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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

June 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction		18	17	0.0%	-5.6%
31	Manufacturing		17	26	0.0%	52.9%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade	10			0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	10	14	13	40.0%	-7.1%
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	176	137	176	-22.2%	28.5%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	20	31	-23.1%	55.0%
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%

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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	167	103	152	-38.3%	47.6%
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	21	31	23	47.6%	-25.8%
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	12	12	20.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations		24	24	0.0%	0.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations			15	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	15	21	22	40.0%	4.8%
990000	Unknown	14	13	22	-7.1%	69.2%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	14	10	14	-28.6%	40.0%
	12 years	85	91	116	7.1%	27.5%
	13-15 years	135	126	139	-6.7%	10.3%
	Over 15 years	33	22	28	-33.3%	27.3%
Sex
	Male	50	74	77	48.0%	4.1%
	Female	217	175	220	-19.4%	25.7%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	30	37	49	23.3%	32.4%
	Age 30 to 39	54	41	50	-24.1%	22.0%
	Age 40 to 49	50	54	59	8.0%	9.3%
	Age 50 to 59	63	47	64	-25.4%	36.2%
	Age 60 to 64	42	35	39	-16.7%	11.4%
	Age 65 and over	19	22	23	15.8%	4.5%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	243	220	263	-9.5%	19.5%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander			11	0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	17	18	16	5.9%	-11.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	234	224	264	-4.3%	17.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	11	15	18	36.4%	20.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	22	10	15	-54.5%	50.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	543	646	595	19.0%	-7.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	567	615	689	8.5%	12.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,022	2,060	2,244	1.9%	8.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	934	830	1,040	-11.1%	25.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,012	964	1,147	-4.7%	19.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	897	875	993	-2.5%	13.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	267	249	297	-6.7%	19.3%
	Big Stone County	38	28	28	-26.3%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	73	103	94	41.1%	-8.7%
	Lac qui Parle County	42	30	39	-28.6%	30.0%
	Swift County	38	32	68	-15.8%	112.5%
	Yellow Medicine County	76	56	68	-26.3%	21.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,385	1,662	1,645	20.0%	-1.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,147	3,517	3,708	11.8%	5.4%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	1,157	984	964	-15.0%	-2.0%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,280	1,541	1,534	20.4%	-0.5%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,569	2,753	3,100	7.2%	12.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	16,217	18,971	21,127	17.0%	11.4%

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

June 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley