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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2026

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	17	19	11	11.8%	-42.1%
31	Manufacturing	12	13	16	8.3%	23.1%
42	Wholesale Trade				0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing		23		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	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%
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				0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	21	19	19	-9.5%	0.0%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations		10		0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations		28		0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown				0.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	12	13		8.3%	0.0%
	12 years	27	40	27	48.1%	-32.5%
	13-15 years	22	29	24	31.8%	-17.2%
	Over 15 years				0.0%	0.0%
Sex
	Male	51	61	42	19.6%	-31.1%
	Female	18	27	21	50.0%	-22.2%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	11	18	14	63.6%	-22.2%
	Age 30 to 39	18	17	11	-5.6%	-35.3%
	Age 40 to 49	12	18	18	50.0%	0.0%
	Age 50 to 59	12	18	13	50.0%	-27.8%
	Age 60 to 64				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 65 and over				0.0%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	60	78	53	30.0%	-32.1%
	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				0.0%	0.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	61	74	47	21.3%	-36.5%
	Hispanic or Latino			10	0.0%	0.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown				0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	390	264	155	-32.3%	-41.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	292	259	277	-11.3%	6.9%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,220	1,308	1,227	7.2%	-6.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	414	407	428	-1.7%	5.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	446	514	483	15.2%	-6.0%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	305	383	331	25.6%	-13.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	69	88	63	27.5%	-28.4%
	Big Stone County				0.0%	0.0%
	Chippewa County	22	34	21	54.5%	-38.2%
	Lac qui Parle County	12			0.0%	0.0%
	Swift County	11	20	11	81.8%	-45.0%
	Yellow Medicine County	17	22	20	29.4%	-9.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	813	733	806	-9.8%	10.0%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,507	1,346	1,501	-10.7%	11.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	227	232	162	2.2%	-30.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	698	720	717	3.2%	-0.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,180	1,370	1,321	16.1%	-3.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	8,690	9,107	9,372	4.8%	2.9%

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

March 2026

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley