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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

February 2026

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	19	23	16	21.1%	-30.4%
31	Manufacturing	16	36	21	125.0%	-41.7%
42	Wholesale Trade		17		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		10	11	0.0%	10.0%
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%
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				0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	20	42	25	110.0%	-40.5%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations		21		0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	17	13		-23.5%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years		13	10	0.0%	-23.1%
	12 years	35	59	34	68.6%	-42.4%
	13-15 years	32	45	23	40.6%	-48.9%
	Over 15 years	10		10	0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	56	90	58	60.7%	-35.6%
	Female	28	35	19	25.0%	-45.7%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	19	17		-10.5%	0.0%
	Age 30 to 39	18	33	19	83.3%	-42.4%
	Age 40 to 49	22	26	19	18.2%	-26.9%
	Age 50 to 59		19	11	0.0%	-42.1%
	Age 60 to 64		12		0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over		10		0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	67	109	64	62.7%	-41.3%
	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		14	11	0.0%	-21.4%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	66	96	56	45.5%	-41.7%
	Hispanic or Latino		19	15	0.0%	-21.1%
	Ethnicity Unknown		10		0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	221	295	186	33.5%	-36.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	253	281	217	11.1%	-22.8%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,154	1,228	1,049	6.4%	-14.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	398	453	379	13.8%	-16.3%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	470	612	472	30.2%	-22.9%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	313	372	289	18.8%	-22.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	84	125	77	48.8%	-38.4%
	Big Stone County				0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	24	51	35	112.5%	-31.4%
	Lac qui Parle County		17		0.0%	0.0%
	Swift County	26	29		11.5%	0.0%
	Yellow Medicine County	19	23	19	21.1%	-17.4%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	779	967	691	24.1%	-28.5%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,453	1,698	1,372	16.9%	-19.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	206	213	155	3.4%	-27.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	679	818	663	20.5%	-18.9%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,153	1,349	1,187	17.0%	-12.0%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,857	9,329	8,538	5.3%	-8.5%

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

February 2026

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley