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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	44	53	43	20.5%	-18.9%
31	Manufacturing	55	46	46	-16.4%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade		10	22	0.0%	120.0%
44	Retail Trade			11	0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			12	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				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services				0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	12	11	11	-8.3%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services				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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations				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				0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations				0.0%	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				0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	77	82	63	6.5%	-23.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	20	16	30	-20.0%	87.5%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	10	19	14	90.0%	-26.3%
990000	Unknown	11	13	15	18.2%	15.4%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	14	26	25	85.7%	-3.8%
	12 years	88	80	81	-9.1%	1.3%
	13-15 years	50	59	66	18.0%	11.9%
	Over 15 years		15	10	0.0%	-33.3%
Sex
	Male	125	141	135	12.8%	-4.3%
	Female	34	39	47	14.7%	20.5%
Age
	Under age 22	11			0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	28	29	34	3.6%	17.2%
	Age 30 to 39	42	51	39	21.4%	-23.5%
	Age 40 to 49	28	41	44	46.4%	7.3%
	Age 50 to 59	25	27	33	8.0%	22.2%
	Age 60 to 64	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over		13	13	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	137	148	161	8.0%	8.8%
	Black or African American,				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	16	28	14	75.0%	-50.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	129	132	142	2.3%	7.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	20	29	26	45.0%	-10.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	10	19	14	90.0%	-26.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
	Big Stone County	10	15	12	50.0%	-20.0%
	Chippewa County	75	69	54	-8.0%	-21.7%
	Lac qui Parle County	16	26	26	62.5%	0.0%
	Swift County	36	34	53	-5.6%	55.9%
	Yellow Medicine County	22	36	37	63.6%	2.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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

January 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley