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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

November 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining	13			0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	82	110	80	34.1%	-27.3%
31	Manufacturing	34	60	30	76.5%	-50.0%
42	Wholesale Trade		27		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	10			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	12			0.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	11	11	11	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%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science 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.		11	10	0.0%	-9.1%
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		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	96	126	86	31.3%	-31.7%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	13	42	15	223.1%	-64.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	31	20	17	-35.5%	-15.0%
990000	Unknown	17	28	20	64.7%	-28.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	24	42	27	75.0%	-35.7%
	12 years	102	134	89	31.4%	-33.6%
	13-15 years	78	84	60	7.7%	-28.6%
	Over 15 years	14	12	12	-14.3%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	178	228	155	28.1%	-32.0%
	Female	40	44	33	10.0%	-25.0%
Age
	Under age 22	13	10		-23.1%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	32	45	36	40.6%	-20.0%
	Age 30 to 39	37	50	40	35.1%	-20.0%
	Age 40 to 49	53	58	42	9.4%	-27.6%
	Age 50 to 59	45	62	25	37.8%	-59.7%
	Age 60 to 64	21	24	17	14.3%	-29.2%
	Age 65 and over	14	20	17	42.9%	-15.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	194	234	162	20.6%	-30.8%
	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	16	21	16	31.3%	-23.8%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	184	224	151	21.7%	-32.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	16	28	24	75.0%	-14.3%
	Ethnicity Unknown	18	20	13	11.1%	-35.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	621	965	487	55.4%	-49.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	763	769	607	0.8%	-21.1%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	2,410	2,154	2,001	-10.6%	-7.1%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,358	1,341	1,063	-1.3%	-20.7%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,668	1,631	1,483	-2.2%	-9.1%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	984	810	695	-17.7%	-14.2%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	218	272	188	24.8%	-30.9%
	Big Stone County	19	30	22	57.9%	-26.7%
	Chippewa County	64	84	59	31.3%	-29.8%
	Lac qui Parle County	23	26	14	13.0%	-46.2%
	Swift County	63	86	56	36.5%	-34.9%
	Yellow Medicine County	49	46	37	-6.1%	-19.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,868	1,796	1,671	-3.9%	-7.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,999	2,819	2,659	-6.0%	-5.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	454	474	378	4.4%	-20.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,423	1,431	1,170	0.6%	-18.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,297	2,275	1,933	-1.0%	-15.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,293	11,094	10,888	-9.8%	-1.9%

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

November 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley