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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	21	17	19	-19.0%	11.8%
31	Manufacturing	15	12	13	-20.0%	8.3%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing			23	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	25			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	26			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	15			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	12			0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	20	21	19	5.0%	-9.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations			28	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown				0.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
	12 years	65	27	40	-58.5%	48.1%
	13-15 years	50	22	29	-56.0%	31.8%
	Over 15 years	10			0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	81	51	61	-37.0%	19.6%
	Female	49	18	27	-63.3%	50.0%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	17	11	18	-35.3%	63.6%
	Age 30 to 39	32	18	17	-43.8%	-5.6%
	Age 40 to 49	33	12	18	-63.6%	50.0%
	Age 50 to 59	33	12	18	-63.6%	50.0%
	Age 60 to 64				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over				0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	119	60	78	-49.6%	30.0%
	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				0.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	118	61	74	-48.3%	21.3%
	Hispanic or Latino				0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown				0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
	Big Stone County	25			0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	27	22	34	-18.5%	54.5%
	Lac qui Parle County	22	12		-45.5%	0.0%
	Swift County	29	11	20	-62.1%	81.8%
	Yellow Medicine County	27	17	22	-37.0%	29.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

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

March 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley