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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

October 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	24	11	13	-54.2%	18.2%
31	Manufacturing	18	49	14	172.2%	-71.4%
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				0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance			11	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%
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%
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	29	17	18	-41.4%	5.9%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	11	26	12	136.4%	-53.8%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	11	14		27.3%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	12			0.0%	0.0%
	12 years	36	50	30	38.9%	-40.0%
	13-15 years	34	36	31	5.9%	-13.9%
	Over 15 years				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	65	75	44	15.4%	-41.3%
	Female	25	19	33	-24.0%	73.7%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	11	12	13	9.1%	8.3%
	Age 30 to 39	25	20	15	-20.0%	-25.0%
	Age 40 to 49	19	22	19	15.8%	-13.6%
	Age 50 to 59	18	20		11.1%	0.0%
	Age 60 to 64				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over		10	10	0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	80	76	70	-5.0%	-7.9%
	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		15		0.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	74	72	68	-2.7%	-5.6%
	Hispanic or Latino		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown		12		0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	302	273	375	-9.6%	37.4%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	332	334	310	0.6%	-7.2%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,330	1,114	1,080	-16.2%	-3.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	503	590	482	17.3%	-18.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	666	679	708	2.0%	4.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	306	340	337	11.1%	-0.9%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	90	94	77	4.4%	-18.1%
	Big Stone County	10			0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	28	27	15	-3.6%	-44.4%
	Lac qui Parle County	10		12	0.0%	0.0%
	Swift County	23	40	20	73.9%	-50.0%
	Yellow Medicine County	19	16	23	-15.8%	43.8%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	833	801	777	-3.8%	-3.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,421	1,480	1,410	4.2%	-4.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	226	222	272	-1.8%	22.5%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	643	632	592	-1.7%	-6.3%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,229	1,112	1,187	-9.5%	6.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,189	8,479	9,352	3.5%	10.3%

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

October 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley