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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	12	20	10	66.7%	-50.0%
31	Manufacturing	41	32	154	-22.0%	381.3%
42	Wholesale Trade			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	41	22	24	-46.3%	9.1%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	29	11	15	-62.1%	36.4%
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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	32	17	22	-46.9%	29.4%
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	11			0.0%	0.0%
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	10		19	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	40	34	31	-15.0%	-8.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations			94	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	13		12	0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown		15	38	0.0%	153.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years		14	18	0.0%	28.6%
	12 years	66	54	128	-18.2%	137.0%
	13-15 years	77	51	90	-33.8%	76.5%
	Over 15 years	11		22	0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	79	68	176	-13.9%	158.8%
	Female	83	60	82	-27.7%	36.7%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	21	22	41	4.8%	86.4%
	Age 30 to 39	34	37	56	8.8%	51.4%
	Age 40 to 49	33	25	51	-24.2%	104.0%
	Age 50 to 59	30	19	68	-36.7%	257.9%
	Age 60 to 64	19	12	31	-36.8%	158.3%
	Age 65 and over	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	145	108	214	-25.5%	98.1%
	Black or African American,				0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	14	17	33	21.4%	94.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	135	96	208	-28.9%	116.7%
	Hispanic or Latino	19	18	27	-5.3%	50.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown		14	23	0.0%	64.3%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
	Big Stone County	15	14	12	-6.7%	-14.3%
	Chippewa County	59	44	62	-25.4%	40.9%
	Lac qui Parle County	23	14	17	-39.1%	21.4%
	Swift County	40	32	145	-20.0%	353.1%
	Yellow Medicine County	25	24	22	-4.0%	-8.3%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

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

July 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley