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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%

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		21	17	0.0%	-19.0%
31	Manufacturing	14	16	10	14.3%	-37.5%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	10	13	12	30.0%	-7.7%
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	27	123	104	355.6%	-15.4%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	21	26	30	23.8%	15.4%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services		10		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%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	33	112	111	239.4%	-0.9%
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		10		0.0%	0.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations		28	24	0.0%	-14.3%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				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	12	21	14	75.0%	-33.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	13	19	19	46.2%	0.0%
990000	Unknown		11		0.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years		11	11	0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	50	102	72	104.0%	-29.4%
	13-15 years	38	106	111	178.9%	4.7%
	Over 15 years		18	18	0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	43	61	55	41.9%	-9.8%
	Female	60	176	157	193.3%	-10.8%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	15	27	38	80.0%	40.7%
	Age 30 to 39	26	44	50	69.2%	13.6%
	Age 40 to 49	17	53	44	211.8%	-17.0%
	Age 50 to 59	19	58	35	205.3%	-39.7%
	Age 60 to 64	10	28	21	180.0%	-25.0%
	Age 65 and over	11	18	20	63.6%	11.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	88	214	192	143.2%	-10.3%
	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	12	17	12	41.7%	-29.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	88	203	182	130.7%	-10.3%
	Hispanic or Latino		21	21	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown		13		0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	301	701	734	132.9%	4.7%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	309	490	435	58.6%	-11.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,083	1,286	1,649	18.7%	28.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	514	920	808	79.0%	-12.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	491	678	597	38.1%	-11.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	638	491	108.5%	-23.0%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	103	237	212	130.1%	-10.5%
	Big Stone County	15	33	38	120.0%	15.2%
	Chippewa County	32	54	45	68.8%	-16.7%
	Lac qui Parle County		31	22	0.0%	-29.0%
	Swift County	20	51	48	155.0%	-5.9%
	Yellow Medicine County	27	68	59	151.9%	-13.2%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	498	772	606	55.0%	-21.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,256	1,665	1,394	32.6%	-16.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	358	513	529	43.3%	3.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	721	1,056	892	46.5%	-15.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,191	1,648	1,407	38.4%	-14.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,094	9,034	8,438	11.6%	-6.6%

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

May 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley