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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

August 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction			10	0.0%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	14		20	0.0%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade				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	12	10	21	-16.7%	110.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance			12	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			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	10	20	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			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	10	12	0.0%	0.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations		16	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations			0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	13	10	0.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	10			0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	26	17	39	-34.6%	129.4%
	13-15 years	40	17	38	-57.5%	123.5%
	Over 15 years				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	41	18	41	-56.1%	127.8%
	Female	40	27	48	-32.5%	77.8%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	11		23	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	18		15	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 40 to 49	18	10	14	-44.4%	40.0%
	Age 50 to 59	16		17	0.0%	0.0%
	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	69	39	76	-43.5%	94.9%
	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				0.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	71	37	71	-47.9%	91.9%
	Hispanic or Latino			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown				0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	162	230	201	42.0%	-12.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	204	234	188	14.7%	-19.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	932	710	690	-23.8%	-2.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	374	353	301	-5.6%	-14.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	376	391	344	4.0%	-12.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	274	267	233	-2.6%	-12.7%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	81	45	89	-44.4%	97.8%
	Big Stone County				0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	28		32	0.0%	0.0%
	Lac qui Parle County				0.0%	0.0%
	Swift County	22		26	0.0%	0.0%
	Yellow Medicine County	16	17	20	6.3%	17.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	516	595	494	15.3%	-17.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,206	1,186	1,045	-1.7%	-11.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	366	270	180	-26.2%	-33.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	512	563	450	10.0%	-20.1%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,181	1,226	920	3.8%	-25.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,749	8,706	8,227	-0.5%	-5.5%

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

August 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley