	26	-21.9%	4.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	45	89	154	97.8%	73.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	595	494	485	-17.0%	-1.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,186	1,045	1,037	-11.9%	-0.8%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	270	180	294	-33.3%	63.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	563	450	482	-20.1%	7.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,226	920	923	-25.0%	0.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,706	8,227	8,072	-5.5%	-1.9%

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

August 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central