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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

December 2025

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting			10	0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		16	11	0.0%	-31.3%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	79	84	105	6.3%	25.0%
31	Manufacturing	60	132	101	120.0%	-23.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	17	126	101	641.2%	-19.8%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		12	10	0.0%	-16.7%
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		13		0.0%	0.0%
61	Educational Services			22	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance				0.0%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services			11	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			19	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			14	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	12	26	23	116.7%	-11.5%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	103	158	134	53.4%	-15.2%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		14		0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	14	108	87	671.4%	-19.4%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	43	40	48	-7.0%	20.0%
990000	Unknown	18	57	49	216.7%	-14.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	25	44	48	76.0%	9.1%
	12 years	116	230	202	98.3%	-12.2%
	13-15 years	77	148	155	92.2%	4.7%
	Over 15 years	15	27	17	80.0%	-37.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	199	379	344	90.5%	-9.2%
	Female	34	70	79	105.9%	12.9%
Age
	Under age 22	12	22	13	83.3%	-40.9%
	Age 22 to 29	42	76	77	81.0%	1.3%
	Age 30 to 39	34	110	77	223.5%	-30.0%
	Age 40 to 49	47	89	96	89.4%	7.9%
	Age 50 to 59	32	76	89	137.5%	17.1%
	Age 60 to 64	37	43	40	16.2%	-7.0%
	Age 65 and over	22	29	24	31.8%	-17.2%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	209	374	363	78.9%	-2.9%
	Black or African American,		14		0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	20	52	45	160.0%	-13.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	197	353	348	79.2%	-1.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	14	58	40	314.3%	-31.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	22	38	35	72.7%	-7.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	1,030	1,098	807	6.6%	-26.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	659	760	727	15.3%	-4.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,850	2,414	2,323	30.5%	-3.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	1,229	1,585	1,536	29.0%	-3.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,396	1,721	1,689	23.3%	-1.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	814	1,059	1,081	30.1%	2.1%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	233	449	423	92.7%	-5.8%
	Big Stone County	35	28	20	-20.0%	-28.6%
	Chippewa County	77	142	113	84.4%	-20.4%
	Lac qui Parle County	26	35	35	34.6%	0.0%
	Swift County	45	176	176	291.1%	0.0%
	Yellow Medicine County	50	68	79	36.0%	16.2%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,816	2,341	2,381	28.9%	1.7%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	3,074	3,832	4,009	24.7%	4.6%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	880	1,186	760	34.8%	-35.9%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,561	1,911	1,973	22.4%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,631	3,101	3,414	17.9%	10.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	12,651	14,104	15,422	11.5%	9.3%

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

December 2025

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley