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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

April 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%

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	14	11	13	-21.4%	18.2%
31	Manufacturing	83	11	19	-86.7%	72.7%
42	Wholesale Trade			12	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	16	17		6.3%	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	11	14		27.3%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	12			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	12			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%
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%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	15			0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	63	16	17	-74.6%	6.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	16		13	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	17	16		-5.9%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	13		16	0.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	20			0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	102	41	34	-59.8%	-17.1%
	13-15 years	39	36	37	-7.7%	2.8%
	Over 15 years	10			0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	110	56	56	-49.1%	0.0%
	Female	61	34	30	-44.3%	-11.8%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	28		13	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	38	29	24	-23.7%	-17.2%
	Age 40 to 49	36	20	19	-44.4%	-5.0%
	Age 50 to 59	26	10	13	-61.5%	30.0%
	Age 60 to 64	25	12		-52.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	156	76	74	-51.3%	-2.6%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	13			0.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	137	77	68	-43.8%	-11.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	24		12	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	10			0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	262	249	257	-5.0%	3.2%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	274	198	213	-27.7%	7.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,157	1,112	1,004	-3.9%	-9.7%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	564	338	404	-40.1%	19.5%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	489	459	344	-6.1%	-25.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	355	341	275	-3.9%	-19.4%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	171	90	86	-47.4%	-4.4%
	Big Stone County				0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	84	38	27	-54.8%	-28.9%
	Lac qui Parle County	20	11		-45.0%	0.0%
	Swift County	32	15	28	-53.1%	86.7%
	Yellow Medicine County	28	20	19	-28.6%	-5.0%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	651	701	602	7.7%	-14.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,314	1,302	1,170	-0.9%	-10.1%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	254	191	193	-24.8%	1.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	600	639	559	6.5%	-12.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,091	1,133	1,100	3.8%	-2.9%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,353	8,539	8,586	2.2%	0.6%

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

April 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley