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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

May 2026

	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2026 Claims	2024/ 2025 % Change	2025/ 2026 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	21	17		-19.0%	0.0%
31	Manufacturing	16	10	10	-37.5%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade			143	0.0%	0.0%
44	Retail Trade				0.0%	0.0%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	13	12	19	-7.7%	58.3%
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	123	104	98	-15.4%	-5.8%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	26	30	30	15.4%	0.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	10		17	0.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				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%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	112	111	107	-0.9%	-3.6%
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	10			0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	28	24	25	-14.3%	4.2%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			13	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	21	14	13	-33.3%	-7.1%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	10		77	0.0%	0.0%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	19	19	24	0.0%	26.3%
990000	Unknown	11		42	0.0%	0.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	11	11	21	0.0%	90.9%
	12 years	102	72	150	-29.4%	108.3%
	13-15 years	106	111	145	4.7%	30.6%
	Over 15 years	18	18	20	0.0%	11.1%
Sex
	Male	61	55	160	-9.8%	190.9%
	Female	176	157	176	-10.8%	12.1%
Age
	Under age 22				0.0%	0.0%
	Age 22 to 29	27	38	43	40.7%	13.2%
	Age 30 to 39	44	50	69	13.6%	38.0%
	Age 40 to 49	53	44	77	-17.0%	75.0%
	Age 50 to 59	58	35	82	-39.7%	134.3%
	Age 60 to 64	28	21	38	-25.0%	81.0%
	Age 65 and over	18	20	20	11.1%	0.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	214	192	290	-10.3%	51.0%
	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	17	12	31	-29.4%	158.3%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	203	182	282	-10.3%	54.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	21	21	34	0.0%	61.9%
	Ethnicity Unknown	13		20	0.0%	0.0%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	701	734	397	4.7%	-45.9%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	490	435	324	-11.2%	-25.5%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,286	1,649	942	28.2%	-42.9%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	920	808	706	-12.2%	-12.6%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	678	597	470	-11.9%	-21.3%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	638	491	460	-23.0%	-6.3%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	237	212	336	-10.5%	58.5%
	Big Stone County	33	38	25	15.2%	-34.2%
	Chippewa County	54	45	49	-16.7%	8.9%
	Lac qui Parle County	31	22	28	-29.0%	27.3%
	Swift County	51	48	174	-5.9%	262.5%
	Yellow Medicine County	68	59	60	-13.2%	1.7%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	772	606	559	-21.5%	-7.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,665	1,394	1,276	-16.3%	-8.5%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	513	529	358	3.1%	-32.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,056	892	840	-15.5%	-5.8%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,648	1,407	1,216	-14.6%	-13.6%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	9,034	8,438	7,834	-6.6%	-7.2%

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

May 2026

EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley