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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

January 2025

	EDR 8 - Southwest	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting		10		0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining		13		0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	124	178	117	43.5%	-34.3%
31	Manufacturing	147	86	157	-41.5%	82.6%
42	Wholesale Trade		12	13	0.0%	8.3%
44	Retail Trade	21	17	29	-19.0%	70.6%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	10	14	14	40.0%	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			12	0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	22		14	0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	14	10	12	-28.6%	20.0%
61	Educational Services		29		0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	21	20	23	-4.8%	15.0%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	28	17	14	-39.3%	-17.6%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin			11	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration			10	0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			11	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	10		15	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%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations		27	14	0.0%	-48.1%
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	12		10	0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	28	17	18	-39.3%	5.9%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.			11	0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	13	10	10	-23.1%	0.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	13	18	22	38.5%	22.2%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		15	11	0.0%	-26.7%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	155	206	141	32.9%	-31.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations			14	0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	93	53	87	-43.0%	64.2%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	28	32	38	14.3%	18.8%
990000	Unknown	49	40	58	-18.4%	45.0%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	68	64	55	-5.9%	-14.1%
	12 years	222	215	238	-3.2%	10.7%
	13-15 years	132	145	136	9.8%	-6.2%
	Over 15 years	26	35	38	34.6%	8.6%
Sex
	Male	299	332	335	11.0%	0.9%
	Female	149	127	132	-14.8%	3.9%
Age
	Under age 22	22	28	38	27.3%	35.7%
	Age 22 to 29	91	99	79	8.8%	-20.2%
	Age 30 to 39	107	103	118	-3.7%	14.6%
	Age 40 to 49	80	77	89	-3.8%	15.6%
	Age 50 to 59	77	86	68	11.7%	-20.9%
	Age 60 to 64	43	37	44	-14.0%	18.9%
	Age 65 and over	25	25	27	0.0%	8.0%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	339	373	353	10.0%	-5.4%
	Black or African American,	18		12	0.0%	0.0%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian	19	11	22	-42.1%	100.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	62	56	72	-9.7%	28.6%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	343	360	358	5.0%	-0.6%
	Hispanic or Latino	71	61	72	-14.1%	18.0%
	Ethnicity Unknown	34	38	37	11.8%	-2.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	343	541	408	57.7%	-24.6%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	403	421	368	4.5%	-12.6%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,526	1,814	1,568	18.9%	-13.6%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	678	891	730	31.4%	-18.1%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	749	1,055	905	40.9%	-14.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	631	657	516	4.1%	-21.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	159	180	182	13.2%	1.1%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	1,228	1,621	1,249	32.0%	-22.9%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	2,156	2,689	2,360	24.7%	-12.2%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	448	459	467	2.5%	1.7%
	Cottonwood County	111	68	83	-38.7%	22.1%
	Jackson County	44	35	73	-20.5%	108.6%
	Lincoln County	24	13	22	-45.8%	69.2%
	Lyon County	81	90	79	11.1%	-12.2%
	Murray County	26	53	23	103.8%	-56.6%
	Nobles County	76	75	72	-1.3%	-4.0%
	Pipestone County	25	39	29	56.0%	-25.6%
	Redwood County	46	70	71	52.2%	1.4%
	Rock County	15	16	15	6.7%	-6.3%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	1,143	1,360	1,137	19.0%	-16.4%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,912	2,300	2,008	20.3%	-12.7%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	11,260	13,061	11,965	16.0%	-8.4%

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 2025

EDR 8 - Southwest