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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

September 2026

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%

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	61	44	42	-27.9%	-4.5%
31	Manufacturing	102	36	24	-64.7%	-33.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	35	43	15	22.9%	-65.1%
44	Retail Trade	15	21	17	40.0%	-19.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			14	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				0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	14		10	0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services	12		11	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	29	38	27	31.0%	-28.9%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	11	11		0.0%	0.0%
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				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	12			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		17	10	0.0%	-41.2%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	14	11		-21.4%	0.0%
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	19	16	15	-15.8%	-6.3%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	11	20	12	81.8%	-40.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	72	49	45	-31.9%	-8.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	12		10	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	83	39	21	-53.0%	-46.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	15		13	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	43	40	26	-7.0%	-35.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	41	26	18	-36.6%	-30.8%
	12 years	156	126	102	-19.2%	-19.0%
	13-15 years	119	87	71	-26.9%	-18.4%
	Over 15 years	21	22	16	4.8%	-27.3%
Sex
	Male	226	152	124	-32.7%	-18.4%
	Female	111	109	83	-1.8%	-23.9%
Age
	Under age 22	15	10	11	-33.3%	10.0%
	Age 22 to 29	58	39	33	-32.8%	-15.4%
	Age 30 to 39	91	67	45	-26.4%	-32.8%
	Age 40 to 49	67	64	46	-4.5%	-28.1%
	Age 50 to 59	59	47	48	-20.3%	2.1%
	Age 60 to 64	28	22	16	-21.4%	-27.3%
	Age 65 and over	19	11		-42.1%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	267	214	168	-19.9%	-21.5%
	Black or African American,	12	10		-16.7%	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	52	35	32	-32.7%	-8.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	233	199	157	-14.6%	-21.1%
	Hispanic or Latino	74	47	38	-36.5%	-19.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown	30	15	12	-50.0%	-20.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	216	113	92	-47.7%	-18.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	213	164	144	-23.0%	-12.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	911	853	724	-6.4%	-15.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	474	382	286	-19.4%	-25.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	421	373	303	-11.4%	-18.8%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	337	261	207	-22.6%	-20.7%
	Kandiyohi County	136	114	77	-16.2%	-32.5%
	McLeod County	114	76	65	-33.3%	-14.5%
	Meeker County	55	45	39	-18.2%	-13.3%
	Renville County	32	26	26	-18.8%	0.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	235	208	53	-11.5%	-74.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	566	522	505	-7.8%	-3.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,235	1,027	1,012	-16.8%	-1.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	410	383	289	-6.6%	-24.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	556	520	427	-6.5%	-17.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	976	948	864	-2.9%	-8.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	7,733	8,154	7,168	5.4%	-12.1%

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

September 2026

EDR 6E- Southwest Central