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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2026

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	53	43	35	-18.9%	-18.6%
31	Manufacturing	46	46	49	0.0%	6.5%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	22	10	120.0%	-54.5%
44	Retail Trade		11		0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		12		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	11	15	0.0%	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%
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.				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		10		0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	82	63	59	-23.2%	-6.3%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	16	30	17	87.5%	-43.3%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	19	14	12	-26.3%	-14.3%
990000	Unknown	13	15	17	15.4%	13.3%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	26	25	17	-3.8%	-32.0%
	12 years	80	81	75	1.3%	-7.4%
	13-15 years	59	66	57	11.9%	-13.6%
	Over 15 years	15	10	12	-33.3%	20.0%
Sex
	Male	141	135	123	-4.3%	-8.9%
	Female	39	47	38	20.5%	-19.1%
Age
	Under age 22			13	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	29	34	28	17.2%	-17.6%
	Age 30 to 39	51	39	31	-23.5%	-20.5%
	Age 40 to 49	41	44	36	7.3%	-18.2%
	Age 50 to 59	27	33	19	22.2%	-42.4%
	Age 60 to 64	14		14	0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over	13	13	16	0.0%	23.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	148	161	131	8.8%	-18.6%
	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	28	14	22	-50.0%	57.1%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	132	142	118	7.6%	-16.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	29	26	23	-10.3%	-11.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	19	14	20	-26.3%	42.9%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	541	408	361	-24.6%	-11.5%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	421	368	401	-12.6%	9.0%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,814	1,568	1,580	-13.6%	0.8%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	891	730	666	-18.1%	-8.8%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	1,055	905	842	-14.2%	-7.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	657	516	472	-21.5%	-8.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	180	182	161	1.1%	-11.5%
	Big Stone County	15	12		-20.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	69	54	70	-21.7%	29.6%
	Lac qui Parle County	26	26	13	0.0%	-50.0%
	Swift County	34	53	38	55.9%	-28.3%
	Yellow Medicine County	36	37	36	2.8%	-2.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,621	1,249	1,275	-22.9%	2.1%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,689	2,360	2,316	-12.2%	-1.9%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	459	467	367	1.7%	-21.4%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,360	1,137	1,098	-16.4%	-3.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	2,300	2,008	1,972	-12.7%	-1.8%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	13,061	11,965	12,560	-8.4%	5.0%

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

January 2026

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley