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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	26	19	23	-26.9%	21.1%
31	Manufacturing	18	16	36	-11.1%	125.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	11		17	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing				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			10	0.0%	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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services 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				0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	27	20	42	-25.9%	110.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations			21	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	11	17	13	54.5%	-23.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	14		13	0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	31	35	59	12.9%	68.6%
	13-15 years	41	32	45	-22.0%	40.6%
	Over 15 years		10		0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	62	56	90	-9.7%	60.7%
	Female	33	28	35	-15.2%	25.0%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	15	19	17	26.7%	-10.5%
	Age 30 to 39	28	18	33	-35.7%	83.3%
	Age 40 to 49	21	22	26	4.8%	18.2%
	Age 50 to 59	15		19	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 60 to 64			12	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	81	67	109	-17.3%	62.7%
	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	10		14	0.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	79	66	96	-16.5%	45.5%
	Hispanic or Latino	11		19	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown			10	0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	165	221	295	33.9%	33.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	220	253	281	15.0%	11.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,150	1,154	1,228	0.3%	6.4%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	403	398	453	-1.2%	13.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	501	470	612	-6.2%	30.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	644	313	372	-51.4%	18.8%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	95	84	125	-11.6%	48.8%
	Big Stone County				0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	36	24	51	-33.3%	112.5%
	Lac qui Parle County	12		17	0.0%	0.0%
	Swift County	18	26	29	44.4%	11.5%
	Yellow Medicine County	26	19	23	-26.9%	21.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	885	779	967	-12.0%	24.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,678	1,453	1,698	-13.4%	16.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	258	206	213	-20.2%	3.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	738	679	818	-8.0%	20.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,359	1,153	1,349	-15.2%	17.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,795	8,857	9,329	0.7%	5.3%

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

February 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley